EF4e B2.1 SB Script

Student’s Book Audioscript
3 cat /æ/ Alex, Amy, Andrew, Anna

Lesson 1A
4 horse /ɔː/ George, Paula, Charlotte, Sean
1.2
1h Lupita Nyong’o 5 egg /e/ Adele, Edward, Leo, Jessica
Her full name is Lupita Amondi Nyong’o. She was 6 train /eɪ/ Sam, Grace, James, Kate
born in Mexico and her parents gave her a
Spanish name which is short for Guadalupe. 7 phone /əʊ/ Tony, Joe, Nicole, Sophie
2c Tolkien
8 bike /aɪ/ Caroline, Mia, Mike, Simon
He was an English writer, poet and university
professor, and author of The Lord of the Rings.
1.4
His full initials were JRRT –John Ronald Reuel
I = Interviewer S = Sean
Tolkien – but he was known as Ronald to his
1
family.
I Excuse me, I’m doing a survey. Can I ask you
3a Marie Curie
some questions about your name?
Her maiden name was Sklodowska, but she was
S OK.
awarded the Nobel Prize under her married name.
I So, what’s your name?
4f Miley Cyrus
S Sean Gibson.
Her name comes from her childhood nickname of
I Is that S-E-A-N or S-H-A-U-N?
‘Smiley’. She changed her name legally, from
S S-E-A-N.
Destiny, in 2008.
I Why did your parents call you that?
5e J.K. Rowling
S I think I’m named after the actor Sean Connery,
After she became a famous novelist, she published
who played James Bond in the 60s. He was still
detective stories under the pseudonym Robert
very famous at the time when I was born.
Galbraith.
I Do you have a nickname?
6b Winona Ryder
S Yes, at school they used to call me ‘Gibbo’
She is an award-winning actress who is named after
because of my surname, Gibson. I didn’t really
a city near where she was born, in the state of
mind it because most people were called by some
Minnesota, USA.
nickname or other.
7d Paul McCartney
I And are you happy with your first name?
His first name is James, after his father, but his family
S Mmm, I like it. I was usually the only Sean at
used his middle name to avoid confusion.
school, which I think was quite a good thing. But
8g Ed Sheeran
people find it quite difficult to spell, especially as
His first three albums are called + (Plus), x (Multiply),
there are two possible spellings, and most foreign
and (Divide). His name is Edward, but he’s
people find it really difficult to pronounce.
called Ed for short. I Would you like to change it?
S No, no, I definitely wouldn’t change it.
1.3
1 fish /ɪ/ Chris, Bill, Linda, Diana

I = Interviewer D = Deborah
2 tree /iː/ Peter, Steve, Emily, Eve 2

I So, what’s your name?
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D Deborah. K No, no way. My name’s unique, I’m proud of it.
I Is that with an h at the end?
D Yes, D-E-B-O-R-A-H. I = Interviewer A = Anya
I Why did your parents call you that? 4
D Ah, I’m actually named after the hospital where I I What’s your name?
was born, Deborah Hospital in New Jersey – near A It’s Anya, A-N-Y-A.
New York. My dad thought of that. I Why did your parents call you that?
I Do you have a nickname? A Well, my dad’s half-Polish, and my parents
D No, but everyone calls me Debbie or Deb for wanted a Polish name. My mum originally wanted
short. to call me Agnieszka, but my dad thought it would
I Are you happy with your name? be too hard to spell, so they decided on Anya.
D Not really. I Do you have a nickname?
I Would you like to change it? A I do, but I don’t want to tell you what it is – it’s too
D I don’t know. When I was little, I started calling embarrassing.
myself April and then Caroline, but now I don’t like I Are you happy with your name?
those names either. A Yes, I am – it’s quite an unusual name in the UK. I
only know one other Anya. I think it’s more
I = Interviewer K = Khari common in Poland, but there it’s spelt A-N-I-A.
3 I Would you like to change your name?
I What’s your name? A No, I really like it. I often get compliments about it.
K Khari.
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I How do you spell it?
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K K-H-A-R-I.
I Sorry, K-A-H…? He bought me a rose.
K No, K-H-A-R-I. I’m going to lend her my camera.
I Why did your parents call you that?
They showed us their new flat.
K It was my mum’s idea. When she was young, she
I’ll send you the document.
went travelling in the Himalayas and she stayed at
a monastery in Nepal called ‘Khari’ – I think she We brought him some books.
said it was also the name of the lama. 2
I Lama?
He bought it for me.
K Yeah, the head priest there. You know, like the
I’m going to lend it to her.
Dalai Lama. Apparently Khari means ‘the precious
one’. They showed it to us.
I Oh OK! Thanks, that’s really interesting. Do you I’ll send it to you.

have a nickname? We brought them for him.
K No, I don’t.
I Are you happy with your name?
K Yeah.
I Would you like to change it?
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1.6
I = Interviewer J = John
1
I Today we’re talking to the Creative Director of a
Give me the book. business that names companies and products.
Give it to me. Welcome, John.

J Hello, Sarah.
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I So, how do companies go about choosing their
Give her the shoes.
names?
Give them to her. J Oh, in all sorts of ways. Many, like Burberry
3 clothes and accessories, and Ferrari cars, are
named after the people who started them. Others
We gave him the present.
are combination words, such as Vodafone, which
We gave it to him.
is from letters in the words Voice, Data, and
4 Telephone – though actually, they changed the P-
Show me the photo. H in telephone to F. And Microsoft comes from the
Show it to me. words Microcomputer and Software.

I Interesting…
5
J And other names come from phrases in the local
I’ll give them the information. language. A good example of that is Samsung,
I’ll give it to them. the big Korean electronics company. In Korean,
6 Samsung means ‘three stars’. The name was

chosen back in the year 1938, and at that time,
Did you give her your number?
three stars was the most impressive rating that
Did you give it to her?
people could imagine for hotels and things like
7 that.
She didn’t send me an email. I So if they’d started the company today, they
would probably have called it ‘five stars’ –
She didn’t send it to me.
whatever that is in Korean.
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J Absolutely. Some names even come from Latin –
He can’t give us the details. the name of the cosmetics company Nivea comes
He can’t give them to us. from the Latin word ‘niveus’, which means ‘snow
white’. And talking of Latin, there’s another
1.7 famous brand name with a classical connection,
A Burberry which is Nike.
B Ferrari I I think I know this one. Nike is the Greek goddess
C Vodafone of victory. Is that right?
D Samsung J Yes, exactly. However, ‘Nike’ wasn’t the
E Nivea company’s original name. When it started in 1964,
F Nike its original name was Blue Ribbon Sports. They
G Starbucks changed their name to Nike a few years later in
H Bluetooth
1971. passionate
I I didn’t know that. affectionate
J And a name ideally needs to have a strong sound.
compassionate
Take the coffee chain Starbucks, which was
considerate
founded by two teachers and a writer, who
decided to set up a business selling high-quality sensitive
coffee beans and roasting equipment. Their assertive
advertising agency advised them that the letters
attractive
S-T were powerful, and so they brainstormed
creative
words beginning with these letters and thought of
a character called Starbuck from a 19th century impulsive
novel. The name didn’t have anything to do with possessive
coffee, but they said that ‘the sound seemed to
ambitious
make sense’.
envious
I And do you have a favourite brand name?
J Well, one of my favourites is Bluetooth. This one glamorous
comes from the name of a Viking king, Harald rebellious

Blatand, so called because he had a dead tooth successful
which had turned blue – Blatand means blue tooth
helpful
in Danish. This king believed in good
communication between people, which is an powerful
excellent model for developing new thoughtful

communication technologies. But also, the logo
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for Bluetooth on your phone screen, the B-shape,
2 Describing places and things
is made up of the two Viking letters for the King’s
initials – the symbols for H (Harald) and B recognizable
(Blatand). I love that. affordable
I Thank you so much, John, for speaking with us
comfortable
this afternoon.
desirable
J You’re very welcome.
profitable
Lesson 1B suitable
1.9 easy
Adjective suffixes, 1 Describing people dirty
sociable healthy
sensible messy
loveable noisy
reliable risky
responsible addictive
expensive 10 luxurious
impressive
1.13
dangerous Look around you. Colour is everywhere in our lives.
luxurious Did you know that, according to some experts, there
spacious are as many as 10 million possible colours in our

world, though many are too complex for the human
useful
eye. So how much do you really know about colour?
colourful
Here are some fascinating facts.
peaceful
Research shows that the world’s most popular colour
restful is blue, followed by purple, red, and green, while
stressful white, orange, and yellow are our least favourite
colours.
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Works of art using the colour red tend to be more
3 -ful and -less
expensive. This is because it’s a powerful colour,
helpful which is considered lucky in many countries, such as
helpless China. The most expensive works by the artist Mark
Rothko for example, whose paintings are mainly just
powerful
blocks of colour, are his two red paintings.
powerless
The word orange didn’t describe a specific colour in
thoughtful
English until the 16th century, when it was named
thoughtless after the fruit. Instead, people used the old English
useful word ‘geoluhread’ which meant ‘yellow-red’. This is
useless why we have the word ‘redhead’ for people with this
colour of hair.
colourful
Pink has a calming effect and reduces anger and
colourless
anxiety. Many prisons and hospitals paint their walls
restful pink, to make prisoners and patients less anxious.
restless
In Imperial Rome, the colour purple was produced
with an extremely expensive dye made from
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thousands of seashells. The colour symbolized the
1 creative
power and wealth of the Roman Empire, and by the
2 possessive
fourth century AD, only the emperor was allowed to
3 envious
wear it.
4 rebellious
5 glamorous Mosquitoes are attracted to dark colours, especially
6 comfortable blue. So, if you’re planning to be outside in the
7 unhealthy evening in an area with a lot of mosquitoes, be
8 suitable careful what colour clothes you wear.
9 impressive There is no such thing as a green mammal, even
though it’s a perfectly common colour for birds, 1.15
reptiles, fish, and insects. One reason might be that 1
most mammals can’t see this colour, so it doesn’t I’m less busy this week than I was last week.
help with camouflage.
Alan is the least interesting person in the office.
Van Gogh said that yellow was the colour of
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happiness, and it’s the main colour of many of his
paintings between 1880 and 1890. The Dutch painter She’s the cleverest girl in the class.
suffered from epilepsy, and doctors may have given The old road was much narrower than the new one.
him the drug ‘digitalis’, which can cause people to It would be simpler to go back to the beginning.
see this colour very strongly.
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The safest colour for a car is white. Studies show that
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it is the most visible colour in all driving conditions
except snow. It’s a bit cloudier today than yesterday.
Most diamonds in their natural state are brown. This phone’s a bit more expensive than that one.
These are used in industry as cutting tools rather 2
than in jewellery. The largest cut diamond in the
Your job is much more stressful than mine.
world is this colour. It was found in 1985 in South
The airport is much busier than it was a few years
Africa and weighs 109 grams.
ago.
The name for the colour black hasn’t always meant
‘dark’. It comes from the root word bhleg-, which
Practical English 1
meant ‘to burn, gleam, or shine’. This may explain
why in languages like French and Spanish, blanc or 1.17
blanco are actually the words for white. A = Andrew J = Jenny G = Grant
Day one. 2.00 p.m. Jenny Zielinski has just arrived in
These are just a few of the fascinating facts I
London. Her husband, Rob, is still in the States
discovered when I was researching colour. The next
but Jenny’s going to visit his dad, Henry, before
time you make a choice about colour, for example,
she starts work. She’s carrying a lot of bags, and
for a new car, do some research first to find out
drops them. But a fellow passenger helps her.
exactly what it means.
A Are you all right? I’ll carry that for you.
1.14 J Oh yeah, that’d be great. Thank you.
1 They don’t know it, but a man is watching them. He
makes a phone call...
I’ve lost my suitcase. It’s a big blue one.
G We’ve just arrived on the flight from New York.
Expensive laptops are usually more reliable than
He’s talking to someone. I’ll follow them.
cheap ones.
Jenny gets to the queue for passport control. She’s
2 chatting to Andrew, the man who helped her with
I’m looking for white bread, but I can only find brown. her bags.
A And have you been to the UK before?
We don’t have any skimmed milk, only semi-
J A few times, actually. I work for a magazine in the
skimmed.
States – NewYork 24seven – and we have a
sister company in London. J Henry?... Hi, yeah, I’m here at last. The flight was
A I see. And are you here on business this time? late taking off... I’m so sorry you’ve had to wait for
J Sort of. I’m here for a few meetings, but I have a me... I know, I know. And you won’t believe this –
couple of days off beforehand. I’m visiting my it looks like my suitcase didn’t get here... I’m not
father-in-law in the countryside. How about you? sure, it’s turning out to be a nightmare! I can’t wait
How was your holiday in New York? to just get back to your house and – oh, hang on, I
Andrew It wasn’t really a holiday. I was doing have to go – it’s my turn. Bye.
some research there.
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J That sounds interesting.
A It was, but I didn’t have much time for sightseeing! A = Attendant J = Jenny
A Can I help you?
Is your husband coming too?
J Yeah, my suitcase hasn’t arrived.
J No, he’s working.
A What does he do? A Which flight were you on?
J He’s a journalist. He’s on assignment in Alaska at J Flight RT163 from JFK.

A I’ll take your details and then I can issue you with
the moment.
A In Alaska? Wow! a reference number. Can I have your name,
J I know, right? I’ve never been, but he says it’s please?

J My name’s Jenny Zielinski. That’s Z-I-E-L-I-N-S-
incredible.
A I can imagine. A bit different from the English K-I.
A And you’re a visitor to the UK.
countryside!
J That’s true. J That’s right.
A How long are you staying for?
A I’d better go. Oh, before I forget, here’s your
J Ten days.
laptop.
A OK. How many bags are you missing?
J Oh yeah! Thanks a lot. Sorry, I didn’t ask your
J Just one – a suitcase.
name.
A Can you describe it for me?
A Andrew Page. And yours?
J Well, it’s kind of greyish blue...and hard plastic, I
J Jenny Zielinski. It was nice meeting you.
A You, too. think.
J And thanks again for helping with my bags. A And what size is it?
J Oh, it’s medium size, like this. And it has wheels.
A No problem. Have a great time at your father-in-
A Anything else?
law’s.
J I will...if I ever get through here! J Yeah, there’s a small lock and a label with my
A Bye, then. name and phone number onit.

A And what was in the suitcase?
J Yeah, bye. Take care.
J Just about everything! Clothes, toiletries, all my
Andrew leaves, but the man follows him. Jenny gets
through passport control, but after waiting at personal belongings, really.
A Can I have your address in the UK?
baggage reclaim, she discovers that her luggage
J Just a minute. It’s The Grange, Marsh Lane, Long
hasn’t arrived. She goes to lost luggage and waits
in another queue. While she’s waiting she calls Crendon, Oxfordshire.
Henry, her father-in-law. A And a contact number?

J Yes, it’s 001 202 494 012.
A And finally, can you sign this? H You poor thing! What a journey!
J Of course. Do you have any idea where it is? I J Well, I’m here now.
mean, do you think it’s still in New York? H And it’s lovely to see you.
A It’s possible. We’re very sorry for the J It’s great to see you, too.
inconvenience. Here’s your reference number. H No, no, let me take that.
You can track the progress of your luggage J It’s OK.
online, or just give us a call. But we should be H ou’ve had a hard journey. Allow me.
able to get it back to you within 24 hours. J Thanks, Henry.
J That’d be great. Thank you. Jenny and Henry drive off to Henry’s house in the
country, near Oxford. But the man from the airport
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has been following them. He makes another
A = Attendant J = Jenny
phone call.
A Can I help you? G We’ve got a problem.
J Yeah, my suitcase hasn’t arrived.
A OK. How many bags are you missing?
Day one. 9.00 p.m. At Henry’s house. Jenny calls
J Just one – a suitcase.
Rob on Skype.
A Can you describe it for me?
R I can’t believe I’m not there with you, Jenny.
J Well, it’s kind of greyish blue...and hard plastic, I
J Neither can I. It’s weird, isn’t it?
think.
R I really miss you.
A And what size is it?
J Me too. How’s Alaska?
J Oh, it’s medium size, like this. And it has wheels.
R Not great. It’s been snowing all day! I haven’t left
A Anything else?
the hotel.
J Yeah, there’s a small lock and a label with my
J Oh no! That’s awful.
name and phone number on it.
R What are you drinking? Is that coffee?
A And what was in the suitcase?
J No, it’s tea.
J Just about everything! Clothes, toiletries, all my
R Tea?
personal belongings, really.
J It’s good. Really!
A And finally, can you sign this?
R Where’s Dad now?
J Of course. Do you have any idea where it is? I
J Oh, I think he’s getting me something. I’m not sure
mean, do you think it’s still in New York?
what.
A You can track the progress of your luggage
R So why are you using his computer?
online, or just give us a call. But we should be
J Oh, it’s crazy. You know my laptop?
able to get it back to you within 24 hours.
R Yeah?
J That’d be great. Thank you.
J This screen keeps popping up and asking me for
1.20 a password. I’ve never seen it before. I’m worried
J = Jenny H = Henry G = Grant R = Rob S = Selina I have a virus.
Day one. 4.00 p.m. Jenny finally meets Henry and R It’s not your day, is it? First your suitcase and then
they walk to the car park where he’s left his car. your laptop!
J So then I had to go to lost luggage and report it J No, but your dad’s being so nice. And he says
missing. your cousin Luke will be able to fix my computer
for me. Apparently he’s kind of a computer geek.
Lesson 2A
R Kind of? He’s a genius. If he can’t do it, nobody
can. 2.1
J Well, I’m going to go and see him tomorrow. Packing, 1 Things to take on holiday
H Here’s a pair of my pyjamas you can use, Jenny. Electronics
R Oh wow! You’ll look great in those, Jenny! 6 adaptor
Safe in the house Jenny and Henry have no idea that 5 batteries
the man, whose name is Grant, is outside in the 7 charger
dark...watching. He makes another phone call. 1 earphones
S Selina Lavelle. 4 hairdryer
G Selina? It’s Grant. She’s in the house, but she 3 headphones
isn’t alone. I could come back tomorrow with... 2 travel iron
S No. Stay there. All night if you have to. Toiletries
G Yes, boss. 16 brush

12 comb
1.21 15 deodorant
1 11 insect repellent
Henry And it’s lovely to see you. 10 make-up
2 17 razor
Jenny It’s great to see you, too. 13 scissors
3 18 shampoo
Henry No, no, let me take that. 9 sunscreen
4 14 toothbrush
Jenny It’s weird, isn’t it? 19 toothpaste
5 8 washbag
Rob I really miss you. Clothes and shoes
6 27 bath robe
Jenny Oh no! That’s awful. 21 flip-flops
7 23 pyjamas
Rob It’s not your day, is it? 28 rain jacket
8 26 slippers
Rob Oh wow! You’ll look great in those, Jenny! 25 sun hat
24 swimming trunks
20 swimsuit
22 underwear
Others
31 beach bag
29 first-aid kit
30 guidebook
33 pack of cards
32 towel
2.2 zebra /z/
2 Documents you may need batteries
1d cards
You take your passport or ID card to allow you to pyjamas
leave and enter a country
razor
2a
visa
You take a visa if you are travelling to a country
which requires one, for example, the USA. 2.6
beaches
3c
brushes
You take travel insurance documents in case you
have an accident or another problem. cases
4b clothes
You take your driving licence if you want to rent a headphones

car. magazines
5e shoes
You take your booking confirmation to prove to a sunglasses
hotel or airline that you have paid for a room, flight,
etc. 2.7
In reverse order, here’s the list of the things that the
2.3 British most often leave behind when they go on
3 Packing verbs holiday.
3 fold
At number ten we have – passports. At number nine,
4 pack
flip-flops. Number eight, mobile phones.
2 roll up
At number seven, toothbrushes, and at number six,
5 unpack
toothpaste. At number five, sunglasses, and at
1 wrap
number four, a good book. So, to the things people
2.4 forget the most often. At number three, sunscreen. At
slippers number two, phone chargers. And finally, the number
one thing people forget to bring is…comfortable
scissors
shoes!
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2.8
snake /s/
1 Don’t pack too much.
flip-flops
2 Keep some space in your suitcase for shopping.
passport 3 Pack in the right order.
swimsuit 4 Make sure your clothes arrive looking good.
sunscreen 5 Keep your chargers and adaptors together.

6 Use shoe bags.
toothpaste
7 Think about airport security. possible, travel with clothes that don’t need ironing.
8 Buy a travel wallet. My fifth tip is ‘Keep your chargers and adaptors
together’.
2.9
The holiday season is here, and many of you will be We all need chargers for our gadgets these days.
about to travel, and that means that you need to start Pack them all together in a separate small bag, with
thinking about packing. Packing is often something adaptors if you’re going to need them. It’s also a
we do at the last minute, and we frequently get it good idea to put this bag in your hand luggage, and
wrong – we take too much and then have to pay for not in your checked-in luggage, to avoid losing it.
extra luggage, or we forget some really important Tip number 6. ‘Use shoe bags.’
items. Often when we arrive and unpack, our clothes Never allow your shoes to have direct contact with
need ironing before we can wear them. So, to make your clothes – use shoe bags to keep them separate,
things easier, here are my top eight tips for perfect and put socks and underwear inside your shoes.
packing.
Tip number 7. ‘Think about airport security.’
My first tip is ‘Don’t pack too much’.
If you’re travelling with hand luggage only, put your
Put all the clothes you think you want to take on your wash bag at the top or in an outside pocket of your
bed. Then put a third of them, yes, a third, back in the case, so you can easily take it out it at security. The
cupboard. And only pack things you really love, same is true of laptops, tablets, and anything you
otherwise you probably won’t wear them. might need to put on a separate tray.
Now to my second tip. ‘Keep some space in your And finally, my eighth tip. ‘Buy a travel wallet.’
suitcase for shopping.’
It’s a good idea to print out all your important
If you’re planning to do some serious clothes documents, like your itinerary or travel insurance,
shopping when you’re away, or if you love buying and keep them with your passport in a special wallet.
souvenirs, or you want to buy presents for the family, It’s true that nowadays you can keep a lot of
make sure there’s some empty space in your case. documents on your phone, including boarding
Think about what you might want to buy, and how passes. But you might lose your phone, or it may run
much space you’ll need. out of battery just when you need it.
My third tip is ‘Pack in the right order’. So now you’re ready to go. Have a great holiday!
Think about your itinerary, and put your first day’s
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clothes at the top and your last day’s clothes at the
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bottom. Then, if you don’t have space to unpack
everything, you can just leave your suitcase under What are the children doing now?
the bed, and every morning you’ll easily find what Mark’s playing tennis and Anna’s reading.
you want to wear.
Hi, Marta. Are you waiting for someone?
OK, tip number 4. ‘Make sure your clothes arrive
Yes, I’m waiting for Tim.
looking good.’
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Learn to pack your clothes like a professional. Roll
I like vegetables now, but I didn’t use to.
your jeans, T-shirts, and pyjamas. The only things
you really need to fold are shirts and jackets. Where Oh, now I remember where I left my glasses.
2.11 4
Do you have any sunscreen? We saw Tom and Mary’s parents.
He’s having a shower at the moment. Is that Kate and David’s house?
Do you think we should have lunch in the hotel?
2.15
They’re thinking of going on a cruise.
That man over there is a friend of mine.
I see what you mean.
This is an interesting book of Sarah’s.
I’m seeing the hotel manager tomorrow morning.
Tell me about this plan of theirs.
2.12 Where’s that husband of yours?

I’m leaving tomorrow and I’m coming back on
2.16
Tuesday.
I’d love to have my own business.
We’re seeing our grandparents this weekend.
That’s my magazine. Why don’t you buy your own?
When are they coming to visit us?
Our town is going to get its own shopping centre.
Ella isn’t going out tonight. She’s staying in.
Small bakers often sell their own bread and cakes.
2.13
2.17
The train leaves at 6.30 in the morning.
right /r/
Our flight doesn’t stop in Hong Kong. It stops in
Singapore. receipt
What time does your flight arrive in New York? room
children
Lesson 2B
parents
2.14
wrong
1
write
I asked Chris’s advice.
2 2.18
1
This is a photo of my parents’ house.
It’s her shop.
That’s the children’s bedroom.
It’s her own shop.
3
2
We spent the weekend at Paul’s.
The bank’s on the corner.
I went to my grandmother’s yesterday.
The bank’s on the corner of the road.
Can you get me some aspirin when you go to the
chemist’s? 3
He’s my brother.
He’s my brother-in-law.
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Is that umbrella yours? 1 Carol
Is that your umbrella? I do a lot of shopping online. I love how convenient it

is you know, I can be in my pyjamas and do the food
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shopping for the week or clothes shopping, but one
It’s our business.
thing I hate about it though is how difficult it is to sort
6 out any problems because, you know, if you buy
It’s our own business. something in a shop, you go back to the shop and
you sort it out, but if you’ve bought something online,
2.19 returning it can be a pain, especially getting
1 something replaced or changed if it’s broken – it’s
Chris and Peter made their own website. just a huge nightmare.
2 2 Alex
Our local shops don’t deliver at weekends. I love online shopping. I guess because it’s so
convenient, because I can do it at any time of day or
3
night and I can do it from home. I don’t particularly
My French teacher lives near our house.
like going shopping so that’s a real bonus for me. But
4 I hate having to send things back, particularly shoes.
Is that all your own work? They never seem to fit when I buy them online.
5 3 David
They’re Sam and Andy´s parents. I do quite a lot of shopping online. Mainly food – I
usually do my supermarket shopping online. What I
2.20
like best is that I don’t have to take the shopping
1 home. I live at the top of a hill and I used to have to
Carol It’s just a huge nightmare. walk up the hill with a whole load of shopping bags. It
2 was a real pain. The only thing I really don’t like is
Alex It’s so convenient.
that online, it’s easy not to notice what size the
3 packets are, so you can end up with a huge packet of
Alex That’s a real bonus.
things when you only want a tiny amount. For
4 example, I ordered a box of tea bags and I wanted a
David It was a real pain. small box of 40 bags, but I didn’t read the description
5 properly and I ended up with a huge box with 460 tea
Anna I love the fact that…
bags.
6
4 Anna
Chris It’s great being able to…
7 I do a lot of online browsing, looking for things I might
Chris That’s so annoying. buy. Not really for clothes, more shopping for, kind of,
cooking things, or things on Amazon, presents for
friends, that sort of thing. I love the fact that you have
access to all kinds of shops, and access to brands
that you can’t necessarily find in shops that are near 22 newsagent’s
where you live. But I don’t like not being able to feel 14 off-licence
things or know exactly what the colours are – they’re 1 stationer’s
often different from what you see online. 11 travel agent’s
5 Chris
2.23
I do a lot of shopping online because I’m not very 2 Phrasal verbs related to shops and shopping
keen on going to places where there are crowds of
1d
people and it’s really busy. It’s great being able to
avoid the big department stores and shopping streets A lot of local shops and businesses have closed
down because of the recession.
especially at weekends, where you can hardly walk
on the pavement because there are so many people 2f
there. Do you need any help?
The only thing I hate is people delivering things when No thanks, I just want to look round.
I’m not in. Some companies are really good and give
3c
you a one hour delivery window, but with others they
I wanted to get the coat in a large, but they’d sold
say they’ll deliver between eight in the morning and
out.
seven in the evening, so you stay in all day but then
just when you need to go out for an hour, that’s when 4b
they come. That’s so annoying. Is there somewhere where I can try on this sweater?
Yes, the changing rooms are over there.

2.22
Shops and services, 1 Places 5e
13 baker’s Excuse me, can you help me? I’m looking for a
15 barber’s butcher’s. Someone told me there was one near
10 butcher’s here.
3 car showroom
6a
2 chain store
Do you have these in a medium?
19 chemist’s
8 deli I’m sorry, we’re out of mediums at the moment, but
7 DIY store we should be getting some in soon.
5 dry-cleaner’s
2.24
17 estate agent’s
I = Interviewer Ti = Tilly
12 fishmonger’s
1
21 florist’s
I What’s your name?
4 garden centre
Ti My name’s Tilly.
6 greengrocer’s
I Where does it come from?
20 hairdresser’s
Ti Um, it’s actually short for Ottilie, which is spelled
9 jeweller’s
O-T-T-I-L-I-E, um, and I think it’s Hungarian.
18 launderette
I Who chose your name?
16 market stall
Ti My dad.
I Would you like to change your name?
Ti I’m happy with my name, yeah, I quite like it. I = Interviewer D = Diarmuid
5
I = Interviewer To = Tory I What sort of things do you buy online?
2 D I buy almost everything online these days, er, so,
I What’s the colour scheme of your bedroom? clothes, um, all gadgets and equipment. Um, I
To The colour scheme of my bedroom changes in don’t buy food, but I know a lot of other people do.
dependence of my mood. Currently it’s purple and
white. Lesson 3A
I Do you like it?
3.1
To Um, I stopped liking it once it was all sorted.
6 He’s a baby.
I Would you like to change it?
4 She’s a toddler.
To All the time. But once I change it, then I’ll want to
2 He’s a child.
change it again. It’s a never-ending cycle.
9 She’s a pre-teen.
1 She’s a teenager.
I = Interviewer C= Claudia
5 He’s in his early twenties.
3
7 She’s in her mid-thirties.
I Are you good at packing when you go away?
8 He’s in his late forties.
C When I go away, I’m really good at packing
3 She’s retired.
because I don’t pack a lot. I’m very efficient, I’ve
moved a lot, I’ve travelled a lot, so I can pack 3.2
lightly. It’s always a very small carry…I like to Part 1
travel with a carry-on, if I can. I = Interviewer M = Maria
I Welcome back. Up next, age and the generation
I = Interviewer M = Maria gap. We know how hard it can be to tell
4 someone’s age, but in fact it turns out there may
I Is there anything you only do when you’re on be a way that’s quite simple. It’s called the
holiday that you wouldn’t do in everyday life? ‘Mosquito Tone Test’, and Mark is here to tell
M Um, when I’m on holiday, I usually go for more us more.
walks. So for example, after dinner, I would M Thanks, Sue. The Mosquito Tone is a sound – a
always go for a walk on holiday, but at home, I’d very high pitched, very annoying sound, which is
never do that. I’m always too tired, it’s a bit cold in why it’s named after the insect. What’s interesting
the UK, so, yeah, on holiday it’s usually warmer is that apparently as we age, we slowly lose our
and I’ll go for walks after dinner. ability to hear this sound. According to scientists,
I What’s your favourite kind of holiday? almost everyone under the age of 25 can hear the
M My favourite kind of holiday, um, is somewhere Mosquito Tone, but almost no one over 25 can
warm, and somewhere that’s, um, not too hear it!
crowded and perhaps with some historical I Really! Is that right?
significance, a nice place to walk around. Um, I M Yes. And to test this out, I actually played the tone
wouldn’t like to go somewhere too, um, quiet. for my family last night. My wife and I heard
absolutely nothing at all, but our teenage teenagers.
daughters could hear it, and in fact they I It sounds like rather a good idea to me. But you
complained that it was an irritating sound that was said this was a controversy. Who’s against it?
quite painful to hear. M Well, there are some groups of people who are
I Oh no! Well, at the risk of irritating some of our trying to ban the Mosquito Tone. They’ve pointed
younger listeners’ ears, why don’t we play the out a number of problems with it. Firstly, they
tone briefly now? worry that the sound really is harmful, but more to
M OK, here goes. I’m playing the tone in 3, 2, 1... the point they say that the Mosquito Tone affects
I Have you played the tone yet? all young people, some of whom are well-behaved
M I just did. Or, at least, I think I did. and just want to go shopping. And finally, they say
I Well, I suppose that just confirms that neither of that the Mosquito Tone doesn’t actually stop the
us are under 25! problem of teenage gangs, it just drives them from
one place to another.
3.3
I Those do seem like good points.
I = Interviewer M = Maria
M Yes, indeed. And there’s also an interesting twist.
Part 2
Some teenagers have discovered an advantage
I Now Mark, apart from testing a person’s age,
to the Mosquito Tone.
what is the Mosquito Tone being used for? Ir Oh yes?
M This has actually become an interesting
M Well, the Mosquito Tone has also been released
controversy. Because the sound is so annoying,
as a ringtone for your mobile. So in secondary
and because only the young can hear it, the schools that don’t permit mobile phones, teens
Mosquito Tone is being used to keep teenagers
can use their phones in class. They can receive
away from certain places.
calls and messages during lessons and teachers
I What kinds of places?
don’t have any idea what is happening.
M Well, for example, from shopping centres. As you I Because the teacher can’t hear it! That must really
know, in some towns you get large groups of
annoy them.
young people hanging around shopping centres M That’s right. And if they can’t hear it, they can’t…
and causing trouble. And some shop owners say
that these gangs can annoy other customers, or 3.4
frighten them away, which is obviously not good 1
for business. So now these centres can play the I only saw him for a few minutes before he left.
Mosquito Tone over their audio system, and the
Most people didn’t own a computer until the 1980s.
groups of teenagers will feel uncomfortable and
Where did you grow up?
leave the area. But of course the sound won’t
annoy the other customers at all, as they don’t 2
hear it. What were you doing at 7 o’clock yesterday evening?
I Have you spoken to any of these shop owners?
He was texting a friend when the accident happened.
M Yes, I have, and they said that the Mosquito Tone
While we were having our picnic, it started to rain.
has worked very well for them. And they also said
that although it’s true that the Mosquito Tone is Sorry, what did you say? I wasn’t listening.
certainly very annoying, it doesn’t hurt the
3.5 2 We often play video games on Saturday evenings.
1 3 We lived in America for six months.
I used to be very shy when I was a child. 4 I watched too much TV last night.
5 I usually cook at weekends.
Tim used to go to the theatre a lot when he lived in
6 I look like my sister.
London.
We used to live in Rome. 3.9
2 1
I was very shy when I was a child. Where did you live when you were a child?
Tim often went to the theatre when he lived in We lived in a village in the country.
London. 2
We lived in Rome for ten years. I used to love playing football when I was at
primary school.
3.6
3
1
This happened when I was ten. I was with my
tie /t/
parents and we were shopping.
I used to be shy.
I liked reading.
Lesson 3B
2 3.10
Photography, 1 Describing a photo
dog /d/
Photo 1
I’ve changed a lot. 1 In the background, there’s a mountain and some

low cloud.
I enjoyed playing with my friends.
2 In the bottom right-hand corner, there’s a
3
grandmother and three children.
/ɪd/ 3 The boy in an orange T-shirt is standing in front of
his grandmother.
I started university.
4 In the centre of the photo, there’s a building with
I collected insects. lots of steps.
5 There’s a small building that looks like a temple on
3.7
top of a small hill.
1 I hated eating vegetables.
Photo 2
2 We looked alike.
6 In the foreground, there’s a woman standing on a
3 I tried everything.
terrace looking at the view.
4 We lived abroad.
7 The woman is standing behind a low wall.
5 I hoped to pass.
8 Opposite the woman, there’s a building with a
6 We decided to move.
tower that looks like a church.
3.8 9 In the distance on the right, you can just see the
1 I worked as a waiter last summer. top of an old building which looks like a ruin.
10 In the top left-hand corner, there are some 3.13
trees. 1 There’s a tree in the background.
2 In the foreground there’s a girl.
3.11
3 You can see a house in the distance.
2 Taking photos
4 There’s a man behind her.
1e 5 In the bottom right-hand corner there’s a dog.
You use flash when you want to take a photo

3.14
somewhere dark, for example indoors or at night.
You don’t need expensive photographic equipment to
2a
take amazing photos. The camera on your phone can
You zoom in when you’re far away from something be just as good. Here are my top ten tips for taking
and you want to take a close-up of it. great photos on your phone.
3g Tip 1
A photo can be out of focus if your camera isn’t Be ready
automatic and you haven’t used the right settings.
It may be an obvious thing to say, but remember to
4d charge your phone and to keep your lens clean. I
Many cameras have a portrait setting to use when carry a charger with me most of the time. Also, keep
you want to take a photo of a person. your phone in your hand, not in your bag. I always
keep my phone in camera mode so that when I
5c
unlock it, it’s ready to take pictures.
A photo can be overexposed if there’s too much light
Tip 2
on the subject when you’re taking it.
Don’t think twice
6b
Take photos whenever you want and of whatever you
With good cameras you can use different lenses, for
want! There’s nothing to lose. Some moments will
example a wide-angle lens, when you want to take a
never be repeated. If you don’t like your picture, you
photo of a landscape, but you can’t get all of it in.
can always delete it, but you can’t turn back time.
7f
Tip 3
You edit a photo when you change the size, colour,
Learn about your phone camera
or brightness.
Read your phone manual, and make sure you’re
3.12 using your camera in the best way. Sometimes little
1 photo tips can really help you to improve your photos.
2 photograph Learn how you can control the exposure, or focus on
3 photographer the objects better. Know the strengths and
4 photography weaknesses of your phone camera. My iPhone isn’t
5 photographic good at night photography, so I try to only use it in
6 photogenic the day time.
7 photoshop
Tip 4
Don’t use zoom
Don’t forget that this is just a phone. It doesn’t work them to your friends, and hang them on your walls.
like a camera with a DSLR lens. If you want to take a Holding your photos in your hands is such a lovely
close-up of something, use your legs and move feeling, much nicer than looking at them on a screen.
nearer!
3.15
Tip 5
I took this photograph when we were flying over the
Light is important Great Wall of China – I was going back to the USA
Good photography is all about using light well. Even after a holiday in Beijing. I was sitting next to the
the most boring composition will be saved by good window, so I had a great view. I’m not usually very
use of light, whether it’s day or evening. good at taking photographs, but I’m quite proud of
Tip 6 this one. It was a long flight, and by the time we

finally arrived home in Washington DC, I was
Use the grid
exhausted. But when I look at this photograph it
Imagine your picture is divided into nine equal
reminds me of the fantastic trip I had to China.
squares. This is called ‘the grid’. The important parts
of your photo should be positioned where the lines 3.16
cross. Learn to use the grid, and then, just as She sat in the square and watched the tourists.
importantly, learn to do without it. There’s a box under your bed.
Tip 7 You’ll find some cash inside my purse.
Choose unique angles The cups are on that shelf there.
Try looking at objects from a new perspective. Take a There’s a man standing in front of the gate.
picture from the dog’s view!
Tip 8 3.17
The plane flew over the city.
Don’t stick to one style
He ran across the road.
A lot of people nowadays try to take photos in the
same style or colours. Don’t do this! Show your He walked through the door.
creativity. Take any photos you like, landscapes, Go along the street, past the chemist’s.
portraits, or unusual compositions. Your own unique Don’t run down the steps. You’ll fall.
style will develop.
3.18
Tip 9
1
Select and edit
We waited for the film to start.
Be selective! Choose only your best pictures and
Everybody laughed at me.
then edit those. There are many apps that will help
you to do this. But remember that sometimes a 2
picture can be better without any filters. I’m worried about my camera – the flash isn’t
Tip 10 working.
Make your pictures come alive Lily’s interested in astrology.
Print your pictures, send them as postcards, give
3 setting. I really like the photo because I have some
Tony’s good at spending other people’s money. great memories of Byron Bay and Australia, because
I’d been there before on my own, and I was really
She believes in taking lots of pictures and then
glad to go there with Roz. It was a really happy time
choosing the best.
of my life and we were having a lovely holiday. And I
3.19 like that you can see the silhouettes of people on the
1 Chris sand and in the water and I love the way the light
comes off the sea and sand. It’s one of several
I took this photo last year when I was in Uganda. I
photos, actually, from that trip, that we printed and it’s
was there working for three weeks with a charity, and
in a frame on a wall in our house.
before going back to London, the two friends I was
working with and I decided to go and see the 3 Kate
mountain gorillas which live in the rainforest on the This is a photo I really like. Me and my partner,
border of Uganda. On the day of the trek, I was David, were staying with friends who live on the edge
feeling very nervous because I wasn’t sure whether I of Dartmoor, a really wild and beautiful place in
would manage it. I’m not very fit, and we basically Devon, in the south west of the UK. We had a big
had to walk up the mountain in the rainforest until we lunch, and then we all decided to walk up to the top
found the gorillas, which could take as long as five or of the hill behind their house. The weather wasn’t
six hours. Luckily, after two hours, just when I was very good on most of the walk, in fact at one point it
wondering if I could carry on, we found them. The rained quite hard, but when we got to the top, the sun
first gorilla we saw was this Silverback, which is the came out and there was a glorious blue sky, and we
large dominant male in the group. I couldn’t believe could see the most fantastic view of the countryside.
my eyes – he was so close, only about a couple of We asked another walker up there to take the photo
metres away. I’ll never forget that moment. We for us. That’s me and David in the middle, in red and
stayed with the gorillas for an hour, and then walked green, with our little black dog. I like this photo
back down again. I love this photo because it because it’s so colourful and we all look really happy
reminds me of that moment, how proud and relieved I – it was just a lovely, memorable day. I have the
was to have got there, and probably the most photo on my phone and my iPad – at the moment, it’s
amazing wildlife experience I’ve ever had. I keep it on my Facebook profile photo.
my computer as my desktop background and when
I’m sitting working in rainy England, it reminds me of
another world.
2 Tom
So, I took this photo in Australia, when I was visiting

my girlfriend, Roz. She was studying out there for a
year. It was taken in Byron Bay, which is the most
easterly point of the Australian mainland. We were
out walking along the beach, and in Byron, when the
sun sets, it’s a really special occasion, lots of people
go out onto the beach and watch the sun set over the
bay, and so I took this photo just as the sun was
just have to stay here and see if I can get the AA
Practical English 2 to bring out another spare tyre. I’ll call you a taxi.
J Isn’t there a bus I could catch?
3.20
H Well, there’s a bus stop on the main road. You
J = Jenny H = Henry L = Luke
could get the bus to Oxford from there, I suppose.
Day two. 9.00 a.m. Jenny has come to the UK for
J How do I get to the bus stop?
work and a bit of holiday. She’s staying with her
H The quickest way is the footpath at the back of the
father-in-law Henry outside Oxford. She had some
house.
problems on her first day – her suitcase didn’t
J I think I’ll do that then.
arrive, and her laptop isn’t working for some
H Are you sure you want to get the bus? How will
reason. Henry says that Luke, Rob’s cousin, who
you find Luke’s house?
lives in Oxford, will be able to fix her laptop. While
J You gave me the address. I can look it up on my
they’re walking to Henry’s car to drive to Luke’s
phone if I get lost.
house, Jenny’s phone rings.
H Yes, of course. But, um, this is really inconvenient
J Hello?... Yes, it is… Oh, that’s great news. Thank
for you. You were going to borrow my car, weren’t
you... Later today? Great. Now I won’t have to buy
you?
new clothes... Yeah, that’s the right address. Bye.
J No, don’t worry, Henry. I had actually decided to
H Good news?
rent a car anyway. I’ll need it for work and it’ll
J Great news! They found my suitcase, and they’re
probably be cheaper to rent here than in London. I
bringing it over later today.
can get one while Luke is working his magic.
H Excellent. Right, I’ll take you to my nephew’s
H Well, if you’re absolutely sure. Just go to the back
house so he can fix your computer.
door and you’ll see the path. Follow that – takes
J I’m looking forward to meeting Luke.
you to the bus stop.
H You’ll like him. He’s a bright boy. Not that I
J OK. Oh, I’d like to cook dinner this evening to
understand a word he says.
thank you for having me.
J I bet he doesn’t know much about Greek
H You don’t need to do that!
mythology either!
J I want to.
H You’re probably right.
H Well, if you’re sure. What time?
Henry looks at one of the front wheels of his car.
J How about seven o’clock?
H That’s funny.
H Great! And I’ll keep my phone on in case you
J What’s wrong?
need me.
H The tyre’s flat.
J See you later, Henry.
J Do you have a spare?
H Bye!
H Well, yes, but it shouldn’t be flat, it’s new and…
Jenny leaves to catch the bus and Henry phones the
He walks round and looks at the other front wheel.
Automobile Association. Suddenly a dark car
H I don’t believe it!
draws up in front of the house. The driver is a
J What is it?
strange man he’s never seen before.
H They’re both flat! They’ve been punctured!
H Who’s that?
J What? Somebody did that on purpose? In the
English countryside?
Day two. 11.00 a.m. Jenny finally arrives at Luke’s
H You get vandals everywhere these days. Well, I’ll
house in Oxford. A For how long?
J Luke? J Nine days.
L You must be Jenny. Hi. A Automatic or manual?
J Nice to meet you. J An automatic, please.
L You too. Come in. Would you like some coffee? A Any additional drivers?
I’ve just made some. J No, just me.
J I’d love to, but I’m running a bit late. We had A Great. Well, we have several models I can show
trouble with the car and then the bus took forever. you, but I’d recommend the Vauxhall Corsa. It’s
And I really need to get to a car rental place. I’m £65 per day and that includes insurance.
really sorry, but could I just leave the computer J That sounds promising. Can I take a look?
with you? A Of course, but first I’d like to run through some of
L Yeah, no problem. the basics. The petrol tank is full when you start,
J That’s great. I feel awful just leaving it here like so if you return it with a full tank, there’s no extra
this. charge.
L Honestly, don’t worry about it. J Great.
J Are you sure? A But if you get any parking tickets or speeding
L Yeah, it’s cool. I love doing this kind of thing. I’ll fines, you have to pay for them yourself.
send you a text and let you know how I’m getting J Fair enough! Would it be possible to leave the car
on. at the airport?
J That’s nice of you, Luke. Thanks. See you later. A No problem, but that’s a one-way rental so there’s
L See you later. an additional charge of £50.
J OK.
3.21
A And one last thing – have you driven in the UK
N = Newsreader J = Jenny A = Assistant
before?
Inside a car rentals shop, the assistant is watching J Yes, I have. So driving on the left’s not a problem.
the news on TV on the counter. On the TV screen
A That’s good. OK, let’s go out and take a look at
there’s a photograph of Heathrow Airport, and the
the car. We can go through the paperwork
headline ‘Airport Assault’.
afterwards.
N The man found unconscious at Heathrow Airport J Great.
yesterday has been named as Andrew Page, a As Jenny and the assistant leave the office to see the
research scientist from Oxford. Police believe he car, the TV shows Andrew’s photograph with the
was attacked... headline ‘Airport Assault’.
A Hello. Can I help you?
J Oh, hi. I’d like to rent a car, please. 3.22
A Have you hired from us before? A = Assistant J = Jenny
J No. A Hello. Can I help you?
A OK, could I see your driving licence, please? J Oh, hi. I’d like to rent a car, please.
Great. So what kind of car are you looking for? A Great. So what kind of car are you looking for?
J Oh, nothing too big. It’s just for me. J Oh, nothing too big. It’s just for me.
A OK, so a compact. Three-door? A OK, so a compact. Three-door?
J Yeah, that’ll be fine. J Yeah, that’ll be fine.
A Automatic or manual? J I just have no idea how it got there. Hang on.
J An automatic, please. L What is it?
A Any additional drivers? J My suitcase has arrived!
J No, just me. L Hey, that’s great!
A It’s £65 per day and that includes insurance. J Oh, look at that. The lock’s broken.
J That sounds promising. Can I take a look? L Must have been the baggage handlers!
A But if you get any parking tickets or speeding J Well, at least it’s back.
fines, you have to pay for them yourself. L So, how’s Uncle Henry?
J Fair enough! Would it be possible to leave the car J He isn’t here. I called him but he didn’t answer.
at the airport? L He probably went for a walk. He often does that.
A And one last thing – have you driven in the UK He thinks about his research and stuff.
before? J Well, I hope he’s back in time for dinner!
J Yes, I have. So driving on the left’s not a problem. L He will be. He’s always on time.
J Yeah, Rob told me Henry’s very punctual.
3.23
L Unlike Rob!
J = Jenny H = Henry L = Luke N = Newsreader R =
J Exactly.
Rob L Is that the jet lag catching up with you?
Day two. 5.00 p.m. Jenny drives back to Henry’s
J Yeah, I’m pretty tired.
house. She’s bought food to cook for dinner. She
L You should have a nap. Don’t worry, I’ll get this
leaves the food on the table and looks for Henry.
computer working as soon as I can.
J Henry? Henry? Henry? J Thanks, Luke. See you later.
Henry doesn’t seem to be there, so she phones him.
L Bye!
H This is Henry Walker. I’m afraid I can’t take your
call at the moment. Please leave your message
Jenny sits down on the sofa and turns on the TV, but
after the tone.
soon she closes her eyes, and falls asleep. The
J Hi, Henry, it’s Jenny here. I just wanted to let you
TV is still on. Jenny suddenly wakes up. She’s
know everything went fine. I got my car and I’m
been asleep for almost four hours.
back home. Remember I’m making dinner. See
J Oh no, dinner! Henry? Henry? That’s strange.
you soon.
Jenny phones him again.
She notices some books on the floor and picks them
H This is Henry Walker. I’m afraid I can’t take your
up and puts them away. She then phones Luke.
call at the moment. Please leave your message
J Hi Luke, it’s Jenny.
after the tone.
L Hi Jenny. What’s up?
She then glances at the TV.
J I just wanted to apologize for running off this
N The victim of last night’s assault at Heathrow
morning.
Airport has been named as Andrew Page. Mr
L You really don’t need to! I should apologize,
Page is a research scientist from Oxford. Police
actually. It’s going to take me longer than I
believe he was attacked as he left the airport. He
thought to unlock your computer. It’s like there’s
is now in hospital in a critical condition. Police are
an extra security code or something.
appealing to anyone who may have seen Mr Page
J That’s really weird.
to contact them immediately. Mr Page had just
L Don’t worry, I’m sure I can crack it.
returned from New York where he was conducting 4.2
research on renewable energy. Phrasal verbs
J Oh my gosh, Andrew! 1
Jenny picks up her phone and dials.
If that pen doesn’t work, just throw it away. I hate
R Hi, Jenny.
having pens around that don’t work.
J Rob, I need to talk to you.
2
3.24 Please could you take out the rubbish? I did it last
1 week.
Henry I’m afraid I can’t take your call at the 3
moment.
I’m moving house in a few weeks, and I’ve decided to
2 give away a lot of books and clothes to a charity
Henry Please leave your message after the tone. shop.
3 4
Luke Hi Jenny. What’s up? In most countries people throw away used glass,
4 cardboard, etc. in special bins. Local councils then

collect this waste and take it away to be recycled.
Jenny Hang on…my suitcase has arrived!
5 4.3
Jenny Well, at least it’s back. 2 Packaging

5 bottle
6
6 can
Jenny I’m pretty tired.
14 cardboard box
7 3 carton
Jenny Thanks, Luke. See you later. 15 jar
9 lid
Lesson 4A 13 packet
12 plastic bag
4.1
4 pot
Rubbish and recycling, 1 Rubbish: Nouns and
7 pouch
phrasal verbs. Nouns
11 sell-by date
1 rubbish
10 tin
2 waste
8 tray
3 bin
1 tub
4 bin bag
2 wrapper
5 waste-paper basket
6 refuse collector
7 landfill site
T It could be food that’s near its sell-by date in local
4.4
shops, or home-grown vegetables that you’re not
3 The prefix re-
going to eat, or bread from your baker’s that
1 hasn’t been sold at the end of the day, or the food
There’s a bottle bank at the local supermarket where that’s in your fridge when you’re about to go
you can recycle all your glass bottles and jars. away. Any food that people have that they’re not
going to use.
2
I And how does the app work?
All supermarkets in the UK now charge extra for
T It’s super easy! If you have some food that you
plastic bags. They prefer customers to have
want to share, you simply open the app, add a
shopping bags which they can reuse.
photo and a description, and say when and where
3 the food can be collected from. And if you’re
If you’re not sure about the project, you should looking for some food, you just put in your
rethink the whole thing. postcode and send a message to the person
who’s offering the food you want, and then you
4
arrange a time to go and collect it.
You can reheat your dinner in the microwave.
5 4.8
I = Interviewer T = Tessa
They’ll have to replay the match next Saturday.
Part 2
6
I So how did you come up with the idea?
You should reapply sunscreen every hour if you have T Well, I’ve always been worried about food waste.
fair skin. My parents have a farm in the north of England, in
North Yorkshire, and I learnt as a child how much
4.5
hard work goes into producing the food that we all
bike /ai/ reapply, recycle, require, sell-by, site, supply
eat. And so I grew up with the belief that food
should be eaten, it ought not to be thrown away.
train /ei/ away, date, replay, tray, waste
But I got the idea for the app when I was living in
Switzerland and I was packing up my flat because
4.6
I was going to move back to the UK. When the
break buy climate eyes flight guy height
removal people came to take all my things, I still
neighbour straight survey wait wi-fi
had in my fridge some potatoes, a cabbage, and
4.7 some pots of yogurt. The men told me to throw
I = Interviewer T = Tessa away the food, but it seemed such a terrible thing
Part 1 to do, to throw away good food. The removal men
I Tessa, can you explain what OLIO is, exactly? didn’t want it and my neighbours were out, and I
T So, OLIO is a free app which connects thought to myself, ‘This is absolutely crazy….this
neighbours with each other and with local food is delicious. Why isn’t there an app where I
businesses so that surplus food can be shared can share it with someone nearby who wants it?’
and not thrown away. And so the idea for OLIO was born… When I told
I What kinds of food? my friend Saasha about it…
I You co-founded OLIO with your friend Saasha, is T We launched it on 9th July 2015. The very first
that right? version of the app could only be used in North
T Yes. Saasha has always been passionate about London. But now it’s being used in 41 countries.
recycling, and when I told her my idea, her eyes I So people love it and are using it?
immediately lit up – she got very excited. In just T Absolutely. We get loads of messages on our
an hour of talking, we’d come up with a name and website, and there was one the other day from
made a plan. this guy – I’m going to read it to you – he said, ‘I
had some vegetables I knew I wouldn’t have time
4.9
to eat and within an hour they’d been collected
I = Interviewer T = Tessa
and I suddenly felt like a hero!’ That’s so great.
Part 3
People are helping each other, and helping the
I So what happened next?
planet, and feeling good all at the same time.
T The first thing we did was some research, in order
to understand how big the problem of food waste 4.10
was, and what we discovered truly shocked us. 1
For example, did you know that in the UK, the Could you take the rubbish out? It’s beginning to
average family throws away £700 worth of food smell.
each year? That adds up to 12.5 billion…
I’ll do it as soon as this programme finishes.
£12.5 billion that’s going straight in the bin! But
2
our research also showed that one in three people
feel really terrible when they throw away good Are you going to finish that pasta? You’ve hardly
food. But just because people hate throwing away eaten any.
food, that doesn’t mean they’ll take the next step, I can’t, I’m just not hungry. But don’t throw it away. I’ll
which is to share food. We needed a cheap and have it for lunch tomorrow.
quick way to test whether our food sharing idea
3
would work.
Don’t put bottles in the black bin. You need to put
I How did you do that?
them in the recycling bin.
T We invited 12 people from our research survey
who said they hated throwing away good food, Sorry, I forgot. I won’t do it again.
and we put them all in a closed WhatsApp group. 4
We asked them to post photos of any surplus food
This lasagne’s been in the fridge for three days. Shall
they had into the group for two weeks, and see if
I throw it away?
anyone wanted it. Eventually, someone posted an
No, don’t waste it. Put it in the freezer.
item – half a bag of onions! And then more and
more items of food were shared. Then, when the 5
trial was over, we met face to face with everybody I’m a bit worried about this yogurt. The sell-by date
who took part, and asked for feedback. The was yesterday.
conclusion was unanimous – ‘it’s an amazing Don’t worry, it’ll be fine.
idea’.
I So when did you actually launch the app?
4.11
Lesson 4B
1 Predictions
4.13
Who do you think will win tomorrow’s game?
Study and work. 1 Higher education
The climate probably won’t change much in the next 1 campus
five or ten years.
2 undergraduates
2 Future facts 3 postgraduates
I’ll be at work on Monday. 4 dissertation

5 thesis
The election will be on 6th May.
6 professors
3 Instant decisions
7 faculties
Do you want coffee or tea? 8 halls of residence
I’ll have a coffee, please. 9 tutor
10 seminars
4 Promises
11 lectures
Have you been using my laptop? You didn’t turn it
12 webinars
off.
Oh sorry. I’ll remember next time. 4.14

2 Applying for a job or course
The battery’s almost run down!
What you may need to have
Sorry. I promise I won’t do it again.
1 qualifications
5 Offers and suggestions 2 experience
I’ll cook dinner tonight. 3 skills
Shall I throw away this bread? 4 reference

What you may need to do
What shall I do with my old phone?
5 look for a job vacancy or course
Where shall we go for lunch today? 6 apply for a work permit, a place on a course, a
grant or scholarship
4.12
7 write a CV and a covering letter
1 Plans and intentions
8 attend an interview
I’m going to buy a new phone this weekend.
9 get a job offer or an offer for a place on a course
Tom’s going to make pizza for dinner. 10 work as an intern
2 Predictions
4.15
You aren’t going to like this film – it’s very violent.
attend
It’s a bit cloudy – the weather forecast says it’s going
dissertation
to rain this afternoon.
PhD
postgraduate
professor
qualifications
reference definitely be paid?
residence J Yes. If you spend your day doing jobs that would
usually be done by a paid employee, then you
scholarship
should also be paid the Minimum or Living wage.
seminar
I So when is it legal for an employer not to pay an
tutorial intern?
undergraduate J You don’t have to be paid if you’re doing an

internship as part of your university course, or if
vacancy
you’re doing school work experience. And of
4.16 course, if you’re volunteering for a charity.
I = Interviewer J = Jake I Any other situations?
Part 1 J Yes, you also don’t have to be paid if the role you
I Recently in the news, students and graduates have is similar to work experience or shadowing –
have been complaining about how interns are where you are in an office or another workplace
treated, basically about the fact that many people just to observe and learn about what’s going on
doing internships are either very badly paid or not rather than actually working. But, and this is very
paid at all. We asked Jake Butler from the website important, if you’re not getting paid for doing an
savethestudent.org to give us the facts. Hello internship, you shouldn’t be given fixed working
Jake, nice to have you on the programme. hours.
J Hi there. I So the important thing is to know your rights?
I So what’s the current situation with interns getting J Absolutely!
paid? I Thank you very much, Jake.
J Well, I’d like to make it clear that at Save the
4.17
Student, we’re strongly against unpaid
I = Interviewer R = Rosie L = Lauren
internships. And thankfully, the situation is better
Part 2
than it used to be.
I We’re now asking people who either are interns,
I But are unpaid internships actually legal?
or have just been interns to phone in and tell us
J They can be. It all depends on your status as an
about their experiences. Our first caller is Rosie.
intern: that is, whether you qualify as ‘a worker’ or
Hi Rosie, and thanks for calling. So, what’s your
not. And the law isn’t completely clear about what
experience?
being ‘a worker’ means.
R Well, I wanted to work in fashion, making hats, to
I So how do you know if you should be getting
be precise, and in the fashion industry, it’s
paid?
almost impossible to get a job unless you do an
J Well, if you’re promised a contract for future work
internship first, so I did several.
once the internship period is over, then you are an
I And did you get paid?
employee, so you’re entitled to the National
R The most I got was about £15 a day for lunch and
Minimum Wage – that’s £7.70 an hour – or the
transport. Companies get so many applications for
National Living Wage if you’re over 25, which is
internships that they don’t need to pay you.
£8.21 an hour.
I So it wasn’t a good experience?
I Are there any other situations in which you should
R Actually, it was. It was very hard work, but I it was all done by email. She promised me a job
learned loads about designing and making after three months, but it never .
clothes. I sometimes worked later than 11 p.m., I So you felt you were being exploited?
and that wasn’t easy, but then I’d look in the L Yes, totally.
newspapers and I’d see a model wearing a hat I I’m really sorry to hear that, Lauren…
that I’d helped to make, and then I felt great.
4.18
I But it can’t have been easy to survive, financially?
I = Interviewer S = Simon
R No, it wasn’t. My parents were able to help me a
1
bit, but I had to earn money by working in a bar as
I Well, Simon, your qualifications are excellent and
well.
I Would you recommend doing an internship? you’ve got a lot of great experience.
S Oh, thank you. I’m glad to hear it.
R Oh yes, overall, I think they’re brilliant. I’d
I If we offer you the job, when will you be able to
definitely advise someone to do one – despite the
hard work and the debt, you learn so much that start?
S How about tomorrow?
it’s worth it.
I Thank you, Rosie. Our next caller is Lauren. Hi
I = Interviewer A = Andrew
Lauren.
2
L Hello.
I OK, Andrew. You have some of the qualifications
I So what was your experience like?
L I’ve done four internships in Publicity. My last one we’re looking for, but not enough experience.
A I understand.
was two months at a small Public Relations
I If we offered you the job, you would need a lot of
agency. They paid for my travel expenses and
training. I’m afraid we don’t have the budget for
lunch, and I learned a lot. It really helped me
that at the moment.
when I applied for jobs because I knew what I was
A I see. Well, thanks very much for considering me.
talking about.
I So, a good experience.
4.19
L Absolutely. But in the other three, I worked ten-
1
hour days, six days a week, and I got no money at
If I have time, I’ll write my CV tonight.
all, so I also had to work in a pub to support
myself. And each time they told me, ‘Do well and If you don’t work hard, you won’t get promoted.
there’ll be a job at the end of it.’ But then there 2
were no jobs. It made me so angry.
If he does well at school, he can go to a good
I And were you working during these internships, or
university.
was it more observing others?
I might go back to college if I can’t find a job.
L I was working really hard. In fact, during one of
those internships, the manager went on holiday If you apply for a job, you must prepare an up-to-date
for a month and I had to manage everything. And CV.
in another one, I worked from home, using my If you want to do well in the exam, you should work
own phone, and I wasn’t paid a penny, not even hard this weekend.
to cover the phone bill. I only met the boss once –
3 I Have you changed much?
If you get an interview, think carefully about what to E Um, I’m still very inquisitive, but I kind of ask more
wear. of why, like, I want to know more about your

intentions as opposed to just why is something
4.20 the way that it is.
1
If I had more money, I wouldn’t need to work I = Interviewer K = Keith
overtime. 2
I Are you good at taking photos?
If they offered you a part-time job, would you take it?
K I’m OK at taking photos. I have this technique now
2
where instead of taking a photo with my camera,
I might meet more people if I lived in a hall of I’ll take a video, um, and then I’ll take screen,
residence. screen shots from the video stills. For example, if
You could apply for a scholarship if you got a place to my son’s playing football, whenever I try and take
study in the USA. a photo, I’ll always miss really what I was trying to
capture, but by taking a video I can get various
3
stills of the exact shot that I want, so, so yeah, I’m
If John was here, he’d know what to do.
OK.
I’d take it back to the shop if I were you. I What kind of photos do you take?
K Um, I take a lot of photos of my children, um, I like
4.21
a lot of action shots, so I’ll, I’ll take photos of them
1 If you don’t have any work experience, apply for an
doing things. Um, I like taking photos of nice
internship.
places when I go anywhere, so scenic photos,
2 If you don’t speak English, you won’t be able to get
that kind of thing.
a job abroad.
I Do you have a camera or do you use your phone?
3 If you’re asked to an interview, make sure you
K I always use my phone. Um, I do have a camera,
wear smart clothes.
but I’ve probably not used it in about five years. It
4 If you make spelling mistakes on your CV, it’ll give
was quite a good one as well, really expensive,
a bad impression.
but no, just the convenience of using my phone,
5 If you use a social media site, you’ll have more
and to be honest, it probably takes better photos.
chance of finding work.
4.22 I = Interviewer S = Shreeya
I = Interviewer E = Erica 3
1 I How worried are you about plastic pollution?
I What kind of child were you? S Um, yes, I would say I’m quite concerned about
E What kind of child was I? I was a very inquisitive plastic pollution, um, the effect it has on sea life,
child. I was the ‘why’ child, so anything you told the environment in general, um, and I think it’s
me, I always responded with, ‘Well, why?’ and good that businesses are taking it more seriously,
‘How come?’ and ‘Why is that?’ And it was very too.
annoying.
I Are you doing anything to try to use fewer plastic humanity and how they treat others, probably
products? more so as a waiter than a bartender.
S I tend to not…while holding a plastic cup, um, can I So people often complained when you were a
I put this down for that… Yes, if I’m shopping, I’ll waiter, like about the bill?
try to bring, um, a bag of my own, um, and if I T Yeah, and the service and if their food’s late,
have packed lunches for example, I’ll reuse the yeah. It’s interesting. It was a lot of fun though. I
same container and I have a water bottle as well had a good time.
so I don’t get plastic water, I, um, tend to refill it.
Lesson 5A
I = Interviewer E = Emma
5.1
4
N = Newsreader
I Did you study at university?
1
E Yeah, I’m studying at university now.
This is World Update. I’m Katy Lee. Here are
I What are you studying?
tonight’s top stories. The Prime Minister has just
E Osteopathy.
announced that spending on education is to be
I Why did you choose that subject?
increased...
E Um, because I used to be a competitive swimmer
and, um, we, I used to get recurrent injuries and I
ML = Ms Lewis J = Johnson
was seeing a physiotherapist and I wasn’t really
2
getting anywhere, and then somebody suggested
ML Johnson! Have you been sleeping on the job
to me to see an osteopath. I went to see an
again?
osteopath and my injuries improved really quickly
J No, Ms Lewis. I was just, er, resting my eyes.
and it inspired me to be an osteopath.
ML But there’s a pillow on your desk!
J Uh-oh! I did it again!
I = Interviewer T = Thomas
5
3
I Have you ever had a part-time job?
A Yes… Yes… Where? OK, we’re on our way.
T Yeah, I’ve, you know, when I was in graduate
B What is it?
school I bartended, waited tables, um, you know,
A They’ve found a body. Next to the canal.
for, for part time.
B Do they think it’s her?
I Did you enjoy them?
A They don’t know yet. Come on, let’s go.
T I loved them, I loved them, each, each one, um,
had different things, but it’s part of my personality
R = Reader
I would say. I’ve never had a job where I said I
4
didn’t like it, you know, I always tried to find the
Here, deep in the African forest, lives the green
good in it. And when you’re bartending and
mamba, one of the world’s most poisonous
waitering, you meet a lot of interesting people,
snakes. It spends much of its time in the trees,
you have a lot of good conversations, and you,
and adults can grow to a length of over two
you find, um, you meet a lot of people who, you
metres…
know, I would say you’d see some of the bad of
J = Jake M = Mark 5.4
5 witch /w/ we, switch, weather
J Mark, welcome to the programme.
M Thanks, Jake, it’s a pleasure to be here. vase /v/ TV, volume, over
J Now I know you’re over here promoting your latest
bag /b/ be, broadcast, problem
film, and in a minute I’m going to ask you about it,
but first…
5.5
C = Commentator 1 boat vote
6 2 B V
C Now Parker on the ball... to Lennon... now to 3 very berry
Dempsey making a run… Lennon finds Dempsey, 4 bin win
he’s got room here... Dempsey! Oh my word! That 5 wool bull
changes everything! 6 why buy

7 vet wet
5.2 8 wine vine
Television 1 Types of programme
7 advert 5.6
6 cartoon 1 boat
11 chat show 2 V
5 cookery programme 3 berry
8 current affairs programme 4 win
10 documentary 5 bull
9 drama 6 why
4 live sport 7 vet
13 period drama 8 wine
2 quiz show
5.7
1 reality show
1
12 the news
I = Interviewer
3 the weather forecast
I How do you watch TV programmes, on a
5.3 television or on another device?
2 Phrasal verbs 1 I watch programmes on TV if I’m at home, or on
1 turn on the TV my laptop, or on my iPad. I might watch
2 turn off the TV something on my phone, if I was, I don’t know, I
3 turn up the TV suppose when something has happened on the
4 turn down the TV news, I might watch it live, or something like that.
5 the programme is on now 2
6 turn over to another channel I Do you ‘two-screen’ while watching TV? What
kinds of things do you do?
2 Yes, I can often be guilty of perhaps checking preparing a fish dish, because I’m going to cook it
emails on my phone, or perhaps even doing a bit this evening.
of online shopping while I’m watching TV. In fact, I Do you ever interact with TV shows by voting for
yesterday I was watching MasterChef, you know, contestants?
the cookery competition, and I bought some small 7 Not very often, but I do like Strictly Come Dancing
cake tins that you needed to make, to make a and I have voted several times for contestants,
chocolate thing that one of the contestants was when they’ve done a really good dance. And
making. once, I was addicted to a TV show where the
3 contestants were auditioning for a part in a West
I Do you normally watch live TV or catch-up? End musical and I really liked one young singer,
3 Both, though nowadays I watch more catch-up. so I voted for him every week. And eventually, he
But I watch the news live and football, or tennis – won, and I remember shouting and jumping off
Wimbledon – things like that. the sofa when the results were announced!
4
5.8
I Have you ever binge watched a TV series? How
1 When something has happened on the news, I
many episodes did you watch in one go?
4 I haven’t done it for a long time, but I did once might watch it live.
2 Yesterday I was watching MasterChef and I bought
watch eight episodes in one sitting of the
some small cake tins.
American series Mad Men. But as I say, it was a
3 I haven’t done it for a long time.
long time ago.
5 4 For example, a few months ago, I watched all the
Do you use a streaming service like Netflix? What episodes of Brideshead Revisited.
I
5 I’ve just watched someone preparing a fish dish.
do you like about it?
6 I have voted several times for contestants, when
5 I have Netflix and I also buy things off Amazon
Prime Video – is that a streaming service? I don’t they’ve done a really good dance.
7 Once, I was addicted to a TV show.
really use them for films, more for TV series, like
old ones I missed when they first came out. For
5.9
example, a few months ago, I watched all the
1
episodes of Brideshead Revisited, the original
I’ve used Netflix, but I haven’t used Amazon Prime.
series from the 80s, because I didn't see it then,
but I’d heard that it was very good. Have you ever watched a foreign TV series?
6 She’s never liked quiz shows.
I How often do you watch YouTube, or online
2
channels like Apple? What kinds of things do you
I don’t believe it! We’ve won £500 on the lottery!
watch?
6 I sometimes watch YouTube – it’s usually if I have He’s just sent me a text – I’ll tell you what it says.
a problem with my laptop or my phone and I want 3

to find out how to fix it, and I sometimes, I Have you started work yet?
sometimes, use it for watching people cook Haven’t you started work yet?
recipes. In fact, I’ve just watched someone
I haven’t talked to her yet – I’m going to call her later.
4 5.12
Have you started painting the kitchen? The country, 1 Nature

19 branch
Yes, and I’ve already finished it.
15 bush
5
9 cliff
Sally’s known him for 20 years. 14 fence
We’ve only had a smart TV since last month. 6 field

8 gate
I’ve been out all morning.
17 grass
4 hedge
Lesson 5B
3 hill
5.10 11 lake
I used to live in a village in the province of Sakarya. It 2 leaf
was an amazing place to live – just so beautiful. 7 mud
There’s a large lake nearby and the hills are covered 1 path
with pine trees – people go to picnic there. The coast 10 rocks
is also not far away. When I lived there, it was as if 16 sticks
time had stood still. People worked in the fields. 13 stones
Some things were annoying…there was no running 18 stream
water or electricity – we had our own well and 20 valley
generator – and there was only one shop. We had to 12 well
wait for a minibus from the nearest town to bring 5 wood
fresh bread and the newspapers every morning! I
worked in a school in a nearby town – in fact, the one 5.13
that sent the bread and papers. I used to think, when 2 On a farm
I was living there, that there wasn’t much choice of 5 barn
things to do, things to buy, but I made my own 3 cockerel
entertainment – I played tennis, went for walks, 9 cow
played the piano. In the end, I had to move for work, 1 donkey
to Istanbul, which is the biggest and noisiest city in 6 farmhouse
Turkey, and now I really miss the fresh food and 4 hens
fresh fish, the peace and quiet. 7 lambs
2 sheep
5.11 8 tractor
1 there’s a large lake nearby
2 the hills are covered with pine trees
3 People worked in the fields.
4 we had our own well and generator
everything in the countryside is more expensive: you
5.14
have to drive miles to find a shop where everything
In the UK, especially in the east of England, a lot of
costs twice as much as in my local supermarket in
farmers grow cereals (for example, wheat),
London. Local restaurants are really expensive and if
vegetables, and fruit. Most crops are planted in the
you tell the waiter that you’re a vegetarian, they look
early spring and are harvested in the summer, for at you as if you were from Mars. I never fitted in. I
example, wheat in August, and most potatoes from
think that in the country, if you’re a woman, you ’ll
June onwards. Soft fruits like strawberries are usually
never be accepted unless you're a full-time mum.
ripe in June and July, and many farms invite people Another thing I hated was the shooting! I love
to come and pick their own fruit. animals, I had two horses and two dogs, and I just
couldn’t pass a group of men with guns, shooting
5.15
rabbits and deer, without getting out of my car and
1 leaf wheat
saying, ‘Do you really have nothing better to do on a
2 bush mud
Saturday morning?’ That didn’t make me very
3 plant farm
popular. I became so lonely, I often used to sit in my
4 grow cow
car and listen to the kind voice of the satnav lady.
5 pick cliff
After five years, I decided to go back to London. I’d
6 rock stone
learnt that an amazing view and a pair of nesting
7 lamb grass
herons were not enough to make me happy. On my
8 sheep field
last night in the country, I sat outside underneath
5.16 millions of stars and I thought to myself, ‘I’ve come to
Liz the end of a five-year prison sentence.’ I promised
1 you have to drive miles to find a shop myself I would never, ever go back.
2 they look at you as if you were from Mars Bob
3 nother thing I hated was the shooting
The first thing we had to do was find new jobs. Jean
4 an amazing view and a pair of nesting herons
got part-time work with a local company that sells
5 I sat outside underneath millions of stars
meat products, and I did work as a lawyer. Two years
Bob
later, we had a barn built, and my wife always wanted
6 my wife always wanted to have a donkey or a
to have a donkey or a horse, but in the end we
horse
thought sheep were less destructive to the land, so
7 so we started with four sheep
we kept with the sheep, better for the land. So we
8 it gets incredibly muddy
started with four sheep, which we kept in the garden
9 it can get physically very hard
at first, and then we bought a field, and then we
10 there were some local farmers who didn’t
bought ten more sheep and sold six for meat, and
really like newcomers
that was the start of our sheep business. Now we've
got 68 sheep and seven fields. At the moment, we've
5.17
got 25 sheep that are expecting lambs, ready for the
Liz
next season. In addition to that, we've got free-range
When I moved in, the house was cold and absolutely
hens which we rescued from battery farms. It hasn’t
filthy, and the cooker didn’t work. I discovered
all been easy. Um, it rains a lot where we live now,
and, um, it gets incredibly muddy, and of course the 7 I’ve been feeling very stressed for the last few
work with the animals – it can get physically very weeks.
hard. At first, we had a little bit of resistance – there 8 I’ve been doing a lot of exercise this month.
were some local farmers who didn’t really like 9 I’ve been going out a lot recently.
newcomers – but we’ve always employed local 10 I’ve been spending a lot of time on social
people and we buy food in the local shops, and we media.
try and engage with the local community as much as
we possibly can. We sell our meat and eggs to Practical English 3
neighbours and friends, and we produce wool from
5.20
the sheep as well now. We haven't really ever
R = Rob J = Jenny
considered moving back, because we really enjoy it.
Day two. Five past nine in the evening. Jenny’s at
We loved life in the city, but we would never think
Henry’s house. She has just heard on the news
about going back now.
that Andrew Page – the man she met at the
5.18 airport – was attacked soon after she left him. She
1 immediately phones Rob, who is still in Alaska, to

tell him about it, and also to tell him that Henry still
What have you been doing lately?
hasn’t come home.
I’ve been studying for my exams. R He was attacked?
She’s been going for a walk every morning this week. J That’s right. The police found him at the airport.
John’s been working very late recently. R You’re sure it’s the same person?
J Definitely. I saw his picture. His name’s Andrew
2
Page and he’s a scientist.
You look tired.
R And you spoke to him?
I’ve been working in the garden. J He helped carry my bags! I mean, I could have
You’re covered in paint. been the last person to see him before it
happened.
Yes, I’ve been decorating the kitchen all day.
R I think you should go to the police.
3
J I know. And Rob, there’s something else.
How long have you been looking for a new job? R What is it?
We’ve been living here since last year. J Well, I don’t want to worry you, but your dad
It’s been raining all day. hasn’t come home. We were supposed to have
dinner at seven.
5.19 R What time is it now?
1 I’ve been working hard this week. J It’s a little after nine.
2 I haven’t been sleeping well lately. R What? That is worrying. Dad’s usually really
3 My neighbours have been making a lot of noise punctual.
recently. J Should I call the police?
4 I’ve been thinking about getting a new phone. R I think you should. It’s really not like him.
5 I’ve been arguing with my family a lot recently. J OK, and Rob?
6 I haven’t been watching much TV lately. R Yeah?
J Oh, it’s nothing. are.
R What is it? Lu They’re brown. Here’s a photo of him.
J I know this seems odd but the house feels La When did you last see him?
strange. J This morning. Around ten.
R What do you mean? La Where were you?
J I don’t know, but I don’t like being alone here. J At his house in Long Crendon.
R Well, it’s late and you’re tired. La And do you remember what he was wearing?
J That’s true. But I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep J Oh, just a brown jacket, a dark green shirt, and
here. jeans.
R Why don’t you ring Luke? You could stay with La Do you remember anything unusual about the last
him, and you could go to the police together and time you saw him?
tell them about Dad. J Yes, actually. We were going to go to Oxford but
J OK, I think I’ll do that. Henry’s two front tyres had been punctured.
R I’ll ring you later. La Really? So you left for Oxford and he stayed to fix
J OK. Rob, I’ll be fine. Don’t worry. Bye. the car?
J Yes.
5.21
La Do you know what his plans were for the rest of
La = Laing J = Jenny Lu = Luke
the day?
Day two. 10.00 p.m. Jenny and Luke are at Oxford
J No.
Police Station, in the police interview room. Jenny
La Can you give me some idea of his normal routine?
has told the inspector, DCI Laing, about her J Not really...
meeting with Andrew Page. Now she’s going to
Lu Well, he’s an academic. He teaches at the
tell her about Henry.
university a few days a week but he often works
La And that was the last time you saw Mr Page?
from home. He goes on a lot of long walks, but
J Yes. Is he going to be OK?
never this late.
La We don’t know yet, I’m afraid. You also said that
La And Jenny, do you remember seeing anything
your father-in-law – Henry Walker – hasn’t
unusual when you got back to the house this
returned home yet. How long has he been
afternoon?
missing? J Well, there was my suitcase. The airport had
J He was supposed to be home three hours ago.
returned my lost luggage and the lock was
La OK. It’s a bit early to report him missing but I’ll
broken.
take a statement. So, your name’s Jenny Zielinski. La Is there anything else?
J That’s right. J There were some books on the floor.
La And you’re staying at The Grange, Marsh Lane,
Lu Really? That’s weird. Henry’s normally really tidy.
Long Crendon. La OK. Try not to worry, we’ll look into this. In the
J Yes.
meantime, perhaps youshould stay with Luke and
La OK. Can you describe Mr Walker?
if you think of anything else, or he turns up, give
J He’s 62, I think.
me a call.
Lu Yeah.
J He’s average height and build. He has grey hair
and glasses. I don’t know what colour his eyes
5.22 L I’ve cracked the security code on your computer.
La = Laing J = Jenny J That’s great, Luke, but Henry...
La You also said that your father-in-law – Henry L Wait a minute, that’s not right. The username says
Walker – hasn’t returned home yet. How long has A. Page... and all the files are encrypted.
he been missing? J A. Page? Are you sure?
J He was supposed to be home three hours ago. L Let me just see if I can open the files. What the...?
La OK. Can you describe Mr Walker? Jenny, take a look at this. It’s a formula or
J He’s 62, I think. He’s average height and build. He something.
has grey hair and glasses. I don’t know what J What does it mean?
colour his eyes are. L I have no idea.
La When did you last see him? J It’s a message from Henry!
J This morning. Around ten. L What? What does it say?
La Where were you? J It’s a video. Hang on.
J At his house in Long Crendon. H Hello, Jenny. As you can see, I’m all right. I can’t
La And do you remember what he was wearing? tell you where I am. But listen carefully. These
J Oh, just a brown jacket, a dark green shirt, and people want some documents on your computer.
jeans. They want you to leave it at the house. To prove
La Do you remember anything unusual about the last that I’m OK, here’s a copy of this morning’s paper.
time you saw him? On the video screen Henry looks very tense and
J Yes, actually. We were going to go to Oxford, but worried. He seems to be in a darkish room. He
Henry’s two front tyres had been punctured. holds up a newspaper. On the front, there’s a
La And Jenny, do you remember seeing anything large picture of Andrew Page and the headline
unusual when you got back to the house this reads: Oxford scientist attacked at airport.
afternoon? H There’s one last thing that they want me to tell
J Well, there was my suitcase. The airport had you. Don’t go to the police again. If you go to the
returned my lost luggage and the lock was police, you know what’ll happen. Now Jenny,
broken. please don’t worry. Tell Rob his old man will be in
his study again soon.
5.23 Jenny and Luke look at each other in shock.
J = Jenny Lu = Luke H = Henry J We need to call Rob.
Day three. 8.00 a.m. They are at Luke’s house. Luke
is awake, and working on Jenny’s laptop. He’s still 5.24
trying to get into it. Jenny, who was sleeping in 1
the spare room, has just got up. Jenny Thanks for letting me stay.
J Good morning. 2
L Hi. Jenny What does it mean?
J Thanks for letting me stay. I feel a lot safer here. 3
L What? Oh, no problem. Luke I have no idea.
J I tried Henry again. Still no answer. I wonder if... 4
L Yes! I’ve done it! I’m in. Jenny It’s a message from Henry!
J What?
5 customers
Henry As you can see, I’m all right. 9 book a table
6 8 order food
Henry Listen carefully. 7 try the wine
11 send something back
Lesson 6A 12 ask for the bill
10 leave a tip
6.1
At a restaurant,1 Things on the table 6.3
11 bowl fish and chips
2 candle
oil and vinegar
5 corkscrew
salt and pepper
19 cup
14 fork cup and saucer
6 glass knife and fork
18 jug
12 knife 6.4
16 mug 1 bacon and eggs
13 napkin 2 bread and butter
3 oil and vinegar 3 strawberries and cream
10 plate 4 ice and lemon
7 salt and pepper 5 tea and biscuits
21 saucer 6 milk and sugar
4 serving dish
6.5
9 spoon
1
8 tablecloth
15 teapot We ordered some grilled sardines to share, and after
20 teaspoon a few minutes, the waiter came with a big plate of
17 tray fried sardines and put them down on our table.
1 wine glass 2
We ordered very simple things like lasagne, which is

6.2
easy to just heat up.
2 Things people do in restaurants
waiters 3
4 lay the table and there was a vegan and a coeliac – you know,
1 take an order someone who can’t eat wheat
5 recommend a dish there was even a woman who said she didn’t like
6 carry a tray onions
2 serve customers
There was also a little boy and I got the kitchen to
3 pour the wine
make a plain omelette for him.
6.6 also it was too late to find somewhere else. But it was
1 a terrible experience, because it was a very famous
I remember we once went to a restaurant in Portugal, place, very, with a good reputation where all the
beautiful location, upstairs overlooking the River famous people go. But that’s the type of service they
Douro. We ordered some grilled sardines to share, offer. First I thought, maybe they were treating us like
and after a few minutes, the waiter came with a big that because we’re not famous, but in fact, I heard
plate of fried sardines and put them down on our lots of other people complaining.
table. And we thought, well, we’d ordered grilled 3

sardines but hey, they’re really busy and these look I had a table recently at the restaurant I’m working at
really nice. So we each took a fried sardine and ate in London and I went to all sorts of trouble with them.
it, at which point the waiter came back, and said, It was a group of six and there was a vegan and a
‘These aren’t yours’ and took them away, and in a coeliac – you know, someone who can’t eat wheat,
few minutes came back with a plate of grilled and anyway, I went through the menu with them and
sardines. So this was all fine, and we had a nice explained what they could have – there was even a
meal, but when we got the bill we saw that we’d been woman who said she didn’t like onions so I had to
charged for both the fried sardines and the grilled check all the dishes to make sure they didn’t have
sardines. So we complained to the waiter and then to any. There was also a little boy and I got the kitchen
the manager and said, you know, ‘This was your to make a plain omelette for him. Anyway, one of
mistake.’ But the manager said, basically, ‘you ate them, an elderly woman, asked for the bill, and she
them so you have to pay for them’ and we had quite paid in cash, and when I came back with the change,
a long argument. Eventually, when we said that we she said, ‘Don’t worry about that, you’ve been great.
wanted to make a formal, written complaint, very Keep it.’ It was 16p. I mean, I know service was
reluctantly he agreed to take them off the bill. We included, but in that case, much better not to tip at all.
didn’t leave a tip. I left the 16p on the table.
2
6.7
We went to lunch one Sunday in a place, a Parisian
1
brasserie called Delaville. It’s a beautiful place, it’s
I have to work every evening.
from about 1900 with wonderful old furniture, mirrors
and all that, really nice. We ordered very simple Do we have to leave a tip?
things like lasagne, which is easy to just heat up, but They had to wait for two hours at the airport.
we waited and waited and it didn’t come. The place
2
was crowded, but not completely full, and there were
You must be more careful.
quite a few waiters, but when we realized that we had
been waiting for two hours, we went to speak to them Must I show ID at the door?
and we asked them, ‘What about our food, have you You must pay him back as soon as possible.
forgotten us?’ And instead of apologizing, they were
3
really aggressive with us, so we became more and
I need to buy some food for tonight.
more angry with them. And finally, we got our dishes
and ate them and left. We should have left earlier, Do we need to book a table?
but we kept thinking that the food would come and
6.8 6.12
1 You don’t have to pay me now. P = Presenter S = Sally
2 We won’t need to take the car – it’s walking P In many countries, tipping is an optional extra. But
distance from here. in the USA, it’s a serious business! There are no
3 You needn’t hurry. We have plenty of time. actual laws on tipping, but the unwritten rule is
that you should always leave a tip in a restaurant
6.9
unless you want to deal with some very unhappy
You mustn’t be rude to customers.
waiters. But how much is reasonable, and who
You mustn’t serve alcohol to people under 18. exactly do you have to tip? Sally from the US is
here to help us. Hello, Sally.
6.10
S Hi.
1
P So first of all, why is it so important to leave a tip?
You should try that new Vietnamese restaurant. S I absolutely get that in countries where servers
He shouldn’t drink so much coffee. are paid well, you shouldn’t have to tip at all,
unless you want to because the service was
2
great. But in the US, many servers earn just 2 to 3
You ought to get a new phone.
dollars per hour for their services, because it’s
She oughtn’t to spend so much on clothes. assumed that the tips will make it up to the
3 minimum wage, which varies between the
When you’re in Venice, you must have a drink at different states, but is generally around eight
Harry’s Bar! dollars per hour. Now I know you may think this is
wrong, and many Americans, myself included,
When you’re in Venice, you have to have a drink at
would agree, but that is the situation right now,
Harry’s Bar!
until the law changes.
6.11 P And how much should you tip?
1 S A normal gratuity is around 15 to 20 per cent of
P = Presenter S = Sally the check. But it can be as much as 25 per cent
P And how much should you tip? for amazing service, or in very expensive
S A normal gratuity is around 15 to 20 per cent of restaurants. It sounds a lot, but servers work
the check. But it can be as much as 25 per cent really hard and I think generally they deserve it!
for amazing service, or in very expensive P OK, so it doesn’t happen often, but what about if
restaurants. It sounds a lot, but servers work the service is bad? Do you still have to tip?
really hard and I think generally they deserve it! S I’d say you do, but if it really was bad maybe just
2 10% – that will give the message. And if you feel
P And what should you do in bars? you don’t want to leave even that, then you should
S Well, take lots of dollar bills with you because the probably call the manager and complain, and
normal gratuity in bars is $1 a drink. explain why you’re not leaving a tip.
P Do you need to tip even if the restaurant has
already added a service charge to your bill?
S There’s no automatic service charge added in the
US, but some restaurants will add a gratuity to 4
your check if you’re in a big group of eight people Unfortunately, we are not able to supply the missing
or more, if it’s a public holiday or sometimes if parts.
you’re in a busy tourist area. You don’t have to
I’m very sorry that I wasn’t able to attend the
leave any more money if the check already
interview on Friday.
includes the service charge.
5
P Do you have to tip for fast food or takeaway
coffee? I couldn’t find the book I wanted in the shops, but I
S No, no. If you buy food or drinks over the counter, was able to buy it online.
people don’t usually leave any gratuity, but there’s The mark on the carpet was really bad, but in the end
always a tip jar close by if you’d really like to! I was able to get it out.
P And what should you do in bars?
S Well, take lots of dollar bills with you because the 6.14
normal gratuity in bars is $1 a drink. Order and It can’t be broken! I only bought it last week.
pay for your drink at the bar, and leave the dollar They can’t be back yet. They said they were coming
bill on the bar. Don’t worry about putting it in the home on Sunday.
bartender’s hand.
6.15
Lesson 6B A Excuse me.

B Yes, can I help you?
6.13
A Yes, please. I’m looking for some... Sorry, I don’t
1
know the word. They’re the things that you put
You can use a toothbrush to clean jewellery. into wood. I want to make some shelves.
I can’t understand these instructions. B You mean screws?
A Ah, yes, that’s it. And I need one more thing. My
We can’t park here. It’s a no-parking zone.
lamp doesn’t work. I need a new, er…
She could swim when she was three years old.
B Light bulb?
They couldn’t come to the concert last night. A Yes, thank you.
2 B You’ll find them both over there, behind the
Can you give me a hand? gardening things.
Could I borrow your car? 6.16

3 DIY and repairs 1, In a shed: tools and other
I’ve been able to drive since I was 17. things for repairs
15 brick
The technician will be able to fix it.
11 bucket
I’d love to be able to ski. 9 drill
I like being able to try clothes on, so I never buy 5 hammer
things online. 2 ladder
14 nail
10 padlock
6 paintbrush 6.19
12 piece of wood 1
8 rope screw
7 screwdriver
screwdriver
13 screw
4 spanner scream
3 tap screen
1 tile string
16 wire
stress
6.17 stream
2 in a drawer: useful things around the house straight
2 box of matches
2
7 drawing pin
paintbrush
8 fuse
6 glue toothbrush
11 handle electrician
4 light bulb
handle
5 needle and thread
3
9 penknife
10 Sellotape needles
1 string shelves
12 tape measure lamps
3 torch
bulbs
6.18
6.20
3 verb phrases
1
1C change a light bulb or a wheel
2G drill a hole in a wall or in a piece of wood I love IKEA. Especially the bookshelves. We have
3H mend something that’s broken several. And I’m usually pretty good at putting their
4I put together flat-pack furniture stuff together. But I have had a few problems over
5F put up shelves or curtains the years. I remember I once had some trouble with a
6E set up a new wi-fi network or a home cinema wardrobe. After hours and hours, and a lot of
swearing, I finally managed to put it together. But I’d
system
7B sew a button on a shirt assembled it in my study, next to the bedroom, which
8A stick something together with glue or was where the wardrobe was going, because I had
more space there. And when my husband and I tried
Sellotape
9D tie two things together, for example, your to move it into the bedroom, we couldn’t get it to fit
shoelaces or two pieces of string through the door. So I had to take it to pieces, move
all the bits into the bedroom, and start all over again.
I suppose it was my fault though, not IKEA’s. And the
wardrobe looked very nice and has lasted for ages. 6.21
2 1 After hours and hours, and a lot of swearing, I

finally managed to put it together.
About three years ago, my girlfriend and I went to
2 So I had to take it to pieces, move all the bits into
IKEA to buy a kitchen. The units were cheap and
the bedroom…
cheerful, but they also looked quite well-designed,
3 I’m quite handy, quite practical, so I thought, ‘No
and we were very excited by how good it was all
problem’…
going to look. The guy in the store said they were
4 I realized I’d put the door handle on the wrong way
easy to put up, that it wouldn’t take long, etc. etc.,
round.
and I’m quite handy, quite practical, so I thought, no
5 So now at least it has four legs, but it’s rather
problem, though I admit my girlfriend was a bit
wobbly…
sceptical. Anyway, when we got home, I thought I’d
assemble one cupboard, just to see how easy it was 6.22
going to be. It was a nightmare. The instructions I = Interviewer R = Rafael
were incomprehensible – it took me the whole 1
afternoon just to do this one cupboard and when it I How much TV do you watch?
was finished, I realized I’d put the door handle on the R I watch a fair amount of television, maybe at least
wrong way round. In the end, we had to pay one, maybe two, three hours a day.
someone to come and do it all for us. But at least I Do you think you watch too much TV?
they looked good. R Maybe, since I fall asleep in front of it.
3 I What kind of shows do you watch most?
I have lots of things from IKEA – it’s great for R Some news, um, some entertainment, late night
students because generally speaking it’s pretty talk shows and then some French TV or some
cheap. Anyway, I bought a table there with my drama.
boyfriend not long ago. We started putting the table

together and at one point we had three legs screwed I = Interviewer M = Melanie
in. Then we reached for the screws to attach the 2
fourth leg – and realized there were no more screws. I Do you live in a city or in the country?
We had to take off the other three legs, take one M I live in Brooklyn, New York, so I live in a different
screw off every one of them and reassemble the borough.
table. So now at least it has four legs, but it’s rather I Would you like to move to the country?
wobbly, and I’m not very happy with it. It does annoy M I lived in a place that was more country than here,
me when they don’t give you the right number of nails and while I found it really peaceful, I didn’t find it
or screws or whatever, and it’s not the first time it’s that stimulating, so I definitely would prefer to live
happened to me. Now I always check before I bring in a city, at least, at least right now. You know, I’m
stuff home. 25, I kind of want lots of things going on, you
know.
I = Interviewer R = Royce
Lesson 7A
3
I What is more important to you when you eat out, 7.1
the food or the service? How to use an ATM to withdraw cash
R The food is much more important when I go out to 1F

eat. If the service is bad, I can forgive that. Insert your card.
I Is there anything that waiters do that really
Put your card into the machine.
annoys you?
R Um, mostly just when they’re, um, when you can’t 2C
get their attention and when they ask you how Select your language.
things are when you’ve just taken a big bite of Choose the language you want.
food.
3G
Enter your PIN.

I = Interviewer J = Julia
4 Key in your four-digit PIN. Then press ENTER.
I Do you usually tip in restaurants and taxis? 4A
J Yes, I usually tip in restaurants and taxis.
Select a transaction.
I How much?
Choose ‘Withdraw cash’ from the main menu.
J Um, I usually just do the standard, like the 20%,
yeah. 5H
I Are there any situations where you feel Select the account type.
embarrassed to tip? Choose the bank account you want to use.
J Um, sometimes I’m embarrassed to tip at hair
6E
salons, or if I’m getting my nails done, which I
almost never do, but just cos I’m not sure how Select or enter the amount.
much. Choose or key in the amount of money you want to

take out. Then press ENTER.
I = Interviewer L = Lynn 7D
5
Remove your card.
I Are you good at DIY?
Take your card out of the machine.
L Yes, I’m really good and I love renovating and
refurbishing and doing everything myself, and I 8I
mean really by myself because I don’t invite Take your cash.
friends or anyone, I just do it alone and I love it.
Take your money out of the machine within 30
I What was the last thing you did?
seconds.
L The last thing was my bedroom. I renovated my
9B
bedroom. It was waiting for three years to be
renovated. Yes, that’s the last thing I did. Do you want a receipt?
Decide if you want a receipt, and press YES or NO.
7.2 started passing notes through the ATM receipt slot to
Story 1 customers who were taking out cash. One of them
Tonight, we’re going to start with a good news story – read, ‘Please help. I’m stuck in here and I don’t have
well, good news for some people! Yesterday, bank my phone. Please call my boss!’
customers in a village in Hampshire were thousands At first, the customers thought the notes were a trick.
of pounds richer after an ATM started giving out But eventually, one of them called the police. When
double the money people had asked for. the police arrived, they heard a very quiet voice
When people heard the news, they rushed to take coming from inside the ATM. An officer went into the
money out of the faulty machine, and long queues bank, broke down the door to the room behind the
formed. For two hours, around 200 residents cash machine, and found the man. Senior Officer
continued to withdraw money. It was mostly middle- Richard Olden said, ‘We thought it was a joke. It was
aged people, but a few children arrived on their bikes just crazy that somebody was stuck in the ATM.
with their parents’ bank cards. One villager, who Luckily, the man is OK.’
asked not to be named, said that some people had

7.3
used five or six bank cards and had got £300 free
Phrasal verbs. 1 Phrasal verbs to do with money
with each card. At first people thought it was funny,
1e If I lend you the money, can you pay me
but then some people became a bit aggressive when
back next week?
other people started pushing into the queue.
2f I need to take out some money. Where’s the
Finally, after two hours, the police arrived and nearest cash machine?
switched off the ATM. They even posted a message 3b I won’t be able to pay off my student loan
on Twitter to stop more people arriving. They warned until I’m 45.
that receiving too much money from a cash machine 4c He’s so generous. When he won the lottery,
might be a crime, and that the bank would ask people he gave nearly all the money away.
to pay back the money. However, later, the bank said 5d Nowadays it’s difficult for couples to live on
that it wasn’t the customers’ fault and that no one only one salary.
would have to return the money. 6a I had to live off my parents while I was at
Story 2 university.
And finally on Texas News this Wednesday evening,

7.4
the man who got trapped inside an ATM. Customers
2 Phrasal verbs with away and back
who were using an ATM in Corpus Christi earlier
away
today got a big surprise. While they were withdrawing
1 Don’t run away! I won’t hurt you.
money from the machine, several people received
2 The boss will be away until the end of next week.
handwritten notes asking for help.
He’s at a conference in Mexico.
A man, who asked not to be named, had locked 3 Please put your toys away. They’re all over the
himself in while he was changing the lock to the ATM floor.
room at the bank. Unfortunately, he’d left his 4 If you take a paracetamol, it’ll take the pain away!
cellphone and the swipe card he needed to get out of back
the room outside in his van. When he realized that he 5 I’m sorry, but I’m confiscating your phone. You’ll
couldn’t get out, and couldn’t phone for help, he get it back at the end of the day.
6 He’s out, I’m afraid. Could you call back in about 2
half an hour? Can you fill it in?
7 Where are you going?
Please put them away.
Just to the shops. I’ll be back in ten minutes.
Did you switch it off?
8 That’s my book! Give it back.
7.8
7.5
1
3 More phrasal verbs with take
1 Sorry, I can’t come tonight. I’m taking my girlfriend My sister and I both take after our father.
out for dinner. Where’s your phone?
2 They’re taking on ten new interns at Radio London.
I don’t know. I’m looking for it.
Why don’t we apply?
How are you managing until you find a job?
3 I take after my mother. We’re both very outgoing.
4 The plane took off twenty minutes late. We’re living on my wife’s salary.
5 Unfortunately my company was taken over by a 2
multinational firm, and I lost my job.
My boyfriend doesn’t get on with his parents.
6 Take off your shoes please. I’ve just cleaned the
Jane’s looking forward to her holiday.
floor.
7 You need to take the keyboard apart to clean it 7.9
properly. 1c The machine says ‘Insert your card’. Put it in.
8 I need to do more exercise. I think I’ll take up 2f Your shoes are really dirty. Take them off.
cycling. 3d Waiter, I can’t finish this steak. Take it away.
4b This chicken’s past its sell-by date. Throw it
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away.
I get up at 6.00.
5a The rubbish is beginning to smell. Take it
I’m going to be away for three days next week.
out.
What time are you coming back tonight? 6e It’s probably on Wikipedia. Look it up.
They set off early in the morning.
7.10
The plane took off late, but we still arrived on time.
a Take it out.
b Throw it away.
7.7
c Put it in.
1
d Take it away.
Can you fill this bank form in?
e Look it up.
Can you fill in this bank form? f Take them off.
Please put your clothes away.
7.11
Please put away your clothes.
1
Did you switch the computer off?
You owe me money.
Did you switch off the computer?
Pay me back.
2 row, just near the stage, and when he was singing, I
The music’s too loud. swear, a few times he looked right at me!
Turn it down. Did he sing Baby Baby?
3 Of course! All the best songs. It was just an amazing

performance.
There’s a towel on the floor.
Were Sandy and Annette there?
Pick it up.
Yeah, we met for a drink in the interval.
4
Gosh, you’re so lucky you got tickets!
No-one’s watching the TV.
3
Switch it off.
OK, I’m looking for tickets now... There’s a matinee at
5
3 o’clock and then it’s on again in the evening at
Your clothes are everywhere.
8.00.
Put them away.
Let’s go at 8.00 if we can get seats.
6
Well, there aren’t any in the stalls, but there are two
Here’s the form. upstairs in the circle, in the second row.
Fill it in. OK. Go for it. It’s a small theatre anyway, so we

7 should have a good view wherever we sit.
I can’t hear the TV. OK. Right, we’ve got them. We can pick them up at
the box office.
Turn it up.
8 7.13
Those shoes would look great on you. Sporting event
Try them on. crowd
half-time
Lesson 7B stadium
7.12 extra time
1
final whistle
Hi. Yeah, not bad… Yeah, it’s half time… One-all.
opponent
Yeah, there’s a really good crowd. The stadium’s
score
packed…No, no trouble. The Liverpool fans are
making a bit of a noise, but nothing major… OK, I’ll spectators
call you when it’s over. With a bit of luck, we’ll be in Play, musical, or concert
the semi-final in an hour’s time. interval
2 matinee
So, tell me all about it! performance
It was absolutely brilliant. We were in the second stage
stalls / circle b wind
audience 4 a minute
b minute
curtain
5 a bear
plot
b bear
scene 6 a lie
Both b lie
box office
7.16
arena 1 Andy
fans A few years ago, I went to Wimbledon, the tennis
programme championships, which take place in June in south-
west London, and it’s quite difficult to get tickets, but I
row
was very lucky and got two tickets for the men’s
tickets
quarter-final matches on Centre Court, which are
usually fantastically exciting with lots of big names.
7.14
The tickets were very expensive, but I was really
1
pleased because they were right in the front row.
We went to a live concert last weekend.
2 Cathy
We live next to the concert hall.
Once, when my daughter was about 14, our local
2
theatre, the Playhouse in Oxford, put on a play called
We’re massive fans of Ed Sheeran. The Woman in Black. It’s a classic ghost story, full of
The air conditioning has broken so we’ve bought two suspense and quite scary – it’s been made into a film
electric fans. starring Daniel Radcliffe, you know, who played
3 Harry Potter. Anyway, I decided to take my daughter,

and I got quite good seats in the stalls so she could
We sat in the back row so we couldn't hear very well.
see well.
After the concert, we had a terrible row.
3 Clive
4
I’d been a fan of Leonard Cohen since I was a
We had really good seats for the play – we were right teenager, but I’d never ever heard him sing live. But
next to the stage.
then, in I think about 2009, I read that he was going
My son is at a stage of life where all he’s interested in to do a world tour and that he was coming to
is his phone. Valencia in Spain where I lived. I was really excited
and I thought, ‘Even though he’s in his mid-seventies,
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I’m finally going to get to hear him!’ The concert was
1 a close
in September in the velodrome in Valencia, so in the
b close
open-air.
2 a second
b second
3 a wind
7.17 3 Clive
1 Andy I went with a group of friends, and when he came on
And on the day, my partner and I, we got up and stage and started singing, I was amazed at how great
drove to Wimbledon, it took about two hours. And as his voice still was. We were having a wonderful
we were driving, it started to rain – the weather evening, but then when he was on his fourth song,
forecast was for showers, and at that time there was one of his old classics called Bird on the Wire, he
no roof on Centre Court, and the players couldn’t suddenly collapsed on the stage! The other
play if it was raining. But we got there, parked the car musicians all rushed up to help him and carried him
and went in and found our seats and sat under our off. We waited there, hoping that he was OK and that
umbrella. Play was supposed to start at 2.00, and at the concert would continue, but after almost an hour
1.30 the rain stopped, then at 2.00, the players came there was no announcement, nothing, and we
on and the atmosphere was brilliant, and then at thought maybe he’d died. Finally, someone came on
2.15…the rain started again! The match was stopped and said that he’d been taken to hospital and so the
and the court was covered over, and that was all the concert wouldn’t continue. We went home terribly
tennis we saw all day. We just sat there for four disappointed. I’d waited all my life to hear him sing
hours, hoping to see some more, but in the end we live, and we just got three and a half songs. Luckily,
just went home, very cold and very disappointed. It he recovered, and went on with his tour, but he never
was a very expensive 15 minutes. came back to Valencia, and then he died in 2016, so
2 Cathy I never got to hear him live again.
When we got there, we found our seats and sat 7.18

down. The theatre wasn’t full, but then just before the 1 Andy
play was going to start, the rows of seats in front of
A few years ago, I went to Wimbledon, the tennis
us suddenly filled up with a group of about 30
championships, which take place in June in south-
teenagers. They were obviously a school group, and
west London, and it’s quite difficult to get tickets, but I
they were a bit noisy, but I thought they’d settle down
was very lucky and got two tickets for the men’s
when the play started. So the curtain went up and the
quarter-final matches on Centre Court, which are
audience went very quiet, and there was spooky
usually fantastically exciting with lots of big names.
music, and the tension started to grow, but then,
The tickets were very expensive, but I was really
every time anything happened on stage, the teenage
pleased because they were right in the front row. And
girls in front of us screamed, even though nothing
on the day, my partner and I, we got up and drove to
was really happening yet, so then we couldn’t hear
Wimbledon, it took about two hours. And as we were
what the actors were saying for a few minutes until
driving, it started to rain – the weather forecast was
they quietened down again. In fact, they carried on
for showers, and at that time there was no roof on
doing this all the way through the first half, and it
Centre Court, and the players couldn’t play if it was
totally ruined the atmosphere for absolutely
raining. But we got there, parked the car and went in
everyone. Their teachers obviously said something to
and found our seats and sat under our umbrella. Play
them during the interval, or maybe someone had
was supposed to start at 2.00, and at 1.30 the rain
complained, but they weren’t much better during the
stopped, then at 2.00, the players came on and the
second half. It basically ruined the whole evening.
atmosphere was brilliant, and then at 2.15…the rain
started again! The match was stopped and the court Valencia in Spain where I lived. I was really excited
was covered over, and that was all the tennis we saw and I thought, ‘Even though he’s in his mid-seventies,
all day. We just sat there for four hours, hoping to I’m finally going to get to hear him!’ The concert was
see some more, but in the end we just went home, in September, in the velodrome in Valencia, so in the
very cold and very disappointed. It was a very open-air. I went with a group of friends, and when he
expensive 15 minutes. came on stage and started singing,. We were having
2 Cathy a wonderful evening, but then when he was on his

fourth song, one of his old classics called Bird on the
Once, when my daughter was about 14, our local
Wire, he suddenly collapsed on the stage! The other
theatre, the Playhouse in Oxford, put on a play called
musicians all rushed up to help him and carried him
The Woman in Black. It’s a classic ghost story, full of
off. We waited there, hoping that he was OK and that
suspense and quite scary – it’s been made into a film
the concert would continue, but after almost an hour
starring Daniel Radcliffe, you know, who played
there was no announcement, nothing, and we
Harry Potter. Anyway, I decided to take my daughter,
thought maybe he’d died. Finally, someone came on
and I got quite good seats in the stalls so she could
and said that he’d been taken to hospital and so the
see well. When we got there, we found our seats and
concert wouldn’t continue. We went home terribly
sat down. The theatre wasn’t full, but then just before
disappointed. I’d waited all my life to hear him sing
the play was going to start, the rows of seats in front
live, and we just got three and a half songs. Luckily,
of us suddenly filled up with a group of about 30
he recovered, and went on with his tour, but he never
teenagers. They were obviously a school group, and
came back to Valencia, and then he died in 2016, so
they were a bit noisy, but I thought they’d settle down
I never got to hear him live again.
when the play started. So the curtain went up and the
audience went very quiet, and there was spooky 7.19
music, and the tension started to grow, but then, 1 If a friend asked me to go to a classical music
every time anything happened on stage, the teenage concert, I think I’d say no.
girls in front of us screamed, even though nothing 2 I love watching films in 3D – they’re much better
was really happening yet, so then we couldn’t hear than ordinary ones.
what the actors were saying for a few minutes until 3 My parents didn’t use to let me stay out late during
they quietened down again. In fact, they carried on the week when I was young. They wanted me to
doing this all the way through the first half, and it spend my evenings studying.
totally ruined the atmosphere for absolutely 4 I hate going to clubs. I don’t like being in places
everyone. Their teachers obviously said something to where there are lots of people and noise.
them during the interval, or maybe someone had 5 I never feel like going out on New Year’s Eve. I
complained, but they weren’t much better during the prefer staying in.
second half. It basically ruined the whole evening.
3 Clive
I’d been a fan of Leonard Cohen since I was a

teenager, but I’d never ever heard him sing live. But
then, in I think about 2009, I read that he was going
to do a world tour and that he was coming to
Poker is a card game where you bet on the values of
7.20
the cards people hold in their hand.
1
Scrabble is a board game in which you have to score
Mandy agreed to come with me. points by putting letters onto a board to make words.
They decided to go home early.
Sudoku is a brain-training game where you have to
We wanted to visit the Tate Gallery. complete a grid of 81 squares with the numbers 1–9.
We can’t buy the tickets till tomorrow.

Practical English 4
There’s a lot of traffic – we might be a bit late. 7.24
J = Jenny R = Rob Lu = Luke H = Henry
You shouldn’t drink so much coffee.
Day three. 8.15 a.m. Jenny and Luke have just
7.21 discovered that Henry has been kidnapped. They
1 Skype Rob immediately.
J Rob, are you OK?
They enjoy watching films at home.
R Yes...no...I don’t know.
I’ve finished reading the paper if you want it.
J What are you going to do?
2 R I need to get to England as soon as possible. I
She’s given up working on Saturdays. wish I was there with you now.
I’m looking forward to hearing from you. J Me too. I just don’t know what to do. Should we
go back to the police?
Are you going to carry on studying English next year?
R I don’t think so. You heard what they said. They’re
7.22 obviously watching you and I don’t want them to
1 hurt Dad!
Lu And we can’t just give them the laptop. We know
They want us to go on holiday with them.
what they’re capable of.
Liam told me not to tell anyone his news.
R You’re right. You know, there’s something
My parents don’t allow me to wear make-up. bothering me about Dad’s message. It’s the words
2 he used.
J What do you mean?
His parents let him go to the concert.
R I’m not sure. Can you play the end of the
Our boss makes us work late on Fridays.
message again for me?
H …please don’t worry. Tell Rob his old man will be
7.23
in his study again soon.
Candy Crush is a video game where you have to
R That sounds strange.
move pieces to make a row or column of at least
Lu What sounds strange?
three matching pieces.
R ‘His old man.’
Dungeons and Dragons is a role-playing game in
Lu Why is that strange? He is your dad!
which you control a single character and have
R But he’d never call himself my ‘old man’. It’s just
adventures by interacting with other players’
not like him.
characters.
J So what are you saying? That he said it meat or leave meat products in the fridge.
deliberately? J Uh huh.
R I think it could be a clue. Lu He just feels really strongly about not eating meat.
J But ‘old man’? What on earth can that mean? J That’s not a problem.
R I don’t know. But I’m sure it means something. Lu What about you? Is there anything you need?
J You know, there was something else. I could hear J There is one thing – could I connect my phone to
something in the background. your wi-fi?
Lu Like a generator or something. Lu Sure. The password’s ‘lukeandsimonrule’, all
J Not just that. At the beginning of the video. It lower case, all one word.
sounded like a church bell ringing. J Got it.
Lu That could be anywhere. Lu Anything else?
J You’re right. J Yeah. I have some clothes I need to wash. Is it
R Anyway, I need to try and get a flight to London. OK if I use your washing machine?
J OK. Good luck. We’ll call you later. Lu Of course you can. But Simon prefers us to use
R Bye, guys. the eco-friendly detergents. There’s some in the
J Bye. cupboard.
Lu Well, you definitely can’t go back to Henry’s house J Cool.
now. Lu Oh, and you mustn’t use a hot water programme.
J You’re right. I’ll need to find a room in a hotel or a He’s very keen on saving energy.
B&B. J OK, and do you mind if I use your dryer too?
Lu Don’t be silly. You can stay here as long as you Lu Sorry, we don’t have one, but you can hang it out
like. on the washing line.
J Won’t Simon mind? J Great. Is there anything else I should know?
Lu Simon? No, he’ll understand. And we’ve got the Lu No, I don’t think so – oh! You should probably
spare room. move your car.
J Are you sure? J I guess Simon doesn’t like cars either.
Lu Of course I’m sure. Lu Well no, but it’s not that. We know the kidnappers
J Thanks, Luke. That’s very nice of you. have been watching us, right? They might see it
Lu No worries. I’ll tell you about the house. and recognize us.
J You’re right. I’ll move it right away.
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Lu Look, I’ll come with you and we can get a coffee.
J = Jenny Lu = Luke
There’s a nice café round the corner.
Luke and Jenny are in the kitchen. J Thanks, Luke.
Lu It’s a great location, and the rent is cheap, but
Simon can be a bit difficult. 7.26
J Oh, right. Lu = Luke J = Jenny
Lu He’s got a few rules. After all, it is his house. Lu To start with, it’s a no-smoking house.
J That’s fine. Lu …you can’t cook meat or leave meat products in
Lu To start with, it’s a no-smoking house. the fridge.
J Great. J That’s not a problem.
Lu And he’s a strict vegetarian so you can’t cook Lu Is there anything you need?
J There is one thing – could I connect my phone to R Well, Dad also mentioned something about his
your wi-fi? study, didn’t he?
Lu Sure. The password’s ‘lukeandsimonrule’, all J Yeah, but...
lower case, all one word. R I’m sure I remember something about an old man.
Lu Anything else? It’s the name of a book or a painting or
J Is it OK if I use your washing machine? something, and I think it’s in the study.
Lu Of course you can. J Henry’s study?
Lu …you mustn’t use a hot water programme. R Yeah. Listen Jenny, I think you’ll have to go back
J …do you mind if I use your dryer too? there.
Lu Sorry, we don’t have one… J Back to Henry’s house? But we know they’re
J Is there anything else I should know? watching.
Lu No, I don’t think so… R I know, and I’m really sorry, but it’s our only
chance.
7.27
J You’re right. Luke and I will figure something out.
J = Jenny R = Rob Lu = Luke
R Thanks, Jenny. I wish I was there to help.
Day three. 11.00 a.m. Jenny and Luke are in a café.
J Don’t worry, we’ll be OK. Talk to you soon.
J Oh, I hope we’re doing the right thing. R Bye Jenny. And be really careful!
Lu What do you mean?
J Did you get that?
J Maybe we should just go to the police.
Lu Yes, but we can’t go to the house now. If they’re
Lu We can’t. You heard what the kidnappers said.
there, they’ll see us immediately.
J I know, I know...but it’s all such a mess. What will J We’ll have to go when it’s dark.
we do if we can’t find him? Lu But they still might see us.
Lu We will!
J We can sneak in the back way. There’s a
J I hope so. I just don’t know.
footpath.
Lu Is that Rob? Lu Good idea. I know that way really well. I used to
J Yes. Rob, hi!
play around there when I was a kid.
R Hi, Jenny.
J We’ll need flashlights though.
J Any news?
Lu I’ve got some.
R It’s snowing really heavily and there aren’t any J OK. We’ll have to be careful, but we just might be
flights to London. I don’t know when I’m going to
able to do this!
get back.
J Oh, Rob, that’s terrible! 7.28
R I know, but I’ll keep trying. 1
J Is there anything we can do? Jenny It’s all such a mess.
R Yes, actually. I’ve been thinking about Dad’s 2
message – that ‘old man’ business. Jenny I hope so. I just don’t know.
J What about it? 3
R He must be telling us where he is. It’s the only Jenny Any news?
explanation. 4
J But what can we do about it? We don’t know what Rob I know, but I’ll keep trying.
it means. 5
Rob I’ve been thinking about Dad’s message – 13 have a blow dry
that ‘old man’ business. 12 have a perm
6 14 have a shave
Jenny Did you get that? 16 have a treatment
17 have a trim
Lesson 8A 15 have highlights
8.1 8.4
How often do you have your car serviced? I = Interviewer D = Dino
I don’t have the flat cleaned. I clean it myself. I Dino, what made you choose hairdressing?
She has her house repainted every few years. I What sort of training did you do?
I What sort of things do you love or hate doing in
I’m having my hair cut tomorrow.
hairdressing?
We’ve had a new bathroom put in.
I What do you think are important qualities for a
The flat was in good condition, so we didn’t have it hairdresser?
redecorated. I Are women clients very different from men?
When did you have those photos taken? I What do you do if a client doesn’t like the results?
I Have you ever had a really bad experience?
We’re going to have the carpets cleaned next week.
I Is it true that hairdressers always want to cut off
You ought to have your roof repaired.
more hair than their clients want?
I If you completely disagreed with what a client
8.2
wanted, would you still do it?
1 I had my hair cut last week.
I Do you have any tips for having good hair?
2 I usually have my food shopping delivered.
3 I ought to have my eyes tested.
8.5
4 I’m going to have my flat repainted soon.
I = Interviewer D = Dino
5 I hate having my photo taken.
I Dino, what made you choose hairdressing?
D Er, I always liked it from when I was child. I
8.3
remember being taken to the barber’s by my dad
Looking after yourself. 1 At the hairdresser’s or
when I was a child in Greece, and I really loved
barber’s
the atmosphere there.
4 bunches
I He wasn’t a barber himself though?
5 a buzz cut
D No, but my aunt was a hairdresser.
3 a fringe
I What sort of training did you do?
1 a parting
D When I came to London, I went to the Vidal
6 a ponytail
Sassoon Academy. It was a two-year course –
2 plaits
absolutely fantastic, very intense. I loved it!
11 have your bleached
I What sort of things do you love or hate doing in
7 have your hair curled
hairdressing?
10 have your hair dyed
D I love everything. There really isn’t anything I don’t
8 have your hair put up
like. And I do everything, cut, colour, highlights,
9 have your hair straightened
straightening. Nowadays, some hairdressers customer wants. You have to be flexible. That’s
specialize in maybe just colour, or just styling, but another important quality in a hairdresser.
I think it’s important to do everything. I So, if you completely disagreed with what a client
I What do you think are important qualities for a wanted, would you still do it?
hairdresser? D Well, if a client wanted a treatment that I thought
D Well, as I just said, I think being able to do was going to damage her hair, for example, if she
everything – colour, styling, cutting – is very wanted to have her hair bleached when it was
important. I don’t believe in specializing in just one already in bad condition, then I would say no.
area. But if it was a question of style – for example, a
I Any other important qualities? woman who wanted to have her head shaved
D I think you need to be sociable, to be able to talk completely – I would try to convince her that it
to people, calm them down if they’re stressed, wasn’t a good idea, but if she insisted, I would do
listen to them if they want to talk. it. It’s her choice after all.
I Do you enjoy that? I Do you have any tips for having good hair?
D Yes, I do. The sociable side of hairdressing was D Yes – use good products, ones which are right for
one of the things that attracted me to it. Even your type of hair. I notice that a lot of people take
women who want to tell me all their problems – I a lot of trouble choosing the right face cream –
don’t mind it at all, it doesn’t distract me. you know for dry skin, or problem skin. For day,
I Are women clients very different from men? for night, and so on. But with shampoo, they just
D Yes, definitely. They are normally the ones who buy the first one they see in the supermarket.
want to talk, and they are much more worried – I Thank you very much, Dino. I won’t forget this.
stressed – about their hair. Men are more quiet
8.6
and relaxed, and they’re not normally very fussy
2 Keeping fit, equipment
about their hair.
I What do you do if a client doesn’t like the results? 9 an exercise bike
6 a running machine
D I try to correct it immediately. That’s easy if it’s the
5 weights
colour, less easy if it’s a cut.
Have you ever had a really bad experience, I 10 a rowing machine
I
4 a cross-trainer
mean one where you couldn’t correct it?
12 a yoga mat
D Only once, when I was still at college. I cut a
Exercises
woman’s hair shorter than she was expecting it –
11 do sit-ups
not much, only about one centimetre shorter, but
3 do press-ups
she burst into tears – and I couldn’t correct that.
Is it true that hairdressers always want to cut off 8 do stretches
I
7 do aerobics
more hair than their clients want?
D I think maybe it is. Many hairdressers want to 2 do spinning
1 do Pilates
make the hair healthier, and cut off all the parts
that are, you know, damaged. Or sometimes they
have a style in mind and they just want to do it.
But obviously, normally I try to do what the
The foot treatment
8.7
S Wow!
3 Beauty treatments
J Don’t tell me – you liked it!
5 manicure
S It was wonderful!
4 pedicure
J I must say, your feet look…well, better. Clean
6 facial
anyway.
1 massage
S Well, I’ve never liked my feet much, to be honest,
3 waxing
but now they look great. Definitely worth the time
2 fake tan
and money. Nine out of ten. What do you think?
J Yes, it was great. A real luxury. And I love the
8.8
colour they painted my nails. I agree – nine out of
1
ten. You see…
Stephen It was hot and sticky, and incredibly
uncomfortable.
2
Lesson 8B
Joanna And the head massage was divine. 8.10
3 1 Napoleon was defeated in the battle of Waterloo.
Stephen Definitely worth the time and money. Waterloo is in Belgium, just south of Brussels.
4 2 The American fleet was attacked in Pearl Harbour
Joanna A real luxury. in 1941.
3 Berlin, which had been divided by a wall for 28
8.9
years, was reunified in 1989.
J = Joanna S = Stephen
4 The Sagrada Família in Barcelona was started in
The body polish
1882 and is still being built. It is due to be
J So? What did you think?
completed in 2026.
S It was just horrible! Horrible. First, they covered
5 According to legend, the city of Troy fought a
me in fruit puree, then they wrapped me in plastic
famous war against Greece. It is thought by many
film, then in blankets, and then I was left on a
to be in modern Turkey, but has never been
water bed. I mean, come on! Fruit’s for eating, not
definitively located.
for putting on your body. It was hot and
6 The city of Chichen Itza was built by the Mayans
sticky, and incredibly uncomfortable. And I felt so
between 750 and 900 AD.
stupid. I’d never have that again. I give it zero out
7 John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated while
of ten.
he was being driven through Dallas in 1963.
J Sticky? It was fruit, for goodness sake! I thought it
8 Chernobyl in the Ukraine had to be evacuated in
was wonderful. It smelled amazing, and the head
1986 after a catastrophic nuclear accident.
massage was divine. I mean, how could anybody
not like it? That was one of my favourite spa
treatments ever. Ten out of ten.
5 I’ve wanted to learn a foreign language my whole
8.11
life.
The site is visited by thousands of people every year.
The castle is being restored at the moment. 8.14

Good afternoon, everybody, everyone, and welcome
The King’s body has never been found.
to St Paul’s, which, as you probably know, is one of
10,000 soldiers were killed in an hour at the Battle of
the most famous and most historic cathedrals in
Gettysburg.
Britain.
The bridge was closed because it was being
1
repaired.
Just behind you is the Great West Door, you can see
The hospital had been opened by the Queen three
the Great West Door. The magnificent doors are nine
years before.
metres tall.
When will the new museum be built?
And now in front of you, you see the Nave, which
We are going to be given our exam results tomorrow. gives you the most wonderful view of the full length of
The city centre has to be closed to all traffic next St Paul’s Cathedral.
weekend. 2
The President must be elected by a clear majority. We're now in the centre of the cathedral. Look up
Most people hate being woken up in the middle of the above you, and you can see inside the wonderful
night. Dome. It's one of the largest domes in the world, and
I personally think the most beautiful.]
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3
Buckingham Palace was built in the 18th century for
We are now in the area called the South Transept.
the Duke of Buckingham and became the London
Over there you can see the monument to Britain’s
home of the British Royal Family in 1837.
great naval hero, Horatio Nelson, who died at the
St Paul’s Cathedral was rebuilt in the 17th century by
Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Sir Christopher Wren.
4
Westminster Abbey was begun in the 13th century
We're now in the South Quire Aisle, and we’re just
during the reign of King Henry III.
going to stop for a moment to look at this marble
Windsor Castle and the Tower of London were built
statue of John Donne.
in the 11th century during the reign of William the
5
Conqueror.
Now, are you all feeling energetic? I hope so,
8.13 because we’re going to go up these stairs here, to
1 You mustn’t talk in class when the teacher is the Whispering Gallery, which goes around the inside
speaking. of the great Dome, and I do need to tell you that
2 I got the wrong answer to half the questions. there are 257 steps…
3 I doubt if we’ll have time to visit the island.
4 Listen to the sentence and copy the rhythm.
6 Look up above you, and you can see inside the
wonderful Dome. It’s one of the largest domes in
We’re now going to go back along the Nave, and
the world, and I personally think the most
then down into the Crypt to see some of the tombs of
beautiful. Now, you remember the outside of the
famous people who are buried in St Paul’s…
Dome, which you saw when you arrived, can
8.15 anyone tell me what was on top of the Dome?
G = Guide St = Spanish tourist Gt = German tourist Ut A cross?

G Yeah that’s right, a cross. In 1710, the year the
Part 1
cathedral was finally completed, Christopher Wren
G Good afternoon, everybody, everyone, and
was 81 years old, and he was lifted up in a basket
welcome to St Paul’s, which, as you probably
and was able to watch his own son place the
know, is one of the most famous and most historic
cross on the top of the Dome. Another thing
cathedrals in Britain. The previous church on this
about, fascinating thing about the Dome is that
site burned down in 1666, in the Great Fire of
from the top of the Dome to the floor, down where
London, and the famous architect Sir Christopher
you’re standing, is exactly 365 feet, one foot for
Wren was asked to design a new cathedral. It
every day of the year.
took nearly 40 years to build and was completed
Ft How much is that in metres?
in 1710.
G Approximately 1-1-1, 111 metres. In fact, St Paul’s
G Just behind you is the great West Door, you can
was the tallest building in London right up until the
see the Great West Door. The magnificent doors
1960s, because until that time, no one was
are nine metres tall.
allowed to build anything taller near St Paul’s.
St Ha dicho nueve metros?
We’re going to move on shortly, but just spend a
G They're normally closed, except when someone
few minutes now looking at the magnificent
very special arrives, for example, her Majesty the
paintings…
Queen. And now in front of you, you see the
G We are now in the area called the South
Nave, which gives you the most wonderful view of
Transept. Over there you can see the monument
the full length of St Paul’s Cathedral.
to Britain’s great naval hero, Horatio Nelson, who
Gt Wie schoen…
died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
G Maybe some of you watched Prince Charles and
Ft C’est lui qui est sur …
Princess Diana walk down the Nave when they
G Yes, yeah, he’s the one on top of the Nelson’s
married here in 1981.
column in Trafalgar Square.
G OK, now please follow me. We’re going to walk
G We’re now in the South Quire Aisle, and we’re just
down the Nave, and you´ll see the north and
going to stop for a moment to look at this
south aisle on either side…
marble statue of John Donne. Donne was a Dean
8.16 of the Cathedral and one of Britain's finest poets –
G = Guide Ut = US tourist Ft = French tourist St = he died in 1631. But this statue is also important
Spanish tourist because it’s one of the few monuments that
Part 2 survived the Great Fire of London. And you can
G Right. Can we just stop here? Could we stop still see the burn marks at the bottom of the statue
here? We’re now in the centre of the cathedral. there…
G Now, are you all feeling energetic? I hope so, but other than that, it’s all online.
because we’re going to go up these stairs I Have you ever had a problem with online
here, to the Whispering Gallery, which goes banking?
around the inside of the great Dome, and I do D Yes, I’ve had problems, um, just glitches in the
need to tell you that there are 257 steps… system that mean you can’t access it when you
St Yo no voy… need to, um, I’ve never had a huge problem
G …so if there are any of you who don't think you though.
can manage it, just wait for us here. So, that
wasn’t too bad, was it? We’re now in the I = Interviewer V = Victoria
Whispering Gallery. The gallery gets its name 2
because if you whisper, talk very quietly, on one I What’s the best live event you’ve been to
side, your voice can be heard very clearly on the recently?
other side. When there are a lot of tourists, it V Um, I would say the best live event I’ve been to
doesn’t always work, but as there aren’t so many recently is, last time I was in LA I went to a
of us today, why don’t you try it…? Dodgers game. Um, the Dodgers are my favourite
G So, did any of you try out the whispering? We’re baseball team and, um, now they’re in the World
now going to go back along the Nave, and then Series, so it was exciting to see them play this
down into the Crypt to see some of the tombs of year.
famous people who are buried in St Paul’s. Right, I Why did you enjoy it so much?
now, the tomb over there is Lord Nelson’s – you V I enjoyed going to the Dodgers game so much
remember you saw his monument earlier – and this year because I live in New York now and I
then here we have the tomb of the Duke of don’t get to see them play in person that often,
Wellington, who defeated Napoleon at the Battle and they’re a really good team this year, um, so
of Waterloo. And finally, this tomb here belongs to getting to see them play was really exciting.
the great man himself, Sir Christopher Wren, the
architect of St Paul’s. It’s just a simple stone I = Interviewer K = Keith
monument, but can you see the Latin words on it? 3
Anyone speak Latin here? No, well I’ll translate it I Do you ever play board games or other kinds of
for you. It says, 'Reader, if you seek his games with friends or family?
monument, look around you.' Because of course, K Yeah, I play, um, board games with my family,
the whole of St Paul’s is really Wren’s monument. with my wife and with my children.
I What’s your favourite game? Why?
8.17
K Um, my favourite game. I would choose either
I = Interviewer D = Diarmuid
Monopoly or Cluedo. Um, I play both of them a lot
1
with my children, and with my family. I’d probably
I Do you still go to the bank or do you do all your
say Cluedo’s my favourite. My children love it and
banking online?
I’ve always loved it since I was a kid as well. It’s a
D I do almost all of my banking online. The only
detective game where you have to solve a crime
reason I’d go into a bank is to ask for advice, so
and who’s committed it, what with and where they
maybe for big things, like a mortgage or a loan I did it, and it’s a really good game.
would go in to have a face-to-face conversation,
Lesson 9A
I = Interviewer C = Carolina
4 9.1
I How often do you go to the hairdresser’s? 1 Sarah
C Um, once a month, I think. My husband Rick always forgets where he puts
I What do you usually have done? things, and last night he came home very late from
C I get my hair cut. That’s it. work and then had to leave very early again this
I Have you ever had a haircut that you really didn’t morning, at 5.00, while I was still in bed. I heard him
like? crashing about downstairs getting ready, and then
C Many times. Once I remember that it I, it turned he shouted up the stairs, ‘Sarah, have you seen my
out to be super short and I was very disappointed. car keys?’ So I shouted back, ‘No’, and I tried to go
I almost cried. back to sleep, but then he came running up the stairs
into the bedroom and said, ‘I can’t find them. I left
I = Interviewer E = Erin them on the table when I went to bed last night.
5 You’ve moved them.’ And I said, ‘I didn't move them,
I What’s the most interesting historical site you’ve I was in bed when you came home. Have you looked
ever visited? in your coat pocket?’ So he went downstairs again
E I almost hate to say it because it sounds like a and shouted, ‘They’re not there’. So I got up, in a
cliché, but the Colosseum in Rome. Just the, the very bad mood, and went downstairs, and looked in
architecture and the things that people were his coat pocket, and, surprise surprise, there were his
capable of with their brains before computers is car keys. I was really quite angry because by now I
just mind-blowing. But also the Museum of was completely awake. But at least he apologized.
Science, the Galileo Museum in Florence is also 2 Kim
very cool.
It was my mum’s 70th birthday last week and I
I Why did you go there?
suggested to my sister Caro that it would be nice to
E We went to Rome and the Colosseum specifically
have a birthday lunch for her. I said I’d organize it,
because my husband wanted to. I wasn’t very
because my sister isn’t very good at that kind of thing
interested, but I was really surprised at how it -
– she works full time and has a very important job (so
much I enjoyed it. And we went to the Galileo
she says), but anyway she said, ‘I want to do
Museum because someone else had
something to help. I’ll bring a birthday cake.’ I said,
recommended it and it seemed like an interesting
‘Fine’, even though I quite wanted to make the cake
thing to do, sort of off the beaten tourist path. And
myself. Anyway, on the day, everyone arrived and
it was amazing. I think my brain melted a little bit.
Mum was really surprised and pleased, and we had
I Would you recommend it to other people?
lunch, and then I said to my sister, ‘Where’s the
E Absolutely. If you do the Colosseum, pay extra for
cake?’ She went pale, and said, ‘OMG, I completely
the guided tour. You get through the line faster.
forgot about it.’ Mum said, ‘Oh don't make a fuss,
Kim. It’s no problem.’ – she thought it was very funny
– but I was seriously annoyed.
9.2 9.5
‘I’ll see you tomorrow.’ Ca = Contunuity announcer P = Presenter J = Jill
He said (that) he’d see me the next day. Part 1
‘I did it yesterday.’ Ca Can you remember exactly what you did on any
day 10, 20, or even 30 years ago? Now it’s Mind
She told me (that) she’d done it the day before.
Matters, and we’re going to hear about a woman
‘I went skiing last week.’
who can do just that.
He said (that) he’d been skiing the week before. P Ask Jill Price to remember any day in her life, and
‘We don’t like it here.’ she can usually come up with an answer. When I
met her, she asked for my date of birth, which is
She told us (that) they didn’t like it there.
24th January 1986.
‘This is your station.’
J OK, 24th January 1986 was a Friday. It was four
She said (that) that was our station. days before the Challenger explosion. I was
working in an ice cream shop. I hated my job.
9.3
That night I went out with some friends, Tim and
1
Candace.
‘What do you want to do?’ P Jill could also tell me what she ate and what time
She asked me what I wanted to do. she got home that evening. I tried another date.
‘When’s your birthday?’ What did she do on 29th August 1980?

J It was also a Friday, I went to Palm Springs with
She asked me when my birthday was.
my friends Nina and Michelle and their family.
2 P Then I asked her, ‘When was the third time you
‘Have you been to Australia?’ drove a car?’
He asked us if / whether we’d been to Australia. J That was 10th January 1981. A Saturday.
P Jill Price has HSAM, or ‘Highly Superior
‘Are you coming with me?’
Autobiographical Memory’, which means she can
She asked him if / whether he was coming with her.
remember exactly what happened on most days
in her life. She remembers the day of the week for
9.4
every date since 1980 – what she was doing, who
1
she was with, where she was. She can recall a
‘Wait in the car.’
memory of 20 years ago as easily as a memory of
She told me to wait in the car. two days ago.
‘Don’t forget.’ Jill was born on 30th December 1965 in New York.
Her first memory is when she was eighteen
He told me not to forget.
months old and she lived with her parents in an
2
apartment in Manhattan. She remembers the
‘Could you close the window?’ traffic, and staring out of the window down 9th
She asked me to close the window. Avenue. When she was five, her family moved to
‘Can you wait here, please?’ New Jersey, and then when she was eight, they
moved to a rented house in Los Angeles. That
He asked us to wait there.
was 1st July 1974 – and on that day, she says, J At school I couldn’t remember facts and figures,
her ‘brain snapped’, and she began to be able to and I can’t memorize a sequence of random
remember everything that happened to her in numbers.
great detail. Her memories come without her P McGaugh and other experts have now discovered
trying to recall them. around 60 people with HSAM. These people often
J People have called it a gift, but for me it’s a say that there was a specific point in their lives
nightmare. My entire life goes through my head that triggered their ability to remember in such
every day – it drives me crazy. detail. For Jill, it was her family’s stressful move to
Los Angeles.
9.6
P Most people would think that having HSAM is an
P = Presenter DM = Dr McGaugh J = Jill
advantage, but Jill says there are two big
Part 2 problems.
P So what do we know about how Jill’s superior J The first is that there's so much information
memory works? Dr James McGaugh, who is an running through my head all the time, and the
expert in memory research, met her for the first second is that I find it difficult to forget unpleasant
time in June 2000. He first tested her memory things. For example, I can remember bad
using a big history book. Jill answered the moments from my childhood as if they'd just
questions quickly and confidently. happened, and they make me feel unhappy all
DM What happened on 16th August 1977? over again.
J Elvis Presley died in his Graceland bathroom. It P No one else in Jill’s family has a memory like
was a Tuesday. hers. She's published an autobiography, The
DM When did Bing Crosby die? Woman Who Can’t Forget, but her brother hasn’t
J Friday, 14th October 1977, on a golf course in read it. He says that there might be things in it that
Spain. I heard it on the radio while my Mom was he doesn’t want to know.
driving me to soccer practice.
P It’s often difficult for scientists to confirm whether 9.7
autobiographical memories are accurate, but Dr 1 memory memorable memorably
McGaugh was able to check with Jill’s detailed 2 confidence confident confidently
diary. He also checked Jill’s memories with her 3 emotion emotional emotionally
mother. 4 importance important importantly
P Dr McGaugh’s research was focused on showing 5 accuracy accurate accurately
that strong emotional experiences are the most 6 person personal personally
memorable ones, and Jill had the most vivid

memories that McGaugh had ever encountered.
However her memory only stores the things that
she finds important. When it comes to
remembering things that don’t relate to her
personally or to her interests, Jill is no better than
the average person.
9.9
Lesson 9B Bangkok
9.8 Cheng-tu
Mabel by William Somerset Maugham Chungking
Part 1 Hong Kong
George was working in Burma for the British colonial Manila

government. He and Mabel became engaged when Saigon
he was back in England. When he returned to
Shanghai
Burma, it was arranged that she would join him there
Singapore
in six months. But one difficulty came up after
another. Mabel’s father died, the war came, then the Yangtze River
George was sent to a district which was unsuitable Yokohama
for a foreign woman. In the end, it was seven years
before she was able to start. He made all the 9.10
arrangements for the marriage, which was going to Part 2
take place on the day of her arrival, and went down When George arrived at Singapore he found a
to Rangoon to meet her. Then, suddenly, without telegram waiting for him.
warning, his nerve failed him. He had not seen Mabel
‘Quite understand. Don’t worry. Love Mabel.’
for seven years. He had forgotten what she was like.
‘My God, I believe she’s following me,’
She was a total stranger. He felt a terrible feeling in
his stomach. He couldn’t go through with it. He must he said. He checked the passenger list of the next
tell Mabel that he was very sorry, but he ship on its way to Singapore, and sure enough her
couldn’t, he really couldn’t marry her. But how could name was on it. There was not a moment to lose. He
a man tell a girl a thing like that when she had been jumped on the first train to Bangkok. But he was
engaged to him for seven years and had come six uneasy; she would have no difficulty in finding out
thousand miles to marry him? He didn’t have the that he had gone to Bangkok. Fortunately there was
nerve for that either. There was a boat just about to a French boat sailing the next day for Saigon. He
sail for Singapore; he wrote a letter to Mabel, and took it. At Saigon he would be safe. It would never
without any luggage, just in the clothes he was occur to her that he had gone there. It was five days’
wearing, he boarded the boat. The letter Mabel journey from Bangkok to Saigon and the boat was
received said: dirty, crowded and uncomfortable. He was glad to

arrive and went straight to the hotel. A telegram was
‘Dearest Mabel,
immediately handed to him. It contained only two
I have been suddenly called away on business and
words:
do not know when I will be back. I think it would be
‘Love Mabel’.
much wiser if you returned to England. My plans are
very uncertain. He started to tremble.
Your loving George’. ‘When is the next boat for Hong Kong?’
he asked. He sailed to Hong Kong but was afraid to

stay there. Then he went to Manila, and from there
he went on to Shanghai. Shanghai made him feel after two weeks on the road. George was terrified. He
nervous; every time he went out of the hotel he was as pale as death. She went up to him.
expected to run straight into Mabel’s arms. No, ‘Hello, George, I was so afraid that I’d missed you
Shanghai would never do. The only thing was to go again.’
to Yokohama. At the Grand Hotel in Yokohama a
‘Hello, Mabel,’
telegram awaited him.
he said.
‘So sorry I missed you at Manila. Love Mabel.’
He did not know what to say. He looked this way and
Where was she now? He went back to Shanghai.
that: she stood between him and the doorway. She
This time he went straight to the club and asked if he
looked at him with a smile in her blue eyes.
had received any telegrams. One was handed to him.
‘You haven’t changed at all,’
‘Arriving soon. Love Mabel.’
she said.
9.11 ‘I was afraid you’d got fat and bald. I’ve been so
Part 3 nervous. It would have been terrible if I hadn’t been
No, no, she wasn’t going to catch him so easily. He able to marry you after all.’
had already made his plans. He could catch the last She turned to George’s host.
ship along the Yangtze river to Chungking. After that,
‘Are you the consul?’
no one could get there until the following spring. He
she asked.
arrived at Chungking, but he was desperate now. He
was not going to take any risks. There was a place ‘I am.’
called Cheng-tu, the capital of Szechuan, and it was ‘Good. I’m ready to marry him as soon as I’ve had a
400 miles away. It could only be reached by road, bath.’
and the area was full of thieves. A man would be safe
And she did.
there.
George set out. He sighed with relief when he saw 9.13
the walls of the lonely Chinese city. He could rest at If I’d known his number, I would have called him.
last. Mabel would never find him there. The British They’d have been much happier if they’d never
consul was a friend of his and he stayed with him in married.
his luxurious house. The weeks passed lazily one
If I hadn’t gone to university, I wouldn’t have met my
after the other. One morning George and the consul
wife.
were in the courtyard when there was a loud knock at
What would we have done if we’d missed the flight?
the door.
9.14
9.12
1
Part 4
When we arrived at the departure gate, the flight had
One morning George and the consul were in the
already closed.
courtyard when there was a loud knock at the door.
The doorman opened it. Mabel walked in. She was When the film started I realized that I’d seen it before.
neat and cool and fresh. There was nothing in her We still hadn’t had breakfast when the taxi arrived.
appearance to suggest that she had just come in
How long had they been engaged before they got she started crying. So we went out for a walk and she
married? explained that the 29th February only happens once
2 every four years, and it’s the day when, traditionally,

women can propose to men. I didn’t say anything and
‘We haven’t been married long.’
went home. I felt awful. It’s probably the worst thing
She said (that) they hadn’t been married long.
that’s ever happened to me, and I didn’t see her for
‘My boyfriend proposed to me in Paris.’ three days afterwards. But we got over it, and we’re
She told me (that) her boyfriend had proposed to her still together. We’re not married, but who knows?
in Paris. Maybe in a few years’ time, I’ll propose, and Chloe
will say no.
‘I’d already seen the film.’
Emma
He said (that) he’d already seen the film.
When I first started going out with Tom, I was
9.15 completely in love. He was ten years older than me,
1 When I read your email, I understood why you’d very good-looking, and he had been an Olympic
left. athlete. He was also a really lovely guy. In theory, he
2 If I’d known the weather was going to be so bad, I was my perfect man, but after two years, our
wouldn’t have come. relationship became very difficult, so I decided to end
3 As soon as we got to the airport, we remembered it. Not long afterwards, Tom phoned me to say that
that we hadn’t locked the windows. he wanted to meet at the cathedral. I thought, OK,
4 He said that he hadn’t seen her for ages. fine. When I got there, Tom was waiting for me
5 I would have bought the dress if it hadn’t been so outside. He was holding a bottle of champagne and a
expensive. bunch of flowers. And then before I had a chance to
say anything, he got down on one knee and
9.16
proposed. He gave me a necklace – not a ring, a
Alex
necklace. Then a crowd of Japanese tourists rushed
My girlfriend Chloe and I had been together for just towards us and began taking photos – Tom was
over a year. Soon after we met, I told her that I didn’t down on one knee and I was looking white and
want to get married or have children, and she shocked. It was awful. I asked him to get up, and
seemed fine with that. But then, Chloe began to talk explained to him, in front of all the tourists, that we
about moving in together. I tried not to discuss it, and were not together any more, and we were definitely
we went on like that for a couple of months. Then not going to get married. We left the cathedral, and
one afternoon, it was the 29th February, Chloe as I was walking with him to the station, Tom said he
invited me to her house. When I arrived, she was had hoped that if he proposed to me, it would solve
making a bracelet. I sat down and she passed me a all our problems. But it was never going to work.
box which contained some small beads with letters We’re not together now.
on them. When I looked into the box, I realized that
the letters spelled ‘Will you marry me?’ I was
horrified. I didn’t want to embarrass her, so I started
putting the letters on the bracelet thread in the wrong
order – I made words like ‘owl’ and ‘yellow’, but then
Tom was waiting for me outside. He was holding a
9.17
bottle of champagne and a bunch of flowers. And
A = Alex
then, before I had a chance to say anything, he
A My girlfriend Chloe and I had been together for
got down on one knee and proposed. He gave me
just over a year. Soon after we met, I’d told her
a necklace – not a ring, a necklace. Then a crowd
that I didn’t want to get married or have children, of Japanese tourists rushed towards us and
and she seemed fine with that. But then, Chloe
began taking photos – Tom was down on one
began to talk about moving in together. I tried not
knee and I was looking white and shocked. It was
to discuss it, and we went on like that for a couple awful. I asked him to get up, and explained to him,
of months. Then one afternoon, it was the 29th in front of all the tourists, that we were not
February, Chloe invited me to her house. When I
together any more, and we were definitely not
arrived, she was making a bracelet. I sat down
going to get married. We left the cathedral, and as
and she passed me a box which contained some I was walking with him to the station, Tom said he
small beads with letters on them. When I looked had hoped that if he proposed to me, it would
into the box, I realized that the letters spelled ‘Will
solve all our problems. But it was never going to
you marry me?’ I was horrified. I didn’t want to
work. We’re not together now.
embarrass her, so I started putting the letters on
the bracelet thread in the wrong order – I made 9.19
words like ‘owl’ and ‘yellow’, but then she started The venue for the ceremony and the reception cost
crying. So we went out for a walk and she £5,500.
explained that 29th February only happens once The five bridesmaids’ dresses cost £350.
every four years, and it’s the day when,
The food cost £8,500.
traditionally, women can propose to men. I didn’t
The flowers cost £1,300.
say anything and went home. I felt awful. It’s
probably the worst thing that’s ever happened to The rings cost £640.
me, and I didn’t see her for three days afterwards. The groom’s suit cost £1,160.
But we got over it, and we’re still together. We’re
The wedding dress, veil and shoes cost £2,500.
not married, but who knows? Maybe in a few
The honeymoon cost £4,500.
years’ time, I’ll propose, and Chloe will say no.
9.18 Practical English 5

E = Emma
9.20
E When I first started going out with Tom, I was
J = Jenny Lu = Luke R = Rob La = Laing T = Tom
completely in love. He was ten years older than
Day four. 4.00 a.m. Jenny and Luke have gone back
me, very good-looking, and he had been an
to Henry’s house and are in his study. They’re
Olympic athlete. He was also a really lovely guy.
looking for a clue about an ‘old man’… but time is
In theory, he was my perfect man, but after two
running out.
years, our relationship became very difficult, so I
J Keats, The Iliad, poems by Byron, The Complete
decided to end it. Not long afterwards, Tom
Works of Shakespeare... nothing about an old
phoned me to say that he wanted to meet at the
man!
cathedral. I thought, OK, fine. When I got there,
Lu Not even a picture on the front cover.
J What about those paintings? Anything there? the one with the famous bells!
Lu I’ve already checked them. Nothing. Should we J That must be where Henry is! Rob, we’ve got to
look through each book? go call the police.
J That could take forever and we don’t have time.
This is hopeless. It’s OK, it’s Rob. Rob. Day four. 4.15 a.m. Inspector Laing is on night duty
R Jenny. Any luck? at the police station. She’s making a cup of tea
J No. We’ve been here for hours and we’ve looked when she receives a phone call.
everywhere. We haven’t found a single thing La Laing speaking... Yes?... Oh, Jenny Zielinski...
about an old man. Look Rob, maybe the ‘old man’ OK, slow down... Where? Proteus?... Yes, yes, I
thing wasn’t a secret message at all. know it... No, Jenny, you can’t go down there... It’s
R But it sounded so odd. And why would he mention too dangerous... and it’s illegal... I know but... OK,
his study? OK, but not on your own... we’ll meet you there
J Well, he’s under a lot of pressure. He probably in ten minutes.
just…
R Wait! Day four. 5.00 a.m. Jenny and Luke meet Inspector
J What? Laing outside the Proteus building. They’re in her
R Is there anything on top of the bookcase? car, and she’s in contact with two policemen by
Lu Just a load of old books. We’ve already been radio. They are going to the Proteus building.
through them. Luke is looking at the plans of the building on his
R Isn’t there anything else? laptop. Jenny tells her about Henry’s message.
Lu Wait a second. Yeah, there are two small J It was night time and we could hear a generator in
paperweights. the background.
R Do they have anything written on them? La Right, so we’re looking for a room with a
Lu This one says ‘Apollo, god of music and poetry’. generator. How are you doing, Luke?
R What about the other one? Lu I’m just downloading the plans for the Proteus
Lu It says ‘Proteus…the old man of the sea’! building now. That’s it. Done. OK, there’s only one
R That must be what Dad meant! room with a generator. It’s in the basement.
J What does it mean? Who’s Proteus? La Excellent.
Lu You know, that name sounds familiar. The inspector radios the two police officers who are
R I think he’s a Greek god. Dad’s got loads of stuff just outside the Proteus building.
like that. La Tom, where are you?
Lu No, no, not that. I’m sure I’ve seen it somewhere. T We’re approaching a side entrance. There’s
I’ll Google it. nobody around.
J Does it mean anything to you, Rob? La OK, Tom. I’m going to hand you over to Luke.
R No. I can’t remember hearing it before. Maybe it’s He’s going to guide you to a room in the
someone’s name or... basement. That’s where we think Henry’s being
Lu Got it! Proteus is a biochemical company. It’s held.
based in Oxford and...oh, I don’t believe it! T Got it.
J What is it, Luke? La Be careful.
Lu It’s right by St Bartholomew’s church. You know, T Don’t worry. Come on.
9.21 T There’s a door here and a narrow corridor to the
Lu = Luke T = Tom right. What should we do?
Day four. 5.10 a.m. The policemen go into the Lu I don’t know!
Proteus building. Luke directs them from a police T Wait. I can hear voices. There are people in there.
car outside. He’s looking at the plans of the La That must be the room.
building on his screen. T OK. We’re going in.
Lu OK, go to the end of the corridor, go through the
9.22
door and turn right.
Lu = Luke T = Tom
T We’re in a large open area.
Lu OK, go to the end of the corridor, go through the
Lu That’s right. Now, go straight ahead. You should
door and turn right.
see some stairs on your right. Go past the stairs
Lu Now, go straight ahead.
and a coffee bar. Turn right. Carry on and you
Lu You should see some stairs on your right.
should see a set of double doors.
Lu Go past the stairs and a coffee bar.
T Should we go through?
Lu Turn right. Carry on and you should see a set of
Lu Yes. Now, you should see some stairs on your
double doors.
left.
T Should we go through?
T Yeah, I see them.
Lu Now, you should see some stairs on your left.
Lu Right. Go down the stairs, continue straight on
Lu Go down the stairs, continue straight on, and walk
and walk down the ramp.
down the ramp.
T We’re at the end of the ramp. Which way now?
T Which way now?
Lu Turn right and carry on straight along the corridor.
Lu Turn right and carry on straight along the corridor.
Go past a maintenance room and two fuse boxes,
T Is there another way?
and try the next door on your right.
Lu Turn round and go back down the corridor.
T The door’s locked. Is there another way?
Lu Go straight to the end of the corridor and turn left.
Lu Hold on. OK. Turn round and go back down the
T Which one should we take?
corridor.
Lu Try the one on your left.
T Should we go back up the ramp?
T Are you sure this is the right way?
Lu No. Go straight to the end of the corridor and turn
Lu Head towards it.
left.
T We’re here. There are two doors. Which one
9.23
should we take?
N = Newsreader J = Jenny H = Henry R = Rob Lu
Lu Try the one on your left.
= Luke
T It’s open!
Day four. 5.00 p.m. Henry is finally back at home with
Lu What can you see?
Jenny and Luke. They’re talking to a relieved Rob
T There are three big safes and cages full of
on Skype and listening to a radio news report
documents. Are you sure this is the right way?
about the kidnapping.
Lu Yes, you’re in the store room. Can you hear a
N Police have arrested a man and a woman
generator?
following a raid on the Proteus building in Oxford
T Yes! It’s coming from the end of the corridor.
early this morning. They have been named locally
Lu Head towards it. But watch out for guards!
as Selina Lavelle and Grant McFadden. Mr
McFadden has been charged with assault What do you think, Jenny?
following the brutal attack on research scientist J Oh, I don’t know. The English countryside is a
Andrew Page, who is still recovering in hospital. little too wild for me. I can’t wait to get back to the
Ms Lavelle has been charged with false peace and quiet of New York!
imprisonment, extortion, blackmail, and industrial
9.24
espionage. Police believe she organized the
1
kidnapping of university lecturer Henry Walker. Mr
Henry I must admit, I was beginning to lose hope.
Walker, who was rescued in the raid, told
2
reporters he’d been through a terrible ordeal but
Henry Goodness knows what would have
hadn’t been badly hurt. He wished Andrew Page a
happened if you hadn’t found me in time.
speedy recovery and said he would visit him in
3
hospital. Mr Walker thanked the police for
Henry Could you fetch some glasses, Luke?
their hard work. He said that he was too tired to
4
talk to reporters in detail and was just looking
Rob It’s great to have you back, Dad.
forward to returning home.
5
J Well, Henry, you’re kind of a star.
H I never expected to become a celebrity, not at my Henry I just wish you were here, Rob.
6
age.
Jenny I can’t wait to get back to the peace and quiet
R Well, next time you’re kidnapped, Dad, try to set
of New York!
us an easier clue.
H I must admit, I was beginning to lose hope. It took
you a long time to work it out. Lesson 10A
R You can’t blame us! Proteus – the ‘old man’ of the 10.1
sea? How were we supposed to know that? 1
H You need to brush up on your classics.
True. The USA has around 600 billionaires. China
Lu Oh come on, Henry, I think we did really well!
has the second highest number, and Germany is
H I’m joking, I’m joking. You were great. And I really
third.
have to thank you. Goodness knows what would
2
have happened if you hadn’t found me in time.
J We’re just glad we did. False. Colour is spelled without a u and centre is
Henry puts a bottle of champagne on the table. spelled -ter. About 200 common words are spelled
H Now, I had been saving this for a special occasion differently in British and American English.
and, I think this is it. Could you fetch some 3
glasses, Luke?
False. According to a recent survey, the figure is
Lu No worries.
about 40%.
R It’s great to have you back, Dad.
4
J It sure is.
H I just wish you were here, Rob. False. According to a recent survey, 77% of
R Well, it’s just stopped snowing. I could get a flight American men do no housework on any given day.
now and maybe we could stay there for longer.
5 Were they waiting for you when you arrived?
False. The world’s first skyscraper was in Chicago. It She’s been learning Japanese for two years.
was finished in 1885, had ten floors, and was 42 They haven’t been working here for very long.
metres high.
A new concert hall is being built – it will open next
6 year.
True. Despite the rise of online dating, about 50% of My car has been stolen!
adult Americans are now single.
10.3
7
1
False. There has never been an official language of
the United States. However, the most commonly What are you doing?
spoken language is American English. Spanish is the I did my homework last night.
second most common language in the USA. 2
8 She doesn’t speak English.
True. Texas joined the USA in 1845, but left again in Where do they live?
1861 during the American Civil War. It rejoined the
They didn’t go to the theatre.
USA when the war had ended, in 1865.
Did you enjoy the film?
9
False. The USA has been the world’s biggest 10.4

economy since records began. 1
10 I have two brothers and a sister.
True. The name ‘soccer’ was first used in the 19th He’s having a shower at the moment.
century in British public schools, but when the sport What did you have for dinner?
started to be played by everyone, the name ‘football’
2
took over. American football is a completely different
I have to be at the airport at 11.00.
sport.
We had our computer repaired last week.
10.2
3
1
They’ve bought a new car.
Where’s my bag?
I haven’t seen him recently.
It’s over there.
Has he ever been to Spain?
I was very sensitive when I was a child.
4
They haven’t been here before.
I was sure I’d seen him before.
2
We were hungry because we hadn’t had breakfast.
I’m sitting on the bus.
Had she tried to phone you before she arrived?
They aren’t coming to the party.
I was cycling to work when I saw him.
10.5 3 Louisa
1 The capital of the USA is Washington, DC. I know from having travelled a lot and having lived
2 When are your friends arriving? overseas, having an Italian husband, it’s very
3 The world’s tallest skyscraper isn’t in New York. complicated to get sort of bureaucratic tasks done
4 Anne does Pilates twice a week. in places like Italy. So I think the one thing that I
5 Where does your sister live? like most about living in the United States is that
6 My brother doesn’t like dogs. things are pretty easy to do and even living in a
7 I have a house in New Jersey. big city it’s, um, it’s easy to get things done.
8 How long have you known your best friend? So it’s pretty easy to, you know, change your
9 We haven’t seen our cousins for ages. phone company, and it’s easy to renew your
driver’s licence.
10.6
4 Laura
1 Yannis Um, something that I like about America is that I find
Um, so I’ve lived in New York for, uh, 12 years now, people are very keen to help, even without being
and one thing that I think I will always appreciate asked. ‘cause I lived in Germany for four years
is the diversity of the place and the people. And and I remember every time I flew there, at the
every time I go away it’s so nice to come back airport, I would always really struggle to get my
here and, and be on the subway and see all the bag off the luggage carousel and no one would
different faces and hear different accents. Erm, ever help me. And every time I flew back home to
and, you know, my English is pretty good, but I the US, immediately someone would come over
have never felt judged here, you know, for and offer to help. And I’ve noticed the same thing
having a foreign accent, and nobody is surprised, with opening doors, with helping people carry
you know, if you have a strange surname, um, or things up the stairs in the subway.
if you sound different. I have never felt that. And I 5 Peter
could say that sometimes in Europe, I did, so… Something I really like about America is the sense of
This is one thing that I will always appreciate opportunity here. Um, I feel like as a new
about living here. immigrant I’ve been able to come into the country
2 Cristina and get jobs that I couldn’t get back home in the
Um, one thing that, um, I don’t particularly like here is UK because I don’t think I would have had the
the culture around American Football. And maybe same opportunities there, I think that you can
this has something to do with me being European move here and make something of yourself very
and liking, uh, European football, or soccer, um, quickly, and I really like the sort of entrepreneurial
more than American football. And I did try, um, but spirit there is here, um, the feeling that if you have
I think, uh, the game is way too complicated − a good idea and you work hard, you can be
though I tried to understand the rules. And I find successful, I think it really is the land of
the atmosphere around American football, I… I opportunity and I really like that.
just… I find it a bit too aggressive? For example, 6 Sarah
recently the Philadelphia Eagles won the I’ve lived in the US for three years, and something
Superbowl and, um, the celebrations, so to speak, that I really dislike about American culture has to
if we can call them celebrations, were more like be the fascination with guns, er, growing up in the
riots.
UK, growing up in Europe, I’ve never seen people 10.8
really want to own guns themselves. For me, it’s 1e
up to the police to take care of people and to car park
make sure everyone’s safe. I can’t understand parking lot
why a civilian would want to own their own gun 2h
and keep it in their house. For me that means that mean
the country is less safe, not more safe, so that’s stingy
something I don’t think I’ll ever be able to 3d
understand. autumn
fall
10.7
4f
1
petrol
cell phone
gas
mobile phone
5b
2
queue
restroom
stand in line
toilet
6j
3
garden
movie theater
yard
cinema
7a
4
wardrobe
high school
closet
secondary school
8i
5
pavement
garbage
sidewalk
rubbish
9g
6
lorry
sneakers
truck
trainers
10 c
7
tap
elevator
faucet
lift
8 10.9
apartment 1 Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the
flat subway?
9 2 I’m so excited – we’re going to Paris in the fall.
zip code 3 There were so many people in town today. I had to
postcode queue for ages at the post office.
10 4 I only live on the first floor, but I always take the lift.
check 5 That brown shirt doesn’t go with those blue pants.
bill
10.10 8 fish /i/ written, idea, practise
1 awesome
9 egg /e/ guess, test, result
2 creepy
3 reserved
10.13
4 weird
5 turkey I = Interviewer M = Mark
6 compliment 1 Mark
7 get I What’s the hardest exam or test you’ve ever
8 nod taken?
M My A Level physics exam – I didn’t understand at
Lesson 10B least half the questions.

I Have you ever done an exam where everything
10.11 went wrong?
Verbs M I’m afraid so. For a history O level there were five
1 cheat questions – all short essays. I’d prepared five
2 do questions from previous exam papers, but nothing
3 fail else. So I was gambling that at least three of the
4 pass questions would come up. But none of them did,
5 retake so obviously I failed it.
6 revise I How did you usually prepare for a big exam?
7 take M I remember it generally involved a lot of coffee
Types of exam: and late nights!
8 oral or speaking I Did you find exams stressful?
9 practical M No, I never got that stressed about exams but that
10 written may have had a negative effect on the results,
Types of questions: come to think of it. I was never the world’s best at
11 essay exams. I usually passed, but the results were
12 multiple choice never brilliant.
13 true or false
I = Interviewer S = Sophie;
10.12
2 Sophie
1 zebra /z/ revises, prepares, gives
I What’s the hardest exam or test you’ve ever
2 dog /d/ failed, studied, cheated taken?

S I think the hardest was probably my driving test –
3 car /a:/ marks, answer, exam
the practical part. I got so nervous each time I just
4 horse /o:/ work, oral, report couldn’t drive. In fact, I failed three times before I
finally passed.
5 clock /o/ wrong, professor, college I Have you ever done an exam where everything
6 tree /i:/ essay, thesis, degree went wrong?

S Yes, in the beginning of my first driving test, I
7 bull /u/ school, good, childhood refused to stop where the examiner asked me to
stop. I just didn’t think it looked safe and I thought completely froze and couldn’t say anything else at
it was a trick – I mean, I thought that he was all! But I guess I’d spoken enough previously, so I
asking me to do something dangerous, to test me. passed.
Anyway it wasn’t a trick and he wasn’t happy at I How did you usually prepare for a big exam?
all. D Well, for literature exams I used to memorize
I How did you usually prepare for a big exam? loads and loads of famous passages from the
S I used to spend a lot of time writing notes; I books we were studying, so I could put them in
probably spent more time making them look nice, my answers, and that seemed to work, because I
using different coloured pens and so on, than I did passed.
actually learning the information. But I found it I How did you usually feel about doing exams?
really helpful to stick the notes up on posters all D Not great, but I was usually reasonably confident,
over the house so that I could see them every I’d say.
day.
I Did exams use to stress you out? I = Interviewer P = Paul
S Yes. I hated exams and used to get very nervous 4 Paul
and stressed beforehand. But once the exam had I What’s the hardest exam or test you’ve ever
started I usually relaxed. taken?
P Probably the exam at the end of the first year of
I = Interviewer D = Diane my geography course at university. Not because
3 Diane the questions were very difficult, but because I’d
I What’s the hardest exam or test you’ve ever done so little work for it.
taken? I Have you ever done an exam where everything
D I think it has to be the eleven plus because that went wrong?
was the first time I had ever felt any pressure to P Oh yes. I thought I’d done quite well in my GCSE
succeed. Chemistry exam but I failed it. So something must
I How did you do? have gone very wrong.
D I passed it. I How did you usually prepare for a big exam?
I Have you ever done an exam where everything P I used to read notes over and over again, right up
went wrong? till the last possible minute. Yeah, I relied heavily
D Yes, my A level French oral exam went horribly on short-term memory, I think.
wrong. Some friends had said, ‘Whatever you do, I Did exams use to stress you out?
don’t say that you’ve been to France, otherwise P Not really, though they probably would now.
they’ll expect your French to be quite good’, and When I was at school and university it was just
so what happened was, I got in there and the part of life – so not particularly stressful.
examiner said, ‘Have you ever been to France?’
10.14
(in French) and I said ‘Non’ and then I started
I = Interviewer V = Victoria
talking about driving to Gibraltar with my parents,
1
and then the examiner said, ‘Well, how did you
I Do you have a good memory?
manage to drive from the UK to Gibraltar without
V I have a good memory for, for things that I can
driving through France?’, at which point I just
picture, like details in my head. So when I meet
someone, I’m really good at remembering their I = Interviewer R = Royce
name because I, I just kind of plant it in my head. 4
Um, but I’m not as good at remembering, like if I Are there any American fast food places near
you ask me what I had for dinner three days ago, I where you live?
wouldn’t remember that. R Er, yeah, there are several fast food places near
where I live.
I = Interviewer J = Jan I Do you ever go to any of them?
2 R Um, I don’t, I try not to. I don’t particularly like it
I When was the last time you went to a wedding? very much and it’s quite bad for you.
J It was approximately two and a half weeks ago.
And it was my wedding. I = Interviewer D = Diana
I Did you have a lovely time? 5
J I did. I had a lovely wedding. And the wedding I How do you feel about taking exams?
was a second time around for me. I was a widow D Um, I feel alright, I like studying so I am kind of
for eight years, and I met my new husband online, alright at handling that situation. It’s always a little
which is quite avant-garde for someone my age. bit nervous, but it’s alright.
I Have you ever had an exam disaster?
I = Interviewer K = Keith D Um, well I remember in, um, in an oral exam I
3 went, er, blank for, like, 20 very long seconds, but
I What’s the best influence that the USA has had then I was alright. I was just like, blank for a while.
on the world? I Did you pass the exam?
K Um, I think the best influence that the US has had D Yes, I did.
on the world is in TV and movies. I think a lot of
countries, or most countries, um, that watch a lot
of US TV, US drama, US movies. I watch a lot.
I’ve been watching Breaking Bad and Ozark
recently, which are two of my favourite shows,
and I just think the, the influence that they’ve had
on TV and drama is, is a really big influence.
I And the worst influence?
K The worst influence, I’d probably say, is the
amount of commercialism. I think, you know, the
American dream was always, you know, about
making money, um, and being successful, and I
think that’s had quite a negative impact on the
world, that, um, so much now is driven by the
need to be, er, er, making profits and I think all in
all society’s, er, not really benefitted from that.

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3 cat /æ/ Alex, Amy, Andrew, Anna

1 fish /ɪ/ Chris, Bill, Linda, Diana

2 tree /iː/ Peter, Steve, Emily, Eve 2

I Oh OK! Thanks, that’s really interesting. Do you I’ll send it to you.

Give it to me. Welcome, John.

Show it to me. words Microcomputer and Software.

6 Samsung means ‘three stars’. The name was

comes from the name of a Viking king, Harald rebellious

excellent model for developing new thoughtful

Adjective suffixes, 1 Describing people dirty

spacious are as many as 10 million possible colours in our

6 comfortable blue. So, if you’re planning to be outside in the

7 unhealthy evening in an area with a lot of mosquitoes, be

8 suitable careful what colour clothes you wear.

9 impressive There is no such thing as a green mammal, even

J He’s a journalist. He’s on assignment in Alaska at J Flight RT163 from JFK.

J I know, right? I’ve never been, but he says it’s please?

A Bye, then. name and phone number onit.

Henry, her father-in-law. A And a contact number?

1.20 a password. I’ve never seen it before. I’m worried

J = Jenny H = Henry G = Grant R = Rob S = Selina I have a virus.

missing. your cousin Luke will be able to fix my computer

H Here’s a pair of my pyjamas you can use, Jenny. Electronics

R Oh wow! You’ll look great in those, Jenny! 6 adaptor

the man, whose name is Grant, is outside in the 7 charger

dark...watching. He makes another phone call. 1 earphones

S Selina Lavelle. 4 hairdryer

G Selina? It’s Grant. She’s in the house, but she 3 headphones

isn’t alone. I could come back tomorrow with... 2 travel iron

S No. Stay there. All night if you have to. Toiletries

G Yes, boss. 16 brush

You take your driving licence if you want to rent a headphones

sunscreen 5 Keep your chargers and adaptors together.

2.12 Where’s that husband of yours?

Is that umbrella yours? 1 Carol

Is that your umbrella? I do a lot of shopping online. I love how convenient it

Yes, the changing rooms are over there.

7 DIY store we should be getting some in soon.

We used to live in Rome. 3.9

I’ve changed a lot. 1 In the background, there’s a mountain and some

You use flash when you want to take a photo

Don’t use zoom

Tip 6 this one. It was a long flight, and by the time we

Make your pictures come alive Lily’s interested in astrology.

Print your pictures, send them as postcards, give

So, I took this photo in Australia, when I was visiting

4 cardboard, etc. in special bins. Local councils then

Jenny Well, at least it’s back. 2 Packaging

4.7 some pots of yogurt. The men told me to throw

Part 1 to do, to throw away good food. The removal men

I What kinds of food? my friend Saasha about it…

I’ll be at work on Monday. 4 dissertation

Oh sorry. I’ll remember next time. 4.14

Shall I throw away this bread? 4 reference

undergraduate J You don’t have to be paid if you’re doing an

for a month and I had to manage everything. And CV.

wear. of why, like, I want to know more about your

If I had more money, I wouldn’t need to work I = Interviewer K = Keith

4.22 I = Interviewer S = Shreeya

1 I How worried are you about plastic pollution?

‘How come?’ and ‘Why is that?’ And it was very too.

C = Commentator 1 boat vote