Sol2e Advanced WB Extra Listening

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Unit 1 Extra Listening
Text A: Answer key boat as a ramp to do your tricks off. You

do spins and flips using the wake from
1 the boat. It’s a really spectacular sport
Students’ own answers to watch! In the next few years, you’re
going to see it take off all around the
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world.
1 Amy, Beth
Presenter How did you get started?
2 Dan
Amy I used to go waterskiing with my dad,
3 Carol
but I was inspired when I saw Amber
4 Beth, Carol
Wing on TV. She’s a top wakeboarder.
5 Amy
I was overawed by the tricks she can
6 Amy
do. I just loved her speed and fluidity.
7 Beth Watching her definitely made me want
8 Beth to try wakeboarding. At first, I would
9 Amy, Dan watch her videos over and over. I would
10 Amy, Dan watch carefully and try to learn how to
do the tricks. Since I first managed to
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jump and spin, I’ve never looked back –
Students’ own answers it’s absolutely thrilling!
Presenter It sounds like a great sport for young
Text A: Audio script people to get involved in.
Presenter This is Sports Radio Extra. Right now in Amy Yes, definitely! I’m looking forward to
the studio with me are four people who bringing more people into the sport.
are all into extreme sports. Amy is a Once you get it, you’re hooked forever.
wakeboarder, Beth goes hang gliding, It’s just so much fun.
Carol is going to tell us about abseiling Presenter OK. Thank you, Amy. Now, Beth, how did
and Dan will describe inline skating. you get into hang gliding?
Hey, you guys. Beth Well, my brother used to try to scare
All Hi. me – he was really into extreme sports,
Presenter Thanks for coming in. We’ve got you and he would take me along. He thought
in because our special prize today I’d be petrified, but I just used to love the
is an extreme sports adventure. excitement. When I was fifteen, he took
Keep listening, people – we’ve got me up in a hot-air balloon – what I mean
an exciting challenge for you today! is, he paid for a hot-air balloon ride for
Now, wakeboarding isn’t a sport that’s me as a birthday present. I loved the
entered the mainstream, so can you view you get but it felt a bit too safe,
please tell us what it is, Amy? It’s a bit you know, something for old people! So
like waterskiing, isn’t it? the next thing, he took me hang gliding,
and that was so much more exciting.
Amy Yes, well, kind of – people describe it as
Our mum disapproved, of course.
the water version of snowboarding. So
you use the wake that’s produced by the
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She’d say, ‘Don’t make her do anything was an amazing experience! I felt as if I
dangerous!’, but we’d just laugh! was floating. It doesn’t get much better
Presenter How risky is it? Have you had any than that. It was the best thing I did on
accidents? the whole trip. It’s an experience I’ll
remember all my life.
Beth It used to be much more dangerous.
Basically, in the early days, pilots would Presenter Thank you. And finally, Dan. Tell us
learn by trial and error, but nowadays about your sport.
there are training programmes. Safety Dan It’s called aggressive inline skating.
is taken much more seriously, so we You use specially designed skates, and
don’t fly in bad weather. But it’s still you do tricks and stunts. When I was a
dangerous, of course, that’s why it’s kid, I used to watch people doing stunts
exciting. in the street using hand rails, ledges
Presenter What is the best thing about it? and stairs. That was really inspiring. I
couldn’t wait to get a pair of skates – I’d
Beth Oh, being in the air. The glider doesn’t
just run along behind them. I started in
have a motor, so it’s quiet. You feel as
a skating park because you can do lots
if you’re flying. I love watching the birds
of tricks on the ramps.
and finding the warm air currents to stay
up. Presenter Can you describe some of the tricks you
do?
Presenter How long can you stay up?
Dan Yes, well, there’s one that’s actually
Beth When you’ve got a bit of experience, you
very easy to do, but looks impressive.
can stay up for hours.
It’s a back flip. You skate up the ramp
Presenter So, you’d encourage our winner to try
and then turn a somersault backwards
hang gliding?
and land on your feet.
Beth Oh, yes, definitely. When you’re up in
Presenter It doesn’t sound easy! Isn’t it
the air on your own and you control the
dangerous?
glider yourself, it’s overwhelming – a
Dan You have to be able to do a back flip – I
great experience.
tried it on a trampoline first, and then
Presenter Thank you. Now, let’s hear from Carol.
when I felt more confident, I did it on
How did you start abseiling?
skates, on the ramp. It’s a great feeling.
Carol I went on an adventure holiday, and one
Presenter Thank you. Now, keep listening and
day they took us to a waterfall and said
we’ll tell you how you can win today’s
we could abseil down and get a really
prize …
good look at the waterfall. I couldn’t
wait to do it. The first bit was scary, and
I was a bit apprehensive because it was
so high, but I just had to do it because
the waterfall was so beautiful. While I
was dangling from the rope, I had the
best view in the whole world. There was
a rainbow, and I could see all down
the valley. I can still picture it clearly. It
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Text B: Answer key Prof Fox Not as good as they think! The problem
is that people imagine the mind works
1 like a video camera, but actually the
1 a (film of a) robbery in a restaurant brain doesn’t have a perfect memory
2 Twelve of everything in the order it happened.
3 No, they’re outside. We simply don’t remember exactly what
4 Students’ own answers / difficult happened. We don’t have perfect recall.
Presenter How do you accurately test someone’s
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memory when they know they are part
1 c
of an experiment? Surely people try
2 b harder to remember details if they know
3 a you’re testing their memory?
4 b Prof Fox Yes, we used to find that was a big
5 c problem, but we’ve come up with a way
6 a to get round it. Now we do memory tests
7 c in the lab, which people think are the
8 c research, and then we take them to a
9 a restaurant for lunch and stage a crime,
10 b so the important action takes place
when they’re least expecting it. We have
3 actors, stuntmen and hidden cameras
Students’ own answers at the restaurant.
Presenter Tony, you were a volunteer. Did you
Text B: Audio script guess what was happening?

Tony No, not at all. It was incredibly realistic.
Presenter You’re in a restaurant with friends
We weren’t expecting it at all. We didn’t
and trouble starts. Robbers rush in.
know it was set up, so we weren’t
They attack the waiters, take money
paying extra attention to all the details.
from the till, and someone is seriously
I used to think I had a good memory,
injured. It happened right in front
but I was very close to the action – I
of your eyes and the police want to
saw everything that happened – and I
speak to you. But what exactly did you
remembered it all wrong! I mistook one
see? We’ve known for a long time that
of the waiters for a robber!
eyewitness testimony is unreliable,
Presenter Another interesting thing about your
although people who saw crimes would
experiment was the interviewing
convince themselves that they recalled
technique used by the police.
the incident perfectly. Professor Fox
has conducted research into memory. Prof Fox Yes, the detectives treated the mock
Professor, just how good are people at crime as if it were real – interviewing
remembering what they see? the volunteers – but unlike a real case,
we could check their conclusions
against our film. Some of the volunteers
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were wearing eye trackers, so we were Prof Fox Yes, they do. Eyewitnesses are vital
able to pinpoint exactly what they were and without them investigations can
looking at and compare that with their fall through; it can be impossible to
recollections. The differences were solve a crime. The police have to create
remarkable. the right environment and they have
Ellen I was quite sure I hadn’t seen anything, to be very careful when they question
but my eye tracker showed I was looking witnesses to get the right information.
right at the robbers all the time. I was Presenter The human memory can be impressive,
watching everything they did. but can also let us down.
Presenter What makes the memory so vulnerable? Prof Fox Yes, it’s important that we know how
Prof Fox Memory is malleable. It’s not fixed. fallible memory is and in what ways.
It’s not like inputting data into a
computer; the mind does not store
facts and it does not recall them
absolutely accurately either. There
are three stages in memory. The first
is perception, which is what we see,
hear, taste, touch or smell. Of course,
we don’t notice everything; the process
is selective, so what we perceive isn’t
accurate. Secondly, there’s storage.
We’re all aware that we forget things,
but we’re less aware that we revise our
memories and rewrite them to fit in with
new ideas. Finally, there’s the retrieval
stage. Every time you recall something,
you reinterpret it all over again. And
in every reconstruction process there
are many opportunities for error. In a
crime situation memory is influenced by
many factors, such as stress. People are
disorientated; it’s a chaotic situation,
so witnesses are bewildered; the
presence of a weapon can make people
distraught … and even just the desire to
help police solve the crime affects the
way people remember it.
Presenter Do the police know how fallible the
memory can be? They often rely on
eyewitnesses in court, don’t they?
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Text A: Answer key Text A: Audio script

1 Maxim was standing by the window. His back was
turned to me. I waited by the door. Still he did not
a a romantic novel turn round. I took my hands out of my pockets and
went and stood beside him. I reached out for his
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hand and laid it against my cheek. He did not say
1 They are newly married. anything. He went on standing there.
2 They each imagine that the other doesn’t love ‘I’m so sorry,’ I whispered, ‘so terribly, terribly
them and regrets the marriage. In this scene they sorry.’ He did not answer. His hand was icy cold. I
discover that they love each other very much. kissed the back of it, and then the fingers, one by
one. ‘I don’t want you to bear this alone,’ I said. ‘I
3 She wore a dress without knowing it had been
want to share it with you. I’ve grown up, Maxim, in
Rebecca’s costume, and Maxim was extremely twenty-four hours. I’ll never be a child again.’
angry because he thought she had dressed
He put his arm round me and pulled me to him very
deliberately as Rebecca. close. My reserve was broken, and my shyness too.
4 Because they had a row the night before and I stood there with my face against his shoulder.
their married life has not started well. ‘You’ve forgiven me, haven’t you?’ I said.
5 Rebecca made him miserable and he is now He spoke to me at last. ‘Forgiven you?’ he said.
forced to confess to his new wife that he ‘What have I got to forgive you for?’
murdered her. He thinks this revelation will ‘Last night,’ I said, ‘you thought I did it on purpose.’
mean that the narrator will cease to love him. ‘Ah, that,’ he said. ‘I’d forgotten. I was angry with
6 Rebecca’s boat with her body in it has just been you, wasn’t I?’
discovered. ‘Yes,’ I said.
7 She thinks Maxim loved her, and still loves her. He did not say any more. He went on holding me
8 She thinks that Maxim is upset because he has close to his shoulder. ‘Maxim,’ I said, ‘can’t we start
all over again? Can’t we begin from today, and face
discovered that Rebecca was unfaithful. In fact,
things together? I don’t want you to love me, I won’t
he is upset because his murder is about to be ask impossible things. I’ll be your friend and your
discovered. companion, a sort of boy. I don’t ever want more
9 The other characters are obsessed by her – the than that.’
narrator believes that she was Maxim’s true He took my face between his hands and looked at
love, Maxim is guilty of her murder and has been me. For the first time I saw how thin his face was,
how lined and drawn. And there were great shad-
worried about being discovered.
ows beneath his eyes.
3 ‘How much do you love me?’ he said.
Maxim cold-hearted, guilty, defeated, resigned I could not answer. I could only stare back at him, at
Narrator childlike, timid, innocent, frightened his dark tortured eyes and his pale drawn face.
‘It’s too late, my darling, too late,’ he said. ‘We’ve
lost our little chance of happiness.’
‘No, Maxim. No,’ I said.
‘Yes,’ he said. ‘It’s all over now. The thing has hap-
pened.’
‘What thing?’ I said.
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‘The thing I’ve always foreseen. The thing I’ve ‘The woman buried in the crypt is not Rebecca,’
dreamt about, day after day, night after night. We’re he said. ‘It’s the body of some unknown woman,
not meant for happiness, you and I.’ He sat down unclaimed, belonging nowhere. There never was an
on the window-seat, and I knelt in front of him, my accident. Rebecca was not drowned at all. I killed
hands on his shoulders. her. I shot Rebecca in the cottage in the cove. I
carried her body to the cabin and took the boat out
‘What are you trying to tell me?’ I said.
that night and sunk it there, where they found it
He put his hands over mine and looked into my today. It’s Rebecca who’s lying dead there on the
face. ‘Rebecca has won,’ he said. cabin floor. Will you look into my eyes and tell me
I stared at him, my heart beating strangely, my that you love me now?’
hands suddenly cold beneath his hands.
‘Her shadow between us all the time,’ he said. ‘Her
damned shadow keeping us from one another. How
could I hold you like this, my darling, my little love,
with the fear always in my heart that this would hap-
pen? I remembered her eyes as she looked at me
before she died. I remembered that slow treacher-
ous smile. She knew this would happen even then.
She knew she would win in the end.’
‘Maxim,’ I whispered, ‘what are you saying, what are
you trying to tell me?’
‘Her boat,’ he said, ‘they’ve found it. The diver
found it this afternoon.’
‘Yes,’ I said. ‘I know. Captain Searle came to tell
me. You are thinking about the body, aren’t you, the
body the diver found in the cabin?’
‘Yes,’ he said.
‘It means she was not alone,’ I said. ‘It means there
was somebody sailing with Rebecca at the time.
And you have to find out who it was. That’s it, isn’t
it, Maxim?’
‘No,’ he said. ‘No, you don’t understand.’
‘I want to share this with you, darling,’ I said. I want
to help you.’
‘There was no one with Rebecca, she was alone,’ he
said.
I knelt there watching his face, watching his eyes.
‘It’s Rebecca’s body lying there on the cabin floor,’
he said.
‘No,’ I said. ‘No.’
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Text B: Answer key Anna Good, now we’ve got a shortlist of four
photos. Which three shall we put in the
1 magazine? We want all of them to illustrate
1 Students’ own answers. They’re all about the theme – what do you think?
‘moonlight’ / taken at night.
Steve Well, the obvious similarities are the
2 Students’ own answers. light. They’re all very atmospheric, and
2 they’re all looking at the sky, and you can
1 Photo B: pigeons on roof see the moon. So they all fit the theme
2 Photo D: trees with shadows on snow of ‘moonlight’. The differences are the
3 Photo A: moon, clouds interpretations of the theme. Some have a
sharp contrast between light and dark, and
4 Photo C: moon
others have a lot of shadows. This one is
3 my favourite. It has a real sense of mystery,
1 They’re choosing photos to include in with the moon and the clouds. I think
a magazine. it’s excellent. It really makes you wonder
2 By eliminating photos that don’t fit the theme. what’s going on while everyone is asleep –
3 They disagree. it could be the cover of a mystery novel or
4 He thinks it’s simple but effective. something like that. Don’t you think, Anna?
5 Photo B. Anna Hmm, I hadn’t thought of that, but
6 No, she thinks it’s missing the point. although it’s a good photo – the contrast
7 Calm, peaceful, (completely) untouched. is interesting, and you get a feeling of
8 Photo A. light and dark – I don’t think it’s the best.
What’s your opinion, Jo?
Text B: Audio script Jo The way I look at it, ‘moonlight’ says

‘mystery’, and this picture is the most
Steve Hi, Jo. We’ve had a lot of entries for the
mysterious. The moonlight is filtered
competition this time – so it’s going to
through the clouds and the trees.
be hard to make a shortlist, never mind
Anna That’s not how I see it at all. The theme is
choose the winner. There are some really
‘moonlight’, not ‘mystery’, so we should
excellent photos, and there are some
be choosing the photo that illustrates
wonderful interpretations of the theme.
moonlight. It doesn’t have to be mysterious.
Jo Hi, Steve. Oh, yes, you’ve got a huge pile
Steve Well, yes, that’s true, and we can associate
there! Well, we’d better make a start.
moonlight with mystery – but some of
Where’s Anna?
the photographers have interpreted it
Anna I’m here – I’ve made some coffee. I
differently, so we have to be open-minded
think it would be a good idea to start by
about that.
eliminating the ones we can’t use and then
Anna That’s what I think too. The photo with
we’ll go through the best ones again.
the birds on the roof has everything
Steve Yes, that’s a good way to start. Well, the
for me – I think the contrast between
theme was ‘moonlight’, so let’s kick out any
the dark sky and the birds lit up by the
photos that don’t fit the theme. What do
moon makes a perfect picture, and it
you think about this one?
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evokes the atmosphere of night-time. The

photographer waited for just the right
moment, until the moon was exactly behind
the birds. It’s a really good picture.
Steve And what do you think of this one? Half in
shadow, half in light – it’s very simple, but
it’s very effective, isn’t it?
Anna No, I don’t agree at all. I think it’s missing
the point. The theme is ‘moonlight’, but
that’s just a picture of the moon – the other
photos show the effect of moonlight on
something else. It’s not a bad photo, but
it’s a bit dull, in my opinion.
Jo I like this one, with the moonlight casting
shadows on the snow. It’s very calm and
peaceful. There are no footprints in the
snow; it’s completely untouched.
Steve Yes, I think you’re absolutely right. Let’s
have these three. In the first picture, we’ve
got a view of the sky, with the moonlight
filtering through the trees. It’s really
atmospheric, mysterious moonlight.
Anna The second picture, on the other hand,
has the lovely contrast between the dark
sky, the black line of the roof and the birds
lit-up, perfectly outlined in the light of the
moon – so that’s another great effect of
moonlight.
Jo It’s difficult to choose the best one, I could
be happy with any of these. The third
picture gives us a landscape with shadows.
The moon is casting lovely long shadows of
the trees on the snow – so that also says
‘moonlight’, but in a slightly different way.
Steve As I said earlier, my favourite, the one that
I think should win the prize, is the one with
the moon behind the clouds, with the light
filtered through the leaves.
Jo I couldn’t agree more. It’s definitely the best.
Anna OK, it isn’t the one I like best, but I’ll go
along with that.
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Text A: Answer key the whole time looking after my little

sister – it’s really boring – and in
1 the evening, there’s only the games
Students’ own answers room. I hate sleeping in a tent. It’s so
uncomfortable, and if you need to go
2
to the toilet at night, you have to get up
1 c
and stumble around in the pitch black.
2 a
There’s no electricity, so you can’t listen
3 b to music – in some places there isn’t
3 even a mobile phone signal!
1 She doesn’t like camping, she doesn’t want to Tom I love camping! You’re out in the fresh
look after her sister, and she can’t do the things air, there are loads of people so you
she’d like because there isn’t any electricity. can make friends, you can go swimming
2 She finds sleeping in a tent uncomfortable: it’s in the sea and get a great tan on the
difficult to go to the toilet at night, she can’t beach.
listen to music and she can’t use her phone. Rebecca How many times have you been
3 Fresh air, making friends, swimming, getting camping, Tom?
a tan. Tom Well, just once, in Brittany. It was great.
4 It’s cheaper than staying in a hotel. Rebecca I’ve been every year since I was six!
5 A city break to Rome. I’m fed up with it, and I refuse to do
6 He’s lazy and just wants to lie on the beach. it again! I want a holiday without my
7 It’s too hot, too crowded, and he doesn’t like family. What about you, Diana?
museums. Diana Yes, I’m up for it. I’d like a holiday with
8 Greece. friends instead of family.
9 It’s not expensive, it combines beach and Tom Well, I agree then. It would be good to
culture, and it’s a beautiful place. do something different. Let’s look at the
10 The flight is at an inconvenient time. different options.
Rebecca Well, as far as I’m concerned, I don’t
care as long as it isn’t camping!
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Diana OK, but the main advantage of camping
Rebecca Listen, Tom, Diana: I don’t feel like is that it’s cheap. I can’t afford to stay at
going on holiday with my family this a luxury hotel.
summer, so I really need to tell them I’m
Tom Well, maybe we could get a package
doing something else. Why don’t we go
– with the flights and the hotel all
away together?
included in the price. There are
Tom Why don’t you want to go with your websites that guarantee to find the best
family, Rebecca? deals for you. Let’s have a look. I think
Rebecca Well, I’m with them all the time. I don’t we want two rooms in a cheap hotel
want to hang out with them on holiday or an apartment with two rooms – you
as well. We always do the same thing: girls can share.
a campsite by the beach and I spend
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Rebecca Well, it’s definitely worth considering, Rebecca It isn’t expensive; the price includes the
but I think we should decide where we flight and the apartment. The only thing
want to go first. that puts me off is the time. The flight is
Diana I’ve always wanted to go to Rome in the middle of the night!
and see the Coliseum and the Sistine Tom I don’t think there’s a way round
Chapel. I think it would be really that. The inconvenient time makes it
interesting to see the architecture and cheaper.
learn about Roman history. Diana The way I look at it, it’s just a question
Tom Oh, no! Holidays should be fun. I don’t of putting up with a night flight. If we
want a history lesson on holiday. I want save money on the flight, we’ll have
to have a break; I don’t want to be more money to spend. We’ll be able to
made to trail around museums or go on enjoy ourselves while we’re there.
guided tours of ancient sites and listen Rebecca OK, so have we reached a decision?
to lectures on architecture.
Tom Yes, we’ve just got to break the news to
Rebecca You always were bone idle, Tom! You our parents …
never want to do anything interesting
– you just want to lie on the beach and
watch the girls go by!
Tom I don’t accept that! I just like beach
holidays. I enjoy doing water sports and
playing games on the beach. I just don’t
fancy being in Rome in the summer. It’s
too hot and crowded.
Diana Let’s stop arguing and try to choose
something we’d all like to do.
Rebecca Now, look at this advert – an apartment
in Greece. It’s close to the beach, so
that should suit you, Tom. You can laze
around and get a tan, and at the same
time, there are ancient ruins, so you
can get some culture, Diana. Look at the
photo. It’s a stunning location, there
are spectacular views of the mountains,
and there’s a vast expanse of sandy
beach. All in all, I think it’s the ideal
holiday.
Diana I agree! This one has a lot going for it.
Tom Well, let’s have a look at the website
and see how much it costs. Here …
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Text B: Answer key pasta or something, but she’d used just

about every saucepan in the kitchen. She
1 said she was going clubbing with some
1 a workmates later and asked me to go
2 c with them, and when I said no, she said
3 b I was boring. Then she started mimicking
me and laughing at me and being really
2
horrible …
1 spoke his mind
Laura Oh, dear. What did you do?
2 the wrong way
James Well, Susi asked me if I wanted some pasta
3 a blazing row
– but, like I said, I had this fantastic recipe
4 got out of hand
I was planning to do, so I just spoke my
5 resolve the dispute mind …
6 count
Laura Whoops! What did you say?
7 comfort zone
James I can’t remember exactly, but whatever I
8 an honest answer
said, she took it the wrong way.
9 control of the situation
Laura So what happened?
10 return the favour
James Well, the next thing, I just decided that I’d
had enough – she’s always leaving a mess
Text B: Audio script in the kitchen, she never does the washing
up and it really gets on my nerves, so …
Laura Hi, James. What’s up? What’s the problem?
Laura … so you told her exactly what you thought
James Hi, Laura. Thanks for calling me back. I
of her. James, was there a right way to take
really need to talk to you. I know you’re a
that?
good friend of Susi’s …
James Well, I suppose not, but, you know, I was
Laura Yes, what’s happened? I thought you two
angry! She should’ve known I didn’t mean
were getting on really well?
it, and anyway, she started it. She was
James Well, yes, we were, until Friday night … and
being horrible, but, well, she chucked
then …
tomato sauce all over my brand new shirt
Laura Yes, what is it? and we ended up having a blazing row.
James Well, I’d had a really hard week at work, Laura Oh dear! You never know when to stop, do
so I was really tired, but I’d been to the you, James?
market at lunchtime and bought some
James Oh, Laura, it just all got out of hand … I
really good stuff – I had a terrific recipe
didn’t mean to upset her, really … I mean, I
I wanted to cook, and I’d bought this
was tired, and she was angry …
absolutely ace DVD that I wanted to watch.
Laura So what do you want me to do?
I was planning to cook this great meal to
eat at home before watching the film – but James Well, unless you can help me resolve the
when I got back, Susi was there and she’d dispute, I might need somewhere else to
taken over the whole kitchen and it was a live.
real mess. I mean, she was only cooking
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Laura How on earth can I do anything? It’s

between you and Susi, isn’t it? I don’t
really see how I can help.
James Well, you’re such good friends, I’m sure
she’ll listen to you …
Laura So you’re asking me to speak to Susi?
James Oh, thanks, Laura – I knew I could count
on you! That would be great!
Laura Hey, hang on, don’t be so sure! Talking to
Susi about you would be way outside my
comfort zone. I wouldn’t know where to
start.
James Well, you could tell her I’m sorry, that I
didn’t mean what I said, and if she could
just tidy up a bit and not leave the flat in
such a mess all the time, we could get on
… Do you think that would work?
Laura Do you want me to give you an honest
answer?
James Oh, Laura, please speak to Susi for me.
She won’t listen to me, and I don’t know
what to say to her …
Laura James, I think you’re right. You and Susi
can’t go on living together. You’ll have
to take control of the situation and find
yourself another flat, or a new flatmate.
James Right. OK. Can I come and stay with you
then?
Laura Erm, now, let’s see … I’ll give Susi a ring
and see what I can do.
James Thanks, Laura! I’ll return the favour one
day …
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Text A: Answer key and when you connect it to the computer, the
‘coal’ glows red and looks as if it’s on fire!
1 A common modern device has been transformed
into a work of art. It’s not only stylish, it’s also
1 wood, brass/metal
humorous. The eye-pod looks as if it’s evolved
2 an eye from an old-fashioned gramophone with a
3 submarine trumpet-style loudspeaker. It’s also got an eyeball,
in a casing that looks like an early camera case.
4 theatre company
It is a pun, a play on the word ‘eye’, because it
2 appears to be looking at you, so it’s rather spooky,
even a bit frightening.
1 In the 1990s.
The overall theme of these photos is steampunk.
2 To make it appear that it works by clockwork. It’s a style of art and design that became popular
3 The coal lights up and glows red. in the nineteen-eighties and nineties. What these
4 To look like an early gramophone / record player. beautifully eccentric objects have in common is
that they combine modern technology with
5 It combines nineteenth-century materials and
nineteenth-century materials and design.
design with modern technology. Steampunk presents a view of modern technology
6 They are often set in the nineteenth century as it might have been imagined from the past.
when steam power was common, and Sherlock It creates the sort of machines that HG Wells
described in his stories The Time Machine and
Holmes is a nineteenth-century character, who
The First Men in the Moon, and that Jules Verne
could have used steampunk style devices. invented for A Journey to the Centre of the Earth and
7 Because of its large scale. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea. Modern
8 In 1994, the station was redesigned to look laptops, computer mice and iPods, however sleek,
look very dull beside these steampunk versions.
like a submarine from a Jules Verne story to
commemorate him. Steampunk technology is often used in alternative
history fiction, for example, a modern story set
9 It was a very inventive time, and the designs and in a historical period when steam power was
materials were beautiful. common. Sherlock Holmes sometimes features
in steampunk fiction, using futuristic devices
3 to help him solve his crimes. Alternatively, a
Students’ own answers steampunk story may be set in the future; a period
when society has broken down and there is no
electricity so that modern devices have to be
Text A: Audio script converted to steam power. A marvellous theatrical
example of steampunk is The Sultan’s Elephant
The design and materials of these objects may look
created by the French company Royal de Luxe
old-fashioned, but in fact they are modern works of
to commemorate the centenary of Jules Verne’s
art rather than nineteenth-century inventions. This
death. This show was on such a large scale, that it
laptop computer may look as if it was made in the
couldn’t be performed in a theatre, but had to be
eighteen-nineties rather than the nineteen-nineties,
taken into the streets, so whole towns and cities
but of course it couldn’t have been, because laptop
were transformed into theatres for the duration of
computers weren’t invented until the late twentieth
the spectacle. A huge mechanical elephant and a
century. The casing of a modern laptop would be
giant marionette of a young girl paraded through
made of plastic, but this one is made of wood and
the streets, enacting the story. Crowds of people
the keys have brass letters. In spite of the screen, it
followed them wherever they went.
looks more like a typewriter than a modern computer.
It’s got leather pads for your wrists and a key that The metro station Arts et Métiers in Paris also uses
makes it look as if it has been adapted to work by steampunk to commemorate Jules Verne. It was
clockwork. The mouse is made of copper and wood, redesigned in 1994 to look like a giant submarine.
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It’s a really beautiful station with brass name plates

and pictures in portholes and huge cogwheels
overhead. When you’re on the platform, you can
imagine you’re travelling under the sea rather than
simply taking the metro.
Steampunk celebrates the tremendous
inventiveness of the nineteenth century. This was
the time of many new ideas and inventions. Modern
communications, radio, cinema, television and
photography, and modern self-powered methods
of transport, all began in the nineteenth or early
twentieth century. The designs were beautiful
and the materials were natural – wood, metal and
leather rather than plastic – and it is these beautiful
designs and materials that inspired steampunk.
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Text B: Answer key Some people think that renewable

sources are the answer, others maintain
1 that we have to go for nuclear power.
They all produce energy. Paul, is wind power really the answer?
2 Paul It’s part of the answer. Wind
power produces electricity in an
1 true
environmentally friendly way. Wind
2 false
turbines don’t produce any chemical
3 not stated
or radioactive emissions, so farmers
4 false
can still cultivate the ground around
5 false the turbines, and if they need to be
6 true taken down, there is no damage to
7 not stated the environment. Nuclear reactors can
8 true never be truly environmentally friendly.
9 not stated Presenter So, wind farms are environmentally
friendly, Marion, but do they produce
3
enough energy?
1 They’re noisy and expensive to maintain.
Marion No, wind power can only contribute a
2 It’s cleaner than fossil fuels.
small fraction of the power we need.
3 They compete with food crops and cause
People don’t like wind farms. They
food shortages.
don’t want to live near them because
the turbines are very noisy. Wind farms
Text B: Audio script are also expensive to maintain, so
the electricity they do produce isn’t
Presenter We know that we use too much energy
really affordable. Governments would
and that fossil fuels are contributing
do much better to put the money into
to climate change. We’re getting
energy conservation.
more energy from renewable sources,
Presenter And what about nuclear energy?
such as wind power and solar power.
Can you explain why some
Environmental campaigners used to
environmentalists have had a change of
be against nuclear power, but opinion
heart about it?
seems to be changing and some
ecologists now favour nuclear power. Marion People have come to realise that we
Some governments, the UK and the simply cannot produce enough energy
USA, for example, are encouraging from renewable sources. Ideally, energy
the use of biofuels. Joining the would be produced locally, but in
debate today are Paul from the Wind practice, it’s unworkable. Solar power is
Power Trust, Marion from Pro-Nuclear hopelessly inefficient, and we can’t put
Power, Sara, a government advisor on wind farms in populated places – it just
biofuels and Colin, an environmental doesn’t work. If we shut down nuclear
campaigner. So what is the best way power plants, most economies will go
to reduce our reliance on oil and gas? back to fossil fuels. Nuclear power is
cleaner.
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Presenter Colin, nuclear power is cleaner than Presenter That has to be a good thing, doesn’t it?
fossil fuels. What do you say to that? Colin Well, no. Biofuels are the means by
Colin The aim has to be to reduce carbon which governments in the rich world
emissions – everyone agrees with that. avoid hard choices. It would be better
We just can’t agree on the best way to to improve cars so they use less fuel,
do it. If we look at the figures, most of promote walking and cycling, plan cities
the world’s energy, between 85% and better to reduce the need to travel,
90%, comes from oil, gas and coal. and reduce our reliance on fuel of any
About 5% comes from nuclear power description. Replacing food crops with
and about 8% from renewable sources. fuel crops leads to food shortages and
We would need a huge increase in high food prices. It’s forcing millions of
nuclear power – about 25 times more – people across the world into poverty.
to replace fossil fuels. Presenter So, what you’re saying is we’ve got to
Paul The choice has to be renewable power. come to terms with the need to reduce
The costs are coming down. Some our energy consumption. We’ve all got
countries, Germany and Japan, for to drive less, walk or cycle more, switch
example, subsidise renewable energy. off appliances we’re not using. If we all
Solar electricity is now cheaper than do a little bit …
diesel in the tropics and subtropics.
Increased demand brings prices down
and the increased competition among
manufacturers leads to technological
advances, so the costs come down
again. We’re never going to have a
disaster like Chernobyl or Fukushima
caused by a wind farm or a solar power
plant.
Presenter True. And what about biofuels?
Doesn’t it make sense to run cars with
renewable fuel so we’re not polluting
our cities with petrol and diesel fumes?
Sara Yes, biofuels are carbon neutral …
Presenter Carbon neutral? Do you mean that they
don’t release any carbon at all?
Sara They do release carbon, but it’s
balanced by the carbon absorbed by
plant growth. The USA aims to replace
75% of oil imports with biofuel by 2025.
In Brazil, the cars all run on ethanol or
an ethanol mix.
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Text A: Answer key What made the Body Shop so successful, and
how did Anita Roddick become one of the most
1 respected entrepreneurs and such an inspirational
leader? First of all, Roddick was used to hard work.
1 Cosmetics: shower gel, shampoo, moisturisers,
She was the daughter of Italian immigrants who ran
etc. a café in southern England. They opened early and
2 Anita Roddick. stayed open when other cafés closed. Anita and her
3 Students’ own answers / Its products are good, siblings all helped their parents in the business.
Secondly, when Anita started the Body Shop in
it is an ethical business, it engages with its 1976, working from home, she focused on quality.
customers and inspires brand loyalty. She was interested in the natural products used by
4 No. She sold it in 2006, and she died in 2007. people she had met in developing countries, and
used the ingredients she had discovered on her
2 travels to create cosmetics.
1 unusual The third factor in the success of the Body Shop
2 fashionable was the stories Roddick told about the places the
ingredients came from and the women who used
3 giving interviews to
them. These stories created interest in the products.
4 disenchanted Roddick also took a stance against animal testing,
and people were pleased to buy cosmetics that
3 had not caused animals to suffer. Finally, she did
1 e more than just sell products. Roddick promoted
environmental causes and the Body Shop gained a
2 b
reputation as an ethically sound business. Instead of
3 a advertising, Roddick gave interviews to newspapers
4 c and magazines, telling her story and encouraging
5 d people to identify with her ideals. As a result,
customers felt that they were doing more than just
shopping when they bought from the Body Shop.
Text A: Audio script The combination of capitalism and
environmentalism may be accepted now, but in the
The remarkable person I want to talk about today
early 1970s this was a new idea. Conservationism
is Anita Roddick, founder of the Body Shop. Today,
and ‘green’ thinking were considered fringe
the exotic fruit flavours and perfumes of the Body
activities, outside the mainstream and only for
Shop products are very familiar. Many women,
‘cranks’. Anita Roddick was one of the business
and an increasing number of men, use Body Shop
pioneers who changed all that. If supermarkets
shampoos, shower gels, moisturisers and cleansers.
now stock fair-trade goods, companies try to ensure
Baskets of Body Shop products are popular presents
that their products aren’t made by children or
– it doesn’t matter if the recipient has already got
produced in sweatshops, and big cosmetics firms
one, another one will always be welcome.
have reduced their reliance on animal testing, it’s in
When Anita Roddick founded the Body Shop in part due to Anita Roddick. The success of the Body
1976, the situation was very different. Coconut body Shop showed that brand loyalty could be created by
butter and peppermint foot lotion were unheard of, telling customers the story of the products and by
and the notion of ethical business was a strange engaging with political ideals.
one. Her franchise business model was unusual.
Set up with a small loan of £4,000 in the 1970s,
Indeed, she didn’t even know the word ‘franchise’.
the Body Shop was floated on the London Stock
Nevertheless, when some of her customers loved the
Exchange in 1984 for £8 million and bought by
products so much they wanted to sell them, Roddick
L’Oréal in 2006 for £652 million. Many customers
allowed them use the name ‘The Body Shop’ and buy
and supporters were disappointed by the flotation
products from her to stock their own shops.
and the sale because they didn’t think that ethical
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trading and large profits were compatible, and they

felt that the values of the Body Shop had been
betrayed. Nevertheless, the Body Shop remains one
of the most trusted brands in the UK.
Anita Roddick resigned from her position as head
of the firm in 2003, but she continued to promote
ethical trade and to campaign for human rights.
She died in 2007, aged 64. She was an inspirational
businesswoman and won many awards, including
the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year in
1984 and Chief Wiper-Away of Ogoni Tears, awarded
by the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni
People in Nigeria in 1999.
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Text B: Answer key Jane This is a classic case of sibling rivalry –

but now it’s time to grow up. Jealousy is
1 very destructive. You’ve got to get over
1 b it and be pleased that your brother has
2 d got a place at university. Your career
3 a hasn’t even started yet; you’ve got to
4 c pick yourself up from this defeat and
try again. So, go and tell your brother
2 you’re proud of him, and congratulate
1 set their sights on him on his success. He’ll always be
2 bury the hatchet your brother, so let this strengthen your
3 sibling rivalry relationship.
4 dropped a bombshell Presenter Thank you for your call, Alan. I hope you
5 put up much resistance can make it up to your brother. Our next
6 opened up old wounds caller is Claire. Claire, what would you
7 burned his boats like to ask Jane?
8 jumped the gun Claire Hello, Jane. Well, my best friend has just
9 lock horns dropped a bombshell – she’s about to
marry my boyfriend! We’ve often had
3 heated arguments about things in the
Students’ own answers. past, but this time she’s gone too far.
She started flirting with him behind my
Text B: Audio script back, and he clearly didn’t put up much
resistance. We broke up about a month
Presenter Welcome to Ask Jane. Our agony aunt
ago, so I suppose I just have to think
is here to answer your problems. Let’s
that all’s fair in love and war. It has
hear from our first caller. Alan, what’s
opened up some old wounds, though,
your problem?
because she went out with another
Alan My problem is that I’ve been really boyfriend of mine a couple of years ago.
horrid to my brother and I don’t know What should I do?
how to apologise. We both applied
Jane Claire, there’s something you’ve got
to university, and he got a place
to recognise. This person is not your
and I didn’t. We’ve always been
friend. Continuing the friendship can
very competitive and we’d both set
only be destructive. The best thing you
our sights on going to university. I
can do is to forget about both of them.
felt so jealous that I wasn’t able to
Say goodbye and move on with your
congratulate him. I’m upset because I
own life.
feel that my career has already ground
Presenter There you are, Claire, some good advice.
to a halt while his is surging ahead, but
On the line now is Paul. Paul, your
I’d still like to bury the hatchet.
question, please.
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Paul My problem is about work. I applied for a Presenter Thank you, everyone. That’s all we’ve
job in another town, and I was sure that got time for today …
I’d get it, so when I went there for my
interview I also rented a flat and moved
out of my parents’ home. The problem
is that the job has fallen through. I don’t
know what to do now, because I’ve
burned my boats – I can’t go back to live
with my parents, but I can’t afford to rent
a flat without having a job.
Jane Oh, dear. I’m afraid you jumped the
gun, didn’t you? It would have been
better to wait until you were sure you
had the job before you rented a flat.
If you explain the situation to your
parents, I’m sure they’ll let you go home
for a while. I suggest you call the agency
immediately and withdraw from renting
the flat. We all learn from our mistakes.
Presenter Thank you for your call. Jane, we’ve got
just one more problem for you today,
and it comes from Helen. Helen, tell
Jane about your problem.
Helen I’ve made a choice that my parents
disapprove of. I don’t want to upset
them, but I’m determined to join the
army. They can’t bear the thought of me
being sent to a war zone. They worry
that I’ll be fighting pitched battles with
enemy troops, or that I’ll be captured by
insurgents. I don’t want to lock horns
with my parents, but this is something I
really want to do.
Jane Well, you have to admit that your
parents have a point. You have to
explain your reasons for wanting to
join the army and ask them to respect
your decision. There is no point in
having endless arguments with them,
so you also have to accept that it will
be difficult for them, because parents
naturally want to protect their children.
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Text A: Answer key over the moon. I felt it was such an

honour to be accepted, but the course
1 was disappointing, really. I did improve
Students’ own answers. my language skills, but I think I learned
2 more about myself than about the
subject I was supposed to be studying.
1 a Christine b Angela c David d Bob
Making friends was much more difficult
2 a Christine b Bob c Angela d David
than I’d anticipated. I expected
3 a David b Christine c Bob d Angela
everyone to be friendly and open, but
4 a David b Christine c Angela d Bob people were competitive, and I became
3 nervous to speak in tutorials because
I was afraid people would respond
1 over the moon
sarcastically if I made a mistake. Having
2 an honour
said that, I still think it’s a good idea
3 couldn’t believe my luck
to study abroad, and I’d definitely
4 thrilled to bits recommend the experience. I think it’s
5 jumping for joy a good idea to do your homework very
6 Much as thoroughly so you don’t get any nasty
7 recommended doing surprises. Make sure you know who can
8 couldn’t have foreseen help you – and get medical insurance!
4 Presenter Thank you, Angela. I’m sure that’s good

Students’ own answers advice. Now, Bob, why did you leave
home?
Bob I’d always wanted to live in a different
Text A: Audio script country, and now a period of working
Presenter Today’s discussion is about living abroad isn’t just an advantage on your
abroad. We’re talking to Angela, Bob, CV, it’s more or less essential. I couldn’t
Christine and David. They all had believe my luck when the company I
different reasons for going to a different was working for opened a new office
country, and they all had different in America and I was able to transfer
experiences. First we’ll hear from with them. They warned me that the
Angela. Angela, why did you go to live working culture was quite different, and
abroad? it’s true. They start earlier and people
Angela I decided that I wanted to go to tend to stay at work longer, and there
university in a different country. It’s the isn’t really a lunch hour – most people
best way to learn the language, and either skip lunch or grab a sandwich
it’s a good way to get to know a place. and carry on working. People boasted
As a student you’re bound to meet about how long they spent in the office.
people, and you’ll have something in I found that hard at first, but I got used
common with them and time to get to it eventually. I was thrilled to bits
to know them. When the university when they offered me a promotion,
confirmed that I’d got a place, I was but in the end I declined because I
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decided I didn’t want to stay another from time to time. I met some people
year. I’d say that everyone you meet is a and helped them with their bar or
potential friend – someone who may be their shop, and they either put me up
able to help you – so my advice is to be or invited me to eat with them, which
friendly; be nice to people. meant I didn’t have to pay for a room or
Presenter Yes, that’s always a good policy, a meal. I’ve kept in touch with a lot of
Bob. Thank you. Now, let’s hear from the people I met, and I definitely plan to
Christine. What took you away from go back and visit them again because
friends and family? they were such good people. I knew it
Christine Well, I met an Australian while I was at would be an interesting experience, but
university, and when he went home, he I couldn’t have foreseen how much I’d
invited me to go with him. I managed to get out of it. I can’t wait to go back. To
get a visa that allows you to work, but get the best out of travelling you need
being allowed to work and finding a job to keep an open mind and be ready to
are very different things! I handed out have new experiences.
my CV to every shop, café and bar in Presenter Thank you, David. Now, if you have an
the area, but it was a long time before experience …
anyone actually offered me a job. I
wasn’t exactly jumping for joy when I
did get a job, because it was so badly
paid. I expected Australia to be an easy-
going place with laid-back people, but
it wasn’t like that at all. The people are
informal, but that’s not the same thing.
Much as I like my boyfriend, it’s not
really a good idea to go to a place you
don’t know just to be with one person.
I miss my friends and my family, and if
the relationship doesn’t work out, I’ll be
all on my own. I’ve got enough money
for my return ticket, and I’m not going to
spend that on anything else.
Presenter I hope it works out for you. David, tell us
about your experience.
David When I said I wanted to go and live in
another country for a while, my parents
recommended doing a course, but I
didn’t want to be a student. I enquired
about work in the countries I wanted to
go to, but I couldn’t get the right visas,
so I just saved up and went travelling.
I did manage to find some casual work
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Text B: Answer key I thought I knew whose it was, and that I would
send Alice Joyce a text message and let her know
1 I’d handed it in.
1 Students’ own answers. A few days later, I met Alice Joyce and asked her
2 A ghost story. about the locket. She told me it wasn’t hers. She
said crossly that she hadn’t lost anything, and
2 she’d never had a locket like that anyway.
Clockwise from top left: 1, 2, 4, 3 The next time I saw the woman was on the track.
She was wearing the same strange, old-fashioned
3 clothes, and she was running in a strange style,
although she seemed quite fast. I ran over to speak
1 found to her, but as I ran, I stumbled and by the time I got
2 hadn’t seen to the other side of the track, she had gone. I asked
3 haven’t lost, never had the other women who were training, but they all
denied having seen anyone. Alice suggested
4 didn’t see sarcastically that I must have been dreaming.
5 must be dreaming
We were all excited about the games, and we
6 wouldn’t thought that at least one of us had a good chance
7 had beaten of winning a gold medal. We set off in high spirits
– and then I saw her again, getting out of the team
8 congratulated
minibus. It was very strange because I’m absolutely
sure she hadn’t been on the bus. I felt uneasy.
Text B: Audio script ‘I won’t say anything to the others,’ I decided.
Who is Alice? I didn’t see her again until the day of the race. We
all lined up with our feet against the blocks, waiting
The first time I saw her was in the old changing for the starting gun. Bang! We were off. I was running
rooms; the ones that hadn’t been renovated yet. the race of my life – running as fast as I could go,
I noticed her because of her clothes. She wasn’t but not fast enough. I saw Alice go past me and I knew
wearing a cropped vest and lycra shorts. Her top I could never catch her. Then, out of the corner of my
had a collar and short sleeves, and her shorts were eye, I saw the woman again. She ran past me, and
baggy. She seemed dressed neither for the track she crossed the line a fraction of a second before
nor for the street. She went out towards the track, Alice. She won the race. Now everybody must see
but a moment later, when I had changed and gone her! The race was over.
out after her, she was nowhere to be seen. I started
training and forgot all about her, concentrating on ‘Bad luck, Alice,’ I said. ‘You ran really well.’
my own rhythm and style, trying to run faster than She stared at me. ‘I beat you,’ she said sharply. ‘Get
ever before. over it!’
After the training session, I went back to the ‘I know you beat me, but … she overtook you at the
changing room to get my towel and go for a shower. last moment …’
As I picked up my towel, I saw a gold necklace at
Then all the other runners clustered round,
the back of the locker. I thought it was strange that I
congratulating Alice, hugging her and patting her on
hadn’t noticed it when I put my clothes in the locker.
the back. I looked around but the strange woman
‘Why didn’t I see it earlier?’ I wondered. I picked the
was nowhere to be seen.
necklace up. It was a locket, with the name ‘Alice’
engraved on the back. I decided to take it to the lost The last time I saw her was in an old photograph.
property office after I’d had my shower. It probably There she was, in the 1948 team, third from the left.
belongs to Alice Joyce, I thought, although I hadn’t I recognised the gold locket around her neck.
ever seen her wearing it. I showered and changed
and took the locket to the receptionist. I told her
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Text A: Answer key Operator I see. You’re asking for a refund for an
excursion, is that correct?
1
Caller Yes, I am!
Students’ own answers
Operator Well, can I take some details, please?
2 Caller What do you want to know?
1 a Operator Well, first of all, can you tell me what the
2 b outing was?
3 Caller Yes, it was a coach trip to Stonehenge

last Sunday.
1 arrived
Operator I see, coach trip to Stonehenge on
2 apology
Sunday. And can you tell me what
3 rained
happened?
4 crowded
Caller Well, the first thing was that the coach
5 sell
was held up. When I got to the coach
6 walk station, there was no sign of the coach.
7 carrying The driver finally strolled up about half
8 refund an hour late, and he didn’t say sorry.
4 Operator Half an hour delay at the start … driver

offered no apology when he arrived …
1 Late start with no apology, bad weather, crowded
café with poor quality food, coach park a long way Caller Yeah, then it bucketed down and we got
from Stonehenge, didn’t like the visitor centre. soaked!
2 Yes. Operator Yes, it rained heavily last Sunday, but

3 A refund of the cost of the trip. I don’t think we can be responsible for
the rain …
4 A form to make a formal, written complaint.
Caller No, well, anyway, after our long journey,
5 Students’ own answers / Probably not, because
we were really hungry, but the café was
the complaints weren’t justified.
heaving with people, so it took ages to
get any grub, and when we got it, it was
Text A: Audio script really awful.
Operator Thank you for calling Great Days Out. My Operator The café was crowded and the quality of
name is Jenna, how may I help you? the food was poor?
Caller I booked what your website called a Caller Yeah, and the place where the
‘luxury excursion’, but it was the worst coach stopped was miles away from
trip I’ve even been on. Stonehenge.
Operator I’m sorry to hear that. Can you tell me Operator So you’re complaining that the coach
what the problem was? stop was further from Stonehenge than
you expected?
Caller Huh! Well, just about everything went
wrong! I think you should give me my Caller Yeah, and not only that: the guide didn’t
money back. show us round Stonehenge at all. She
took us to the visitor centre, and they
just tried to flog us stuff we didn’t want.
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Operator The visitor centre sells information and want. Stonehenge is a World Heritage
souvenirs, but you don’t have to buy Site, but I’m sorry that you didn’t enjoy
anything. your visit.
Caller No, I suppose not, but then we had to Caller So you’re not going to do anything
trudge miles, lugging all our stuff, to get about it?
to the actual site … Operator What would you like me to do?
Operator Well, I’m afraid it is rather a long walk Caller Well, your website said it was a luxury
from the coach park to Stonehenge, but coach trip, but it was a terrible outing,
you don’t have to carry everything with and you’re refusing to give me any
you – you are allowed to leave luggage money back.
on the coach.
Operator Would you like me to send you a form,
Caller Yeah, but I took my camera, and a so you can make a formal complaint?
coat and an umbrella, but the rain had
Caller Is that the best you can do?
stopped by then, so it was pointless
Operator Yes. In the circumstances, I think it is.
taking my umbrella, and it was too hot
to wear my coat. Caller All right, send me a form.
Operator As I said before, I don’t think we can be

responsible for the weather …
Caller No, but when we got there it wasn’t
worth seeing!
Operator On arrival … I’m sorry, I don’t
understand. What do you mean?
Caller Well, it’s a bit of a disappointment, isn’t
it? It’s just a few big stones.
Operator Stonehenge is one of the most ancient
sites in Britain. It’s very famous and
remarkable for the achievements of
prehistoric people.
Caller Yeah, well, are you going to give me my
money back?
Operator I don’t really understand why you think
you’re entitled to a refund. Apart from
the initial delay, which I apologise for,
there is nothing that the company can
be held responsible for. The weather
was unfortunate, cafés are often
crowded on bank holidays, the site of
the coach park is beyond our control,
and you aren’t obliged to purchase
anything in the gift shop that you don’t
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Text B: Answer key in 1953, but fewer are aware that in 1995, Alison
Hargreaves was the first woman, and only the
1 second person, to climb Mount Everest unaided and
without oxygen. She also reached the summit of
1 They are all travellers/explorers.
K2 later the same year, but unfortunately died in a
2 They went around the world very fast. violent storm when she was coming down.
3 Because most people use oxygen to climb The second is a journalist. Nellie Bly was inspired by
Mount Everest because it’s so high. the novel Around the World in 80 Days, published in
4 Students’ own answers / A place she visited, 1873. It tells the story of Phileas Fogg, who attempts
to do just that for a bet. In 1889 Nellie Bly set out to
because she’s probably writing about something
see if she could manage the feat in even less time.
unusual, and the caption says she was a She persuaded publisher Joseph Pulitzer to finance
traveller. her trip. He realised that it would be a good way
to publicise his newspaper, New York World, and
2 held a competition for readers to guess how long it
1 a would take Bly to go around the world. More than a
million people entered the competition, and on her
2 c
return to New York Nellie was met by huge crowds
3 b eager to greet and congratulate her. Her book,
4 c Around the World in 72 Days, was a best seller.
5 b My third subject, Ellen MacArthur, also went around
6 c the world. In 2001, she not only sailed her own
yacht around the world, she also did it alone. She
7 b became the fastest woman and, at 24, the youngest
8 a sailor to make the solo non-stop circumnavigation.
9 a In 2005, she became the fastest round-the-world
sailor by sailing 27,000 miles in less than 72 days.
3 Finally, let me introduce Isabella Bird. She didn’t set
Students’ own answers out to circumnavigate the globe when she began
travelling in 1854, but she ended up visiting every
continent except Antarctica. Her first journey, to visit
Text B: Audio script relatives in America, was an attempt to escape from
the domestic lifestyle that made her ill. Isabella not
When we think of explorers, the people whose
only travelled widely, she travelled like a man. When
names spring to mind are most often men:
she rode through the Rocky Mountains in Colorado,
Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand
she didn’t ride side-saddle, as women usually did
Magellan, Marco Polo and others. It’s easy to
at the time, but astride the horse. In the Rockies,
forget that women are also travellers, explorers
she met ‘Rocky Mountain Jim’, a rough one-eyed
and settlers. Although often called the ‘Pilgrim
outlaw whom she described as ‘a man any woman
Fathers’, the European settlers who left England
might love, but no sane woman would marry’. Each
to establish a new life in America in 1620 included
time Isabella returned to Britain, she fell ill, and so
women and children. Another reason that women’s
she set out again. Other travels took her to Hawaii,
achievements are overlooked is that they were
where she climbed the volcano Mauna Loa, to China,
denied membership of societies such as the Royal
where she travelled up the Yangtze, and to Morocco
Geographical Society, which fostered exploration
where she was given a black stallion by the Sultan.
and travel – but only for men.
Everywhere she went – from North America to Japan,
I’d like to talk about four women explorers and from India to the Middle East – she wrote about her
adventurers. The first is a mountaineer. Most people travels. Isabella Bird is not well known now, but in
know that Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were her lifetime, her travel books, most famously A Lady’s
the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest Life in the Rocky Mountains, made her a household
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name. She gave fascinating accounts of the places

she visited, describing the climate, plants, animals,
people and customs. She was still planning a trip to
China when she died in 1904, aged 72.
These are just four of many women travellers,
explorers and adventurers. Judging by the fact that
women have been to most places on Earth – and
even into space, although they haven’t yet set foot
on the Moon – we can be sure that if people do ever
go to live on another planet, some of those people
will be women.
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Text A: Answer key Reg Well, the weather certainly played a big
part in the fall in sales. We think that
1 the wet weather this summer resulted
Students’ own answers in fewer people shopping on the high
2 street. Shopping is now a leisure
activity, and people just don’t enjoy
1 Graph A, line 1
shopping in the rain. Indoor shopping
2 Graph A, line 2
malls are part of the answer, but people
3 Graph B, line 2
still have to go out, and they just don’t
4 Graph B, line 1 do that in such great numbers when
3 it’s wet or cold. You can’t tempt people
to buy shorts and sandals when it’s
1 d
pouring with rain.
2 b
Presenter We also saw that online clothes sales
3 a
rose slightly at the beginning of the
4 c
year and remained stable through the
5 d
summer. Did that compensate for the
6 c lack of sales on the high street?
7 b
Reg No, it didn’t, really. People simply have
8 a less money to spend in the current
economic climate, and fashion is one
Text A: Audio script area where people tend to economise.
They can’t cut back essentials, but they
Presenter In today’s programme we’ll consider
don’t have to buy new clothes.
how fashion sales and electronic goods
Presenter In contrast, sales of small cosmetic
sales compare on the high street and
items and make-up remained steady.
online. If we look at fashion sales
first, we see that although clothes Reg Yes, make-up and skin care products
sales crept up on the high street in represent small luxuries that people
the late spring, they tailed off rapidly can still afford.
in mid-summer and remained stable Presenter Is that the whole story, or is there
at a very low level until the end of the something that high street stores can
summer. Retailers were initially hopeful do to encourage people to visit them
that sales would improve with the and buy new clothes? Myra Smart has
introduction of new collections for the been investigating the decline of the
autumn season, but after a sharp rise, high street.
they quickly plateaued. Reg Phillips, Myra High street retailers need to wake
chairman of Fashion on High, can you up! All the high street shops look the
tell us why high street sales have been same and they all sell the same goods.
so poor this year? People would be more tempted to come
and browse, and to buy, if the stores
were more inviting.
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Presenter So what do you recommend? Joe Yes, it is. We have to train our staff, rent
Myra If they want shoppers, they must appeal premises and display the goods. All
to them. Shops should clearly separate that costs money, and we can’t afford
young fashion from classic clothes that to give advice if we don’t get the sales.
appeal to older shoppers. Girls don’t Customers can’t get the advice online,
want to shop in the same place as their so they come into the shop where they
mothers or grandmothers. Older women can talk to a real person. They ask our
aren’t attracted to noisy shops with sales staff for information and advice,
loud music. Shops need to appeal to all but then go home and buy the goods
age groups, but they can’t do it in the online at discounted prices. It’s fine
same area, with the same unattractive for customers to ask for advice and
displays. information, as long as they buy from
Presenter Which group is more likely to shop on us. We need to make the sale as well
the high street – teens or grannies? as giving the information. If that isn’t
Myra Well, twenty-somethings are more happening, we may well decide to
likely to shop online; they’ve got credit charge for giving advice.
cards and they’re clued up about the Presenter Do you think customers would be happy
technology. Older people are less about paying for advice, Nabeela?
familiar with shopping online, and Nabeela The high street may just not be the right
teens also like the social aspect of place to sell electronic goods. It’s clear
shopping with friends. High street that people are buying computers and
shops can appeal to all age groups if other electronic goods because we can
they get it right. see that, in spite of some fluctuation,
Presenter Thank you Myra. Now, Nabeela, you’ve sales have held up overall. Although,
been looking at a different area, unfortunately for Joe, sales on the high
electronic goods. What’s the picture street have plummeted, online sales in
there? the same period have rocketed.
Nabeela Sales of electronic goods tell a different Presenter Joe, is the future for electronic goods
story. Even though people have less online?
disposable income, and feel less secure
Joe No, I don’t think so. I think people like
in their jobs, it seems that getting a
to see what they’re buying. But if we’re
new tablet computer, upgrading their
going to keep shops on the high street,
smart phone or buying the latest MP3
we simply must get back some of those
player remains essential. A much higher
sales, either online through our own
proportion of electronic goods is sold
website, or in our stores.
online than on the high street. Many
high street retailers complain that Presenter Thank you, Joe. That’s something for
customers browse in the shops, but buy customers to consider. Now …
online. Some shops may even consider
charging for consultations. Joe Best has
an independent computer shop on the
high street. Joe, is it true that you’re
thinking of charging people for advice?
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Text B: Answer key Elaine Yeah, that’s right. I didn’t quite know what
to expect. I thought maybe Tex-Mex, …
1
Paul Yes, Tex-Mex is an example of fusion
cooking, isn’t it? It was created by Mexicans
2 and Mexican Americans living in Texas. They
1 b use ingredients from America, but they cook
2 c in the Mexican way.
3 b Elaine That’s right. I think Tex-Mex is fusion
cooking that a lot of people are familiar
3 with. You know, they use a lot of melted
1 fact cheese with meat and beans and spices.
2 fact But at New Fusion, they do different things,
3 opinion like currywurst …
4 fact Paul Oh, that’s a new one for me. I’ve never
5 opinion heard of currywurst. What is it?
6 fact
Elaine Yeah, well, I didn’t know either. It turns out
7 opinion
that it’s German pork sausage with warm
8 opinion tomato ketchup and curry powder.
4 Paul So that’s a combination of German and
Students’ own answers Indian, I suppose?
Elaine Hmm, yeah, maybe. It’s got an American
Text B: Audio script influence as well, because you get it with

French fries, or in a bread roll – like a hot
Paul A new restaurant has opened on the High dog!
Street. New Fusion is an opportunity to
Paul And is it street food, or do people make it at
broaden your horizons and try something
home?
different. I’m talking to listener Elaine
Elaine Oh, they said it’s popular street food, but
Johnson. Elaine, you went to New Fusion
some people cook it at home as well. The
and had some food you’d never eaten
restaurant is called New Fusion because
before. What did you think of it?
they do all kinds of fusion foods, and they
Elaine Yeah, Paul, I went there with some mates
let you make up your own as well; you can
because they knew someone who works
pick and mix from the menu …
there. To tell you the truth, I was dead
nervous at first. It’s called New Fusion Paul Oh, right. So tell us what you had.
because they mix food from different places, Elaine I had an omelette with prawns, spring
so the menu doesn’t have anything you onions and coriander. That was very tasty.
know on it – no pizza or anything like that. Paul Oh yes, it’s not a dish I’ve ever eaten, but it
Paul Fusion food means taking something from sounds good.
one country and mixing it with something Elaine On the other hand, I should have known
from another country, so you get some that I wouldn’t like foie gras sushi …
unfamiliar dishes and tastes that are very
unusual.
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Paul Ugh! Foie gras sushi – is that goose liver Elaine Exactly! You’ve got to be prepared to try
with rice and seaweed? It sounds really something new. If you just want safe,
disgusting! familiar food, then New Fusion isn’t the
Elaine Yes, I don’t know who imagined that would place for you.
be a good idea. It was really gross, and I Paul Would you recommend it?
hope they’ll take it off the menu very soon. Elaine Yeah, definitely. It’s an exciting new
Paul Well, you didn’t have to order it. How is the venture, from some good young cooks. I
restaurant doing? Is it successful? think it’ll get a good reputation. People will
Elaine Yes, on the evening when I went, they were like it.
very busy. The chefs can’t have had a lot of Paul So, New Fusion, on the High Street, a new
experience, because they’re very young, but place to try …
what they lack in expertise they make up for
with enthusiasm. The staff is multi-ethnic,
so I think that must be what inspired them
to go for fusion cooking – they’ve blended
all their different traditions: Indian, Turkish,
Chinese, European …
Paul I’ve got a very sweet tooth, so dessert is my
favourite – what sort of desserts does New
Fusion have?
Elaine If you’ve got a sweet tooth, you’d love the
desserts. The Turkish influence means
they’re dripping with honey …
Paul Delicious! I know what I’ll have! What about
the whole experience? What’s the place
like?
Elaine You certainly wouldn’t call it posh, the
tables and chairs are a bit shabby, and
some of the waiters are a bit scruffy. The
service was a bit slow, so they need to pull
their socks up a bit on that score. On the
other hand, they’re all very friendly and
welcoming, and they’re enthusiastic, so I
think it’ll get better.
Paul So, would you say it’s a trendy place that
would appeal to young people?
Elaine Yeah, trendy young people with
adventurous tastes.
Paul But not a place to take a fussy eater,
perhaps?
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Text A: Answer key essentially have the same name. With

me to talk about it are Ella Frost and
1 Amy Ward. Ella, what did you think of it?
1 a Ella The first thing I’d like to say is how
2 b much I enjoyed reading this story. It’s
3 a almost two books in one, because we
have these two parallel narratives:
2
one modern and one medieval. In the
1 To discuss a book.
medieval story, Alaïs and her Cathar
2 They have the same name.
family are persecuted because of their
3 Some of the events actually happened. beliefs. The story is entirely fictional,
4 They are set in the same place, and Alice finds but some historical events are included,
a ring belonging to Alaïs and meets some of and the persecution of the Cathars
Alaïs’s descendants. actually happened. In the modern
5 She wants to explore the place and find out more story, Alice finds an ancient ring with
about the history. a labyrinth pattern on it in a cave, and
6 Because the characters are not well drawn, the then has to solve the mystery and
book is too long, she disliked switching between avoid it being stolen from her. Both
time periods and the story is not believable. the medieval and the modern stories
are adventures and quests, and both
3
have women as the central characters.
There’s a good woman and a villainous
woman in each time period. The stories
Text A: Audio script overlap, because of course the ring that
Alice finds once belonged to Alaïs, and
Presenter Welcome to The Book Review. I’m Gilbert
she visits the same places and meets
Harris. This week, the book we’ve
some of Alaïs’s descendants.
chosen to discuss is Labyrinth, by Kate
I found the book a great read – you
Mosse. It combines two narratives that
race along because the story is so
are interwoven and have a number of
exciting. I really liked spotting the
parallels. One story takes place in the
parallels between the ancient and
present day and involves Alice, who is
modern stories. It’s full of suspense
working on an archaeological dig near
and tension as well as some romance.
Carcassonne in Languedoc, in south-
It’s thrilling because of the mysteries,
western France. The other story is set
both in the modern and the medieval
in the same place, but in the thirteenth
stories, and you have to work out who
century. The thirteenth century heroine
Alice and Alaïs can trust with their
is called Alaïs. She is entrusted with a
secrets and who they should avoid
sacred book containing some ancient
at all costs. It isn’t always the most
knowledge that she has to protect
obvious person who turns out to be the
when her family is forced to leave
villain. Kate Mosse knows that part of
Carcassonne. We know that their stories
France very well, and the book is full of
will have a lot in common, because they
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very evocative descriptions. The place,

Languedoc, where the old Occitan
language comes from, is important to
the story, and reading the book made
me want to go and explore the region
and find out more about the history of
the Cathars.
Gilbert Yes, the setting is superb, isn’t it? Now,
Amy, did you enjoy it?
Amy Oh dear. No, I’m afraid I didn’t like it
at all. I’m willing to concede that it’s
an intriguing story, but the characters
never come to life at all. The good
characters are too perfect and the
villains are too evil – it’s all black and
white and no shades of grey. It wants to
be historical fiction, but really it’s just
a romance taking itself too seriously. I
also found it way too long. The author
has done a lot of historical research,
but she hasn’t managed to put it into
the story in a believable way. It may
be fine for the conspiracy theorists,
but I hated switching between time
periods; I found that really irritating.
No sooner have you got involved in one
story than it switches to the other time.
It makes it hard to care about either of
the heroines, and when Alice meets a
character from the medieval story, it’s
all just too much; quite unbelievable.
Gilbert So, divided opinions this week. I’m
sorry you didn’t like Labyrinth, Amy.
Perhaps you’ll like next week’s book
more …
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Text B: Answer key My guests today are Janet, Ken and

Leila. Janet, can I ask you first, what’s
1 your secret?
1 breathe Janet Hello. Well, I’m not going to fall into that
2 wraps trap! The point I’d like to make is that
3 swear if somebody tells you a secret, it’s very
4 tell important not to pass it on. The best
5 hush way to keep a secret is not to let anyone
know you have a secret. As soon as you
2
breathe a word about it, they will want
Don’t let people tell you their secrets. Ken to know what it is, and they won’t rest
Don’t tell anyone that you know a secret. Janet until they’ve gleaned some information
Don’t trust anyone with your secrets. Leila and then some more, and eventually
Hushing things up is worse than letting Ken they will prise it out of you.
them out in the open.
Hayley Thank you, Janet. That’s very good
If you can’t keep a secret, confide in Janet
your pet. advice. So, rule number one: feign
It’s easy to keep a secret for a short Ken ignorance and pretend you don’t know
time. anything about a secret. Now, Ken, what
do you do when someone tells you a
3
secret?
1 b
Ken I just hate it when someone says they’re
2 b telling me something in complete
3 b confidence. I immediately ask them not
4 a to tell me. If they can’t keep their own
5 a secret, it isn’t fair to ask me to keep it.
Hayley Does it depend on what sort of secret
it is? If you’re planning a surprise party
Text B: Audio script for a friend, you need to tell the people
Hayley Welcome to Discussion Time, with you’re inviting, but you all need to keep
me, Hayley Jacobs. ‘Three may keep the party a secret until the day.
a secret, if two of them are dead.’ So
Ken Well, yes, that’s different. It’s something
said Benjamin Franklin. What he meant
that you’ve got to keep under wraps
was that as soon as you tell someone
for a week or so, and you can share it
a secret, it is no longer a secret.
with the other guests – there’s only one
Sooner or later, it will become common
person that you shouldn’t tell. That kind
knowledge. We all know how difficult
of secret isn’t hard to keep.
it can be to keep a secret, whether it’s
Hayley OK, so that’s about other people’s
your own or something somebody else
secrets. What about your own? Have you
has told you in complete confidence.
ever told somebody something that you
We’d like to hear your experiences of
don’t want them to tell anyone else?
keeping secrets, leaking secrets or
Leila, tell us what happened to you.
having other people betray your secrets.
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Leila I confided in my best friend. I swore her Ken I don’t think that would work. I’m sure
to secrecy and she promised me that it that it would be found sometime. But
wouldn’t go any further. Unfortunately, why do we have to have secrets at all?
we fell out soon after, and she turned out It’s often the case that people in the
to be really nasty. She not only told other public eye try to keep something secret,
friends, but she started a rumour about then somebody blows the whistle,
me that wasn’t true. I learned the hard and it’s the attempt to hush it up that
way; something embarrassing is the very creates a scandal – if the original secret
worst kind of secret to tell anyone. The had been out in the open, nobody would
quickest way to find private information have been interested at all.
is on the Internet – my friend promised Hayley Thank you all. That’s all we have time for
not to tell a soul and the next thing I today …
knew, it was on a social-networking site
and everyone in the whole world knew
about it!
Hayley That’s a very good lesson to learn: be
very careful who you choose to confide
in. But really, the best way to prevent
a secret from spreading is to keep it to
yourself. No one can betray a secret they
don’t know. But if a friend does tell you
a secret, what’s the best way to keep it?
Janet, you’ve already told us that you
shouldn’t let anyone know that you have
a secret, but that can be very difficult,
can’t it?
Janet Yes, a friend told me a secret and I
promised that my lips were sealed, but
I was just bursting to tell it to someone.
So I told my cat. I knew she couldn’t tell
anyone else!
Hayley So if you have to tell someone, at least
you know your pet will never be able to
reveal a secret. A listener has given me
another suggestion. He says: ‘Write it in
a notebook and hide the book.’ So write
it down, but make sure that you keep
the notebook hidden where nobody else
will find it.
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Text A: Answer key Stephen

Yes, I agree that bringing people together is very
1 important, and that’s my reason for choosing a
Students’ own answers smartphone. It’s small: about six centimetres by
eleven centimetres. It fits easily into a pocket or
2 a handbag, and it enables you to keep in touch
with your friends and family, so it represents
1 creativity
communications. It comes in very handy because it
2 communications does so much more than allow you to talk to people.
3 travel, technology It’s a kind of small computer, so it also represents
4 friendship technology. I can use it to read books, listen to
music, use a map, get information and buy things.
5 conservation It has so many different functions. I think it’s one
of the best inventions, and I wouldn’t want to be
3
without it. For me, it’s essential.
1 Students’ own answers
Theresa
2 Rita: a beautiful thing, an attractive shape,
That’s an interesting question. I’ve chosen a bike. I’d
a round body with a dip in the middle and a say it represents travel. When I ride my bike I feel free
long neck, made of wood, pleasant to hold, and I can go where I like. For some people – people
makes a lovely sound in developing countries, for example, who would
Stephen: small, 6 cm x 11 cm, fits into a pocket, otherwise have to walk – a bike means prosperity,
because it enables them to move more quickly from
one of the best inventions, essential
place to place and to carry things. How can I describe
Theresa: clean and efficient it? Well, a bike is clean and efficient because it
Victor: more or less the same size as a dinner doesn’t emit any greenhouse gases. In other words,
plate it represents sustainable technology. What else? Let
me see. Well, I enjoy riding it, and it also helps me
Zoe: soft and furry, and very cute to keep fit. I think the world would be less polluted if
3 Students’ own answers more people used this means of transport.
Victor
Text A: Audio script OK, here’s my favourite object. My cooking pot

is more or less the same size as a dinner plate,
Rita but they come in all different sizes. I’ve chosen
My favourite object is a guitar. The reason I’ve it to represent food and friendship, which I think
chosen it, first of all, is because it is a beautiful are the best things in life. Of course, food is truly
thing. It’s an attractive shape: it’s got a round body essential: we couldn’t live without it. It may sound
with a dip in the middle, and a long neck. It’s made a bit clichéd, but I think eating together is a symbol
of wood, which is a natural material, so it feels of togetherness. It’s something really enjoyable to
pleasant to hold. It makes a lovely sound. Music can do with your family and friends. When people eat
cheer you up if you feel dejected, so there’s a feel- together, they talk and have thought-provoking
good factor associated with it. I’ve chosen a guitar discussions in a friendly atmosphere. This must be
to represent the arts and creativity. Well, the point one of the earliest inventions, and cooking was very
I’m trying to make is that any musical instrument important in the development of human society.
would serve the same purpose. Music brings people Zoe
together, so it also represents friendship, which is
I’ve never really thought about it before, but I think
another important factor in my choice.
our connection with the natural world is extremely
important. So, I don’t care if it sounds sentimental,
I’ve chosen my cat. It’s soft and furry, and very cute.
Looking after a pet reminds us to take care of the
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environment. I’ve chosen my cat to represent the

natural world and conservation. Many species are
endangered because of deforestation. If animals
lose their habitat, they have nowhere to live and
they aren’t able to find food. Conservation is
important, because without other animals, people
can’t survive, so unless we take care of them, we’re
doomed. I’ve chosen my pet because it reminds me
that we can’t be impartial – we have to care – and
also just because I love it.
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Text B: Answer key Text B: Audio script

1 Oh, Faustus.
1 e Now hast thou but one bare hour to live,

2 f And then thou must be damn’d perpetually!
3 b Stand still, you ever-moving spheres of heaven,
4 a That time may cease, and midnight never come;
5 d Fair Nature’s eye, rise, rise again, and make
6 c Perpetual day; or let this hour be but
2 A year, a month, a week, a natural day,
1 At midnight. That Faustus may repent and save his soul!
2 One hour. O lente, lente currite, noctis equi!
3 To stop time, so that he can live. The stars move still, time runs, the clock will strike,
4 To repent and be saved by God. The devil will come, and Faustus must be damn’d.
5 Because he has sold his soul to the devil. O, I’ll leap up to my God!—Who pulls me down?—
6 To hide him from God who is angry with him.
See, see, where Christ’s blood streams in the
7 No. firmament!
8 Animals don’t have souls, so they cannot be One drop would save my soul, half a drop: ah, my
tormented after death. Christ!—
9 His parents, himself, Lucifer / the devil. Ah, rend not my heart for naming of my Christ!
10 As a sign of repentance; his books caused him to Yet will I call on him: O, spare me, Lucifer!—
turn away from God to the devil.
Where is it now? Tis gone: and see, where God
3 Stretcheth out his arm, and bends his ireful brows!
Students’ own answers Mountains and hills, come, come, and fall on me,
4 And hide me from the heavy wrath of God!
Oh, Faustus. No, no!
Now hast thou but one bare hour to live, Then will I headlong run into the earth:
And then thou must be damn’d perpetually!
Earth, gape! O, no, it will not harbour me!
Stand still, you ever-moving spheres of heaven,
You stars that reign’d at my nativity,
That time may cease, and midnight never come;
Fair Nature’s eye, rise, rise again, and make Whose influence hath allotted death and hell,
Perpetual day; or let this hour be but Now draw up Faustus, like a foggy mist,
A year, a month, a week, a natural day, Into the entrails of yon labouring clouds,
That Faustus may repent and save his soul! That, when you vomit forth into the air,
My limbs may issue from your smoky mouths,
So that my soul may but ascend to heaven!
[The clock strikes the half-hour.]
Ah, half the hour is past! ‘twill all be past anon.
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O God,
If thou wilt not have mercy on my soul,
Yet for Christ’s sake, whose blood hath ransom’d me,
Impose some end to my incessant pain;
Let Faustus live in hell a thousand years,
A hundred thousand, and at last be sav’d!
O, no end is limited to damned souls!
Why wert thou not a creature wanting soul?
Or why is this immortal that thou hast?
Ah, Pythagoras’ metempsychosis, were that true,
This soul should fly from me, and I be chang’d
Unto some brutish beast! all beasts are happy,
For, when they die,
Their souls are soon dissolv’d in elements;
But mine must live still to be plagu’d in hell.
Curs’d be the parents that engender’d me!
No, Faustus, curse thyself, curse Lucifer
That hath depriv’d thee of the joys of heaven.
[The clock strikes twelve.]
O, it strikes, it strikes! Now, body, turn to air,
Or Lucifer will bear thee quick to hell!
[Thunder and lightning.]
O soul, be chang’d into little water-drops,
And fall into the ocean, ne’er be found!
[Enter Devils.]
My God, my God, look not so fierce on me!
Adders and serpents, let me breathe a while!
Ugly hell, gape not! come not, Lucifer!
I’ll burn my books!

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Unit 1 Extra Listening

Text A: Answer key boat as a ramp to do your tricks off. You

Text B: Audio script guess what was happening?

Text A: Answer key Text A: Audio script

Text B: Audio script Jo The way I look at it, ‘moonlight’ says

evokes the atmosphere of night-time. The

Text A: Answer key the whole time looking after my little

Text B: Answer key pasta or something, but she’d used just

Laura How on earth can I do anything? It’s

It’s a really beautiful station with brass name plates

Text B: Answer key Some people think that renewable

trading and large profits were compatible, and they

Text B: Answer key Jane This is a classic case of sibling rivalry –

Text A: Answer key over the moon. I felt it was such an

4 Presenter Thank you, Angela. I’m sure that’s good

3 Caller Yes, it was a coach trip to Stonehenge

4 Operator Half an hour delay at the start … driver

2 Yes. Operator Yes, it rained heavily last Sunday, but

Operator As I said before, I don’t think we can be

name. She gave fascinating accounts of the places

Text B: Audio script influence as well, because you get it with

Text A: Answer key essentially have the same name. With

very evocative descriptions. The place,

Text B: Answer key My guests today are Janet, Ken and

Text A: Answer key Stephen

Text A: Audio script OK, here’s my favourite object. My cooking pot

environment. I’ve chosen my cat to represent the

Text B: Answer key Text B: Audio script

1 e Now hast thou but one bare hour to live,

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