Recording scripts Unit 1 Track 02 Narrator: One Woman: Man: Not yet, But we've ga a date f Whents at? Tivo weeks today, on Friday the 13th Have you moved into your new house yet? Two Hove you come far today? No, juat rom Craw, I: Dorford? Where's nmat2 No, Crawford. That's C+ Three -W-F-O-R-D. W: What's your phone pumber? [Mz Do you wit my home rumber or my mobile? WE You'd better give me your metal OK, ts 0879 292720, Four Do you know Sue's address? Iwantto send her a bithdey card W: Sure it's 70 Sicney Avenue, Lowestoft, Mz 17, Sicney Avenue, thanks Ws No, 70, And that Sidney with an, nata ¥:$-1-D-N-E-Y. Track 03 Narrator: One ‘Man: What's your name? Woman: —Juienne Beley Mz Did you say Juliet? No, Julienne. J-U- ‘Apc Balloy with anf? fs That'sright,B-A-HI-E-Y. Two { vied caling you lastnight, but! couldnt got through, =N-N-E, Oh, sorry, | was out. Nextt, ry ny mobile, I: What's the nunber? Gota por? OK, is 0865 701158, Three Could you give me your address. please? Sute, ifs 118 Evenlode Road, Fenton, 113 Evenlode Road. Er. could you spel the name ofthe read forme? Complete IELTS ‘Sie. its EVE “Thanks, Four ODE IM: Hoe long have yeu been here? W: Let meses: |arved on the ist, no, sory. artived on the Sr ‘OF April. 20 lve heen here for nine days, Track 04 Man: Helo, Good Moves Accaramadation Agency, Ben speaking, How ean | hep? Woman: Good morning. caling about an apertrnent on Yyourwebsite, and was wondenng i! could have some more informatian, Certain Can take your details batore wo get started? We Sue (ME: Right what's your name, please We OK my names Carice Wilerd, Clancets C- And Willard, W-I-LL-A-R-D, Mi And have you got a contact number? W: Yes, give you my mobile, which 80192 8734566. Mz That's great, thanks. And! ean | ak how you found us? Of course. A family member used you last year anc Focommended you. So, {had a look at your website and. wel ‘that's way 'm calling now. OK, so, which property ere you imerested in? ‘The apartment on Statham Street, the ane onthe atl Noor LLetme see. Ah. mira that fat's no longer avaiable. No? ‘Na, went tia moming.ttsin a realy populer part of town, \We do ave a house on the samie street, if youte interested. k's £960 a month, |W: Erno, think thats much too expensiva think on apartment is alle can afford Oh, sits not ust for you? I: No, me and a frend. We're bath starting work in the town next mori Dr right, so t's two of you So, e's see, Da you have any preferences in terms of location? Bath ourjobs are in the town centre, soit would be goad to be ‘within welking distance of tet, or perhaps a short bus jaurney ‘ney. Neither of us havea cay so we'd be relying on public transport. I: Ard what's your budget? im soiry? How much oan you pay a month? fel me gee, er £700.2 month is probebly our mt, Mi: Each?WE No, that would be forthe both of us. We wouldnt be able to. ay more than £850 each, Oh, and that wouid Have to include bils. Not phone bil, obviously but things like electricity, gas and water, Ms Hr. OK, wel, we do have a place inthe Bampton district, ‘hich is about ton minutos by bus fom town. ita ‘wo-bedraom apartment, and ts less than your budget, £600.a month Bils would be ext-a, unfortunately, but that should stl work aut at lass than £700. Akhough remember that electric and gas prices me uuiny up all he time, so | ccarit quarantee that W: Do you have an adcress? M: ido. The apartment number, Road W: Hang on. lot mo ust mek note of thal. 57 Mz Thomey Leys Road. Thomey is T-H-O-R-N-E-Y and Leys ie L-E-Y-S. And the cstrit is called Bampton. Da yau have an ‘email adress? W: Yes it's at 57 Thomey Leys Mi Inthat case, ean send you the detals, and then you can think about it. And if youre interested, | could arange fora vit so Yyou can see the place far yoursel. How does that saund? W: Oh, thatwould be realy Helpful ks [email protected]) Unit 2 Track 05 Narrator: A Speaker: Do yousave a contact number? N: B S: How far da you travel to work? N: c Her do you gat to wrk? b Have yau got any hobbies or interests? te ‘what do yeu do? F Can Fheve your second name, please? EG When were you bom? N: H St Where do you ve? Track 06 Interviewer: Can | have your second name, please? Toby: Sure, ts Wallams. That's W-A. MES, 1: Where do you ive? 87 Beech Street, Wokingham, Beech is B-E-E-C-H ‘When were youom? Onithe Sth of Api, 1984. Bo youshave a contact number? Te Sure. I's 0599 866 241 What's your job? T_lmashop manager How far do you travel from your house te your place of work? 12 klometres How do you get there? Te | usually teke the bus Have you got any hobbies ar interests? FChyyes, like cooking, eyeling and travel Track 07 Bridget: Ea Halo, Edie? I's Bridget On hi, Bridget Listen, Edd, are you stil ree to do gn atile forthe college magazine? Er Sure, is there anythng in particular you'd lke me to wnte about? Well the next issues about people's lives, you know people ‘nho have done something interesting or excing. Anyiay. ve gat somenne tie up, and Iwas wendenng if you could interview them and ten vite the article Et Allnght, that's fine wih me. B: Great Have you gata pen? E: Yes, OK, take this down, His name is Tom Coogan E: Tom .2 B: Coogan. That's C-0-0-G-A-N, Got that? Sure, and what does he do? He's travel writer I dort think ve heard of him, Whe else can you tell me about hin? How old is he? Whats he writen? That sort oF thng, Bz OK he's 42 years ol, er and he's written ten oF twee books Let mejust check that. Uh hun, twolve books; inclucing his latest. Oh, and hie also presents a travel programme an TV. E:_Allnght 'B: Now, his latest book's about 2 journey he made across the Gobi desert on horseback lctock him six nants. epparenty ‘Aayway, think eo ike to talk about that, go make sure you sk lots of questions. Er Fine, id better look at copy. What's called? B: Its called Has Anyone Seon My Hoyse?!'ve got copy here ‘whieh | can lend you. Et OK and vey does he want to talk about that book in particular? I's just won tim an awa, Realy? What kind? Bz Travel Book ofthe Year, E: Oh, Wow. thats pretty impressive ecotding series @)Exactly. si ike I sey, eek ots of questions about it Naw, Ie arranged for you to meet him on 21st October. That's two. ‘weeks on Fld, that OK? It-shoule be. Have you got time fer that? Nol ye, fe Wants you to call nm beforehand ta arrange thet. give you hie contact number k's 0722, no hang on, its 0772 9214890, (07729714690, And where am I supposed to meet him? Hes suggested his place, which is good ae ts not far from the ‘ofee WS 128 Lonsaiale Avenue, Summertawn, Lonscele is Er Yeah, | hink! know where Longdele Avenue is. You did say 108. didnt you? 1B: Right.Oh, and suggest that you take a look at his website 05 ‘well ICS got logs of nformation, sa you might Went to askhim ‘about some of his other tins. sat wr iomcooganbooks, ‘Allright, Thanks for tat, |i let you know how I get en. B: Great Thanks, Elle Good luck. Unit 3 Track 08 Helo, everyone, and weloome sboard the Sunshine Express on ‘4 journey fram London to Naples. 'm.Jane Sharpe, the train ‘manager, and | hope youl al enjoy the trip. Before we depart tke to tell you a bit about te rein and is facies. Now, were here on the observation dock, which is where youll probsbly spend mest of your tip, ee offers the best views, and directly below us 2, wel. we calli our leisure centre. There fafe-some games machines, television, a smal brary and so on, I you've brought lepton or computer with you, you ean also get onto the jternet here, as thas ful wis capebiliy, There's also a ‘mall bar Where you can get tea, coffee and ight meals. For Linch ‘and dinner, you'll use the festaurant car, whichis at the front of he train. You have breaktastin your cabs, by ha way, hich wil be brought to youby your steward ‘The two cats behind the restaurant are where:youl nd the seconchétass cabins. Each cabin has seats which are changed into beds at night. Youtl also finda simple basin for washing, and a small old-down table. First-class passengers. your abi are at the back ofthe tain, To gel to ther, you'l Ne fo pass thraugh the lounge This can be used by everyone during the day buts ‘exclusive to fstclass passengers after € pm Right atthe back of the train, basicaly as far as you cen go. is my office, It anyene needs to see me, though, please use the phone in.your cabin rather than coming t the office, Just press one and ‘youll get me. IFT not there, tel your steward you need to see the manager and he or she wil lok for me. Track 08 Fight let ae pive you a bi more information abou the inp. The {ist prt of our journey is from London to Pai, gaing thraugh the Channel Tunnal twileke us ust over an hour ta get tothe Tunnel. including a stort stop befare we get there to pick up some mare passengers. From there, iT be another three haurs ta Peri, so wel looking at four hours altogether, ive ar ikea fw minutes @ compete urs ‘A quick bit of advice about passports. You wort need these uni ‘we get to the Iiian border. sa | suggest you keep them Inthe safe which youl find in your cabin, Ask your stoner that’s the person in charge of yout carriage for a key. That way, you won't heed to carty them wth you al the time. Now, meals, As | sad ear breakfast tomorrow morning wil bbe inyour cabins, and this wil be served at about 720, 785,20 you'lde able to enjoy itas we travel along the southern French ‘coast Lunch is at | o'cock in the restaurant car, and dinners at 8 black. aitrough we'd like you alto be at your table about fifteen rmimutes ete, ava quarter to, if you could ‘When we get to he Italian border tomorrow morning, cu tran wl ‘change engines, and we'l also be getting © naw crew. Wel be ‘king advantage of the stop to heve alaok aroun. Ive arranged ‘a isitto the lacal market, a museum and a castle, This will take ‘bout four ours, with a break forcoffecin local ealé, and wel bbeback on the train meine for lurch, ‘A ewe quick rules, Some of you mighthave brought your own fond of drink on board. That's fing, ut could we zk that you consume itin your eabins and not in the restaurant or lounge? Could we also ak you to make sure your cabin windaws are closed when yatiTe net in your cabin? And watever you do, con't get off the {tain until we reech the falian border Apart from the border ‘ard one or wo other places, which Ii ell you about ery stops ‘we male wil only be for 8 few minutes. hate to leewe aryona behing, Allright, s0, moving on fom the alan border, wel be heading. fede} Unit 4 Track 10 Researcher: Hell Joe, ood to see you egain. Joe: Hi you too, Rr So how tld you get on with the devices we asked you to test or us? 1h, fine Wet, most ‘OK. wel, we'll come back to those ina minute First of al | ‘as wondering i could ask you a fe questions about your altitude to new eleczsical products, This wil help us with Faure Aiarketng, ls that OK? Sure: (OK, Ft ofall, how much da you spend on electronic items a ‘month? Hmm, et me See. dant aa alo, $0 don'thave much left after I've pad for things lke rent, bis, ood and 80 on Anything ele i a luxury. So, 'd guess about 58%, maybe 10% ‘of my month satay Allright, anche influences you in your cheice of product? Say you wanted s new motile plone, haw would you decide vwbioh one to buy? Je Wel, frst look at reviews on the Internet, you know what ther customers think about them. Then il ask my friends ‘what they think In fect, thelr opinions are probably move important than anything. How much does advertising help you choose a product?‘think that depends on how the product is advertised. anit who is advertiang i. Rr For example? Jz Wel, it's someone I respect, you know, ike 2 famaus sportsman of actor, that can dertainly make a difference, | know it shouldnt really, butt does. FRE And where do you buy most ofthese products? The High Street? The Internet? ‘Mos eople seem to ayo shaps, these days, don‘ they tor thngs like that? They think they can get things cheaper on the Iimeanet Right ut find that fyou say toa shop agsctane that you can geta nv camera for example. far £100 an the Interne, trey often match the price, So. thats where | go Ri Any other advantages? 4: Wel, you get persanal service and you don't have to wit far ‘the producttn be delivered. Ordering ontne means you have to ‘Wat, scmetimes for ages, to get the things youve just bought. | hate tht. | guess Im just very mpatient OK. one fal question, Da you ever see a product and think "Ive absolutely got to get one of those? Oh; el he time, especially i'¥in waking pasta shop and! see: a new electronic tom inthe window, especially i's unusual. ‘you kiow, someting "ve never seen before, I takes a lt of willpower Track 11 Researcher: Right, Joe, lers mave an. Now, we gave you three items to tet for us. Les start withthe mobile phone. Joe: OK, well tas ts good points and its bad porns. ‘The purple and silver make it quite eye-catching, you know, madern exciting. Re Right. Anything else? JE Wel, is very small. isnt? know people say smalls good, but inthis ease! think you might have gone too fx, Re nwhatway? J: Iboan be a bit dificult to use. especialy if youve got big hands ike mine. You press one key, and you ond up pressing another atthe same time, On the other hand, thanks tothe aval design, ites ft comfortably in your hand, Mobiles are usualy eort of Fectangulr, aren’ they? think this is much better Re OK. Jz What else? When | was sencing text messages, I had real Problems saeing whet | was writing. not thatthe screen wa too smal just het was abit dark. youre Outside, you ‘can harely see anytting oni We added a few things thatyou don't get on cther mobs. What dié you think about those? ‘Ab, right, wel, that ois it makes Fyou move away from t? Thats really annoying. i's basicaly 2 good idea, but think that after @ wile itwould drive me mad. RE So,you probably wouldn't buy it? Probably not. When | buy a moble phone, dont want one. Thala going tobe diffcult ta operate, Theres no paint having ‘a phone that looks goadif you have to spend ages tying to ‘make @oall or send a text message. I's funny, but | find that ‘more expensive mobile phones are more dificult to use than ‘cheaper ones, It shouldbe the other way round, Rz Sokeep simple, right? Jt Right. And fant a phone that doesn't have problems picking tupa signal. oF doesn't cut you off halftway through e cal, And al those games and other things you get on a mobile? I eally ‘anit gee the point in those, AR: Fair point. Next, the digital cade, What did you thie? 4: The audio quality was crisp and clear, even ifyou turned it uo ‘really loud. Some sound systems can sqund abit distorted at Inger volumes, but not on this one, So 10 cut of 19 for that. Great, The thing s,m not sures it's the area | ve in, butthe chowe ‘of radia stations seemed very Imtad. It didn’t make any difference what I did with the eevel or where | put the radio, igh up on 8 shelf, aw down an the floor And there seemed to bee delay wien you turned up te volume, Re What do you mean? J: Wel, when you press the volume contr, for example, nothing Seems to happen fora few seconds. And the same thing happens when you want to change Fadi stations, (OK, the third item was the laptop camputae Wht’s your ‘opinion on that? (| really lice! 1s so seal se compact, but easy to use atthe same tino, | don think you coutd-make it smelerf you ‘Wed. Bul at£800, fm not sure you'd get mary customers, That's lot of money fora lentop. Bring tht down to, say. £400 and thngs might be ifferent ‘Any other changes you'd make? Like adcing more memory, for exemple? J: [think thar fine as it's. Thrae hundred gigabytes of memory ‘probably more than enough for mast people, Oh, and incidentally, the way the keyboard folds out a that t's ke a {ul-sig one? Thats realy clever But the computer doesnt have anyabere you can play CD-ROMS, And ' include aight in te keyboard 80 you can use t when i's der RR: Wel thanks, Joe, for your comments. {think we tad! Recording scriptsUnit 5 Track 12 Holla everyone, and welcome to aur colege Natural History dey, ‘You've al got your progremme forthe day. but fet me just ge you <2 bitof information about your options fr this moming’s sessions, ‘which bagn athalf past rine, Rememiber; you need ta attend one cf these sessions, ‘Alrght your Bat choice i caled ‘Dogs mighty, whlch wil ake face in Room 27 Professor Keenan, who you tay remember ran 4 wotkshop lst yeor on hu dnoseurs became enn, wil be nga lecture on the evolution of animals. n perce; shel De looking at how they may evoke nthe future, and ts wl be (olowed bya group decussin where youl geta chance to ask her questions and offer your an thoughts and opinions ont $0. the evolution of animals is something youre ierested In hed for Room 27 Wie a row thet animals communizete wih each othr, ut what about were? Yaur second choice ie video presentation call! Flowers tak. This considers the possbiny tna plans end lowers o actualy communicate with each cther. The viceo is presente by Patek Bel who has ust wrtien = book en how pnts adept theicnaturel envionment 0 it should be very ieresting, That Wl {eke place in he lecture room. no sony, correct that, hee in the insin hal. Welve had ta move because cha leetire room is boing renovated, The titel choice is dear those of you wha want to get eit of fresh a We've called tA werldin your garden; wich we thought "Was appropriste as took atthe Sort of things you can hd {sty stepping out of you rant dao. Anyway, fr those of you interested in geting awey rom the cessoom, Doctor Wetkns wi te taking you on a nature wak thou the local park, and vl 2 teling you aout some of the fascinating animals al plans that lve and grow nearby, Andits a lovely day fora walt The final option, nel you might want a avid this one if youre ‘nghtenod ofthis ike snakes as thi is @ hands-on workshop ere youlactualy ger @ chance o hele these exatio cteatures. twon't ust be snakes, hmever steve Tom Howard, cur resident reptle expert has orought came othe repties along {or you to meet. nclidig his pet tortoise, Reggie, wh is ever 100 yea old. and apet lizard fe calls Arthur So, you want to meet Raggi and his other epte ands, head on vert te Bclgy lab t 980. Fm ure youl have a lot of fun, Far thase af you wid ont usualy use the Botogy la, could remind you that you need to puon ane af the white coats by the coor before you goin. (OK, now, we've got some students here from Bardwell College who «fade compet ers Track 13 ‘OK. non: weéve got some studonts here trom Bardiet College who fave joined us for today’s events, Helo fo you al, nd ‘welcome, ‘Now, beiore our day begins, ou'l eed to get @ quest bad, which youl have to wear while you're onthe ealege premises, ‘You con get these from the acininisuationaifice, 10 get therefrom the main hal Ieave the hal by the daor apposite reception, turn loft. and ust fellow the corridarta the end. The administration ‘office ison your right. ont go eny futher or youll hein the Spots hel. Ifyou shaw your guest badge inthe café. y the wy, {youl get 2 209% discount on chinks and eandiviches To get there ‘om the main hell walk along the corridor between the mein ha ‘nid reception and turn right. The café is thraugh the fist docs on yourlef. Ditectly opposite the café, on the same corndor. isthe student common room, where you can go to relax and perhaps meet same of aur own students, ltyou have any valuables that yau donit want to garry around ‘wth you, 1suggest you put those in a locker, These are next to the sports hal, pposia the acrninisttion ofie. You can tet key fora locker when you get your quest badge fram the administration fice. And ifyou want to use our hry, leave ‘the main hal by the door opposite the ane you came in that’s the door by the bicycle parking rea ~ and walk to the end ofthe Corridor. The library is thraugh the door streight ahegd you. Unit 6 Track 14 Amy: Hey, Mat, are you coming out tnight2 Mai 'diove te, Amy, thanks, but Fve got too much work [need 10 get this psychology assigniment i ky Thursday, =O, whar’s none Happiness, or specially the things that make people happy, ‘Wow thats big area, How are you approaching it? ‘Mi: Well ve been looking onthe intomet to eae what various experts fave to say on the subject. Did you ind anything interesting? Wel, yes. cid Like? Like for example, there's a professor et Nottingham Linwersity. 1 guy called Richard Tunney, an he suggests tht the more lose fiends we have, the happler we are. And if you see these frends regula, go out with them and so on, wel, tia's even etter, Ie have thought that was fairly obvious, M: { guess so. The next ona is bit more interesting, hough, Martin Scigman ¢ professor of paycholagy at an American luniversity, conducted a happiness experiment with his siudenis, |Az What did he do? Give everyone huge ameunts of cash and then see how much they smied? That would nel, woulin' 2 Mz Well perhapsit would. Fara short while, anywey. No, what he ld a tell hal hs students to eke partin fun activites, tke pleying video garies or going tothe cinema, and the other halt ‘to do good things.As Good things? IME: You know lke visting elderly people t care home, or some ‘ther kind of voluntary work. And it was tnose students who reported a more lasting feelina ofheppiess. A: Thats interesting ME: Then there's George Vallant, 2 psychiatrist and professor at Hanvare Metical School. He's spent the past 60-years studing people. Az So, | quesshe probebly knows a bitabout them: Mi He certainly does. According to im, the thing that eally ‘makes people happy is having something to aim for, you know, ‘goal in the ture, A: Pigét, so can sey By the time I'm3n, fm going to bea nilhonaire’ and that will make me happy. IM: At, but Vaitant has a warning here. You need to be real Iso good setting yourself impossible gots, because, well [Az Because you'll only mecke yourself unhappy trying to achieve them: M: Exactly, ‘A: So, does anyone mention anything that people normally ‘assume brings happiness? Lika a healthy bank account, or an expensive house, something more, et, materia? Mz Funrly enough, those thngs arent mentioned much, Here's another interesting one, though, Meanie Hodgson, she's professor at Westbrook Univers, clans that people are happier when they¥e geiting ready to 90.0n hole. ‘A: Oh, ove that Siting on a beach, relaxing, sightseeing Mz No, not the actual holiday tse, which professor Hodgson says ‘can gametes be quite stresul ‘Az Thats tne, they oan. Mz. butthe things you do leading up tot. Deciding whet you're going to take wth you, what youre going to see nd co, packing your case, that kind of thing ‘As | getit. Yes, can see now that would work Track 15 Mat Te also found one of those personaly tests on the Intemet. You know, answer these questions to ind ‘out how heppy you are, 1h, those, They're a bet ofa waste of tine, aren't ‘they? Icon on ‘How healthy ere you?” and the results were completely wrong. Mz Butihey'e quite goad fun though, erent they? ‘A: Will yes, especialy you do them wit Iriends | tink its important that you shouldn't take thm ser ously, though, Mz Thats ne, ‘A: Anyway why should [do atest that tells me how happy ‘rhealhy of succassful| am? | mean, | already know the answers, dort I? So, Ii nat lkely to get any surprises, Dke, oh according to this test Im happy ~1 ditt expect that! IM: OK | take your point So what makes you happy? Az Oh, | don't know. Spending time with people know and tke. | uess. ! need poople arqund me. IM: Me too, But [need tine on my awn, 2s well Amy: That doesn't realy bother me. | gtew up ina big family. so in sed to someone aiveys boing inthe room. IFlwonted to be lone, co get away fom people, ad! to go out for @ walk or something. Ist do that occasional In faci, thats one tina that makes me happy. Along walkin the countiysige. And the edvanlageis that you're getting some exercise too, whic sometning | don't usualy do. I= But you go running, dont you? Sometimes, but oly because | feel have te. Anyway, back io your assionment. You've got ale information you need ‘Not quite. I ngos to do a bit more research frst (0K, s0 youl be off tothe Koray, then? | wuld if knew could find something useful but you know haw deorganised itis there. ts imoossible to find vhat you ‘want especially when itcomes9 psyehalagy books, Oh. know. No, give me's computer andthe Intemet any day ‘Wel, gaod luck with that you get bored and want a break, yau knew where to find me. Thanks, bt if} don't get tie done, tbe n trouble. Why danit you emall Tory? Ha did a similar assignment last year, So he might ave afew suggestions That's a goad idea, Have you got fis email address? Sure, give me a moment whe Hook up Thanks. Unit 7 Track 16 Advisor: Caller: a QROPORNPOPRPORORS Goad morning International Book Far ticket otf, How ean help? (Ob, elo, al Ike 10 book seme tekets forthe far. please. And havea few questions about the event as well thats OK. Certain Wel lot's teal with the tickets Art. r, ean just take your detals frst? Sure. Lets start with your name and address OK. ifs Walave, Angus Wallace Could you spellyour surname for me, please? Of course, Its W-A-L-LA-C-E ‘Sorry, was that one Lortwo? Two, er double L, ‘Thanks, and your address? OK, that’s 14 Rose Hil 14, Rose Hil Is that rose ike the flower? That’ right, end it's in Walington Oi. know Walington. I's just outside Oxford is te ‘Thats rit And the postoade is OX1S 3N (0x20, shu Na, ON13, and it's N for Navember, not M for Mike, recording sents @)‘A: Somy OX19 3N1 Thank you. Do you have a cantact number? : ico, Rs 0872344 g162. ‘As 0072344 9102, : Right Thatsmy home number ifm notin, Lean be contacted ‘at work. on 0872 296 1181. im usualy there fram 9 in the orig unt 5.80 n the evening, [Az And how many tekets would you like? GC: Two, please, Forthe Saturdey. ‘Az wo for Saturday May 7th @: Thats righ. Track 17 Caller: Advisor: How sll you send thetcketa? | can’ give youa couple of options. The frt\s by emai, but of course you'lneed to print them out yourself Alternatively there's 24 Hour Special. G: Whats tha ‘As Wel, sve send them to you by mal, and you'l get them the next day. Wel algo send you etext message ta your mobilta let you kraw thay on their way, think H.go for thet opun. Fine, Now, you liad some questions? ‘Yes, [understand that there are some talks being aven by. authors. There's ane m particular lke ta go t, by the owelist Sandra Harrington, Da you know wiiet shell be tlking out? ‘Az Well she's got a new novel which just came out, so she be talking about that, arc wil probably read few bits from i Shel aso be answesnig sone cuestions about the book she vetote last yea, e,| cant remember hati was called Fire and Eagles? “Thats the one. Yau!l probably remember she got nto a bit of Trouble bonause some poople and sha had copies ale lnters ideas. So it should be quite interesting, G: Arel fneed to nooka piace in advance | want (0.99 to one ofthe take? ‘As You do, yes. Yau need tickets, and you oan only get them in ‘advange, by fing ina form on aur website. You then pick them Lp from the ticket ofice when you arvo gt the faic Wel sand eu more information about the talks when we send you your tickets forthe far ise How much are they? ‘Gh, nothing. theyre fre, Great thanks. And whats the best way of getting tothe far fram the city cents? ‘Are you diving? Probably not, whet withthe way the traffic is these days. ‘Wel, Duke's Court underground station is only @ minutes walk aay. Does tat heln? ‘only a short walk roma station at my end, so that's probably ny best onion. OK, one ast question. Is there anywhere to estat the fair? ® Compote irs ‘AS Oh, thera are lots af cafés and restaurants there, They're ‘gererally OK but unless you'e prepared to spend a fortune an a sandwich and a cold drink, a go comawhere aise G: Such as? ‘Az Well youll be much better off going to one of tie calés or Fastaurants inthe streets noa-by, Don't tell anyone | seid that, though Gz _I won't! Thanks. $o, ow should | pay for Unit 8 Track 18 Hello, averyone. in few minutos well be ceting off on our trip {othe Palace af Kom Ombane, There ae a few things i should mention before we go, so please pey careful attention, ‘Now. there ate three groups of us on this trp, and we'l be using three coaches ta get to and fram the palace. They each have rumbers on the fron, and ours fs nach 2 Please check that you ‘board the nght one, both at this end and when we come beck, ‘otherwise be running around lyoking for you. So, eosoh 2 The palace is probably going to be very busy, sa please stay close to me when we get there, Myo. lose me, Nead forthe ‘main gate whicr is opposite the ucketofice, and youl fing she ‘hore. Alternatively, call me on my mobil, The number's in your information pack. Your pack also contsins a card called a Freedom key, Keep hold ofthis, 2s you can use ito get maney cn the cigs and restaurant a the palace. Novi these days, ie palace is@ museum, but youl be surprised) ‘ahear that people tl ve there, No, theyre not kings or cueens Dut cal people wha work at the palace, and thelr famibes. Mery of them wyear traditional clothes, so they make a great subject for ‘photograph, But please esk them ifs OK kefore doing this. These people may also oMerto sel you small wooden and stone statues that they've made. They make lovay souvenirs. They't probably sk y0u for bout $20 oF sa for these, butit’s perfectly ecreptable ~ indeed, ts usualy expected - to offer them less. 2 percent below the asking pre would be an acceptable haute, bul please ‘dpiitey @ go fower than tha, The statues, by the wey. are @ copy. of the lage statue of King Hupugarta which i ust inside the main (ate. A quick word of warning, Ths sof great significance tothe ‘ocal, nd white nobody wil objact to you photographing it thoy tontike people touching it So, hands ily in pockets when you. ‘walk past im. please, OK, s0 thats the boring stuf out ofthe way. Does aryone have ‘ny questions about Track 19 "like to bnety tt you about a fer af the main attractions at the Place. You!l find these-on the map in your information neck, ‘Now. one othe fst things youl see is the statu of King Hupugerta which | just mentioned, Ths on the right hend side of ‘Monument Court. the main squate inside the palace grounds, e, Monument Court so called because ofthe many statues of kings, ‘queens and other histrical fgures there. Daing back to 128 BCE, ‘he King’s statue is 6 metres high, made of stone witha layer of ald, and dotted with jewels. Tha’s genuine gold, by the way. ‘ot just pai. Unfortunstaly, the jewels are mede of less, The originals were stolen my cennuries ago,{it Beyond the court the Temple of the Sun. This isthe oldest Dart ofthe palace, and is estimated tobe atiout 2,700 years old It originally had roof, but now thers are justthe columns that Supported it. There are 190 of them altoaether, eech one rising between 20 and 25 matres from the ground to support a frame of iran bars en which the roaf orginally rested. athe eft ofthe Temple of the Sun she New Palace adits here that youl ind the Royal Chambers. Er ts called the New Palce because t's the newest part ofthe palace complex, although i -wos asally completed in 1846, which makes it quite ol, realy. Anyway the Royal Chambers were where kings and queens fan the middle of the th century had th xv rooms, bedrooms bathiooms, things ike thet. Iwas also where they would have Kept all thie valuables, although these have nos been moved the polace museum, which is alee worth a vii, This was opaned in March 2010,no sory, 2011 As well as vaiabes ke jewelery ard athe historical abject, the museum also houses en impressive ccllecton of weapons, including a sword thats sald ta have belonged ta King Hupugara himset Unit 9 Track 20 Tutor: Hello, Jo. Come in and take a sect | wanted to talk toyou about your essay on weather contr Student: Right. What did you think? ‘TE Wal, lets start by looking at your introduction, You sey that losel warming is causing extreme Weather concitions araun the wot, That's ight init? Well you need ta be careful here, Yes here slat of ewiderice that this is the case, but the issue is still controversial, You. rieed to specity that many experts besieva hiss the cass, rather than saying, ‘This is howell is 0K ‘Then yau look atthe oues sutrounding extreme weathes, et ‘and hawithas a negative effect In some countries. 'S:_ | was wartied that that section wasa bit disorganised. Te No.notatall. t's very good, but was slghily urpased ‘when, inihe same paragraph, you mentioned an ackentaye of extreme weather 'S:Notthe ght place for ta 7: Notrelly.no.In fact, would question the need te putit there avail. Acone point yaure toking about droughts, huricanes, foods, etc. and then suddenly youre taking about people boeing able to cunbaite onthe beach in January 'S:_ An. | soe what you mean, [think! was going to elaborate on ta add more information, but guess | forgot 10 do $0. 0, then there's the section on weather-control programmes. This meade interesting reading, but your ideas dict really lead ‘an from each other. Di you write pan before you de this? Ss: Enno, Te Well you really cught to. Here's an example. You tak about ‘experiments 1 contrat hurricanes, then you write about rair-meking experiments, and then for no apparent reason, you {ga backeto talking about huricane control S: So,abitmessy? Abit yes. Next, you go.on ta tak about something called ‘cloud seedling” Great, you gave a good, clear explanation. about what cloud seeding/s, that’s a way of using science ‘and chemistry to make clouds produce rain. and you give some examples af where t's been used, ‘9p, that section’ allright? ‘Ah, well sten to ths, ‘The chemical slvr nitrate i introduced inta clouds to encourage them to produce rat Silver nitrate? (hy, that was careless, |meantsiver ful, Exactly, would hate to think what might happen ifyou started {ring siver nitrate into clouds. OK. nally, the-coniusion {always have problems with the conclusion. | never realy know what to say ‘Te Wel, you summarise yaur main points and give 9 few opinions, ‘which is grea, but you then start talking abaut envranimental sysioms, This was not only isthe wrang plane, but couldn't ‘See where it fitted in wit the rest ofthe essay ganaraly ‘St Right $a, there's bit of room for improvement, then, Track 21 Tutor: Allright le’s go back to the secton in your essay on cloud seeding. Apert from your siver nitrate / iver iodide mistake, you've missed a fv its out ‘Suident: Havel? Te limefraid eo, What'd tke you te dois tek me through the process of cloud seeding, what itinvaves and so on, and I stop youi you've forgotten cometing. OK? SS: Fine, Wel, fst ofall sliver itr er, focideis fired into the coud from the ground using @ racket, TE Good! and you could mention thet sometimes t's repped rom shove by aitcrat S: Right, an this isthe frst stage, the primery stege, which is called static seeding. Tre siver odie causes a chemical Feoction with the ny water drops in the loud, and they reezs TOK, sa you've got millons oftiny ce pericles because the ‘water cropietsin the cloud freeze. What naopens next? 'S:_ Next et, there's a process called fining, R-I-M-I-N-G That's when the ice particles, wll they jon upto fox bigger pieces ‘foe, and when theyreheavy enaugh, they fal om the sky Te Good and then? ‘St Well as they fal they turn to rain oF snow. And. er, well, that's iL isnt? Te Well usunlly, yos, but youl mentioned tha. there's frst stage, a primary stage. so surely youshauld haw mentioned. S: Oh. the secondary stags. Te Which isknown as? S: Dynamic seeding. of course, how could Ihave lef tat bit out? Lote think, OK, s0 the water droplets turn to ice, end, er Tz What heppen when water freezes? When anything ‘or that matter, Something that mey seem surprising S: 0h, ofcourse, it releases heat. Te Exactly, troleasos heat, And what ean happen to cloud when freezing water inside it does this? Recording scripts (73)‘Si The cloud gets biguer and contains everi more moisture, Te Exactly. and not only do they bacome bigger. utthey elso 2 ‘St _They. er produce starms. No, hang an. that's not right. They last longer, thet ‘T_ Aight. They lst longer, whic means they ean be seeded again ta_produce even more rin Unit 10 Track 22 Good moming, everyone. Today, as part of our 21st century architecture series, m gong to tell yous bit about remerkable structure which |i sureyoure al femiar with, the stadium thet ‘was bul for the 2008 Olympics in Bejing ‘OK let's start with afew background deta. The stadium was, designed by Herzog and de Meuron, a frm of architects from Switzerland. They studied Chinese cerarnice, er, plates, cups andl bows, to get inspiration, The stacium ie actualy wo etuotutes, vwbich are completely separate from each athe. the mide there's the seating area. which was orginaly cesigned for 100,006 spectators, but this had to be reduced to 30,000. Araunel his area 's the frame, which is made of 110,000 tone of see! in hotizontel beams and vertical columas The architects wanted the roof to ‘pen aid close, but they changed it because it could have been ongercus ifthere was an earthquake, The big advantage af ‘hherging it wes that trecuced the cost by several milion dallas, although the buiding stl came t an inredible $473 milion. ‘So, what makes this stadium such an amazing building? Let's siart wih the ganeral maression& creates, For this, the best place to look et tis from a distance. Why froma distance? Wel, ‘that's where youll really get sn impression of wnat it ooks like ‘and how bait is, Youlslso notice how it relly stale out in its “surroundings. This is nt just bereuse of its size -andit is big ~ butalso because it stands one knw il which helps make it higher than any other buldings inthe area, Then there's ts unusual shape, ivhich has heel to give tits nickname ofthe Bird's Nest “The Lnustal shape ofthe stacium also dees something else. You ‘see ifyau stare att forlong enough, you also get the impression ‘thatthis structure ig/tstancing stil, that is moving i efferent irections, almost ike i's a ng, breathing creature, This is especially true at night, when the stam i iL up frm inside with lights that continsaly change colour. In the stadium, everything changes. There are visitor entrances all around the outside. and 2s you enter, you get the pression that youre walking into a forest, and not just any fares, but something magical from @ chicren'sstery As you eross towards the spectator erea, coloured light comes thraugh the clear root panels creating strange pools of ight ard shadow. Now you're ‘no longer in a forest, buon a set that’s been buit fora fentasy film. teal isa remarkable expetience, and its only once youre inside the Spectator area that you finaly ‘ease yout in sports stadum, ® Complete 1113 Fi, Chris, | dich see you at Teresa's party.on Saturday Oh, Sem, No, [had toa much to do, had an essay to ist for Professor Kearney. and then | sterted ‘workon my assignment. St Oh wharsit one : Modernist architecture. And fv» only oot uni ris Friday to nish 'S:_By friday? That doesnt leave you much iene, (C= Wel actualy, t's cue in next Monday, but Im going eway for the weekend with Pat S: Where are yougoing? Ct Well we're nat eure ot the moment. We're thinking of diving down to Chichester to si Mark and Penny, St I thought your car was off the raad Gz Well one ofthe tyres ier’ n very good eancition, 0 that needs replacing, but otherwise i's fine. (OK, s0 howate you getting or with the assignment? C2 Not great, really | went ta the library to look for some books, but there was nothing useful there, Most of the hooks on the ‘subject had already been borrowed. Wat about the internet? Have you ined looking there? OF course | didn't have any choice. was that or nothing ‘nd any lok? | Tound some good stuf on thet onine eneyclopeci, you know, Unipedta DDon't bestows anything you read on Unpedia Why nara = Well 5 fll of mistakes Isthere anything else you suggest | ook ai? 'S: Try looking atthe Urban Envitenment website instead. ts mich better. There's loads of ood materia there, and it's accurate G: Thanks, try that Does the website ask yauto sign up or ‘enter password to get onto the ste? ‘$+ No,nathing ke thet.