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    m2 DOTA, _ arini 5 531 @ i XY SpeciallSE in TRINITY ISE I (BI) - Listening & Speaking - Audioscripts & Key Audioscripts | Section A | ‘Unit | I Listen in! i Part | | Listen to five people (1-5) tolking about some things that have to do with travelling. Write a-e after each number. |. had too many things with me when I went to China: a sut- case, a backpack and a smaller bag. | had to pay some extra mofiey before | could get on the plane 2, These days most people get this online and print it out beford they goto the airport. It saves a bit of time, | suppose. : 3. need to get a new one because it's ten years since | got my’ iast one. You ea travel to another country if you haver't got one! 4.1 picked up sme when I went to the travel agency. All the places look wonderful but sometimes the destinations are not | 23s good as they might appear. 5. They are really useful when you get to a new place and there's a map showing the most important places. Sure, you can get the information you need off the internet but | prefer using one ofthese. Part 2 Jing is talking about his backpacking holiday. Tick the correct ‘box. The second time you listen, correct the false sentences. We left Paris on Monday and we took the first train to Barcelona. | Ielefe at 7 and we were already in Barcelona at 13.20. The train ide was great and | enjoyed looking at the changing landscape. ‘One problem | had was my backpack was really heavy, but the hostel was quite near the train station. After dropping our back ppacks at the hostel we immediately started exploring the city ort foot. We found a cheap restaurant in the guidebook and while wet ‘were eating we planned the rest of the afternoon, First, we went. to the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, This was great and the views from the top was excellent. Then we went for a walk in Las Ramblas. My friend bought a few things, but | only bought some posteards. We went back to the hostel for a while because we ‘wanted to meet some other backpackers before exploring the famous Barcelona night-lfe. We've heard so much about it Part 3 i Karla is talking about her last trip. Fill in the blanks with | one word from the recording. Listen twice. i ‘We've just come back from a very enjoyable holiday in Thailand! | ound some cheap fights and some great accommodation in the ‘guidebook. My husband finally agreed and we're travelling to South America next year instead. We went to some lovely bea-) ches, swam and relaxed. My daughter learnt to swim and we had a lot of fun | did a couple of excursions, but my husband gets bored lying on the beach all day and so he and our son went orf {wo other trips while my daughter and I stayed on the beach. One day, while we were lying on the beach someone stole my bag. think ie was some other tourists that were sting next to us. Later | found the bag but they stole the money inside it but it wasn’t | much. You always have to be careful wherever you go. We all had 2 fantaste time and the food was the best thing of al. My husband and | are going to learn how to cook some Thai dshes. Delicious! Part 4 David is talking about his last holiday. Circle the best answer (0, bor ¢). 2 ‘As both my wife and | don’t like airports or planes we took the kids to the north of England in the car. We spent a week camping and a week in small hotels. While we were driving in the car we played word quizzes with the kids to stop them getting bored, We did some great walks along the coast and our youngest daughter loved being outdoors. Her favourite things, ‘were the historical places of interest. There she learnt lots of new things. Of course, the weather was not always great and my wife and our oldest daughter would rather go to a warm place by the sea next year. Maybe we'll ether take the train or drive down to France or Spain. That way we won't have to go +0 the airport and have to follow all those rules and we can take as many bags as we want. Extra Speaking Exercise 1B [Now listen to the recording about Travel and check your Examiner: How do you prefer to travel? Candidate: | prefer to travel by plane because a fight is much quicker and I think it's more exeiting. Examiner: What were you doing the last time you travelled by | was reading a guidebook about London most of the time. Examiner: So, what do you have to do if you travel by plane? lot of things. You have to check in online and print out your boarding pass, and you mustn't forget your passport. You must check in your luggage if you have more than one bag. Do you like fying? Examiner: Not realy, | prefer travelling by train or ferry if possible because it's more relaxing and | dor't realy ike air- ports, What sort of holidays do you prefer? Candidate: | prefer beach holidays because | want to relax. But | like going on excursions too because if you do some sight- seeing you can learn more about the local culture Examiner: In your opinion, is itimportant to respect the local culture when you travel somewhere? Candidate: Definitely. And it’s important to try to speak a few ‘words of their language too, even ift is only hello and thank, you. What do you think about that? Examiner: Yes, | think that’s important too. So, where are you travelling for your holiday this summer? ‘Candidate: | think I'm going on a cruise around the Caribbean swith my family Examiner: Wow! That sounds glamorous. Have you been on cone before? Candidat looks fantastic Examiner: Do you know what destinations you'll go to? Candidate: Not all of them, but | know we're visiting Jamaica and Cuba, Examiner: Sounds wonderful. So, what's the best place you've been to? Candidate: | think it was the first time | went abroad. We went to a Greek island called Corfu. | was really impressed with everything about it. What about you? Examiner: Wel, | love the Far East. There are some very interesting cultures, wonderful people and great food. With luck. Il be able to visit again in a year’s time. | can't wait, but the only problem is | have to fly there! fo, haver't, but I've seen the brochures and it SpeciallSE in Trinity SE 1 (61) Listen to five people (1-5) talking about some things that hhave to do with rules and regulations. Write a-e after each umber. |. didn't have to do a lot when | was young, but of course now | do much more because I try to share as much as lean with my wife, 2. We were quite annoyed. We parked in the wrong place for ‘only IS minutes and now we'll have to pay fity pounds. 3. Iwas late for school twice last week and now I'l have to stay behind after class to do some extra homework 4. don't think it's necessary to do so much every day, and then we spend a lot of ime marking itand some students don't: always doit. ° 5. don't mind the one we have at the moment as it's green, ‘but my last one was red. lt was horrible and other kids in the town laughed at us. Part 2 Gemma is talking about her university. Tick the correct box. The second time you listen, correct the false sentences. U've just started university and it's very different from school! ‘One of the biggest differences is we don't have nearly so many rules and regulations. Of course, we don't have to wear a school uniform and I know it sounds strange but | feel more ‘comfortable wearing a uniform. Also we don't have to go to all the lectures. I was surprised about that, but I don’t want to ‘miss any because | love my course! But I've heard on some courses you need to attend all of them, One of my professors locks the door after five minutes so late students can't enter the lecture hall. The students soon became more punctual after hhe did that! We don't have any homework exactly but we must read as much as we can about a subject, The professors also let Us choose our own essay titles so we can write about different ideas on the subject. But we cannot do whatever we like, be- ‘cause I heard the university expelled some students last year for poor behaviour. And of course, if you don't study hard, you might not pass your exams! Part 3 ‘Yuki is talking about her work. Fill in the blanks with one word from the recording. Listen twice. I've worked in a toy factory for more than ten years and | enjoy working there. Of course, we must be punetual and we either start work at 7am or 3pm. | prefer doing the earlier period be- ‘cause I then have time to do other things in the late afternoon, | think the rules at our factory are fair. For example, if you're late for work more than three times in one month you'll get 2 warning. Our managers are friendly and respect the workers and | ‘we respect them. Because we think the rules are fair people follow the rules and it's unusual for a worker to get into trouble, Many people think working in a factory is boring, but | don’t think so. In our factory we change positions and sometimes I hhave to check the quality of our products and the products are always changing. At the moment we're making some interesting new toys and I'm really proud of them, Audioscripts T Part 4 | Mateo is talking about the rules in his house. Circle the | best answer (a, b or ¢). I think the rules in my house are not so diferent from mast of | my friends. My parents can be strict sometimes, especially my dad, but most ofthe time they're prety fair with us. We just do the usual stuf like tidying up our rooms and we have to help, | with the housework when mum asks us to. She says it's more important to do homework than housework. We also have to take off our shoes when we enter the house but the main rules in our house are in the evening. We're not allowed to watch TV |_ when we're eating and we must turn off our mobile phones | beeween eight and nine pm while we're having dinner. Dad thinks this is the best time for us to discuss our day. Two nights, | ago we were eating and my sister's phone rang, and he got really annoyed Extra Speaking Exercise 18 Now listen to the recording about Rules and Regulations | and check your answers. | Examiner: Do you have alot of rules in your house? | Candidate: Well we have rules but | dor't think there are a lot. My husband and | make the rules together and we explain the rules carefully to our teenage children and why it's impor- | tant to follow them. Examiner: So what rules do you have for them? Candidate: | think most of them are common sense. For exam ple, they must be home before 9pm in the week and midnight | at weekends and if they're going to be late they must call us. But there has to be a very good reason if they're late. Obvi- | ously they have to do their homework, do a bit of housework. and be polite. | Examiner: So, do they respect all our rules? Candidate: Er, no. Not all the time, but they are usually well | behaved, | Examiner: Do you work as well? Candidate: Yes | do. Of course, there are rules at my office Exar or example? Candidate: Well, we need to arrive on time, we must dress in a suitable way. and obviously we need to have the right attitude |_ What about in your ob? Examiner: Yes, | think it’s quite similar. As you say, thik i's common sense really, What about your children's schoo! Is ita | strict school? | Candidate: Yes, its abt. My husband and I think i's a good idea for them to have plenty of rules because we think they'll bbe more responsible when they are older. What's your opinion? | Examiner: | think it depends. As long as the rules are sensible. So, what happens i the students dont follow the rules in your children's school? Candidate: Woll, i depends. I they use a mobile telephone in Cas, fist they got a warning, and the next time they'll receive a punishment. That is usually a detention, so they have to stay in ater class. Exar 30 they expel many students from that school? Candidate: | tink it’s happened afew times, but i's quite rare. Examiner: Do you thik you'll make some more rules for your children in fucure? Candidate: Well, we might, bu in our opinion they have enough for the moment. Examiner: Ok, thanks. 3 ee SpeciallSE in Trinity I | (B1) Unit 3 | sten in! Part 1 «Listen to five people (1-5) talking about some things that have to do with learning a foreign language. Write a-e after each number. |. Companies usually send me documents to do, sometimes they are quite technical and | need a specialised dictionary to do it. But, lke being able to work from home 2. What | lke about them is that i's quick to look up a word or phrase and you can lsten to the pronunciation of the word too, 3. Hike having one of these because I think it gives structure to your learning as the units slowly become more dificult | 4, 1's true you need to be able to think and respond to what someone is saying spontaneously. Some phrases are very difficult to transate immediately 5. They're really useful when you want to see the word in ‘ontext. And you can see the highlights ofthe words you looked up inthe past. You can't do this with an electronic one. Pare 2 Alejandro is talking about learning English. Tick the correct box. The second time you listen, correct the flse sentences. enjoy learning English, but there are some activities | enjoy | much more than others, In class | prefer to spend only bit of time on grammar, then I really like practising that grammar by playing games or doing role plays. | think my favourite activity is | listening to songs and filing inthe gxps. k's dificult to under: stand some of the words of the songs, especially as my teacher prefers rock music! dont like watching English fms in cass 50 much because | think we can do that at home. Also the subtilis | translate things inthe wrong way At home I read things on the internet, especialy about footbal,and | read football magazines | in English and exchange them with my friends. The other thing Ido is write a diay in English. | write a bie every night and | can use the words and phrases I've learnt recently Part 3 Sabrina is talking about learning Arabic. Fill in the blanks with one word from the recording. Listen twice. ‘Arabic is not the easiest language to learn if you speak a Euro- pean language, but actualy there are some European languages | ‘which are more dificult. For example, have you ever tried learning the Basque language from the north of Spain? 'm not finding the Arabic grammar so hard. The word order is diferent bout when you learn the rules it's not so bad. Actually the biggest challenge isthe pronunciation. There are some sounds which are quite hard to copy as European languages don't have those sounds. I need to practise more. Another thing to remember if | you want to learn Arabic is you need to know what type of Arabic you want to learn because there are different sorts. Most people learn Egyptian Arabic as this isthe Arabic the whole ‘Arab world understands. This is because nearly all Arab people know about Egyptian culture because they watch Egyptian firs and listen to Egyptian music Part 4 Selma is talking about learning Chinese. Circle the best answer (a, b or c)- ‘These last few months have been a real experience. | didn't thin, the first month was going to be so hard. It was a bit ofa culture shock when | arrived, but the Chinese family I'm staying with Audioscripts helped me a lot. My teacher and my classmates were also impor- tant to me and after a while things became less difficult and more rewarding. One of my classmates stopped coming to class and ‘went back to France. I'm not sure why exactly. Every day I'm | learning more of the language and doing less translating back into “Turkish, also try not to look up every single word | don't under- stand in my electronic dictionary. We've done some travelling, around some different regions of the country and I can even tell ‘where some Chinese people come from by the way they pro- rnounce their words. I's satisfying to notice these things Extra Speaking Exoret Now ston othe recording on Learning a foreign languoge ‘and check your answers. | Examiner: How many languages can you speak? © Can ste: | speak Mandarin Chinese and some English. Examiner: In your opinion, is English an easy language to pick up? Candidate: Not for me because English is so different from | my native language but I'm improving now. Examiner: What do you think you have to do to be a good language learner? Candidate: | think the most important thing isto practise every day and not give up! What's your opinion? Examiner: Yes, | think you're right. Also | think it's good to be | curious about the language and the culture, ask lots of questions and have fun, Do you think it's possible to learn a language without studying the grammar? Candidate: I'm not sure about that. If you don’t know the: grammar you'll make a lot of mistakes and people might not, understand you. Examiner: ls grammar the most important thing about learning a language? ‘Candidate: No, because you need to practise speaking too. In iy first school we only did grammar exercises and we had to ‘translate everything. It was so boring. Then | went to another school and we played more games and did more role plays. ‘What do you think about grammar? | Examiner: It’s important to study the grammar and then practise it. Do you think listening to music and watching films is a good way to learn. | Candidate: Yes and no. | love listening to some English music like the Beatles because it’s easy to understand the words. But I still don’t understand most English flms and | need subtitles. | Then | read them without really watching the film. Examiner: What were you doing the last time you heard some English music? ‘Candidate: Err, that's a good question! This morning | heard some English songs in a shop - so | was shopping! Examiner: What's the best way to improve your pronunciation? ‘Candidate: | have found some pronunciation exercises on the internet. | try to copy the sounds of the language at the same speed. Examiner: Do you get the impression your English will be better inayear’s time? Candidate: | hope so! | might travel to England next year so maybe I can become more fluent. Examiner: Do you think you might learn another language in | the future? Candidate: Yes, | might. Maybe Ill try to learn French or German. Examiner: Well, good luck with that BN EEERREEEEEEIEIEEIE EEE Specialise in Trinity IE 1 (81) Unit 4 Listen Part 1 Listen to five people (1-5) talking about some things that have to do with health and fitness. Write a-e after each number. |. I started when I was twelve. | just didnt like the taste or the ‘thought of eating an animal 2. I don't think its bad for you as long as you don't eat too ‘much of it, | take the kids for a burger maybe once a week. 3. Now these experts are saying it's bad for our health! Well, ove a good steak every now and then, and there's a very good steakhouse near us too, 4. think | eat more of this than any other type of meat because | really ike chicken curries, 5. | think some of them have got more sugar in than others. Some people maybe have five or six cans a day and obviously that’s bad for"you, Part 2 Isabella is talking about food and drink. Tick the correct box. The second time you listen, correct the false sentences. Some people ask me why | became vegetarian. There's no single reason for it, but | have to tell them that I'm not really a vege- tarian because | eat fish at least five times a week. The main reason is | think we don't need to eat animals, | have some other friends in another school that are also vegetarian and they're all: very healthy like me. | think if we all eat less meat itll be good for the environment. That's because we won't need to have to ‘cut down so many trees to keep all the farm animals in the world, | ind it clificult to believe my parents ate meat twice a day when they were younger! A few of my classmates eat alot of fast food and drink sweet fizzy drinks in the morning. noticed they're very active in the early morning but by lunchtime they can't concentrate so well. | think the school needs to stop selling, these drinks in the vending machines. I's much better to drink plenty of water instead! Part 3 Pramod is talking about health and fitness. Fill n the blanks with one word from the recording. Listen twice. ' haven't always been so healthy. When I was younger | ate the wrong types of food and didn’t do so much exercise. | think | started to become fitter when | was about thirteen. It was because | began playing badminton and | loved it! | wanted to get into the school team so | had to practise everyday to be good enough. | really enjoyed playing the matches against other | schools and we won a regional competition once. Now | just. play once a week with friends and we usually play mixed dou- bles and we have a lot of fun because I's a very sociable game. ‘We laugh a lot and that’s good for your health too! To keep fit | also go jogging around a huge lake near my hometown. Some- times | don't want to go because it’s raining but | make myself do itand | feel much more alive afterwards. Part 4 Pramod is talking about his experience of yoga. Circle the best answer (a, b or ¢). I've done yoga for about ten years now. I was hicky because my father introduced it to my sister and | while we were stil Ivng in Inia, and he taught us the basic way to breathe properly. {was really surprised how much it calmed me down. | could lear ‘my mind of negative thoughts and after Ifnished the yoga I was, * always ina better mood than when I started, Ie helped me get re-+ ally good results at university, and now it helps me with my ob. | have to concentrate for long periods and my boss can be very af- ficult at times. There's one more thing | do to halp me relax and Audioscripts that’ listening to some slow music from home before | go to bed, | Voften fll asleep to that and | nearly always sleep well. Extra Speaking | Exercise 18 | Now listen to the recording on Health and Fitness and | check your answers. | Examiner: What do you do to keep healthy? | Candidate: Well, 'm quite careful about my diet and | play ‘oleyball twice a week Examiner: So, in your opinion, what food do we have to eat to be healt? | Candidate: We need to eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, salads, fish and some meat. Do you think you have a healthy die? | Examiner: Generally, yes, But | think I need to eat more fru, | less bread and ess meat, Do you get the impression vegetarians are as heathy as meat eaters? | Candidate: Well, my not sure. k's my impression they are, but [think children need to eat some meat when they're growing up, Examiner: What about fst food? Is itok to eat that Candidate: Yes, 3 oc to eat that kind of food occasionally Examiner: In your opinion, what happens if people eat tise | sort of food everyday? | Candidate: I's my impression that if they eat burgers and hot: | dogs everyday they'll hve a lot of problems with their weight, | heart and might find it difficult to concentrate. As well as that, they might be in a bad mood too. Do you think people ext too | much junk food in your country? | Examiner: think quite afew of them do, yes. What about exer- | cise? You say you play volleyball twice a week, is that. ‘enough? Candidate: Yes, | think so. You don't have to-do exercise ev exyday. think twice a week is probably enough. Examiner: Are you plying any sport this evening o this weekend? | Candidate: Not this evening, but I'm playing volleyball on | Saturday because we have a match. Examiner: So, do you prefer paying team sports? Candidate: Yes, I do. I's more fun and sociable if you play in a team. Examiner: Do you think people ofall ages need to exercise? Candidate: Yes, i doesrit matter f you're young or old. Every one needs to do exercise because is good for them, Examiner: In your opinion, is heath the most important thing in fe? Candidate: In many ways, yes.| think it's eificult to be happy ifyou haverit got good health, We need to look after oursuves, Don't you think so? Examiner: Yes, | think you're right Unit 5 sten Part Listen to five people (1-5) talking about some things that have to do with fashion. Write ave after each number. 1. don’ just wear them for sport because wear them all the | time when I'm not working. 2. | can’ understand why so many women lke wearing them | because they're so uncomfortable. | 3. just love wearing diferent kinds because you can change the way you look. Of course, some of is so expensive, espe- cially some kinds of stones | 4. have to wear one everyday for work, but also have two | designer ones for special occasions. | S.l've got quite a collection of them and | have them in many different colours including in many funny patterns with animals fon them. But I can't remember the last time I wore one, 5 QR ‘SpeciallSE in Trinity ISE 1 (B1) Part 2 Roshan is talking about her shopping trip. Tick the correct, box. The second time you listen, correct the false sentences. Sometimes | go shopping with some of my friends but rarcly go | swith my mother. Lat month we went tothe capital to go to some fashionable shops there. | didnt buy much but one of my friends, Anjali bough alot of stuf She bought a designer dress and some even more expensive shoes. thought the dress was nice, but | dont think it suited her very well and it was abit tight too. | didn't say anything about it because our other two friends said it was fabulous. I think they have differen ideas about fashion to me. Later on, Anal bought some jewellery from an expensive shop -| don't know where she gets all the ‘money from! While she was doing that | bought another bracelet but ie didn't cost much and it matches my earrings. (One of my other friends bought a bag in a stylish shop. I think | she might have around thirty handbags now. I'm not planning to 0 shopping with them again or a while as we obviously have a | very different sense of syle Part 3 ‘Miguel is talking abut shopping for a special occasion. Fill in the blanks with one word from the recording. Listen twice. | Last Saturday I had to go shopping with my mum and my sister because my mum wanted to buy some new clothes for me. | didn’t really want to go, but my sister's getting married soon so | can’t wear my usual comfortable clothes and I'l have to dress tp. In the first shop wee went to the suits were either too tight or 00 loose. | think the problem is because I have very short leg. In the second shop we got some clothes to fit but my sister didn't like the colour because it didn't match her wedding dress | ‘exactly, | think we'll have to order my suit. I'm surprised it's so ‘complicated, but my sister wants to have everything perfect and in the latest fashion. | think she’s worried Ill wear my skateboarding clothes. Part 4 Steve is talking about a wedding. Circle the best answer (2, bor). Twent to a wedding with my wife Teresa last month, | didn't really want to go because | hate dressing up. But my wife loves special occasions, especially weddings, and so | wore an exper sive suit she made me buy. | think it matched her dress, but I'm | not really sure, Actually, | enjoyed seeing some old friends and most of thom are like me and don't care about fashion and stylish suits. One of my friends was even wearing trainers! After the ceremony we had the photos but it was very windy. le made a mess of some of the hairstyles and the wind blew my wife's new hat off ran after it and then accidently stepped on it. She was really annoyed because it was a very stylish hat | dor’t think she'll be able to wear that again. Extra Speaking Exercise 1B Now listen to the recording about Fashion and check your Examiner: Are you interested inthe latest fashion trends? jenerally, | prefer wearing smart casual clothes + but anything that’s comfortable. Examiner: Do you think clothes reflect personality? Candidate: Yes, in some ways. Because ifa person is always ‘wearing bright clothes maybe he or she is happier or more 6 Audioscripts F confident than someone wearing dark clothes. What's your ‘opinion? Examiner: Yes, it's possible, but | think it depends. Have you ‘ever bought any clothes you didn’t like wearing? Candidate: Yes, that’s happened a few times. | bought a blouse with blue stripes and then after | wore it two or three times | decided I didn't lke it. Examiner: Do you think you'll wear the same kind of clothes when you are older? Candidate: Yes, | think so. I'l continue to wear comfortable | dlothes that suit me, and more stylish clothes for special occa- sions. Probably I'l have a different hairstyle ina few years’ time! Examiner: Do you like dressing up for special occasions such as weddings? | Candidate: Yes, | do. I ike wearing a nice dress and high heels ‘occasionally Examiner: Do you prefer shopping with family or friends? Candidate: Friends, definitely. My mum and sister have com- pletely different taste to me, Examiner: What's your opinion of designer clothes? Are they a waste of money? Candidate: Well, | rarely wear them, but if they make people feel good and more confident, maybe they are worth the money. What do you think? Examiner: Yes, maybe you're right. Is it possible to look good ‘without spending a lot of money on clothes? Candidate: Yes, | think so, but I think you need to have a sense of style | Examiner: Do you like wearing jewellery? Candidate: Yes, but if you wear too much oft, it doesn't look good. And what about you? Examiner: | love wearing earrings and I love buying new ones from different places, Candidate: Oh, that's interesting. | Examiner: Are you shopping this weekend? Candidate: No, unfortunately | have too much college work. todo! | Unit 6 | Listen in! Part | Listen to five people (1-5) talking about some things that have to do with money. Write a-e after each number. |. I've never written one for anyone. I don't think many young people use them and elder people only use them to send them in the post to pay for something 2. In some countries it's actually against the Iaw not to get one ofthese after you've bought something, 3. Personally, | prefer to pay for things this way as it's quicker, especially if it's only a small amount, 4. When I worked as a cashier in a supermarket, | had to be careful not to give customers too much or too litte of it. |_5. Some people seer to use it to pay for everything, but | think It's an expensive way of paying for things. Part 2 Mildred is talking about her attitude to money. Tick the correct box. The second time you listen, correct the false sentences. « | think young people today are really lucky to have lots of | money to spend on things like clothes and shoes. When | was a | teenager I didn’t have extra money to spend on these things SpeciallSE in Trinity IE 1 (81) | started work when | was fifteen and most of the money | cearnt | gave to my parents. The rest of it | saved - I never wasted it. | hid it under the mattress but my younger brother sometimes took some and it took me weeks before | realized he was using my money to buy sweets and comics. | soon found another hiding place ~ under his mattress because he never thought to look there! I didn't have a bank account until | vas 21. Then, | received a cheque book and | used cheques to pay for larger amounts but | never had a credit card, t's my im. pression we were more responsible with money than young people today and we only spent money when we had to, Part 3 Sergio is talking about his spending habits. Fill in the blanks with one word from the recording. Listen twice. | do receive some pocket money from my parents every week, but it's not much compared to some of my friends. My dad often gives me some money and | usually spend it on computer games, but he always asks me for the receipt afterwards so he knows that | didn't keep the change. Then he tells me not to tell ‘mum because mum has the impression that all computer games are stupid. She thinks I need to go out more, There's one gam- ing shop that often has sales after the New Year and you can pick up some games for a real bargain because the prices are so ‘much lower than the original price. I've gota lot of games and | lend out some of them to my friends, and sometimes | borrow ‘others. I never waste money on clothes, | know my mum will buy me things lke that for New Year and birthdays anyway. Part 4 Barry is talking about his work in a bank. Circle the best answer (a, b or ¢). Most of the customers coming in want to pay money, either ‘cash or cheques, into their bank accounts. Some of the cus- tomers have small companies and they often come in with ‘thousands of pounds of cash that customers have paid them in the last few days. | also help customers when they have any problems. Yesterday, | had to help a customer because he lost his wallet with his bank card init while he was on his way to work, Obviously, he was worried but he hardly had any money In it anyway, ust three pounds and seventy three pence! In fu- ture I'l help people to be able to borrow money from the bank if they want to buy a house or start a small business. Extra Speaking Exercise 1B Now listen to the recording about Money and check your Examiner: Do you usually receive pocket money from your parents? Candidate: Sometimes, but not usualy. My parents give me some cash when I ned i for something important and usually | get something from my grandparents when it's my birthday. Examiner: What do you generally spend your money on? Candidate: Of course, | spend money on things | have to buy for schoo}, and also | enjoy looking for a bargain inthe shops when I'm with my mum or my frends Examiner: So, you enjoy shopping then? Candidate: Yes, | do. I really lice buying things for other people when the sales are on, particulary for family and fiends at special occasions. What about you? Do you enjoy shopping? Examiner: Not much, but lke you | enjoy buying presents for people. Are you saving up to buy anything special tthe moment? Audioscripts | Candidate: Well, I'm saving up to buy a new smartphone, | know the one I want but the price is still too high for me, | Maybe I can buy it in a few months’ time or | might have to borrow some money from my parents. | Examiner: Maybe you can wait until the sales? There might be | anew model out by then so people won't want the one you | want now. Candidate: It's possible. Examiner: How old do you have to be to have a bank account | here? Candidate: | think you need to be 18. How about in Britain? Examiner: | think you can be any age, but you need to have the parents’ permission to do anything Candidate: Ok, it may be the same here, I'm not sure. But | you can't get a cheque book or get a loan from the bank before you are 18, Examiner: Have you ever had to lend anyone any money? Candidate: Well, sometimes | lend my friends a few euros f they haven't got any money. Examiner: In your opinion, is money the most important thing in lifer Candidate: Definitely not. Health, family friends and love are all more important, Examiner: But can you be happy i you haven't got any money? Candidate: It's difficult. | think i's important to have enough | money to live on, but it’s not the most important thing. De you think it’s the most important thing? | Examiner: No, | don't | think health is the most important | because you can't be happy if your health is bad, Candidate: Yes, | think you're right. Section D Practice Test | Task 1 You're going to hear a talk about a language called Malay. You will hear the talk twice. As you listen, write down some notes about what you hear, if you want to, After, I will ask you six questions on some facts about this language. Are you ready? Hello everyone! Today | want to tell you about a language I've started learning. Its called Malay and people speak it in some countries in south-east Asia. One interesting thing about this | language is there are no verb tenses, so you must use time phrases lke yesterday or tomorrow to indicate the time when | something happened. Another good thing about this language is there are no articles lke a, an, oF the to worry about ether. If | you want to make a noun plural you eam just repeat the word So, for example, orang can be a person, but if you say orang | orang that can mean people. Malay isa useful language to learn because nearly two hundred and fity millon people speak it and some people say Eastern Malaysia isthe best place to prac- tise it. Now, shall we try learning a bit ofthis language? [Play the recording again] ‘Now, I will ask you some questions. You only need to answer in a few words. | L-Where do people speak Malay? | 2.What’s interesting about the verb tenses? 3.What does the speaker say about articles? * 4. What do you have to do if you want to make @ noun plural? | 5.How many people speak this language? 6.Where’s the best place to practise this language? 7 SpeciallSE in Trinity IE 1 (61) : Auiosrits Task 2 ‘Now, I will ask you some questions. You only need to answer You're going to hear a short talk about a place in the United; in a few words. States of America, You wll hear the talk twice. The first time !-What is Golden Week? just listen, Then I'l ask you to tell me in afew words what the _ 2-When does Golden Week start? sbeaker Is talking about. Are you ready? 3.How long have the Japanese celebrated Golden Week? Hello everyone. Today | just want to give you a brief introduction, 4What does Children’s Day celebrate? about our national park called Yosemite. The park opened in| 5:What do people do on Children’s Day? 1890, one reason was to protect it from sheep eating all the | &Why do people go travelling in Golden Week? grass, Ithas over 1,300 kilometres of hiking paths, but courists| nly go t0 5% ofthe park because seo ig over 3000 Task 2 / ‘square kilometres, Today we will see the tallest waterfall in You're going to hear a short talk about a bird. You will hear ‘America, and welll look at some special trees that can live up | the talk twice. The first time just isten. Then I ask you to {0 3,000 years old. Incredible when you think about it! we're _ tell me ina few words what the speaker is talking about. Are licky we might be able to see some black bears too. You can | You ready? come sking here in winter because the park's open all year | Hello everyone! Today we're going to tlk about a type of bird round. An interesting thing that not many people know is that | called an ow. Yes, sure you know a bit about them already, in 1932 the park gried to get the Winter Olympic Games, but ut let me tell you a few more facts about them, There are actu- the attempt wasn't successful. I's really a wonderful park, and | | ally nore than 200 types of ows inthe world and as 'm sure you suppose thav’s why over 4rilion vistors come here every, all know, owls are famous for being active at night. Some owls year | really hope you'll enjoy your stay here. even hunt for fh, | doubt if many of you knew that! And one of | the reasons that they're especially good hunters is because their "Now tell me in a few words what the talk is about. fights almost stent so no one can hear them coming! Now listen to the talk again. Write down some notes about Of course, owls have very good sight. In fact, i's three times bet- what you hear, if you want to. Then V'lask you to tell me ter than humans aright. But because they're far-sighted they can six pieces of information about Yosemite National Park. Are not sau tungs close to them very well Some owls ean tura ther you ready? | heads as much as two hundred and seventy degrees, Owls usally [Play the recording again ] hhave at faces and one type of ow has a face shaped ike a heart. ‘One thing that is surprising is that owls are not as intelligent as [Now tell me si pieces of information about Yosemite people tink Final some people think eye bad lick bu his i Notional Park. justa silly superstition. Now let's watch a flm about them. 1. When did Yosemite National Park open? 2. What was one of the reasons it opened? Now tell me in a few words what the talk i about. 3. What are there 1,300 kilometres of? Now listen to the tak again. Write down some notes about 4. What percentage of the park do tourists visit? what you heer, if you want to. Then Pl ask you to tell me 5. How big is the park? six pieces of information about owls. Are you ready? 6. What natural thing in the park isthe tollest In America? [Ply the recording apain] 7. What can live up to 3,000 years old? 8 What animal might you see in the park? [Now tell me six pieces of information about ows. 9. When isthe park open? 1. How many different types of owls are there? 10. What can you do in the pork in winter? 2. When are they most active? 11. What hoppened in 1932? 3. What do some owls hunt for? 12; How many people visit Yosemite National Park every 4. What are owls especially good at? year? | 5. Why are owls such good hunters? . 6. How does an ow’ sight compare with humans? Practice Test 2 7. Why can't they see things very closely? Task | | al How far can an owl turn its head? You're going to hear a talk about festival. You will hear the | 9. How can we describe an ow’ face? talk twice. As you listen, write down some notes about what | 10. What shope face does one type of ow! hove? you hear, if you want to, After, wll ask you six questions on | 11. What do people find surprising bout ows? some facts about these festivals. Are you ready? 12. What do some people think owls bring? Good afternoon everyone! Today, we're going to continue to | look at festivals from around the worid, and 'ilvell ou abit | Practice Test 3 about Golden Week in Japan, Has anyone heard oft? No? Ok. Task I Mitel you a few things about it. So what's Golden Week? Well, | You're going to hear a talk about an organisation. You will it’s four pubic holidays starting at the end of April and the Japa- | hear the talk twice. As you listen, write down some notes nese have celebrated them since 1947. These holidays fnsh | about what you hear, ifyou want to. After, I will ask you six ‘with Children's Day and this celebrates the happiness of chit ren, On this day families fly a flag in the shape ofa fish called a catp. They can be fantastic to look at fying inthe wind! Golden Week i the longest vacation time of year in Japan so many about the girl guides. 'm sure you've heard of ther as it's the families go traveling during this period. Now le’s watch a film | same as the boy scouts, but for girls. The gil guides have ex- about these festivals and then if you have any questions, ask me. | isted since 1910, and they started to teach girls various out- [Ploy the recording agcin.} | door activities. Learning these things was very useful ast sts | questions on some facts about this organisation. Are you ready? Good evening everyone. This evening | want to tell you a bit, ‘SpeciallSE in Trinity SE | (81) today. If you want to join the girl guides you have to make a promise to help someone everyday without any payment. | think that’s something we all need to do whether we're in the ides or not! Another interesting thing about the guides is hey shake each other's hands with the left hand because it's the hand nearest the heart. On one day of the year, the 22° of, February, guides must think oftheir guide sisters around the world, Today there are ten milion gil guides all around the world. Now, has anyone got any questions? Pay the recording ogain.] ‘Now, | will ask you some questions. You only need to answer ino few words. 1. How long have the girl guides existed? 2. What does the girl guides organisation teach girls? 3. What do girl guides have to do every day? 4. Why do girl guides shake hands with their left hand? 5. What do giel guides do on February 22°? 6. How many girl guides are there around the world today? Task 2 You're going to hear a short talk about a building. You will hear the talk twice, The first time just listen. Then I'll ask you to tell me in a few words what the speaker is talking about. ‘Are you ready? ‘Good afternoon everyone. We're going to continue to talk about palaces around the world and today we're going to talk about ‘the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania. “This is actualy the third largest building in the world and you can leven see it from the moon! Can you imagine that? It has over fone thousand rooms, but seventy percent of the palace is empty and it costs over six milion dollars a year in heating the palace. ‘What a waste! They had to employ more than seven hundred ar- chitects to work on the building and the head architect was a 28- year-old woman, That's very young to be in charge of such a big project! They started building ths palace in 1983 and it took four- teen years to finish, Perhaps that's not so long when you think about it. Altogether there are twenty floors and eight of these floors are underground, Amazing! There are even underground tunnels and these lead to the airport. Ok, let’s watch a film about this huge place. Now tell me in a few words what the talk is about. Now listen to the talk again. Write down some notes about what you hear, if you want to. Then I'll ask you to tell me six pieces of information about the Palace of the Parliament. ‘Are you ready? [Play the recording ogain.] Now tell me six pieces of information about the Palace of the Parliament. 1, How large is the Palace of the Parliament? 2. Where can you see this Palace from? 3. How many rooms has this building got? 4. What percentage of the Palace's rooms are empty? What costs $6 million a year? How many architects worked on the building? What was special about the chief architect? When did they start building the Palace? . How long did it take to complete the building? 10, How many floors are there? 11. Where are eight of the floors? 12. What leads to the airport? PEN Practice Test 4 a Task | 7 You're going to hear a talk about a capital city called Prague. You will hear the talk twice. As you listen, write down some notes about what you hear, if you want to. Audioscripts | after, | will ask you six questions on some facts about this ‘capital city. Are you ready? Good morning, Today | want to talk about the capital city of the Czech Republic. Does anyone know what itis? Yes, that’s right, its called Prague, Prague has many interesting things to see. | First ofall, there's Prague Castle and this isthe biggest caste in | the world, Another famous sight is the TV Tower. I's unusual | because you can see large sculptures of babies climbing to the ‘op of the tower! Another interesting place isthe John Lennon Wall with lots of graffi about the singer, but strangely John Lennon never actually visited Prague. If you want to travel around Prague the metro is a good idea and it's existed since 1974, It's a fun place to visit and people drink more beer here Jer person than any other city in the world. Perhaps that’s one Of the reasons why more than six million tourists visit it every | year! Now let's watch a flm about this city | PPlay the recording ogoin.] | Now, I will ask you some questions. You only need to answer | ina few words. 1, What is special about Prague Castle? What is unusual about the TV Tower in Prague? What is strange about the John Lennon Wall? How long has there been a metro in Prague? What do people in Prague do more than any other city in the world? | 6, How many tourists visit it every year? “Task 2 You're going to hear a short talc about a fomous American | dingo and songoniter You wil ear the tak twice. The fist time just Fsten. Then Pak you to tell me in afew words | what the speaker I talking about. Are you ready? | Texpecc mest of you have Heard about Bab Dylan the American singer and songwriter Well you haver’e dont worry because | Timgoing to tll you ait about him, Bob Dyan was born in 1O41 His father was a sem profesional baseball player. Some of his undles ovmed some movie theatres so when he was Young | he was able to watch fms for free, That was luck, because tome of these fms had a big influence on him, He became really | Tamous nthe 1960s when many of his sons taked abou social protlems In total he's sold over one hundred milion records. Burt srangely he's never had a number one record, He's contin. | Qed to write mse for over fifty years, But he's not ust singer because e has aso pubished Books of hi drawings and pin ings Fale Fas aloo received the Nobel Prize for Literature. | Now let's watch a short film about him and we can listen to. | Some of fis famous songs later. 2 3. 4 5 Now tell me in a few words what the talk is about. Now listen to the talk again. Write down some notes about what you hear, if you want to. Then I'll ask you to tell me six | pieces of information about Bob Dylan. Are you ready? | Ploy the recording ogain.} | Now tell me six pieces of information about Bob Dylan. ‘When was Bob Dylon born? What did his father do? What did his uncles own? |. How much did Bob Dylan pay to watch films? . What had a big influence on Bob Dylan? When did he become really famous? What did his songs talk about? How many records has he sold? How many number one records has he had? 10. How long has he written music for? I. What books has he published? : What prize has he won? ‘SpeciallSE in Trinity ISE 1 (81) Answer Key Section A Unit 1 A. Reading Comprehension Exercises LF 27 36 47 57 2. L.use public transport hostels 3.guidebooks 4. onthe beach 5. take-off 3.Lexplore experience 3.maps 4.accommodation S.security B. Vocabulary Lie 2c 3b 4d 5a 2. luggage 2.passport 3.boarding pass 4.brochure S.guidebook Bld 2b 3f 4a Sc 6e 4. Lsightseeing 2.ferry 3.public transport 4.landscape S.checkin B.le 2¢ 36 4a C. Listen Int Partie 2a 3b 4d Sc Part2LF 27 3F 47 SF GF 7.F BT False sentences corrected: 1. Jing's destination was Barcelona. 3. Jing’s backpack was heavy but the hostel was near the station. 5. The view from the top of Sagrada Familia was great. 6.,Jing only bought some postcards. 7. They went back to the hostel to meet other backpackers. Part 3 Lenjoyable 2.accommodation 3.daughter A.excursions Strips 6.lying 7food 8.dishes Parta a 2b 3c 4c 5c Extra Speaking Ex.1A. Lflight 2.guidebook 3.check in 4.luggage S.excursions 6.sightseeing 7.brochures &.destinations Sabroad 10:time Unit 2 A. Reading Comprehension Exercises LLF 20 3 4F 57 2. L.will 2.must 3,forbidden 4.the same 5.badly-(behaved) 3. Lstrict 2.office 3.attitude 4.proud S.washing-up B. Vocabulary LLe 2c 3b 4d Sa 2. housework 2.uniform 3,fine 4.homework 5,punishmer Bile 2e 3b 4a Sf 6d ‘Answer Key Saattitude 6.strict 7.responsible 8.warning 9.detention 10.expel : Unit 3 _ A. Reading Comprehension Exercises DLs 27 37 ar 5 2. Liregular 2.more 3.paper 4.unnecessary 5.sure | 3. Lconfusing 2.essential/important 3.confident | 4improving S.career Lib 2a 3e ac 5d 2. Linterpreter 2,paper dictionary 3.course book 4.electronic dictionary 5.translator | 31d 2f 3a 4b 5c 6e 4. Llook up 2.phrasal verb 3.give up 4,preposition | S.piek up 6.idiom 5.1b 2a 30 4c |B, Vocabulary | C. Listen Int Partile 2a 3c 4d 5b Part21F 27 3.F 4F SF 67 77 BT False sentences corrected: 1. He doesn't like watching English films in class. 3. His favourite activity is listening to songs and | filling in the gaps. 4. He fills in the gaps when he listens. | 5. His teacher likes English rock music. | Part 3 1.£uropean 2.grammar 3.order 4.pronunciation | Ssounds 6.type 7.Egyptian B.culture Ppart4ic 2b 3a 4b Sc Extra Speaking | Ex4A, Lpickup 2give up 3.culture Atranslate 5.role plays G.subtitles 7.improve B.sounds 9.better 10fluent 1g Comprehension Exercises PLT 2F 3 4 ST 2. Lchicken 2.certain 3.quickly A.mustn’t_5.lkely 3. Lexperts 2-serious/negative/bad 3.fit 4.regularly | Suinterrupt B. Vocabulary Lib 2d 3e 4a 5c 2. Lflary drinks 2.red meat S.vegetarian 4 fast food Sawhite meat Bid 2e 3f 4a Se 6b nt 4. Lbehaviour 2.permission 3.warning 4.detention Strouble | 4 Lmind 2.mood 3yoga 4.relax S.concentrate 6.breathe Sic 2b 3b 4a . Listen In! Patiib 2e 3d 4c Sa Part2i.f 27 3 4F ST 61 7. 8F False sentences corrected: 1. The university is very different from school. 3. Gemma doesn't have to go to all lectures, 4, The professor won't let in students if they are 5 minutes late, 7. The university expelled students for poor behaviour. 8. if you don't study you might not pass your exams. Part 3 1toy 2.punctual 3.fair A.warning S.respect Garouble 7.check 8.proud Part4 ec 2b 3c 4b 5.2 Extra Speaking ExA, Lfollow 2.housework 3.welkbehaved 4.on time S.lb 2c 3. 4b C. Listen In! Partie 2c 3b 4a Sd Part2iT 2F 3F 4T ST 6F 7F 8T False sentences corrected: 2. Isabella eats fish at least five | times a week. 3. She has friends in another school that are vegetarian. 6. Isabella's parents ate meat twice a day when they were younger. 7. A few of Isabella's classmates have | unhealthy drinks. | Part 3 1wrong 2,fitter 3.enough 4.mixed S.sociable Gilaugh 7.make 8.alive PPart4ia 2b 3c ab Sc “Extra Speaking Ex1A, diet 2fresh vegetarians 4fast S.concentrate 6.mood 7.d0 &team 9.sociable 10.lo0k after 10 ‘SpeciallSE in Trinity SE | (81) Unit 5 ‘A. Reading Comprehension Exercises LT 20 3F AF 5F 2 Leolourful 2.skateboard 2important 4.well- S.ifferent | 3. leomfortable 2trends astyle 4.dull Swhairstyle B. Vocabulary Lie 2c 3b 4d 5a i 2.ihigh heels 2suit 3jewellery tie S.trainers | Ble 2d 3c 4f 52 6b i 4,Lwelkdressed 2stylish 3smart 4loose 5.tight | B.b 2a 3b 4c C. Listen Int Partiic 2d 3e 4a Sb Part21F 2] 3F 47 ST 6T 7. BF False sentences corrected: 1. Roshan sometimes goes shop: ping with her friends but rarely with her mother, 3. Her friend's shoes were even more expensive than the designer dress. 7. Another friend has about 30 handbags. 8. Roshan is | ‘not planning to go shopping with her friends for a while. Part 3 Lsister 2.comfortable 3.occasion Ait Smatch | 6.suit 7.latest 8 skateboarding Partaic 2b 3b 4a 5.2 Extra Speaking EXA. Ltrends 2.casual clothes 3.bright stripes Suit | 6.dressing up 7.dress B.designer clothes 9.sense of style | 10.earrings L Unit 6 : A. Reading Comprehension Exercises LiF 20 36 41 57 2itsales 2lend 3.may A.increased 5.earn i 3.1window 2,price a.bills 4.charge S.convenient B. Vocabulary Lia 2d 3b 4c Se 2 1cheque 2.

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