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EVOLVE Level 1 Audio Scripts

This document contains transcripts from audio tracks of an English language learning program. The transcripts cover a range of conversations about checking into a hotel, ordering drinks, discussing family communication habits, describing photos, and asking for directions in a city. The conversations involve basic exchanges of information through questions and answers to model everyday English language interactions.
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STUDENT’S BOOK AUDIO SCRIPTS

Track 1.10 Track 1.34


Lesson 1.3, page 7, Exercises 3A and 3B Lesson 3.3, page 27, Exercises 3A and 3B
Man Hello. Welcome to the Westside Hotel. What’s your name? Woman Coffee or tea?
Woman My name is Lisa Carlton. I’m here for two nights. Man Tea, please.
Man How do you spell your last name? Woman Sugar?
Woman C-A-R-L-T-O-N. Man Yes, please.
Man Ah, yes. Here you are. What’s your cell phone number? Woman Milk?
Woman It’s 555 889 3245. Man No, thanks.
Man OK. Thank you. And what’s your email address? Woman OK. And a biscuit?
Woman It’s [email protected]. Man Sorry, I don’t understand. What’s a … biscuit?
Track 1.11 Woman This is a biscuit.
Lesson 1.3, page 7, Exercise 3C Man Oh, a cookie.
Woman How do you spell your last name? Woman Yes. In the United States, it’s a cookie. Here in Australia, it’s
Man What country are you from? How do you spell it? a biscuit.
Woman What’s the name of your school? How do you spell it? Man OK! So, yes, please.
Track 1.24 Woman Here you are.
Lesson 2.3 page 17, Exercises 3A and 3B Track 1.42
Woman How old is your daughter? Lesson 4.3, page 39, Exercises 2B and 2C
Man She’s thirty. No, sorry, thirteen! Woman Do you talk to your family on the phone?
Woman Thirteen. OK! Man Well, I talk to my parents on the phone. They’re 81 years
Track 1.26 old.

Lesson 2.4, page 18, Exercise 1B and 1C Woman OK.

Isabel So, Linda – here’s my band! Man So they don’t like computers. They like the phone.

Linda Wow! Are you good? Woman Yeah.

Isabel No! Well, we’re not bad. Man But I send emails to my son and daughter.

Linda And where are you, in this photo? Woman Right.

Isabel We’re not in Las Vegas! We’re in Seattle, at college. Track 1.45
Linda Are they your friends from college? Lesson 4.4, page 40, Exercises 1B and 1C
Isabel Yeah. This is Joshua, on the right. Woman 1 I have two TVs. This one is in my bedroom, on my desk. I
like it because it’s small. I don’t like big TVs. Also, it’s not
Linda Yeah?
expensive. $119 is a good price. It’s cheap, but it’s nice.
Isabel He’s really funny.
Man I love games, and this tablet is great for games. It’s really
Linda Great! And this is … ? fast, and it has a nice design. It’s $415. Not cheap. But it’s
Isabel This is Nuwa, on the left. expensive because it’s a great product. I love it.
Linda OK. Woman 2 This is an app for photos. You take a photo. Then you
Isabel She’s really smart. And I’m here, and Guy is next to me. He’s change it with the app, but it’s difficult, and the photos
between Nuwa and me. aren’t good. A bad app? Yes! Sorry, but I don’t like it.
Linda Sorry, what’s his name? Track 1.54
Isabel Guy. He’s really cool … but he’s shy. Lesson 5.3, page 49, Exercises 2B and 2C
Linda He’s a shy Guy! Man You run, right?
Isabel Yeah! Woman Yeah, every morning.
Track 1.27 Man So do you get up early?
Lesson 2.3, page 18, Exercise 3A Woman Usually.
Woman Here’s my band. Man On weekends, too?
Man We’re in Seattle. Woman That’s right.
Woman He’s really funny. Man No way!
Man You’re great! Woman Do you get up early on weekends?
Man Never!

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Track 1.62 Track 2.19
Lesson 6.3, page 59, Exercises 2A and 2B Lesson 8.4, page 82, Exercises 1B and 1C
Man Excuse me. Is the City Hotel near here? Chris Today on Technology Talks I’m with Joanna Ramos. She’s
Woman Yes. Turn left here. Go straight. It’s on the right. from ITCI – a computer company. Welcome, Joanna.
Man So, turn left here. Go straight. It’s on the right. Joanna Thank you, Chris.
Woman Yes. Chris Joanna … a big question: Can computers take all our jobs?
Track 1.63 What do you think?

Lesson 6.3, page 59, Exercise 2C Joanna Well, first, I think there’s another question. What can
computers do? Some examples: They can make cars. They
Woman1 Turn right here. Then turn right again.
can drive cars. They can talk …
Man Go one block. Then turn left.
Chris They can do a lot of things.
Woman1 Go straight. Turn left. Then turn right.
Joanna Yes, they can. But … they can’t do those things 100%. A
Man Go three blocks. It’s on the left. computer can’t make 100% of a car. Car companies need
Track 1.67 workers, too. Computers can’t drive cars all the time.
Lesson 6.4, page 60, Exercises 1B and 1C Only people can do that. And, OK, computers can talk,
Yasmin Welcome to “Walk with Yasmin.” Where am I today? Well, but they can’t always understand us. My phone hardly
there are some tall trees and a lot of big plants here. And ever understands me! And computers can’t think. I mean,
do you hear the water? There’s a river near me, too. And computers can’t think today.
listen! There are a lot of interesting animals here. But I’m Chris So are computers taking a lot of jobs?
not in a zoo. Joanna I don’t think so. They are taking some of our jobs. But
I’m on a mountain in a forest. But trees and animals aren’t people make computers. And people’s voices are the
the only things near me. There’s an ocean and some computers’ voices. So there are a lot of new jobs, too.
beautiful beaches. And there are people, too. More than six Chris A lot of new jobs? Is that true? I don’t think that …
million people! And a lot of buildings – hotels, stores, and Track 2.20
restaurants.
Lesson 8.4, page 82, Exercise 2A
So where am I? This is Tijuca Forest, in the big, busy city of
Woman What can computers do?
Rio de Janeiro.
Woman They can make cars.
Track 2.07
Woman A computer can’t make 100% of a car.
Lesson 7.3, page 71, Exercises 2B and 2C
Track 2.21
Man I’m in my car.
Lesson 8.4, page 82, Exercise 2B
Woman Oh.
Woman They can drive cars.
Man I have a new car…
Woman They can talk.
Woman Oh, wow!
Woman Computers can’t drive cars all the time.
Man Yeah, but I have a problem with it. A big problem.
Woman They can’t always understand us.
Woman Oh, no! OK, where are you?
Track 2.27
Track 2.16
Lesson 9.3, page 91, Exercise 2B
Lesson 8.3, page 81, Exercises 2B and 2C
Woman Excuse me. How much is this cell phone?
Coach So, Lori, why are you the right person for the dance team?
Man It’s usually $350, but today it’s just $305.50.
Lori Because I work really hard. I mean, I dance about two hours
a day. Woman Sorry, can you repeat that, please?

Coach I see. And can you meet in the mornings? Man It’s usually $350. Today it’s just $305.50.

Lori Oh, yes. I’m not busy. I mean, I work in a restaurant at night, Woman Oh! Good price!
but I have free time in the morning. Track 2.36
Coach OK. Great. Lesson 10.3, page 103, Exercises 2B and 2C
Man Why don’t we have a meeting on Monday?
Woman I’m sorry, but I can’t. I have to help my parents on Monday.
How about Tuesday?
Man OK. Let’s meet on Tuesday.

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Track 2.40 Track 2.61
Lesson 10.4, page 104, Exercises 1B and 1C Lesson 12.4, page 124, Exercises 1B and 1C
Presenter This week on Let’s Take a Tour, I’m in a city that never Mara So, Eric, where do you want to eat?
sleeps. No, this isn’t New York. I’m in Montevideo – the Eric Why don’t we go to Fish Around? I’m hungry, and it’s near
capital city of Uruguay. And this really is a day-and-night here.
city. Now, we’re not far from the Pocitos neighborhood. Mara No. I mean, I love their food, but I ate there last week. How
Pocitos is a great place to go out at night in Montevideo. It about Kayla B’s Kitchen?
has restaurants, cafés, places to go dancing … but I’m not
Eric Ugh, no. I went there with Freddy in November. My steak
going to go dancing now. Let’s wait for tonight! First, we’re
was awful, and the servers were really slow.
going to walk by the ocean in Old City.
Mara OK. Well, we can try a new place. What else is near here?
Old City is … an old neighborhood, of course. It has some
Let’s look on the app.
beautiful buildings and some really interesting museums.
So come on! Let’s take a tour … in Montevideo. Eric Good idea. OK, there are a lot of places near here. Do you
want Chinese, Mexican, or Italian food?
Track 2.42
Mara Uh … Mexican, I think.
Lesson 10.4, page 104, Exercise 2B
Eric We can try Tio’s Tacos. It’s not very expensive, and it has
Man 1 We’re gonna visit some museums.
good reviews.
Man 2 We’re not going to a restaurant. We’re going to a café.
Mara How many stars does it have?
Woman 1 We’re gonna walk around the Old City.
Eric Four.
Woman 2 We’re going to go out in the Pocitos neighborhood.
Mara That’s good! What do the reviewers say?
Track 2.48
Eric Let’s see … One man says, “My meal was great, and the
Lesson 11.3, page 113, Exercises 2B and 2C servers were really friendly.” And a woman says, “The food
Woman1 What was your favorite concert? is really good. I didn’t get any dessert, but the chocolate
Man Let me think … it was the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was cake looked wonderful. And the fruit juices …’’
very exciting! Mara OK, OK. You don’t need to read more. Let’s go!
Woman What year was it? Track 2.63
Man Uh, 2001, I think. Lesson 12.4, page 124, Exercise 2B
Track 2.57 Man /dʒu/ want some dessert?
Lesson 12.3, page 123, Exercises 2B and 2C Woman I don’t wanna go to class today.
Man I really like this bread. It’s so good. Man /dʒu/ wanna go to Fish Around?
Woman1 That’s true.
Man Let’s ask for more.
Woman1 Are you sure? You have steak and potatoes and …
Man But this bread is great, Mandy. It’s so warm. Excuse me! Can
we have more bread, please?

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WORKBOOK AUDIO SCRIPTS

Track 1.01 Track 4.01


Narrator: 1 Mai My name is Mai. I love my new smartphone. It has great
M1 How do you spell your first name? apps. I read my email and send text messages. And I post
F1 It’s Palmira, P-A-L-M-I-R-A. comments on social media, too. I like the camera, but the
music app isn’t great.
Narrator: 2
Jonas My name is Jonas. I don’t like my smartphone. It has good
M1 What’s your last name? apps, and I send text messages and post comments on
M2 It’s Fernandez. F-E-R-N-A-N-D-E-Z. social media. But the phone is really small. I like to watch
Narrator: 3 videos and play video games. I want a big phone!
M1 What’s the name of your company? Track 5.01
F2 It’s Hotshot, H-O-T-S-H-O-T. Carla Here’s a magazine article about your way of life. Is your
Narrator: 4 routine good for you, Dave?
M1 How do you spell the name of your college? Dave I think my routine is OK. But sometimes I eat a chocolate
F3 It’s Agostino College. A-G-O-S-T-I-N-O. cookie before I go to bed.
Narrator: 5 Carla Yeah. I don’t know. It’s not bad, but it’s not great. Here’s a
question about sleep. Do you sleep eight hours a night?
M1 What’s your email address?
Dave Eight? No! I sleep four or five hours a night.
M3 It’s [email protected]. M-A-X-at-M-Y-M-A-I-L-dot-O-R-G.
Carla Four or five hours isn’t good! Do you drink a lot of coffee?
Track 2.01
Dave Yeah. I have about ten cups a day.
Ruben This is a nice photo, Flora. Are they your friends?
Carla Ten? Ten cups is bad! You don’t have a very good routine.
Flora Yeah. They’re cool. Uh … This is me, on the right.
Dave Yes, I do. I eat three meals a day — breakfast, lunch, and
Ruben Oh, yeah! dinner. And I run six days a week.
Flora And this is Zack, next to me. He’s 23, and he’s really funny. Carla OK. But you work at your desk eight hours a day…
He’s American, but his parents are from China. He’s at a
college in Chicago. Dave Well, I don’t work at my desk eight hours a day. I work
five or six hours at my desk, not eight. I work two to three
Ruben OK. And this is …? hours in the morning. Then I run for an hour. And after I
Flora The woman here is Aniko. She’s from Los Angeles. She’s an run, I work three or four hours in the afternoon.
artist. She’s cool.
Track 6.01
Ruben And the man on the left – what’s his name?
Marla Look, Cesar!
Flora He’s Tony. He’s 22 and he’s a college student. He’s really
Cesar What? Where?
friendly. And the woman between Tony and Aniko is
Claudia. She’s a doctor. Marla Over there. On your right.
Ruben A doctor? Really? How old is she? Cesar The green building?
Flora She’s 28. She lives in Chicago, with me. Marla Yeah. It’s not a green building. It’s a garden on a wall.
Ruben An artist, a doctor, two college students, and you – all in Cesar Oh, yeah. There are plants on the wall of the building. Cool!
the same picture! Marla Stop the car for a minute.
Flora Yeah! We’re in a band – the Great World Band. Cesar OK. [sound of car stopping.] Wow, some of the plants are
Ruben You’re in a band? really big. And there’s grass on the wall.
Track 3.01 Marla Look at the flowers!
Lina Coffee or tea? Cesar I don’t think they’re flowers – I think they’re plants.
Jason Tea, please. Marla Oh, yeah. You’re right. They’re plants, not flowers.
Lina Milk? Cesar Yeah. A garden on a building in the city. That’s really
different.
Jason Yes, please.
Marla I agree. It’s really cool.
Lina Sugar?
Jason No, thank you.
Track 7.01
Andy My job is busy. Cooking for one hundred people every
Lina And a biscuit?
day isn’t easy! But my job is good, too. I work four days a
Jason Sorry, I don’t understand. What’s a biscuit? week because the restaurant is closed three days a week.
Lina A biscuit is a cookie. And people like my restaurant. There are four people near
Jason Oh, a cookie. Sure. the door. They’re really happy. Why? Because they’re not
Lina OK. Here is your tea and biscuit. Sorry, I mean cookie! cooking and doing the dishes at home. They’re having a
nice dinner with their friends, and we’re doing their dishes.
Jason Thank you!
I’m happy when other people are happy. I love my job. I
don’t work three days a week, and I go to other restaurants
with my friends. When I’m not at my restaurant, I never
cook.

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Track 8.01 Track 11.01
Emily Hi, Joel. Welcome to the podcast! Jen Hi, Tadeo! What are you doing?
Joel Hi, Emily! Thanks. Tadeo Oh, hi, Jen. I’m looking at some old things.
Emily Today we’re talking about robots. So, what do you think Jen What are these?
about robots for children? Tadeo They’re my old school books. I was six years old. They were
Joel I think they’re great. Kids can play with robots and my first books.
learn a lot from them. Robots can help kids learn about Jen No way! Why are you keeping them?
technology. It’s really important today. And kids can talk Tadeo Well, my first year in school was very important to me. My
with robots. My 10-year-old daughter says, “My robot is my teacher was wonderful, and school was exciting every day.
friend.”
Jen School was exciting?
Emily And don’t you think that’s a problem? I mean, saying
robots are now our children’s friends? Tadeo Yes, it was. I have great memories of the school, my
teacher, and the other students. That’s why I love my old
Joel No. I don’t think robots are a problem. Why do you think school books.
they’re a problem?
Emily Our children are playing with their robots and not with
Track 12.01
other children. Robots are not real friends. Do you think Seb I had an email from Matt and Jackie yesterday. They’re
that robots can be our children’s friends? going to arrive here in two weeks, but they don’t have a
hotel room. They need our help! Do you know any good
Joel No, I don’t think so. My daughter says the robot is her
hotels?
friend. I don’t say that. My daughter plays soccer with
other children. She doesn’t play soccer with a robot. She Mia Hmm. Oh, I know! Astoria Hotel is very nice. Luisa and her
has birthday parties with other children, not with robots. family stayed there last year. They liked it a lot. The room
She can talk to her robot, but talking with a robot and was big, and it’s near the beach.
with other kids are not the same. But my daughter can Seb Yes, but you have to have a car. There aren’t any buses from
do things with her robot all day. She can’t be with other the hotel to the restaurants, museums, or stores.
children morning, noon, and night. Mia That’s true. How about the White Doors Hotel? That’s near
Emily Yes, but … everything. It always has great reviews.
Track 9.01 Seb But it’s so expensive! The rooms can be three or four
F1 Hi, Mom. It’s me, Ella. Yeah. I’m having a great time. I ride hundred dollars a night.
my horse every day, and the gauchos are really friendly. Mia Really? Well, that’s not good for Matt and Jackie. Hey, here’s
What else? Uh … The ranch is really big. And it’s interesting a place online, Capital Hotel. It’s near the beach, and the
here. I can walk outside in the afternoon and look at the rooms aren’t expensive!
different plants and animals. My bedroom is small, but it’s Seb Where is it?
nice. The food is really good. They cook different food every Mia On Fuller Street.
day. It’s fun here! I want to come here again next year. You Seb Oh. Fuller’s a quiet street. That’s good. Jackie doesn’t like
have to come, too. Yes, I want you to come with me. noisy places.
Track 10.01 Mia Yeah. And the hotel has a restaurant. It has very good
Susana For my birthday this year, I’m going to do something really reviews.
different. I’m going on a trip to a big city, a day-and-night Seb Are there any reviews of the hotel?
city – a city where you can be busy from morning to
Mia Yeah. Here’s a review …
midnight. Am I talking about New York, Tokyo, or Mexico
City? No. My birthday trip is to Stockholm in Sweden.
“Stockholm?” you say. “Cold, dark Stockholm?” Yes,
Stockholm! In June and July, the sun will be out all day and
night. In summer, Stockholm really is a day-and-night city.
A good day to visit is June 24 because it is Midsummer
– and that’s my birthday! A lot of Swedish people don’t
work on this day. I’m going to start the day with a tour of
Stockholm’s famous places. At noon, I’m going to Gamla
Stan (the “Old Town”). It is very interesting there, and it has
cafés, restaurants, and stores. I’m going to go shopping,
and then I’m going to eat in a nice restaurant. Also, there
are many museums in Stockholm! After lunch, I’m going to
visit the ABBA Museum! Then I’m going to take a boat taxi
to one of Stockholm’s islands. That evening, I’m going to
do something really fun because it’s Midsummer. I’m going
to find a place to go dancing. At 4 a.m., when I go back to
my hotel, the sun will be out! Now that’s different!

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