AUDIO SCRIPTS A2 WORKBOOK

UNIT 8.4 page 48, exercise 1 and 3

8 S = Sam, T = Tom, I = Izumi

T: What’s your favorite piece of technology, Sam?
S: Oh, my smartphone, for sure! What about you?
T: Well, I love robots. I don’t have one, but I really want one!
8.1 page 44, exercise 5 S: You should go to the technology fair then.
1 My grandmother’s life was very interesting. T: Actually, I went last week!
2 We weren’t bored in school yesterday. S: But you didn’t buy a robot?
3 Her parents were both teachers. T: No, a bit too expensive for me. But here’s what I found out when I went.
4 There weren’t many people in the market. … Wow, there are some amazing things to see here! I think this is my
5 There was a bar of chocolate in the fridge. favorite robot, though. And here’s his inventor, Izumi Kudo. Hi Izumi. Tell
6 I wasn’t tired when I went to bed. me about your robot. What can he do?
7 I told the waiter that my French fries were cold. I: Well, this is Daichi. He’s a guide robot.
8 It wasn’t very sunny last week. T: A guide robot! What does that mean?
I: Well, he helps people who don’t know where they are going. Like,
8.2 page 45, exercise 2 and 3 tourists in Tokyo often get lost. It’s a very big city, and it’s difficult for
people who don’t know it.
You’re never too old to follow your dream. Bertha Wood always wanted to be T: So how does Daichi help?
a writer – and when she was 82 years old, she finally did it! I: Well, Daichi can show people where to go, how to buy tickets for the
Bertha was born in 1935 and met her husband, Fred, when she was just subway, and he can even recommend good hotels. He’s as good as a
20. They got married when they were both 21 and had a family with three GPS at giving directions, and he has the memory of a smartphone. Plus,
children. he has a built-in digital camera and a microwave if you want to heat your
When Fred lost his job, the young couple took a chance and decided to make dinner.
a new start in life. Together, they began a business. They left the village they T: Unbelievable! Where did you get the idea for Daichi?
lived in and opened a vacation camp where people went to relax and have I: Well, I studied technology in college. Every day, I took the subway to get
fun. Bertha was a very friendly person and knew all the guests. The camp to my lectures. And about three times a week, people stopped me and
was really popular in the 1960s when hundreds of people went there. Bertha asked for help. I thought to myself: Tokyo needs a guide robot!
managed the camp, looked after her children, and cooked meals for 140 T: And did it take a long time to make him?
people every day. I: It took five years. But I’m very happy with him.
But in the 1980s, flights became cheaper, and people started to travel more. T: I think he’s great, too!
So, people stopped going to the vacation camp. In 1998, Fred died at the age
of 63, and Bertha decided to work as a gardener.
When Bertha finally retired, she started writing. She thought a lot about the
vacation camp and all the good times they enjoyed, and she decided to write
about it. Her book’s called ...

8.3 page 46, exercise 5

1 We tried to tell you, but you didn’t listen.
2 She decided to buy a new smartphone.
3 They traveled across Africa by bicycle.
4 Tom played with his toys in his bedroom.
5 Katia liked reading books and listening to music.
6 He waited all day to see her.
7 Your mom looked very tired today.
8 No one wanted to go to clubs.
9 A police officer stopped the man’s car.
10 The bad weather ended in March.

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