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Unit 01 ARRIVALS 1. The train now standing at Platform 5 will be the 1 .!5 to E"eter St Da#id$s% &alling at Reading% Pewse'% (estb)r' and Ta)nton. A E"&)se me... *r (ard+ , -es+ A I$m .harles Ar&her% from .ontinental .om/)ters. 0ow do 'o) do+ , 0ow do 'o) do+ Than1 'o) for &oming to meet )s. A 2ot at all. Did 'o) ha#e a good tri/+ , -es% than1 'o). 3h% I$d li1e 'o) to meet Phili/ *ason. 0e$s o)r sales manager. A 0ow do 'o) do+ !. The train now standing at Platform 4 is the 1 .! Inter-.it' ser#i&e to ,ristol. . Sarah5 D 0i. . 0i. I ha#en$t seen 'o) for ages. 0ow$s things+ D All right. And 'o)+ . 6ine. 0ow$s wor1+ D 37. Do 'o) fan&' a &offee+ . 3h% 'es% I$d lo#e one. 4. The train now arri#ing at Platform ! is the 8.1! from 3"ford. E 0ello% Doroth'. 6 0ello% *argaret. 0ow are 'o)+ E Ver' well% than1s% and 'o)+ 6 3h% I$m fine. 0ow$s the famil'+ E The'$re all fine. *' &ar$s 9)st o)tside the station. Shall I ta1e one of 'o)r bags+ 6 3h% 'es... than1 'o). :. The ne"t train lea#ing from Platform 8 will be the 1 .!5 Inter-.it' ser#i&e to Pl'mo)th and Pen;an&e. The train will be di#ided at the Pl'mo)th. Passengers for stations to Pen;an&e sho)ld ta1e front si" &arriages. < 0 <ood morning. <ood morning.

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Single to E"eter% /lease. =1:.> % /lease. There 'o) are. Than1 'o)... er... what the ne"t train+ 1 .!5 Than1 'o).

5. The train now arri#ing at Platform 1! is the >.1 from Swansea. Trains from Swansea are r)nning a//ro"imatel' 15 min)tes late d)e to maintenan&e wor1 between Swansea and .ardiff. I 0ello% there5 ? I beg 'o)r /ardon+ I 0ello5 0ow are 'o) getting on+ ? 6ine% than1 'o)... sorr'... do I 1now 'o)+ I -es% it$s me% 2i&1 6owler5 ? Sorr'% I don$t thin1 I 1now 'o). I Aren$t 'o) 0arr' Shiner+ ? Er. no... I$m afraid not. I 3h% I$m terribl' sorr'% I tho)ght 'o) were someone else5 Unit 02 IS EVER- T0I2< READ-+ @This is -o)r LifeA is one of the most /o/)lar /rogrammes on ,ritish and Ameri&an tele#ision. E#er' wee1 a famo)s /erson is in#ited to a tele#ision st)dio% witho)t 1nowing that he or she will be the s)b9e&t of the /rogramme. The &om/Bre meets the /erson o)tside the st)dio and sa's @This is 'o) life5A. The /erson then meets friends and relati#es from his or her /ast and /resent. St)dio : is where the /rogramme is re&orded. The /rogramme begins at eight o$&lo&1. It$s C.:5 now and the dire&tor is &he&1ing the /re/arations with his new /rod)&tion assistant. The s)b9e&t of tonight$s show will be an a&tor% ?ason Do)glas. The &om/Bre% as )s)al% will be Terr' Dono#an. Dire&tor Let$s 9)st &he&1 the arrangements. (e$re bringing ?ason Do)glas here in a st)dio &ar D he thin1s he$s &oming to a dis&)ssion /rogramme5 The dri#er has been told to arri#e at e"a&tl' >.55. 2ow% the /rogramme begins at eight o$&lo&1. At that time ?ason will be wal1ing to the st)dio. Terr' Dono#an will start his introd)&tion at E. 1% and ?ason will arri#e at E. !. Terr' will meet him at the st)dio entran&e... .amera : will be there. Then he$ll ta1e him to that seat. It$ll be on

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.amera 4. ?ason will be sitting there d)ring the whole /rogramme. 6or most of the show Terr' will be standing in the middle% and he$ll be on .amera !. The g)ests will &ome thro)gh that door% tal1 to Terr' and ?ason... and then sit o#er there. Dire&tor 2ow% is that all &lear+ Prod)&tion Assistant -es... there$s 9)st one thing. Dire&tor (ell% what is it+ PA (ho$s going to loo1 after the g)ests d)ring the show+ Dire&tor Pa)line is. PA And where will the' be waiting d)ring the show+ Dire&tor In room : 1% as )s)al. Pa)line will be waiting with them% and she$ll be wat&hing the show on the monitor. She$ll tell them two min)tes before the' enter. PA I thin1 that$s e#er'thing. Unit 03 T0IS IS -3FR LI6E5 Terr' <ood e#ening and wel&ome to @This is -o)r LifeA. This is Terr' Dono#an s/ea1ing. (e$re waiting for the s)b9e&t of tonight$s /rogramme. 0e$s one of the world$s leading a&tors% and he thin1s he$s &oming here to ta1e /art in a dis&)ssion /rogramme... I &an hear him now... 'es% here he is5 ?ason Do)glas... This is 'o)r life5 ?ason 3h% no... I don$t belie#e it5 2ot me... Terr' -es% 'o)5 2ow &ome o#er here and sit down. ?ason% 'o) were born at n)mber !E ,ala&la#a Street in East 0am% London on ?)l' !nd 18:>. -o) were one of si" &hildren% and 'o)r father was a ta"i dri#er. 3f &o)rse% 'o)r name was then <raham Smith. Terr' 2ow% do 'o) 1now this #oi&e+ @I remember ?ason when he was two. 0e )sed to s&ream and sho)t all da'.A ?ason S)san5 Terr' -es... all the wa' from S'dne'% A)stralia... she flew here s/e&iall' for this /rogramme. It$s 'o)r sister% S)san 6raser5 ?ason S)san... wh' didn$t 'o) tell me... oh% this is wonderf)l5 Terr' -es% 'o) ha#en$t seen ea&h other for 14 'ears... ta1e a seat ne"t to him% S)san. -o) started s&hool at the age of fi#e% in 185!% and in 185E 'o) mo#ed to Lane End Se&ondar' S&hool.

Terr' Do 'o) remember this #oi&e+ @Smith5 Sto/ loo1ing o)t of the window5A ?ason 3h% no5 It$s *r 0oo/er5 Terr' -o)r English tea&her% *r Stanle' 0oo/er. (as ?ason a good st)dent% *r 0oo/er+ *r 0oo/er Eh+ 2o% he was the worst in the &lass... b)t he was a brilliant a&tor% e#en in those da's. 0e &o)ld imitate all the tea&hers5 Terr' Than1 'o)% *r 0oo/er. -o) &an s/ea1 to ?ason% later. (ell% 'o) went to the London S&hool of Drama in 18CC% and left in 18C8. In 18>4 'o) went to 0oll'wood. Terr' Do 'o) 1now this is #oi&e+ @0i ?ason... .an 'o) ride a horse 'et+A ?ason *aria5 Terr' *aria *ontrose... who$s &ome from 0oll'wood to be with 'o) tonight. *aria 0ello% ?ason... it$s great to be here. 0ello% Terr'. ?ason and I were in a mo#ie together in 18>:. ?ason had to learn to ride a horse... well% ?ason doesn$t li1e horses #er' m)&h. ?ason Li1e them5 I$m terrified of them5 *aria An'wa'% he /ra&tised for two wee1s. Then he went to the dire&tor... it was .harles 3rson... and said @(hat do 'o) want me to do+A .harles said% @I want 'o) to fall off the horseA. ?ason was f)rio)s. 0e said% @(hat+ 6all off5 I$#e been /ra&tising for two wee1s... I &o)ld fall off the first da'... witho)t an' /ra&ti&e5A Unit 04 T0E *32TE .ARL3 RALLThe *onte .arlo Rall'% whi&h started in 1811% is E)ro/e$s most famo)s motoring e#ent. .om/etitors lea#e from se#eral /oints aro)nd E)ro/e and follow ro)tes of a//ro"imatel' eG)al length to a rall'ing /oint whi&h will be <ene#a this 'ear. The' then follow a single ro)te to the finish. The rall' &onsists of fi#e dail' stages% beginning on S)nda' morning% and ea&h &om/etitor will ha#e dri#en abo)t 4 1ilometres b' Th)rsda' night. It is not a ra&e. The winner is de&ided on a /oints s'stem. Dri#ers ha#e to maintain an a#erage s/eed between &ontrol /oints% and there are also s/e&ial tests of dri#ing s1ill in different &onditions on the wa'. *otoring news

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This is radio (esse" on ! 4 metres% medi)m wa#e. It$s nine o$&lo&1 on *onda' !5th ?an)ar' and this is ,arr' 7ing re/orting from Do#er. The ,ritish &om/etitors in the *onte .arlo Rall' ha#e 9)st arri#ed here at the end of the se&ond stage in this 'ear$s &om/etition. R)ssell .oo1% who$s dri#ing a S)nbeam Lot)s% is leading. The Tri)m/h dri#en b' Ton' ,ond% who won last 'ear$s rall'% &rashed in -or1shire this morning. Ton' was )nh)rt b)t will be )nable to &ontin)e. Se#en other &ars ha#e withdrawn d)e to bad weather &onditions. Tonight the &ars% whi&h left from <lasgow on S)nda' morning% will be &rossing the England .hannel. Unit 05 3FT 36 (3R7 In ,ritain a lot of /eo/le are o)t of wor1. Tra&e' .ha/man is 1E% and she left s&hool a 'ear ago. She li#es in the 2orth East% an area of high 'o)th )nem/lo'ment. She hasn$t been able to find a 9ob 'et. @*' dad 9)st doesn$t )nderstand. 0e started wor1ing in a steel mill when he was 15. Things are different now% b)t he thin1s I sho)ld start bringing home some mone'. 3h% I get m' )nem/lo'ment benefit% b)t that isn$t m)&h and I$m fed )/ with G)e)ing for it e#er' Th)rsda'. I hate ha#ing to as1 m' m)m and dad for mone'. 3h% m' m)m gi#es me mone' a &o)/le of /o)nds for tights now and then% b)t she &an$t stand seeing me at home all da'. I$#e almost gi#en )/ loo1ing for a 9ob. I b)' the lo&al /a/er e#er' da' b)t I$m reall' tired of loo1ing thro)gh the @Sit)ations Va&antA &ol)mn. There are 5 a//li&ants for e#er' 9ob. I was interested in being a dentist$s re&e/tionist be&a)se I li1e meeting /eo/le% b)t now I$d ta1e an' 9ob at all. Peo/le as1 me wh' I don$t mo#e to London% b)t I don$t want to lea#e m' famil' and friends. An'wa'% I$m s&ared of li#ing on m' own in a big &it'.A <eorge *orle' is 5:. Fntil last 'ear he was a /rod)&tion manager in the te"tile ind)str'. 0e had wor1ed for the same &om/an' sin&e he left s&hool. 0e had a good 9ob% a fo)r-bedroomed ho)se and a &om/an' &ar. (hen his &om/an' had to &lose be&a)se of e&onomi& diffi&)lties% he be&ame red)ndant. @It$s f)nn' reall'... I don$t feel old% b)t it isn$t eas' to start loo1ing for a 9ob at m' age. I$#e had so man' ref)sals. 2ow I$m frightened of a//l'ing for 9ob. All the inter#iewers are twent' 'ears

'o)nger than me. -o) see% I$m interested in learning a new s1ill% b)t nobod' wants to train me. I &an see their /oint of #iew. I$ll ha#e to retire in ten 'ears. It$s 9)st... well% I$m tired of sitting aro)nd the ho)se. I$#e wor1ed hard for nearl' fort' 'ears and now I$m terrified of ha#ing nothing to do. (hen I was still with Lan&astrian Te"tiles I was bored with doing the same thing da' after da'% b)t now I$d reall' en9o' doing a 9ob again... an' 9ob reall'. It$s not the mone'... I got good red)ndan&' /a'% and the ho)se is /aid for... and I$#e gi#en )/ smo1ing... no% it$s not 9)st mone'. I 9)st need to feel... well% )sef)l... that$s all.A Unit 07 ,ATTLE 36 TRA6AL<AR STREET Last night% for the third time this wee1% /oli&e and .o)nt' .o)n&il offi&ials had to t)rn and r)n when the' were showered with boiling water from the )/stairs window of 2o 1 Trafalgar Street. The' were ho/ing to s/ea1 to *rs 6loren&e 0amilton% an E4-'ear-old widow% who is still ref)sing to lea#e her home. E#er' other ho)se in the street had been demolished. The .o)n&il are /lanning to b)ild fo)r ! -store' blo&1s of flats in the area. All the other residents agreed to mo#e when the .o)n&il offered to /ro#ide them with new flats nearb'. 3n T)esda' e#ening a so&ial wor1er who wanted to s/ea1 to *rs 0amilton was atta&1ed and badl' bitten b' one of her dogs. Radio Re/ort 1 This is Pennine Radio 2ews% Alan 2elson re/orting from Trafalgar Street. *r 0ard'% the Tadworth 0o)sing 3ffi&er% has agreed to s/ea1 to )s. Alan 2ow% *r 0ard'% has the sit)ation &hanged sin&e last night+ 0ard' 2o% it hasn$t. *rs 0amilton is still there% and she$s still ref)sing to tal1 to )s. Alan (ell% what are 'o) going to do+ 0ard' It$s a #er' diffi&)lt sit)ation. (e$d li1e her to &ome o)t /ea&ef)ll'. The /oli&e don$t intend to /rose&)te her... b)t she$s a #er' st)bborn lad'5 Alan St)bborn+ -es% well% it is her home. 0ard' I agree% and it$s been her home for a long time% I 1now. ,)t nobod' else ref)sed to mo#e. -o) see% a lot of /eo/le in this area are li#ing in

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s)b-standard a&&ommodation and we are going to b)ild o#er 4 flats on this site. 6amilies are e"/e&ting to mo#e into them ne"t 'ear5 It$s all being dela'ed be&a)se of one /erson5 Alan ,)t *rs 0amilton was born in that ho)se. 0ard' 3f &o)rse% of &o)rse. ,)t we ha#e /romised to gi#e her a modern flat immediatel'% a #er' ni&e flat whi&h is ideal for an elderl' /erson li#ing alone. Alan So% what ha//ens ne"t+ 0ard' I don$t 1now. I reall' don$t ... b)t we &an$t wait fore#er. The /oli&e will ha#e to do something soon. It won$t be eas'. She$s got two #er' big dogs% and the' don$t li1e strangers5 Radio Re/ort ! (e ha#e also managed to arrange an inter#iew with *rs 0amilton. She has de&ided to s/ea1 to )s b)t she has demanded to see me alone. *rs 0amilton5 *rs 0amilton (ho are 'o)+ Alan I$m Alan 2elson... Pennine Radio 2ews. *rs 0amilton (ell... don$t &ome an' &loser% or I$ll let the dogs o)t. Down .aesar5 Sit% bo'5 Alan I$m s)re o)r listeners wo)ld li1e to hear 'o)r side of the stor'. *rs 0amilton There$s not m)&h to sa'. I$m not mo#ing5 I was born here% I had m' &hildren here% and I intend to die here. Alan ,)t the .o)n&il reall' need to ha#e this land% and the' ha#e arranged to /ro#ide a new flat for 'o)... *rs 0amilton 3h% 'es. I 1now% b)t I &an$t ta1e m' dogs with me... and I need to ha#e &om/an'. *' dogs are all I$#e got. Down bo'5 Alan 0ow long &an 'o) sta' here+ *rs 0amilton 3h% I$#e got /lent' of food. The .o)n&il ha#e threatened to &)t off the water and ele&tri&it'% b)t I$ll be all right. Alan (ell% than1 'o)% *rs. 0amilton... and good l)&15 *rs 0amilton And 'o) &an tell the .o)n&il from me... I want another ho)se where I &an 1ee/ m' dogs% not a little flat in a blood' high-rise blo&15 Unit 09 *ARRIA<E <FIDA2.E .3F2.IL *al&olm and ,arbara 0arris ha#e been married for nearl' fifteen 'ears. The'$#e got two &hildren% <ar' aged thirteen% and Andrea% who is ele#en. D)ring the last &o)/le of 'ears *al&olm and

,arbara ha#en$t been #er' ha//'. The' arg)e all the time. ,arbara$s sister ad#ised them to go to the *arriage <)idan&e .o)n&il. There is one in most ,ritain towns. It$s an organi;ation whi&h allows /eo/le to tal1 with a third /erson abo)t their /roblems. This is their third #isit% and *rs *)rra'% the &o)nsellor% alwa's sees them. ,arbara$s inter#iew *rs *)rra' Ah% &ome in ,arbara. Ta1e a seat. Is 'o)r h)sband here+ ,arbara -es% he$s waiting o)tside. 0e didn$t want to &ome here this wee1% b)t... well% I /ers)aded him to &ome. *rs *)rra' I see. 0ow ha#e things been+ ,arbara 3h% m)&h the same. (e still seem to ha#e rows all the time. *rs *)rra' (hat do 'o) G)arrel abo)t+ ,arbara (hat don$t we G)arrel abo)t% 'o) mean5 3h% e#er'thing. -o) see% he$s so in&onsiderate... *rs *)rra' <o on. ,arbara (ell% I$ll gi#e 'o) an e"am/le. -o) 1now% when the &hildren started s&hool% I wanted to go ba&1 to wor1 again% too. So I got a 9ob. (ell% an'wa'% b' the time I$#e &olle&ted <ar' and Andrea from s&hool% I onl' get home abo)t half an ho)r before *al&om... *rs *)rra' -es+ ,arbara (ell% when he gets home% he e"/e&ts me to r)n aro)nd and get his tea. 0e ne#er does an'thing in this ho)se5 *rs *)rra' 0mm. ,arbara And last 6rida'5 he in#ited three of his friends to &ome ro)nd for a drin1. 0e didn$t tell me to e"/e&t them% and I$d had a long and diffi&)lt da'. I don$t thin1 that$s right% do 'o)+ *rs *)rra' ,arbara% I$m not here to /ass 9)dgement. I$m here to listen. ,arbara Sorr'. And he$s so )ntid'. 0e$s worse than the 1ids. I alwa's ha#e to remind him to /i&1 )/ his &lothes. 0e 9)st throws them on the floor. After all% I$m not his ser#ant. I$#e got m' own &areer. A&t)all'% I thin1 that$s /art of the tro)ble. -o) see% I earn as m)&h mone' as he does. *al&olm$s inter#iew *rs *)rra' *al&olm5 I$m so glad 'o) &o)ld &ome. *al&olm 0ello% *rs *)rra'. (ell% I$ll be honest. ,arbara had to for&e me to &ome% reall'. *rs *)rra' Does it embarrass 'o) to tal1 abo)t 'o)r /roblems+

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*al&olm -es% it does. ,)t I s)//ose we need to tal1 to somebod'. *rs *)rra' ,arbara feels that 'o) ... well% 'o) resent her 9ob. *al&olm I don$t 1now. I wo)ld /refer her to sta' at home% b)t she$s #er' well G)alified... and I en&o)raged her to go ba&1 to wor1. 2ow the 1ids are at s&hool% she needs an interest... and I s)//ose we need the mone'. *rs *)rra' 0ow do 'o) share the ho)sewor1+ *al&olm I tr' to hel/. I alwa's hel/ her to wash )/% and I hel/ <ar' and Andrea to do their homewor1 while she does the dinner% b)t she doesn$t thin1 that$s eno)gh. (hat do 'o) thin1+ *rs *)rra' I$m not here to gi#e an o/inion% *al&olm. *al&olm I thin1 we$re both too tired% that$s all. In the e#enings we$re both too tired to tal1. And ,arbara... she ne#er allows me to s)ggest an'thing abo)t the ho)se or abo)t the 1ids. (e alwa's ha#e the same arg)ments. She$s got her own o/inions and that$s it. Last night we had another row. She$s forbidden the 1ids to ride their bi1es to s&hool. *rs *)rra' (h'+ *al&olm She thin1s the'$re too 'o)ng to ride in the traffi&. ,)t I thin1 the' sho)ld. She alwa's &om/lains abo)t &olle&ting them from s&hool. ,)t 'o) &an$t wra/ &hildren in &otton-wool% &an 'o)+ Unit 10 A 6F22- T0I2< 0APPE2ED T3 *E... A f)nn' thing ha//ened to me last 6rida'. I$d gone to London to do some sho//ing. I wanted to get some .hristmas /resents% and I needed to find some boo1s for m' &o)rse at &ollege H'o) see% I$m a st)dentI. I &a)ght an earl' train to London% so b' earl' afternoon I$d bo)ght e#er'thing that I wanted. An'wa'% I$m not #er' font of London% all the noise and traffi&% and I$d made some arrangements for that e#ening. So% I too1 a ta"i to (aterloo station. I &an$t reall' afford ta"is% b)t I wanted to get the 4.4 train. Fnfort)natel' the ta"i got st)&1 in a traffi& 9am% and b' the time I got to (aterloo% the train had 9)st gone. I had to wait an ho)r for the ne"t one. I bo)ght an e#ening news/a/er% the JStandardK% and wandered o#er to the station b)ffet. At that time of da' it$s nearl' em/t'% so I bo)ght a &offee and a /a&1et of bis&)its... &ho&olate bis&)its. I$m #er' fond of &ho&olate bis&)its. There were /lent' of em/t' tables and I fo)nd

one near the window. I sat down and began doing the &rossword. I alwa's en9o' doing &rossword /);;les. After a &o)/le of min)tes a man sat down o//osite me. There was nothing s/e&ial abo)t him% e"&e/t that he was #er' tall. In fa&t he loo1ed li1e a t'/i&al &it' b)sinessman... 'o) 1now% dar1 s)it and brief&ase. I didn$t sa' an'thing and I &arried on with m' &rossword. S)ddenl' he rea&hed a&ross the table% o/ened m' /a&1et of bis&)its% too1 one% di//ed it into his &offee and /o//ed it into his mo)th. I &o)ldn$t belie#e m' e'es5 I was too sho&1ed to sa' an'thing. An'wa'% I didn$t want to ma1e a f)ss% so I de&ided to ignore it. I alwa's a#oid tro)ble if I &an. I 9)st too1 a bis&)it m'self and went ba&1 to m' &rossword. (hen the man too1 a se&ond bis&)it% I didn$t loo1 )/ and I didn$t ma1e a so)nd. I /retended to be #er' interested in the /);;le. After a &o)/le of min)tes% I &as)all' /)t o)t m' hand% too1 the last bis&)it and glan&ed at the man. 0e was staring at me f)rio)sl'. I ner#o)sl' /)t the bis&)it in m' mo)th% and de&ided to lea#e. I was read' to get )/ and go when the man s)ddenl' /)shed ba&1 his &hair% stood )/ and h)rried o)t of the b)ffet. I felt #er' relie#ed and de&ided to wait two or three min)tes before going m'self. I finished m' &offee% folded m' news/a/er and stood )/. And there% on the table% where m' news/a/er had been% was m' /a&1et of bis&)its. Unit 11a P3LITE RELFESTS *a" *illwall )sed to be a /o/)lar &omedian on ,ritish radio. 0e$s nearl' > now% b)t he still /erforms in &l)bs in the *idlands and 2orth of England. 0e$s on stage now at the All-Star Variet' .l)b in (igan. (ell% good e#ening% ladies and gentlemen... and others5 It$s ni&e to be ba&1 in (igan again. (ell% I ha#e to sa' that% I sa' it e#er' night. I said it last night. The onl' tro)ble was that I was in ,irmingham. I tho)ght the a)dien&e loo1ed &onf)sed5 A&t)all'% I remember (igan #er' well indeed. Reall'5 -o) 1now% the first time I &ame here was in the 184 s. I was #er' 'o)ng and #er' sh'... than1 'o)% mother. 2o% 'o) &an$t belie#e that% &an 'o)+ (ell% it$s tr)e. I was #er' 'o)ng and #er' sh'. An'wa'% the first Sat)rda' night I was in (igan% I de&ided to go to the lo&al dan&e-hall. Do 'o) remember the old J*a9esti&

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,allroomK in ('thenshawe Street+ There$s a m)lti-store' &ar /ar1 there now. It was lo#el' /la&e... alwa's f)ll of bea)tif)l girl% Hthe ballroom% not the &ar /a&1I. 3f &o)rse% most of them are grandmothers now5 3h% 'o) were there too% were 'o)% lo#e+ I was m)&h too sh' to as1 an'one for a dan&e. So I sat down at a table% and I tho)ght I$d wat&h for a while. -o) 1now% see how the other lads did it. At the ne"t table there was a lo#el' girl in a bl)e dress. She$d arri#ed with a friend% b)t her friend was dan&ing with someone. This blo1e &ame o#er to her% he was #er' /osh% wearing a dinner-9a&1et and a bow tie5 (ell% he wal1ed )/ to her and said% JE"&)se me% ma' I ha#e the /leas)re of the ne"t dan&e+K She loo1ed )/ at him Hshe had lo#el' big bl)e e'esI and said JEh+ (hat did 'o) sa'+K So he said% JI wonder if 'o) wo)ld be 1ind eno)gh to dan&e with me... er... if 'o) don$t mind.K JEoo...no% than1 'o) #er' m)&h%K she re/lied. A few min)tes later% this other &ha/ arri#ed. 0e had a bl)e s)it% a ni&e tie% and a little mo)sta&he. 0e ga#e her this big smile% and said% J(o)ld 'o) be so 1ind as to ha#e the ne"t dan&e with me+K JPardon+K she said. I tho)ght to m'self JShe$s a bit deaf... or ma'be she hasn$t washed her ears re&entl'.K J(o)ld 'o) mind ha#ing the ne"t dan&e with me+K he said% a bit ner#o)sl' this time. JEee% no than1s% lo#e. I$m finishing m' lemonade%K she re/lies. J,lime'5 I tho)ght. This loo1s a bit diffi&)lt.K Then this third fellow &ame o#er. 0e was #er' good-loo1ing% 'o) 1now% bla&1 teeth% white hair ... sorr'5 I mean white teeth% bla&1 hair5 J*a' I as1 'o) something+K he said% e#er so /olitel'. JIf 'o) li1e%K she answered. J.an I ... I mean ... &o)ld I ... no% might I ha#e the ne"t dan&e with 'o)+K J3ooh% sorr'%K she said. J*' feet are a&hing. I$#e been standing )/ all da' at the sho/.K ,' now% I was terrified. I mean% she$d said JnoK to all of them5 Then this fo)rth &hara&ter tho)ght he$d tr'. J(o)ld 'o) li1e to dan&e+K he said. J(hat+K she re/lied. She was a lo#el' girl% b)t I didn$t thin1 m)&h of her #oi&e5 JDo 'o) want to dan&e+K he said. She loo1ed straight at him. J2oK% she said. That$s all. J2o.K (ell% I de&ided to go home. I was wearing an old 9a&1et and tro)sers% and nobod' wo)ld sa' that I was good-loo1ing5 ?)st as I was wal1ing /ast her table% she smiled. JEr ... dan&e+K I said. JThan1 'o) #er' m)&h%K she re/lied. And

that was that5 It$s anni#ersar' ne"t wee1. Unit 11b P3LITE RELFESTS A , A here5 , . D . offi&e. D . E 6 E

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*i1e... -es+ Sh)t the door will 'o)+ It$s free;ing in Right... sorr'. 7aren... -es+ Lend me ! /. I$#e left m' /)rse in the 3h% 37. 0ere 'o) are. Than1s. E"&)se me% &o)ld 'o) /ass me the s)gar+ 3h% 'es. 3f &o)rse. There 'o) are. Than1 'o) #er' m)&h.

< .an I hel/ 'o)+ 0 3h% than1 'o). (o)ld 'o) mind /)tting m' &ase on the ra&1+ < 2ot at all. There 'o) are. 0 3h% than1 'o) so m)&h. -o)$re #er' 1ind. I E"&)se me. It$s a bit st)ff' in here. Do 'o) mind if I o/en the window+ ? 2o% no. I don$t mind at all. I feel li1e some fresh air too. 7 E"&)se me% *rs 0owe. *a' I as1 'o) something+ L -es% (end'% what is this+ 7 *a' I ha#e the da' off ne"t 6rida'+ L (ell% we$re #er' b)s'. Is it im/ortant+ 7 Er% 'es% it is% reall'. It$s m' &o)sin$s wedding. L 3h% well5 3f &o)rse 'o) &an. * 2 * 2 .an I hel/ 'o)% sir+ I beg 'o)r /ardon+ .an I hel/ 'o)% sir+ 3h% no... no% than1 'o). I$m 9)st loo1ing.

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3 <ood morning. P <ood morning. I wonder if 'o) &an hel/ me. I$m tr'ing to find a .hristmas /resent% for m' father. 3 *ight I s)ggest a tie+ P 0mm... /erha/s. .o)ld 'o) show me some ties+ L E"&)se me... R -es+ L I wonder if 'o)$d be 1ind eno)gh to get me one of those tins... on the to/ shelf. I &an$t rea&h it. R .ertainl'. There 'o) are. L Than1 'o) #er' m)&h indeed. Unit 12 A TRIP T3 SPAI2 2orman <arrard is a trainee sales re/resentati#e. 0e$s !!% and he wor1s for a &om/an' that sells to's. 0e$s going to S/ain on b)siness. It$s his first b)siness tri/ abroad% and he$s /a&1ing his s)it&ase. 0e li#es with his /arents% and his mother is hel/ing him% and f)ssing. *rs <arrard 2orman... ha#en$t 'o) finished /a&1ing 'et+ 2orman 2o% *)m. ,)t it$s all right. There isn$t m)&h to do. *rs <arrard (ell% I$ll gi#e 'o) a hand. 3h% there isn$t m)&h room left. Is there an'where to /)t 'o)r toilet bag+ 2orman -es% 'es... it$ll go in here. 2ow% I$#e got three more shirts to /a&1... the'$ll go on to/... b)t there$s another /air of shoes to get in. I don$t 1now where to /)t them. *rs <arrard P)t them down the side. Right. I thin1 we &an &lose it now. 2orman Right. (here$s the label+ *rs <arrard (hi&h label% dear+ 2orman The airline label to /)t on the s)it&ase. Ah% here it is. *rs <arrard 2ow% ha#e 'o) got the 1e'+ 2orman (hi&h 1e'+ *rs <arrard The 1e' to lo&1 the &ase% of &o)rse. 2orman It$s in the blo&1% *)m. Don$t f)ss. There$s nothing worr' abo)t. There$s /lent' of time.

*rs <arrard 0a#e 'o) forgotten an'thing+ 2orman I ho/e not. *rs <arrard And 'o)$#e got a safe /o&1et to 1ee/ 'o)r /ass/ort in+ 2orman -es% it$s in m' inside 9a&1et /o&1et. *rs <arrard 0a#e 'o) got a boo1 to read on the /lane+ 2orman -es% it$s in m' brief&ase. *rs <arrard And has e#er'thing been arranged+ 2orman (hat do 'o) mean+ *rs <arrard (ell% is there someone to meet 'o) at the other end+ 2orman 3h% 'es. The S/anish re/resentati#e$s meeting me at the air/ort. *rs <arrard And 'o)$#e got somewhere to sta' tonight+ 2orman I ho/e so5 2ow% e#er'thing$s read'. I$ll 9)st ha#e to get some /esetas at the air/ort. I$ll need some small &hange to ti/ the /orter% b)t that$s all. *rs <arrard (ell% ha#e a good tri/% dear... and loo1 after 'o)rself. 2orman Than1s% *)m. *rs <arrard 3h5 I nearl' forgot5 0ere are some sweets to s)&1 on the /lane% 'o) 1now% when it$s &oming down. 2orman 3h% *)m... don$t worr'. I$ll be all right% reall'5 I$ll see 'o) ne"t wee1. Unit 13 6L-I2< T3 SPAI2 A. Air/ort anno)n&ements. 1 This is the last &all for the twel#e o$&lo&1 ,ritish Airwa's flight ,A :1! to Amsterdam. (o)ld /assengers for this flight /lease /ro&eed witho)t dela' to <ate 1>. ! S&andina#ian Airlines anno)n&e the de/art)re of the 1!. 5 flight S7 5!C to Sto&1holm. This flight is now boarding at <ate E. 4 (o)ld /assengers for the 1!.1 Iberia flight I, 4:1 to *adrid /lease go at on&e to <ate 1C where this flight is now boarding. : Alitalia regret to anno)n&e that their 1!.15 flight AM !E1 to Rome will be dela'ed for a//ro"imatel' 4 min)tes. 5 3l'm/i& Airwa's anno)n&e the de/art)re of the 1!.4 flight 3A !C to Athens. (o)ld /assengers on this flight /lease /ro&eed to <ate 18.

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C This is a &all for *r <aston *e'er. (o)ld *r <aston *e'er tra#eling on the 1!.:5 Sabena flight S2 C : to ,r)ssels re/ort to the air/ort information des1% /lease. ,. In flight anno)n&ements 1 <ood afternoon% ladies and gentlemen. .a/tain Pere; and his &rew wel&ome 'o) aboard Iberia fight I, 4:1 to *adrid. I$m sorr' to anno)n&e a slight dela'. (e are still waiting for &learan&e from Air Traffi& .ontrol. The dela' won$t be too long and we ho/e to arri#e in *adrid on time. ! This is 'o)r &a/tain s/ea1ing. (e are now /assing o#er the English &oast. 3)r ,oeing >!> is &r)ising at a height of 4 % feet and o)r s/eed is a//ro"imatel' 5C miles /er ho)r. The tem/erat)re in *adrid is 1EN. and it is a &lear and s)nn' da'. (e e"/e&t to /ass thro)gh some slight t)rb)len&e and wo)ld re&ommend /assengers to remain in their seats and 1ee/ their belts fastened. 4 (e are now beginning o)r des&ent to *adrid. (o)ld /assengers /lease ma1e s)re that their seat-belts are fastened and e"ting)ish all smo1ing materials. (e wo)ld li1e to remind /assengers that smo1ing is not /ermitted )ntil 'o) are in the air/ort b)ilding. : (e ho/e 'o) had a /leasant and en9o'able fight. (e wo)ld li1e to than1 'o) for tra#elling on Iberia% and we ho/e to see 'o) again soon. (o)ld /assengers /lease remain seated )ntil the /lane has &ome to a &om/lete sto/ and the doors ha#e been o/ened. L)n&h on the /lane Steward 0ere$s 'o)r tra'% sir. 2orman 3h% than1 'o). Stewart (o)ld 'o) li1e something to drin1+ 2orman Er... 'es% /lease. Some red wine. Steward That$s 1 /esetas. 2orman Than1s. .an I /a' in ,ritish mone'+ Steward 3f &o)rse. -o) needn$t /a' now% I$ll &olle&t it later. Landing-&ard Steward S/anish national or non-S/anish% sir+ 2orman Er... I$m ,ritish. Steward (o)ld 'o) mind &om/leting this landing&ard% sir+ 2orman Right. Than1 'o).

Pass/ort &ontrol 3ffi&ial Pass/ort% /lease. Than1 'o). (here ha#e 'o) &ome from% sir+ 2orman London. 3ffi&ial And what$s the /)r/ose of 'o)r #isit... b)siness or /leas)re+ 2orman ,)siness. 3ffi&ial 6ine... and how long will 'o) be sta'ing here+ 2orman ?)st for fi#e da's. 3ffi&ial Than1 'o)% *r <arrard. I ho/e 'o) en9o' 'o)r #isit. Unit 15 *32E-% *32E-% *32E,argaining L)&' E"&)se me. Stallholder -es% miss+ L)&' 0ow m)&h do 'o) want for this /late+ Stallholder Let me see. 3h% 'es... that is a lo#el' e"am/le of Vi&torian brass. It$s worth twent' G)id. L)&' Twent' /o)nds5 3h% that$s too m)&h for me. It$s a /it'. It$s reall' ni&e. Stallholder Ah% I said it$s worth twent' G)id. I$m onl' as1ing fifteen for it. L)&' 6ifteen /o)nds+ Stallholder -es. It$s a real bargain. L)&' 3h% I$m s)re it is... b)t I &an$t afford that5 Stallholder (ell% loo1... 9)st for 'o) ... I$ll ma1e it fo)rteen G)id. I &an$t go lower than that. L)&' I$ll gi#e 'o) ten. Stallholder Ten5 .ome on% lo#e. -o) m)st be 9o1ing5 I /aid more than that for it m'self5 6o)rteen. It$s worth e#er' /enn'. L)&' (ell% /erha/s I &o)ld gi#e 'o) ele#en. Stallholder Thirteen. That$s m' final offer. L)&' Twel#e. Stallholder Twel#e fift'+ L)&' All right% twel#e fift'. Stallholder There 'o) are% lo#e. -o)$#e got a real bargain there5 L)&' -es% than1 'o) #er' m)&h. Unit 16 I2SIDE ST3RI,. 2E(S

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This is I,. 2ews. ?)lian Snow% the missing JDail' 2ewsK re/orter% was inter#iewed this morning b' Domini& ,eale of I,. 2ews in *andanga. ,eale ?)lian% &an 'o) tell )s how 'o) were &a/t)red in the first /la&e+ Snow (ell% I was on m' wa' to #isit a #illage near the front line. I &ame ro)nd a bend in the road and there was a tree l'ing a&ross the road. I onl' 9)st managed to sto/ in time5 S)ddenl'% armed men a//eared on all sides5 ,eale (hat did 'o) do+ Snow (hat wo)ld 'o) do+ I 9)st sat there with m' hands in the air5 An'wa'% the' made me get o)t of the Land Ro#er% and made me line on the gro)nd... I tho)ght JThis is it5 The'$re going to shoot me5K I started sa'ing m' /ra'ers5 ,eal (hat ha//ened ne"t+ Snow (ell% the' sear&hed me. 3f &o)rse% I didn$t ha#e an' wea/ons% 9)st a &amera. It$s f)nn'% the' let me 1ee/ it. Then the' tied m' hands together and blindfolded me. Then the' made me get in the ba&1 of a tr)&1 and lie )nder some sa&1s. I$#e no idea where the' too1 me% e"&e/t that it was G)ite a large training &am/. I was there for ten da's. ,eale (ere 'o) treated well+ Snow -es% I s)//ose I was. The' let me wal1 abo)t the &am/ and the' let me ta1e /hotogra/hs% b)t the' wo)ldn$t let me /hotogra/h an' fa&es. I was able to inter#iew some of the leaders. ,eale 0ow did 'o) es&a/e+ Snow I didn$t5 The' /)t me ba&1 in the tr)&1% blindfolded me again% dro#e for a few ho)rs% then made me get o)t% /ointed me in the dire&tion of town and let me go5 ,eale And what e"a&tl' did the g)errilla leaders sa' abo)t the sit)ation+ Snow Ah5 (ell% if 'o) want to 1now that% 'o)$ll ha#e to b)' tomorrow$s JDail' 2ewsK... Unit 17 PRE6ERE2.ES A (hat are 'o) doing tomorrow night+ , 2othing. (h'+ A (ell% do 'o) li1e 9a;;+ , -es% I do% #er' m)&h. A (hi&h do 'o) li1e best+ *odern or traditional+ , I li1e both% reall'. A There$s a J(eather Re/ortK &on&ert at the 0ammersmith 3deon. (o)ld 'o) li1e to &ome+

3h% 'es5 The'$re m' fa#o)rite gro)/.

. Lisa% loo1 o#er here. The'$#e got a #er' good sele&tion of Le#i &ords. D 3h% 'es5 And the'$re got m' si;e% too. . ,)t onl' in na#' bl)e and bla&1. (hi&h do 'o) /refer+ D 0mm. I don$t li1e either of them #er' m)&h. I reall' wanted green. . The' ha#en$t got green in 'o)r si;e. <o on% tr' a /air on. D 2o% no. I$d /refer to loo1 somewhere else. E 0a#e 'o) de&ided 'et+ (hat do 'o) want to see+ 6 JA *oment of Pea&eK is on at the .ontinental. I$d li1e to see that. E (o)ld 'o) reall'+ 3h% I$d rather see J(ar in S/a&eK. 6 3h% no5 The re#iews were terrible. E I 1now% b)t it so)nds f)n. JA *oment of Pea&eK is in 6ren&h% and I$d rather not ha#e to read s)btitles. 6 Then how abo)t J.alifornia S)nsetK+ E I$d rather not... I &an$t stand Ste#e 2ewman. 6 (ell% 'o) &hoose. E I don$t fan&' an' of them. I$d m)&h rather sta' in and wat&h TV5 < (hat do 'o) fan&'+ 0 I don$t 1now. There isn$t m)&h &hoi&e% is there+ < 2o% there isn$t% reall'. (hat wo)ld 'o) rather ha#e+ Stea1 and 1idne' or /lai&e+ 0 I &an$t ma1e )/ m' mind. I$d rather ha#e a hamb)rger. < (e &an as1 for the f)ll men)% if 'o) li1e. 0 2o% it$s not worth it. I$ll ha#e the /lai&e. Unit 18 (0ERE 0AVE ALL T0E 6A2S <32E+ @<ood e#ening and well &ome to the J*i&hael Par1h)rst Tal1abo)tK. In tonight$s JTal1abo)tK we$re loo1ing at the /roblem of so&&er$s missing millions. Sin&e 185 attendan&e at football mat&hes has fallen b' nearl' fift' /er &ent. *an' &l)bs are in finan&ial tro)ble% and tonight we

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ho/e to identif' the ma9or &a)ses and dis&)ss some /ossible sol)tions. 6irst of all% we$ll hear from one of so&&er$s lost millions% *r ,ert (oods from London% who )sed to be a reg)lar .helsea s)//orter.A @I sto//ed going fi#e or si" 'ears ago. I$d rather sta' at home and wat&h it on tell'. -o) get a better #iew and I li1e the a&tion re/la's. I$m too afraid to go now% reall'5 All this #iolen&e% 'o) 1now. (hen I was a lad there was the o&&asional fight on the terra&es% b)t nothing li1e 'o) see these da's D whole gangs of teenagers who aren$t interested in football. Somebod' o)ght to do something abo)t it5 These 1ids aren$t real fans% the' 9)st &ome loo1ing for tro)ble. The /oli&e o)ght to sort o)t the real fans from the tro)blema1ers. -o) 1now% I alwa's )sed to go with m' dad% b)t I wo)ldn$t ta1e m' 1ids. There$s too m)&h fo)l lang)age. And I don$t onl' blame the 1ids. There o)ght to be more dis&i/line at home and in s&hools.A @Than1 'o)% *r (oods. Let$s go o#er to ,rian 0)ff% the manager of East-field Fnited% one of o)r most s)&&essf)l &l)bs. ,rian.A @I s'm/athi;e with *r (oods% and there are /lent' of /eo/le li1e him. An'wa'% we$d better do something abo)t it% or we$ll all go bro1e5 The &l)bs and /la'ers m)st share the blame. 6ootball$s big b)siness% and it$s #er' &om/etiti#e. (inning has be&ome the most im/ortant thing. There$s too m)&h #iolen&e on the field. Referees ha#e to get to)gher with /la'ers. The' sho)ld send off /la'ers for deliberate fo)ls. The other /roblem is tele#ision. There$s too m)&h football on TV% and the' onl' show the most e"&iting /arts% goals% fo)ls and #iolen&e. Peo/le are bored when the' see the real game. An'wa' the &l)bs started tal1ing abo)t these /roblems ten 'ears ago% and nothing$s been done. (e$d better not s/end another ten 'ears tal1ing. (e$d better do something% and do it soon5A @3)r ne"t g)est is a 'o)ng fan. 7e#in Dolan% a *an&hester Fnited s)//orter% who is si"teen 'ears old. (hat do 'o) thin1% 7e#in+A @(ell% I$m not one of so&&er$s missing millions. I ne#er miss a mat&h. I$#e tra#elled all o#er the &o)ntr' with Fnited and I$#e ne#er been in tro)ble. I blame the media for most of this #iolen&e. The' onl' show 'o)ng /eo/le when the'$re doing something wrong. The' o)ght not to gi#e so m)&h /)bli&it' to tro)ble-ma1ers. It onl' en&o)rages the others% doesn$t it+ The #iolen&e alwa's starts when there$s a TV &amera

near. If the' banned al&ohol from football gro)nds% there$d be m)&h less tro)ble.A @Than1 'o)% 7e#in. 3)r last s/ea1er is ?imm' *a&Ta#ish% the e"-S&otland stri1er who has 9)st ret)rned from the Fnited States after s/ending two 'ears with *iami <ala"'. (ell% ?imm'. (hat o)ght we to do+A @I agree with a lot of what$s been said% *i&hael% b)t hadn$t we better loo1 at some sol)tions+ I$#e been /la'ing in the States for the last two seasons and I ha#en$t seen an' #iolen&e o#er there. A football mat&h is a da' o)t for the famil'. *ore than half the s)//orters are women and &hildren% and there are m)&h better fa&ilities. E#er'bod' gets a &omfortable seat. There are good resta)rants and there$s entertainment before and after the game% and at half-time. 6ootball stadi)ms are old% &old and dirt' o#er here. (e$d better ta1e a good loo1 at Ameri&an so&&er. I thin1 we$#e got a lot to learn5 Entertainment is what football is all abo)t and we$d better not forget it5A Unit 19 2I<0T 6LI<0T @This is .a/tain .oo1 s/ea1ing. 3)r estimated time of arri#al in ,risbane will be one a.m.% so we$#e got a long flight ahead of )s. I ho/e 'o) en9o' it. 3)r hostesses will be ser#ing dinner shortl'. Than1 'o).A It was .hristmas E#e 1858% and the beginning of another ro)tine flight. The hostesses started /re/aring the food tra's. A few of the /assengers were tr'ing to get some slee/% b)t most of them were reading. There was nothing to see from the windows e"&e/t the #ast bla&1ness of the A)stralian desert below. There was nothing )n)s)al abo)t the flight% e"&e/t /erha/s that the /lane was nearl' f)ll. A lot of the /assengers were tra#eling home to s/end .hristmas with their families. The hostesses started ser#ing dinner. It was a smooth and G)iet flight. The hostesses had finished &olle&ting the tra's% and the' were in the galle' /)tting things awa' when the first b);;ers so)nded. 3ne of the hostesses went along the aisle to &he&1. (hen she &ame ba&1 she loo1ed s)r/rised. @It$s ama;ing%A she said. @E#en on a smooth flight li1e this two /eo/le ha#e been si&1.A Twent' min)tes later nearl' half the /assengers were ill D dramati&all' ill. Se#eral were moaning

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and groaning% some were do)ble )/ in /ain% and two were )n&ons&io)s. 6ort)natel' there was a do&tor on board% and he was hel/ing the hostesses. 0e &ame to the galle' and said% @I$d better s/ea1 to the &a/tain. This is a se#ere &ase of food /oisoning. I thin1 we$d better land as soon as /ossible.A @(hat &a)sed it+A as1ed one of the hostesses. @(ell%A re/lied the do&tor% @I had the beef for dinner% and I$m fine. The /assengers who &hose the fish are ill.A The hostess led him to the flight de&1. She tried to o/en the door. @I thin1 it$s 9ammed%A she said. The do&tor hel/ed her to /)sh it o/en. The &a/tain was l'ing behind the door. 0e was )n&ons&io)s. The &o-/ilot was sl)m/ed a&ross the &ontrols% the radio o/erator was tr'ing to re#i#e him. The do&tor G)i&1l' e"amined the two /ilots. @The' 9)st &olla/sed%A said the radio o/erator. @I don$t feel too good m'self.A @.an 'o) land the /lane+A said the do&tor. @*e+ 2o% I$m not a /ilot. (e$#e got to re#i#e them5A he re/lied. @The /lane$s on a)tomati& /ilot. (e$re 37 for a &o)/le of ho)rs.A @I don$t 1now%A said the do&tor. @The' &o)ld be o)t for a long time.A @I$d better &onta&t gro)nd &ontrol%A said the radio o/erator. The do&tor t)rned to the hostess. @Perha/s 'o) sho)ld ma1e an anno)n&ement% tr' to find o)t if there$s a /ilot on board.A @(e &an$t do that5A she said% @It$ll &a)se a general /ani&.A @(ell how the hell are we going to get this thing down+A said the do&tor. S)ddenl' the hostess remembered something. @3ne of the /assengers... I o#erheard him sa'ing that he$d been a /ilot in the war. I$ll get him.A She fo)nd the man and as1ed him to &ome to the galle'. @Didn$t 'o) sa' 'o) )sed to be a /ilot+A she as1ed. @-es... wh'+ The /ilot$s all right% isn$t he+A She led him to the flight de&1. The' e"/lained the sit)ation to him. @-o) mean% 'o) want me to fl' the /lane+A he said. @-o) m)st be 9o1ing. I was a /ilot% b)t I flew single-engined fighter /lanes% and that was fifteen 'ears ago. This thing$s got fo)r engines5A @Isn$t there an'bod' else+A he as1ed. @I$m afraid not%A said the hostess. The man sat down at the &ontrols. 0is hands were sha1ing slightl'. The radio o/erator &onne&ted him to Air Traffi& .ontrol. The' told him to 1ee/ fl'ing on the a)tomati& /ilot towards ,risbane% and to wait for f)rther instr)&tions from an e"/erien&ed /ilot. An ho)r later the lights of ,risbane a//eared on the hori;on. 0e &o)ld see the lights of the r)nwa' shining brightl' be'ond the &it'. Air Traffi& .ontrol told him to 1ee/ &ir&ling )ntil the f)el

ga)ge registered almost em/t'. This ga#e him a &han&e to get )sed to handling the &ontrols. In the &abin the hostesses and the do&tor were b)s' attending to the si&1. Se#eral /eo/le were )n&ons&io)s. The /lane &ir&led for o#er half an ho)r. The /assengers has beg)n to reali;e that something was wrong. @(hat$s going on+ (h' don$t we land+A sho)ted a middle-aged man. @*' wife$s ill. (e$#e got to get her to hos/ital5A A woman began sobbing G)ietl'. At last the /lane started its des&ent. S)ddenl' there was a b)m/ whi&h shoo1 the /lane. @(e$re all going to die5A s&reamed a man. E#en the hostesses loo1ed worried as /ani& began to s/read thro)gh the /lane. @It$s all right5A someone said% @The /ilot$s 9)st lowered the wheels% that$s all.A As the /lane a//roa&hed the r)nwa' the' &o)ld see fire tr)&1s and amb)lan&es s/eeding along beside the r)nwa' with their lights flashing. There was a tremendo)s th)m/ as the wheels hit the tarma&% bo)n&ed twi&e% ra&ed a long the r)nwa' and s&ree&hed to a halt. The first air/ort tr)&1 was there in se&onds. @That was nearl' a /erfe&t landing. (ell done5A sho)ted the &ontrol tower. @Than1s%A said the man. @An' &han&e of a 9ob+A Unit 20 T0E ?F27-S03P ?)stin (edgewood and Lenn' Smith are antiG)edealers. The'$#e got a #er' s)&&essf)l b)siness. The' tra#el aro)nd the &o)ntr' b)'ing antiG)e f)rnit)re and /aintings from 9)n1-sho/s and from elderl' /eo/le% and then the' sell them from their sho/ in 7ensington% a fashionable /art of London. Toda' the'$re in small (elsh town. ?)stin$s 9)st &ome o)t of a little 9)n1-sho/s% and he seems #er' e"&ited. ?)stin Lenn'% we$re in l)&15 There$s a /ainting in there% a lands&a/e% it$s a good one. I tho)ght it might be #al)able% so I had a good loo1 at the signat)re. It isn$t #er' &lear. I thin1 it ma' be a .onstable. Lenn' A .onstable+ It &an$t be5 The'$re all in art galleries. The'$re worth a fort)ne5 ?)stin (ell% someone fo)nd one two 'ears ago. This might be another. It$s dirt' and it isn$t in #er' good &ondition. Len' 0ow m)&h do 'o) thin1 it$s worth+ ?)stin I don$t 1now. It ma' be worth a h)ndred tho)sand% it might e#en be worth more5

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Lenn' ,e &aref)l% ?)stin. (e$d better )se the old tri&1. ?)stin Right. There$s a &hair in the window. It m)st be worth abo)t fi#e /o)nds. I$ll offer the old lad' fift' G)id for it. She$ll be so /leased that she won$t thin1 abo)t the /ainting. Lenn' Don$t sa' 'o) want the /ainting% sa' 'o) want the frame. 37+ ?)stin 6ine% 'o)$d better wait in the #an. I$d rather do this on m' own. Len' Er... ?)stin% &he&1 the signat)re before 'o) gi#e her fift' G)id for the &hair. ?)stin Don$t worr'% Len'. I 1now what I$m doing. *rs <riffiths I$ll be with 'o) in a min)te. ?)stin 0ello% I$m interested in that &hair in the window. *rs <riffiths (hat+ That old thing+ It$s been there for 'ears5 ?)stin 0as it+ Er... it #er' ni&e. I thin1 it &o)ld be Vi&torian. *rs <riffiths Reall'+ ?)stin -es% I thin1 I$m right. I$#e seen one or two other &hairs li1e it. I thin1 I &o)ld get a good /ri&e for that in London. I$ll offer 'o) fift' /o)nds. *rs <riffiths 6ift'5 -o) m)st be mad% man5 ?)stin 2o% no. It$s a fair /ri&e. *rs <riffiths (ell% then% it$s 'o)rs. ?)stin There 'o) are then% fift' /o)nds. <oodb'e. 3h% b' the wa'% that /ainting$s in a ni&e frame. *rs <riffiths It$s a ni&e /i&t)re% dear. Earl' nineteenth &ent)r'% I$#e heard. ?)stin 3h% no... no% it &an$t be. I$#e seen lots li1e it. It m)st be twentieth &ent)r'. There$s no mar1et for them. Still% I &o)ld )se the frame. *rs <riffiths All right. 0ow m)&h will 'o) gi#e me for it+ ?)stin Er... how abo)t twent' /o)nds+ *rs <riffiths 3h% no% dear. It m)st be worth more than that. It &ame from the big ho)se on the hill. ?)stin Did it+ Let me ha#e another loo1 at it. -es% the frame is reall' ni&e. I$ll gi#e 'o) a h)ndred. *rs <riffiths 3h% dear% I don$t 1now what to do. -o) see% I li1e that /ainting m'self. ?)stin All right% a h)ndred and twent'. That$s m' final offer. *rs <riffiths Shall we sa'... a h)ndred and fift'+ ?)stin 37. It$s a deal. *rs <riffiths Shall I wra/ it for 'o)+ ?)stin 2o% no. I$#e got the #an o)tside. It was ni&e doing b)siness with 'o). <oodb'e5 *rs <riffiths ,'e-b'e% dear. Than1 'o).

*rs <riffiths 3wen+ *r <riffiths -es% m' lo#e+ *rs <riffiths I$#e sold another of 'o)r imitation .onstables. -o)$d better bring another one downstairs% if the /aint$s dr'. The gentleman who bo)ght it seemed #er' /leased with it. Unit 21 23IS- 2EI<0,3FRS S'bil Sidne'5 Sidne'5 (a1e )/ 5 Sidne' Eh5 (hat+ (hat$s the matter+ It &an$t be eight o$&lo&1 alread'5 S'bil 2o% it$s half /ast one. It$s those /eo/le ne"t door again. Listen5 Sidne' 3h% 'es. The' m)st be ha#ing another /art'. S'bil Listen to that5 The' m)st be wa1ing )/ the whole street. And the'$#e got three 'o)ng &hildren. The' &an$t be slee/ing thro)gh that noise. It$s disg)sting5 Somebod' sho)ld &all the /oli&e5 Sidne'% wa1e )/5 Sidne' Eh+ I wasn$t slee/% dear. The'$re all la)ghing. The' m)st be ha#ing a good time5 The' ne#er in#ite )s% do the'+ S'bil Sidne'5 Sidne' -es% dear. (hat is it now+ S'bil Listen5 The' m)st be lea#ing. Sidne' Than1 goodness for that5 *a'be we$ll get some slee/. S'bil I ho/e so. It$s nearl' three o$&lo&1. <oodnight% dear. Sidne' 3h% hell5 The'$re ha#ing a row% now. S'bil I$m not s)r/rised. The' alwa's ha#e rows after /arties. S'bil 3h5 The' m)st be throwing the /ots and /ans again. Sidne' 2o% I thin1 that was a /late% dear% or ma'be the tele#ision. The'$ll be sorr' in the morning. S'bil Sidne'5 (a1e )/5 Sidne' Eh5 3h% what$s that+ S'bil 0e &an$t be hammering at this time of night. S'bil (hat time is it+ S'bil 6o)r o$&lo&1. (hat &an the' be doing at fo)r o$&lo&1 in the morning+ Sidne' I &an$t hear an' #oi&es. <o ba&1 to slee/% S'bil.

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S'bil Sidne'5 Listen. There$s someone in the garden ne"t door. Sidne' Eh+ It m)st be the mil1man. S'bil 2o% it &an$t be. It$s too earl'. It$s onl' G)arter to fi#e. (ho &o)ld it be+ -o)$d better ha#e a loo1. Sidne' All right. 3oh5 It$s *r S'1es% and he$s &arr'ing a s/ade. S'bil 3h% no5 -o) don$t thin1 he$s 1illed her% do 'o)+ Sidne' (ell% we ha#en$t heard her #oi&e for a while. 2o% she$s /robabl' slee/ing. S'bil ,)t what &an he be doing at this time of night+ Sidne' If he has 1illed her% he might be b)r'ing the bod'5 S'bil (hat5 -o) don$t thin1 so% do 'o)+ Sidne' (ell% he &an$t be /lanting /otatoes% &an he+ I s)//ose 'o) want me to /hone the /oli&e+ S'bil 2o. As1 him what he$s doing first5 Sidne' 0ello% there% *r S'1es. -o)$re )/ earl' this morning. *r S'1es I ha#en$t been to bed 'et. (e had a /art' last night. I ho/e we didn$t 1ee/ 'o) awa1e. Sidne' 3h% no. (e didn$t hear an'thing% nothing at all. *r S'1es (ell% it was a /rett' nois' /art'. *' wife 1no&1ed o#er the goldfish tan1 while we were &learing )/. The /oor fish died. I$m 9)st b)r'ing them before the &hildren wa1e )/. Unit 22 -3F$RE I2 T0E AR*- 23(5 It$s Sat)rda' afternoon at ,otherington Arm' .am/. The new re&r)its are s)//osed to be wor1ing% b)t the' aren$t. The .olonel$s awa' toda' and the'$re la;ing aro)nd in the barra&1s. The Sergeant-*a9or has 9)st o/ened the door. 0e$s bro)ght the d)t' roster with him% so he 1nows e"a&tl' what ea&h of them sho)ld be doing. Sergeant-*a9or @0ello% hello... what$s going on here+A Sergeant-*a9or Smith5 (hat are 'o) doing+ Smith I$m listening the radio% sir. Sergeant-*a9or And what are 'o) s)//osed to be doing% Smith+ Smith I$m not s)re% sir.

Sergeant-*a9or (ell% let me tell 'o)% Smith. -o) are s)//osed to be mowing the lawn5 Smith -es% sir. I$m sorr' sir. It won$t ha//en again% sir. Sergeant-*a9or It$d better not% Smith. And when I &ome ba&1% Smith% 'o)$d better mowing that grass5 Do 'o) )nderstand+ Smith -es% sir. Sergeant-*a9or This isn$t a holida' &am/. -o)$re in the arm' now5 Unit 23 *I<RATTI32 3ne of the greatest m'steries of nat)re is the instin&t to migrate. E#er' 'ear millions of &reat)res feel the need to mo#e for one reason or another. *ost of )s ha#e seen the arri#al or de/art)re of migrating flo&1s of birds. *igration% howe#er% is not &onfined to birds% b)t &an be seen in retiles Hfor e"am/le t)rtles% frogsI% inse&ts Hb)tterflies% lo&)stsI% fish Heels% salmon% t)nn' I and mammals Hreindeer% seals% lemmings% whales% batsI. *an' of these &reat)res s)&&eed in na#igating o#er long distan&es. 0ow e"a&tl' the' manage to do this still remains a m'steries. There are se#eral /ossibilities. The' ma' na#igate b' )sing one or more of the followingO 1 The s)n. ! The stars. 4 The Earth$s magneti& field. H(hen a small bar magnet is atta&hed to a /igeon% it is )nable to na#igate.I : A sense of smell. 5 <eogra/hi&al feat)res. H,irds fl'ing from 2orth Afri&a to 6ran&e seem to follow &oastlines and #alle's.I C .hanges in tem/erat)re. HSalmon &an dete&t a &hange in water tem/erat)re as small as . 4N..I > So)nd. H(hales and bats seem to )se sonar.I E"/eriments s)ggests that these na#igational abilities are /artl' instin&ti#e. In one famo)s e"/eriment a 'o)ng seabird from the island of S1o1holm% off the (elsh &oast% was ta1en a&ross the Atlanti& b' /lane to ,oston% 51 1m awa'. It was released% and was ba&1 in its nest twel#e and a half da's later.

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The Ar&ti& Tern This seabird holds the re&ord for long-distan&e migration. Ar&ti& Tern breed in 2orthern .anada% <reenland% 2orthern E)ro/e% Siberia and Alas1a. In late A)g)st the' set off on a 1>%5 1m 9o)rne' whi&h ta1es them so)th% /ast the (est &oasts of E)ro/e and Afri&a to the ti/ of So)thern Afri&a H1:% 1m in 8 da'sI. The' then fl' ro)nd to the Indian 3&ean and down to Antar&ti&a% where the' s/end the Antar&ti& s)mmer. 3n the wa' ba&1 the' sometimes ma1e a &om/lete &ir&)it of Antar&ti&a before ret)rning to their breeding-gro)nds. The ro)nd tri/ is o#er 45% 1m in eight months H!: 1m a da' when the' are fl'ingI. The Ar&ti& Tern sees more ho)rs of da'light than an' other &reat)re% be&a)se it e"/erien&es two s)mmers a 'ear% one in the Ar&ti& region% and one in the Antar&ti&. These regions ha#e almost &onstant da'light in s)mmer. 3ne tern% whi&h was ringed in 2orwa' as a &hi&1% died in e"a&tl' the same /la&e% twent'-se#en 'ears later. Pres)mabl'% it had made the 9o)rne' twent'-se#en times. The E)ro/ean 6reshwater Eel E)ro/ean 6reshwater Eel% whi&h loo1 li1e sna1es b)t are reall' fish% begin and end their li#es in the Sargasso Sea% so)theast of ,erm)da. As eggs and lar#ae the' drift for three 'ears towards E)ro/e% &hanging both sha/e and &olo)r as the' rea&h the fresh-water est)aries of E)ro/ean ri#ers. The' s/end the ne"t nine to nineteen 'ears in ri#ers% streams% la1es and /onds. As the' a//roa&h old age the' seem to ha#e an )ne"/lained &om/)lsion to ret)rn to the Sargasso Sea to breed. *an' eels whi&h ha#e fo)nd their wa' into /onds and la1es &ome o)t of the water and tra#el o#erland% gliding thro)gh dam/ grass. (hen the' rea&h the sea% the' ma1e their wa' to the Sargasso% where the' breed and die. 2o eels ma1e the 9o)rne' twi&e. The eel has an a&)te sense of smell% whi&h is )sed for na#igation in lo&al waters% b)t inherited memor' seems the onl' e"/lanation for their migration to the Sargasso. The Lemming The ,rown Lemming is a small mammal H1 P1E &m longI fo)nd all o#er 2orthern .anada% S&andina#ia and 2orthern R)ssian. Lemmings )s)all' ma1e short% ann)al migrations in s/ring%

tra#elling b' night and feeding and slee/ing b' da'. E#er' three or fo)r 'ears% howe#er% the' ma1e m)&h longer migrations in large n)mbers. The lemming /o/)lation seems to &hange o#er a three or fo)r 'ear &'&le% from one lemming /er fo)r he&tares to between : and > lemmings /er fo)r he&tares. *igration seems to be a method of /o/)lation &ontrol% and is most s/e&ta&)lar in the well 1nown Jmass s)i&idesK% where tho)sands of lemmings /l)nge o#er &liff to/s into the sea% and swim till the' die of e"ha)stion. These Jmass s)i&idesK onl' o&&)r infreG)entl'% and then onl' in 2orwa' where mo)ntains to)&h the sea. 2obod' 1nows what ma1es them do it% b)t there are two theories. 3ne is that migrating lemmings &ross ri#ers and la1es and &an$t tell the differen&e between a ri#er and the sea. The other% more interesting theor' is that the' are migrating towards an&ient breeding-gro)nds whi&h e"isted beneath the 2orth Sea millions of 'ears ago% when the seale#el was lower. Unit 24 *FRDER AT <FR2E- *A23R Part 1 Lord <)rne' was fo)nd dead on the librar' floor of his &o)ntr' ho)se in 2orfol1. 0e had been shot fi#e times. The /oli&e ha#e been &alled. There are si" /eo/le in the ho)se and the' all heard the shots at abo)t nine o$&lo&1. The /oli&e ha#e ta1en statements and made the following notes abo)t ea&h of the si" /eo/le. Lad' Agatha$s statement I was in m' room. *' bed room$s on the gro)nd floor be&a)se I &an$t wal1. I was reading. I heard the shotsQ there were fo)r or fi#e. I wheeled m'self into the hall. The door of the librar' was o/en. *iss Smart was standing in the doorwa'% s&reaming. <illes/ie was standing at the 6ren&h windows. The g)n was on the floor b' the bod'. .elia Smart$s statement I was in the drawing-room% writing some letters% 9ob a//li&ations a&t)all'. I heard the shots% ran a&ross the hall% the librar' door was o/en... /oor dear 0ora&e was l'ing in a /ool of blood. I started s&reaming. <illes/ie &ame in thro)gh the 6ren&h windows% the' were o/en. Then Lad' Agatha arri#ed. She didn$t sa' a word. She 9)st stared at me.

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Tristan$s statement I was in the billiard room. I was /ra&tising. S)ddenl' there were fi#e shots. I tho)ght it was .hi#ers shooting birds in the garden again% then I heard a s&ream. It so)nded li1e .elia% so I o/ened the &onne&ting door to the librar' and saw father l'ing there% <illes/ie at the window% and .elia and mother together in the main doorwa'. I &o)ldn$t belie#e m' e'es. *a9or .hi#ers$ statement I was b' the la1e% fishing in m' )s)al /la&e. (hen I heard the shots% I h)rried thro)gh the trees towards the ho)se. I saw <illes/ie r)nning a&ross the lawn towards the librar'. (hen I got there% e#er'bod' was in room% e"&e/t Tom <iles% the gardener. Poor old <)rne' was dead. I was absol)tel' s)re he was dead. After all% I was in the arm' for twent' 'ears. <illes/ie$s statement. I was ta1ing m' e#ening wal1. I had 9)st &ome o)t of the 1it&hen door% I was wal1ing ro)nd the &orner of the ho)se when I heard shooting. I ran a&ross the lawn to the 6ren&h windows. I saw Lord <)rne'$s bod'% and *iss Smart in the doorwa'. Tom <iles$ statement. I was wor1ing in the 1it&hen garden. I heard shots% b)t that$s not )n)s)al aro)nd here. Lord <)rne' and the *a9or are #er' fond of shooting. Then I heard lots of s&reaming and sho)ting% so I went into the ho)se thro)gh the 1it&hen door to see what was ha//ening. The' were all there. I wasn$t sorr'. 0e deser#ed it. E#er'bod' hated him. Unit 25 *FRDER AT <FR2E- *A23R Part ! Ins/e&tor *ar/les is in &harge of the &ase. Sergeant (atts is his assistant. The'$re in the librar'. *ar/les (here is e#er'bod'% Sergeant+ (atts The'$re all in the drawing-room% sir. .onstable Di&1son$s with them. (hat do 'o) thin1% sir+ *ar/les It &o)ld ha#e been an' one of them% &o)ldn$t it+ (e don$t 1now what s1eletons are in the &)/board5 It ma' ha#e been two of them

together. It might e#en ha#e been all of them. 2obod' seems #er' sad5 (atts 2o% sir. Lord <)rne' was a #er' )n/o/)lar man in the #illage. 2obod' li1ed him. It &o)ld ha#e been an o)tsider. *ar/les 2o% no% (atts. It m)st ha#e been one of them. Let$s loo1 at the e#iden&e. (atts It seems to me that e#er'bod' has got a moti#e% sir% and nobod'$s got an alibi. The' all sa' the' were alone when it ha//ened. *ar/les -es% and there are no finger-/rints on the g)n. Lad' Agatha+ (atts It &o)ldn$t ha#e been her% sir. *ar/les (h' not% (atts+ (atts (ell% she$s in a wheel&hair. She &an$t mo#e #er' fast. An'wa'% the'$#e been married for thirt'-fi#e 'ears. It &an$t ha#e been her. *ar/les *ost m)rders are inside the famil'% (atts% and there is a door between her room and the librar'. (atts Ah% 'es% sir. ,)t it was lo&1ed5 *ar/les Doors ha#e 1e's% (atts5 (atts ,)t wh' wo)ld she want to 1ill him+ *ar/les *iss Smart$s a #er' attra&ti#e 'o)ng woman. (e don$t now what was going on. She &o)ld ha#e been 9ealo)s. (atts ,)t% sir% he was o#er si"t'5 0e was old eno)gh to be her father5 *ar/les Ah% well% (atts% he was a good-loo1ing man% and #er' ri&h5 *a9or .hi#er+ *ar/les (hat abo)t the *a9or% (atts+ 0e$s a strange fellow. (atts I$#e been thin1ing abo)t that. It &an$t ha#e been him% sir5 *ar/les Reall'5 (h' not+ (atts (h' wo)ld he need to fire fi#e times+ 0e was an arm' /istol &ham/ion. 0e &o)ld ha#e 1illed him with one shot. *ar/les *a'be he did% (atts. *a'be he did. (atts I don$t )nderstand% sir. *ar/les There are a lot of things 'o) don$t )nderstand% watts. Perha/s he$s more &le#er than he loo1s. (atts ,)t there$s no moti#e% sir. *ar/les There ma' ha#e been. I mean there was that s&andal with the /ro/ert' &om/an'. (atts ,)t he was at the la1e% sir.

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*ar/les 0e might not ha#e been% (atts. 0e$s a /istol &ham/ion. 0e &o)ld ha#e shot him from the trees and thrown the g)n into the room. (atts 3h. Do 'o) reall' thin1 so% sir+ *ar/les I don$t 1now% (atts. It$s 9)st a theor'. Unit 27 *A7I2< A .3*PLAI2T .)stomer <ood morning% miss. I$d li1e to s/ea1 to the manager. *anager I am the manager% sir. 0ow &an I hel/ 'o)+ .)stomer 3h% reall'+ It$s this radio. It doesn$t wor1. *anager *m... did 'o) b)' it here+ .)stomer Pardon+ 3f &o)rse I bo)ght it here. Loo1% 'o) swit&h it on and nothing ha//ens. *anager .o)ld I see 'o)r re&ei/t+ .)stomer Re&ei/t+ I ha#en$t got one. *anager 3h% 'o) sho)ld ha#e obtained a re&ei/t when 'o) bo)ght it. .)stomer I /robabl' did. I m)st ha#e thrown it awa'. *anager Ah% well% ha#e 'o) got an' other /roof of /)r&hase% the g)arantee% for e"am/le+ .)stomer 2o. It m)st ha#e been in the bo". I threw that awa' too. *anager 3h% dear. -o) reall' o)ght to ha#e 1e/t it. (e need to 1now the e"a&t date of /)r&hase. .)stomer (hat+ I onl' bo)ght it 'esterda'5 That 'o)ng man o#er there ser#ed me. 3h% I /aid b' &heG)e. I$#e got the &heG)e st)b. *anager That$s all right then. Did 'o) &he&1 the radio before 'o) left the sho/+ .)stomer .he&1 it+ 2o% it was in the bo". I e"/e&ted it to wor1. It wasn$t a &hea/ radio% it$s good ma1e. *anager -o) sho)ld ha#e &he&1ed it. .)stomer .ome on5 Sto/ telling me what I sho)ld ha#e done% and do something5 Either gi#e me m' mone' ba&1 or gi#e me another radio. *anager There$s no need to get aggressi#e% sir. Let me loo1 at it... mm... 'o) see this little swit&h on the ba&1+ .)stomer -es+ *anager It$s on JmainsK% and it sho)ld be on Jbatter'K. -o) reall' sho)ld ha#e read the instr)&tions. .)stomer 3h5 Unit 28

T0E J*AR- .ELESTEK Part 1 The J*ar' .elesteK was b)ilt in 1EC1 in 2o#a S&otia% .anada% as a &argo-&arr'ing sailing-shi/. (hen it was la)n&hed% it was gi#en the name JThe Ama;onK. It was not a l)&1' shi/. The first &a/tain died a few da's after it was registered% and on its first #o'age in 1EC! it was badl' damaged in a &ollision. (hile it was being re/aired in /ort% it &a)ght fire. In 1EC4 it &rossed the Atlanti& for the first time% and in the English .hannel it &ollided with another shi/ whi&h san1. JThe Ama;onK was badl' damaged itself. 6o)r 'ears later% in 1EC>% it ran agro)nd on .a/e ,reton Island% off the .anadian &oast. The shi/ was almost &om/letel' wre&1ed and had to be reb)ilt. It was then sold and the name was &hanged to the J*ar' .elesteK. Sailors are #er' s)/erstitio)s and disli1e sailing on shi/s whi&h ha#e been )nl)&1' or whi&h ha#e &hanged their names. *an' sailors ref)sed to sail on the J*ar' .elesteK. 3n 2o#ember 5th 1E>!% the J*ar' .elesteK left 2ew -or1% &arr'ing a &argo of &ommer&ial al&ohol to <enoa in Ital'. There were ele#en /eo/le on board% .a/tain ,riggs% his wife and two-'ear-old da)ghter% and a &rew of eight. ,riggs was an e"/erien&ed &a/tain% and a #er' religio)s man. In his &abin there was a harmoni)m% whi&h was )sed for /la'ing h'mns. A month later the J*ar' .elesteK was seen b' another shi/% the JDei <ratiaK% abo)t halfwa' between the A;ores and the Port)g)ese &oast. .a/tain *oorho)se of the JDei <ratiaK% a friend of &a/tain ,riggs% noti&ed that the shi/ was sailing strangel'. (hen the J*ar' .elesteK% did not answer his signal% he de&ided to in#estigate. 0e sent a small boat to find o)t what was wrong. The J*ar' .elesteK was &om/letel' deserted. The onl' lifeboat was missing. All the sails were )/% and in good &ondition. All the &argo was there. The shi/ had ob#io)sl' been thro)gh storms. The glass on the &om/ass was bro1en. The windows of the des1 &abins had been &o#ered with wooden /lan1s. There was a metre of water in the &argo hold% whi&h was not eno)gh to be dangero)s. The water /)m/s were wor1ing /erfe&tl'.

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There was eno)gh food for si" months% and /lent' of fresh water. All the &rew$s /ersonal /ossessions H&lothes% boots% /i/es and toba&&o et&.I were on board. There were to's on the &a/tain$s bed. There was food and drin1 on the &abin table. 3nl' the na#igation instr)ments and shi/$s /a/ers were missing. The last entr' in the shi/$s log-boo1 had been made ele#en da's earlier% 1 1m west% b)t the shi/ had &ontin)ed in a straight line. The fore-hat&h was fo)nd o/en. There were two dee/ mar1s on the bows% near the water-line. There was a dee/ &)t on the shi/$s rail% made b' an a"e. There were old brown bloodstains on the de&1% and on the &a/tain$s sword% whi&h was in the &abin. .a/tain *oorho)se /)t some sailors on the J*ar' .elesteK% who sailed it to Port)gal. There was a long offi&ial in#estigation% b)t the stor' of what had ha//ened on the shi/% and what had ha//ened to the &rew% till remains a m'ster'. .a/tain *oorho)se and his &rew were gi#en the sal#age mone' for bringing the shi/ to /ort. *an' e"/lanations ha#e been s)ggested% b)t one of them ha#e e#er been /ro#ed. Unit 29 T0E J*AR- .ELESTEK Part ! (hat do 'o) thin1 ha//ened+ Sarah I don$t 1now what ha//ened% b)t it m)st ha#e ha//ened s)ddenl'. *ar1 (h' do 'o) thin1 that+ Sarah Thin1 abo)t it. There were to's on the &a/tain$s bed% weren$t there+ The &hild m)st ha#e been /la'ing% and the' m)st ha#e interr)/ted her s)ddenl'. *ar1 -es% that$s tr)e. And the food was on the table. The' m)st ha#e been eating% or getting read' to eat. Sarah I$ll tell 'o) m' theor'. The lifeboat was missing% right+ The' &o)ld ha#e been /ra&tising their emergen&' drill. The' m)st ha#e got into the boat% and la)n&hed it. *ar1 All right% b)t what ha//ened to the boat+

Sarah Ah5 The' ma' ha#e been rowing the lifeboat ro)nd the shi/% and there m)st ha#e been a g)st of wind% then the shi/ &o)ld ha#e mo#ed forward and r)n down the lifeboat. That e"/lains the mar1s on the bows5 *ar1 .ome on5 The' &an$t all ha#e been sitting in the lifeboat. (hat abo)t the &a/tain+ 0e sho)ld ha#e been steering the shi/5 Sarah Ah% he might ha#e been wat&hing the drill% and 9)m/ed in to sa#e the others5 Unit 31 AP3L3<IES A 0ello. Dere1 *oore s/ea1ing. , 3h% hello% Dere1. This is .li#e. A Ah% 'es. Did 'o) get home all right+ , -es% than1s% b)t I 9)st wanted to a/ologi;e for last night. A Don$t worr' abo)t it. It reall' doesn$t matter. , ,)t the &ar/et% it m)st be r)ined. It was so sill' of me to /)t the &)/ on the floor. A 6orget it% .li#e. It$s all right now. , ,)t it m)st ha#e made an awf)l stain. A Loo1% it$s nothing. I was anno'ed last night% b)t it doesn$t loo1 so bad this morning. , An'wa'% 'o) m)st let me /a' for the &leaning. A Listen% .li#e. A&&idents ha//en. The' alwa's do at /arties. I don$t want to hear an' more abo)t it. Right+ , All right. I reall' am #er' sorr'. A See 'o) on *onda'. ,'e. . E"&)se me. D -es+ . (o)ld 'o) mind /)tting o)t &igarette+ D I beg 'o)r /ardon+ . This is a Jno smo1ingK &om/artment5 D Is it+ I didn$t see a sign. . There it is. 3n the window. D 3h% 'es. I$m terribl' sorr'.

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E 3h5 <ood morning% *rs 2ewb)r'. 6 <ood afternoon% Sharon. Late again+ E 3h% 'es. I$m e#er so sorr'. I &o)ldn$t find a /ar1ing /la&e.

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6 Perha/s 'o) sho)ld ha#e left home earlier. E -es% I 1now. It won$t ha//en again. 6 It$d better not% Sharon. This is the third time this wee15 < 3i5 -o)5 0 *e+ < -es% 'o). (hat do 'o) thin1 'o)$re doing+ 0 Pardon+ I$m 9)st waiting for the b)s. < (ell% there$s a G)e)e% 'o) 1now. 0 Is there+ Sorr'... I didn$t mean to /)sh in. I didn$t reali;e there was a G)e)e. I Are 'o) 37+ ? -es% I$m all right% b)t what abo)t m' &ar+ I There$s not too m)&h damage. ? (hat5 ?)st loo1 at it5 I onl' bo)ght it last wee1. -o) sho)ldn$t ha#e been going so fast. I (ell% I$m sorr'% b)t it wasn$t m' fa)lt. ? (asn$t 'o)r fa)lt+ (hat do 'o) mean+ I had right of wa'. I I$m afraid 'o) didn$t. -o) sho)ldn$t ha#e &ome o)t li1e that. ? (h' not+ There$s no sign. I (hat$s that there then+ ? 3h% 'es. A Jsto/K sign. I m)st ha#e missed it. I (ell% 'o) sho)ld be more &aref)l. -o) &o)ld ha#e 1illed )s all5 ? -es... I$m sorr'. (hat more &an I sa'+ I All right... all right. At least nobod'$s h)rt. 0ere &ome the /oli&e. -o)$d better e"/lain it to them. Unit 32 T0E- DID2$T ST3P T3 TELL *E5 Ins/e&tor (aterman is inter#iewing Stan 6let&her% the dri#er of the hi9a&1ed tr)&1. Ins/e&tor Sit down% *r 6let&her. .igarette+ Stan 2o% than1s. I$m tr'ing to sto/ smo1ing. Ins/e&tor 2ow% *r 6let&her. 0ow did 'o) manage to lose 'o)r tr)&1+ Stan -o) 1now the stor' alread'. Ins/e&tor (ell% tell )s again. Stan 37. I was dri#ing down the *C from S&otland &arr'ing whis1'... in &ases. Ins/e&tor 0mm. Stan I de&ided to sto/ at ,)rnham (ood. Ins/e&tor (h' ,)rnham (ood+

Stan I sto//ed to get some diesel and I needed a &offee. I$d been dri#ing for three ho)rs. Ins/e&tor <o on. Stan After I$d filled the tan1% I /ar1ed o)tside the &afR. Ins/e&tor -es. Stan I got m' &offee and sat b' the window to 1ee/ an e'e on the tr)&1. Ins/e&tor Did 'o) see an'bod' near the lorr'+ Stan 2o% nobod'. Then I went to ma1e a /hone &all. Ins/e&tor A /hone &all+ Stan -es% 'o) &an &he&1. I sto//ed to get some &hange at the &ash des1. Ins/e&tor 37. Then+ Stan (ell% I was tal1ing to m' wife on the /hone when I saw the lorr' going /ast the window. I &o)ldn$t belie#e m' e'es. I dro//ed the /hone and ran o)tside... b)t it was too late5 Ins/e&tor 0ad 'o) remembered to lo&1 the &ab door+ Stan -es% I alwa's remember to lo&1 it. I$m not st)/id% 'o) 1now5 Ins/e&tor All right. All right. ,)t &an 'o) a&t)all' remember lo&1ing it on this o&&asion+ Stan -es% definitel'. Ins/e&tor 0ow &an 'o) be so s)re+ Stan (ell% I remember /)tting the 1e' in the lo&1. It was all wet and dirt'. It was raining% 'o) see% and I$d dro//ed it in a /)ddle. Ins/e&tor And the /assenger door+ Did 'o) remember to &he&1 that+ Stan I don$t a&t)all' remember &he&1ing it. ,)t I$m s)re I m)st ha#e done. It lo&1s from the inside% and I ne#er )se that door. Ins/e&tor ,)t 'o) don$t remember &he&1ing it+ Stan 2o% not reall'. ,)t 'o) &an$t remember e#er'thing% &an 'o)+ I might$#e forgotten to &he&1 it. Ins/e&tor So it &o)ld$#e been o/en. Stan -es... 'es% it &o)ld$#e been. ,)t I bet it wasn$t5 Ins/e&tor (ell% what$s 'o)r theor'% *r 6let&her+ Stan The' m)st$#e had 1e's% m)stn$t the'+ The' started the engine% didn$t the'+ Ins/e&tor 0ow did the' get the 1e's+ Stan Don$t as1 me. I$#e got no idea. The' didn$t sto/ to tell me5 Unit 34 7ID2APPED

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0)gh Rolan is a wealth' b)sinessman. 0is wife /honed him an ho)r ago to tell him that their da)ghter hadn$t ret)rned home from s&hool. 0e told her not to worr' and &ame home at on&e. 0e$s 9)st arri#ed to find his wife in tears. 0)gh Pamela% what$s wrong+ Is it .aroline+ Pamela -es. This note &ame thro)gh the door. She... she... she$s been 1idna//ed5 0)gh 7idna//ed5 3h% m' <od% no5 0a#e 'o) /honed the /oli&e+ Pamela 2o% no. Don$t to)&h the /hone5 Read the note first. 0)gh 0alf a million /o)nds5 It$ll ta1e me a few da's to get that m)&h &ash together. Pamela 0ow long+ 0)gh I don$t 1now. I 9)st &an$t /)t m' hands on that m)&h mone'. 2ot immediatel'. *a'be we sho)ld /hone the /oli&e. Pamela 2o% not the /oli&e5 If the 1idna//ers find o)t% the' 1ill her. 0)gh ,)t I$ll ha#e to borrow the mone'. If 'o) don$t tell the /oli&e% the ban1 won$t let me ha#e it. Pamela 3h% 0)gh5 Fnless we do e"a&tl' what the' sa'% we ma' ne#er see her again. 0)gh 0)gh Rolan. Voi&e Did 'o) get o)r note+ 0)gh -es. Voi&e 0a#e 'o) told the /oli&e+ 0)gh 2o... not 'et. Voi&e -o)$d better not. (hen &an 'o) get the mone'+ 0)gh I need a few da's. Voi&e -o)$#e got one da'. 0)gh 0ow do we 1now that .aroline is still ali#e+ Voi&e -o) don$t. -o)$ll ha#e to tr)st )s. <et the mone' b' tomorrow e#ening. -o)$ll hear from )s again. 0)gh If 'o) harm a hair on her head% I$ll... I$ll... Unit 35 0AVE -3F SEE2 T0IS ADVERT+ Ste/hen (end'% ha#e 'o) seen this ad#ert+ (end' 0mm. It loo1s great% doesn$t it+ I /honed them an ho)r ago. The'$ll ring me ba&1 if the' want me. Ste/hen 3h% the'$ll want 'o). I mean 'o)$#e got bea)tif)l long hair.

(end' I ho/e so5 If I go% I$ll get a new hairst'le... and a da' o)t in London. *and' 0e'% Andrew. Loo1 at this ad. Andrew It loo1s f)n. (h' don$t 'o) ring+ *and' I$d lo#e to% b)t it$s a waste of time. *' hair$s far too short. Andrew (ell% I li1e it the wa' it is. An'wa'% 'o) don$t 1now what the' might do. ,l)e and green hair$s fashionable at the moment. *and' 3h% Andrew% I wo)ldn$t mind that. If I had longer hair% I$d /hone them. Lo)ise .olin% ta1e a loo1 at this. .olin 3h% 'es% I$#e seen it. I$m going to /hone tomorrow. Lo)ise It so)nds #er' e"&iting% and 'o)$#e got a de&ent &ar. .olin 0mm. There are some disad#antages. Lo)ise E#er' 9ob$s got disad#antages% b)t 'o)$re alwa's &om/laining abo)t 'o)r /resent 9ob. .olin I 1now. I$m /re/ared to tr' it. ,)t we ha#en$t got a /hone. I won$t ta1e it if the' don$t /a' the /hone bills5 Roger Sandra% did 'o) see this+ Sandra -es. -o) aren$t interested% are 'o)+ Roger (hat+ *e+ I wasn$t born 'esterda'5 There are far too man' things wrong with it. Sandra (hat do 'o) mean+ Roger I wo)ldn$t ta1e a 9ob li1e that5 -o) wo)ldn$t ha#e an' se&)rit'. -o) wo)ldn$t earn an'thing if 'o) didn$t wor1 all da'% e#er' da'. And I wo)ldn$t ta1e a sales 9ob if the' didn$t /ro#ide a &ar. Sandra -es% loo1 at the address. It$s a hotel room. I &ertainl' wo)ldn$t wor1 for a &om/an' if the' didn$t e#en ha#e an offi&e5 Ra&hel 0elen% what do 'o) thin1 of this ad#ertisement+ 0elen Didn$t I tell 'o)+ It was in last wee1$s /a/er too. I a//lied. I$#e got an inter#iew tomorrow. Ra&hel Do 'o) thin1 'o)$ll get it+ 0elen The' seemed #er' 1een on the /hone. I thin1 the'$ll offer me the 9ob. Ra&hel So% 'o)$re going to .alifornia5 0elen I didn$t sa' that. I won$t ta1e the 9ob )nless the' agree to /a' m' ret)rn fare. It$ll be

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hard wor1 with fi#e 1ids% and I won$t go )nless the' offer me a good salar'5 ?ane There$s a 9ob in Ameri&a in the /a/er. Tina -es% I 1now. I wo)ldn$t dream of a//l'ing for it. ?ane (h' not+ -o)$#e been loo1ing for a 9ob in the States. Tina It$s sla#e labo)r% isn$t it+ 6i#e 1ids% and one e#ening off a wee1. ?ane ,)t the mone' might be #er' good. Tina 0)h5 I wo)ldn$t ta1e it )nless the' /aid me a reall' good salar' with longer holida's and more free time. And I &ertainl' wo)ldn$t go an'where abroad )nless the' /aid m' ret)rn fare5 Unit 36 E2ER<- .RISIS @<ood e#ening% and wel&ome again to the J*i&hael Par1h)rst Tal1abo)tK. In tonight$s /rogamme% we$re loo1ing at the /roblem of energ'. The world$s energ' reso)r&es are limited. 2obod' 1nows e"a&tl' how m)&h f)el is left% b)t /essimisti& fore&asts sa' that there is onl' eno)gh &oal for :5 'ears% eno)gh nat)ral gas for 5 'ears and that oil might r)n o)t in 4 'ears. 3b#io)sl' we ha#e to do something% and we ha#e to do it soon5 I$d li1e to wel&ome o)r first g)est% Professor *ar#in ,)rnham of the 2ew England Instit)te of Te&hnolog'. Professor ,)rnham.A @(ell% we are in an energ' &risis and we will ha#e to do something G)i&1l'. 6ossil f)els H&oal% oil% and gasI are ra/idl' r)nning o)t. The traged' is that fossil f)els are far too #al)able to waste on the /rod)&tion of ele&tri&it'. ?)st thin1 of all the things 'o) &an ma1e from oil5 If 'o) don$t start &onser#ing these things now% it will be too late. And n)&lear /ower is the onl' real alternati#e. (e are getting some ele&tri&it' from )n&lear /ower-station alread'. If we in#est in f)rther resear&h now% we$ll be read' to fa&e the f)t)re. There$s been a lot of /rotest latel' against n)&lear /ower D some /eo/le will /rotest at an'thing D b)t n)&lear /ower-stations are not as dangero)s as some /eo/le sa'. It$s far more dangero)s to wor1 down a &oal-mine or on a

2orth Sea oil-rig. Safet' reg)lations are #er' stri&t. If we s/end mone' on resear&h now% we &o)ld de#elo/ stations whi&h &reate their own f)el and b)rn their own waste. In man' /arts of the world where there are no fossil f)els% n)&lear /ower is the onl' alternati#e. If 'o) a&&e/t that we need ele&tri&it'% then we will need n)&lear energ'. ?)st imagine what the world wo)ld be li1e if we didn$t ha#e ele&tri&it' D no heating% no lighting% no trans/ort% no radio or TV. ?)st thin1 abo)t the wa's 'o) )se ele&tri&it' e#er' da'. S)rel' we don$t want to go ba&1 to the Stone Age. That$s what will ha//en if we t)rn o)r ba&1s on n)&lear resear&h.A @Than1 'o)% Professor. 3)r ne"t g)est is a member of .A2E% the .am/aign Against 2)&lear Energ'% ?ennifer 0)ghes.A @Right. I m)st disagree totall' with Professor ,)rnham. Let$s loo1 at the fa&ts. 6irst% there is no /erfe&t ma&hine. I mean% wh' do aero/lanes &rash+ *a&hines fail. Peo/le ma1e mista1es. (hat wo)ld ha//en if there were a serio)s n)&lear a&&ident+ And an a&&ident m)st be ine#itable D sooner or later. 0)gh areas wo)ld be e#a&)ated% and the' &o)ld remain &ontaminated with radioa&ti#it' for 'ears. If it ha//ened in 'o)r area% 'o) wo)ldn$t get a /enn' in &om/ensation. 2o ins)ran&e &om/an' &o#ers n)&lear ris1s. There are a&&idents. If the n)&lear ind)str' didn$t 1ee/ them G)iet% there wo)ld be a /)bli& o)t&r'. Radioa&ti#it' &a)ses &an&er and ma' affe&t f)t)re generations. 2e"t% n)&lear waste. There is no te&hnolog' for absol)tel' safe dis/osal. Some of this waste will remain a&ti#e for tho)sands of 'ears. Is that what 'o) want to lea#e to 'o)r &hildren+ And their &hildren$s &hildren+ A rea&tor onl' lasts abo)t !5 'ears. ,' the 'ear ! we$ll ha#e JretiredK !C rea&tors in the F7. 2e"t% terrorism. Terrorists &o)ld hold the nation to ransom if the' &a/t)red a rea&tor. In the FSA the Sa#annah Ri#er /lant% and Professor ,)rnham 1nows this #er' well% lost H'es% JlostKI eno)gh /l)toni)m between 1855 and 18>E to ma1e 1E H1E5I atom bombs. (here is it+ (ho$s got it+ I &onsider that n)&lear energ' is e"/ensi#e% dangero)s% and e#il% and most of all% absol)tel' )nne&essar'. ,)t Dr (oodsto&1 will be sa'ing more abo)t that.A @Than1 'o) ?ennifer. 2ow I$m #er' /leased to wel&ome Dr .atherine (oodsto&1. She is the

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a)thor of se#eral boo1s on alternati#e te&hnolog'.A @0ello. I$d li1e to begin b' agreeing with ?ennifer. (e &an de#elo/ alternati#e so)r&es of /ower% and )nless we tr' we$ll ne#er s)&&eed. Instead of b)rning fossil f)els we sho)ld be &on&entrating on more e&onomi& )ses of ele&tri&it'% be&a)se ele&tri&it' &an be /rod)&ed from an' so)r&e of energ'. If we didn$t waste so m)&h energ'% o)r reso)r&es wo)ld last longer. -o) &an sa#e more energ' b' &onser#ation than 'o) &an /rod)&e for the same mone'. Fnless we do resear&h on solar energ'% wind /ower% wa#e /ower% tidal /ower% h'droele&tri& s&hemes et&% o)r fossil f)els will r)n o)t% and we$ll all free;e or star#e to death. 3ther &o)ntries are s/ending m)&h more than )s on resear&h% and don$t forget that energ' from the s)n% the wa#es and the wind lasts for e#er. (e reall' won$t s)r#i#e )nless we start wor1ing on &leaner% safer so)r&es of energ'.A @Than1 'o) #er' m)&h% Dr (oodsto&1. 3)r final s/ea1er% before we o/en the dis&)ssion to the st)dio a)dien&e% is .harles (i&1s% *P% the *inister for Energ'.A @I$#e been listening to the other s/ea1ers with great interest. ,' the wa'% I don$t agree with some of the estimates of world energ' reser#es. *ore oil and gas is being dis&o#ered all the time. If we listened to the /essimists Hand there are a lot of them abo)tI none of )s wo)ld slee/ at night. In the short-term% we m)st &ontin)e to rel' on the fossil f)els D oil% &oal and gas. ,)t we m)st also loo1 to the f)t)re. 3)r /oli&' m)st be fle"ible. Fnless we tho)ght new resear&h was ne&essar'% we wo)ldn$t be s/ending mone' on it. After all% the <o#ernment wo)ldn$t ha#e a De/artment of Energ' )nless the' tho)ght it was im/ortant. The big G)estion is where to s/end the mone' D on &onser#ation of /resent reso)r&es or on resear&h into new forms of /ower. ,)t I$m fairl' o/timisti&. I wo)ldn$t be in this 9ob )nless I were an o/timist5A Unit 37 (0AT (3FLD -3F 0AVE D32E+ -3FR LETTERS

things that the' had hear abo)t. (e wanted stories where /eo/le 9)st didn$t 1now what to do ne"t5 0ere are the stories that interested )s most5 That$s m' beer... that was5 I was in small &o)ntr' /)b. I had 9)st sat down with a /int of beer. S)ddenl' this h)ge man D he loo1ed li1e a bo"er D &ame o#er% /i&1ed )/ m' beer% dran1 it% banged the glass down on the table% stared straight at me% and then wal1ed awa' witho)t sa'ing an'thing. I s)//ose I sho)ld ha#e said something% b)t I was s&ared stiff5 I didn$t 1now what to do5 (hat wo)ld 'o) ha#e done+ *r A (atne'% 0)ll. In dee/ water I was on a to)ring holida' in 6ran&e. It was a #er' hot da' and I sto//ed at a small deserted bea&h. I hadn$t got m' swimming-&ost)me with me% b)t it was earl' in the morning and there were no /eo/le or ho)ses in sight. So I too1 off all m' &lothes and swam o)t to sea. I$m a #er' strong swimmer. I la' on m' ba&1% &losed m' e'es% and rela"ed in the water. (hen I loo1ed ba&1 at the bea&h% a &oa&h had arri#ed and there were thirt' or fort' /eo/le sitting on the sand ha#ing a /i&ni&5 (hat wo)ld 'o) ha#e done+ *r T 0orniman% I/swi&h. 2a)ght' ,isho/5 I was told a lo#el' stor' abo)t the ,isho/ of 6leetwood. 0e$d gone to 2ew -or1 for a &h)r&h &onferen&e. An'wa'% when he ste//ed off the /lane there were a lot of 9o)rnalists and &ameramen. The first G)estion one of the 9o)rnalists as1ed was @Do 'o) intend to #isit an' night&l)bs in 2ew -or1+A (ell% the ,isho/ was E5 'ears old. @Are there an' night&l)bs in 2ew -or1+A he answered inno&entl'. The ne"t morning the headline in one of the 2ew -or1 /a/ers was @,isho/$s first G)estion on arri#al in 2ew -or1 D Are there an' night&l)bs+A 0ow wo)ld 'o) ha#e felt+ Re#errend Simon 6isher% E"eter Stranger in the night *' stor' isn$t at all f)nn'. It was a #er' frightening e"/erien&e. -o) see% one night I wo1e )/ s)ddenl'. I heard the tin1le of bro1en glass from downstairs% and I heard the window o/ening. Then it so)nded two #oi&es5 *' wife had wo1en )/% too. She told me to do something. A

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&o)/le of da's before% there had been a re/ort abo)t a b)rglar' in the lo&al /a/er. The b)rglars had been interr)/ted and the' had beaten )/ the ho)seholder. The'$d nearl' 1illed him. I was trembling with fear. I 9)st didn$t 1now what to do. In the end% I didn$t go down and the' stole the sil#er tea-ser#i&e I$d inherited from m' mother. (as I right+ (hat wo)ld 'o) ha#e done+ *r D ,oswell% Edinb)rgh. A sa)&' thief I had /ar1ed m' &ar in a m)lti-store' &ar /ar1 and I was ta1ing a short &)t thro)gh the side door of the resta)rant in a large store. 0alf-wa' a&ross the resta)rant I s/otted m' father eating /ie% &hi/s and /eas D he often eats there. I &re/t )/ behind him% /)t m' hand o#er his sho)lder% too1 a &hi/ off the /late% di//ed it in the tomato sa)&e and ate it. Then I reali;ed that the man was not m' father5 I was so embarrassed5 I &o)ldn$t sa' a word5 (hat wo)ld 'o) ha#e done+ *iss 0 P ,ranston% .ardiff. Fnless555 I$d 9)st /ar1ed m' &ar in the street near a football stadi)m in Li#er/ool. It was ten min)tes before the start of the mat&h and I was in a h)rr'. Two little bo's &ame )/ to me and said @<i#e )s 5 / and we$ll loo1 after 'o)r &ar while 'o)$re at the wat&h.A I told them to &lear off% and one of them loo1ed at me with big% ro)nd% inno&ent e'es and said @Fnless 'o) gi#e )s the mone'% something might ha//en to 'o)r &ar while 'o)$re awa'. -o) 1now% a s&rat&h or a flat t're. Something li1e that.A I was f)rio)s5 (hat wo)ld 'o) ha#e done5 *r D Ri#ie% ,ir1enhead. 0onest' is the best /oli&e I &o)ldn$t belie#e the stor' I heard the other da'. It seems that a &o)/le had 9)st bo)ght a ho)se in *an&hester. The' wanted to ins)late the roof% so the' &limbed )/ into the loft. There% )nder the water tan1% was =! % in &ash5 The' handed o#er the mone' to the /oli&e. (o)ld 'o) ha#e re/orted the find+ (hat wo)ld 'o) ha#e done+ *rs , Le'land% ,irmingham. Unit 38 A ,AD DA- 36 T0E 366I.E ,ob (hat was wrong with 'o) this morning+

Debbie (rong with me+ Sorr'% ,ob% I don$t 1now what 'o)r mean. ,ob -o) wal1ed straight /ast me. -o) didn$t sa' a word5 Debbie Reall'+ (here+ ,ob It was 9)st o)tside the news-agent$s in the 0igh Street. Debbie I$m terribl' sorr'% ,ob. I 9)st didn$t see 'o). ,ob .ome on% Debbie. -o) m)st ha#e done5 I was wa#ing5 Debbie 2o% honestl'. I didn$t see 'o). If I ha#e seen 'o)% I wo)ld ha#e said J0elloK. *rs Lewis Debbie% ha#e 'o) sent that tele" to <ene#a+ Debbie 2o% I ha#en$t. *rs Lewis (h' ha#en$t 'o) done it 'et+ It$s )rgent. Debbie ,e&a)se 'o) didn$t as1 me to do it. *rs Lewis Didn$t I+ Debbie 2o% 'o) didn$t. If 'o)$d as1ed me% I$d$#e sent it5 <ordon Did 'o) see a letter from ,ra;il on this des1+ Debbie -es% it$s here. <ordon 3h% good. (here$s the en#elo/+ Debbie I threw it awa'. (h'+ <ordon It had some ni&e stam/s on it. I wanted them for m' son. 0e &olle&ts stam/s. Debbie 3h% <ordon5 If onl' I$d 1nown5 <ordon It doesn$t matter. Debbie 2o% I$d ha#e 1e/t it if I$d 1nown. Debbie (hat$s the matter% ?eff+ -o) don$t loo1 #er' well. ?eff 2o. I$#e had a terrible &old. I$#e been in bed all wee1end% b)t it$s better toda'. Debbie *m... I had a bad &old last wee1. ?eff I 1now% and 'o) ga#e it to e#er'one in the offi&e. I wo)ldn$t ha#e &ome to wor1 if I$d had a &old li1e that. *rs Lewis Debbie. Debbie -es. *rs Lewis Did 'o) t'/e this letter+ Debbie -es. (h'+ Is there something wrong with it+ *rs Lewis 0a#e a loo1. This sho)ld be =: % . -o)$#e t'/e =: % . Debbie 3h% 'es. I$m e#er so sorr'.

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*rs Lewis And 'o)$#e also miss/elt the &)stomer$s name. It sho)ld be JSnellingK not JSmellingK. Debbie 0ee-hee5 *rs Lewis It$s not f)nn'% Debbie. If I hadn$t noti&ed it% we &o)ld ha#e lost the order. R)th 0i% Debbie. Did 'o) ha#e a good da'% toda'+ Debbie 2o% I didn$t. I$m glad toda'$s o#er5 e#er'thing went wrong5 R)th Reall'+ Debbie -es% I made a lot of t'/ing errors% then I forgot to send a tele" and I offended ,ob be&a)se I ignored him in the street. R)th (h' was that+ Debbie It was that /art' last night. If I hadn$t gone to bed late% it wo)ldn$t ha#e been s)&h an awf)l da'. I$m ha#ing an earl' night tonight5 Unit 39 A SATFRDA- A6TER2332 <illian felt slightl' )neas' as the /orter )nlo&1ed the gates and wa#ed her thro)gh. St Alfred$s 0os/ital was not an ordinar' mental instit)tion. It was the most e"&l)si#e instit)tion of its t'/e in the &o)ntr'. -o) had to be not onl' mentall' ill% b)t also e"tremel' weath' to be a&&e/ted as a /atient. She /ar1ed her &ar o)tside the main entran&e of the im/osing eighteenth &ent)r' b)ilding. She /a)sed on the ste/s to loo1 at the s)/erb ornamental gardens and s)rro)nding /ar1land. An old man in a white /anama hat was watering the flowerbed beside the ste/s. 0e smiled at her. 3ld man <ood afternoon% miss. A lo#el' da'% isn$t it+ <illian -es% it &ertainl' is. 3ld man Are 'o) a new /atient+ <illian 3h% I$m not a /atient. I$m 9)st here to do some resear&h. 3ld man (ill 'o) be sta'ing long+ <illian I reall' don$t 1now. I wonder if 'o) &o)ld dire&t me to Dr .armi&hael$s offi&e+ 3ld man .ertainl'% miss. ?)st go thro)gh the main door% t)rn left% wal1 down to the end of the &orridor% and it$s the last door on the right. <illian Than1 'o) #er' m)&h indeed. Dr .armi&hael was waiting for her. 0e had been loo1ing forward to meeting his new resear&h

assistant. 0e himself had alwa's been interested in the s/e&ial /roblems of long-sta' /atients. Dr .armi&hael was #er' /ro)d of his hos/ital and she was im/ressed b' the rela"ed and informal atmos/here. She s/ent the mornings inter#iewing /atients% and the afternoons writing )/ the res)lts of her resear&h in the gardens. Some of the /atients were withdrawn and de/ressed% some seemed almost normal. 3nl' one or two had to be 1e/t lo&1ed )/. She fo)nd it hard to belie#e that all of them had been tho)ght too dangero)s to li#e in normal so&iet'. She often saw the old man in the /anama hat. 0e s/ent most of his time wor1ing in the gardens% b)t he alwa's sto//ed to s/ea1 to her. She fo)nd o)t that his name was *a)ri&e 6eatherstone. 0e was a gentle and mild-mannered old fellow% with &lear% bl)e% honest e'es% white hair and a /in1ish &om/le"ion. 0e alwa's loo1ed /leased with life. She be&ame /arti&)larl' &)rio)s abo)t him% b)t Dr .armi&hael had ne#er as1ed her to inter#iew him% and she wondered wh'. 3ne night% at dinner% she as1ed abo)t *r 6eatherstone. Dr .armi&hael Ah% 'es% *a)ri&e. 2i&e old &ha/. 0e$s been here longer than an'bod'. <illian (hat$s wrong with him+ Dr .armi&hael 2othing. 0is famil' /)t him here thirt'-fi#e 'ears ago. The' ne#er &ome to #isit him% b)t the bills are alwa's /aid on time. <illian ,)t what had he done+ Dr .armi&hael I$ll show 'o) his file. It seems that he b)rnt down his s&hool when he was se#enteen. 0is famil' tried to 1ee/ the in&ident G)iet. 3#er the ne"t few 'ears there were a n)mber of m'sterio)s fires in his neighbo)rhood% b)t the famil' did nothing )ntil he tried to set fire to the famil' mansion. 0e was in here the ne"t da'. *a)ri&e ne#er /rotested. <illian And that was thirt'-fi#e 'ears ago5 Dr .armi&hael I$m afraid so. If I$d had m' wa'% I$d ha#e let him o)t 'ears ago. <illian ,)t he &an$t still be dangero)s5 Dr .armi&hael 2o. 0e$s had /lent' of o//ort)nities. (e e#en let him smo1e. If he$d wanted to start a fire% he &o)ld ha#e done it at an' time. <illian was sho&1ed b' the stor'. She be&ame determined to do something abo)t it. She wrote letters to *a)ri&e$s famil'% b)t ne#er re&ei#ed a re/l'. 0e had ne#er been offi&iall' &ertified as insane% and legall'% he &o)ld lea#e at an' time. Dr .armi&hael was easil' /ers)aded to let her tal1 to *a)ri&e.

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<illian *a)ri&e% ha#e 'o) e#er tho)ght abo)t lea#ing this /la&e+ *a)ri&e 2o% miss. I$m #er' ha//' here. This is m' home. And an'wa'% I$#e got nowhere to go. <illian ,)t wo)ldn$t 'o) li1e to go into the #illage sometime... to wal1 aro)nd% to b)' 'o)r own toba&&o+ *a)ri&e I$#e ne#er tho)ght abo)t it% miss. I s)//ose it wo)ld be ni&e. ,)t I wo)ldn$t want to sta' awa' for long. I$#e s/ent twent' 'ears wor1ing on this garden. I 1now e#er' flower and tree. (hat wo)ld ha//en to them if I weren$t here+ <illian reali;e that it wo)ld be )n1ind to ma1e him lea#e the hos/ital. 0owe#er% she fo)nd o)t that the ne"t Sat)rda' was his birthda'. She arranged with the staff to gi#e him a /art'. The' wanted it to be a s)r/rise and Dr .armi&hael agreed to left him go o)t for the afternoon. There was a flower show in the #illage. *a)ri&e left at two o$&lo&1. 0e seemed G)ite e"&ited. The' e"/e&ted him to ret)rn abo)t fo)r o$&lo&1. The &oo1 had made a birthda' &a1e and the staff had de&orated the lo)nge. <illian was standing in the window when she saw him. 0e was earl'. 0e was wal1ing )/ the dri#e towards the ho)se% whistling &heerf)ll'. ,ehind him% abo#e the trees% se#eral thi&1 bla&1 &ol)mns of smo1e were beginning to rise slowl' into the &lear bl)e s1'. Unit 40 03LIDA- FSA .an 'o) see 'o)rself riding a &able-&ar in San 6ran&is&o% eating fresh &rab and lobster at 6isherman$s (harf% winning a fort)ne in the &asinos of Las Vegas or wal1ing with the stars along 0oll'wood ,o)le#ard+ Transatlanti& Airwa's in#ite 'o) to s/end two )nforgettable wee1s in the &ities of .alifornia and 2e#ada and en9o' the glitter and the glamo)r of the <olden (est. E#er' &it' has its own &hara&ter D San 6ran&is&o with the <olden <ate ,ridge% .hinatown% &able&ars &limbing )/ the stee/ hills% resta)rants ser#ing food from e#er' &o)ntr' in the world. -o)$ll be offered to)rs to see the s&ener' of *ontere' and .armel% and the breathta1ing #iews from the Pa&ifi& .oast 0ighwa'.

Then 'o) 9oin in the ra;;amata;; of Las Vegas% the gambling &a/ital of the world% set in the 2e#ada Desert. Las Vegas ne#er slee/s and the entertainment is the finest in the world. And from Las Vegas there$s an o/tional flight o#er the s/e&ta&)lar <rand .an'on. 6inall' 'o) arri#e in Los Angeles% home of the mo#ie ind)str'. S)nset Stri/% ,e#erl' 0ills and 0oll'wood all wait to wel&ome 'o). -o)$ll be able to &hoose an' n)mber of e"&)rsions D the wonderf)l world of Disne'land% Fni#ersal 6ilm St)dios or e#en a sho//ing tri/ to *e"i&o. This e"&iting three-&entre to)r offers 'o) a golden o//ort)nit' to e"/erien&e the s/e&ial atmos/here of the <olden (est. *ar1 and Emma A)stin are a 'o)ng &o)/le in their late twenties. Emma was inter#iewed abo)t the holida'. @3n the whole we en9o'ed it #er' m)&h% b)t it was /rett' tiring. (e went on most of the e"&)rsions% be&a)se we didn$t want to miss an'thing. (e reall' felt we needed more time. If we went again% we$d sta' longer. (e wo)ld ha#e s/ent more time in San 6ran&is&o and less time in Los Angeles if we$d 1nown more abo)t the &ities. Los Angeles was a bit disa//ointing. (e went on a to)r of ,e#erl' 0ills to see the Jho)ses of the starsK. Fnless 'o)$d st)died film histor'% 'o) wo)ld ne#er ha#e heard of most of them5 <enerall' s/ea1ing% the hotels% food and ser#i&e were e"&ellent. (e fo)nd Ameri&ans /arti&)larl' friendl'. (e /robabl' too1 too m)&h l)ggage. .lothes in the States were so &hea/5 It wo)ld ha#e been a good idea to ta1e em/t' s)it&ases5 If we$d done that% the sa#ings on &lothes wo)ld almost ha#e /aid for the air fare5A ?a&1 and Vera Dra1e are a retired &o)/le. ?a&1 was as1ed abo)t the holida'. @(e$d been loo1ing forward to this tri/ for 'ears% and it was the holida' of a lifetime. I thin1 we li1ed Las Vegas most% b)t two nights were /robabl' eno)gh5 If we$d sta'ed there m)&h longer% we$d ha#e lost all o)r mone'5 (e saw Tom ?ones at the Desert Inn. I$#e ne#er seen an'thing li1e that /la&e5 Disne'land is a Jm)stK for an'one with &hildren. If onl' we$d had o)r grand&hildren with )s5 The' wo)ld ha#e lo#ed it5 (e went on some of the e"&)rsions% and we &o)ld ha#e gone on more% b)t 'o) &an$t see

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e#er'thing% &an 'o)+ I didn$t thin1 m)&h of Ameri&an beer% b)t .alifornia wine was a ni&e s)r/rise. (e wo)ldn$t ha#e &hosen this to)r )nless it had been es&orted. (e$re both in o)r se#enties and we &o)ldn$t ha#e managed on o)r own. E#er'bod' was so hel/f)l to )s5A 6l'-dri#e means freedom D the freedom of the road to e"/lore this e"&iting &o)ntr'. 6l'-dri#e m)st be the logi&al wa' of seeing the land of the motel and the freewa'. Ameri&a is made for dri#ers. Ameri&an &ars are eas' to dri#e% &omfortable% and /etrol is m)&h &hea/er than in E)ro/e. A fle"ible timetable is the ideal wa' of getting the most o)t of 'o)r holida'. (e boo1 'o)r first night$s a&&ommodation in a hotel near the air/ort and deli#er 'o)r &ar in the morning. Then 'o) are as free as a bird D go an'where% sta' an'where. If 'o) wish to /re-/a' 'o)r a&&ommodation before de/art)re% we &an s)//l' a&&ommodation #o)&hers for one of the large &hain of motels. ,oston is the ideal starting-/oint to e"/lore 2ew England. To the so)theast are the ro&1' &liffs and sand' bea&hes of bea)tif)l .a/e .od% ideal for swimming% sailing and fishing. To the north is 2ew 0am/shire with its green #alle's% white stee/led &h)r&hes and infinite #ariet' of wild flowers. Dri#e )/ into *aine% a land of forests and mo)ntains with a s/e&ta&)lar &oastline. Dri#e west a&ross 2ew -or1 State to 2iagara 6alls or so)th thro)gh the bea)tif)l rolling hills of .onne&ti&)t to a &oastline of resort towns and fishing /orts. *atthew and Poll' (inthro/ too1 their two &hildren on the fl'-dri#e holida'. Poll'$s tal1ing abo)t it. @(e$d ne#er ha#e gone fl'-dri#e )nless we$d had the 1ids with )s. *atthew is a b)s-dri#er and it wasn$t m)&h of a holida' for him5 ,)t I thin1 it$s the onl' wa' to tra#el with 'o)ng &hildren. The distan&es were m)&h greater than we had imagined. If we had another holida' in the States% we wo)ldn$t tr' to dri#e so far. I thin1 we$d &o#er the longer distan&es b' the /lane% and then hire a different &ar in ea&h /la&e. The motels were #er' well eG)i//ed and the &hildren were alwa's made wel&ome. The motels didn$t ha#e m)&h &hara&ter% b)t when 'o)$re to)ring 'o) 9)st need somewhere to slee/. E#er' room had TVQ for )s that was mar#ello)s. (e wo)ldn$t ha#e

been able to lea#e the &hildren if there hadn$t been a TV in the room. (e wo)ld ne#er ha#e left them alone for too long of &o)rse% b)t it was ni&e for )s to go down to the bar for a drin1. 2ew England was absol)tel' fantasti& and we$d re&ommend it to an'one5A Ian and .hris are in their earl' twenties. .hris s/o1e abo)t their holida'. @It was reall' great. (e too1 it in t)rns to dri#e% so the distan&es didn$t seem too long. Ameri&an &ars are tremendo)s. The'$re so big. 3ne night we &o)ldn$t find a motel% and we sle/t in the &ar. (e bo)ght loads of re&ords and &lothes. If we$d bo)ght them in England% the'$d ha#e &ost twi&e as m)&h. (e went in the a)t)mn% the'$d &all it JfallK in the States% and the &olo)rs on the trees in 2ew England were )nbelie#able5 (e wo)ldn$t ha#e &hosen this holida' )nless we$d li1ed dri#ing. -o) s/end a lot of time in the &ar. (e intend to go again ne"t 'ear% b)t we$ll go to *iami or San 6ran&is&o% if we &an afford it5A Unit 42 I (IS0... *r *annering ?. .. *annering. Se&retar' -o)r &all from 2ew -or1$s on line one% sir. Paris has 9)st &ome thro)gh on line two and I$#e got a &all from To1'o on line fo)r. *r *annering As1 them to ring ba&1 tomorrow% ?)d'. Tell them... tell them I$m not here. It$s far too late. I wish I wasn$t here. I$#e had eno)gh toda'. Se&retar' ,)t sir% the'$re )rgent% all of them. *r *annering Do 'o) 1now something% ?)d'+ I wish I was at home now% in front of the tele#ision with a &)/ of &o&oa5 Pa)la Loo1 at that5 It$s /o)ring with rain again% and I$#e got to wal1 to the station. Diane T'/i&al ,ritish weather5 Pa)la It$s all right for old *annering. 0is RollsRo'&e is downstairs waiting to ta1e him home. Diane 0mm. I wish I had a &ha)ffe)r-dri#en Rolls. Pa)la I wish I had a &ar% an' &ar. I$m going to get soa1ed tonight5 Ton' 0ello% ?ames% still here+ ?ames -es% I$m waiting to see *r *annering.

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Ton' -o) don$t )s)all' wor1 in the e#enings. ?ames I wish I wasn$t wor1ing this e#ening. There$s a good &on&ert on. Ton' 3h% well. Perha/s he$ll &all 'o) soon. ?ames I ho/e he does5 Alan 0a#en$t 'o) finished 'et+ Lorraine 2o. I wish I had. I &an$t go )ntil I$#e &om/leted this re/ort. Alan .an$t 'o) do it tomorow+ Lorraine I wish I &o)ld% b)t *annering wants it tonight. Shirle' E#ening% ?oan. ?oan E#ening% Shirle'. I don$t feel li1e wor1ing tonight. Shirle' 2either do I. I hate this 1ind of wor1. ?oan (h' do 'o) do it then+ Shirle' I wish I didn$t ha#e to5 ,)t we need the mone'. *' h)sband$s o)t of wor1 again. ?oan I 1now what 'o) mean. I wish I$d learnt to t'/e% or something li1e that. Shirle' (e &an all wish5 I left s&hool at fo)rteen. I wish I hadn$t% b)t there was no &hoi&e in those da's. -o)ngsters ha#e so man' o//ort)nities nowada's. I wish we$d had the &han&es. I$d ne#er ha#e ended )/ as a &leaner. ?oan .ome on Shirle'% let$s ha#e a &)/ of tea. P. Loo1 at that% Sergeant. There are still lights on in the ins)ran&e &om/an' again. Sergeant -es% it loo1s ni&e and warm% doesn$t it+ I sometimes wish I wor1ed there. P. Do 'o) reall'+ Sergeant *mm. Sometimes. A ni&e offi&e% a des1% se&retaries e#er'where. It &an$t be bad. P. And the boss$s Rolls o)tside5 Sergeant Still% 'o) 1now what the' sa'O Jthe grass is alwa's greener on the other side of the hill.K P. I s)//ose 'o)$re right% Sarge. 0e'% that Rolls is on a do)ble 'ellow line. Sergeant 3h% 'es. <i#e him a /ar1ing ti&1et. 0e &an afford it5 Unit 43 T0E 0APPIEST DA-S 36 -3FR LI6E+

Some /eo/le sa' that 'o)r s&hoolda's are the ha//iest da's of 'o)r life. 0ere are si" /eo/le tal1ing abo)t their s&hoolda's. Sall' ?ennings wor1s in an ad#ertising agen&'. @I went to the lo&al grammar s&hool. It was an all-girls$ s&hool% and we all had to wear )niform. That )niform5 I reall' hated it5 (e had to wear white so&1s% white blo)ses% mat&hing bl)e s1irts and bla;ers% and one of those.. 'o) 1now... f)nn' little hats. 3oh5 And we had to wear ties% reall'5 (e didn$t mi" m)&h with &hildren from other s&hools. It was a bit snobbish% I s)//ose. The s'llab)s was #er' a&ademi&. (e ne#er did things li1e &oo1er' or needlewor1. I was glad at the time b)t I wish the'$d ta)ght )s a few... a few basi&. I &an$t e#en ma1e a de&ent omelette. I didn$t li1e games% either D a lot of girls r)nning ro)nd a ho&1e' field on a free;ing &old ?an)ar' afternoon. I hated it5 3h and another thing I regret... I wish the s&hool had been &oed)&ational. I was terribl' sh' of bo's for a &o)/le of 'ears after I left s&hool... sim/l' be&a)se I hadn$t met man'.A 6reddie Ta//er is a s)&&essf)l self-em/lo'ed b)ilder. 0e went to a se&ondar' modern s&hool. @S&hool+ I left when I was 15% and I was glad to get o)t. I 1new e"a&tl' what I wanted to do. I wanted to start earning a li#ing as soon as /ossible... in the real world. *ost of the tea&hers were boring% and the' didn$t seem to )nderstand )s. The' li#ed in a different world. The' &o)ldn$t )nderstand that we didn$t want the things the' wanted D 'o) 1now% Sha1es/eare and all that r)bbish5 I$d ha#e left earlier if I &o)ld. I thin1 tea&hers are o#er/aid% and their holida's are too long. I don$t 1now what the'$re alwa's &om/laining abo)t. I$m sorr' I had to go to s&hool at all5A Samantha (harton is the /ersonnel manager of a de/artment store. @I was at a big &om/rehensi#e D nearl' ! st)dents. ,e&a)se it was so big there was a wide &hoi&e of s)b9e&ts and I li1ed that. I s)//ose it was a bit im/ersonal sometimes. I often wished it had been smaller% b)t the tea&hing was #er' good and there were lots of e"tra a&ti#ities. I /la'ed in the s&hool or&hestra D not #er' well D and hel/ed to /rod)&e the s&hool news/a/er. I thin1 &om/rehensi#es &o)ld be im/ro#ed. A lot of m' friends left at 1C% and the' now regret lea#ing so earl'. Some of them wo)ld ha#e done #er'

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well a&ademi&all'% if the' had been en&o)raged eno)gh. Still% ma'be things are different now.A (illiam ,)nter is a &i#il ser#ant. 0e$s a senior offi&ial in the 6oreign 3ffi&e. @I went to Eton% a&t)all'. I s)//ose I had a #er' /ri#ileged ed)&ation. A&ademi& standards were #er' high and I was able to go on to 3"ford. The thing I remember most is the &omradeshi/. The friendshi/s I made there ha#e lasted thro)gh m' life. S/orts were #er' im/ortant for me D I belie#e that team games tea&h /eo/le to wor1 together% and we /la'ed e#er' afternoon. There$s been a lot of bad /)bli&it' abo)t &or/oral /)nishment in s&hools. I was often beaten b)t it didn$t do me an' harm. *a'be 'o)ng /eo/le wo)ld be better beha#ed these da's if there were more dis&i/line in s&hools. *' onl' regret abo)t boarding-s&hool is that I didn$t get to 1now m' /arents #er' well. I didn$t see m)&h of them after the age of eight. I$#e tho)ght a lot of abo)t the /roblems% b)t I$d li1e to send both of m' sons to Eton. I$#e alread' reser#ed their /la&es.A ?o'&e ,rown is a ho)sewife. @I was bro)ght )/ in the &o)ntr' and I went to the little #illage s&hool. (e were all together D bo's and girls of all ages. It was li1e one big% ha//' famil'. It was diffi&)lt for the tea&her of &o)rse D different ages and abilities D b)t the older &hildren hel/ed the 'o)nger ones. I thin1 it was a good /re/aration for life. I wish the'$d ne#er &losed it. *' &hildren ha#e to tra#el fo)r miles b' b)s to the s&hool in town. *' s&hoolda's were #er' ha//'. I ne#er /assed an' e"ams% b)t I don$t regret going to m' little #illage s&hool.A Darren Andrews was at a &om/rehensi#e s&hool. 0e$s )nem/lo'ed. @I left last 'ear when I was 1E. I /assed all m' e"ams% b)t I still ha#en$t been able to find a 9ob. I wish I$d a//lied for )ni#ersit'% b)t e#en with a degree% there$s no g)arantee of wor1 nowada's. I wish I$d &hosen differen&e s)b9e&ts. I s/e&iali;ed in English Literat)re% 0istor'% and Latin. I en9o'ed doing them% b)t 'o) see... most of the 9obs these da's are on the te&hni&al side. I thin1 s&hools o)ght to gi#e more ad#i&e on &areers and there sho)ld be more s/e&ifi& 9ob /re/aration. If I$d 1nown more abo)t 9ob /ossibilities% I$d$#e done other s)b9e&ts.A Unit 44

*ISS ,RITAI2 Anno)n&er This is the third and final stage of the J*iss ,ritainK &om/etition. (e ha#e seen all the &ontestants in the bathing-&ost)mes and in the e#ening dresses% and the 9)dges ha#e sele&ted o)r si" finalists. The last stage is the inter#iew% and in this stage o)r &ontestants will be 9)dged on &harm% intelligen&e and /ersonalit'. 1 3)r si" finalists are 2o 1: *iss Lan&ashire% 2o 14 *iss Dorset% *iss 2orfol1 2o 5 % *iss <went 2o C% 2o 4 *iss Strath&l'de and *iss (arwi&1shire 2o : . (o)ld the first &ontestant /lease &ome forward. ! Anno)n&er This is 1>-'ear-old <ra&e 6ield from Lan&ashire. ?)st stand there% <ra&e. -o)$re a sho/-assistant% aren$t 'o)+ <ra&e 6ield -es% I am. Anno)n&er (hat 1ind of sho/ is it+ <ra&e 6ield It$s a &lothes sho/. (e sell &hildren$s &lothes. It$s onl' a tem/orar' 9ob% a&t)all'. Anno)n&er 2ow% first of allO what do 'o) do in 'o)r s/are time+ <ra&e 6ield (ell% I li1e dressma1ing% I ma1e all m' own &lothes... and &oo1ing. I do a lot of &oo1ing. Anno)n&er That$s a bea)tif)l dress 'o)$re wearing% did 'o) ma1e it+ <ra&e 6ield -es% with a little hel/ from m' mother. Anno)n&er 2ow% <ra&e. -o) said 'o)r 9ob was a tem/orar' one. (hat wo)ld 'o) reall' li1e to do+ <ra&e 6ield 3h% to wor1 with &hildren. E"a&tl'. Anno)n&e Fh% h)h. Last G)estion. If 'o) &o)ld ha#e one wish% what wo)ld it be+ <ra&e 6ield I$#e tho)ght abo)t that a lot... world /ea&e. Anno)n&er Than1 'o)% <ra&e. 4 Anno)n&er 3)r ne"t &ontestant is a bea)t' &ons)ltant from Dorset% Vi&toria 0ard'. Vi&toria$s !5. 0ello% Vi&toria. Vi&toria 0ard' <ood e#ening% Terr'. It$s lo#el' to meet 'o). Anno)n&er *mm. Than1 'o). 0a#e 'o) got an' great ambitions% Vi&toria+

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Vi&toria 0ard' -es. I$d li1e to sail a&ross the Atlanti&. Anno)n&er The Atlanti&5 Alone+ Vi&toria 0ard' 2o% no. Anno)n&er 0a#e 'o) an' e"/erien&e of sailing+ Vi&toria 0ard' -es% I go sailing e#er' wee1end. Anno)n&er Is that 'o)r onl' hobb'+ Vi&toria 0ard' It$s m' fa#o)rite one% b)t I li1e horseriding too. Anno)n&er <ood. <ood. (hat abo)t one wish+ Vi&toria 0ard' I$d wish for a long life. Anno)n&er Ver' ni&e. Than1 'o) #er' m)&h% Vi&toria. : Anno)n&er The third finalist is L'nn 7ing% a /rimar' s&hool tea&her from 2orfol1. -o) loo1 too 'o)ng to be a tea&her% L'nn. 2one of m' tea&hers loo1ed li1e 'o). L'nn 7ing I$m !1% this is m' first 'ear. Anno)n&er I see. Tell me abo)t 'o)r hobbies. L'nn 7ing I$m #er' interested in astronom'... and /la'ing the /iano. Anno)n&er Ah% m)si& and the stars5 0ow #er' interesting5 0a#e 'o) got an' great ambitions+ L'nn 7ing -o)$ll la)gh... b)t m' ambition is to go to the moon... serio)sl'. Anno)n&er Do 'o) thin1 'o) e#er will+ L'nn 7ing (ho 1nows+ Anno)n&er And if 'o) &o)ld ma1e a wish+ L'nn 7ing I$d 9)st wish for ha//iness. 5 Anno)n&er 2e"t we ha#e *'fanw' Llo'd% a nineteen 'ear old br)nette from <went in (ales. (hat do 'o) do% *'fanw'+ *'fanw' Llo'd 2o% *'fanw'. (e /rono)n&e it J*'fanw'K. I$m still at )ni#ersit'. Anno)n&er (hat are 'o) st)d'ing+ *'fanw' Llo'd Drama... it$s also m' hobb'. Anno)n&er An' other hobbies% *'fanw'+ *'fanw' Llo'd (ell% I$m a bla&1 belt in 9)do. Anno)n&er 3h% dear... I$d better /rono)n&e 'o)r name &orre&tl'% hadn$t I+ *'fanw' Llo'd It$s all right. Anno)n&er (hat do 'o) ho/e to do when 'o) lea#e )ni#ersit'+ *'fanw' Llo'd To be an a&tress. Anno)n&er I$m s)re 'o)$ll be s)&&essf)l. (o)ld 'o) li1e to ma1e a wish+ *'fanw' Llo'd -es. I$d wish for health... I thin1 it$s the most im/ortant thing in life.

C Anno)n&er 3)r ne"t finalist% from S&otland% is *iss Strath&l'de% a twent'-three 'ear old fashion model... Dawn *)nro. 0ello% Dawn. Dawn *)nro 0ello% Terr'. Anno)n&er (hat are 'o)r interests+ Dawn *)nro Er... dan&ing... and ... er... /hotogra/hi& wor1. Anno)n&er So 'o)$re a 1een amate)r /hotogra/her+ Dawn *)nro 2o% no... I$m more interested in modelling. Anno)n&er I see. (hat abo)t 'o)r ambitions+ Dawn *)nro I$d li1e to be&ome *iss (orld. Anno)n&er Reall'+ -o) are ambitio)s% aren$t 'o)+ And 'o)r wish+ Dawn *)nro I$#e alwa's wanted one thing... fame... I$d li1e to see m' fa&e on maga;ine &o#ers. Anno)n&er (ell% it$s &ertainl' /rett' eno)gh. Than1 'o)% Dawn. > Anno)n&er 6inall'% 7err' Talbot... *iss (arwi&1shire. 0ow old are 'o)% 7err'+ 7err' Talbot Eighteen. Anno)n&er Don$t be ner#o)s. S/ea1 )/ a bit. And do 'o) wor1+ 7err' Talbot I$m a t'/ist. Anno)n&er (hat do 'o) li1e doing in 'o)r free time+ 7err' Talbot Reading... I li1e reading... and swimming. Anno)n&er (hat$s 'o)r ambition+ 7err' Talbot To ha#e a large famil'. I lo#e &hildren. Anno)n&er And if 'o) had one wish% what wo)ld 'o) as1 for+ 7err' Talbot It so)nds sill'% b)t I$d as1 for good l)&1. I$m #er' s)/erstitio)s. Loo1... m' fingers are &rossed. Anno)n&er Than1 'o)% 7err'. 2ow while o)r 9)dges are ma1ing their final de&ision% we$ll ta1e a short brea1. E Anno)n&er 2ow% here to anno)n&e the res)lts of o)r &ontest is *r Dere1 .horle'% the .hairman of E,.. *r .horle'... Dere1 .horle' Than1 'o)% Terr'. I$m going to read the res)lts in re#erse order. Third% for a

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/ri;e of =5% and a wee1end in Paris% is 2)mber 14% Vi&toria 0ard' from Dorset5 Se&ond% with a /ri;e of =1 % and a holida' in S/ain% is 2)mber C... *'fanw' Llo'd5 And now... *iss ,ritain... with a holida' in .alifornia and =! % ... 'es% =! % is ... 2)mber 4 ... Dawn *)nro from Strath&l'de5 ,ea)t' &ontestsO /oints of #iew @I ne#er wat&h bea)t' &ontests. The'$re li1e a &attle mar1et5 I thin1 the' ins)lt the intelligen&e of women. 2o woman with an' self-res/e&t wo)ld e#er enter a &om/etition li1e this. I find them totall' degrading5A @I &ertainl' don$t ta1e them serio)sl'. The'$re harmless f)n% reall'. I mean% 'o) see /rettier girls e#er' da' in sho/s and offi&es. ,)t /eo/le earn a li#ing from their intelligen&e% or from their abilities. (h' sho)ldn$t the' ma1e mone' from their a//earan&e+A @I o&&asionall' wat&h them% b)t I don$t thin1 I$d li1e them if I were a woman. After all% a lot of girls wo)ld loo1 9)st as good with the ma1e-)/% &lothes and lights. An'wa'% bea)t'$s onl' s1in dee/. I often feel irritated when I$m wat&hing a bea)t' &ontest. The #al)es are false.A @I alwa's wat&h them. I li1e loo1ing at /rett' girls. I$d rather wat&h a bea)t' &ontest than a /rogramme abo)t /oliti&s. There isn$t eno)gh glamo)r in the world. If 'o) don$t li1e it% 'o) &an alwa's swit&h off the tele#ision5A Unit 45 3PERATI32 I*P3SSI,LE * 2ow% C. I want 'o) to loo1 at these /i&t)res &aref)ll'. This &o)ld be the most im/ortant mission of 'o)r life. At last we$#e got the &han&e to brea1 the biggest &rime s'ndi&ate in the world D S*AS0. Loo1 at the man on the right. 0e$s the one we$#e been after for 'ears. C (ho is he+ * (e thin1 he$s the one that &ontrols S*AS0. 0e$s &ertainl' the one that ordered the m)rder of 4% the one that /lanned the hi9a&1ing of the 9)mbo 9et f)ll of world leaders% and he organi;es the biggest dr)g-sm)ggling o/eration in the world. C Do we 1now his name+ * (e 1now some of them. 3tto 7r)gerand% that$s the name he )ses in legitimate b)siness. Dr 2ada% that is the name he was )sing in Vienna

last 'ear. ?ohn Smith% that$s the signat)re he left in a hotel register in ,ang1o1. C (ho$s the gorilla standing behind him+ * Ah% Slo9ob. 0e$s the bod'g)ard who tra#els e#er'where with 7r)gerand% and the onl' /erson he tr)sts. 0e$s an e"/ert assassin. 0e$s the one who fed : to the &ro&odiles. C 0ow &harming5 (hat abo)t the woman+ * Don$t 'o) re&ogni;e her+ C 2o% I$#e ne#er seen her before. * -o) wo)ld ha#e re&ogni;e her% if she hadn$t had /lasti& s)rger'% and d'ed her hair. Thin1 ba&1 to ,eir)t. C 2ot 0eidi S&hwart;5 She$s the one who arranged the /i/eline e"/losion% and then #anished into thin air5 * She$s also 7r)gerand$s wife% and the onl' /ilot he allows to fl' his /ri#ate /lane. C (ho$s the little g)' wearing thi&1 glasses+ * That$s Professor ,erats1i% the mad s&ientist who defe&ted from *oldania. 0e$s an e"/ert on laser te&hnolog'% and the first man who$s been able to /erfe&t a s/a&e laser wea/on. 7r)gerand is /lanning to b)ild a /ri#ate s/a&ero&1et whi&h &o)ld /)t a satellite into orbit. Do 'o) )nderstand the im/ortan&e of this% C+ If the' got a laser wea/on into s/a&e% the' &o)ld hold the world to ransom. That$s something whi&h m)st not ha//en% C5 * Ta1e a loo1 at this /i&t)re% C. It$s an oil-rig. * It loo1s li1e it% doesn$t it+ It belongs to 7r)gerand$s oil &om/an'. It$s a rig that$s s)//osed to be drilling for oil in the Indian 3&ean. ,elow it% there$s a #ast )ndersea &om/le". C The s)/erstr)&t)re loo1s odd. * In fa&t it &on&eals the la)n&h-/ad the'$re going to )se for the Ro&1et. C That m)st be a radar s&anner% there. * -es. It$s the s&anner the'$ll )se to tra&1 the ro&1et% b)t the' &an also see an'thing that tries to get near the rig. It$s going to be #er' diffi&)lt to get 'o) in% C. C C There$s a heli&o/ter /ad. * (e thin1 that wo)ld be too dangero)s. Loo1 at the heli&o/ter &losel'. It &arries air-to-air missiles whi&h &o)ld destro' an' air&raft a//roa&hing the rig. C 0ow are we going to do it then+

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* <o home and /a&1. (e$re fl'ing 'o) to S&otland tonight for two wee1s of intensi#e minis)bmarine training. C That so)nds f)n5 * And C% tr' not to be late for the /lane this time. Unit 46 3PERATI32 A..3*PLIS0ED (hen C rea&hed the rig he &limbed )/ one of the towers. 0e was loo1ing for someone whose )niform he &o)ld steal% b)t the rig seemed deserted. 0e went into an em/t' &abin. As he was loo1ing for a &hange of &lothes% the g)ard% whose &abin he was sear&hing% &ame in. 0e was s)r/rised to see C in his bla&1 frogman$s s)it and C had no diffi&)lt' in silen&ing him with one blow to the ne&1. 6ort)natel' the g)ard was abo)t the same si;e as C% and the )niform fitted /erfe&tl'. There was a /ass in the /o&1et. The /ass o/erated the lift whi&h went down to the )ndersea &om/le". C wo1e )/ with his hands tied behind his ba&1. 0is head was throbbing. 0e was not alone. In the room were 7r)gerand% Slo9ob% 0eidi% and the g)ard whose &lothes he was wearing. And a bea)tif)l girl% whose hands were also tied% was l'ing beside him. C re&ogni;ed her instantl'. She was Pi/ 7ingsle'% and Ameri&an agent he$d met in (ashington. C loo1ed at his wat&h. The e"/losi#e de#i&e he$d /)t on the rig was timed to e"/lode in :5 min)tes. 7r)gerand noti&ed that C was awa1e. J(el&ome% .ommander 6leming. (e$#e been e"/e&ting 'o)%K he said smiling. JFnfort)natel' we ha#en$t got time to show 'o) aro)nd. ,last-off is in fort' min)tes. Slo9ob will ta1e 'o) to feed the shar1s... the' m)st be #er' h)ngr' b' now.K JI$m delighted to meet 'o)% 7r)gerand. I$#e been loo1ing forward to it. Than1 'o) for 'o)r in#itation. I$#e alwa's been interested in big fish. See 'o) later.K JI don$t thin1 so% .ommander. This will be 'o)r last mission. Slo9ob5 Ta1e .ommander 6leming and *iss 7ingsle' to the aG)ari)m.K Slo9ob es&orted them to 7r)gerand$s /ri#ate a/artment. 3ne wall was made of thi&1 glass and behind it C &o)ld see the dar1 sha/es of the shar1s% &r)ising aro)nd. Slo9ob /)shed them )/ a

s/iral stair-&ase to a /latform abo#e the shar1 tan1. JLadies first%K C said /olitel'. J2o% no. After 'o)%K re/lied *iss 7ingsle' with a smile on her fa&e. J-o) wo)ldn$t ref)se )s a last &igarette% wo)ld 'o)% Slo9ob+K C as1ed. JI don$t smo1e%K Slo9ob grinned. JAnd 'o) sho)ld gi#e )/ smo1ing% it$s bad for 'o)r health.K J2ow% &ome on% Slo9ob. There are some &igarettes and a lighter in m' /o&1et.K C indi&ated his 9a&1et /o&1et. J37. ,)t don$t tr' an'thing.K Slo9ob rea&hed into C$s /o&1et and too1 o)t the &igarettes and lighter. 0e was &aref)l to 1ee/ his g)n trained on C all the time. 0e too1 a &igarette o)t of the /a&1et and /)shed it into C$s mo)th. 0e /ressed the lighter with his th)mb. The s)dden for&e of the flame too1 him b' s)r/rise. At that moment C 1i&1ed him in the stoma&h. 0e fell ba&1wards and disa//eared into the tan1. (ithin se&onds all that remained of him was a red /ool of blood on the s)rfa&e. The lighter had dro//ed to the floor and was still b)rning and C was able to b)rn thro)gh the ro/es whi&h held his hands. 0e G)i&1l' released *iss 7ingsle'. 0e glan&ed at his wat&h. J(e ha#en$t got m)&h time%K he said. J.an 'o) fl' a heli&o/ter+K JI &an fl' an'thing if I ha#e to%K she re/lied &alml'. J<ood. <o and get the engines started and be read' to go. If I$m not there in e"a&tl' ten min)tes% go witho)t me.K C ran ba&1 to the &ontrol room and wal1ed &alml' in. J<ood e#ening% gentlemen%K he said. 7r)gerand t)rned% and he was mo#ing his hand towards his /o&1et when a 9et of flame from C$s lighter threw him ba&1 a&ross the room. C /ointed the lighter at ,erats1i and 0eidi while he /)lled e#er' swit&h on the &ontrol /anel )ntil it e"/loded and b)rst into flames. C ran G)i&1l' to the lift b)t it was on fire. 0e had fi#e min)tes left and he started to &limb the ladder in the lift shaft. 0e was halfwa' )/ when he felt a hand grabbing at his an1les. It was 7r)gerand5 C gri//ed the ladder tightl'% t)rned and 1i&1ed 7r)gerand hard in the fa&e. 0e fell ba&1% s&reaming% into the flames below. The heli&o/ter was alread' in the air% ho#ering abo)t a metre abo#e the /ad. C lea/t onto a wheel% sho)ting JTa1e it )/5 Ta1e it )/5K The heli&o/ter soared into the s1'. A few se&onds later there was a

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massi#e e"/losion as the rig went )/. C managed to &limb into the heli&o/ter &abin. 0e sat ba&1% rea&hed into his /o&1ed and too1 o)t his &igarettes. 0e /)t one in his mo)th% J3h blast5K he said. JI seem to ha#e forgotten m' lighter. -o) ha#en$t got a light% ha#e 'o)+K Unit 47 STFDE2T *ASTER*I2D L)i; master 3)r ne"t &ontestant on JSt)dent *astermindK is Vi&toria ,amber% who is a st)dent at Sand/ool .om/rehensi#e. I$ll 9)st remind 'o) of the r)lers% *iss ,amber. -o) ha#e two min)tes in whi&h to answer as man' G)estions as /ossible. If 'o) do not 1now the answer% 'o) sho)ld sa'% JPassK. I shall then go on to the ne"t G)estion. If 'o) answer in&orre&tl'% I shall then gi#e the &orre&t answer. -o) will get one /oint for ea&h &orre&t answer. If two &ontestants ha#e the same n)mber of /oints at the end% the one who has the fewest n)mber of /asses will be the winner. Are 'o) read'+ Vi&toria -es. L* .an 'o) name the President of the Fnited States whose earl' &areer was in 0oll'wood+ Vi&toria Er... Reagan. Ronal Reagan. L* .orre&t. (hat is an instr)ment whi&h shows the dire&tion of north+ Vi&toria A &om/ass+ L* .orre&t. .an 'o) tell me the name of the sea where eels go to breed and die+ Vi&toria Er.. )m... /ass. L* 2ame the /erson who be&ame the first woman /rime minister of ,ritain+ Vi&toria *ar'... er% sorr'... *argaret That&her. L* I$ll a&&e/t that. (hat is the date when the Fnited States &elebrates its inde/enden&e+ Vi&toria The fo)rth of ?)l'. L* .orre&t. (hat do we &all a /erson who alwa's e"&e/ts the best to ha//en+ Vi&toria Er... an o/timist. L* .orre&t. .an 'o) tell me the lang)age whi&h was s/o1en in the Roman Em/ire+ Vi&toria Italian+ L* 2o% wrong. The &orre&t answer is Latin. (hat is the offi&e /eo/le #isit when the' want ad#i&e abo)t their marriage+ Vi&toria Pass. L* (ho was the Eg'/tian G)een whose bea)t' was famo)s thro)gho)t the world+ Vi&toria .leo/atra.

L* That$s &orre&t. (hat$s the news/a/er &ol)mn where 9obs are ad#ertised+ Vi&toria Er... the 9ob ad#erts+ L* .an 'o) be more e"a&t+ Vi&toria 2o. I &an$t thin1 of it. L* I$m afraid I &an$t gi#e 'o) that. (e were loo1ing for JSit)ations Va&antK. 2ow &an 'o) tell me... HDI2<I I$#e started% so I$ll finish. .an 'o) tell me the name of the 6ren&h Em/eror whose final battle was at (aterloo+ Vi&toria 2a/oleon ,ona/arte. L* .orre&t. And at the end of that ro)nd Vi&toria ,amber has s&ored se#en /oints. -o) /assed on two. The sea where eels go to breed and die is the Sargasso Sea% and the offi&e /eo/le #isit when the' want ad#i&e abo)t their marriage is the J*arriage <)idan&e .o)n&ilK. Than1 'o). .an we ha#e o)r ne"t &ontestant% /lease+ Unit 51 DES.RI,I2< T0I2<S Lost /ro/ert' A ,ritish Rail Lost Pro/ert'% (aterloo. , 3h% good morning. I left m' brief&ase on the train this morning. I wondered if it had been handed in. A (hi&h train% sir+ , Sorr'% the >.:> from ,o)rnemo)th. A .an 'o) des&ribe the brief&ase% sir+ , Er... 'es. It$s sort of a... well% an a#eragesi;ed% re&tang)lar% bla&1 leather brief&ase with brass lo&1s. A (e$#e got rather a lot li1e that% sir. Did it ha#e 'o)r name on it+ , 2o% not m' name. ,)t it$s got the initials J?.RK near the handle. A 0ang on then% sir. I$ll 9)st go and ha#e a loo1. Stolen &ar A *etro/olitan Poli&e. , *' &ar$s been stolen5 It$s gone5 A .alm down% sir. .o)ld I ha#e 'o)r name and address+ , -es% Ri&hard Lo&1wood% 4 Par1 Terra&e% (...14. A *a' I ha#e a des&ri/tion of the #ehi&le% sir+ , It$s a 18E! Es&ort% a sil#er-bl)e% fo)r-door 14 <L model. 3h% and it$s got a dar1 bl)e stri/e

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along the sides% and a dent in the nearside front wing. A ,)t what$s the registration% sir+ , PSV :48-. A I$#e got good news for 'o)% sir. It hasn$t been stolen. It$s been towed awa'. It was /ar1ed on a do)ble 'ellow line. -o) &an &olle&t it from the Poli&e .om/o)nd% and 'o)$d better bring 'o)r &heG)eboo1 with 'o)5 The estate agent A Rebe&&a Tr)eman s/ea1ing. , Ah% *rs Tr)eman. This is 6o" and .onnor% the estate agents. I thin1 we$#e fo)nd a ho)se that 'o) ma' be interested in. A .o)ld 'o) tell me something abo)t it+ , It$s in Redhill% near the station% as 'o) reG)ested. It$s a rather attra&ti#e fo)rbedroomed 184 s redbri&1 /ro/ert'. It$s in #er' good de&orati#e order% with a fitted 1it&hen. A And the garden+ , There$s a large% mat)re garden. (o)ld 'o) li1e to #iew it+ A -es% I thin1 it$s worth a loo1. .o)ld 'o) /)t the details in the /ost+ Unit 52 DES.RI,I2< PE3PLE Dona (ell% she$s G)ite a li#el'% tal1ati#e /erson in her... in her late teens. She$s fairl' tall with a... a good fig)re. She$s got a heart-sha/ed fa&e with a small% sort of t)rned-)/ nose. It$s #er' attra&ti#e reall'. She$s got long% bla&1 wa#' hair and er... bl)e e'es with #er' long e'elashes. 0er &om/le"ions is... well% she$s oli#e-s1inned. 0er li/s are #er' f)ll... and she$s got dim/les... dim/les in her &hee1s. .olin 0e$s a #er' big g)'% 'o) 1now% well-b)ilt with #er' broad sho)lders. 2ot fat% reall'% reall'... 9)st well-b)ilt. 0e$s in his earl' thirties. 0e$s got a long fa&e with thin li/s. 3h% and a small s&ar on his &hin. 0e$s got #er' short% fair hair b)t with long sideb)rns and a mo)sta&he. E'es... I ha#en$t reall' noti&ed the &olo)r% he wears glasses. 0e$s got thi&1 e'ebrows and a 1ind of a long% straight nose. 0e$s fairl' reser#ed% tho)ghtf)l% sometimes e#en mood'.

?anet She$s so/histi&ated. (ell-dressed% e"/ensi#e hairst'le and so on. I$d sa' she was in her late thirties or earl' forties% b)t she loo1s 'o)nger. She$s abo)t a#erage height and #er' slim. 0er hair$s #er' blonde% d'ed% I thin1% b)t I$m not s)re abo)t that. It$s alwa's #er' neat% not long. She$s got /ale gre' e'es with thin e'ebrows. 0er fa&e is alwa's s)nb)rned and #er' well made )/. It$s an attra&ti#e fa&e... not reall' bea)tif)l% b)t #er' attra&ti#e% 'o) 1now what I mean. 0igh &hee1bones% small &hin... oh and 'es% there$s a bea)t' s/ot on her left &hee1. She$s a #er' &alm and reliable sort of /erson% #er' so&iable and alwa's #er'% #er' /olite. Robert Robert$s a wonderf)l /erson reall'. 0e$s elderl' b)t not old... still #er' li#el' and am)sing. 0e$s /robabl' in his earl' se#enties. 0e$s got white hair% re&eding a bit% and a small white beard. 0e$s medi)m b)ild% a little o#erweight /erha/s. 0e$s got #er' ni&e% large% brown e'es and he alwa's seems to be smiling... lots of wrin1les ro)nd the e'es% la)ghter lines I thin1 'o) &all them. 0e$s got a #er' high% lined forehead whi&h ma1es him loo1 #er' intelligent% whi&h he is% of &o)rse. Unit 53 ,FD<ET DAThe ,ritish go#ernment normall' anno)n&es &hanges in ta"ation on&e a 'ear. This )s)all' ha//ens in *ar&h when the .han&ellor of the E"&heG)er reads his b)dger /ro/osals in the 0o)se of .ommons. 0e o)tlines the &hanges in ta"ation whi&h will balan&e go#ernment in&ome and e"/endit)re for the ne"t 'ear. Sometimes the &hanges in indire&t ta"ation ta1e effe&t immediatel'. *an' /eo/le tr' to Jbeat the b)dgetK b' g)essing whi&h arti&les will in&rease in /ri&e% and b)'ing them before the .han&ellor ma1es his anno)n&ement. The da' before the b)dget ?)lie 0ello% darling. -o)$re late. <raham -es. I went to the garage to get some /etrol. ?)lie ,)t that onl' ta1es fi#e min)tes% doesn$t it+ <raham 2ot toda'. There was a G)e)e halfwa' down the road.

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?)lie Reall'+ (h'+ There isn$t another oil &risis% is there+ <raham 2o% no. The' were all filling their tan1s to beat the b)dget. E#er'bod' e"/e&ts a big in&rease in ta" on /etrol. I bo)ght ten gallons5 ,)dget *orning <raham It sa's in the /a/er that the' might in&rease ta"es on ele&tri&al goods. ?)lie Perha/s we sho)ld b)' that new fridgeS free;er we were loo1ing at. (hat do 'o) thin1+ <raham -es% we need one an'wa'. ?)lie .an 'o) get to the sho/ at l)n&htime+ <raham I$m afraid not. Loo1% we 1now how m)&h it is. (h' don$t 'o) write a &heG)e% and send St)art to b)' it+ ?)lie All right. If 'o)$re s)re we &an afford it. <raham It was an Ele&trol)" 1!:1% wasn$t it+ Send him to get it at the show-room in 0ighfield Road. The' had it on s/e&ial offer. :.4 % ,)dget afternoon ?)lie St)art% swit&h on the tele#ision% will 'o)+ I want to hear the news abo)t the b)dget. St)art Right% *)m. 2ewsreader And here are the ma9or /oints abo)t toda'$s b)dget again. In order to raise =C million% the go#ernment /ro/oses to in&rease the d)t' on toba&&o. This will mean an in&rease of 15/ on a /a&1et of &igarettes% whi&h sho)ld /lease anti-smo1ing &am/aigners. The .han&ellor has also in&reased the d)t' on beer% wines% and s/irits in order to raise an e"tra =: million in re#en)e. The go#ernment has also in&reased /etrol ta" b' 15T so as to en&o)rage energ' sa#ing. Val)e Added Ta" has been red)&ed b' !T so as to stim)late the e&onom'. This will mean that ho)sehold goods D tele#isions% washing-ma&hines% fridges% et&.% will go down in /ri&e. Unit 54 D3 IT -3FRSEL6 Do It -o)rself maga;ine organi;es a &om/etition e#er' s)mmer to find the J0and'man of the -earK. The winner this 'ear is *r Ro' *iller% a Sheffield /ostman. A 9o)rnalist and a /hotogra/her ha#e &ome to his ho)se. The 9o)rnalist is inter#iewing *r *iller for an arti&le in the maga;ine.

?o)rnalist (ell% I$m #er' im/ressed b' all the wor1 'o)$#e done on 'o)r ho)se% *r *iller. 0ow long ha#e 'o) been wor1ing on it+ *r *iller I first be&ame interested in do-it'o)rself se#eral 'ears ago. -o) see% m' son Pa)l is disabled. 0e$s in a wheel-&hair and I 9)st had to ma1e alterations to the ho)se. I &o)ldn$t afford to /a' wor1men to do it. I had to learn to do it m'self. ?o)rnalist 0ad 'o) had an' e"/erien&e of this 1ind of wor1+ Did 'o) ha#e an' /ra&ti&al s1ills+ *r * 2o. I got a few boo1s from the librar' b)t the' didn$t hel/ #er' m)&h. Then I de&ided to go to e#ening &lasses so that I &o)ld learn basi& &ar/entr' and ele&tri&s. ?o)rnalist (hat sort of &hanges did 'o) ma1e to the ho)se+ *r * 6irst of all% /ra&ti&al things to hel/ Pa)l. -o) ne#er reall' reali;e the /roblems handi&a//ed /eo/le ha#e )ntil it affe&ts 'o)r own famil'. *ost go#ernment b)ildings% for e"am/le% ha#e ste/s )/ to the door. The' don$t /lan b)ildings so that disabled /eo/le &an get in and o)t. (e )sed to li#e in a flat% and of &o)rse% it was totall' )ns)itable. ?)st imagine the /roblems a disabled /erson wo)ld ha#e in 'o)r ho)se. (e needed a large ho)se with wide &orridors so that Pa)l &o)ld get from one room to another. (e didn$t ha#e m)&h mone' and we had to b)' this one. It$s o#er ninet' 'ears old and it was in a #er' bad state of re/air. ?o)rnalist (here did 'o) begin+ *r * The ele&tri&s. I &om/letel' rewired the ho)se so that Pa)l &o)ld rea&h all the swit&hes. I had to lower the light swit&hes and raise the /ower-/oints. I went on to do the whole ho)se so that Pa)l &o)ld rea&h things and go where he wanted. ?o)rnalist (hat else did 'o) do+ *r * ,' the time I$d altered e#er'thing for Pa)l% do-it-'o)rself had be&ame a hobb'. I reall' en9o'ed doing things with m' hands. Loo1% I e#en installed smo1e-alarms. ?o)rnalist (hat was the /)r/ose of that+ *r * I was #er' worried abo)t fire. -o) see% Pa)l &an$t mo#e #er' G)i&1l'. I fitted them so that we wo)ld ha#e /lent' of warning if there were a fire. I /)t in a &om/lete b)rglar-alarm s'stem. It too1 wee1s. The front door o/ens a)tomati&all'% and I$m going to /)t a de#i&e on Pa)l$s wheel&hair so that he$ll be able to o/en and &lose it when he wants. ?o)rnalist (hat are 'o) wor1ing on now+

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*r * I$#e 9)st finished the 1it&hen. I$#e designed it so that he &an rea&h e#er'thing. 2ow I$m b)ilding an e"tension so that Pa)l will ha#e a large room on the gro)nd floor where he &an wor1. ?o)rnalist There$s a =1 % /ri;e. 0ow are 'o) going to s/end it+ *r * I$m ho/ing to start m' own b)siness so that I &an &on#ert ordinar' ho)ses for disabled /eo/le. I thin1 I$#e be&ome an e"/ert on the s)b9e&t. Unit 56 A 2E( (A- 36 LI6E Anno)n&er 3n JTV *aga;ineK tonight we$re loo1ing at /eo/le who ha#e gi#en )/ reg)lar 9obs and high salaries to start a new wa' of life. 6irst of all% we ha#e two inter#iews with /eo/le who de&ided to lea#e the Jrat ra&eK. 2i&ola ,)rgess s/o1e to them. 2i&ola This is the Isle of S1'e. ,ehind me 'o) &an see the &roft belonging to Daniel and *i&helle ,)rns% who ga#e )/ their 9obs to &ome to this remote area of S&otland. Daniel was the sales manager of 0i-Vita% the brea1fast &ereal &om/an'% and *i&helle was a s)&&essf)l ad#ertising e"e&)ti#e. *i&helle% &an 'o) tell )s what made 'o) gi#e )/ e#er'thing to &ome here+ *i&helle E#er'thing+ That$s a matter of o/inion. A big ho)se and two &ars isn$t e#er'thing5 Dan and I both )sed to wor1 long ho)rs. (e had to lea#e so earl' in the morning and we &ame home so late at night% that we hardl' e#er saw ea&h other. (e sho)ld ha#e &ome here 'ears ago% b)t we were earning s)&h big salaries that we were afraid to lea#e o)r 9obs. In the end we had so little time together that o)r marriage was brea1ing )/. So two 'ears ago% we too1 a wee1$s holida' in the S&ottish 0ighlands. (e saw this /la&e and we both fell in lo#e with it. It was for sale% and we li1ed it so m)&h that we de&ided to gi#e )/ o)r 9obs% and here we are5 2i&ola 0ow do 'o) earn a li#ing+ If 'o) don$t mind me as1ing. *i&helle (e don$t need #er' m)&h. (e 1ee/ shee/ and goats% grow o)r own #egetables. (e$#e got a few &hi&1ens. It$s a #er' sim/le life% and we$re not in it for /rofit. (e$re still so b)s' that we wor1 from fi#e in the morning )ntil eight at night% b)t we$re together. (e$re ha//ier than we$#e e#er been and we$re leading a nat)ral life.

2i&ola There m)st be some things 'o) miss% s)rel'. *i&helle I don$t 1now. (e 1new s)&h a lot of /eo/le in London% b)t the' weren$t real friends. (e see o)r neighbo)rs o&&asionall' and there$s s)&h a lot to do on the farm that we don$t ha#e time to feel lonel'. At least we see ea&h other now. 2i&ola The motor-bi1e I$m sitting on is a #er' s/e&ial one. S/e&ial be&a)se it$s been all the wa' ro)nd the world. It belongs to L)1e Sa)nders% who had 9)st ret)rned to England after three'ears motor-&'&le 9o)rne'. L)1e% what led 'o) to lea#e 'o)r 9ob and ma1e this tri/+ L)1e I wor1ed in a &ar fa&tor' on the assembl' line. All I had to do was /)t fo)r n)ts on the bolts that hold the wheels on. It$s done b' robots now% and a good thing too5 The 9ob was so ro)tine that I didn$t ha#e to thin1 at all. I bo)ght this Tri)m/h >5 && bi1e se&ond-hand% fitted two /anniers on the ba&1 and 9)st set off for A)stralia. 2i&ola (hat did 'o) do for mone'+ L)1e I had a bit of mone' to start with% b)t of &o)rse it didn$t last long and I had to find wor1 where I &o)ld. I$#e done so man' different things D /i&1ed fr)it% washed )/% wor1ed as a me&hani&. 2i&ola 0ow did /eo/le rea&t to 'o)+ In India% for e"am/le. L)1e E#er'where I went% the /eo/le were so friendl' that /roblems seemed to sol#e themsel#es. There was s)&h a lot of interest in the bi1e that it was eas' to start a &on#ersation. -o) 1now% often 'o) &an &omm)ni&ate witho)t reall' 1nowing the lang)age. 2i&ola Did 'o) e#er feel li1e gi#ing )/% t)rning ro)nd and &oming home+ L)1e 3nl' on&e% in ,angladesh. I be&ame so ill with food /oisoning that I had to go to hos/ital. ,)t it didn$t last long. 2i&ola -o)$#e had s)&h an e"&iting time that 'o)$ll find it diffi&)lt to settle down% won$t 'o)+ L)1e I$m not going to. 2e"t wee1 I$m off again% b)t this time I$m going in the o//osite dire&tion5 See 'o) in abo)t three 'ears$ time5 Unit 57 LAST 36 T0E AIRS0IPS+

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At >.! /m on *a' Cth 184>% the world$s largest airshi/% the 0indenb)rg% floated ma9esti&all' o#er La1eh)rst air/ort% 2ew ?erse'% after an )ne#entf)l &rossing from 6ran1f)rt% <erman'. There were 8> /eo/le on board for the first Atlanti& &rossing of the season. There were a n)mber of 9o)rnalists waiting to greet it. S)ddenl' radio listeners heard the &ommentators s&reaming J3h% m' <od5 It$s bro1en into flames. It$s flashing... flashing. It$s flashing terribl'.K 4!se&onds latter the airshi/ had disintegrated and 45 /eo/le were dead. The Age of the Airshi/ was o#er. The 0indenb)rg was the last in a series of airshi/s whi&h had been de#elo/ed o#er : 'ears in both E)ro/e and the Fnited States. The' were designed to &arr' /assengers and &argo o#er long distan&es. The 0indenb)rg &o)ld &arr' 5 /assengers a&&ommodated in !5 l)")r' &abins with all the amenities of a first &lass hotel. All the &abins had hot and &old water and ele&tri& heating. There was a dining-room% a bar and a lo)nge with a dan&e floor and a bab' grand /iano. The 0indenb)rg had been b)ilt to &om/ete with the great l)")r' transatlanti& liners. It was !:5 metres long with a diameter of :1 metres. It &o)ld &r)ise at a s/eed of 1!5 1mSh% and was able to &ross the Atlanti& in less than half the time of a liner. ,' 184> it had &arried 1 /assengers safel' and had e#en trans/orted &ir&)s animals and &ars. Its sister shi/% the <raf Me//enlin% had flown one and a half million 1ilometres and it had &arried 14%1 /assengers witho)t in&ident. The 0inderb)rg was filled with h'drogen% whi&h is a highl' flammable gas% and e#er' safet' /re&a)tion had been ta1en to /re#ent a&&idents. It had a smo1ing room whi&h was /ress)ri;ed in order to /re#ent gas from e#er entering it. The &igarette lighters were &hained to the tables and both /assengers and &rew were sear&hed for mat&hes before entering the shi/. S/e&ial materials% whi&h was )sed in the &onstr)&tion of the airshi/% had been &hosen to minimi;e the /ossibilt' of a&&idental s/ar1s% whi&h might &a)se an e"/losion. 2obod' 1nows the e"a&t &a)se of the 0indenb)rg disaster. Sabotage had been s)ggested% b)t e"/erts at the time belie#ed that it was &a)sed b' lea1ing gas whi&h was ignited b' stati& ele&tri&it'. It had been waiting to land for three ho)rs be&a)se of hea#' th)nderstorms. The e"/losion ha//ened 9)st as the first mooring ro/e% whi&h was wet% to)&hed the gro)nd.

3bser#ers saw the first flames a//ear near the tail% and the' began to s/read G)i&1l' along the h)ll. There were a n)mber of flashes as the h'drogen-filled &om/artments e"/loded. The airshi/ san1 to the gro)nd. The most s)r/rising thing is that C! /eo/le managed to es&a/e. The fatalities were highest among the &rew% man' of whom were wor1ing dee/ inside the airshi/. After the 0indenb)rg disaster% all airshi/s were gro)nded and% )ntil re&entl'% the' ha#e ne#er been serio)sl' &onsidered as a &ommer&ial /ro/osition. Unit 59 6I2DI2< -3FR (A- AR3F2D T0E 723(LED<E ,e&oming a London ta"i dri#er isn$t eas'. In order to obtain a li&en&e to dri#e a ta"i in London% &andidates ha#e to /ass a detailed e"amination. The' ha#e to learn not onl' the streets% landmar1s and hotels% b)t also the G)i&1est wa' to get there. This is &alled JThe 7nowledgeK b' London &ab dri#ers and it &an ta1e 'ears of st)d' and /ra&ti&e to get JThe 7nowledgeK. .anditates are e"amined not onl' on the G)i&1est ro)tes b)t also on the G)i&1est ro)tes at different times of the da'. Peo/le who want to /ass the e"amination s/end m)&h of their free time dri#ing or e#en &'&ling aro)nd London% st)d'ing ma/s and learning the h)ge street dire&tor' b' heart. *ont' 0)nter is ta1ing the e"amination now. Listen the e"aminer$s G)estion and tr' to follow *ont'$s dire&tions on the ma/ of London. E"aminer 37% *ont'. Read'+ -o)$re o)tside ,)&1ingham Pala&e and 'o)$#e 9)st /i&1ed )/ a /assenger who wants to go to St Pa)l$s .athedral. It isn$t the r)sh-ho)r. Fse the most dire&t ro)te. *ont' I$d go straight alone the *all% ro)nd the one-wa' s'stem at the Trafalgar SG)are% and t)rn into 2orth)mberland A#en)e. I$d t)rn left along the Emban1ment and &arr' on as far as ,la&1friars ,ridge% t)rn left into 2ew ,ridge Street% then right at L)dgate .ir&)s and )/ L)dgate 0ill to St Pa)l$s. T0E F2DER<R3F2D

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Tra#elling on the London )ndergro)nd Hthe Jt)beKI /resents few diffi&)lties for #isitors be&a)se of the &lear &olo)r-&oded ma/s. It is alwa's )sef)l to ha#e /lent' of s/are &hange with 'o) be&a)se there are often long G)e)es at the larger stations. If 'o) ha#e eno)gh &hange 'o) &an b)' 'o)r ti&1et from a ma&hine. -o) will find signs whi&h list the stations in al/habeti&al order% with the &orre&t fares% near the ma&hines. There are a)tomati& barriers whi&h are o/erated b' the ti&1ets. -o) sho)ld 1ee/ the ti&1et% be&a)se it is &he&1ed at the destination. Listen to these /eo/le tal1ing abo)t the )ndergro)nd ma/% and follow their ro)tes on the ma/. Peter and S)san ha#e 9)st arri#ed at Vi&toria. Peter Right. (e$#e got to get to ,a1er Street. .an 'o) see it+ S)san -es% it$s )/ here. It loo1s eas' eno)gh. (e 9)st ta1e the Vi&toria line to <reen Par1% then &hange to the ?)bilee line. That goes straight there. It$s onl' the se&ond sto/ from <reen Par1. La)ra is at the enG)ir' offi&e at 7ing$s .ross. La)ra 3h% e"&)se me. 0ow do I get to 7ing$s Road% .helsea. I mean% whi&h is the nearest t)be station+ .ler1 -o) want Sloane SG)are. Ta1e a loo1 at this ma/. The best wa' is to ta1e the Vi&toria line% that$s this light bl)e one% as far as Vi&toria Station. Then 'o)$ll ha#e to &hange. (hen 'o) get to Vi&toria% follow the signs for the .ir&le and Distri&t lines% the'$re on the same /latform. Then ta1e the first westbo)nd train. It doesn$t matter whi&h one it is. Sloane SG)are$s the ne"t sto/. La)ra Than1 'o) #er' m)&h indead. Simon and Eli;abeth are at (aterloo. Simon (here$s a ma/+ Eli;abeth There$s one o#er here. The' said the hotel was near R)ssell sG)are. .an 'o) see it+ Simon -es% it$s )/ here. In the to/ right of the ma/. Loo1% I re&1on we sho)ld ta1e the ,a1erloo as far as Pi&&adill' .ir&)s% then &hange to the Pi&&adill' line% that$s the dar1 bl)e one. It$s onl' fo)r sto/s to R)ssell SG)are. Eli;abeth Are 'o) s)re that$s the G)i&1est wa'+ (e &o)ld ta1e the 2orthern line Hit$s the bla&1 oneI to Lei&ester SG)are% and 9oin the Pi&&adill' line there.

Simon There$s not m)&h in it% reall'. (e might as well ta1e the 2orthern. 0a#e 'o) got an' &hange for the ti&1et ma&hine+ Unit 60 T0E EI<0T 3$.L3.7 2E(S <ood e#ening% and here is the Eight 3$.lo&1 2ews. 6i#e tho)sand /eo/le mar&hed thro)gh the streets of .hesilworth toda' /rotesting against /lans for a new international air/ort near the town. Altho)gh there was s)&h a large n)mber of demonstrators% there was no tro)ble. The demonstrators mar&hed to the town hall% where a /)bli& enG)ir' into the /lans was ta1ing /la&e% and handed in a /etition to the &hairman of the enG)ir'. A new air/ort is needed be&a)se the other air/orts in the London area are o#er&rowded. Se#eral sites for the new air/ort ha#e been s)ggested% and .hesilworth was &onsidered be&a)se it is near both a ma9or motorwa' and a railwa' line. Altho)gh it was a /rotest mar&h% there was almost a &arni#al atmos/here% and both demonstrators and /oli&e remained good-h)mo)red. 6amil' were e#a&)ated from fo)r streets in the &entre of <lasgow toda'% be&a)se of the gas e"/losion. The e"/losion o&&)rred at ten a.m. in a deserted ho)se in *i&1le Street. <as ,oard offi&ials belie#e that the e"/losion was d)e to lea1ing gas. The ho)se had been em/t' for se#eral months% and the' s)s/e&t that a gas main had &ra&1ed be&a)se of #ibration from road-wor1s in the street. (indows 1 metres awa' were bro1en b' the blast. The /oli&e ha#e forbidden an'one to enter the area )ntil the <as ,oard has &om/leted tests. Air-sea res&)e heli&o/ters from RA6 So/worth were &alled o)t after a 'a&ht &a/si;ed in a storm off the De#on &oast. Des/ite high seas the heli&o/ters lowered res&)e teams to tr' and sa#e the &rew. Two men and a girl were /)lled to safet'. Fnfort)natel'% the other two &rewmembers died in s/ite of the res&)e team$s efforts. 3ne was lost at sea. The other was res&)ed and ta1en to hos/ital% b)t was dead on arri#al. The &oastg)ard had warned small boats to sta' in the harbo)r% b)t the 'a&ht% the J2e/t)ne IIIK from Poole% had set o)t for 6ran&e des/ite the warnings.

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6ernside Engineering anno)n&ed toda' that the' are &losing their /lant in Tadworth. Three h)ndred 9obs will be lost be&a)se of the &los)re% whi&h is d)e to a shar/ de&line in orders for their /rod)&ts. There ha#e been r)mo)rs for se#eral wee1s that the /lant might be &losed% and in s/ite of length' dis&)ssion between )nions and management% &los)re be&ame ine#itable be&a)se of the &an&ellation of se#eral ma9or orders. As well as the three h)ndred red)ndan&ies at Tadworth% )nion leaders /redi&t f)rther red)ndan&ies in the area% in firms whi&h s)//l' 6erside Engineering with &om/onents. Re/orts are &oming in of a 1 m/h &ar &hase thro)gh the roads of 0am/shire. Poli&e dist)rbed a gang of men who were brea1ing into a &hemist$s in L'dford. 0owe#er% the men es&a/ed in a stolen ?ag)ar saloon% and the /oli&e &hase them thro)gh the 2ew 6orest at high s/eed. The ?ag)ar was for&ed off the road near ,ransle'. The men were armed with short-g)ns% b)t ne#ertheless /oli&e-offi&ers &hased them a&ross a field. Se#eral shots were fired. 6ort)natel'% howe#er% no one was in9)red% and the men were ta1en into &)stod'. ,righton ,elle UIV% a fo)r-'ear-old Dalmatian bit&h% be&ame the JS)/reme .ham/ion DogK at .r)ft$s Dog Show in London. There were almost 1 % dogs on show% worth aro)nd =E% % . There were 1! 9)dges loo1ing at 1:: different breeds of dog. ,righton ,elle UIV is e"/e&ted to earn )/ to =1 % in breeding and ad#ertising fees. And lastl'% s/ort. Eastfield Fnited are thro)gh to the ne"t ro)nd of the E)ro/ean .)/ after an e"&iting mat&h in S&otland. D)nromin Rangers s&ored twi&e in the first half% and altho)gh Eastfield were two down at half-time% the' went on to win with a hat tri&1 b' Tre#or 6ran1lin in the se&ond half. Towards the end of the se&ond half% 6ran1lin was lim/ing be&a)se of a 1nee in9)r'% b)t ne#ertheless managed to s&ore the wining goal one min)te from time. The game was sto//ed twi&e be&a)se of fighting in the &rowd% b)t in s/ite of the tro)ble% and in s/ite of the a//alling weather% both teams /la'ed well. Viewers will be able to see highlights of the mat&h after the news. Unit 62 T0E A22FAL DI22ER A2D DA2.E

E#er' 'ears% J.ontinental .om/)tersK holds and ann)al dinner and dan&e% to whi&h all em/lo'ees and their h)sbands and wi#es are in#ited. It is the onl' time of the 'ear when all the em/lo'ees get together so&iall'. .hristo/her Sim/son is a 'o)ng a&&o)nts &ler1. 0e$s s/ea1ing to Edward (allis% the .hief Personnel 3ffi&er. .hris *r (allis+ .an I b)' 'o) a drin1+ *r ( 3h% that$s #er' 1ind of 'o)% .hristo/her. I$ll ha#e a s&ot&h% a large one. .hris I&e+ *r ( 2o% no% no. ?)st a s/lash of soda% /lease. Than1 'o). .hris Er... I wanted to as1 'o) what was ha//ening abo)t the 9ob in Sheffield. *r ( It$s being ad#ertised ne"t wee1. Are 'o) interested+ .hris I might be. I reall' don$t 1now what to do. I$m G)ite ha//' here% b)t it wo)ld be a /romotion. Do 'o) thin1 I sho)ld a//l'+ *r ( (h' not+ There$s no harm in tr'ing. I$ll tell 'o) what to do. Po/ )/ and see me on *onda'% and I$ll tell 'o) what I &an abo)t a 9ob. *artin (ebber is a &om/)ter /rogrammer. 0e$s at the dan&e with his wife. *elanie. *artin *elanie% do 'o) ha#e to flirt with Phili/ e#er' time we &ome to a dan&e+ *elanie (e were onl' dan&ing. There$s no need to get 9ealo)s. *artin I saw what he was doing5 0e was whis/ering to 'o)5 *elanie 3h% *artin5 -o) don$t 1now what 'o)$re tal1ing abo)t. 0e had to s/ea1 into m' ear be&a)se of the m)si&5 0ow man' drin1s ha#e 'o) had+ *artin 3h% &ome on5 That$s got nothing to do with it5 *elanie Do 'o) want to hear what he said+ *artin I don$t &are what he said% I... *elanie 0e was as1ing me what he sho)ld b)' for his wife$s birthda'% that$s all5 ?a&G)eline Dibben wor1s in the *ar1eting De/artment. She$s 9)st met 6iona ?ohnson% who$s in &harge of ad#ertising. 6iona Ah% ?a&1'5 So 'o)$re ba&1 from 2ew -or1. ?a&1' -es% 6iona. I$#e been doing mar1et resear&h there. 6iona I 1now. 0ow did 'o) get on+

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?a&1' (ell% what I saw in the States astonished me... reall'5 I thin1 there$ll be a lot of demand for o)r new !.L home &om/)ter. 6iona That$s #er' interesting. ?a&1' -es. (hat I heard was #er' en&o)raging. (e$#e got 9)st what the'$re loo1ing for. Sir ?ose/h Lenno" is the *anaging Dire&tor. 0e$s 9)st r)n into Ale" 6ielding% one of the )nion re/resentati#es. Sir ?ose/h <ood e#ening% *r 6ielding. Ale" <ood e#ening% Sir ?ose/h. Sir ?ose/h Did 'o) get m' message abo)t the meeting on *onda'+ Ale" -es% I did% b)t I$m still not absol)tel' s)re what the meeting$s abo)t. 2ot bad news% I ho/e. Sir ?ose/h 2o% no. Don$t worr'. It$s good news% in fa&t. (hat we$d li1e to do is e"/and /rod)&tion of the new home &om/)ter. Either we$ll ha#e to in&rease o#ertime wor1ing or ta1e on new staff. Ale" That so)nds /romising. (hat we$ll need to 1now is e"a&tl' how m)&h more wor1 will be &reated. Sir ?ose/h I$ll gi#e 'o) all the fa&ts and fig)res on *onda'. ,)t let$s forgot abo)t all that now. (e don$t want to tal1 sho/ all night% do we+ That$s not what this e#ening$s all abo)t. Another drin1+ Ale" Please. 7ell'$s a se&retar' and Teresa wor1s in the Data Pro&essing De/artment. 7ell' 0e'% Teresa. (asn$t that 2eil Pin&her 'o) were dan&ing with+ Teresa -es. Do 'o) 1now what he as1ed me+ 7ell' 2o. Teresa 0e in#ited me o)t for dinner. 7ell' -o)$re not going% are 'o)+ Teresa 2o fear5 I$#e heard all abo)t him. I wo)ldn$t go o)t with him if he was the last man on earth. 7ell' So what did 'o) sa'+ Teresa (hat I wanted to sa' was% J<o to hellK% b)t I 9)st told him I was b)s'. Unit 63 T0E APPRE2TI.E It$s Alan 2ewman$s first da's in his first 9ob. 0e started wor1 in an ele&tri&al &om/onents fa&tor'. The Personnel 3ffi&er% *rs Va)ghan% is introd)&ing him to ,ert 0ogg% who has wor1ed there for thirt' 'ears.

*rs Va)ghan Alan% this is ,ert% ,ert 0ogg. -o)$ll be wor1ing with him. Alan *orning% *r 0ogg. ,ert -o) &an &all me ,ert% son. Don$t worr'. I$ll show 'o) what to do. *rs Va)ghan .an I lea#e him with 'o) then% ,ert+ ,ert 3h% 'es% *rs Va)ghan. I$ll loo1 after him. 6ollow me% son. ,ert Right% son. An' G)estions+ Alan Er... 'es. (here &o)ld I lea#e m' &oat and things+ ,ert There$s a row of lo&1ers o#er there. It doesn$t matter whi&h one 'o) )se. Ta1e whi&he#er one 'o) want. Alan 3h% than1s. And I$#e got m' 2ational Ins)ran&e &ard here. (ho sho)ld I gi#e it to+ ,ert -o) sho)ld ha#e gi#en it to *rs Va)ghan. I don$t s)//ose she as1ed 'o) for it. ?)st ta1e it )/ to the offi&e. -o) &an gi#e it to whoe#er is there. The'$ll /ass it on to her. Alan (hen &an I do that+ ,ert It doesn$t matter reall'. Ta1e it whene#er 'o) li1e% lad% b)t I$ll gi#e 'o) a ti/. Don$t ta1e it d)ring the tea-brea1. -o) 1now what I mean+ Alan Right. Than1s. Alan 3h% another thing. (here &an I lea#e m' motor-bi1e+ ,ert There$s /lent' of room in the &ar-/ar1. ?)st don$t /)t it in a n)mbered s/a&e. The'$re reser#ed for the dire&tors$ &ars. ,)t a/art from that% 'o) &an lea#e it where#er there$s room. .ome on% I$ll show 'o) where 'o)$ll be wor1ing. Right% this is o)r ben&h. ?)st wat&h me% and do whate#er I tell 'o)% 37+ Alan 37. ,ert 6irst of all% 'o) &an &lean these tools. There$s a bottle of white s/irit on the shelf. Alan All right. Is there an' s/e&ial wa' of doing it+ ,ert Eh+ S/e&ial wa'+ 2o% son% no. .lean them howe#er 'o) want. There$s no s/e&ial wa'. 1 .4 ,ert 3i5 Alan% 'o) &an sto/ wor1 for a bit. It$s times for the tea-brea1. Alan Than1s. ,ert Don$t than1 me% son. -o)$#e done well. -o)$ll need a &)/ of tea. 3h% loo1... after the teabrea1 I want 'o) to go to the stores and get me a few things. Is that all right+ Alan 3h% 'es. I$ll get whate#er 'o) want.

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,ert <ood lad. 2ow% I$ll need a tin of stri/ed /aint% a r)bber hammer and a glass nail% a lefthanded s&rewdri#er% and a b)&1et of steam. 3h% and tell them ,ert sent 'o). At the stores. Alan *orning. Storeman *orning. Alan I$#e &ome to get a tin of stri/ed /aint. Storeman A what+ (hat e#er are 'o) tal1ing abo)t% son+ Alan A tin of stri/ed /aint. I want a tin of stri/ed /aint. Storeman (ho e#er told 'o) to &ome and get that+ Alan ,ert... er% ,ert 0ogg. Storeman 3h% ,ert 0ogg5 (hat &olo)r stri/es wo)ld 'o) li1e% son+ Alan I$m not s)re. Perha/s I$d better as1 him. Storeman I s)//ose he as1ed 'o) to get a righthanded s&rewdri#er% as well. Alan 2o% he wants a left-handed one. Storeman ?)st sto/ and thin1 for a min)te% lad5 ?)st sto/ and thin15 Unit 65 <3I2< T3 T0E D3.T3R$S .raig (illiams has gone to see Dr .ase' at the 0ealth .entre. 0e$s in his s)rger' now. *r (illiams <ood morning% do&tor. Do&tor 0ello% *r (illiams. Ta1e a seat. (hat seems to be the tro)ble+ *r (illiams I$m not s)re% do&tor. ,)t I ha#en$t been feeling too well. I thin1 I m)st ha#e a to)&h of fl). Do&tor *m. There$s a lot of it going ro)nd at the moment. (hat are the s'm/toms+ *r (illiams I$m feeling #er' tired% and I$m a&hing all o#er. I$#e been snee;ing a lot% and feeling /rett' fe#erish% hot and &old all the time. 3h% and I$#e got a sore throat. Do&tor An' #omiting+ *r (illiams 2o% b)t I don$t feel #er' h)ngr'. I$#e got no a//etite at all. Do&tor (ell% let$s ha#e a loo1 at 'o). 3/en 'o)r mo)th. JAahK. -es% 'o)r throat$s a bit inflamed% and the glands in 'o)r ne&1 are swollen. .an 'o) 9)st )nb)tton 'o)r shirt+ I want to listen to 'o)r &hest. ,reathe dee/l'. Right. I$ll 9)st ta1e 'o)r tem/erat)re. Don$t sa' an'thing for a min)te% 9)st 1ee/ the thermometer )nder 'o)r tong)e. I$ll write o)t a /res&ri/tion for 'o)% b)t 'o) 1now

the best thing is 9)st to go home% go to bed% and ta1e /lent' of fl)ids. (a'ne fell of his bi&'&le. 0e$s in the &as)alt' de/artment at the lo&al hos/ital. Dr Singh is e"amining him. Do&tor 0ello% (a'ne% isn$t it+ -o)$#e had a bit of a fall. (hat were 'o) doing+ <oing too fast+ (a'ne -es% do&tor. I fell off going ro)nd a &orner. Do&tor -o)$d better get )ndressed then% and we$ll ta1e a loo1 at 'o). *m. That$s a nast' &)t. I$ll ha#e to /)t a &o)/le of stit&hes in that. (a'ne I$#e got a &)t here too% do&tor. Do&tor It loo1s worse than it is. It$s onl' a gra;e. The n)rse will &lean it )/ for 'o). It$ll sting% b)t that$s all. 2ow% does it h)rt an'where else+ (a'ne I$#e got a /ain in m' arm. It$s #er' sore% and it feels stiff. Do&tor (ell% there$s nothing bro1en% b)t 'o)$#e br)ised 'o)r sho)lder. It$ll be sore for a few da's. 2ow% did 'o) bang 'o)r head at all+ (a'ne -es% I did. I fell onto the bi1e. ,)t it doesn$t h)rt now. Do&tor Did 'o) feel di;;'+ (a'ne 2o% not at all. Do&tor Loo1 )/ there% I$m 9)st going to shine this light in 'o)r e'e. 2o% that$s fine. I$ll 9)st do the stit&hes% and the n)rse will /)t a dressing on it. Then 'o) &an go home. *rs *allard has gone to see Dr <illes/ie% her famil' do&tor. *rs *allard <ood morning% do&tor. Do&tor Ah% good morning% *rs *allard. (hat &an I do for 'o) this time+ *rs *allard It$s those /ills% do&tor. The' don$t seem to be doing me an' good. Do&tor Reall'+ (hat$s wrong+ *rs *allard (hat isn$t wrong with me% do&tor5 It$s old age% I s)//ose. Do&tor -o)$re doing #er' well% *rs *allard5 -o)$ll li#e to be a h)ndred5 *rs *allard I$#e got this terrible &o)gh% do&tor% and I$#e still got that rash on m' hands. And the ba&1a&he5 I &an hardl' wal1 sometimes. -o) don$t thin1 it$s that legionnaire$s disease% do 'o)+ I$#e been reading abo)t it in the /a/er. Do&tor 2o% no... no &han&e of that. -o)$re #er' fit for 'o) age.

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*rs *allard Pardon+ An'wa'% I$#e nearl' finished the old /ills% do&tor. .an 'o) gi#e me a different &olo)r ne"t time+ Unit 67 IT$S A,3FT TI*E ?anet and ,r)&e li#e in London. ?anet$s 'o)nger sister% Pam% who li#es in Edinb)rgh% is fl'ing down to s/end the wee1end with them. ?anet ,r)&e% I thin1 it$s time to go and meet Pam at the air/ort. ,r)&e 3h% no% we$#e no need to h)rr'. There$s /lent' of time. It$s onl' half /ast eight. There won$t be m)&h traffi& at this time of night. ?anet -o) ne#er 1now% and I thin1 'o)r wat&h m)st be slow. I ma1e it E.: % and 'o)$ll ha#e to sto/ for /etrol. I$d sooner we were too earl' than too late5 ,r)&e It$ll ta1e her a while to get her l)ggage. ?anet 3h% &ome on% ,r)&e5 It$s time we were lea#ing. (e &an alwa's ha#e a &offee at the air/ort. An'wa'% I li1e wat&hing /eo/le at the air/ort. ,r)&e I$d rather see the end of the football mat&h% b)t ne#er mind% we$d better go. ,r)&e ?anet5 0old on a min)te% there$s the /hone. ?anet -o) ha#en$t got time to answer it now. Ignore it. ,r)&e 2o% I$d better see who it is. It might be im/ortant. ,r)&e *&<regor s/ea1ing... oh% Pam% we were 9)st on o)r wa' to fet&h 'o). 3h% no5 0old on% I$ll get ?anet. ?anet Pam5 (here are 'o)+ Pam I$m still Endinb)rgh. The flight$s been dela'ed. ?anet -o) &a)ght )s 9)st in time. (e were abo)t to lea#e for the air/ort. Pam I 1now% ,r)&e said so. I$m glad I /honed. -o)$d ha#e had a long wait otherwise. ?anet (hen will 'o) be lea#ing% do 'o) thin1+ Pam 3h% not for an ho)r at least. Loo1% don$t bother to &ome o)t to the air/ort. ?anet It$s no tro)ble. (e$ll meet 'o). Pam 2o% I$d rather 'o) didn$t. 0onestl'. ?anet 2ow% don$t be sill'% Pam. (e$ll &olle&t 'o). Pam 2o% ?anet% I$d rather get a ta"i. ?anet (e$ll be there% Pam5 See 'o) later.

,r)&e It$s nearl' 1!.4 . ?anet (ell% we &o)ldn$t let her find her own wa'. 2ot at this time of night5 ,r)&e She 1nows how to loo1 after herself. That /lane landed half an ho)r ago. It$s abo)t time she was here. ?anet It alwa's ta1es ages to get 'o)r l)ggage. ,r)&e I 1now. It$s abo)t time the' did something abo)t it. Last time% it too1 me longer than the filght5 ?anet 3h% ,r)&e% there she is5 ,r)&e Abo)t time% too. ?anet Pam5 Pam5 3#er here5 ,r)&e I$ll go and bring the &ar ro)nd. I won$t be long. ?anet (ell% Pam% what wo)ld 'o) rather do tomorrow morning% lie in or go sho//ing+ Pam This morning% 'o) mean5 I$d rather go sho//ing% b)t there$s no need for 'o) to get )/ and &ome with me. I$d rather 'o) had a lie in. -o) m)st be tired o)t5 ?anet I am a bit tired. ,)t I$ll meet 'o) for l)n&h. There$s a new resta)rant 9)st off 7ensington 0igh Street. Do 'o) thin1 'o)$ll be able to find 'o)r wa' there+ Pam 3h% ?anet5 It isn$t as if this were m' first #isit to London5 -o) &an tell me where it is in the morning. Unit 71 T0E .IR.FS IS .3*I2< Anno)n&er This is R(!% (atermo)th$s own inde/endent radio station. In the st)dio with me this morning is Sall' 6arnham% the da)gher of &ir&)s owner% ,ertie 6arnham. 6arnham$s &ir&)s will be here in (atermo)th for two wee1s. That$s right% isn$t it% Sall'+ Sall' -es% that$s right. (e o/en tomorrow for two wee1s. Anno)n&er 0as the &ir&)s arri#ed 'et% Sall'+ Sall' 2o% no. 2ot 'et. It$s on the road somewhere between Sand/ool and here. Anno)n&er I s)//ose there$s a lot to be done between now and the first show. Sall' -es% that right. I$#e alread' been here for the three da's. There were all the ad#an&e arrangements to be made. It$s li1e /re/aring for small in#asion. Anno)n&er (hat sort of things ha#e 'o) done+

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Sall' 3h% there$re so man' things to be done% 'o) 1now. There are /osters to be /)t )/% news/a/er ads to be arranged% &as)al labo)r to be hired and so on. Anno)n&er (hen will the &ir&)s a&t)all' arri#e+ Sall' In the ne"t ho)r or so. The first tr)&1s sho)ld be arri#ing an' time now% and then the hard wor1 reall' begins. Anno)n&er *ost /eo/le lo#e the &ir&)s% don$t the'+ ,)t not man' reali;e how m)&h wor1 there is% do the'+ Sall' That$s right. (e$ll be wor1ing all da' and half the night. It$s a bit li1e mo#ing a small arm'. ,)t% fingers &rossed% b' tomorrow morning e#er'thing will ha#e been set )/ in time for the afternoon /erforman&e. 3h% there$s the grand /arade thro)gh the town &entre at 11.4 % so don$t forget to &ome and see )s. Anno)n&er Than1 'o)% Sall'% for &oming in to tal1 to )s. 2ow don$t forget% fol1s. The grand &ir&)s /arade will start from the /ier at 11.4 % go along the /romenade% thro)gh the gardens and finish in ?)bilee Par1. 6arham$s .ir&)s will be in town for wee1s )ntil !Eth A)g)st. 2ow for some m)si&. Unit 72 <ETTI2< T0I2<S D32E Anne Tim5 That bathroom ta/$s still dri//ing. It$s getting on m' ner#es5 I tho)ght 'o) said 'o) were going to fi" it. Tim 3h% 'es... the washer needs re/la&ing. Anne (h' don$t 'o) re/la&e it then+ Tim It$s not as eas' as that. I$ll tr' and do it ne"t wee1. Anne ,)t 'o) said that last wee1. Tim I 1now. I thin1 'o)$d better /hone for a /l)mber and get it done. I$m not reall' G)ite s)re how to do it. Adrian and S)sannah are going on a to)ring holida' of 6ran&e ne"t wee1. The'$re ta1ing their own &ar. Adrian alwa's gi#es S)sannah a lift to wor1. 0e$s dro//ing her off o)tside her offi&e. Adrian 3h% S)sannah5 I won$t be able to /i&1 'o) )/ from wor1 tonight. I$m ha#ing the &ar ser#i&ed. I tho)ght we$d better ha#e it done before we go. S)sannah That$s all right. (hen are 'o) &olle&ting it+ Adrian 2ot till G)arter to si". (h'+

S)sannah (ell% I want to ha#e m' hair done before the holida'. I$ll tr' and ma1e an a//ointment to get it done after wor1. Then 'o) &an /i&1 me )/ from the hairdresser$s. Adrian 37. .an 'o) ring me at wor1 and let me 1now what time+ S)sannah Right% I$ll &all 'o) later. ,'e. Estate Agent I$m afraid it$s been rather negle&ted. The /resent owner is in his eighties. 0e$s 9)st gone into an old /eo/le$s home. Robin -es. It loo1s as tho)gh a lot needs doing to it. Estate Agent That$s tr)e% b)t the /ri&e is #er' reasonable. It wo)ld be ideal for a do-it-'o)rself man. Robin *m. I$m not #er' good with m' hands% I$m afraid. (e$d ha#e to get most things done for )s% wo)ldn$t we% ?ean+ ?ean 3h% I don$t 1now. .o)ld we see inside+ Estate Agent 3f &o)rse. I$ll show 'o) the 1it&hen first. ?ean 3h% dear5 ?)st loo1 at that sin1. It m)st ha#e been there sin&e the ho)se was b)ilt. Robin It$s a ni&e large room% tho)gh% and there$s /lent' of light. (e$d ha#e to ha#e 1it&hen )nits /)t in% and we$d need to get it tiled. ?ean ,)t 'o) &o)ld do the &eiling 'o)rself% &o)ldn$t 'o)+ And the /ainting. Robin Is that the onl' /ower-/oint there+ Estate Agent I$m afraid so. Robin It loo1s /rett' old. I$m s)re the whole /la&e wo)ld need rewiring. (e &ertainl' &o)ldn$t do that o)rsel#es and we$d need to ha#e more /oints /)t in at the same time. Estate Agent (o)ld 'o) li1e to see the lo)nge+ It$s thro)gh here. ?ean 3h m' <od5 It$d &ertainl' need rede&orating. I s)//ose we &o)ld do the /ainting and wall/a/ering. (hat$s it li1e )/stairs+ Estate Agent Prett' bad% reall'. It ob#io)sl' hasn$t been de&orated for 'ears% and as I told 'o) on the /hone% it hasn$t got a bathroom. ,)t 'o) &o)ld ha#e the small bedroom &on#erted into a bathroom and get a grant towards the &ost. All the other ho)ses in the street ha#e had that done. Robin (hat abo)t the toilet+ Estate Agent I$m afraid that$s o)tside% b)t 'o) &o)ld get one /)t in the new bathroom. And of &o)rse% 'o)$d get a grant for that as well. ?ean Is there an'thing else that needs doing+

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Estate Agent (ell% 'o)$d /robabl' ha#e to get the roof re/aired /rett' soon. Robin The sooner the better if 'o) as1 me. It loo1s as tho)gh water$s been &oming in o#er there. And% of &o)rse% we$d want to ha#e &entral heating /)t in% and the windows do)ble gla;ed% it$s #er' nois' street. I &o)ldn$t do an' of that m'self. Estate Agent 3f &o)rse not. Robin An'wa'% than1 'o) for showing )s aro)nd. ,)t reall' I thin1 the best thing wo)ld be to 1no&1 it down and start all o#er again5 Unit 74 D32$T PA2I. 1. Don$t forget to fasten 'o)r seat-belts5 !. Please do not lea#e 'o)r seat while the warning light is on. 4. *a' we remind /assengers to read the emergen&' /ro&ed)res. :. Please do not smo1e in the aisles or in the toilets. 5. (o)ld 'o) li1e to see the flight de&1+

messages for him. Listen to the &on#ersations and loo1 at the notes. 8. Amanda *r Dawson$s offi&e. ?enn' 3h% it$s ?enn'. .an 'o) gi#e *r Dawson a message+ I won$t be in till 6rida'% I$#e got fl). I saw the do&tor this morning. Amanda 37% ?enn'. I$ll /ass the message on. I ho/e 'o) feel better soon. 8.: Amanda *r Dawson$s offi&e. .an I hel/ 'o)+ *r (at1ins *a' I s/ea1 to *r Dawson% /lease+ Amanda I$m afraid he$s awa' on b)siness. 0e$ll be ba&1 tomorrow. .an I ta1e a message+ *r (at1ins Please. It$s Tom (at1ins here. Loo1% I &an$t ma1e the meeting on T)esda' afternoon. Something im/ortant$s &ome )/. I$ll ring Peter on (ednesda'. 11.4 Amanda 0ello% <odfre'. (hat I &an do for 'o)+ <odfre' *r Dawson isn$t here% is he+ Amanda 2o% not still tomorrow. <odfre' Ah... it$s 9)st that I want 6rida' off. -o) see% m' grandmother died 'esterda'. I$ll ha#e to go to the f)neral. Amanda 3h% I am sorr'. 0ow old was she+ <odfre' 8!. 1!.15 Amanda *r Dawson$s offi&e. Salesman .an 'o) /)t me thro)gh to *r Dawson+ Amanda I$m afraid he isn$t here toda'. (o)ld 'o) li1e to lea#e a message+ Saleman 3h% right. (adle'$s <arage here. It$s abo)t his new &ar. It isn$t read' 'et. There$s a stri1e at the fa&tor' toda'. !.1 Amanda <ood afternoon. *r Dawson$s offi&e. *iss Dobson <ood afternoon. This is ?)liet Dobson from (ester Video S'stems. *r Dawson$s at the trade fair in L'on% isn$t he+ Amanda -es% that$s right. 0e sho)ld be here tomorrow. *iss Dobson (ell% &an 'o) gi#e him this message first thing in the morning+ I$m afraid we m)st &an&el o)r last order. The &)stomers ha#e &hanged their minds% again5 4.!

C. I$m b)s' now b)t I$ll bring 'o) a drin1 in a min)te. >. sir. E. I$m afraid I &an$t gi#e 'o) another drin1 0ere$s the headset. Let me hel/ 'o).

8. Please 1ee/ 'o)r belts fastened. (e$re going thro)gh t)rb)len&e. 1 . Don$t /ani&. 11. Remo#e 'o)r shoes and /ro&eed at on&e to the emergen&' e"its. 1!. .ome on dear... 'o) &an ma1e it5 ?)st slide down the &h)te. 14. I$ll ha#e to /)sh 'o). Unit 75 *ESSA<ES Amanda 0a'ward is a se&retar' at Standard Se&)rit' S'stems. 0er boss% Peter Dawson% was awa' on b)siness on *onda'. She too1 se#eral

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Amanda <ood afternoon. *r Dawson$s offi&e. *r <on;ale; 0ello% this is *ig)el <on;ale; s/ea1ing. Is Peter there+ Amanda 2o% I$m afraid he$s awa' on b)siness toda'. .an I /ass on a message% SeVor <on;ale;+ *r <on;ale; -es% I ma' be in London from the !1st to the !5th. I want to see Peter then% if /ossible. It$s abo)t the agen&' in *e"i&o. :.45 Amanda *r Dawson$s offi&e. *rs Ellis *' name$s Samantha Ellis. .an 'o) get *r Dawson to /hone me as soon as he gets ba&1 from L'on+ It reall' is #er' )rgent. :.55 Amanda *r Dawson$s offi&e. *r ,err' Ah% *iss 0a'ward. This is .harles ,err'. Amanda 3h% good afternoon% sir. *r ,err' I$#e got an im/ortant message for *r Dawson. <i#e it to him the min)te he &omes in. ?)st sa'% JDon$t s)//l' *ason and .om/an' )ntil f)rther noti&e.K I$ll e"/lain latter. It$s T)esda' morning. Peter Dawson has 9)st ret)rned to the offi&e after his b)siness tri/ to L'on. Loo1 at the notes and listen to her re/ort. Peter <ood morning% Amanda. .o)ld 'o) &ome in for a min)te% /lease+ Amanda <ood morning% *r Dawson. Did 'o) ha#e a good tri/+ Peter -es% than1 'o). (ere there an' messages for me 'esterda'+ Amanda -es% G)ite a few. Shall I 9)st r)n thro)gh them+ Peter Please. Amanda ?enn' /honed. She said she wo)ldn$t be in till 6rida'. Peter 3h. (h'$s that+ Amanda She said she had $fl). She$d seen the do&tor. Peter Right. <o on. Amanda Then *r (at1ins &alled. 0e said he &o)ldn$t ma1e the meeting this afternoon b)t wo)ld ring 'o) on (ednesda'. Peter 37. Amanda <odfre' &ame in loo1ing for 'o). 0e said he wanted 6rida' off. Peter Did he+ Amanda -es. 0e told me his grandmother had died and he$d ha#e to go to the f)neral. Peter 3h dear. I$d better see him later.

Amanda And (adle'$s <arage &alled. The' said 'o)r new &ar wasn$t read'. Peter 3h% no... wh' on earth not+ Amanda The' said there was a stri1e at the fa&tor' 'esterda'. Peter Again5 Amanda After l)n&h *iss Dobson /honed. She said that (estern Video S'stems had to &an&el their last order be&a)se their &)stomers had &hanged their minds. Peter Pit'5 Amanda *r <on;ale; &alled from the *e"i&o to sa' he might be in London from !1st P !5th. 0e said he wanted to see 'o) then. Peter 3h% good. I ho/e he &an ma1e it. Amanda Then a lad' /honed. Samantha Ellis. She as1ed 'o) to /honed her as soon as /ossible. She said it was )rgent. Peter Ah% Samantha. I wonder what she wants. Amanda 3h and 9)st before fi#e% *r ,err' /honed. 0e told )s not to s)//l' *ason W .o. )ntil f)rther noti&e. 0e said it was im/ortant and that he wo)ld e"/lain later. Peter An'thing else+ Amanda 2o. That$s it. .offee+ Peter Please. That wo)ld be ni&e. Unit 76 A 6E( LFESTI32S 0arr' (ho$s there+ <rimes The /oli&e. 3/en )/5 0arr' Er... hold a min)te. I$m in the bathroom. <rimes .ome on5 3/en )/5 0arr' 3h% Sergeant <rimes. (hat &an I do for 'o)+ Is this a so&ial &all+ <rimes Ver' f)nn'% 0arr'. I$#e got a few G)estions to as1 'o). .an I &ome in for a min)te+ 0arr' 0a#e 'o) got a sear&h-warrant+ <rimes 2o. (h'+ Do I need one+ 0a#e 'o) got an'thing to hide then% 0arr'+ 0arr' 2o% no. 2othing at all. .ome in. L)estions% 'o) said. (ell... fire awa'. <rimes ?)st a ro)tine &he&1% 0arr'. That$s all. ?)st a ro)tine &he&1. (ere 'o) in the *ile End Road last night+ 0arr' 2o. <rimes *m% hm... ha#e 'o) been there re&entl'+ 0arr' 2o% no% I ha#en$t. (h'+ 0as there been an' tro)ble+ <rimes I thin1 I$ll as1 the G)estions% 0arr'. (here were 'o) last night+

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0arr' I was in the /)b% the JPig and (histleK. <rimes Did an'bod' see 'o)+ 0arr' 3h% 'es. I$#e got /lentl' of witnesses. <rimes (itnesses% 0arr' + -o) ha#en$t been a&&)sed of an'thing... 'et. (h' do 'o) need witnesses+ 0arr' I don$t% Sergeant. I don$t. Er% I was with some of m' mates. <rimes I didn$t 1now 'o) had an'% 0arr'. (ho were the'+ 0arr' Er% let me thin1... Tomm' 6errett% Albert ,loggs% and... <rimes (hat% Albertt Jthe bootK ,loggs+ I tho)ght he has still inside. 0arr' 2o% the' let him o)t last wee1. 0e got two 'ears$ remission for good beha#io)r. 3h% 'es% Sid Par1er was there too. <rimes (hat time did 'o) get there% and what time did 'o) lea#e+ 0arr' I s)//ose I got there abo)t se#en% and left at &losing time. <rimes Did 'o) &ome straight home+ 0arr' -eah. <rimes 0ow did 'o) get here+ Did 'o) dri#e+ 0arr' 3h% no. I$d had a few drin1s. I$d ne#er dri#e )nder the infl)en&e of al&ohol% *r <rimes% 'o) 1now me. JThin1 before 'o) drin1 before 'o) dri#e.K That$s what I alwa's sa'. <rimes Ver' good% 0arr'. Ver' good. ,' the wa'% is that 'o) &ar o)tside+ The red <ranada+ 0arr' That$s right. I$#e got all the /a/ers. I &an /ro#e it$s mine. <rimes 2i&e &ar. Es/e&iall' as 'o)$re o)t of wor1. 0ar' 3h% 'eah. (ell% m' grandmother died. Left me some mone'. <rimes I see. -o) don$t mind m' as1ing% do 'o)+ 0arr' 2ot at all. I mean% it$s 'o)r 9ob% isn$t it+ <rimes (ell% how did 'o) get that dent in the front wing% then+ 0arr' 3h. It ha//ened in a &ar /ar1. I wasn$t there. Someone m)st ha#e r)n into it. <rimes 6air eno)gh% 0arr'. (ell% I$ll be seeing 'o). That$s all for now. Tomm' Tomm'% here. 0ar' Tomm'% listen. It$s me% 0arr'. The /oli&e ha#e 9)st been ro)nd. It was <rimes% again. I don$t thin1 he 1nows an'thing% b)t he as1ed a lot of G)estions. Er... I told him I was with 'o). Tomm' ,lood' hell5 0arr'5 Did 'o) ha#e to mention me+ 0arr' I$m sorr'% Tomm'% reall' I am. Loo1 we$d better &he&1 the details in &ase the' &ome to see 'o).

Tomm' (hat do 'o) mean% Jin &ase the' &ome to see meK+ If I 1now <rimes% he$ll be here an' min)te. .ome on% 0arr'. Tell me e"a&tl' what he as1ed 'o)% and what 'o) told him. Unit 77 TRFST T0E 0EART *elinde stood at the end of the garden% wat&hing the s)n begin to set behind the or&hard into the sea be'ond. She stood as she had done so man' times thin1ing of that last G)arrel two wee1s before. She remembered how Damian had at first denied the affair with Tamsin% b)t then when she had for&ed him to admit it% how he had a/ologi;ed and begged her for forgi#eness. She sobbed a little as she tho)ght of her harsh words% and how Damian% the onl' man she had e#er reall' lo#ed% had bro1en down and &ried li1e a bab' when she had ref)sed to see him again. That was two wee1s ago and she had heard nothing from him sin&e. She had tried to tele/hone. She wanted to admit that she had been )n9)st% to tell him how m)&h she regretted &alling him a liar% she wanted to e"/lain that she hadn$t meant to h)rt him. S)ddenl' the noise of the garden gate o/ening startled her. She t)rned and thro)gh the gloom she tho)ght she &o)ld ma1e o)t the familiar fig)re of Damian. (as it him...+ .o)ld it /ossibl' be...+ The a//roa&hing fig)re ste//ed into the last /at&h of s)nlight and the last ra's of the setting s)n ill)minated his long% dar1% &)rl' hair. 0e sto/ed% )ns)re of himself. J3h% Damian%K she &alled softl'. JDamian% is it reall' 'o)+K J*elinda%K he m)rm)red% J*' *elinda.K She sighed dee/l' and ran to greet him. She too1 his hands tightl' in hers. J*' darling%K she whis/ered% J.an 'o) e#er forgi#e me+K J(e m)st ne#er s/ea1 of it again%K he re/lied. J,)t Damian% I ne#er meant...K 0e interr)/ted her% JIt$s all right. I 1now that now. *' darling% /romise me something+K JAn'thing5K she &ried. J0ere% this is for 'o). Please% /lease a&&e/t it% and wear it fore#er.K 0e drew a small leather bo" from his /o&1et and leaned forward to gi#e it to her. S)ddentl' the bo" fell from his gras/. 0e bent to /i&1 it )/ and at that moment his glasses sli//ed from his nose. J,last5 2ow where ha#e the' gone+ I &an$t see a thing witho)t them%K he e"/lained. *elinda went to hel/ him. There was a &r)n&h as his foot

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&r)s&hed the glasses into the gra#el /ath. J3h% no% now I$#e trodden on them5K he e"&laimed. J(h' &an$t I do an'thing right+ (h' do I alwa's r)in e#er'thing+K 0er la)ghter /ealed ro)nd the garden. J3h% Damian% 'o) sill' bo'% that$s wh' I lo#e 'o) so m)&h5K Unit 78 (EDDI2<S Listen to two /eo/le tal1ing abo)t their weddings Adrian had a traditional &h)r&h wedding. Ann was married in a registr' offi&e. A&h)r&h wedding Adrian and .aroline were married re&entl'. @3)r wedding was a /rett' t'/i&al one% reall'. .aroline and I met abo)t three 'ears ago% and we got engaged last s)mmer. (e both wanted a traditional wedding. I s)//ose it$s e"/ensi#e% and some /eo/le sa' it$s a waste of mone'% b)t it is a da' to remember all 'o)r life. An'wa'% we wanted to /lease o)r /arents% and we both wanted to get married in &h)r&h. .aroline$s father hired a white Rolls-Ro'&e to bring her to the &h)r&h% we wanted the whole wor1s5 -o) 1now% to/ hat% tails% &ham/agne D the f)ll treatment. The men rented their morning s)its for the da'. .aroline had three bridesmaids D her sister and two of her &o)sins% and a /age. The /age was her ne/hew. 0e$s onl' three and he made a lot of noise d)ring the &eremon'. I didn$t feel m' best that da' be&a)se m' stag /art' went on )ntil fi#e o$&lo&1 in the morning. I do remember the /hotograhs% tho)gh. (e seemed to be waiting aro)nd for ages. Altho)ght it was a #er' s)nn' Sat)rda' D it was in *a' D there was a /rett' &old wind. The re&e/tion was at the .arlton 0otel% it m)st ha#e &ost .aroline$s dad a /a&1et. The s/ee&hes went on a bit too long% I thin1... and of &o)rse some of them were a bit #)lgar% b)t I s)//ose that$s a tradition. It too1 twent' min)tes 9)st to read o)t all the telegrams. I$d been #er' &aref)l% and I$d /ar1ed m' &ar ro)nd the &orner% b)t of &o)rse the' somehow managed to find o)t where it was. -o) sho)ld ha#e seen what the'$d done to it5 It was &o#ered with li/sti&1% and the'$d tied &ans to the b)m/er. ,)t an'wa'% the' didn$t find o)t where we were ha#ing o)r hone'moon. (e went to S&otland.A

A registr' offi&e wedding St)art and Ann were married in a registr' offi&e. @St)art and I met last 'ear. (e were both wor1ing in ,irmingham% altho)gh St)art &omes from Leeds and I$m from London. (e didn$t want an elaborate wedding and neither of )s are /arti&)larl' religio)s% so we got married in the registr' offi&e. Another thing is that neither of o)r families are #er' well off% and it seemed sill' to go to all the e"/ense% when 'o) need the mone' to set )/ a new home. (e 9)st in#ited o)r /arents and a &o)/le of friends% who were the wintnesses. It was all #er' sim/le. (e didn$t ha#e a re&e/tion or an'thing. (e 9)st had a few drin1s ro)nd at o)r /la&e. (e didn$t e#en bother with a &a1e. (e didn$t ha#e a hone'moon% be&a)se St)art$s 9)st started his own b)siness and we &o)ldn$t afford the time.A Unit 80 DEPARTFRES <ina has been st)d'ing English at a lang)age s&hool in England. 0er &o)rse finishes at the end of this wee1 and she$s ret)rning home on Sat)rda'. She$s in a tra#el agen&' now. Tra#el agent Ta1e a seat% /lease. I$ll be with 'o) in a min)te. -es% what &an I do for 'o)+ <ina I want to fl' to Rome. Are there an' seats a#ailable on Sat)rda'+ Tra#el agent ?)st a moment and I$ll &he&1... Rome... what time of da' are 'o) thin1ing of going+ <ina (ell% I$d rather not arri#e too late. 0ow abo)t late morning or earl' afternoon+ Tra#el agent The 1!.1 $s f)ll' boo1ed% I$m afraid. There are seats a#ailable on the 1:.55 or the 1C.4 . Is that too late for 'o)+ <ina The 1:.55 so)nds 37. (hat time does that get in+ Tra#el agent 1E.15 lo&al timeQ there$s a one ho)r time differen&e% 'o) 1now. <ina 37. That$ll be fine. I$ll /a' &ash b)t I$ll ha#e to go to the ban1 and &ome ba&1. Tra#el agent That$s all right. I$ll hold the reser#ation for 'o). Streamline Ta"is Streamline Ta"is. <ina I$d li1e to boo1 a ta"i for Sat)rda' morning% /lease. Streamline Ta"is (here are 'o) going+

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<ina London Air/ort% 0eathrow. There$ll be three of )s sharing. 0ow m)&h will it be+ Streamline Ta"is =45. <ina =455 Ea&h or between )s+ Streamline Ta"is 3h% that$s all together. (hat time do 'o) want to lea#e+ <ina The &he&1-in time is fi#e to two b)t I don$t 1now how long it ta1es to get there. Streamline Ta"is (ell we$d better /i&1 'o) )/ abo)t half ele#en% in &ase we hit traffi&. .an I ha#e 'o)r name and address+ <ina -es. It$s <ina .astelli... two JlKs. 4!% Sea/ort Road. Streamline Ta"is 4!% Sea/ort Road. 37. 11.4 Sat)rda' morning. Than1 'o). *r ?en1ins .ome in5 <ina 3h% hello% *r ?en1ins. *r ?en1ins 0ello% <ina. (hat &an I do for 'o)+ <ina I$#e 9)st &ome to sa' goodb'e. *r ?en1ins 3h 'es% of &o)rse. -o)$re lea#ing% aren$t 'o)+ (hen+ <ina I$m fl'ing tomorrow morning. I$m ba&1 at wor1 on *onda' morning. *r ?en1ins (ell% I m)st sa' <ina% we$ll be sorr' to lose 'o). <ina I don$t reall' want to go b)t... well% I 9)st wanted to than1 'o) and all the other tea&hers. *r ?en1ins 3h% that$s all right% <ina. <ina I$#e reall' learnt a lot. I ho/e to &ome ba&1 ne"t 'ear... for a holida'. *r ?en1ins Don$t forget to send )s a &ard% and if 'o) do &ome ba&1% &all in and see )s. <ina 2o% I won$t forget. *r ?en1ins (ell% there$s the bell. <oodb'e then% and ha#e a safe 9o)rne'. <ina <oodb'e and than1s for e#er'thing. <ina ?a&G)es5 I$m glad I ha#en$t missed 'o). ?a&G)es 0ello% <ina. (hen are 'o) lea#ing+ <ina Tomorrow morning. I don$t s)//ose I$ll see 'o) again. So% goodb'e. It was ni&e meeting 'o). ?a&G)es And 'o). ,)t 'o) will 1ee/ in to)&h% won$t 'o)+ <ina -es% I will. -o)$#e got m' address% ha#en$t 'o)+ ?a&G)es -es% and remember% if 'o)$re e#er in .herbo)rg% gi#e me a &all. I$d be so /leased to see 'o) again. <ina 3h% I will. -o) &an be s)re of that. And 'o) m)st do the same if 'o)$re e#er in Rome. ?a&G)es (ell. <oodb'e then. <ina <oodb'e... and loo1 after 'o)rself.

*rs Shar/les <ina5 The ta"i$s o)tside. Are 'o) read'+ 0a#e 'o) got e#er'thing+ <ina -es% than1 'o)% *rs Shar/les. And... than1 'o) again. *rs Shar/les Than1 'o)% <ina% for the flowers. 2ow don$t forget to /hone )s when 'o) get home. ?)st to let )s 1now that 'o)$#e arri#ed safel'. <ina 2o% I won$t forget. I don$t 1now whether I$ll be able to /hone tonight or not% b)t in an' &ase% I$ll ring 'o) in the morning whate#er ha//ens. *rs Shar/les (ell% goob'e then% dear. -o)$d better not 1ee/ the ta"i waiting. 0a#e a ni&e tri/. ,'e-b'e. <ina ,'e. And loo1 after 'o)rsel#es. And than1 *r Shar/les for me.

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