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Contents
Map of the book
Introduction
UNIT 1 . The TelephoneAnswering Machine
'Soyouwannakeepfit,huh?'
UNIT 2 o
UNIT 3 . Inter-City125
UNIT 4 o BibiKhanymandthe Originof theMuslimVeil
U N I T5 . W h o ' s w h o ?
UNIT 6 o RadioAdvertisements
UNIT 7 o TerminalOne
UNlT 8 . The Touch of Death
UNIT 9 r Dial-A-Recipe
UNIT10 o TheWeatherForecast
U N I T1 1 o B u y i n g a N e w C a r
UNIT12 o The London Marathon
UNIT13 o The People'sRepublicof China: FactsandFigures
UNIT14 o A ValuableCollection?
U N I T1 5 o W h a t ' s i n a N a m e ?
16 o'ValueforMoney'
UNIT
UNIT17 o ProgrammingtheVideo
UNIT18 o The DepartmentStore
UNIT19 o RadioPhone-In
UNIT20 o FirstAid
Tapescript
Answer key
4
6
10
t2
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t6
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20
22
24
25
28
30
32
34
36
38
40
42
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48
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Understanding and responding to a

telephone answering machine
. Specific information
Discrimination
Personaldetails,dates,
davs, times
Instructions, advantages and

disadvantages
. Specific information
Discrimination
Detail
Health and exercise,

Imperatives,adverbsof
parts of the body,
manner
movements,personality
Publicannouncements,making
inferences
. Specificinformation
Detail
Gist
Train travel, places,fast

food
Passive,conditional
sentences,polite
requests
Story telling, speculation

o Gist
Discrimination
Development
Stories and legends,

exotic parts of the world
Simplepast and past

perfect review, narrative
links
Descriptions, dictation,
self-introduction
Further information
Introductions,
Tensereview,
descriptions, personality prepositions,adjective
order
Essentialinformation, comparing
important and unimportant
o Specificinformation
Gist
Distinguishing sounds
Radioads and consumer Tense review

programmes,domestic
electricalequipment
Airport announcements
Airports and air travel
Presentcontinuous
forms, formal and polite
requests,do to stress
importance
Narrative, speculation
o Gist
Discrimination
Specificinformation
Development
Short stories,
adolescence
Pastperfect tense, future

conditional(pos. and
neg.)
Instructions, making notes with key

words
Discrimination
Development
Ingredients, cooking and Imperatives,sequence

food
markers(first, then,next,
Tensereview, Whquestions,to beneraous

about,to haoeto do
etc.)
10
The future, predicting

r Gist
Specificinformation
The weather,European
countries
Future forms with a/ll
l1
Making comparisons; sPeculation,

probability and prediction, discussion
o Detail
Logic
Cars, features and

components, prices
Comparatives,
superlatives,question
forms, tags
72
Ambitions, feelings, directions, past

narrative
o SPecific information
London, running a
marathon
Past forms tense review,

prepositions
13
Factsand figures,factualpresentation Modern China,

inventions, land,
o Gist
population, statistics
Specificinformation
t4
The past, giving reasons

o Gist
Specificinformation
Collecting,badges,logos Gerund and infinitive (1

trademarks,advertising begant o collectI collecting)
15
Logic of continuousdiscourse
o Gist
Specificinformation
Names,their power to
influencebehaviourin
advertising
l6
Understandingand making
comparisons
o Detail
toget...(something).
Consumergoods,
featuresand performancew i t h . . . ( s o m e t h i n g ) . .
T7
Sequenceof instructions,clarifying
Operating machinery
(eg.video)
18
Identifying location,prices,likelihood Shopping,food, clothes, Imperative,languageof

speculation(maybeIcould
prices
and possibility
belperhaps)
Informed speculation
79
Advice and suggestions

o Gist
Specificinformation
Personalproblems;
teenageproblems,
baldness,smoking
Giving advice(Whydon't
y o u .. . l l fl w e r e y o u l ' d . .
Haaeyou eaerthought
a b o u t.. . \
20
Instructions and advice

o Gist
Specificinformation
First aid, dressingcuts

and grazes
Presenttensereview,
simple past conditional
review, imperative for
instructions
Simplepresenttense
revlew
General tense review
to haaeto do. .. , question

forms with conditional;
(Whatwouldhappenif . . .)
Introduction
When we listen it is becausewe are interested in gossip, becausewe need to know
how to get to a friend's new apartment, so that we can recognisea stranger we
have to meet at the railway station, or in order to follow a recipe or operatea
machine.We listen for.areason.We listen with a purpose.We have an objective.
Listening in Action tries to re-createor simulate and then exploit the purposes we
have when we listen in our everyday lives. It contains a wide variety of questions,
exercisesand activities, many of them in the form of tasks to carry out or problems
to solve.
Consciouslistening is usually accompaniedor followed by some kind of action or
reaction.We make notes,askquestions,discussor write a response.So, although
Listening in Action is primarily a collection of supplementary listening practice
material, it also contains discussionquestions,writing activities and integrated
project ideas. It tries to reflect real-life listening situations as closely as possible.
To the student
0rganisation
ofthe
material
Pre-l
istening
discussion
questions
Listening in Action contains 20 units. Eachunit is divided into severalsections.

There are questionsto discussbefore you listen to the tape. Theseare designed to
help you to start thinking and talking about the subjectof the Unit before you
listen to the tape. They should help you to remember useful words and phrases
and they should prepare you for the listening passageson the tape.
Intensive
andextensive
listen
ing
The exercisesin eachUnit are divided into severalParts.TheseParts practise

intensiaeand extensiae
listening skills. Intensive listening activities usually need
you to listen carefully for a specificpieceof information or for a detail. Extensive
listening activities usually need you to form a generalopinion or to listen for the
'
main ideasin what you listen to.
Language
skills
There is a detailed list of the languageskills you will practisein each Unit in the
Map of the Book on pages4-5 of this book.
Howmuchdoyouneedto
understand?
In order to carry out the activities, do the tasksand solve the problems in this
material you will need to understand someof the information you listen to. If you
can completethe activities successfullyit is becauseyou have understood what
you needed to know.
New
words
There may be a lot of new words you don't recognisein some of the recordings
you listen to. Many of thesewords will not be so important just now. Do you
understand every word you hear or read in your first language?
Guessing
meanings
You will probably be able to guessthe meanings of many new words, and that is a
very good way to learn. You are almost certainly wrong if you think you should
memoriseevery new word you hearor read.It's an impossibletask anyway!
Additional
activities
When you have finished working from the tape there are some additional
activities to do. Theseare important even thbugh most of them don't involve
listening directly. They follow up the listening skills you have practised and
provide speaking,writing and sometimesreading work to reinforce and
consolidatethe work you have done from the tape.
General
advice
Your teacheris not the only person you know who can speakEnglish. Listen to
the other students in your class,too. You can almost certainly learn from them
and they can almost certainly learn from you.
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Other ways to improve your listening skills include listening to:

o English-speakingradio stations
o English-speakingsatelliteTV channels
o EnglishJanguagefilms (but not those which have been dubbed!)
o other people'sconversations
o public announcements(e.9. at railway stationsand airports, etc.)
o songs(e.g.on record,audio or video tape).
To the self-studystudent
If you are using this book on your own, without a teacher,these additional notes
are alsofor you.
Howto
usethismalerial
For you it is probably a good idea to begin at Unit 1 and work steadily through the
Units in chronologicalorder (i.e. the order in which they appear in the book).
However, if you are also studying from a coursebook you can use Listening in
action to follow up the topics in that coursebook.That will mean using the Units
in this material in a different order.
Level
You will probably notice that the first five Units are a little easierthan Units 6-10,
and that Units 11-15are a little more difficult. Units 16-20 may not seemmuch
more difficult than Units 11-15,but if they do, don't worry. No two students are
ever at exactlythe samelevel, especiallyat this pre-intermediate stage.Some
'good' students often find 'easy'materials a little more difficult than they exPect,
'slower' sfudents might find the samematerial relatively easy.
while some
Key
The
Answer
Use the Answer Key to checkall your answersto any one Unit at the sametime,
after you have finished working through that Unit.
- don'tlel Take it easy.Relax.Don't be anxious. No one works well if they're nervous. This
thematerial
Control
youl
material is designedto help you. It is not a test or an exam. You are in control of it.
ilcontrol
You can stop the tape, re-wind and listen again as often as you want to. But do
remember that you can't stop real people and re-wind their conversation
(although you can, of course,ask them to repeat what they've just said, a little
more slowly or clearly). In a real English-speakingsituation you will need to
understand the important information in the languageyou listen to as you hear it.
As you work through this book try to rely less and lesson the PAUSE and
RE-WIND buttons on your cassetteplayer, and follow the instructions for each
activity very carefully.
Tapescripts
DO NOT READ THE TAPESCRIPTSBEFOREYOU WORK THROUGH THE

UNITS! The tapescriptsare there to help you with new words and expressions
after you have worked through the exercisesand activities. You should only refer
to them before you have finished a Unit if you simply cannot understand what
you are listening tc.
Pre-listening
discussion
questions
andadclitional
aclivities
The pre-listening discussionquestionsat the beginning and the additional

activities at the end of eachUnit are primarily designed for students working with
a teacherin a class.However, you should read through and think about the
pre-listening discussionquestionsbefore you listen to the tape.
Additional
activities
Many of the additional activities are possiblefor self-study students but you will
not normally be able to checkyour work.
To the teacher
You should read the introductory notes to students, above, before reading these
notesfor teachers.
Pre-inlermediate
students Listening in Action is a collectionof supplementary listening skills material for
pie-intermediatestudents.
Structures
andvocabulary Such students will, generally, be familiar with the principal tenseforms of English
and the constructionsthrough which they can be realised.They will also,
generally, require repeated,continuous and extendedpracticeat selectingand
using these forms appropriately and correctly. Such students, typically, have a
basic'generalpurposes'vocabulary.They are approachingthe stagein their
languagelearning careerswhere they require both substantialconsolidation and
functional extension.Their passivecompetencewill be considerablygreater than
their activecompetence.
They may well be about to develop negative attitudes to continued study because
of failure to grasp all the new languagethey have had to facesincebeing
'beginners',
frustration at not having fulfilled their (often unrealistic) and their
teachers'expectations,
or boredomwith the seeminglyendlessrepetitionand
drilling which is often a characteristicfeature of classroomteaching to elementary
sfudents. students at a pre-intermediatelevel often require an overall morale and
motivation booster. They often get no further than pre-intermediate level, and
this is rarely anything to do with the intrinsic difficulty of the language they are
trying to learn.
- topicThematedal
oriented
Task-based
Authenticity
Grading
andlevel
Order
ofuse
Listening in Action is essentiallytopic-oriented. one of its principal objectivesis

to present twenty interestingunits.
It is task-basedin that most of the tape-exploitationmaterial requires students to
identify more or less detailed (intensive-extensive)information markers in order
to be able to answer questionsor completeexercisesand activities.
some of the recordedmaterial was not originally produced for language-learning
purposes.In that senseit is aufhentic.Therest hasbeendevisedto resemble
'real-world'material
as closelyas possible,the aim being to attempt to re-createin
the classroommany of the essentialfeaturesof the situations in which students
will need to listen to and understand languageoutside the classroom.In that
sensemuch of the material is 'authentic-seeming'.
Listening in Action is not structurally graded. However, the Map of the Book (pp
4-5) describesthe main linguistic objectivesfor eachunit and setsthese out in
relation to topics, vocabulary, listening skills and languagestructures.
In very generalterms, most students will find Units 1-5 easierthan the remaining
Units. Theseare intended as broadly introductory Units.
Units 6-19 introduce material which is gradually more linguistically complex
presented in taskswhich are increasinglycognitively more demanding. Unit 20 is
a consolidation and review Unit and as such will probably be found to be rather
easierthan the Units immediately preceding it.
It is important that you use the Units in this material in the order in which you
consider them to be most appropriate for your students. Somestudents will find it
easierto cope with a long piece of listening on a familiar theme than with a short
piece on something quite new. Accents, speaking speed, task types, cultural
distanceare just some of the factorswhich affect sfudents' perception of a lesson
as'easy' or'difficult', challenging or trivial, stimulating or boring. The Map of the
Book is designed to help you selectmaterial which is appropriate for a given class
at a given time.
tin
lUays
ol usingListening
Ac'lion
'daily
dose'
The
link'
The'thematic
'daily
There are basicallytwo ways of using material like Listening in Action: the
dose' approachand the'thematiclink'.
With the'daily dose' approachthe teacherincludes a specificlistening skill
development activity as part of every lesson. If your lessonsare of two or more
'daily dose' approachwith this material without distorting
hours you can use the
the skills balanceof your lessonplanning. If you seeyour classfor only one hour
per day, or, worse, for no more than one hour per week, you will have to decide
which of the languageskills to concentrateon in eachlessonsincea 40-50 minute
lessonwhich evenly practisesall four skills in any depth requires meticulous
planning and timing which cannot allow for the natural deviation from all
planning which is a characteristicof lively, successfulclassrooms.
The 'thematic link' approachis where the teacherlooks for a piece of listening
material which will support the topic or theme of work currently being done in the
students' main coursebook.This material can be used with such an approach and
you should not be reluctant to selectonly a few activities from an appropriate
Unit, and return to the others later in the courseif necessary.
a Unit
Approaching
Listening in Action contains sufficient material (basic+ additional activities)for a

total of between roughly 30-55 classroomhours. If you have the luxury of one
two-hour'listening lesson' per week or are teachingintensively, say, five six-hour
giving plenty of time to the
days per week, you can use the materialextensioely,
pre-listening discussionquestionsand the additional activities.
discussion
Pre-listening
ouestions
The pre-listening discussionquestionsare intended to help to dctivatestudents'

passivevocabularyby encouragingthe contribution of ideas and opinions closely
related to those which form the substanceof the taped material. They should help
'informed'mental
students to move into the listening stagewith a receptiveand
set.
and
exercises
0uestions,
activities
The quesfions,exercisesand activitieswhich form the main body of eachUnit are

clearly labelled accordingto the skills being practisedand clearly set out the
procedure students should follow (e.g. Listenthen answer; Answer while
listening,etc).
Number
oflistenings
The number of listenings required is specifiedthroughout the book but you

should not hesitateto increasethe number of listenings if your sfudents ask for or
appear to need it. This is supportmaterial, not a test.
Additional
activities
The additional activities are useful in'rounding off' a Unit's work, often at the
sametime as extending it, and they also provide some of the lessconventional
classroomwork which students often find so motivating so long as their teacheris
firmly behind it.
Listening in Action will be more enjoyableto work with if you ALWAYS read
through eachUnit, the Answer Key and Tapescriptbefore you teach from it.
Listen-to the tape, make notes of any important points from it you want to include
in your lessonind write down the tape counter numbers for the start of each
r"itio., of the tape. Try to anticipate the difficulties your students may have with a
unit and prepare material, examplesand explanationsbeforehand. Finally, be
prepared to explain to students who may believe that they should try to memorise
"rr"ry ne* *ord they hear on the tape that not only will that not help them, but
that it will actually hinder their progress.
Preparation
I hope that you have as much pleasureteaching from Listening in Action as I had
compiling the material and devising the exercises.
Thelgl.phone Answering
Madrine
Are you newous about speaking English on the telephone? Do you hate
telephone answering machines?
Prc-llstenlng
dlscussion questlons
1) Why are somepeople nervous about using the telephone?Are you? If so, why?
2) What are the advantages and disadvantages of telephone answering
machines?Write two lists.
3) Have you ever used one?What happened?
Listenlngfor speclflc
Informatlon
Readquestions L and 2 and then listen to part A of the tape. Answer while you are
listening.
1) What's the name of the school?
a) TheOxford Schoolof English
c) The Oxbridge School of English

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b) TheCambridgeSchoolof
English tr
2) What'sthe school'stelephonenumber?
Now read questions 3 and 4 and then listen to part A of the tape again. Answer
while you are listening.
3) Is the school's office open
a) on Saturdays? Yes No
c) before 10.00a.m. on Fridays?
b) onFridays?
d) after6.00p.m.onWednesdays?
Yes No
yes No
yes No
4) When should you phone again?

a) between 9.30-12.00on Saturday n
b) afterg.30anyweekday
n
Dlscrlmlnateand
ellmlnate
c) before 17.30any weekday tr
Look at these tfuee posters for the oxbridge school of English. one is correct. The
other two contain mistakes. Listen to Part A of the tape again to find out which
poster is conct.
s)
a)
The
Oxbridge School
Of English
The
Oxbridge School
Of English
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Tel: Oxbridge876942
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PARTB
While you were out a friend telephoned and left a messageon your answering
machine.Readquestion6, then listen to Part B of the tape.Answer while you are
listening.
listening
Intensive
6) Which of these sentencesare true (T) and which are false (F)?
n
T
n
n
n
n
n
a) Irenephoned while you were out.

b) Eileenphoned while you were out.
c) She has two tickets for the ballet.
d) She has two tickets for Othello.
e) Irene can't go to the opera.
0 The operastartsat 19.00.
g) Irene is taking Harry to the dentist tomorrow,
h) Ireneis taking Harry to the dentisttomorrow before10.00a.m. tr

Look at thesepairs of tickets.one pair is Irene's.Listen to Part B of the tapeagain
to find out which pair is hers.
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Additionalactivities:
and
Vocabulary
fluency
8) Write a short message for your own answering machine.
e) Who
do you think Rodney and Harry are (Part B)?
11
'Soyou wannakeepfit,
huh?'
Pre-llstenlng
discusslonquestions
Crystal Collins's new book tells you how to get fit and stay healthy. It,s easy,
and it only takes a few minutes eachday.
1) Doyoutakeanyform
of regular, physical
exercise?If so, what, and
why? If not, why not?
2) How important is good
health to you? What are
the best ways of keeping
fit and healthy? Do you
have any tips?
3) Haveyoueverboughta
book of keep fit exercises?
If so, why, and do you still
use it?
Intenslvellstenlng
There's a cassettewith Crystal Collins's new book. In it she describeslots of

physical exercises.But you have to be careful. Readquestion I and then listen to
Part A of the tape. Answer while you are listening.
1) Which of theseare Crystal's five 'golden rules'?
a) Everybodyshouldtake
physical exercise.
f) Don't try too muchexercise

too soon.
b) Wear comfortable dothes.
tr
g) Everybody needs exercise.
c) Don't eat too much too

quickly.
!
!
d) Don'tsmoke.
tr
e) Do warming-up exercises
before you begin.
Physlcalexercbe
h) Take it easy for a few minutes

after exercise.
i) Everybody wants to keep fit.
j) Always stop if you feelunwell.
Now do this warming-up exercisefrom Crystal Collins's new book:
fe;etoPori.
I Jog gent[, on fhe sPoli for 15 2 Now siond wfh Your
on
Resfyour honds Your hiPs.
seionds. Liftyourbet of leosl
Gently bend to the left, then io fhe
t0 cm.
right. Move gently.Avoid shor],
@f
sh-otpmotetents. Do fhis for 30
seconds.
A simple
warmmg-up
routine
it - *
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a;
Partsof
Yocabulary:
fiebody
2) Write words from this list next to

the appropriate parts of the body, on
this diagram:
ankle
armpit
cheek
chest
legs
Llstenlngfor specific
words
lungs
stomach
throat
wrist
chin
elbow
forehead
knuckles
feet
Readactivity 3. Now listen to Part B of the tape, and do activity 3 while you are
listening.
3) Circle on the diagram aboveall the parts of the body you hear.
Followinginstructions Readthe instructions for activity 4 and then listen to Part B of the tape again. Do
activity 4 while you are listening.
4) Listen to Crystal's instructions very carefully. Do the physical exercise-You
will need a strong chair.
Wrltlnginstructions
Look at these diagrams. Study them carefully, and then do exercise5.
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5) a) Standwith your
Addltlonalactivities:
Instructionsand
dlscussion
c) Make a circle above
6) Write and record somekeep fit exercisesfor the class.Then start eachlesson
with five minutes of warming-up and keep fit exercises.
7) What do you think are the five best ways of keeping fit and healthy? Design a
'healthy living' programme for yourself.
13
UNIT3
Inter-Ciff 725
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On many trains the guard makes announcementsduring the journey. He

announcesthe namesof the stations where the train will stop. There are
sometimes announcementsabout where and when you can buy food on the
train. You need to understand theseif you don't want to get lost or be hungry!
Pre-listening
discussionquestions
1) Have you ever made a long journey by train in a foreign country? Were you
nervous?What things, if any, worried you most?
2) What can you learn about a country from its railways?
3) Where would you most like to travel by train, and why?
PARTA
Listeningfor specific
information
Readquestions 1 and 2 and then listen to Part A of the tape. Answer while you are
listening.
1) What time does the train leave Edinburgh?
2) What time shoqld it arrive in London? _
Listeningfor place
names
Study the map and read

activity 3. Then listen to
Part A of the tape again
and do activity 3 while you
are listening.
3) Draw the train's route

on the map and write
down the namesof the
stations where you should
changetrains if you are
going to:
Closgow
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a) Sunderland:
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b) Teesside
Airport: C!
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Liverpool
change at -
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York
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Monchester
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c) Scarborough:
changeat
^
Peterborough
Bristot
Aao*
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i.A/
.&.a
London
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Exetef
Portsmouth
LEtighton
r-\
/e^;r.
1.4
for detall
Read activity 4 and then listen to Part B of the tape. Do activity 4 while you are
listening.
4) Write a tick ( y') next to the things you can buy in the buffet car:
Drinks
Tea !
Beer n
Coffee n
Coh
n
Spirits
n
Lemonadetr
Hotchocolaten
Wines
!
Sandwiches
Eggandtomato n
Hamandtomato n
Eggandchips
Roastchicken
Toastedchicken
Chickenandcheese n
'Hotfood
Cheeseburgers !
forglstand
lnierences
Fishburgers tr
Sausageand chips
'f|
Read question 5 and then listm to Part C of the tape. Then listen to Parts B and C
together, without a break, and make brief notes while listening, if you want to.
Then answer question 5.
5) What are the differences between the buffet car and the restaurant car. Try to
think of at least three differences.
a)
b)
c)
actlvltles:
and
5) Here's a sign you probably haven't seen before. What do you think it means?
Would you like to seesuch a sign inhoduced? If so, where?
work
4 Use a good world atlas to plan your dream railway joumey. lndude stoPovers
and excursions and estimate how long your ioumey could take and how much it
might cost.
15
UNI T4
Bibi Khanym and the Origin of

theMuslimVeil
The mosqueof Bibi

Khanym is one of the
most beautiful buildings
in Samarkand.Bibi
Khanym was the favourite
wife of King Tamerlane.
The legendof her mosque
is said to explain why
Muslim women wear a
veil over their face.
Pre-listening
discussionquestions
1) Do you know any storieswhich explainnatural or historicalphenomena(such

as how the elephantgot its trunk, why shipsare launchedwith a bottle of
champagneor why a rabbit'sfoot is said to be lucky)?Tell any story like this that
you know.
2) Which placesin the world would you most like to visit, and why? Do some
placeshavemagical,exoticnamesfor you?Which places?Are they exoficto
everyone?Why do they sound so exoticto somepeople?
3) Where, exactly,is Samarkand?
PARTA
Listeningfor gist
Read exercise L and then listen to the tape. Complete exercise 1 after you have
listened.
1) Complete this sentence:

According to King Tamerlane, a woman's beauty can be
l6
for specific
Readexercise2 and then listen to the tape again. Answer while you are listening.
2) A student wrote thesenotes while she was listening to the tape.
Unfortunately,shemadea few mistakes.Underlineher mistakes.
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sofdrer - great err.rptn=._
A*lqrrh.c. tn l_n;
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- b{'r're'
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cerami! *ires in=ial -
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buitd mos?de
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arc-}-tited
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storfe.d
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B.K.f-rt
in love oi*.h rnosfer
buitde.r
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mosque
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finrshed
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Killed
B.K. and buirdoJ]t4r"=,;.r,
LDonnen
qJeor ve'rl rh
nnernorStr c>F B.
k.
Now readquestion3 and then listen to the tapeagain,if you need to. Answer
a) Tamerlanewas a warrior.
b) Samarkandwas surrounded by desert.
tr
c) The mosqueswere decoratedwith gold inside.
d) Bibi Khanym was Tamerlane'schief wife.

e) Bibi Khanym designedthe mosqueherself, to honour her husband.
f) The master builder fell in love with Bibi Khanym as soon as he first
saw her.
tr
n
n
g) The master builder agreedto finish the mosqueif Bibi Khanym would let n
him kiss her once.
h) Bibi Khanym loved the masterbuilder more than anything else'
i) Tamerlaneretumedunexpectedly.
j) The architectwas killed by Tamerlane.
n
n
n
P
activities:
Addltlonal
Speculationand
story-telling.
4) How do you think Bibi Khanym spent the rest of her life?
5) Recorda story you know and exchangeyour recording with another student.
Listen to his/her recording and make notes of questionsyou will ask later.
TI
I
l
t7
Who'swho?
When a new English coursestarts, the teachersometimesasks the students to

introduce themselvesto the rest of the class.It's a good way to get to know each
other quickly.
Pre-listening
discussionquestions
1) How would you describewhat Mr Gorbachevlooks like? The Queen?The

'Mona Lisa'?The
Statueof Liberty?
2) Describeyour room, house/apartment,office, birthplace, favourite place or
favourite childhood toy.
3) Describeyour wife/husband, girVboyfriend, best friend, heroine/hero,
parent(s),pet(s).
Listeningto identify
people
ReadexerciseL and then listen to Part A of the tape. Complete the exercisewhile
you are listening.
1) Three students are introducing themselvesto the rest of the class.Look at the
classphoto and identify the three students you hear. Write their names and the
countries they come from, below:
a)
from
b)
from
c)
from
Now read exercise2 and then listen to Part A of the tape again. Complete the
exercisewhile you are listening.
a) Goranis from Scandinavia.
b) He has been studying in Britain during the summer' n

c) He is blond.
d) PeopleoftenexpectSwedestobetallandblond.
e) Most Swedeslike sailingand skiing.
0 The old name for Sri Lanka was Ceylon.
g) Shantidoesn'tspeakTamilathomeinlndia.
h) She'sa medicalstudentin Britain.
i) Michel thinks his English is rather good.
j) He is very relaxed.
There have been severalbank and post office robberiesrecently. The police are
investigating the crimes and they would like to interview two men and one
woman who were seennear two of the banks last week. Readactivity 3, then
listen to Part B of the tape. Do the activity while you are listening.
listening:
Intensive
descriptions
Physical
3) A police officer is describingto journalists at a press conferencethe three

peopte they would like to interview. Use the information you hear to help you to
complete thesedrawings of the three people.
,q'F
\,
(+
PA&Tfi
1a
\9,
r
(-)
4) Look at the photograph in exercise1 again. Chooseone of the students in the

pi.tut" and prepare i short introduction for him/her. Presentyour introduction to
the classas though you were that student.
activities:
Additional
lntroductionand
description
5) Describea picture or photogaph to someonewho hasn't seenit. Get him/her

to draw the piiture or todescribe it (without seeingit) to another student. The
third student should then describethe picture to you. How accurateis the
description?
RadioAdvertisements
Commercial radio stations are partly financed by advertising. Some people
that the adverts are better than the prograrnmes!
Prc{lstenlng
dlscusslon questlons
1) Do you ever listen to a local English languagecommercialradio station?

help you with your English? HowAMhy not?
2) Can you think of any new words or expressionsyou've leamed from the
3) Do you listen to the advertisementsand announcementsor just the
programmes? Why? Have you got a favourite radio, TV or cinema advert? If
have, what is it, and why do you like it so much?
Llstenlngfor speciflc
Informatlon:Sound
dlscrlmlnatlon
In Part A you will hear three advertisements. Read exercise L and then listen to
Part A of the tape. Do the exercisewhile you are listening.
1) a) Tick ( r/) the namesof the companiesor products you hear:
SimpleSaversupermarket
Fredawomen'smagazine !
Simply Sofabeds
tr
OneStepMusicCentreE
Freedomwomen'smagazine !
lzaderwomen's magazine I l-l
WansteadMusic Centre
WansteadPiano Centre
Pimawomen's magazine
Just Pianos
t]
t]
b) Tick the types of product you hear:
food
dothes n
fumiture f]
synthesisers
pianos
n
recordsandcassettesn
magazine !
lntenslvellstenlng for
detall
Now read exercise2, then listen to Part A of the tape again. Complete the
2) Fill in the missing information below:
a) The address of Simply Sofabeds:-
Nofting Hill Gate
b) The piceof Prima:

c) The telephone number of the Wanstead Music Centre:
Extenslvellstenlng
Read questions 3 to 5 and then listen to Part A of the tape a third time. Answer
after you have listened.
3) Why are they lowering their prices at Simply Sofabeds?
4) ls Prittu a new magazine? How do you know?
5) Does the Wanstead Music Centre sell other musical instruments beside
for speclflc
:Sound
and
llstenlnglor
In Part B you will hear five advertisements. Read exercise5 and then listen to the
tape. Do the exercisewhile you are listening.
5) You will hear advertisements for a) a magazine, b) a soap, c) a radio
programme, d) a washing powder, and e) an office design senrice. Tick the
names of the companies or products you hear:
a)
i) Car Buyer magazine
d)
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i) CarHiremagazine
I'.'
b)
!
i) Cuticura medicated soap fl
ii) Cute and Curly medicatedI

soaP
iii) Cute and Cheertul
mbdicated soap
c)
i). PopNews
ii) The Bob Harris Music

Show
tr
iii) LBCPopReview
i) Arealautomaticwashing !
powder
ii) Area automatic washing
powder
tr
iii) Arielautomaticwashing
powder
iv) Ariumautomaticwashing !
powder
e)
i) ShiftInteriors
ii) SwiftInteriors
iii) Sniffed Interiors
tr
iv) Stiffedlnteriors
iv) BBCPop Review
n
E
tr
tr
Now read exerose 7, then listen to Part B of the tape again. Complete the exercise
4 FiX in the missing information below:
a) The price of.Car Buyeris
b) You can buy Cuticura soap from
c) Bob Haris's radio programme startsat-.
d) |ill Lancaster recently bought a Servis
washingmachine.
e) The phone number of Swift Interiors is

*1i'
rctlvltles:
!nd
work
8) Study this advert from a

magazine and then write,
produce and record a oneminute radio advertisement
for the restaurant.
The BeehiveRestaurant.
Everythingyou thought vegetarian
food couldn't be.
The 8ehive.lla
8ehire
Pl.ce, (off8rinon
Station Road) [ondon,
s\ /9 7QR fi-Z+16$.
9) Read the tapescript for this Unit (page 52). Make a list of any words or
expressions you didn't know. Then exchange lists with a partner. Try to explain
the words and expressions on each list to eadr other. Dscuss any difficulties you
have with other pairs of students.
TerminalOne
At airports it's often difficult to hear the announcements.Even when you can
hear them it's not alwayseasyto understandthem.
Pre-listening
discussionquestions
1) Write a list of about 10-15adjectiveswhich describeyour opinion of air travei

2) Have you ever flown first or businessclass?What are the differencesbetween
ll
first classand'tourist'class?
sad,
stressful,
3) How do you feel about airports?Are they generally exciting,
beautiful,intimate, dangerous,hot, welcoming. . .?
PARTA
information
study the map and readexercise1. Then listen to the tape. Completeexercise1
while you arelistening.
1) Underline the namesof all the placesyou hear.
*-ra
eYkiavik\''z
: 6K,:;::in (rrnpe//,q/)
<y'h
. n.21)
ew york
4it".a
Lrs
Now completeexercise2.
2) Match the symbols with the correctwords:
checking in boarding closing
lol ,ft
E
r
Readexercise3 and then listen to the tape again. Do the exercisewhile you are
listening.
Fillin the missing
ion on this
board.
Now read exercise4. Listen to the tape a third time and complete the table while
you are listening.
4) Fill in the missing information about the passengers:
Title
Forename Surname Travel inforrration
Mr
|ackman
from
Raymond
Ms
Yvonne
Capt. jay
recently arrived from
Simpson
from
Waring
meeting
Brock
from
Sandberg
Margaret
activities:
and
MurphY
to
in transit from
5) What featuresshould the ideal airport have?Work in large groups and

brainstorm your ideas.Brainstorming meanseveryone contributes their ideas and
all the ideasare written on the board. There must be no evaluation of the ideas
until the contributions stop. Then discussthe ideas and decide which to keep and
which to discard.
6) You have just arrived at the international airport in Tirana, the capital of
Albania, in the Balkans.It is around midnight. when you get through passPort
control and customsyou discover that the person who was going to meet you is
nowhere in sight. In fact, the airport is deserted.After a few minutes a young
woman approachesyou, gives you this note and disappears:
Explain the note to a

partner. What has
happened?Who is'S'?
What will you do now?
Why did you fly to Tirana?
What do you do for a living?
Where did you fly from?
Be imaginative!
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TheTouchof Death
This short story is about a
teenagegirl, Sally, who is
about to leave home. It is
based on an original idea
byDawnHunt.
P-rc-listenlng
dlscusslon questlons
1) Whatsortof storiesdo you prefer- happyor sad?romanticor violent?

fictionor historical?Why?
2) Do you have a favourite story from childhood? If so, what is it? How much
can you remember?
3) Do you like storiesfor adults about childhood and adolescence?
Extenslvellstening to
ldentify mood and
personallty
Readquestions 1 and 2 and then listen to the tape. Chooseyour answers to

questions after you have listened.
1) Which of these sentencesbest describesSallv?
a) She is a 25-year-olduniversity student.
b) She is very excitedabout leaving home and is looking forward to it.
c) She is a little nervous about leaving home.
d) She is extremely homesick.
e) Sheis worried about her plants and her goldfish.
2) Which of these sentencesbest describesSally'smother?
a) Sheisveryproudofherdaughter. tr
b) She is absent-minded.
n
c) She is extremely happy.
d) Sheisunhappy. n
") Sheis a widow.
n
n
!
tr
n
n
f.lOtening for specific

fnfOfmatlOn
I
|
Readquestions3 to 5 and then listen to the tape again. Answer as many of the
questions as you can while you are listening. Play the tape a third time if you need
to'
"
;l ffi:ti:::llY:*"r
c) what'sherparents'phonenumber?
4) Which two things doesSally's mother agreeto look after?

a) her fumiture and curtains I
b) herclothesandpuppy
n
tr
tr
c) her plants and goldfish

al herfatherandbrother
5) Who or what died?

tr
d) her father n
b) herpuppy n
c) hergoldfishn
e) herplantsn
a) her mother
Readquestion 6 and then listen to the story again. Answer while you are
listening.
6) In the story, which of thesesentencesare true (T) and which are false (F)?
a) Sally had always lived with her parents.
tr
b) They lived in Yorkshire.
c) Sally had bought fumiture and curtains for her new home. tr
actlvlties:
iAddltlonal
and
iDlalogue
ldlscusslon
d) Sally's mother had promised to send her some furniture.
e) Sally's collegewas a long way from her parents' home.
Z) a) What do you think Sally's mother said in reply to Sally's question about her
father?
b) Continue the story. Write the next six lines of dialogue between Sally and
her mother.
8) What sort of man do you think Sally's father is or was? Dscuss this with a
partner, then write a brief description of him.
9) What three things worried or worry you most about leaving home? What three
things did you look forward to or are you looking forward to about leaving home?
\
25
t r ^ t r - f' - Ut )
, , ' I ' T
v
Dial-A-Recipe:
Chilled PaprikaChicken
In Britain, the United Statesand severalother countries,the telephonecomPa

provides servicessuchas Dial-A-Record,the SpeakingClock and daily weath
and travel reports.
Pre-listening
discussionquestions
1) How useful do you think telephoneservicessuchas Dial-A-Jokeor Dial-APrayerare?Are thereany telephoneserviceswhich are essential?
2) What do you think peopleeatin the United States,Australia,India, fapan?
3) Who doesmost/allof the cookingwhere you live?Why?
PARTA
lntensivelisteningfor
specificinformation
Chris has dialled the DialA-Recipenumber. He has
a pencil and paper ready
and is waiting to write
down today'srecipe.Read
exercise1 and then listen
to Part A of the tape.
Completeexercise1 while
you are listening.
1) Fill in the missing
information you hear.
PART8
Intensivelisteningfor
errors
Readthrough the completedrecipe(in exercise1) and then read the instruction

for exercise2. Listen to Part B of the tapeand completeexercise2 while you are
listening.
2) When Chris wrote down the list of ingredientshe made a few mistakes.Put
cross(x) in the column to the right of the recipenext to any item which Chris
wrote down incorrectly.How many mistakesdid he make and what were thef
26
PARTC
for key
Readexercise3 and then listen to PartC of the tape.Do the exercisewhile you are
Iistening.
3) Write down how to makeChilled PaprikaChicken.Do not try to write
completesentences.Listenfor the most important words * the key words - and
write them in the spacesbelow. The first one is given as an example.
First,
Wto.Olr< bonP-l
Then,
Next,
Then,
Now,
Finally,
PARTTt
listening fOr
Readexercise4 and study the recipe.Then listen to Part D of the tapeand

completeexercise4 while you are listening.
4) Underline the mistakesin this recipe:
Ingredirnts
Method
Variations
Chop
Coreandseedthepepper.
and
or sliceall theingredients
mix themwiththeFrench
dresslng.
Forextrainterest,
addchopped
lotsof lemon
hard-boiled
eggs,
juice.a fewllutsandsomethin
Addthenutsonlv
slices
of apple.
at thelastminute.
120ml Frmchm
PARTE
Addltionalactivities:
tVocabulary
and
iproiectwork
5) Look at the verbsin list A and match them with suitablenouns from list B'
Thereis more than one correctcombinationfor severalof the words.
A
grated
chopped
minced
cored
skinned
boned
B
grapefruit
chicken
apple
cod
onion
beef
shelled
diced
stoned
shredded
peeled
olives
cabbage
walnuts
celery
cheese
tomato
party for the class.

6) Planan English-speaking
27
TheWeatherForecast
Weather forecasting has becomemuch more sophisticated in recent years.

Satellites provide accurateand up-to-the-minute information about changesin i
the weather, and so weather forecastsare much more reliable than they used to
be.
Pr+llstening
discussionquestlons
1) Do you ever read the weather forecastin your newsPaper?Why/Why

|
not?
2) Do you watch the weather forecaston TV more or less often than you listen to
|
it on the radio? Why?
3) How would our lives be different if we had no weather forecasts?
Extensivellstenlng
Readquestion I and then listen to Part A of the tape. Answer after you have
listened.
1) What time of year do you think it might be, and what day of the week do you
think it is, in the recording?
lntenslvellstenlng
Readquestion 2 and look at the four weather maps. Then listen to Part A of the
tape again. Answer while you are listening.
2) Three of theseweather maPsare incorrect. Which is the correct one?
on
l5 hrs Sunshine
l6 hrsSunshine
SATURDAY
,l nJ
rd<
lntenslvellstenlng
Study the map and the
weather symbols, then
read exercise3. Listen to
Part B of the tape and do
exercise 3 while you are
listening (you may need to
listen to Part B more than
once in order to complete
this exercise).
3) Draw the correct
weather symbols in the
appropriate places on this
maP.
Scotland
.--r
t
cloudy, with occasional

rain
h.ary raitt
f,
'.,^r
.loudv. with occasional
'F
,un
@
$
t e m p e r a t u r e( n o s u n )
,.-P.."ture
(sunnY)
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rqel
t JSj'iq'"1
ZJ-J
Francc
Now read exercise4. Then listen to Parts A and B of the tape together, without a
pause. Do exercise4 while you are listening.
4) Tick ( V) the correct ending for each of these sentences:
a) The weatherman's name is
i) DanFrancis !
b) He works at
ii) StanFrancis !
i) London's Weather Centre
iii) SamFrancis fJ
iii) The London Weather Centre n
ii) The Weather Centre of London n

c) Tonight it will be mild and dry
i) everywhere I
ii) inmostpartsof thecountry n
iii) in south-east England and south Wales f
d) In Greece,this week-end, it's going to be
'i)
warmandsunny
iii) warmwithoccasionalshowers I
!
ii) warm and overcast n
work
,gr,
5) Match each word in the list on the left with a suitable definition from the list on
the right:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
i)
actlvltles:
occasional
fine
settled
light
reached
mild
maximum
minimum
pass
outlook
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
vi)
vii)
viii)
ix)
x)
quitewanxr
highest
dry
lowest
goaway
becameas high as
not heavy
forecast for the next few days
not changing much
sporadic
6) The Radio Meho weather forecast,on the tape, was at two minutes to nine. Do
you think that was 8.58a.m. or 8.58p.m.?
Z) In English we don't usually say the word'minutes'when we tell someonethe
time:
e.g. What time is it? It's ten past two.
BUT
If the long hand is between the numerals on the clock, like this
we say, 'It's two minutes past one.' Now, what time is it?
dEf'@'m "[@1",@t
BuytgaNewCar
car' but they haven't-decided
Monica and Georgehave decided to buy a new
lists for five models and
which one to buy. ffrey'ue lot Utot1""ts a-n! nrice
choice'
final
their
make
if,"y,re ..-paring them in order to
Pre-listening
discussionquestions
Intensivelistening
how did you decide which one to

1) Have you ever bought a brand new car?If so'
buy?
she/hedrives?what are the main
ii *n" can we tell about someonefrom the car
influenceswhenpeoplechoosecars?Isacarmorethanjustameansof'transport?
cars and rePlacingthem
3) How would you feel about abolishing privately-owned
borrow a car when
could
people
with pools of commrlnally-o*tt"a tutt inete
transport?
personal
for
they could prove a genuine need
to Part A of the tape and complete

Studv the table and read exercise1' Then listen
listening'
are
you
ttr" tuUl"in exercise1 while
listen to part A of the tape agarn.

Now read the five questionsin exercise2, then
Answer while You are listening'
drawing up a list of advantages
2) a) Was it Georgeor Monica who suggested
for eachcar?
and disadvantages
b) What's the riatmum they can afford to spend?
.j vvhy did they reject the Ford Escort?
a; Oo"t Georgelike French cars?
favourite?
"i wt i.n.u, Iid Monica think was George's
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Specuhdngand
Readquestion 3 and then listen to Part A of the tape again, if you need to. Answer
discussingprobability after you have listened.
3) Which car do you think Monica and Georgefinally boughf and why?
Vocabularywork
4) Use all the words in this list to label the drawing correctly:
f
g
h
L
";
Extensivelistening:
ldentifyingattitudes
front bumper
rear bumper
headlamp
rear light
radiatorgrille
bonnet
aerial
mud flap
wing mirror
windscreen wiper
Listen to Part A of the tape again, if you need to, then answer question 5.
5) Is Georgeor Monica more enthusiasticabout buying a new car?
PARTB
You will hear part of a radio consumer report programme. A car has been tested
and the reporter is explaining some of the problems she found. Read exercise6
and then listen to Part B of the tape. Do the exercisewhile you are listening.
6) Mark with a cross(x) on the drawing on the left the parts of the car where
therewere problems.
Vocabularywork
Z) Match eachof the words in the list on the left with a suitable definition from
the list on the right:
a) overpriced i) covered, so as to reduce heat loss or noise
b) slide
ii) a typical or noticeablequality or characteristic
c) feature
iii) to changeor alter something so as to make it more suitable or
more comfortable
d) insulated
iv) costing more than you think it should, or more than it's worth
e) adjust
v) move smoothly
Makingcomparisons
and statingpriorities
8) Look again at the information in the table in exercise1. Which car would you
choose?Why? Give two reasonsfor not choosing eachof the others.
9) What, for you, are the five most important featuresof a car?Selectfeatures
from this list or add ideas of your own:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
0
modern appearance
powerful engine
safety features
rust resistant
colour
comfort
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)
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reliability
cheapspareparts
large luggagespace
good radio-cassette
player
low petrol consumption
exclusiveimage
UNITT2 The London Marathon

The first London Marathon was run in 1981.It was a huge successand now over
20,000runners take part in it every year.
Pre-listening
discussionquestions
1) Has anyonein your classevertakenpart in a marathon/halfmarathon/anykind

of endurancesportingevent?If so, why did she,&re
do it? If not, why not?
2) Why is jogging so popular?Do you everjog?If so, why? What do you get out
of it? If not, why not?Do you do any other sport or physicalexerciseinstead?
3) Do you have any unfulfilled ambition(s)in sport?If so, what are they?Do you
think you'lI ever fulfil your ambition?
PARTA
Extensivelistening
RobJacksonis talking about his experienceof running in the London Marathon.

Readquestion1 and then listen to the tape. Answer afteryou havelistened,but
make any brief notesyou want to makewhile you are listening.
1) Which of thesewords bestdescribeshow RobJacksonfeelsabout having
finished a London Marathon?
a) exhausted n
b) proud
D
c) worried
Intensivelistening:
Followingdirections
d) cheerful n
e) regretful tr
Now study the map. Readactivity 2 and then listen to the tape again. Complete
activity 2 while you are listening.
2) Mark the raceroute on this map.
T H E
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ttttt"^'-",J:."
l,t
t "t'
Thames
Barriel
Readexercise3 and study the table, below. Listen to the taPea third time and
complete exercise3 while you are listening.
3) Fill in the missing information on this table of previous winners:
WINNERSOF THE LONDONMARATHON

PREVIOUS
YEAR
1981
COUNTRY WOMEN
MEN
I n g eS i m o n s e n
DickBeardsley
COUNTRY
USA
1983
Mike Gratton
1984
CharlieSpedding
Ingrid
Kristiansen
You can listen to the tape a fourth time and complete exercise4 while you are
listening, or you can try it without listening again. To checkyour answers,
though, you should listen once more after you have finished the exercise.
4) Complete these sentencesby choosingthe correct preposition to fill the space:
everyone else.
a) In fohn Wilson Streetthe elite runners joined iii) with
i) to
iv) by
ii) on
b) Tower Bridge is just iii) at
i) in
iv) with
ii) on
the top of |amaica Road.
c) The secondtime, you go iii) across

i) on
iv) under
ii) through
Tower Bridge.
the underpass.
d) Then you run iii) by
i) in
iv) on
ii) through
Birdcage Walk.
e) You turn left iii) with
i) into
iv) on
ii) across
Addltionalactlvltles:
Givlngdlrectionsand
planninga route
5) Wbrk with a large-scalecity street urap. Design a jogging route which you
think will be pleasant, safe, healthy, convenient and not too difficult. Then
describe your route to a partner who should follow it on the map.
33
ThePeople'sRepublicof China:
Factsand Figures
In this Unit you will hear two extractsfrom a radio documentary programme
about life in modern China.
Pre-listening
discussionquestions
1) What do you know about China?

2) What sort of people do you ihink the modem Chineseare?Do you think they
have any unique national characteristics- or are most people around the world
more or less similar?
3) Would you like to visit China? WhyA{hy not? Would it be better to visit China
as a tourist or to work there for a while? Why?
Listeningfor gist
Readquestion L and then listen to Part A of the tape. Chooseyour answer while
you are listening.
1) Has Part A of the tape been taken from
a) thebeginning tr
b) themiddle !
c) theend tr
of the radio programme?Tick ( y') the correctanswer.
information
Read questions2 to 4, then listen to Part A of the tape again. Answer while you
are listening.
2) China is the world's oldest surviving civilisation. How long is its history?
3) China is the third largest country in the world. which two countries are larger?
4) China has the largest population of any country in the world. Approximately,
how many peoplelive there?
study the map below, and read activity 5. Then listen to part A of the tape again.
Complete the activity while you are listening. You may need a little time after the
extract has ended, to finish writing.
5) Thesestatesall sharea
border with the People's
Republic of China:
North Korea,
The USSR,
Mongolia,
Afghanistan,
Pakistan,
India,
Nepal,
Sikkim,
Bhutan,
Burma,
Laos,
Vietnam.
Write down the names of
the missing countries on
this map.
Extenslvellstenlng
Readquestion 6 then listen to Part B of the tape. Chooseyour answer after you
have listened.
5) Which of the following titles best summarisesthe extract?
a) ChinaToday
b) TheLandof aBillionMouths
Listening for speclfic

Information
c) China-LandandPopulation
fl
O China'sGiftstotheWorld
!
!
Readquestions 7 to 9 then listen to Part B of the tape again. Answer while you are
listening.
Z) Which of the following inventions are not mentioned on the tape?
a) paper
b) fireworks n
c) silk n
d) suntan oil !
f]
8) What, approfmately, is the size of the total land area of China?
9) What percentageof the Chinesepopulation live in cities?
China has more than 12 cities with two million inhabitants. Look at the bar graph
in question 10 then listen to Part B of the tape again. Do question 10 while you are
listening. You may need a little time after the extract has ended, to finish writing.
10) Fill in the missing information on this bar graph:
A City:
Population: 12,000,000
B City: Beijing/Peking
Population:
C City: Tianjin
Population:
D City: Chonqing
Population:
Additionalactavities:
Wordsandnumbers
11) Match eachof these words with a suitabledefinition:

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
surviving
population
inhabitants
extract (n)
shares (v)
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
owns or uses jointly or together with others

continuing; still living or existing
part or piece
the people who live in a place
the number of people living in an area or country
72) Write these figures in words:

a)
28,072km
b)
c)
6,2501<r(
2r%
d)
e)
35
AValuableCollection?
Andrew Simpson collectsbadgesand has iust written a book about his hobby.
He's being interviewed by a journalist. You will hear him talking about how he
first becameinterested in badges.
Pre-llstenlng
1) \ryhy do people wear badges?What different sorts, or categories,of badge can

vou think of?
2) What sort of people do you think might wear each of these badges?
'natural' collectors?Are
3) Why do somepeople collectbadges?Are some people
women less tikely to collect things than men? How might a badge collection
become valuable?
Extenslvellstenlng
Readquestion 1 and then listen to Part A of the tape. Answer while you are
listening.
1) When do you think Andrew Simpsonwas born?
a) intheearlylg00s
b) between 1940-45 n
Llstenlngfor speclflc
lnformatlon
c) intheearlylg50s
tr
d) after1955
Readquestions2 to 4 and then listen to Part A of the tape again. Answer while
you are listening.
2) Whatcolourwas the'Tidy' badge?
a) blue n
b) green !
c) yellow n
d) red
n
3) Which badge does Andrew Simpson think he has lost?
n
n
c)'smokedbytheMillion' n
n c) Apetrolcompanybadge
'Tidy'
'\rVills'sWoodbines'
b)
n d)
4) Whatis the sloganon the Wills's Woodbinesbadge?
a)'Swimmingl
a)'LovedbyMillions' n
b) tsoughtbyMillions' !
d)'smokedbyMllions'
Listenlngfor gist
Read question 5 and then listen to Part B of the tape. Answer after you have
listened.
5) Which of the following best summarises Part B?
lntensivelistening
a) BadgesfromEastemEurope n
c) Reasonsforcollectingbadges
b) Political badges
d) Whypeoplewearbadges
tr
Andrew Simpson gives three main reasonswhy people wearbadges. Read

exercise6 and study the table, below. Then listen to Part B of the tape again and
do the exercisewhile you are listening.
5) Tick ( y') the three reasons Andrew Simpson gives to expLainwhy people wear
badges:
Peoplewearbadges to
Peoplewear badges
because.. .
a) ... theylike
tr
Peoplewear badges
from. . .
a) ... theircars
tr
b) ... America
c) ... theirclub,
a) ... expressa n
message
badges
b) ... theycollect
Third reason
Second reason
First reason
b) ... attract
attention
them
c) . . . hideholesin
c) ... theybelongto n
their dothes
a club
trade union or
political party
d) ... badgesare
d) ... advertise
d)...placesthey've
products
cheap
Extenslve llstening
tr
visited
Readquestion 7 then listen to Part C of the tape. Answer after you have listened.
7) Is Andrew Simpson's collectionworth a lot of money?
Addltlonal activlties:
Ileslgn prolects
8) Design a badge for the institution where you are studying English.
9) Design a badge which tourists would want to buy if they visited your town or
city.
37
\Alhafs in a Name?
smell iust as
william shakespearewrote that'a roseby any other name would
way we
the
affect
things
of
names
the
Don,t
it,
really?
wouid
But
sweet,.
respondto them?
Pre-listening
discussionquestions
Listeningfor names
II
1)What,sthenameofyourfavouritesoap,shampooortoothpaste?Whydoyou
preferthesebrands?Wouldyou-buythesameproductsiftheirnameswere
ihanged to'Yuk','Greeze' and'Slime'? 'Ambassador'
would be more or less
2) DJ you think that a cameracalledthe
for women and one
cameras
these
of
one
Is
the'Trudi'?
called
"r,p"rrJiu" than one
for men? How do You know?
not?
3) Is'Ambassadoi' a good name for a cameraor not? Why/Why
Thelecturer is a
Students at a New Yorkbusiness collegeare attending a lecture.
and he's
agencies
advertising
lelding
senior executiveof one of America's
tape' Complete
the
to
listen
then
1.,
exerc-ise
Read
cars.
of
names
talking about the
the exercisewhile you are listening.
1) Tick ( r/) the car namesyou hear, on this list:
a) Volkswagen Golf
tr
f; (Ford)Sierra
b) Rolls-RoyceSilver Cloud
g) @entley)Mulsanne
c) (Triumph) SPitfire
h) FiatPanda
d) Reliant Kitten
i)
e) Austin Cambridge
j)
iltl
a) Maxi n
n
n
tr
JaguarSovereign tr
RoverSterling
tr
Readquestions 2 to 4 then listen to the tape again'

Answer while You are listening.
2) Which of these carswas not made in the 1970s?
1l
Extensivelistening
b) Herald tr
c) Kadett tr
d) Sierra n
3) Which of thesecarsis not a'little city car'?

c) Mulsanne tr
b) Charade I
a) Nova tr
d) Polo n
4) Which of these is wrong?

A car with a number instead of a name seems
c) more reliable n
b) faster tr
a) safer n
d) more advanced !
1il
Readquestion5andthenlistentothetapeoncemore.Answerafteryouhave
listened.
from the list:
5) Complete the sentenceby choosingthe most accuratestatement
lecturer
According to the
tr
a) big, powerful carsare more dangerousthan small city cars'
!
b) there were more road accidentsin the 1960sthan in the 1970s'
in
the
names
!
c) motor car manufacturersbegan to use different types of
ir
1,
I
ii
7970s.
in
d) all of today,s carshave much more romantic namesthan
38
the past.
PARTB
information
J. R. Ackerley was an Englishman who
went to India in 1923 as private secretary
to the Maharajah of Chhokrapur. ln 1932
he published a book about his Indian
experiences called Hindoo Holiday.
In Part B of the tape you will hear a very
short extract from Hindoo Holiday.lt
describeshow His Hiehness.the
Maharajah chooseshis cars. Read
exercises6 to B then listen to ttre tape.
Listen twice if vou needto. then complete
the exercises.
6) Completethe sentencecorrectly.
The Maharajahbought a Sunbeam
because
a) he was not really interested
X
ln cars.
b) heknewnothingaboutcars. I
c) he alreadyhad a Moon.
I
d) he thought it would be
'pretty'.
8) Complete the sentence correctly.

The Maharajah probablv
a) didn't buy a Buick.
tr
b) alreadyowned a Buick.
c) liked the sound of the name,

Buick.
d) wanteda Buick.
tr
I
7) Completethe sentencecorrectly.
The Maharajah
a) liked the Sunbeam
b) hatedtheSunbeam
tr
c) was disappointedby the

Sunbeam.
d) alreadyhad four Sunbeams.
I
I
PARTC
Wordsand meanings,
and namingproducts
9) Read the tapescript for Part B of the tape (page 57) and find expressions or
phrases in the text which mean
d) think of
a) The Maharalah
e) obvious dislike
b) no different from
c) car name
0 talk about it
10) Invent a name for a new range of men's cosmetics. Then compare the name
you have choseniinvented with the names chosen/invented by others in the class.
Do they have anything in common?
39
U N I TI 6 'ValueforMone/
'Value for Money'is
a consumer programme on the radio. Every week the
'Value for
Money'team report on consumer goods they have tested.
Pre-listening
discussionquestions
1) If you are thinking about buying an expensive machine or domestic appliance,

how do you deiide which one to buy? Which of these is most likely to influence
you: an advertisement in a magazine? the recommendation of a friend? a
salesman or woman? a report in a consumer magazine? the attractiveness of its
appearance? the price?
2) Do you ever watch or listen to consumer programmes? Why,tVhy not?
3) Do we rely too much on domestic appliances?
PARTA
In this week'sprogrammethey're talking about coffeemachines.Readquestions
1 to 3 and then listen to the tape.Answer while you are listening.
1) How manv machines did thev test?
2) How much doesthe'Kaffitalia'cost?

3) How long is the'Domestika'guaranteed
for?
Now look at these five information panels. Read exercise4 and then listen to the
tape again. Complete exercise4 while you are listening.
KAFFITALIAAUTOMATIC
AROMACUP2OOO
larue
3so
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qith
RadioMetro:1:i.ie returns
progta",'Hlttt"pot,. "n u
gonqumer
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NUMBEROF CUPS
N U M B E RO F C U P S
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coffee
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plug
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Filter
\
/
papers
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coffee
Free
Filrer
papers
Guarantee
How long?
4) Write the missing information in the correct spaces.

Study the information panels again, and then completeexercise5
5) Complete this sentence:
I think the -
Namingproductsand
classroomsurvey
is the best coffee machine because
6) Look at the namesof the coffeemachinesagain. Eachname is designed so that

a) people rememberit easily, and
b) it tells us what kind of machine it is (for example, 'Kaffematic' comesftomcoffee
and automatic).
Think of good namesfor:
i) a new hair drier ii) a new washing machine iii) a new alarm clock
Z) Carry out a classroomconsumerreport on wristwatches. Choosefive sfudents'
watches and comparethe prices, styles, materialsused, functions, guarantees,
etc., and try to decidewhich is the best value for money. Use the information you
collectto write the script for another'Value for Money' programme.
25
KAFFETATIC
COFFEEMASTERDE.L[D(E
4l
IUG|TICCOITET
POf
Programmingthe Video
Charlotte has a part-time job. She works five evenings a week as an usherette in
her local cinema. She missesmost of her favourite TV programmes, so she has
decidedto rent a video recorder.
Pre-listening
discussionquestions
1) Do you prefer to read the operating instructions for a machine from the
instructions manual, or would you rather have someoneexplain and show you
how to do it?
2) What's the most complicatedpieceof machinery you have ever leamed to
operate?What was the most difficult part to learn?
3) Do machinesmake life easierfor us?Are some machinesunnecessaryor too
complicated or too dangerous?Why do some people resist new technology?
PABTA
Extensivelistening:
Recordinga TV
programme
At the video rental shop the assistantis explaining to Charlotte how to use the
machine. Readquestion 1 and then listen to Part A of the tape. Chooseyour
answer after you have listened.
1) Which of the following statementsbest summarisesPart A of the tape?
a) The assistantis explaining to Charlotte how to programme the video.
tr
b) The assistantis explaining to Charlotte how to record a TV programme. tr
c) Charlotte is asking the assistanthow much a tape costs.
n
d) The assistantis explaining to Charlotte how to operatethe machine.
information
Readquestions2 and 3 and then listen to Part A of the tape again. Answer while
you are listening. You may need a little extra time to finish writing after Part A has
finished.
2) What two things do you have to checkbefore you record a TV programme?
3) When you want to record a TV programme, which two buttons do you have to
press (oncethe machine is switched on) and which do you have to press first?
4) When you buy a video tapethereis usuallya sheetof self-adhesive
labelsinside the box. Theselabelsare to help you identify the recordings
you have made. There are usually blank labels,numbers, letters and
symbols.Look at thesesymbolslabelsand matchthem with an
appropriate text from the list on the right.
"m
'rl
d)rn
,n
J
I 6 J'I
nHf
'[Fl
h)[-m-l
| \83' I
1 a children's programme or film

2 a current affairsor discussion
ProSramme
3 a home video
4 a recording of a rock or classical
music concert
5 a feature film
6 a recording of the Italian Grand
Prix
7 an educationalprogramme
8 a film or TV production of a play
PARTB
information:
the
Programming
video I
Look at the diagram of Charlotte'svideo recorder,below. Readexercise4 and

then listen to Part B of the tape. Do exercise5 while you are listening.
5) Write numbers in the circlesto show.the order in which you hear the buttons
mentioned. The first one is done for you, as an example.If the STOREbutton is
the next one you hear, wite'2'in the circleconnectedto the STOREbutton, and
so on.
Readquestion 6 then listen to Part B of the tape again. Answer while you are
listening.
6) How many memory positionsdoesCharlotte'sVTR have?(NB: VTR standsfor
VideoTapeRecorder.)
>
PAUSE
F.F.
PLAY
ll>>l
REW
STOP
RECOAD
r r l l < <l l c
PANTC
information:
Programming
the
videoll
Look at the information panel below. Then read exercise7. Listen to Part C of the
tape and do exercise7 while you are listening.
Z) a) Fill in the correctdetails to show how Charlotte's video has been
programmed:
Day
Channelselected
Programmestart time
Programmefinish time
b) Which button do you have to pressif you want to correct a programming

mistake?
PARTD
Giving instructions
8) Bring a small machine to class(e.g. camera,steamiron, food processor,digital

watch, cassetteplayer, combination lock briefcase,etc.) and explain to the rest of
the classhow to operateit.
9) Write a simple instructions leaflet for the machine you or another student
brought to class.
43
UNITI8 The DepartmentStore

Large department storescan be confusing. It's not always easyto find the
department you're looking for. There's usually a store guide by eachentrance,
and there are often announcementsto advertise special bargains and help
shoppersfind what they're looking for.
Pre-listening
discussionquestions
1) Is shoppingbasicallypleasantor basicallyunpleasant?
2) Do you prefer small,specialistshopsor largerdepartmentstoresand
supermarkets?
3) What do you especiallylike/dislike about department stores?Do you have a
favourite shop or store in this town/city (or someother towrVcity)?What's so
specialabout it for you?
PARTA
information
1) Study the storeguide to

Bentley'sdepartment
store,then readexercise1. FOURTH
Listen to the tape and
FLOOR
complete exercise1 while
you are listening.
EDVTIEYS"
THIRDFLOOR
Accounts
Kitchen DesignService
Toilets
SECOND FLOOR
Bedding,Fabrics
Ladies'Shoes,Lingerie
Towels
FIRSTFLOOR
Children'sClothes
LeatherGoods
'Manhattan' Boutique
Menswear,Stationery
Toilets
BASEMENT
Electricalgoods
Fumiture, Hardware
33DM
Readexercise2 then listen to the tape again. Complete exercise2 while you are
listening.
2) Write down the pricesyou hear for eachof the following:
a) Lambrusco (wine) f,
per bottle
b) 100%cotton sweatersfrom f,
c) Skirtsfrom
d) Dunlop haining shoesfrom
e) Track suits from f,
0 Tennis racketsfrom
Speculate
Readexercise3 and then listen to the tape again. Do the exercisewhile you are
listening and completeit after the recording has ended.
3) Which of thesestatementsdo you think are true and which do you think are
false?It is important to note that while some of these are clearly either true or false,
you will have to speculateabout some of the others. Use the information you hear
on the tape to help you decide.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
0
g)
h)
i)
j)
Bentley's sell French swimsuits.

'Ritz'Boutique.
Ifs Italian Week in the
The'Ritz'Boutique sellsmen's clothes.
Bentley's department store is air-conditioned.
The price of garden fo{ks has been reduced by 3.50.
The Coffee Shop serveslunch.
The Customer ServicesDepartment is on the third floor.
The 1007ocotton sweatersare for women.
The Coffee Shop serves snacks only.
You can get a free pair of gardening gloves in the Gardening Department.
Look at the store guide (exercise1) again and complete exercise4.

4)
a)
b)
c)
Addltlonalactlvlties:
Llstlng advantages
and dlsadvantages
and planninga
departmentstore
On which floor can you find the following?

ladies'underwear d) curtainmaterial
e) pillow cases
writing paper
cameras
5) Write a list of the advantagesof department stores,and another list of the

disadvantages.Show your lisis to two other stirdents and discussthe differences
between all your lists.
5) Plan a department store. Decide which departments your store will have, and
discusswhere eachdepartment should be placed. Write a store guide to show
where you have decided to place eachdepartment.
45
RadioPhone-In
Everyone has a personal problem at sgme time or other. It usually helps if you
can talk to a friend about it. But thafs not always possible. So ,Agon/ columns
in magazines and phone-in programmes on the radio are very popular.
Prellstenlng
dlscusslon questlong
1) Do your friends ever come to you with their problems? Do you think you are a
good listener?
2) What qualities does a good listener need?
3) Why are'agonf columns and problem phone-ins so popular?
Llstenlngfor glst
Rosemaryzsproblem is her father. Read question L then listen to Part A of the

tape. Answer after you have listened.
1) Which of these sentencesbest summarises the advice which Tessaand Maurice
offer to Rosemary?
a) Listen to your father and try to understand his point of view.
b) You shouldn't really be out so late in such a dangerous city; your father is
dght.
c) Ask Christine's father to take you home once or twice a week.
d) Try to find a compromise.
Llstenlngfor speclflc
Iniormatlon
Read
q;1***:
Llstenlngfor glst
fim is phoning from Glasgow. Read question 3 and then listen to Part B of the
tape. Answer after you have listened.
3)
a)
b)
c)
d)
Listeningfor speclflc
Informatlon
Which of these sentencesbest summarises the advice fim's doctor gave him?
Baldnessis always passedon from father to son.
You should change your hairstyle.
Your baldness is probably unavoidable.
You should use a specialshampoo.
Read exercise4 and then listen to Part B of the tape again. Do the exercisewhile
you are listening.
4) Findout
a) howoldfimis
b) what he asksTessaand Maurice to recommend
c) whether they recommend one -
Listeningfor speclflc
lnformatlon
Readquestions5 to 7 and then listen to Part C of the tape. Answer while you are
listening.
5) How long has Martin been trying to stop smoking?
6) Does his girlfriend smoke?
7)
a)
b)
c)
d)
Addltlonal actlvltles:
Glvlngadvlce
Whydid Martin start smokingagain?

Becausehis girlfriend smokes.
Becausehis job is boring.
Becausehe likes cigarettes.
Becausehe saysthat smoking helps him when he's under pressure.
8) Write a letter giving advice to Martin.

9) Read this letter from the problem
page of a family magazine,
and then write a reply.
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47
UNIT20 First Aid

Luo is a waiter in a
restaurant in Hong Kong.
In his spare time he is
taking a correspondence
course on Childcare. He
wants to be a
kindergarten assistant.
Every week he receives a
new home-study cassette
and some reading. He has
to complete one written
assignment every month.
This month the theme is
first aid.
Pre-listening
discussionquestions
1) Have you ever studiedfirst aid?If so, where, when and why? If not, would
you say that a knowledgeof first aid is useful?
2) Do you think that first aid shouldbe a compulsorypart of their training for all
schoolteachers?Explainyour reasons.
3) 'Natural' and'alternative'medicaltreatmentis alwaysbetter than treatment
which usesdrugs. Do you agreeor disagreewith this?
PARTA
Extensivelistening
Readquestion1 and then listen to the extractfrom Luo's home-studytape. Select

your answerafteryou havelistened
1) Which of theseis the best title for the extract?
lntensivelistening
a) First aid for young children.
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b) Cuts and grazes:a simple

checklist.
c) Dressingand cleaningcuts
andgrazes.
d) How to stop seriousbleeding. I
Readquestions2 to 4 and then listen to the tapeagain.Answer while you are

listening.
2) What should you do if a child is cut nearthe eye?
a) Dressthe cut with a clean
cotton bandage.
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c) Hold the cut closedfor a few

minutes.
b) Cleanthe cut with warm

water.
d) Call a doctor.
3) What should vou do with a very deepcut?

a) Call a doctor as soon as
possible.
c) Cleanit and hold it closed

with an adhesivedressing.
b) Press a piece of cotton wool

firmly over the cut for about five
minutes.
d) Dressit with a cleancotton

bandage.
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4) What should you do if the child is nervous or upset?

c) Let them rest quietly.
a) Give them a little water to drink. I

b) Tell them a joke or a funny story. f]
d) Call a doctor as soon as possible.
Now look at the checklistdiagram below, and read activity 5. Listen to the taPe
once more and completeactivity 5 while you are listening.
5) Complete the diagram by filling in the missing words.
Vocabularywork
Readexercise6. Listen to the tape a fourth time, if you need to. Then complete
exercise6.
5) Choosethe correctdefinition for eachof thesewords:
a) minor
i) large
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i) surfacecuts
ii) unimportant
ii) accidents
iii) serious
iii) bleeding
c) unavoidable i) very common

ii) preventable
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iii) not preventable tr
Addltionalactivities:
Tradltionalremedies
and compilinga first
aid klt
b) grazes
d) wound
i) skin
ii) accident
iii) cut or tear
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7) What'traditional'remedies do you know for common illnesses?What is the

best thing to take for a cold?Do you know how to stoP a nosebleedor what to rub
into certain stings?Work in small groups. Tell eachother about any such remedies
you learned from your parents or grandparents.Then report back to the whole class.
8) Work with a partner, or in small groups. Compile a list of all the things you
think should be in a classroomfirst aid kit. Compare your list with the others.
What things does everyoneagreeon?
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UNIT1 The Telephone Answering Machine
PART
A
UNIT3 Inter-City 125

PART
A
Presenter: Unit one. The TelephoneAnswering Machine.

PartA.
Femalevoice: This is the Oxbridge Schoolof English on
Oxbnd,ge876942.We're sorry the schoolis closedat the
moment. Office hours are between nine-thirty a.m. and
five-thirty p.m., Monday to Friday. If you have an urgent
messagepleasespeakafter the tone, or you can call us again
during office hours. Thank you for your call.
Presenter: Unit three. Inter-City one two five. Part A.

Guard: May I have your attention please,ladies and
gentlemen?This is the guard speaking. Welcome aboard the
eleven thirty-five Inter-City service from Edinburgh to
London King's Crosscalling at Berwick, Newcastle,
Durham, Darlington, York, Peterboroughand London
King's Cross.Passengersfor Sunderlandchangeat
Newcastle.Passengersfor Middlesbrough and Teesside
Airport changeat Darlington. Passengersfor Scarborough
changeat York. The train is due to arrive at London King's
Cross at sixteenforty-five. Thank you.
PART
B
Presenter: Unit one. The TelephoneAnswering Machine.
Part B.
Irene: Hi! This is lrene. Why are you never at home?I hate
speaking to this machine. Anyway, listen. We've got two
tickets for the opera for next Saturdaynight. It's Verdi's
OthelloandDomingo's singing. Rodney can't go becausehe
has to work this weekend. So I wondered if you'd like to
come with me instead?It starts at seven.Ring me tomorrow.
Oh, but ring before ten becauseI'm taking Harry to the
dentist. Byee!
UNIT2 'So you wanna keep fit, huh?'

PART
A
Presenter: Unit two. So you wanna keep fit, huh? PartA.
Collins: Hi there! I'm Crystal Collins, and I'm very happy
to sharesome time with you. So, you wanna keep fit, huh?
Well, you sure came to the right place! Together we can
keep fit and healthy, and be more successful.It's easy.
Everybody can do it, you hear? fust remember the five
golden rules:
Number one. Always wear looseand comfortableclothes
when you're exercising.You need to feel comfortableand
relaxed.
Number two. You should always do some simple warmingup exercisesfust. To get your body ready for the real thing.
Number three. Never try to do too much exercisetoo soon.
Take it nice and easynow, you hear?There'sno rush about
this.
Number four. Don't forget to relax completely for about five
minutes when you've finished your workout. You need to
rest a little bit after you've been exercising.
And here is golden rule number five. Stop immediately if
you feel any pain in your chest, throat, neck or head.
PART
B
Presenter: Unit two. So you wanna keep fit, huh? Part B.
Collins: I hope you've done the simple warming-up
exercisefrom the book. You have?Fine! Now I think we're
ready for something a little harder. Today's exercisewill
give you stronger legs and healthier lungs. So put that
cigaretteout!
You need a strong chair. Stand in front of the chair and put
your right foot on the seat.Now step up onto the seat.Stand
still. And step back down. Now do it again. This tirne start
with your left foot. On the seat.Step up. Stand still. And
step back down. Now. Can you do this ten times?Let's go!
PABT
8
Presenter: Unit three. Inter-City one two five. Part B.
Chief Steward: May I have your attention please,ladies
and gentlemen?This is the Chief Stewardspeaking. We
would like to inform all passengersthat the buffet car is now
ooen. The buffet car is situated towards the middle of the
triin. On saleare tea, coffeeand soft drinks, a selectionof
fresh and toastedsandwichesincluding egg and tomato,
ham and tomato, egg and cress,roast chicken and toasted
cheese;cheeseburgers,beefburgersand sausagesand a
licensedbar. The buffet car is situated towards the middle of
the train. Thank you.
PAfrT
C
Presenter: Unit three. Inter-City one two five. Part C.
Chief Steward: Any passengerswho require lunch, would
you pleasetake your seatin the restaurantcar. Would
passengerskindly note that there will be only one sitting for
lunch, so this is the last and final call for lunch. Any
passengerswho require lunch, would you pleasego to the
restaurantcar now. Thank you.
Guard: Ladiesand gentlemen,this is the guard speaking.
In a few minutes we will arrive at Berwick. Berwick in a few
minutes. Thank you.
UNIT4 BibiKhanym and the Origin of the

Muslim Vi:il
Presenter: Unit four. Bibi Khanym and the Origin of the
MuslimVeiI.
Story-teller: Almost sevencenturiesago, in Central Asia,
there lived a great king calledTamerlane.He was a mighty,
powerful, conquering soldier, and his greatestambition was
that one day he would rule a massive empire stretching
from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Pacific Ocean in
the east.He made his irnperial capital in the oasiscity of
Samarkand,which he planned to make the most beautiful
city on earth. Many magnificent mosqueswere built and
they were decorated with exquisite blue ceramic tiles on the
outside, and with pure gold on the inside.
Tamerlane,like the great oriental king that he was, had
many wives, induding a Chinese girl called Bibi Khanym.
Now Bibi Khanym was the most beautiful of all Tamerlane's
wives, and, as the youngest, she was also the most senior.
She was his favourite wife and she was deeply in love with
him.
In order to demonstrateher great love of Tamerlaneshe
decided to build a magnfficentmonument to honour him,
while he was away fighting in a distant war. Sheengaged
the best architect,who designedfor her the most
Coran on my right here, and I have come to Britain to study

medicine.
Teacher: Your English is very good, Shanti. Do you speakit
at home in India?
Shanti: No, we don't. We speakTamil. I need to improve
my English, especiallymy listening, becauseI have to listen
to many lecturesat the university and it's very difficult for
me.
Teacher: All right, Shanti. Thank you. Who's next?
Michel: OK. It's me. I am calledMichel. Michel Laverme. I
am from Parisand I . . . er. . . I am . . . er. . . how you siy?
. . . e r . . . a s t u d e n t . .. e r . . . a s f u d e n t oef r . . .
Teacher: Yes. You're a sfudent?
Michel: Oui, . . . er, I'm sorry, I mean yes.
Teacher: What do you study?
Michel: Yes. What I study? I study er BusinessStudies.
BusinessStudies.Er . . . I'm married and I have one children
. . . er one child. I am very nervous becausemy English is so
bad.
Teacher: No, it's not. Don't worry. Relax.
Michel: I am always nervous. I worry about everything.
That's why I lost all my hair.
Teacher: Never rnind! My husband's bald, too. Sometimes
he wears a badge which says'Bald Is Beautiful'!
Michel: Yes. We say that grasscannot grow upon a busy
street, heh?
Teacher: All right. Thanks very much Michel. Oh, by the
way, how do you spell Michel?
Michel: Yes.It's M-I- C-H- E - L.
Teacher: Fine, thanks, now someoneelse. . .
magnificent mosqueyou could imagine. And then she

found the best masterbuilder, who beganwork
immediately. But as the weeks and months passedby, the
master builder began to fall in love with Bibi Khanym.
Sheresistedall his advances,but at last he threatenedto
leave the mosqueunfinished unless she allowed him to kiss
her just once. Bibi Khanym wanted the beautiful mosque
finished more than anything else.Shewas expecting
Tamerlaneto retum any day. So at last she agreedto let the
master builder kiss her, iust once.
But that was her terrible mistake.For so powerful was the
master builder's love for Bibi Khanym that when he kissed
her he left a permanent mark on her face.
King Tamerlaneretumed and saw the guilty mark on his
wife's face.The master builder was executedimmediately,
and then, thinking that a woman's beauty can be a
dangerousthing, Tamerlaneordered that from that day and
for ever more all the wornen in the kingdom should never be
seenin public without a veil to cover their face.
UNIT5 r/iho's who?

PABT
A
Presenter: Unit five. Who's who? Part A.
Teacher: All right. Hello. I think the best way to start is to
get to know eachother fust. So I'd like eachof you to
introduce yourself to the rest of us. fust tell us your name
. . . and where you're from . . . what you like doing. fust a
few words from each person. OK? Who'd like to start?. . .
Come on. . . don'tbenervous.. . Novolunteers?
Gdran: OK I'll start.
Teacher: Good. Thank you.
Gdran: My name's G<iranSandkvist,and I'm from a little
town in Sweden, calledMariestad. I'm a student at the
University of Gothenburg . . . er. . . Gothenburg University
. . . er . . . do you say Gothenburg University or the
University of Gothenburg?
Teacher: Either. Both are correct.
Gdtan: OK. I'm a student at the University of Gothenburg
. . . Er, this summer I travel . . . I have been travelling in
England, er, Britain, sorry . . . with two friends. We've been
camping and living . . . how do you say . . . living rough?
Teacher: Yes. Living rough. Thaf s a good expression.
Gdran: Ja,yes. Er that's why we . . . why I've grown a
beard. It was easiernot to shavein the mornings when we
were camping. . . . Er well . . . that's all . . . I'm just a typical
Swede, I think, I like sailing and skiing . . .
Teacher: But you're not blond and tall.
Gdran: No. Sorry, I guessyou always expectSwedish
people to be tall and blond?
Teacher: Perhapswe do. Thank you G6ran. Er, how do you
spell vour name?
Giiran: Yes.G - O that'sO with two dots - R-A-N.
Teacher: OK. Thanks. Now we know a little bit about
Goran. Who'd like to introduce themselvesnext?
Shanti: Er, all right. I will. My name is Shanti. That's S - H A - N - T - I. And I come from Sri Lanka. Are you
still calling it Ceylon?
Teacher: Do we still call it Ceylon?No, we don't. We call
your country Sri Lanka, too.
Shanti: All right. I'm from Sri Lanka. Originally. For most
of my life I have lived in India. I am also a student, like
PART
8
Presenter: Unit five. Who's who? Part B.
Policeman: Well, now. We're looking for three people. Two
young men and a woman. One of the men is black, the other
is white. The woman is alsowhite.
The black man is about twenty-five. He has short, curly
black hair. Verv short, actuallv. And a verv thin moustache.
We understand that he sometimeswears i small, plain gold
earring in his right ear and that he often wears dark glasses,
er, you know, sunglasses.He was the driver of the car, we
think.
Now the secondman we're looking for - he's white and
about twenty-five to thirty years old. Er, now he's alsogot
curly hah, but it's rather long and it's light brown. Not
blond, but not dark, either . . . you know, fair, yes, that's it
fair. He has a full moustachebut no beard. We think he has
a small scar,it's half-moon shaped, on his forehead,just
above his left eye . . . er . . . we think his name might be fohn
or |ock or fack . . . something like that.
And now the third person we're looking for. Well. She's
about thirty years old. She'sgot blonde, wavy, shoulderlength hair. Shewears glasses,we think, er rather square,
heavy-looking glassesand she sometimesseemsto be
wearing a silver chain around her neck, with some sort of
medallion on it, you know, a St Christopher, or something
likethat...
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Ufflld Radio Advertisements
PART
A
Presenter: Unit six. Radio advertisements.Part A.
Soft male voice: At Simply Sofabedsat Notting Hill date
we're lowering our prices- for Christmas.Massesof
sofabedsfor immediate delivery, or choosea fabric from our
selectionof thousands and we'il deliver your sofa in no time
at all. We're open six days a week, with viewing on Sunday.
So celebrateChristmas early this year with a Simply
Sofabedssofabedat a price that's right. Simply fufabeds.
One thirg Notting Hill Gate.
Young female voice: Could there really be a women's
magazinethat's different? Yes. It's calledPrima.It's packed
with news, opinion, fashion and once again there's a free
giant pull-out sectionwith clothes to make, crafts to create,
beautiful sweatersto knit. Get your second,value-packed
issueof Prima- (Prima!)Only seventy-five pence
from your newsagentnow.
Male voice: Pianoslarge, pianos small,
And craftsmenwho'll repair them all.
To tune, repair or renovate
Call five three oh, three eight oh eight.
Secondmale voice: No synthesisers,no hi-tec. fust
beautiful pianos at the WansteadMusic Centre. The
WansteadMusic Centre. One, High Street,Wanstead.
PART
B
Presenter: Unit six. Radio Advertisements. Part B.
Male voice: Car Buyermagazine.Every Thursday. It gives
you a choiceof more new and used carsthan all of your local
papers put together- and for less.fust thirty pence.Car
Buyerfor carbtyers. At your newsagent'snow.
Young female voice: Cirls! Sensitiveskin really does need
more sensitive care. And I take special care of my sensitive
skin with Cuticura soap. BecauseCuticura soapcontainsa
medicatedingredient which cleansyour skin without
leaving it dry or tight. Cuticura medicated soap. From
chemistseverywhere.
Bob Harris: Hello. This is Bob Harris inviting you to join me
this Friday and every Friday evening for the LBC'Pop
Review'. I play the best of the recent releases,review the
British and the American charts,play classicmusic by the big
starsand new tracks by the namesof tomorrow. So it's a real
mix of different stylesand I'm sure you'll love the music. I'd
certainly love to have your company. This Friday evening at
half-past nine. Right here on LBC.
Jill Lancaster: Er I treated myself to a Servis Quartz and
with that came the packet of Ariel automatic.
Young: Since you've been using Ariel, have you ever been
tempted to sort of, you know, break away and try
something else?
Lancaster: I wouldn't dare. My husband's a police
motorcyclist and he has a white shirt every day. Which gives
me a lot of dirty collarsand cuffs. And I'm a waitress. I have
a white shirt everv dav.
Young: What so* of itains do you tend to get on them?
Lancaster: Erm - it depends what the menu of the day it.
It . . . it's usually gravy and er sauces.
Young: Yeah.
Lancaster: And I can pick up the shirts and throw them in
the machine with Ariel automatic and the whole iob is done.
They come out cleanand fresh on a low temperature time

after time.
Young: Which must be a great relief for you.
Lancaster:It's lovelv. (Great.)
Chorus: Swift Interiori - we've got the inside story for you.
Male voice: Let Swift Interiors createthat new look for your
business.Complete refurbishment from planning through
partitioning to air conditioning. Swift Interiors createa look
that's right for you.
Chorus: Swift!
Male voice: In the office first impressionscount. So contact
Swift Interiors for the inside story.
Chorus: Swift Interiors. Call two oh five twenty-one oh
seven.
Male voice: Swift Interiors. Two oh five twentv-one oh
seven.
Chorus: Swift!
UNIT7 Terminal One

Presenter: Unit seven.Terminal One.
Announcer 1: British Airways passengersfor the British
Airways Super Shuttle flight to Edinburgh: this flight is now
boarding at gate number four. British Airways Super Shuttle
flight to Edinburgh: this flight is now boarding at gate
number four.
British Airways passengerswishing to travel to Cork - flight
number BA eight three eight - this flight is now checkingin
at gate number nine. British Airways passengersto Cork on
flight number BA eight three eight, this flight is now
checking in at gate number nine.
Announcer 2: This is a security announcement. Pleasedo
not leaveyour baggageunattended at any tirne. And please
do not look after baggageleft by other people. Pleasedo not
leave your baggageunattended at any time. And pleasedo
not look after baggageleft by other people.
Announcer 3: Would Mr Ian fackman, recently arrived from
Ankara, pleasego to Airport Information on the ground
floor. Mr Ian fackman recently arrived from Ankara, to
Airport Inforrnation on the ground floor please.
Announcer 2: Would Dr Raymond Miller from Dublin
pleasecontactAirport Information on the ground floor. Dr
Raymond Miller from Dublin to Airport Information on the
ground floor please.
Announcer 1.: Would Mr Sirnpson,meeting his daughter
from Cyprus, pleasecontactAirport Information on the
ground floor. Mr Simpson, meeting Yvonne Simpson from
Cyprus, pleasecontactAirport Information on the ground
floor.
Announcer 2: Aer Lingus passengersto Dublin - flight
number AI one four one; this flight is now closing at gate
number six. Aer Lingus to Dublin - flight number AI one
four one; this flight is now closing at gate number six.
Announcer 4: Would Mrs Waring, meeting a passenger
from Lamaca,pleasecontactAirport Information on the
ground floor. Mrs Waring meeting a passengerfrom
Lamaca, to Airport Information on the ground floor please.
Announcer 3: Would Captain fay Brock, from Canada,
pleasecontactAirport Information on the ground floor.
Captain Jay Brock to Airport Information on the ground
floor please.
Announcer 5: British Airways passengersfor flight number
half kilos of cookedchicken- skinned; three hundred

millilitres of fresh mayonnaise;one hundred and fifty
millilitres of soured cream;one tablespoonfulof paprika;
two tablespoonfulsof tomato puree; half a teaspoonfulof
castersugar;four large tomatoes- skinned andchopped; a
little salt, and somefreshly ground blackpepper.
BA five six oh to Athens: this flight is now closing at gate

number twenty-two.
Would Mr StephenSandberg,recently arrived from New
York, pleasecontactAirport Information on the ground
floor. Mr StephenSandberg,recently arrived from New
York, to Airport Information on the ground floor please.
Announcer 2: Margaret Murphy, in transit from Dtisseldorf
to Belfast,pleasego to Airport Information on the Sround
floor. Miss Margaret Murphy, in transit from Dtisseldorf to
Belfast,pleasecontactAirport Information on the ground
floor.
This is a security announcement.Pleasedo not leave . . .
PART
B
Presenter: Unit nine. Dal-A-Recipe. Chilled Paprika
Chicken. Part B.
Chris: So that's one kilo of cookedand skinned chicken . . .
three hundred millilitres of mayonnaise. . . three hundred
milliliflss sf seured cream . . . a teaspoonfulof paprika . . .
two tablespoonfulsof tomato puree . . . half a tiblespoonful
ofcaster sugar . . . four skinned and chopped tomatoes. . .
salt and black pepper.
UNITI The Touch of Death

Presenter: Unit eight. The Touch of Death.
Narrator: Sally was eighteen.No longer a schoolgirl. No
longer a pupil. Next week, she'd be a student. And that was
very different.
For eighteen years she'd lived at home. With mum and dad.
Sally Anne Roberts,twenty-five Valley Gardens,Richmond,
Yorkshire, telephone Richmond five eight oh, three double
one. That was who she was. And that was where she lived.
But next week?Next week things would be different. She
would no longer be living at twenty-five Valley Gardens,
Richmond, Yorkshire. Shewould no longer be living at
home. She'd have a new address- and a new home? Her
own addressanyway. A new place. New friends. New
things: fumiture, curtains. Not hers, but . . . no, not hers.
Someoneelsebought them. Someoneelse.Someoneshe
didn't know. Someoneshe would never meet bought the
bed she would sleepin, the cupboard where she'd hang her
dothes, the curtains that would cover her windows.
Somewhere,down there in that city at the end of the
motorway, there was a room. Probablyempty right now. At
this very minute. Empty. But next week it would have a new
owner, and like a once sad puppy it would be bright again.
It would be home. Sort of.
She looked around. Her mother had promised to keep her
room ready. 'It'll always be here waiting just for you.'
'And my plants?And the goldfish?'
'Oh, yes. Don't you worry my gld', her mother had said
with rather too much falsehappinessin her voice, and none
in her eyes. 'I'll water all your plants and I'll feed the
goldfish everyday.'
That's what she'd said. I'll water all your plants and I'll feed
the goldfish every day. And now here she was. A student.
In the big city at the end of the motorway. Making her first
noisy long distancetelephonecall home.
Her mother sadly confessed.The plants and goldfish had
died already.
Sally hesitateda moment. Then, in a small, small voice,
'How's Dad?' she asked.
PART
C
Chicken. Part C.
Valerie: To make'Chilled Paprika Chicken', you should
fust of all remove all the bones from the chicken. Then. cut
the chicken into neat, bite-sizecubes.Next, mix the
mayonnaisetogether with the soured cream, the paprika,
the tomato puree, sugar, chopped tomatoesand the salt and
pepper. All the other ingredients, in fact. Then, when it's
thoroughly mixed, add the chicken pieces.Now, stir in the
chicken, gently, so that it's completely coveredin the sauce.
finally, put your'Paprika Chicken' into a serving dish or
bowl, cover it and put it in the fridge to chill for at least half
an hour. 'Chilled Paprika Chicken' is delicious servedwith a
fresh, green salad.
PART
D
Chicken. Part D.
Male voice: A green saladis easyto make and it needn't be
boring. Take half a lettuce, half a bunch of watercress,a
quarter of a cucumber, a green pepper, a few spring onions
and about a hundred and twenty millilitres of French
dressing.
Core the pepper and take out all the seeds.Then, basically,
just chopbr stce everything. Put it in a bowl. Pour on the
French dressingand toss the saladin the dressing . . . and
it's ready to eat.
You can make it much more interesting if you add
thinly-sliced hard-boiled eggs, a little fresh lemon juice and
lots of nuts and thin slicesof avocadopear.
Ifyou do put nuts in your saladsput them in just beforeyou
eat.
UMTI Aal-A-Recipe
PART
A
Chicken. Part A.
Femalevoice: Hello! I'm Valerie, and here's our special
telephone recipe for today. It's'Chilled Paprika Chicken',
and it will take no more than an hour to prepare and cook.
I hope you've got a pencil and paper ready becauseI'm
going to give you the ingredients. You will need one-and-a-
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UNIT10 The Weather Forecast
PART
A
Presenter: Unit ten. The Weather Forecast.Part A.
Radio continuity announcet: You're listening to Radio
Metro. It's two minutes to nine, and time for the latest
weather forecastfrom Dan Francisat the London Weather
Centre.
Francis: Hello. It's been another warm and fine day for
most of us. Temperaturesin south-eastEngland reached
twenty-six degreesCelsiusby mid-aftemoon, and Brighton
had fifteen hours of lovely sunshine. Further north it was a
little coolerwith maximum temperafuresof around twentyone degreesin southem Scotland,and in the far north-west
of Scotlandthere were somelight showers around midday.
But the rest of the country, as I said, has been warm and dry
with temperatures in the Midlands reaching twenty-three
degrees Celsius by early aftemoon although it was a little
cooler along the west coastand in Northem lreland.
But already the weathe/s beginning to change,I'm afraid,
and during the night showers will slowly move in from the
Atlantic to reach south-west England and southem coastsof
Wales by early moming.
The rest of the country will have a very rnild, dry night with
minimum temperafures no lower than fifteen degrees in the
south. a little cooler- elevendegreesor so - in the north.
Any remaining showers in northwest Scotlandwill pass
quickly to leave a mild, dry night there too.
And now the outlook for Friday and the weekend. Well,
southem Europe will, once . . .
PART
B
Presenter: Unit ten. The Weather Forecast.Part B.
Francis: Well, southem Europe will, once again, get the
best of the weekend weather, and if your holiday starts this
weekend then southem Spain is the placeto be,'with
temperaturesof thirty-foui degreesaiong the
Mediterranean coast.At the eastemend of the Med. too.
you can expectunintermpted sunshine and temperaturesof
up to thirty-two degreesCelsiusin Greeceand south-east
Italy, but further north the weathe/s not so settled. Much of
France,Belgium and the Netherlands will be cloudy with
occasionalrain and maximum temperatureswill be around
twenty-two degrees - very disappointing for this tirne of
year.
Scotlandand Northem Ireland will have heavy rain for
much of the weekend and temperatureswill drop to a cool
seventeendegrees.Across most of England the weather will
be cloudy but mainly dry with sunny periods. And when
the sun does come out temperaturescould rise to a
maximum of twenty-three degrees.
11 Buyinga New Car

UNIT
PART
A
Presenten Unit eleven. Buying a New Car. Part A.
Monica: Atl right. Where do rie start?
George: I think we should draw up a list of advantagesand
disadvantagesfor eachcar, don't you?
Monica: Yes, OK. Er . . . OK. Let's start with the Renault 5.
Why did you like that? I thought it was rather expensive,
actually.
George: Well. It's six thousand six hundred and seventy-
five pounds. That's for the TSEmodel, with a five-speed

gearbox.
Monica: That's more than we can reallv afford vou know.
George.
George: Yes. I supposeit is. But it has got a fourteen
hundred cc engineMonica: The sameas the Ford Escort.
George: Yesand a hundred ccsbigger than the MG Metro.
Monica: Yeah,but the MG is a lot cheaper.Ifs . . . six two
nine nine, call it six thousand three hundred. It's almost
four hundred pounds cheaper.
George: All right. Let's look at the MG, then.
It's got a thirteen hundred cc engine, costssix thousand two
hundred and ninety-nine pounds . . . what about petrol?
Have you got the mpg figures?
M o n i c a :E r . . . y e s . . . e r . . . a c c o r d i n g t o t h i s . .t.h e M G
does fifty-six miles per gallon. That's very good, don't you
think?
George: Yes,but the Renault does exactlythe same,and
that's got a bigger engine, remember.
Monica: Actually, they're all about the same on petrol.
Look, the Escortdoesfiftv-seven. How much does it cost?
George: Escort,Escort. . . well, . . . the GL - that's the
fourteen hundred cc one - er . . . that costsseventhousand
one hundred and eighty-two pounds . . .
Monica: George.We simply can't afford to go over six
thousand five hundred oounds.
George: I know. I think'that meanswe can forget the
Volkswagen Golf, too, don't you?
Monica: How much is it?
Geotge: Eight thousand and ninety. That's for the GL
model with a sixteenhundred cc engine. And it only does
forf-seven miles per gallon. Yeah. If s too big and we can't
afford it.
Monica: OK. So what about the Peugeottwo oh five, then?
George: Well. The three-door XS model costssix thousand
two hundred and twenty-five pounds. It's got a fourteen
hundred cc engine.
Monica: How about petrol?
George: It doesfifty-four mpg, accordingto this. I think it
looks great.
Monica: I know you do. You like it becauseit looks more
like a sports car than the others.
George: It also looks the most modem, don't you think?
Monica: Have they all got three doors?
George: The MG has three. The Golf has five, but we can
forget about the Golf. The Escort has five and the Renault
. . . that's got three.
Monica: Do vou reallv think the MG's as reliableas the
others?
George: Probablynot. I don't know . . . but probably not.
Monica: So that leavesthe Escort,the Renault and the
Peugeot two oh five . . .
George: You like French cars,don't you?
Monica: Don'tyou?
George: Not really.
Monica: But I thought the Peugeotwas your favourite.
George: Well. If the Escort'stoo expensive. . .
Monica: And a little bit boring.
George: And a little bit boring. That just leavesus with . . .
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8
the Isle of Dogs. It was very quiet round there, and I think
that was the first time I seriously thought I wouldn't finish
the race.Westferry Road seemedendlessand my legswere
getting very heavy. I started to think about some of the
people who'd won the marathon in previous years:Inge
Simonsenfrom Norway and Dick Beardsleythe Ameriian;
they won it together in nineteen eighty-one. Then all those
British runners: JoyceSmith in eighty-one and eighty-two;
Hugh |ones, Mike Gratton, Charlie Spedding and Steve
Jones.Thinking about something always helps you when
you'rerunning.
I suddenly realised that I was in The Highway. The ioute
tums left, through St IGtharine's Dock and then you can see
Tower Bridge for the second time.
This time you go under the bridge. Then along Lower
TharnesStreet, p_astthe Monument, through the underpass
at Blackfriars and into Victoria Embankment.
And that's where I began to feel really tired. You've done
about forty kilometres, and you just want to stop. My legs
were like wood, but I managedto keep going. ftr".io*dt
were_fantasti,c.
They help you enormouily. You tum right,
up Northumberland Avenue and then at Admiralty fuah
you just go straight down The Mall with Buckinghim palace
in front of you. Left at the top, into BirdcageWalk. It's a
fantastic feeling becauseas you run downBirdcage Walk the
pain in your legs and the noise in your head is almost
unbearable.But you can seeWestminsterBridge and then
Big Ben and you begrn to realisethat you -yol-- have
actually completed the London Marathon.
Presenten Unit eleven. Buying a New Car. Part B.

Radio presenter: . . . and the car we tested was the GT. It's
the most expensivemodel in the range and at eleven
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine pounds it is, I think,
a little ovelpriced: you can buy the equivalent Volkswagen
for almost eight hundred pounds less. But it's a beautiful car
and I'd been looking forward to driving it for a long time.
Unfortunately, I had problems right from the start. The day
I tested the car was one of the few sunny days we had this
suruner. So, naturally enough, I decided to open the sunroof. But the handle was so stiff that it was almost
impossible to move it. I did, eventually, get the sun-roof
open but as it finally beganto slide back it made the most
awftrl noise. Noise, I'm afraid, is quite a feature of this car.
The cals interior seemed to be very badly insulated against
engine noise, and with the sun-roof finally open the noise of
the wind was very loud indeed.
In general,the car was quite comfortable,but I didn't really
have enough leg room, and I found it difficult to adjust the
wing mirrors to the position I wanted.
The test car was, of course,brand new, but I did find quite a
lot of small scratchesand badly finished paintwork around
the headlights and radiator grille. And the silver plastic strip
which runs along eachside of the car wasn't properly fixed
to the car body on the left hand side of the car I tested.
So, quite a lot of irritating faults in a car you're going to have
topay...
UNIT12 The London Marathon
UNIT13 The People'sRepublic of China: Facts

anq rlgures
PART
A
Presenter: Unit twelve. The London Marathon.

Rob |ackson: I was very nervous at the start. The red start is
for people who've never run in a marathon before. There
were about ten thousand of us. It wasn't really possibleto
run for the first mile or so; there were just too many people,
so we just jogged very gently down Charlton Road.
I was jogging quite nicely, you know, nice and gently, by
the time I reached that left tum into John Wilson Street, but
everyone seemed to be running faster than me . . . that's
where the elite runners join with everyone else. The elite are
those people who have run in official marathons before. I'm
sure I saw Greta Waitz pass me as we tumed left into
Woolwich Church Street.She'sthe Norwegian runner who
won the Women's Marathon in 1983.
I was surprised to see the Cutty Sark so quickly. It's more
than ten kilometres from the start. There were hundreds of
people all along Woolwich Road and Romney Road - and
then you tum sharp right, round the Cutty Sark, back into
Creek Streetand up Evelyn Road. That's when Ingrid
Kristiansen passedme. She'sanother Norwegian woman
who won in eighty-four and eighty-five.
At Surrey Docks we turned right into Redriff Road and then
the route follows the river along Rotherhithe Street. I was
starting to feel a bit tired and worried . . . then I realised I
was in famaicaRoad- and Tower Bridge is just at the top of
JamaicaRoad. People were dancing in the street, there was
music and everyonewas cheering us and shouting
encouragement. . .
Once I'd crossed the bridge and was running along Cable
Street I felt much better becauseI knew I'd completed more
than h'alf the race - abut twenty-four kilometres in fact.
We ran along East India Dock Road and tumed south into
Pregenter: Unit thirteen. The People'sRepublic of China:

Factsand Figures. Part A.
Radio presenter: China! It's the world's oldest surviving
civilisation. It has an unintemrpted
history going backover
-soviet
four thousand years. After the
Unionlndtanada it is
the third largest country in the world and more people [ve
here than anywhere elseon Earth; one billion ofthem - a
quarter of thi world's population. So, one person in every
four in the world is Chinese!
The People's Republic of China sharesborders with twelve
states.Starting in the north-east, they are North Korea, the
Soviet Union, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India,
Nepal, Sikkirn, Bhutan, Burma, Laos and Vietnam.
PART
B
Presenter: Unit thirteen. The People'sRepublic of China:
Factsand Figures. Part B.
Radio Presenten . . . Burma, Laos and Vietnam.
Now, many of the things we use in our everyday lives were
invented and developed in ancient China. Did you know,
for example, that the Chinese gave the world piper and
printing, money, and fireworks, and silk; they even
invented sunglasses.
Although it is now a maior world power, we know less
about China today - modem China - than about almost any
other country. This series of programmes will look at what
life is like in China today.
Let's start then with a few basic facts and figures about the
land and population. The total areaof the People'sRepublic
of China is about nine rnillion, five hundred and sevenw-
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five thousand squarekilometres. The size of the population
is around one thousand million - a billion people.
Although seventy-ninepercent of the population live in the
countryside and only twenty-one percent live in the cities,
China has more than twelve cities with more than two
million inhabitants. The biggest cities in China are
Shanghai,which has around twelve million inhabitants,
Beijing the capital, with a total of somenine-and-a-half
million, Tianjin with eight rnillion, and Chongqing with six
million, six hundred thousand inhabitants.
UNIT14 A Valuable Collection?

PART
A
Presenter: Unit fourteen. A ValuableCollection?Part A.
fournalist: Er . . . rougNy, when did you begin collecting
badges?
Simpson: At my primary school, I think. The teachersused
to give out badges to pupils who were particularly good at
c-ertainthings. So I got a little blue badge with the word
'swimming'
on it, and then another one I rememberit was
green - which had the word 'Tidy' 9n it! Ha!
fournalist: And have you still got thosebadgesin your
collection?
Simpson: No . . . well, I've got the swimrning badge, but I
think I was so untidy that I must have lost the tidy badge
years ago!
foumalist And you started collecting badges, then, from
what, the ageof about nine?
Sinpson: Er, yeah, I guessso . . . eight or nine or so. That's
right. In those days - we're talking about the early fifties there weren't so many carsaround as there are today. So
filling stationsdidn't have so many customers.So the petrol
companiesused to give out badges.I supposethey thought
that kids whose parents had a car would keep asking them
to go to a particular filling station so that they could get
another free badge. My dad bought our fust car in nineteen
fifty-six I think it was - a black Ford Popular - and every
time I went out with him in it I used to ask him to go to a
different petrol station so that I could add more to my
growing badge collection.
Actually, he was a very shy man, my father, and I'm sure he
didn't like asking for free things . . .
|oumalish So petrol company badgeswere the fust ones in
vour collection were thev?
3i-pson: After'swirnming'and 'tidy', yeah . . . But soon all
sorts of companies started making badges to advertise their
products, even cigarettecompanies.I've got one in my
collection for Wills's Woodbines - they were the cheapest
cigarettes in those days - and on the badge, at the bottom, it
says, 'Smoked by Millions' - no health warnings in those
days. . .
PART
8
Presenter: Unit fourteen. A ValuableCollection?Part B.
Journalist: How did you start collecting foreign badges?
Simpson: I started travelling! Actuafly, I have to say that as
a teenagerI rather lost interest in badgesand in fact I threw
away a lot . . . or, er lost quite a lot . . . oneswhich would be
rather valuabletoday. But when I left University I got a job
in Austria and whenever I had a holiday, I used to take
cheap trips to countries in Eastem Europe. Badgesare very
popular there and I soon started collecting again. I've got
some really beautiful badges from Czechoslovakia and the
Soviet Union, and somelovely ones from Yugoslavia,too.

fournalist: Do people in EasternEurope wear badgesor do
they just collectthem?
Sinpson: Oh no, they wear them just like we do.
]ournalist Why do you think people do wear badges?
Simpson: Well, I think there are probably three main
reasons.I think somepeople wear them to show that they
belong to something. You know, like a group or a club or an
association of some sort . . . like the Rotary Club or a trade
union.
And then I think people wear badges becausethey have
something to say to the world. To tell people what they
think - political or religious badges - which show what kind
of person the wearer is, what he or she believesin, what
they want to communicate. . . or badgeswhich say things
'I'm a vegetarian'.I
like, er, 'Pleasedon't smokenear me' or
think that sort of badgeis very popular thesedays.
Journalis* You said you thought there were three main
reasonswhy people wear badges. . .
Simpson: Oh, yes. Well, the third reason,I think, is to
show everyoneelsewhere you've been . . . you know,
'I've been to Dsneyland'. A Iot
badgeswhich say things like
of people put stickerslike that on their cars, too.
There are other reasons, of course, but I think they're the
main ones.
PART
C
Presenter: Unit fourteen. A ValuableCollection?Part C.
Journalish There are quite a lot of political badgesin your
collection aren't there?
Simpson: Yes. I've got a lot of anti-nuclearbadges.The
anti'nuclear groups do seemto use badgesquite a lot.
fournalist Andhumorousones?
Simpson: The funny ones?No, not really. I've got a few but
I don't really like them so much. I prefer badgeswhich have
some kind of social history about them . . .
|ournalist: So which are your favourite badges then?
Simpson: Oh! That's impossibleto say. I like the British
badges I've got from the nineteen fifties, becausethey were
the ones I used to wear, as a kid, I mean . . . they mean the
most to me . . . but then these badges from Central Africa . . .
they were so difficult to get and they rernind me very much
of the hard tirne I had travelling and working there . . .
Journalish Are they valuable?Is yours a valuable
collection?
Simpson: They're valuableto me. I mean, you could never
replacethem. But I'm not sure they're worth a lot of money.
I don't think td get much for them if I ever tried to sell thein
UNIT15 What's in a Name?

PART
A
Presenter: Unit fifteen. What's in a Name?Part A.
Lecturer: What do you think is the most irnportant thing
about a car?The engine?No. The design?Nope! Its
reliability? Uh-uh! What then? Well, would it surprise you to
discover that the most important thing about a car is its
name. It's true. The Volkswagen Golf is called a Rabbit in
the United States.The Ford Scorpiois called the Granadain
Great Britain. When Rolls-Roycewere developing the Silver
Shadow, in the nineteen sixties, they wanted to call it the
Silver Mst. Beautiful, huh? The Rolls-Royce Silver Mist.
Then someone made a very irnportant discovery. They
spoon in the coffee,switch on the machine and wait. Well,

not exactly.We testedfive machines:the Kaffematic25, er
. . . made in West Germanv; the CoffeeMaster de-luxe,
made in the U.K.; the Domestika ElectricCoffee Pot, from
Czechoslovakia;the Aromacup Two Thousand- another
one from Britain, that one; and finally the lGffitalia
Automatic, which, as its name suggests,is made in Italy.
Martin: And what did we find?
Janek Well. The fust thing we looked at was the price. And
we found a differenceof ten pounds between the cheapest
and the most expensive.
Martin: So how much is the Kaffematic?
Janek Thafs the most expensive,er . . . it's twenty-nine
pounds ninety-five.
Martin: And the cheapest?
Janeh The Domestika. That was only nineteen pounds
ninety-five.
Martin: So why doesn't everyonebuy a Domestika,then?
|aneh Well. Ifs not as simple as that. They don't all make
the sameamount of coffee- but let me give you the pricesof
the others, fust. The CoffeeMaster is twenty-five pounds
seventy-five; the Aromacup is twenty-two fifty, and the
Kaffitalia costs twenty-six ninety-five.
Martin: You said they don't all make the same amount of
coffee.
|aneh ThaYs right. You get twelve cups of coffee from the
Kaffematic, but only eight from both the Coffee Master and
the Domestika. The Kaffitalia gives you about nine cups and
you get ten cups out of the AromacuP.
Martin: So how can you decide which machine is the best
value for money?
faneft Well, M;rdn, you look at all the extras.
Madin: Extras?
fanet Tha/s right. You see, with the Kaffematic you get
one kilo of coffee and one packet of filter papers absolutely
free. And the machine has a plug.
Martin: That's . . . that sounds good.
faneh Yes. None of the other machineshas a plug when
you buy it.
Martin: The KaffematiCs the only one.
Janeft Yes. You have to buy a plug separately for all the
other machines.
Martin: Do you get free coffee with all of them?
fanet: Not at all. As I said, you get one kilo with the
Kaffematic, but you get none at dl with the Coffee Master,
the Domestika or the Kaffitalia. And with the Aromacup
you only get a half-kilo packet.
Martin: And what about filter papers?
|anet: Well, there it's a little better. You get a packet of filter
paper free with every machine we tested, excePtthe
Domestika.
Martin: I suppose filter papers are cheaPerto give away
free than coffee.
faneh I supposeso.
Martin: What about guarantees?
Janet: Each one comeswith a twelve month guarantee.
Martin: fan, it's really very difficult to know which is the
best value for money.
|anet: It is, Martin. I agree.We found that both the
Aromacup and the Kaffematic were not very good at
keeping the coffeehot. I poured myself a cup from the
Aromacup and it was really too cold to enioy. The
KaffematiCscoffeewas a little wanner, but it wasn't really
discoveredthat the word misf, in German, meansgarbage,

was-_
rubbish, jt.k, . . . You see,Willjam ShakesPeare
wrong. Can you imagine somebig shot movie star riding
around in his new Rolls-RoyceSilver funk!?
The nineteen sixties were a time of relative prosperity'
Peoplehad more money than ever before. Somepeople
weri aggressivelysuccessful,and this was reflectedin the
names of the fast and Powerful sports carsof that time:
Stinerav, Spitfire, Tiger, Avenger.
And"thirn psychologistsbeganlo study driving and drivers.
They found that people who drove cars which had very
aggressivenameshad more road accidentsthan people who
drove cars with lessaggressivenames.
So, in the nineteen seventies we had the Reliant Kitten, the
Austin Mavi, the Triumph Herald, the Opel Kadett. Simple,
plain, ordinary, Mr Nice-GuY names.
but, vou know, to most people, their car is much more than
privdte transport, and nbt everyonewants to drive a car
i"lt"d " Kitten. Peoplelike to fintasise a little' When you're
sitting behind the wheel of an automobileanything is
possiEle.You are liberated. You have the freedom to go
iuhere you *ant, when you want. The open road is ahead.
It's romantic. And look at the romantic namesthe
manufacturersgive their carstoday: Sierra,Scirocco,
Montego, Savanna,Fuego.
And today's big, powerful and expensivecarshave_big,
powerful and expensivenames.Narneslike Comiche,
Camargueand Mulsanne.
Most of us, of course,cannot possibly ever hope to afford
such status symbols. But the car manufacturerskeep us
happy with our little city cars.They give them happy
names. Names like Mini, Uno, Polo and Charade.And it's
still possibleto have romantic fantasieseven if you can only
afford a Fiestaor a Samba.
For the seriousdriver there are seriouscars.And thesedon't
have names.They have numbers. A car with a number
seemsmore reliable, more technically advanced, safer, like
an airliner. So there's the Volvo760, the BMW 745i,the
JaguarXl6, the Mercedes-Benzl9}, the Audi 100,the Rover
800. . .
B
PART
Preeenter: Unit fifteen. What's in a Name?Part B.
Narator: 'This moming His Highness took me out for a
drive in one of his cars.He knows no more about carsthan I
do and choosesthem by the appealof their names. So he
'sunbeam'. It would surely be a very pretty car; but
bought a
it seEmedmuch the same as any other, and he was equally
'Moon'. He asked me today what his next
disappointed by a
fbr
two
of the four he already has are getting
.". rhb.tld b.,
'Buick', which was the only
very old, and I suggesteda
maiceI could call to mina; but after pronouncing the word
two or three times with evident disfavour, and making it
sound like a sneeze,he did not refer to the matter again.'
UNIT16 l/alue For Money'

Presenter: Unit sixteen.Value For Money.
Male radio presenter: (Martin Hart) Hello. And welcome to
this week's 'Value For Mone/. Now, fan, you've been
looking at coffee machines for us this week, is that ri-ght?
Surely, they're all more or less the same, aren't they?
Femaleradio presenter:fanet Hill) Hello, Martin. Well,
that's iust what I thought, too. You just pour in the water,
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hot. The hottest coffeecamefrom the Domestika.
Martin: How reliable do you think the Domestika is? I
mean, in this country we sometimes think that electrical
goods from Eastem Europe are not very good, don,t we?
Not very safe,perhaps.
Janet: I don't know, Martin. But if you need spareDartsto
repair it, they'll be very difficult to find, I should thi"k . . .
UMf 17 Programming the Video

PART
A
Presenter: Unit seventeen.Programming the Video. part A.
Shop Assistant . . . OK, now tfus is the irstruction booklet.
Er, it tells you everything you need to know about how to
operatethe machine . . .
Charlotte: Yes. Fine. Thank you. But I wonder if you could
just go through it . . . I mean can you just show me how to
record a programme?I'm one of ihose people who . . . well, I
understand things much better when sbmione acfuallv
shows me what to do . . . what buttons I have to press, and
soon...youknow...
Assistant: Yes, of course.Well. All the buttons are here,
behind this panel, this little plasticdoor. So you have to
open the panel and the first thing you have io do is check
two things. Er. . . first, you havti tb ask,Is the machine
switched on?' You press the OPERATE switch to switch it
on.
The seco!4-thing is, is there a tape in it? Here's a tape . . . er,
actually, I'll give you this one with the machine, thdr're . . .
Charlotte: Thanks. Are they expensive, these tapes?
Assistant: Er, not really, no. You can get a very good
four-hour tape for lessthan ten poundi. Now.-pit the tape
in here.
OK. Now you're ready. The machine's switched on and
there's a tape inside. Now, when the TV programme starts
you just press thesetwo buttons, fust the RECORDbutton
and then the PlAYbutton. And when the programme,s
finished, just press this one, the STOPbuttbn.Charlotte: Fine. Now what about programming the
machine, you know, to er, to record a programire while I,m
out?
PART
B
Presenter:Unit seventeen.Programming the Video. part B.
Clrglglt"r . . . you know, to erJo record-a programme
whilel'mout?
Assistant Yes. Of course.Well, if you want to record a
programme while you're out, you have to programme the
macnrne.
Charlotte: All right. How do I do that? Is it difficult,
complicated,I mean?
Assistant: Not at all. It's really very sirnpleand
straightforward. First, you have tohakd sure the machine is
switched on.
Charlotte: The OPERATE switch.
Assistant The OPERAfi switch. And also don,t forget to
put a tape in. Then you pressthe PROGRAMME button.
Charlofte: The PROGRAMME button?
Assistanh Yes. This one here. Now theselittle numbers
which are flashing - they're the machine,s memory
positions. You seeyou can prograrnmethis machine to
record four things over two weeks. Now we want number
one, becausethis is the first thing we're going to
programme. So you have to press the SEt button once.
Then you.have to press the STOREbutton. That keepsit in

the machine'smemorv.
Charlotte: It storesit.
Assistant: Yeah. Now you can seethe channel numbers are
flashing.-Let'ssay that the programme we want to record is
going to be on Channel 4. You have to pressthe SETbutton
again, four times. Two . . . three . . . fou]. That's it. Now
pressSTOREagain, so that it's in the memory.
Charlotte: Now the clock's flashing.
Assistant Thaf s right. Now we hive to programme the
9ly "na time. Let's say the programme we want is on
Wednesday.You havi to piess-theSETbutton again until
you see'Wednesday'in the display. There. Mon-dav.
Tuesday,Wednesday.Now priss-STOREagain "nd it,, ir,
tne memorv. . ,
PART
C
Presenter: Unit seventeen.Programming the Video. part C.
Assistant: So, we've got the chinnel . . .thannel 4 . . . and
$"-d"y . . . Wednesday. . . Now you seethe clock,sstill
flashing so we can programme the start and finish times.
You have to pressand hold the SETbutton until the clock
shows the timc you want. Let's say your programme starts
at eight o'clock.
. seven . . . eight. That's it. Don,t forget to press the
;.:jy::
STOREbutton again.
Charlotte: OK. And if the programme finishes at, say, nine
o'clock?
Assietanft Then you have to press the SETbutton aeain
until you seenine o'dock on the dock. Then pressS1ORE
once more. So tha/s just about it, really. Simple enough.
The machine is programmed to record on Ch'annel 4, on
Wednesday,
from eisht till nine.
-It's
Charlotte:
quiteitraightforward really, isn,t it? I mean
you just have to press SETand STORE,bisically.
Assistant More or less,yeah.
Charlotte: And if you make a mistake?I mean what
happens if I set the machine to record at eight o,clock,but I
really-wantedseveno'clock?How do I cha-ngeit if l,ve
already pressedSTORE?
Assistant: fust pressthis button.
Charlotte: RESET?
Assistant: Yes.And then just start programming from the
DeSlnmngagarn.
UNIT18 The Department Store

Presenter: Unit eighteen.The Deparhnent Store.
Store Announcer: Welcome to Sp-ring-time at Bentley's. It's
Italian Week in our Food Halls, oh thi Ground Floor.'Trv
our deliciouspasta. It's made fresh every day. Or Bentley's
speciallyimported Parmesancheese.And don,t forset t6e
wine. All this week Italian Lambruscois onlv two p6unds
$ty."_!o-9". SocelebrateSpring Italian styl6 i., n"'rrtt"y,
Food Halls, on the Ground Floo-r.
And now that the good weathe/s finally arrived, there,s
plenty of work to do in the garden. And to help vou eet
started we're reducing the cost of garden tools. iherE,s five
pounds-off Wilkinson garden forks and tfuee pounds fifty
off spadesand rakes. And, if you spend fifteen pounds or
more we'll give you a pair of gardeiring gloves a'bsolutely
rree. 50 hurry on down to the Gardening Department in the
Basement.
Looking for something cool? The Spring collection has just
Rosemary: It takes about ten minutes to walk from her

house to ours.
Tessa: I see.You live in Brighton, was it? Well, Brighton's
arrived in the Ritz Boutique on the SecondFloor. Hundred

per cent cotton sweatersfrom twelve pounds ninety-nine,
ikirts f.om fourteen pounds. And why not take a closerlook
at the exciting range of YankieGirl cosmetics?It's not too
early to think of summer. We have the very latest swimwear
from Franceand exciting beachwearat unbelievablepricesall in the Ritz Boutique on the SecondFloor.
Feeling tired? Ready for a mid-morning break?Popinto
Bentley's Coffee Shop on the Third Floor and choosefrom
four bl'endsof freshly ground coffeeor five different
varietiesof Indian andChinese tea. There are cold drinks,
too, and a tasty selectionof biscuits, cakesand sandwiches.
But if vou want more than'iust a snack,our restaurantis
open ior lunch every day from twelve till three' That's our
C'offeeShop on the Third Floor and our air'conditioned
restauranton the Fourth Floor'
And finally, just a word or two about our new Sports
Department. It's moved. And it's grown. Now on the First
Flobr, our Sports Departrnentis bigger than ever. There's
the full range of Dunlop training shoes starting at nine
ninety-five, a wide variety of track suits from sixteen
pounis and an impressiverangeof tennis racketsfrom nine
pounds fifty to ninity-five pounds. Our specially-trained
staff can help you choosethe clothesand equiPmentthat are
right for you.
Bentley's acceptall the major credit cards, and, of course,
we have our own credit scheme.If you want to know mole
about opening an account, ask for a leaflet in any
departrnent, or visit the Customer ServicesDepartment on
the Ground Floor.
We're here to help you. It's Spring all the year round at
Bentley's. Happy shopping!
Ro""-"ry, No. Manchester. . . I live in Manchester.

Tessa: Oh. I'm sorry, love. I'm getting mixed up. Yes, well
Mancheste/s quite a rough city isn't it? I mean, your dad . . .
Rocematy: No. Not really. Not where we livb it isn't. I don't
Iive in the City Centre or anything like that. And Christine's
house is in a very quiet part.
Tessa: Christine. That's your friend, is it?
Rosemary: Yeah. That's right. I mean, I know my dad gets
worried but it's perfectly safe.
Maurice: Rosemary.Have you talked about this with your
dad?
Rosemary: No. He just shouts and then he sayshe won't let
me go out at all if I can't come home on time.
Maurice: Why don't you just try to sit down quietly with
your dad - sometimewhen he's relaxed- and just have a
quiet chat about it? He'll probably explain why he worries
about you. It isn't always safefor young girls to go out at
night.
Tessa: Yes. And maybe you could persuadehim to come
and pick you up from Christine's house once or twice.
Rosemary: Yes. I don't think he'll agreeto that, but I'll talk
to him about it. Thanks.
PART
B
Presenter: Unit nineteen. Radio Phone-In. Part B.
Radio presenter: All right. Thank you for that call,
Rosemary.We now go, I think, to Glasgow and our next
caller, er, ]im Baillie. Hello |im.
]im: Hello?
Radio presenter: Hello firn. What's your problem?
fim: Er . . . well I'm er . . . beginning to lose my hair. Er, I
went to the doctor, but he just said there was nothing I can
do about it. He said it was probably hereditary. My father
was bald by.the time he was thirty.
Maurice: Hello, Jim. And how old are you?
fim: Me. I'm twenty-eight.
Maurice: And are you losing a lot of hair, then?
|irn: Well, it comesout a lot when I comb my hair and you
can seea thin part on the top of my head.
Maurice: And does that really worry you, fim?
fim: Well. I don't like it. It's old . . . you know . . . looks old
. . . I don't want to look like a middle-agedman at
twenty-eight. And I wondered if there was somespecial
shampoo I should use . . . if you could tell me one that I
should buy . . . something like that . . . you know . . . to stop
it getting worse.
Maurice: Well, you know, |im, to be honestwith you
there's not really a lot you can do about it, actually, I'm
afraid. I mean, baldnessis one of those things that, in my
experience,you just have to try to accept.Somemen find it
more difficult to acceptbaldnessthan others . . .
Tessa: There is one pieceof advice, though, fim, and that's
don't try to comb your hair over the bald or thin patch.
Don't try to hide it. Whatever you do, don't comb it over
becausethat usually looks ridiculous. And the other thing
that usually looks ridiculous is a man with a wig. Don't let
anyone persuadeyou to buy one of those falsehairpiece
things, becausethey usually look much worse than a bald
man. I actually think bald men can look very attractive. My
husband's bald and I think it really suits him.
UNIT19 Radio Phone-In

PART
A
Presenter: Unit nineteen. Radio Phone-In. Part A.
Radio presenter: Good aftemoon. And.welcome to our
midweik phone-in. In today's Proglamme we're going to,
concentraieon personalproblems. And here with me in the
studio I've got fessa Colbeck,who writes the agony column
inFbshmagazine, and Doctor Maurice Rex, Student
Medical Adviser at the University of Norfolk.
The number to ring with your problem is oh one, if you're
outside London, two two two, two one two two. And we
have our fust caller on the line, and iYs Rosemary, I think, er
calling from Manchester.Hello Rosemary.
Rosemary: Hello.
Radio presenter: How can we help you, Rosemary?
Rosemary: Well, it's my dad. He won't let me stay out after
ten o'clock at night and all my friends can stay out much
longer than that-.I always have to go home first. It's really
embarrassing.. .
Tessa: Hello, Rosemary,love. Rosemary,how old are you
dear?
Rosemarv: I'm fifteen in two months' time.
Tessa: And where do you go at night - when you go out?
Rosemary: )ust to my friend's house, usually. But everyone
elsecan stay there much later than me. I have to leaveat
about quarter
-And to ten.
does this friend ofvours . . . doesshe live near
Tessa:
you?
59
Tapescript
PART
C
Presenter: Unit nineteen. Radio Phone-In. part C.
Radio presenter: And I think we've just about got time for
one more quick call. And we've got Martin on the line.
you're calling from London, is that right?
!t4".ti", -That's
Martin:
right,'Mary.
Radio presenter: Fine. Now, what's your problem, Martin?
Ya{i": I've been trying to stop smoking for a long time and
I'm finding it very difficult. I wondered il Tessaor-Maurice
had any
useful tips.
-How
Tessa:
lonj have you been trying to stop smoking,
Martin?
Martin: About three years.
Tessa: Three years!Good heavens!Quite a long time, then
Fourthly. Is the cut a deep one, and is it wide open? If it is,

cleanthe cut gently, with cleancotton wool and a little
warm water, then hold it closedwith an adhesivedressing.
Fifth question. Was the cut made by a nail or a long, sharp
piece of wood? If it was, there may be some dirt in the cut.
Let it bleed for a while, to cleanitself. Then cleanit witn
cotton wool and warm water and dressit with a cleancotton
bandage..
Finally, don't forget that young children can becomevery
easily upset or shockedby a cut - especiallyif it is a serious
one. Try to keep them calm, and quiet. Don't give them
anything to drink, but keep their Iips wet with a little water.
Martin: Yes. You see, the problem is I work in an office

where I'm the only smoker, and rny girlfriend doesn,t
smoke. . .
Tessa: So why do you think you can't stop, Martin?
Martin: Well, I don't know. Maybe I'm juit not trying hard
enough, you see . . .
Maurice: Martin. When you stopped smokingbefore, in the
past,r^/hat-wasthe longest amount of time you stopped for?
Martin: About six months.
Maurice: And why did you start again, do you think?
Martin: Well, my job is very demanding. You know. I have
to work quite late at the office. Quite a lot, actually. And I
find that cigaretteshelp me . . . you know . . . whin I,m
stressed.. . underDressure.. .
Maurice: Martin. I?I were you, I think I'd start to trv to . . .
UNIT
20 FirstAid
Presenter: Unit twenty. First Aid.
Medical voice: As any parent will tell you, small cuts and
minor grazesare unavoidableamong small children. Such
cuts and grazeswill usually need little or no treatment. The
bleeding will dean the wound naturally, and it should stop
'
within a few rninutes, as the blood cloti and dries. More
serious cuts may need to be gently cleaned with soft cotton
and warm water. They should th6n be dressedwith a clean
cotton bandage.
Follow this simple checklistof questions.Ask yourself each
of thesequestionsin order to rnake sure you treat cuts and
grazesproperly:
First. Is the cut on the face?If it is, call a doctor as soon as
possible- especiallyif the eye is injured.
Second.Is the cut bleeding badly? If it is, put a clean pieceof
cotton wool over it and pressdown firmly for about five
runutes.
Thirdly. Ask yourseUif the cut is still bleeding badly. If it is,
dressit with a cleancotton bandageand call idoctor as soon
as possible.
60
Answer key
UNIT1 TheTelephone Answering Machine
UNff4 BibiKhanym and the Origin of the

MuslimVeil
1 c
2 Oxbnd,ge876942
3 a) No
c) Yes
b) Yes
d) No
4 bandc
I . . . (a) dangerous(thing).
) c
6 a)
b)
c)
d)
True
False
False
True
e)
Q
g)
h)
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True
True
False
/ c
9 Rodney is probably lrene's husband and Har{y is

probably their son or Rodney could be lrene's boyfriend or
boss and Harry could be her brother.
2 'Soyou wannakeepfit, huh?'

UNIT
3 a) True
b) True
c) True
1 b,e,f.handj
2 a) forehead b) cheek c) chin d) throat
g) lungs
e) chest f) armpit
h) elbow
i) stomach j) wrist
k) knuckles l) legs
m) ankle
n) feet
3 g-lungs, l-legs, n-feet
5 a) ...feetapart.
b) . . . arm (ibove your head).
c) ... yourhead.
d) . . . this, with your le{t arm.
e) . . . both arms (together).
d) True
e) False
f) False
g) True
h) False
i) False
j) False
UNIT5 tNho's who?

I a)
b)
c)
2 a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
3a)
UNIT
3 Inter-City125
Griran, Sweden (4)

$hanti,Srilanka(5)
Michel, Frbnce(7)
True
0 True
False
g) False
False
h) True
True
i) False
j) False
True
o'rNffix
sw5*6'.n
I 11.35
2 16.45
3 Edinburgh, Berwick, Newcastle. Durham, Darlington,
York, Peterborough, London
a) Newcastle
b) Darlin$on
c) York
4 Drinks: tea, cola/lemonade, beer, wines, spirits, coffee
9andwiches: egg and tomato, ham and tomato, roast
chicken
Hot food: cheeseburgers,sausage{but no chips)
5 Somesuggestions:
a) Restaurant cars have a waiter/waitress service.
b) You sit down at a table to eat a meal in the reetaurant
car.
c) The restaurant car is probably more expensive,
d) The food may be better in the restaurant car.
It may be fast lood or'junk' food in the buffet.
e) You probably don't have to queue in the restaurant
car.
$ The restaurant car usually has fixed times lor meals.
g) In the buffet car you can buy single items. In the
restaurant car you probably have to have a complete
meal.
6 The sign shows a personal stereo and should appeal to
anyone whose foumey has been spoded by the highpitched, tinny sound which you can sometimes hear
when other passengersare listening to music through
such a machine. Perhaps the sign should appear in
confined public places.(Note: it is alreadyin use on the
London Underground).
. /
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UtVlIf Radio Ad vertisements

I a) SimplySofabeds
b) tumiture
Primawomen's magazine
magazine
Wanstead Music Centre
pianos
2 a) 130
b) T5pence
c) 530 3808
3 For Christmas
4 Yes. The advert says,'Get your secondvalue-packed
issue . . ,'
5 No. The advert says, 'Just . . . pianos . . .'
6 a) i) Car Buy*magazine
b) i) Cuticura medicated soap
c) iv) LBCPopReview
d) iii) Ariel automatic washing powder
e) ii) Swift Interiors
7 a) 30pence
b) ... chemistseverywhere
c) 9.30p.m.
d) Quartz
e) 2452107
61
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UNIT7 Terminal One
1 You should have underlined the following: Edinburgh,
Cork, Ankara, Dublin, Cyprus (Larnaca),tanada,
Athens, New York, Dtisseidorf, Belfast
2 a).closing
b) checkingin
c) boarding
3 Edinburgh; Gate4 Cork;BA 838;Cate9 Dublii; AI 141
;
CloslngAthens; BA 550;Gate22; Closins
4
Title
Forename
Surname
Mr
Ian
)ackman
recently arrived from

Ankara
Dr
Raymond
Miller
from Dublin
Travel information
Mrs
Waring
meeting a passengerfrom
Lamaca
Capt. Jay
Brock
from Canada
Mr
stePhen sandberg
i::il[j:.X'"*o
Miss
Margaret
Murphy
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in transit from Dtisseldorl

to Belfast
UNITI The Touch of Death

L c
2 d
3a)18
b) Roberts
c) Richmond 580311
4 c
5 cande
6 a) True
b) True
c) False
d) False
e) True
Then, add chicken.

Now, stir (gently).
Finally, chill for t/zhour, at least.
Ingredients
7r lettuce
1 &anclrwatercress (shouldbe1/zbunch\
7zcucumber
(should be r/+cucumber\
% greenpepper
(should be I peppcrl
1 spring onion
(should be a feui
120ml Frenchmustard(shouldbe Frcnthdressingl
Method
Coreand seedthe pepper.Chop or sliceall the
ingredients
and mix with the Frenchdressing.
Variations
.Forextra interest add chopped
(should be thinly-sliced)
hard-boiled eggs,Iotsof
(should be n /ilfle)
Iemon iuice, a fetrr
(should be /ofs o0
nuts, and some thin skcesof apole (should be at ocadopear)
Add nuts only at the last minute.
Possiblecombinations:
grated
apple, onion, cheese,cabbage
chopped grapefruit,apple,onion, ca6bage,walnuts.
celery,
- tomato
minced
beef
cored
apple
skinned
chicken, cod, tomato
boned
chicken, cod
shelled
walnuts
diced
grapefruit,chicken,apple,onion, beef
caDbage,
walnuts,celery,tomato
stoned
ohvs
shredded chicken, beef, cabbage
peeled
grapefruit, apple, onion
UNITI Wal-A-Recipe
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UNIT10 The Weather Forecast

1 It is probably early to mid-summer. The weather is
describedas warm and the night temperature will be no
Iower than 15degreesin the south. There have been 15
hours of sunshine. It's probably Thursdav, since we are
told 'the outlook for Friduy ".td th" weeklnd,.
2 d
4a)i)
b) in)
c) ii)
d)0
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8) ii)
c) ix)
h) iv)
d) vii)
i) v)
e) vi)
i) vin)
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1 1Yrkg cooked, skinned chicken

300 ml fresh mayonnaise
150ml soured cream
1 tablespoonfuI papri-ka
2 tablespoonfulstdmatopuree
VzteaspoonfuIcastersugar
4 large,chopped,skinned tomatoes
a little salt
freshly ground black pepper
2 Chris m;de four mistikes. They were
(1) 11<gchicken, instead of 172kg.
(2) 300ml soured cream, instead of 150ml.
(3) a teaspoonfulpaprika, instead of a tablespoonful
(4) 7ztablespoonfulcastersugar,insteadof %
teaspoonful.
3 First, remove bones.
Then, cut chicken into cubes.
Next, mix all other ingredients (mayonnaise,cream,
paprika, puree, sugat tomatoes,salt and pepper).
I
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6 lt was probably8.58p.m. (i.e. 20.58)becausethe

weatherman fust describedwhat the weather had been
like during the day.
7 a) two minutes past twelve
b) seventeenminutes past four
c) ten past nine
d) quarter past one
e) one minute to eleven
I
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UNITll Buying A New Car

1
Model Engine Price Pefrol Doors
1300cc f6299 56mpg 3
1300
MG Metro
1600cc 8090 47mpg 5
Volkswagen Golf GL
XS
14$cc 86225 54mpg 3
Peugeot205
TSE
1400cc 86675 56mpg 3
Renault 5
1400cc f7182 57mpg 5
GL
Ford Escort
2 a) George
b) 6,s00
c) It's too expensivefor them and they think it's a little bit
boring.
d) Not reallv
e) The Peugeot205XS
3 They probably chosethe Peugeot205XS because
i) it seemedto be George'sfavourite (even though he
said he didn't like Frenchcars)
ii) Monica doesn't obiect to it
iii) it is the cheapestand seemsto be good value for
money
4 a) windsireen wiper b) bonnet c) headlamp
d) front bumper e) radiator grille f) aerial
g) rearlight h) rearbumper i) mudflap
t) wing mirror
5 Georgeseemsto be a little more enthusiasticthan Monica
Monica seemsto be more concernedabout how much
they can afford and getting value for money. George
seemsmore impressedby the appearanceof the cars.
6
L
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Scratchesand badly finished paintwork

Not enough leg-room
Sunroof difficult to open
Wing mirror difficult to adiust
A lot of engine noise
Badly fixed plastic strip
a) iv) b) v) c) ii) d) i) e) iii)
P R E V I O U SW I N N E R SO F T H E L O N O O NM A R A T H O N
COUNTRY
N,,IEN
YEAR
D i c kB e a r d s l e y
USA
1982
HushJones
UK
1983
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13 The People'sRepublic of China: Facts

UNIT
and Figures
1
2
3
4
5
a
Over four thousand years
The SovietUnion and Canada
One billion
2. USSR 3. Mongolia 6. India 10. Burma
11. Laos 12. Vietnam
7d.
89.575,000km': 921%
6c
B:9,5S,000
10 A: Shanghai
C:8,000,000 D:6,6S,000
d) iii)
11 a) ii)
b)v)
e)D
c) iv)
12 a) twenty-eight thousand and seventy-two kilometres
b) six thousand two hundred and fifty squarekilometres
c) twenty-onepercent
d) one third (or a third)
e) one quarter (ora quarter)
UNIT14 A Valuable Collection?

5 d
3 d
4 d
1 b
2 b
6 Firstreason: c
Second reason: a
Third reason: d
7 Probablynot. He sayshe doesn't think he'd get very
much money for it iI he tried to sell it.
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1 b
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4 b
3 c
5 c
5 d
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b) . . . much the sameas. , .
c) make
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e) . . . evident disfavour . . .
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5 z_PROGRAMME 3*SET 4_STORE
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7 a) Channel selected:4Day:Wednesday
Start time: 8.00 Finished time: 9.00
UNIT16 'Value For Money'

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3
4
Five
f26.95
12months
a) KAFFEMATIC2S
Made in West Germany
Numberofcups 12
Freeplug
YES
Free coffee
YES
Free filter papers YES
12 months guarantee
Spareparts not mentioned
Price
n9.95
b) RssET
UN\Tl8 TheDeparrmentStore
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b) COFFEEMASTERDe-Iuxe
Made in the U.K.
Number of cups 8
Freeplug
NO
Free coffee
NO
Freefilterpapers YES
12 months guarantee
Spare parts not mentioned
Price
A5.75
c) DOMESTIIGELECTRICCOFFEEPOT
Made in Czechoslovakia
Numberofcups 8
Freeplug
NO
Free coffee
NO
Free filterpapers NO
t2 months guarantee
Spare parts will b difficult to find
Price
819.95
d) AROMACUPzooo
Made in Britain
Number of cups 10
Freeplug
NO
Free coffee
YESbutonly 14kg
12 months guarantee
Spareparts not mentioned
r,).54
Price
e) KAFFITALIA Automatic
Made in ltaly
Numberofcups 9
Freeplug
NO
Free coffee
NO
12 months guarantee
Spare parts not mentioned
Price
f26.95
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GROUNDFLOORCustomerServices,
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d) f9.e5
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e) f16'00
b) 12.9
c) f,14.00 f) 9.50to9,5.00
e) False
3 a) True
b) Probablyfalse
, f) Probablytrue
g) False
c) Probablyfalse
h) Probablytrue
d) Probablyfalse
(theRestaurant
i) Probablytrue
is air-conditioned)
i) True, if you spend 15 or more
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b) Manchester
c) Christine
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Listening in Action contains 20 units. Eachunit is divided into severalsections.

The exercisesin eachUnit are divided into severalParts.TheseParts practise

Other ways to improve your listening skills include listening to:

DO NOT READ THE TAPESCRIPTSBEFOREYOU WORK THROUGH THE

The pre-listening discussionquestionsat the beginning and the additional

Listening in Action is essentiallytopic-oriented. one of its principal objectivesis

Listening in Action contains sufficient material (basic+ additional activities)for a

The pre-listening discussionquestionsare intended to help to dctivatestudents'

The quesfions,exercisesand activitieswhich form the main body of eachUnit are

The number of listenings required is specifiedthroughout the book but you

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c) The Oxbridge School of English

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a) Irenephoned while you were out.

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8) Write a short message for your own answering machine.

do you think Rodney and Harry are (Part B)?

There's a cassettewith Crystal Collins's new book. In it she describeslots of

f) Don't try too muchexercise

b) Wear comfortable dothes.

g) Everybody needs exercise.

c) Don't eat too much too

h) Take it easy for a few minutes

Now do this warming-up exercisefrom Crystal Collins's new book:

2) Write words from this list next to

Look at these diagrams. Study them carefully, and then do exercise5.

c) Make a circle above