Student’s book audioscripts and videoscripts

UNIT 0 E: I have short black hair. I have brown eyes. I wear glasses,
well, reading glasses anyway, and my personality is,
0.6 Unit 0, 0.3, Exercise 4
I’m a very easy-going person, normally quite relaxed
Stand up. and I get along with everyone and I’d say I’m a very,
Sit down. I’m a very friendly person as well.
Stand up. Ag: I am friendly, I am nice and I am introvert.
Put your right hand up. C: I am friendly, I am sociable, I am outgoing and I am artistic.
Put your left hand up.
Don’t put your hands down. 1.10 Unit 1, 1.5, Exercises 2 and 3
Look at the board. 1
Put your hands down. C = Chrissy D = Donna
Sit down. C: E xcuse me? I’m Chrissy and I’ve got a blog about fashion.
Open your notebook. Your hair’s really nice.
Write your name. D: Oh, thanks.
Don’t write with your right hand; write with your left hand. C: Is it OK to take a photo of you for my blog?
Don’t talk. D: Yes, OK.
UNIT 1 C: Cool sunglasses too! Are they from an expensive shop?
D: No, they’re just cheap glasses from a market. My friend’s
2 Wider World, Unit 1, 1.2, Exercise 5 also got a pair.
P = Presenter A = Agata C = Catherine J = Jerry C: They’re great! What’s your name?
L = Lara S = Sian D: I’m Donna.
P: In these videos we talk to people in the streets of London C: Nice to meet you, Donna, and thanks.
and ask them about their opinions on different topics. 2
London is a huge and exciting city. Lots of people live here C = Chrissy E = Elisa
and even more visit it every year from all over the world. C:  Hi. Can I take a photo of you for my blog? Your style is just
Let’s see who we’re meeting today and what they tell us. perfect!
Can you swim one kilometre? E: Yes, sure.
C: I can’t swim one kilometre, but I can swim about fifty metres. C: What’s your name?
A: I can’t swim one kilometre. E: I’m Elisa.
L:  I think I can swim one kilometre, depending on where it is. C: Where are you from, Elisa?
I can swim one kilometre in a swimming pool, but I guess E: I’m from Italy, but my home now is in Britain.
I can’t in the ocean. C: You’ve got great style. Your boots are fantastic.
P: Can you stay under water for one minute? E: Thanks! They’re from Spain.
L:  I haven’t tried it in a while but I think I can’t stay under 3
water for a minute. I definitely can stay under water for C = Chrissy D = Duncan
thirty seconds. C: Wow! That’s a really cool hat! Can I take a photo?
C:  I can’t stay under water for one minute. I can probably stay D: Erm, what’s it for?
under water for about thirty seconds. C:  It’s for my blog about fashion. I’m a student. My name’s
P: Can you dance? Chrissy.
J: I can dance. D: Hi, Chrissy. I’m Duncan.
A: I can dance. C: You’ve got great style, Duncan! What’s your job? Are you
L: I can dance sometimes, but I definitely can’t sing. an actor or a singer?
P: Can you jump three metres? D: Ha ha, you’re funny! No, I’m a student too!
C:  I can’t jump three metres. I can jump about thirty centimetres. 4
P: Can you speak three languages? C = Chrissy M = Marc
L:  I can speak three languages. I can’t speak Chinese, for C:  Hello there! My name’s Chrissy. Can I take a photo of you
example. for my blog?
J: I cannot speak three languages. M: No problem! I’m Marc.
C: That’s a beautiful bike, Marc!
3 Wider World, Unit 1, 1.3, Exercise 5 M: Thanks! It’s American. Or is it German? No, wait … it’s
P = Presenter Ag = Agata An = Annika C = Catherine American.
E = Ed Je = Jerry Ju = Junko R = Renae S = Seosamh C: Cool. And where are you from, Marc?
P: Tell us about your appearance and personality. M: I’m French. I’m here on holiday.
Ju: My hair is dark and long, and my eyes are dark.
R:  I have green eyes and my hair is brown, and I’m outgoing, 1.12 Unit 1, 1.5, Exercise 5
I like to visit and talk to people. My name is Chrissy. I’m a student from Bristol and I’ve got
S:  My eyes are blue, my hair is brown, and It’s a bit short, a blog about fashion. My favourite clothes are jeans and old
It’s getting a bit long, and I am six foot three tall. I am sweaters. My favourite colours are grey and blue.
a bit nervous, at times.
An: I am tall, blonde hair, blue eyes. My personality is rather
1.19 Unit 1, Revision, Exercise 11
shy but when I’m more friends with people, I like to talk My aunt’s husband is Italian. His name is Mario. He’s got short
a lot and I like to make jokes. black hair and brown eyes. He can sing and dance, and he’s very
Je: My eyes are blue. My hair is gone, It’s bald. I’m friendly. friendly and kind!
I think I’m, talk to a lot of people, make friends fairly easy.
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 6 BBC Culture, Exercise 5 10 Wider World, Unit 2, 2.4, Exercise 5
Part 1 P = Presenter A = Agata C = Catherine E = Ed
These young people are here in London for an important J = Junko L = Lara
competition. They’re violin players. They’re all very young P: What food and drink is there in your kitchen?
and very good. They come from different countries – from C:  In my kitchen there is lots of coffee. There are some tea
the USA, from Japan, from Germany and many more. Samuel bags, but there isn’t any decaf coffee.
Tan is only eleven years old. He’s from Singapore and he’s got A:  There are some bananas in my kitchen. There is some meat
lots of prizes from competitions. Can he win this competition? in my kitchen. There isn’t any milk in my kitchen. There
Maybe he can. Juliette Roos is English – from London – aren’t many vegetables in my kitchen. And there aren’t any
and she’s nervous. She thinks playing the violin is hard work. cans in my kitchen.
This competition is difficult. There are lots of great players. J: In my kitchen there is a lot of rice and some noodles.
It’s called The Yehudi Menuhin Competition. This year, it’s E:  There is a lot of cereal. There is a lot of tea and coffee.
the famous violinist’s one hundredth birthday! Good luck, There is a lot of milk. There are not many bananas in my
everyone. Great music and a great view of London! kitchen, no.
L: Well, in a typical German kitchen, I would say there is a
7 BBC Culture, Exercise 6 lot of bread, different types of bread, and so also a lot
Part 2 of cheese and just things you can eat with bread, ’cause
This is Anushka with her family. They’re very proud. Anushka’s that’s what Germany’s quite famous for. Also there are
got the results of a difficult test. Now she’s in a special club. vegetables and fruit, and not that many biscuits like there
It’s called Mensa and it's a club for very, very clever people. are in England, I guess. And not much tea, but we drink
Anushka is only eleven, but she got top marks. Anushka can definitely more coffee than we do drink tea.
do lots of things. She’s got a wonderful memory. She can
answer very hard questions. She can play the violin. But her 2.15 Unit 2, 2.5, Exercise 3
favourite hobbies are reading and writing stories. She’s got T = Tom Y = Yvonne G = Greg
a blog and maybe one day she can be a writer. It’s her dream job. T: What’s on the shopping list?
Y: Tea, bread, milk and apples. Oh, and ice cream!
UNIT 2 G: Yoghurt?
2.3 Unit 2, 2.1, Exercises 7 and 8 Y: Um, it’s not on the list. Good idea! Yoghurt.
Hello and welcome to my video blog. It’s Meat Free Monday T: Beans?
and it’s half past seven in the morning. What’s for breakfast Y: No, we’ve got lots of beans.
today? A typical breakfast for me is cereal with milk, but today T: Oh yes! We haven't got many biscuits!
it’s toast with a banana, and orange juice. Mmm, not bad! G: Can we get chocolate chip cookies?
Time for lunch. It’s a quarter to one and I’m with my friends Y: OK. Chocolate chip cookies. Anything else?
in the school canteen. Lunch on Meat Free Monday is always G: Fish fingers!
really good. Today there are vegetarian burgers with chips. T: What about burgers? They’re my favourite.
My favourite! Y: OK, fish fingers or burgers?
It’s seven o’clock. What is there for dinner tonight? My dad’s G/T: Fish fingers! / Burgers!
a really good cook, and tonight we’ve got pasta with T: OK, fish fingers.
mushrooms and tomatoes. It’s Dad’s secret recipe and it’s G: Crisps!
delicious! Well, that’s the end of my day. See you tomorrow! T: We’ve got lots of crisps
G: There aren’t any cheese and onion crisps.
8 Wider World, Unit 2, 2.3, Exercise 6 T: Yes, there are. Oh … no, there aren’t.
P = Presenter A = Agata Ka = Karen R = Russell Y: OK, cheese and onion crisps. Right, let’s go.
B = Bruce M = Matt C = Catherine K = Kate N = Noelle 2.17 Unit 2, 2.5, Exercise 5
P = Paula
P: What is your favourite recipe with eggs? G = Greg Y = Yvonne A = Announcer T = Tom
A:  My favourite boiled recipe with an egg is a hard-boiled G: Here are the crisps.
egg. The ingredients are: an egg. Y: Twenty-six p a packet – that’s a great price!
N:  My favourite recipe for eggs is mushroom omelette, which A:  It’s a great day for fish fingers! Get delicious fish fingers –
is eggs and mushrooms. only two pounds twenty-eight a packet!
P:  My favourite recipe with eggs would be just plain eggs G: Look, Mum – I’ve got the fish fingers.
with a little bit of butter, in a frying pan. Y: That’s good.
M:  My favourite recipe with eggs is omelette. In an omelette G: Oh, brownies! A special price: only three pounds fifteen!
you have eggs, cheese and ham. Y: No, Greg! No brownies. We’ve got chocolate chip cookies.
K:  My favourite recipe with eggs is Spanish tortilla, T: How much are the cookies?
and the ingredients I like to use are: eggs, onions Y: One pound forty.
and potatoes and lots of olive oil. T: That’s a good price.
Ka: My favourite recipe with eggs is scrambled eggs, A:  Today we have a special price for baked beans. Only sixty
and the ingredients are: eggs and milk. pence a tin!
C:  My favourite recipe with eggs is a Turkish breakfast dish Y: How much?
called menemen. It’s absolutely delicious and it’s made T: Sixty p a tin. That’s cheap. How many tins?
with eggs, onions, peppers, tomatoes, parsley, I think, Y: Four.
and sometimes chilli. G: OK.
B:  Eggs, I’m not a great cook, but if you whip them just right, Y: OK, let’s go!
add a little milk, get some really good cheese and make
yourself a nice omelette.
R:  I like baking lemon drizzle cake. It’s got eggs in it, but it’s
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G = Greg O = Oscar P = Presenter A = Annika E = Ed Ju = Junko
G: How much money have you got, Oscar? Je = Jerry K = Kate Ka = Karen S = Seosamh
O: Five pounds fifty. P: What do you often, sometimes and never do in your
G:  I’ve got four pounds fifty, so we have ten pounds to buy free time?
food for the party. Let’s buy some fruit. K:  I often exercise in my free time, I sometimes clean my
O: Yes, good idea. I like bananas. How much are they? house in my free time, but I never go to a football match
G: They’re cheap. A kilo of bananas is only sixty-four p! in my free time.
O: OK, let’s get some bananas. Ka: I often walk my dogs in my free time, I never play sports,
G: What about chocolate biscuits? and I sometimes go shopping.
O:  No, they’re expensive. Look, they’re three pounds Ju: I often watch television, but figure skating competition,
eighty-nine for a packet! and I sometimes go to the rink and cheer skaters.
G:  Yes, that’s expensive. Let’s buy some ice cream. It’s only S: I often play soccer, I often go cycling.
one pound ninety-five. And these muffins are cheap. A: I often go to the cinema.
They’re two pounds twenty pence for four. Let’s get them. Je: I often spend time with my children and also with my
O: OK. What about drinks? grandchildren.
G: Orange juice? E:  Okay, so I often spend time with my family and my friends.
O:  No, it’s expensive. It’s one pound twenty-five for one I often work out a lot. I run. I swim. I play tennis.
bottle. The cola is only eighty-nine pence. Sometimes I’ll read and I watch movies and I watch TV.
O: OK, let’s get the cola then. And I never ice-skate.
2.25 Unit 2, Revision, Exercise 10 3.11 Unit 3, 3.5, Exercise 2
There aren’t many restaurants near my house, but there’s a very Hello and welcome to another Over To You here on Radio 5.
good café. The sandwiches and cakes are delicious. At lunch, Well, winter is here, the days are short, the weather is horrible,
there are a lot of people there! it’s really cold and many of us are tired and ill! It’s often a time
of year when you feel you don’t have much energy. And many
2.26 Unit 2, Set for Life, Exercises 6 and 7 of us get the winter ‘blues’ – that’s when you feel sad. So in
H = Holly E = Ed Y = Yasmin Z = Zack today’s programme I want to ask you for your tips – things you
H:  So, the international project. Let’s look at the list. First, do to feel excited about life again. Please phone us and give us
who can find the information about Japan – the flag, your ideas. The number is 0893 …
population and capital city? Ed?
E: Yeah, that’s easy. I can do that. 3.12 Unit 3, 3.5, Exercise 3
H: Thanks, Ed. What about the food? T = Tina C = Cody L = Lisa Z = Zara Ti = Tim
Y: Let’s make sushi! It’s just rice, fish and vegetables. T:  Welcome to our first caller, Cody. So, Cody, what do you
Z: I’d like to cook that. I’m good at cooking! do when you’re sad?
E: I can cook well too! C:  When I’m unhappy, I put on some old clothes and then
Z: Well, we can do it together. I make myself a big mug of delicious hot chocolate.
H: Great! So Ed and Zack can make the food. Then I feel relaxed again.
E: Right, so who’d like to learn some words in Japanese? Holly? T: Oh, OK! And next we have Tim.
H:  Well, OK, but I’m not sure. I can’t speak foreign languages Ti: My tip is to watch a sad film. You watch the film, cry
very well. and then you feel happy again.
Y:  That’s OK. I can help you. I’m quite good at learning languages. T: Really?
H:  Thanks, Yasmin. So, just the song then. We’ve got a song, Ti: Yes, try it.
so … who can sing it? T: Yes, maybe. Thanks! Next we have Lisa.
Y: Come on! Who can sing the song? L:  Hi. When I feel worried, I read a book about history. Then
H: Zack? You can sing well, right? problems suddenly aren’t very important.
Z: Hmm … yeah, I’m quite good, but … T:  An interesting philosophy, thank you. I usually have a hot
E: Can you sing the song for us? shower when I feel blue! And who do we have now?
Y: Please, Zack – you’re really good! Z:  Hi, it’s Zara. When you feel bored or sad, do something
Z: OK, sure. No problem. nice for somebody else. Phone to say you love them.
T: Sorry, Zara. Can you be quick? We’ve only got ten seconds.
UNIT 3 Z: Make them a cake. Buy a present for them.
12 Wider World, Unit 3, 3.2, Exercise 8 T: Thanks, Zara. Those are great ideas. And now, traffic news …
Pr = Presenter Ak = Akwasi An = Anya B = Bruce 3.18 Unit 3, Revision, Exercise 8
J = Jim K = Karen Ka = Kate N = Noelle P = Paula
Pr: Do your family members or pets have any bad habits? My cousin lives in Australia. When I go to bed, he wakes up.
An: My dog sometimes chews the furniture. When I have breakfast, he has dinner! We sometimes chat
J: My cat climbs up the curtains. online, and we always have fun!
N: My sister smokes. That’s a bad habit.
P: My kids bite their nails.
B:  Well, at Christmas the cats like to climb the tree and they
topple it over, so it’s not very good for the ornaments.
K:  My dog barks at the TV at animals, and whether it’s a real
animal or an animation, she just recognises them all.
Ka:  Yes, several! My husband snores. My dogs snore. My children
leave wet towels on the bathroom floor, clothes everywhere,
but they’re teenagers, that’s it, what can I expect?!
Ak:  Yeah, my sister likes to get on the phone and talk endlessly.
Talks my ears off until I have to literally beg her to just get
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 16 BBC Culture, Exercises 6 and 7 UNIT 4
What does a typical day of a schoolchild look like? Do children 4.4 Unit 4, 4.1, Exercises 8 and 9
around the world do the same things? Let’s see! In the morning, 1
they get up, wash their face, brush their teeth, and have N = Narrator T = Teacher
breakfast. Then they go to school. Some take the bus, some N: It’s ten past nine on Monday.
walk, and some go by car. School is hard work everywhere, T1: Today I have a video to show you about King Henry VIII
and there are different subjects for the students to learn. and life in the sixteenth century. Where’s my laptop?
But school can be fun too and they can play with their friends Oh, it’s on the chair!
in the breaks. After school, there is time to meet friends and 2
family, play, relax, go to clubs and do sports. Some children help N: It’s half past one on Monday.
their parents with the housework. They help with shopping and T2: … and then Germany is in the North and Italy is in the
preparing food. At the end of the day, it is time to have dinner South, so Switzerland is between these two countries.
and to go to bed. So, do children in different countries do 3
the same things? Yes! Hmm, or maybe not? N: It’s ten past nine on Tuesday.
T3: Who can spell accommodation? Erm … the girl behind
PROGRESS CHECK UNITS 1–3
Kate? Sophie – that’s right! I’m so sorry, I don’t know all
 C1–3.1 Progress Check Units 1–3, Exercises 6 and 7
P your names yet, but I’m working on it!
1 4
R = Ralph M = Maya N: It’s half past eleven on Tuesday.
R: Hi, Maya. Look, I’ve got a new guinea pig! T4: So if a five-pack of T-shirts costs eleven pounds eighty
M: It’s so cute, Ralph. What’s its name? pence, the unit price is … eleven eighty … divided by
R: Hammy. five … equals … two thirty-six … that’s two pounds
M: That’s a funny name! It’s a hamster name: Hammy the hamster! thirty-six pence. Sam, for the last time, put that chocolate
R: I know! It’s my brother’s idea. Have you got any pets? bar in your bag! No eating in the classroom! Yes, I can see
M:  Yes, I have, actually. But it isn’t a small one like a guinea it – it’s under your desk!
pig or a hamster. I’ve got a pony. 5
R: A pony? Wow, that’s cool! N: It’s half past two on Tuesday.
2 T5: Come on, come on! We haven’t got all day! Dylan, come
A = Ada M = Martha to the front … Yes, yes, in front of Louie. Good … here,
A:  Hi, Martha. It’s Ada. I’m at a supermarket. I want to buy take the ball. Emilia, go to the back …
some food for the party. Have you got any brownies? 6
M: No, but I can bake them. Are there any crisps? N: It’s three o’clock on Wednesday.
A: Well, yes. But there are only cheese and onion crisps. T6: That’s quite good, Marcus. I love the colours. Only the apple
M: Hm … I’m not sure. I don’t like them. is next to the cup, not behind it … and it’s bigger. As they
A: What about chocolate chip cookies? are now, the cup and the apple are the same size … Can
M: Fine. Get those. you work on that a little?
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17 Wider World, Unit 4, 4.1, Exercise 11
D = Dad F = Finn
D:  Look, Finn. These T-shirts are nice. Do you like this blue Pr = Presenter Ag = Agata An = Annika E = Ed
and yellow T-shirt? J = Jerry L = Lazar N = Noelle P = Paula R = Russell
F:  No, Dad. I don’t really like yellow, and I’ve got a lot of Pr: Where do you keep your things?
T-shirts. But I like these tracksuits. R: I keep my keys in my pocket.
D: I like them too. Do you prefer blue or black? Ag: I keep my slippers under my bed.
F: Blue, I think. What about these trainers? They’re cool. E: I keep my phone in my pocket.
D:  Your old trainers are fine. And … I don’t really like these L: I keep my keys on the door.
trainers. N: I keep my TV remote on the arm of the couch.
F: OK … let’s take the tracksuit then. P: I keep my TV remote on the side table.
4 An: I keep my phone in the bag.
P = Phil B = Brad J: I keep my keys on a hook above the kitchen sink.
P: Do you want to go shopping on Saturday? E:  I keep my keys on a desk, on a small desk that’s next to my bed.
B:  Sure. But I’ve got a taekwondo class in the morning. R: I keep my phone charger on my desk.
It finishes at twelve. Ag: I keep my suitcase on top of the wardrobe.
P: OK. How about after lunch? L: I keep my phone charger in a socket.
B: Sure. I can meet you at two. E: I keep my credit card in my wallet.
P:  That’s fine. I sometimes go swimming at four on Saturday, N: I keep my sports gear in the wardrobe.
but not this Saturday. P: I keep my sports gear in the closet.
B: Cool! Message me to tell me where to meet. Bye for now! An: I keep my phone in my handbag.
R:  I keep my passport out in the open where everyone can
see it and steal it.
J: I keep my money in a bank.
L: I keep my sports gear in a wardrobe.
An: My money is always in my wallet in my handbag.
N: I keep my passport in a safe place.
P: I keep my passport in a drawer.
An: Well, my keys, I always keep them in my handbag.
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Pr = Presenter Ag = Agata An = Anya C = Catherine Hi, everyone. It’s Chloe here. I’m here to give you some top tips
J = Jim K = Kate N = Noelle P = Paula about being a super-smart student. First, do you sometimes
Pr: It’s important or not important that my friends … forget to bring things to school – like a book or sports clothes?
C: It’s important that my friends are reliable. Well, just write it on a note and put the note where you can see
Ag:  It’s important that my friends are kind people and have it in the morning: on your door, on your bag, on the kitchen table.
a good sense of humour. Remembering dates can be a problem for some students.
An:  It’s important that my friends are trustworthy and are What’s the answer to this? Use a diary or a calendar app on your
there for me when I need them and vice versa. phone. When you learn about a new date, write it in, and use
J:  It’s important that my friends are reliable if we make notifications on your phone so you don’t forget tests or project
arrangements to go somewhere. dates. What about homework? Do you find it difficult to
N: It’s important that my friends listen to me. concentrate? My tip is to find a quiet place to study at home –
P: It’s important that my friends are kind. and study every evening at the same time! Put your phone in a
K:  It’s not important to speak to my friends every day, but different place or don’t look at your messages!
when we speak together we pick up where we left off And what can you do if you’ve got a big task for homework?
the conversation. You can think of it as lots of little tasks. For example, when you
work on a History essay, first you can read the information in
4.10 Unit 4, 4.5, Exercises 3 and 4 the History book, then take notes and then write an essay plan.
Hello. In today’s programme we’re looking at life at a top Finally, remember this: smart students do well at school because
boarding school. We’re at Broadboard School, a famous private they are organised, study every day and think that learning is
school in the centre of London. Like many famous private important for their future. You can learn to be a smart student too!
schools, it’s very old – about seven hundred and fifty years
old, in fact. The school has many very famous ex-students. UNIT 5
Maybe it’s no surprise that you need a lot of money to study 21 Wider World, Unit 5, 5.1, Exercise 9
here – it costs about thirty-five thousand pounds for one year! P = Presenter A = Akwasi B = Bruce L = Lazar
At the moment Broadboard School has seven hundred and fifty R = Renae Se = Seosamh Sm = Smith
students and about two hundred of them actually live at P: What instruments can you play?
the school. What’s it like to live at school seven days a week? L: I cannot play any music instruments.
4.11 Unit 4, 4.5, Exercise 5 Sm: I play guitar. I play drum. I play harmonica a little bit. I play
flute a little bit. I play a little bit of many things, without
It’s nearly eight o’clock and students are coming into the school real learning.
dining room for their breakfast. They get up at around seven B: Okay, I play the kazoo.
a.m. to have a shower and get dressed. There’s one bathroom A:  I can’t play any musical instrument, but I can beat out
for every six students, so some students choose to get up at half a good rhythm on a bucket turned upside down.
past six so that they are first in! Classes start in about an hour, R:  I play the guitar, but I learned it in the ’60s so you
but we’ve got time – the classrooms aren’t far away! wouldn’t wanna hear me now.
Here at Broadboard School, classes are nine to four, Monday Se: I don’t play many instruments. I do play the tin whistle.
to Friday. Lessons are fifty minutes long and there is a twenty- I can play Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star but that’s the extent
minute break after every two lessons. At half past twelve there’s of it.
an hour’s break for lunch. After the last class of the day, P: What instrument do you want to learn to play?
students have fifteen minutes to get ready for activities like Sm: Now I’m learning piano.
sport, art or music practice. It’s now half past six in the evening B: I’d like to learn to play the guitar.
and we’re in the library. From a quarter past six, all the students A: I want to learn to play a guitar.
who live in the school have Study Time. It’s a long day, but after R: I’ve always wanted to play the piano.
dinner at eight, students have an hour to meet friends, chat P: Can any of your friends or family play an instrument?
or play games before bed at ten o’clock. R:  All of my children – I have six – play an instrument.
4.15 Unit 4, 4.6, Exercise 4 And I have many friends that play piano, mostly.
Se: My brothers play the guitar, the bass. My father plays
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the piano.
Excuse me. Can I have the wi-fi code, please?
B: My brother is a jazz drummer.
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P: What kind of music do you listen to?
You! Yes, I’m talking to you over there! Can you help me with
Sm: I listen to everything.
these desks?
A:  Oh! Hip hop, jazz, R&B, reggae, pop, high live, hip live, indie.
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I could go on forever! I listen to everything!
Can you tell me the time, please?
R:  I like classical music, but I love music that’s from different
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cultures, and I love most music unless It’s too loud.
Can I have a pen, please?
P:  Do you follow any singers, musicians or groups on Twitter
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or Facebook?
Can I borrow your laptop, please?
L:  I don’t follow anyone on Facebook or Twitter or Instagram
4.19 Unit 4, Revision, Exercise 8 or …
R:  I do not follow anyone in music on Facebook; however,
I’m sitting in a Maths class, next to my best friend, Maria. We’re
I do follow Facebook.
waiting for our teacher. He doesn’t usually arrive late. OK, he’s
Sm: No, I never follow anybody on Twitter or Facebook.
coming now, and the lesson is starting.
I hardly use that kind of media.
A:  Kanye West, Beyoncé, a Ghanaian musician called
Sarkodie. A whole lot of stuff but I can’t remember their
names now, sorry, I’m on a spot!
B: I don’t follow anybody on Facebook.
Se: I normally keep an eye out for Rod Stewart as much as
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A = Aidan V = Vanessa L = Liam A = Ada
A:  Tomorrow’s the twenty-first of June, Make Music Day. L:  It’s Make Music Day tomorrow. What can we do? Have you
And here to tell us about it is Vanessa. Hi. got any suggestions?
V: Hi. A: Hmm … Why don’t we have a party in your garden?
A: What is Make Music Day? L: OK, why not? Emma can play her guitar, and we can all sing!
V:  It’s a French invention from 1982. It’s a day for people to A: Great idea! Let’s invite Holly too.
make music. L: Sure! What about a barbecue? We can buy some food.
A: Only professional musicians? A: What do you suggest?
V:  No, anyone who enjoys music: children, old people, street L: Chicken, baked potatoes, salad, …
musicians, classical orchestras, jazz bands, opera singers … A: Cool. Why don’t you ask your parents tonight?
A: Great! L: Oh, yes, of course!
V:  In many places there are stages in streets and parks.
People also play music at home. They open their windows 5.19 Unit 5, Revision, Exercise 7
and play to the audience in the street outside. You can also The violin is one of the hardest musical instruments to play.
go to concerts and see fantastic groups. And sometimes It’s more difficult than the piano or guitar. At a classical music
they’re free – you don’t need to buy tickets. concert, there are sometimes thirty violins in the orchestra.
A: Is it popular? When they all play together, it’s fantastic!
V:  Yes, it takes place in more than one thousand cities in one
hundred and twenty countries. 25 BBC Culture, Exercises 6 and 7
A: What about Make Music Day here in Portland, Maine? K = Kyungho N = Narrator V = Vahakn
V:  Well, there’s a lot happening. You can get information N:  If you love music, maybe this is one of your dreams. Playing
on the website, makemusicday.org, or by email. on stage in front of a big audience. The best musicians
A: OK, thanks, Vanessa. So, if you want to find out more … know how to work as a team. They listen to the other
musicians, and they always watch the conductor. But this
23 Wider World, Unit 5, 5.5, Exercise 8 can be a problem for some musicians. Kyungho is a fantastic
P = Presenter Ag = Agata An = Annika C = Catherine musician, but he’s blind– he can’t see. He’s sad because he
E = Ed M = Matt R = Renae S = Smith can’t play in an orchestra. Vahakn, and his father Rolf make
P: What kind of live music do you enjoy the most? instruments for disabled musicians. Their new idea is an
Ag: I think I like pop music most. electronic baton. It can help blind musicians like Kyungho.
S: Live music? Rock ’n’ roll, of course! When the conductor moves the baton, it sends information
M: My favourite live music is rock music. to the musicians. They know what the conductor is doing.
R: I really love musicals, of all kinds. And so, they make me happy. V: Kyungho, I’ve got a present for you.
An: I enjoy the most rock music when live listening. K: Thank you. It’s braille?
E:  My favourite live music is rap, hip hop, R&B and alternative rock. V: Yeah.
P: How often do you go to concerts? K: Whoa, whoa, nice!
C: I don’t go to concerts very often. N: Kyungho is trying the baton.
Ag: I don’t go to concerts very often. V: I give you four beats.
M: I usually go to concerts maybe once a year. K: Yeah.
R:  I go to concerts probably four or five times a year, unless V: And then you can begin.
I’m in an area like London and then I go once or twice a day. N:  He’s working with a conductor for the first time. He’s very
An: I rarely go to concerts, maybe once a year. excited. This orchestra is practising for the first concert
E: I go to concerts occasionally. with the electronic baton. There are twelve musicians.
P: Do you ever buy concert tickets online? Some of them can see and some can’t. Concert day.
C: I sometimes buy concert tickets online. The audience is arriving. And they’re very excited.
Ag: Yes, I sometimes buy tickets online. The concert is a big success. The audience love the orchestra!
M:  Sometimes I buy concert tickets online. In fact, I buy Let’s hope that the new electronic baton can help many
concert tickets online all the time. more blind musicians to play in orchestras like this.
R:  I don’t ever buy concert tickets online unless I can’t get
them any other way. UNIT 6
E: I do buy my concert tickets online, yeah. 26 Wider World, Unit 6, 6.1, Exercise 9
P:  Which group or singer do you most want to see in a live P = Presenter A = Agata Je = Jerry Ju = Junko
concert? L = Lazar La = Lara S = Seosamh T = Tomasz
C:  I’d love to see Grace Jones in concert because I think she’s P: How often do you play or do your favourite sport?
quite creative and interesting as a performer. L: I play football once a month.
Ag: I’d love to see Metallica play live, first supported by Roxette. La: I play my favourite sport, I guess, well it’s different, but
E:  I would like to see, I would most like to see Sir Paul I guess once a week, sometimes more often, sometimes
McCartney in concert. less. So I play volleyball.
P: Where do street musicians play music in your town? A: I never play my favourite sport.
C: Street musicians play on the Underground in London. T:  I play my favourite sport, I mean basketball, two–three
Ag: In my home town musicians play in the main market times a week.
square in the old town. They also play near the central Ju: I play tennis once a week.
tube station. And they also play in walking areas in my town. S: I play football three to four times a week.
S:  I know It’s hard to explain, but It’s not our culture. You P: How often do you win?
know, music should be in a private place, yeah. La: I only play for fun. So It’s just like, I play at my university
M: Street musicians often play in the town centre of Oxford. so we just play in different teams, so it’s difficult to say.
R:  People in Portland usually play in the city centre. We I don’t really, sometimes I win, sometimes I don’t
don’t have a subway there and so you sort of need to go depending on in which team I am.
downtown if you wanna hear individuals playing their talent. P: What other sports do you play or do?
E: Street musicians, they usually play in the town centre. T: My favourite sport is basketball, and second, football.

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I watched a volleyball match. It was the Polish national
Ju: I enjoy snowboarding and skiing. team playing at the National Stadium in Warsaw. It was
S: I play rugby as well. Volleyball Championship, European Championship. I felt
P: Do you play any sports video games? If so, which ones very excited because it was the first time that I saw a
and how often? sporting event live. And the Polish team won, so everyone
A: I don’t play any sports video games. was very happy and the atmosphere was very enthusiastic,
La: No, I don’t play any video games. and everyone was cheering and it was a great experience.
T: No, we don’t play any sports video games, this is a domain L: 
I really enjoyed watching the Brazil–Germany match at
of our son’s. the World Cup because Germany won 7–0, 7–1 and that
P: Do you ever watch sports live? If so, which ones? was just really surprising and, yeah, it was just, everyone
A: I don’t often watch sports live. was really excited about it because we didn’t expect it to
Ju: Yes, I watch live sport. I watch figure skating live. happen like that.
S: Yeah, I was at Old Trafford’s yesterday to see Man United T: 
Last time we were very happy when FC Barcelona came to
play Stoke. our town and they are playing with our team in handball
Je: I watch football once a week. competition. Very happy because we have won.
La: 
Sometimes I watch sports live, but usually just main J: 
When I watched figure skating, Sochi Olympic Games, two
tournaments like the European Championship or Olympics years ago, a favourite Japanese skater performance, very
or things like that, but not regularly. good performance, so I was very happy at that time.
S: 
Last year I was at an Ireland vs Germany World Cup
6.15 Unit 6, 6.5, Exercises 3 and 4 qualifier in Dublin. Ireland were not expected to win, but
1 they won 1–0 thanks to a Shane Long goal. I was in the
G = Gwen F = Finn stadium at the time. It was the best sporting moment I
G:  We want you to tell us about a day you were happy or sad have ever been at.
because of sport. And our first caller is Finn from Glasgow.
Hi, Finn. 6.23 Unit 6, Revision, Exercise 7
F:  Hi. I was really happy when Andy Murray won the My brother and I are football fans. We got tickets for the cup
Wimbledon tennis tournament. final last weekend. It was a really exciting match. Our team
G: That was in 2016, right? won. They scored two goals in the last minute of the game!
F: Yes, he played Milos Raonic in the final.
G: Were you at the match? 6.24 Unit 6, Set for Life, Exercise 4
F: No, I wasn’t. I saw it on TV at my tennis club. It was fantastic! S = Sara M = Matt
2 S:  I was really angry and tired after that match. So I asked
G = Gwen E = Emma the team to find another captain – and I left! That was two
G: Our next caller is Emma. months ago. They’ve got a new captain now. She asked
E:  I often go running, but last Sunday I ran in a ten-kilometre the PE teacher for some help and they had some extra
race for the first time. My time was thirty-nine minutes training. Now they’re winning matches again! I feel bad about
fourteen seconds! Before that my best time for 10K was leaving the team, but maybe I can join them again soon!
forty minutes thirty seconds. M:  At first I felt really bad. I stopped playing the guitar.
G: Were you the winner? But then I started to miss it because I really enjoy playing!
E:  No, I wasn’t, but my friend won the race. His time was So I talked to my dad. He found me a good guitar teacher,
thirty-two minutes forty seconds. and I watched a lot of videos online too. I practised a lot –
3 not just at weekends. It wasn’t easy, but I got better
G = Gwen S = Sam and better! Now my friends say that I can play in their band!
G:  And the next caller has a story for us about football.
Is that right, Sam? PROGRESS CHECK UNITS 1–6
S:  Yes. My favourite team is Liverpool. Last year we were PC1–6.1 Progress Check Units 1–6, Exercise 7
in the cup final. My friend had tickets, and they were Welcome, everyone, to the new school year. I hope you all had a
expensive – forty-five pounds! We took the train to good summer. Welcome to our students in Years 8 and 9. There
London – that cost fifty-seven pounds! Then I lost the tickets. are more students with us this year because there are four, not
G: Oh no! three, Year 8 classes. There are over three hundred students in
S:  We bought more tickets at the stadium – seventy-five our school now, and one hundred and thirteen students in Year
pounds! And we lost the game 2–1! 8. School starts at eight forty-five as last year, but the lunch
4 break is now fifteen minutes longer. It starts at twelve fifteen so
G = Gwen M = Mason everyone has got time to eat and relax. Please remember to tell
G: Our last caller is Mason. your parents that lunches in the school canteen are three pounds
M: Hi. Sport makes me happy. fifty pence this year, not three pounds.
G: How? Now for some really good news. The new gym building is ready,
M:  I wasn’t fit before. But now I go jogging every morning. so we have two gyms now. Judo is still in the old gym, but you
I go swimming three times a week. At weekends I go can play basketball and volleyball in the new gym building now.
cycling, I play badminton and I do judo. And I play for Of course, football and running are outside! There are lots of
the school football team. Life’s great! after-school activities too – please put your name on the list
28 Wider World, Unit 6, 6.5, Exercise 8 before the twentieth of September to join a course. The courses
will start on the third of October. That’s all. Have a good year!
P = Presenter A = Agata C = Catherine J = Junko
L = Lara S = Seosamh T = Tomasz
P: Can you remember a sporting moment when you were
really happy or sad?
C:  A sporting moment that made me really sad was when
I was in the pub watching a football match with my
friends, and England got knocked out of the European
Championship by Iceland. I was sad, everybody was sad,
some people were even crying.
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Transformers, mainly because there was a lot of toys
30 Wider World, Unit 7, 7.2, Exercise 6
around and they were easy to get.
P = Presenter A = Anya An = Annika J = Jim L = Lara An: I liked to watch Japanese cartoons.
S = Seosamh P: What was your first phone like?
P: What did or didn’t you do last night? J: My first phone? Like a brick. Very large and heavy.
L:  Well, last night we actually, we went to Oxford A: It was a Nokia 62A, what we now call ‘the brick.’
and to the Harry Potter Studios. And so, yeah, we didn’t Practically didn’t have any other fancy functions we have
go out for dinner or anything, we just packed our own today on our mobile phones. You could just make your
lunch and, yeah, had a little road trip. phone call, send a text message, receive text messages.
A: Last night I stayed at home, studied, and I didn’t go out. S: My first phone was a Nokia 3210. It was a very powerful
J:  Last night my wife and I walked to a restaurant, but we phone mainly because if you ran over it in a car, it wouldn’t
didn’t walk back, we took a taxi. break.
S:  Last night I travelled from Manchester down to London, P: What toys did you like best?
I drove down. When I arrived in London I was very tired L: When I was a child my favourite toy was a horse.
so I didn’t watch TV, I didn’t go see a film. I just went J: When I was a boy I really liked Meccano.
home and went to bed. A: My mum got me a Lego set and that was the best
An: I read a book and I didn’t go out. thing ever.
7.8 Unit 7, 7.5, Exercises 2 and 3 S: My favourite toy was an Optimus Prime Transformer, which
I still actually have at home. He doesn’t have his right hand
1 though.
G = Girl B = Boy An: So when I was little I liked to play with my stuffed animals.
G1: My favourite toy was my smart watch. You could play P: Do you remember any fashion from when you were
games on it, and take photos and videos. It also counted younger?
my steps. It was really cool. My idol was Usain Bolt. He J: When I was a child, ’70s clothes were in fashion, flared
won gold medals at the Olympics in London and Rio. He’s trousers, bright colours. Awful, really.
the fastest runner ever! A: Now, that’s a tough one. I never thought about fashion
2 and clothes when I was young, really. Bell-bottoms? Yeah,
B1: 
Yes, my favourite singer was Camila Cabello, and my I’m an old man, I know!
favourite song was Havana. I listened to that song all the S: Back in the 1980s it was all hand-me-downs. My brothers
time. Fashion? Hmm … yes – high-top trainers. I loved would wear their clothes and when they would get too
them! They were very comfortable, and they looked really small for them, I would wear them. I wouldn’t say they
cool with my jeans and with my sports clothes. I wore were very good fashionable clothes though.
them everywhere! An: 
When I was younger, people were wearing rather ugly
3 clothes, I think, like bootcut jeans and like long sweaters
G2: I think I was nine when I got my first phone. It was a with like a logo on them.
child’s phone, but it was really good. I could play games,
make calls and text friends with it. I couldn’t use the 7.8 Unit 7, Revision, Exercise 7
internet or watch movies, but that was OK. My favourite Before smartphones, people used their phones to make calls,
cartoon was The Penguins of Madagascar. When my sister but they didn’t download games, watch movies or take selfies.
and I got home from school, we always turned on the TV They didn’t spend hours in front of a screen. Did people have
and watched the penguins! I loved the characters, and the a better life? I’m not sure!
stories were really funny.
34 BBC Culture, Exercises 6 and 7
32 Wider World, Unit 7, 7.5, Exercise 6
A = Anna N = Narrator
P = Presenter A = Akwasi An = Annika J = Jim N:  What is your idea of a museum? There are around 2000
L = Lazar S = Seosamh museums in the UK. Some are more unusual than others.
P: Who was your idol when you were seven or eight? This is St Fagans near Cardiff, in Wales. It isn’t a traditional
L: When I was a child my hero was David Beckham. museum. At St Fagans, you can visit over forty buildings
S:  When I was younger my idol was Mr Spock from Star from different times in Welsh history – farms, shops,
Trek. Being a half Vulcan, half human, he was a different schools, public buildings and homes. Two thousand years
person, but he was accepted within society. ago, in the Iron Age, people lived in houses like this.
An: When I was maybe ten years old or so I really liked the A:  Hi! My name’s Anna Olshansky. I’m a volunteer here
Spice Girls. at St Fagan’s and I’m standing in the middle of
P:  Did you have a favourite singer or group when you were an Iron Age farmstead called Bryn Eryr.
little? N:  Volunteers like Anna helped to build the house and a lot of
L: When I was little my favourite band was Blue. the other buildings from the Iron Age. This museum
A:  Jimmy Cliff. ’Cause I used to listen to my mum’s LPs, is a ship from the First World War. Its name is HMS
records, when I was growing up, she’d be playing them Caroline and it’s in Belfast in Northern Ireland. When you
the whole time, and I, so I grew up listening to Jimmy Cliff. go inside the ship, it’s like going back in time. Everything
S:  When I was younger my favourite band was Bon Jovi. is the same as it was over a hundred years ago. This is
I loved the fact that they had long hair, which I did the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. It’s a more traditional
too when I was younger, and they also played really museum, where you can see half a million things! But this
good music. isn’t an easy time for all museums. Some close because
P: Which cartoons did you like? of money problems. This was the London Motorcycle
L:  When I was a child my favourite cartoon was Woody Museum. The museum closed and sold all of its classic
Woodpecker. British motorbikes. These days, our ideas about ‘What
J: My favourite cartoon was Scooby-Doo. is a museum?’ are changing. Museums are looking
A: Tom and Jerry. at the past in new ways. They want to make it interesting
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S = Saki N = Nick
35 Wider World, Unit 8, 8.1, Exercise 6
S:  … And in the UK, people talk really loudly on their phones
P = Presenter A = Akwasi J = Junko L = Lara on the train. In Japan, you have to put your phone on
M = Matt R = Renae silent mode and you never, ever make a call while you’re
P: Tell us about your country. on the train. In the UK, everyone is on their phone!
L:  I’m from Germany. The population of Germany is about N:  Well, it can be annoying … and it’s not very polite here,
eighty-five million people. Colours of the German flag are either, but that’s what a lot of people do here.
black, red, gold. Germany is in Europe. The capital city S: Yes, but …
of Germany is Berlin. Famous people from Germany?
There’s a lot of famous football players, like Franz 8.5 Unit 8, 8.3, Exercise 1
Beckenbauer. Well, Angela Merkel, I guess, everyone 1
knows her. She’s our main politician. TS = Turkish Speaker
M:  I am from the UK. The population of the UK is about TS: Merhaba, nasılsın?
seventy million. The UK’s flag is red, white and blue. 2
The UK is in Europe. The capital city of the UK is London. CS = Chinese Speaker
The UK’s highest mountain is Ben Nevis. The UK’s longest CS: Hā o, nı̌ hǎo ma?
river is the Thames, probably. Famous people from the UK 3
include the Queen, Winston Churchill, David Beckham, SS = Spanish Speaker
and many others. The UK’s most popular sport is football. SS: ¡Hola, ¿Cómo estás?
A:  I am Ghanaian. I am from Ghana. The population of Ghana 4
is twenty-six million and counting. The colours of the KS = Korean Speaker
Ghanaian flag are red, gold and green, and then there’s KS: Annyeong, jal jinae?
a black star as well. Ghana is along the Gulf of Guinea in
West Africa. The capital city of Ghana is Accra. I think the 36 Wider World, Unit 8, 8.3, Exercise 6
name of the highest mountain in Ghana is the Afadjato. P = Presenter Ak = Akwasi An = Anya L = Lara
It’s in the Volta region of Ghana. There are over a hundred M = Matt Ma = Magda Se = Seosamh Sm = Smith
Ghanaian languages. I speak six of them. The Ghanaian T = Tomasz
currency is the Cedi, spelt C-E-D-I. Famous people from P: What’s your native language?
Ghana? Kofi Annan, the former UN Secretary General; L: My native language is German.
André Ayew, plays football with Swansea City; there’s T: Our native language is Polish.
Sarkodie, the big hip live musician. Sm: My native language is Thai.
J:  I’m from Japan. The population of Japan is twelve million. M: My native language is English.
The Japanese flag is red and white. The capital city An: My native language is English.
of Japan is Tokyo. Tokyo is the biggest city in Japan. Ak: My native language, there actually are two. There is Twi,
The highest mountain in Japan is Mount Fuji. The longest spelt T-W-I, and then there’s Ewe, spelt E-W-E. So those
river is Shinano River. are the two languages native to Ghana that I speak.
R:  I am from the United States. Our flag is red, white and blue P: Are you bilingual? Do you know any bilingual people?
with stars up in the corner. Washington, D.C. is the capital L:  I’m not bilingual. I don’t know any bilingual people, I think,
of the United States of America. The people in United not in person.
States speak mainly English, but a number of them are M:  I’m not bilingual but I know some bilingual people. One
speaking Spanish, and then we’re getting a lot of people friend speaks English and Japanese.
from different countries that speak Russian or Romanian, Ak: In Ghana, many people speak English and, or French or
and, especially in my area. I think the most popular sport Arabic or German in addition to another international
in the United States is football right now, because that’s language. So there are many bilinguals that I know in Ghana.
what’s going on, or basketball. I believe the longest river Se: I am bilingual.
in the United States is the Mississippi River, and I would say P: How many native speakers of your language are there?
it’s probably a thousand miles. L:  That’s a really difficult question. Native speakers in Germany,
well, Germany’s got about eighty-five million, I think, so I
8.4 Unit 8, 8.2, Exercise 4 guess maybe a hundred? I don’t know. A hundred million?
A Sm: I think there’s about sixty millions of Thai people alone
A = Anna H = Han who speak Thai language.
A:  Most of my family live in Italy. We don’t see them very M:  I think there’s probably hundreds of millions of people
often, but when we do, we have the biggest, most across the world who speak English.
delicious meals! My grandparents are not happy if we P:  What are the two most popular foreign languages in your
don’t eat all the food on our plate! They say it is very rude. country?
H:  In China, it is exactly the opposite: it is rude to eat L:  Well, definitely English is one of the most popular
everything on your plate because it means that there language ’cause everyone learns it at school in Germany.
wasn’t enough food and you’re still hungry – we always Apart from that, I guess French, and maybe Spanish.
have to leave a little on the plate. But I don’t know whether they’re the most popular ones.
A: Really? I thought that … They’re definitely the most common ones.
B T: In our country, I think English.
J = Johan D = Daniel Ma: English.
J:  Good evening, Daniella. Am I early? The invitation was Sm: Of course English. The second might be Chinese, Mandarin
for eight o’clock, right? Chinese, yeah.
D:  Yes it was, but don’t worry. In Italy, people are usually late. M:  The two most popular foreign languages in England
When we say eight o’clock, guests usually arrive are probably French and Spanish.
twenty–thirty minutes later. Se: The most popular two foreign languages in our country
J:  I’m so sorry – I didn’t know that. In Germany, eight o’clock would be French and German as they are taught
is eight o’clock. We are never late. in the secondary schools.
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people would have difficulties with pronunciation maybe,
9.3 Unit 9, 9.1, Exercise 5
but yeah, with grammar and everything, it’s definitely an
easier language than German would be to learn, I guess. P = Paul B = Beth
Sm: 
English is an easy language in my feeling because, because P: Look at this traffic! It’s faster to get out of the car and walk!
it’s all around you, it, you have it in internet, you have it in B: You can’t stop people from driving their cars.
signage, you have it in documents, and it’s easy. P:  Why not? What’s wrong with going on foot? Or going
An: 
I find English easy because I’ve grown, because I’ve grown by bike? Look! There’s a cycle lane right here!
up with it, but I have heard from some of the people that B: You can’t walk or ride a bike everywhere!
I work with that it’s quite a hard language, ’cause it, most P:  That’s why we need a Park and Ride system, like they have
of the people I work with speak other languages and come in York. We can build three or four big car parks around
from other countries. the town where people can park their cars for free. If we
Ak: 
Yes, English is a pretty easy language to learn, to speak, to make sure there’s a bus station or … or a metro station
understand, if it’s the language you grew up being taught next to each car park, people can use public transport
and speaking. to get into town. Simple!
Se: 
I would find English a very easy language to learn and to B:  I’m not so sure. I take the bus every day and I usually have
understand and to speak it as well. to wait at the bus stop for more than twenty minutes.
And then when the bus comes, it’s full. If no one gets off,
8.10 Unit 8, 8.5, Exercises 3 and 4 I can’t get on!
S = Steve So = Sonia M = Mario H = Himari P:  Yes, but without cars, there’s no traffic! We can have a bus
S:  We often have problems when we write emails or text every … three minutes. Three minutes isn’t too long
messages or when we have a conversation or make a to wait for a bus, is it?
phone call. For example, one time I called someone and B: Well, …
she asked me my name. I said, ‘Watt’. She asked me
39 Wider World, Unit 9, 9.1, Exercise 9
the question again: ‘What’s your name?’ ‘Watt,’ I said.
‘WHAT’S YOUR NAME?’ ‘Watt. Mr Watt! W-A-T-T!’ Then Pr = Presenter A = Anya K = Kate Ka = Karen
she understood! Right … who wants to share their story L = Lara M = Matt N = Noelle P = Paula
with the class? Yes, Sonia. Pr: How do you get to school or work?
So: Last summer, I was at a café and I ordered some tea and L:  Well, I do either catch the Tube to get to work or I cycle.
a strawberry jam sandwich. The waiter brought me a ham Usually I cycle but it depends on weather.
sandwich with strawberries in it! I said, ‘I didn’t order this!’ K: Well I don’t actually work, but I would get a train or drive.
He said, ‘Yes, you did! You asked for a strawberry ham Ka: I get the Tube or the train, or the bus.
sandwich!’ I started laughing. I said, ‘I’m sorry! I meant M:  Well every day I come into work on the train,
strawberry jam – with a ‘j’.’ You see, I’m from Spain, and in so the Overground train, and then I get the Tube.
Spanish, we write ‘j’, but we say ‘h’. A: I get to work by train every day.
S: Thanks, Sonia. Mario? N: I get to work on the Tube.
M:  I have a friend in the US. We often chat online. One day P: I take the Tube also.
he jumped in a river and saved a girl’s life! So I posted 9.11 Unit 9, 9.5, Exercise 3
a message on his Facebook page. I wrote ‘You are very
bald.’ He wasn’t happy because in English bald means you 1
haven’t got any hair. But in Italian baldo means you are I woke up this morning and looked out the window to see two
brave. I used the wrong word. feet of snow! I love New York, but the winters here are really
S: Himari? bad some years! One of my teachers skied to school!
H:  One day I sent a text to a friend. I wrote ‘My dad is very 2
noisy at night, so he has to sleep in the garden.’ This afternoon I met my friends in the city centre to go
S: Your dad sleeps in the garden? shopping. It started raining hard, but luckily, we all had
H:  No, it was the autocorrect – you know, the automatic umbrellas. When you’re in Hong Kong in June, that’s always
writing on my phone. I wanted to write ‘My dog is very a good idea – the weather can change really fast.
noisy’, not ‘my dad‘. 3
It’s early January in Sydney and the weather’s perfect –
8.17 Unit 8, Revision, Exercise 7 a beautiful blue sky, no clouds at all, the sun is shining,
Monaco is a small country in Europe. The official language and people are swimming and sunbathing!
is French, but some people also speak Italian. The flag is red 9.12 Unit 9, 9.5, Exercises 4 and 5
and white. There aren’t any mountains, rivers or lakes
in Monaco, but it’s next to the sea! 1
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We’re
8.18 Unit 8, Set for Life, Exercises 5 and 6 flying at about ten thousand metres, at a speed of seven
L = Leila G = Greg hundred and fifty kilometres per hour. We’re arriving in London
L:  We went out for a pizza with some of the Greek students, in just under an hour. Believe it or not, it’s quite sunny at our
and I decided to talk to them about the problem. They destination, but it’s just three degrees, so not very warm. It’s
explained that in Greece it’s normal to be a little late when also quite windy. Please stay in your seats …
you meet someone, and nobody thinks it’s rude. They 2
were surprised that in the UK you have to arrive at the time M = Mum I = Izzy
you agreed! They think we’re really stressed about time! I M: Hi, Izzy. How are you enjoying your holiday?
think I should be more relaxed about it, like them! I:  Well, Athens is great and there’s so much to do here. We’re
G:  I decided to talk to my Egyptian friend before the next dinner going to the Acropolis after lunch. But the weather’s
time! I explained that I didn’t know what to do when his terrible. It was very foggy last night. And we wanted
mum offered me so much food! He laughed and explained to go to the beach today, but it’s really cold. What’s it like
that in Egypt it’s polite to offer your visitors a LOT of food! in Birmingham?
If you see that a visitor has no food, you must offer them M:  Oh, it’s lovely here. It stopped raining just after you left
some more – even if they say, ‘No, thanks.’ The best idea is and now it’s really sunny!
to take a little more food, but then leave it on your plate.
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I = Ian G = Grandad
I:  It’s raining again! I hate living in Scotland. The weather’s N = Narrator Pr = Presenter P = Passenger
the same three hundred and sixty-five days a year! N:  Is train travel the method of transport of the future?
G:  That isn’t true, Ian. In Scotland there is a wonderful poetry Modern trains use electricity, so they are much more
to our seasons. The summer is warm and rainy. Autumn eco-friendly than cars or planes. But most people choose
is rainy and windy. In winter our weather is cold and rainy. the train because it’s quick and comfortable. The Eurostar
Spring is rainy and windy. We are lucky to live here. Now is a high-speed train between London and the rest
put your boots on – we’re going hiking in the mountains! of Europe. It goes under the sea! You can travel to Paris,
Brussels or Amsterdam. The journey from London to Paris
41 Wider World, Unit 9, 9.5, Exercise 6 is only two and a half hours. You don’t have to check
P = Presenter A = Anya B = Bruce J = Jim K = Kate in and then wait for hours, like you do at an airport.
Ka = Karen M = Matt Slower, more traditional trains are still very popular too.
P: What’s the weather like today? This station is Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia.
K:  Beautiful, the weather’s beautiful today. Blue skies, sun’s And this is the famous Trans Siberian Express. It goes
shining, fantastic. from Moscow in Russia, through Mongolia, to Beijing
M: The weather is really autumnal. It’s crisp and bright. in China. That’s a journey of six days! There are views
A: It started off cold and now it’s hot. from the windows of towns, mountains and desert.
B:  The weather is beautiful, sunny, untypically London, Mongolia is very big! Some people travel by train just
I think, for this time of year. because they love trains!
J: Today the weather is warm and sunny. Pr: Hello. How are you?
P: What was the weather like yesterday? All: Good.
K: Yesterday was good too. Yeah, it’s a nice sunny day. Pr: So tell me. Where are you from?
M: The weather yesterday was cold and clear. P1: We are from Singapore.
A: The weather was not very nice yesterday. P1&2: Yes.
B: A bit windy, not nearly as nice. Maybe a chance of rain. P3: … to travel on this train for one night.
J: It was the same as today, warm and sunny. And it is something very, very different.
P: What’s your favourite month for the weather? P1: Twenty-some hours on a train!
Ka: July, ’cause it’s very warm, and August. P3: Yes, it’s very different, very different. And I think
K:  I prefer October and the winter ’cause I like the cold it’s good. It’s a very good experience for us.
weather and wrap up warm. But I love days like this, N:  Maybe train travel is the future! It doesn’t matter if you’re
it’s a little bit chilly and the sun’s shining, it’s beautiful travelling between Moscow and Beijing or between
for dog walking. London and Amsterdam. Sit down, relax and enjoy
M:  My favourite month for the weather is July. It’s really warm the quick, comfortable and eco-friendly journey!
and often sunny. PROGRESS CHECK UNITS 1–9
A:  My favourite month for the weather is August, because
it’s normally hot, although in England it’s, it varies. PC1–9.1 Progress Check Units 1–9, Exercise 7
B:  My favourite month is September because it’s crisp H = Hannah R = Ryan
and, but it’s also not winter yet, and I find it quite H: What are you going to do this summer, Ryan?
comfortable. R: I’m going to go on a sports holiday for two weeks.
J:  My favourite month for the weather is July because H: That’s cool. Are you going with your mum and dad?
it’s warm and sunny in July. R:  No, my uncle has a summer sports camp for teenagers,
so I’m going there with my cousins. Their friends are going
9.15 Unit 9, 9.6, Exercise 5 to be there too.
Go to the end of Viner Street. Turn left into Daisy Street. H: Nice! So what sports can you do there?
Go past the supermarket and turn right at the crossroads. R:  Well it’s mostly water sports, so there’s surfing, sailing
Go straight on and turn right into Hall Street. It’s on the right. and swimming. I’m going to learn how to sail.
You can’t miss it. H: Aren’t you going to surf and swim too?
R:  Well, yes, but I already know how to do those – so they’re
9.19 Unit 9, Revision, Exercise 8 for fun. What about you, Hannah? Do you have any
I’m going on holiday next week. We’re taking the train holiday plans?
to the south of France. What are we going to do there? H:  We’re going to go to France for a week next month.
My mum’s going to go sailing, my dad’s going to go surfing, We planned it last weekend. I’m going with mum
and I’m going to relax by the pool! and my two sisters.
R: Awesome! Are you going to go to Paris?
H:  Yes, for sightseeing and shopping – and lots of walking
so we can see the city. We prefer walking to taking
the bus or metro. I can’t wait!
R: That’s going to be amazing.

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