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МИНИСТЕСТВО ТРАНСПОРТА РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ

УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ ВЫСШЕГО ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ

УЛЬЯНОВСКОЕ ВЫСШЕЕ АВИАЦИОННОЕ УЧИЛИЩЕ

ГРАЖДАНСКОЙ АВИАЦИИ (ИНСТИТУТ)

TEACHER’S BOOK

Методическое пособие

для преподавателей

Ульяновск 2005

ББК Ш 143.21-9 я7

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Teacher’s book = Книга для преподавателей: Метод. пособие / сост.

Л.М. Федечко, О.М. Кузнецова. – Ульяновск: УВАУ ГА, 2005. – 90 с.

Пособие для преподавателей к Сборнику упражнений по аудированию

для курсантов 2 курса призвано облегчить работу преподавателей. Содер-

жатся расшифровки аудиотекстов, толкование реалий современной анг-

лийской и американской действительности, встречающихся на страницах

Сборника и ключи к заданиям.

CONTENTS

Preface……...…………………………………………………………...…...3

Unit One. Shopping ……………………………………………….…….…..6

Unit Two. Around the World ……………………………………………...16

Unit Three. Travelling ……………………………………………………..27

Unit Four. Going through Customs ………………………………………..45

Unit Five. Hotels …………………………………………………………..49

Unit Six. Money. Banks. …...……………………………………………...59

Unit Seven. Post. Telephone……………………………………………….69

Unit Eight. Weather ………………………………………………...……...84

Bibliography…………………………………………………………….….89

© Федечко Л.М., Кузнецова О.М.,

составление, 2005

© Ульяновск, УВАУ ГА, 2005.

ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ

Согласно требованиям новых рабочих программ по дисциплинам «Английский язык» и «Разговорный английский язык» курсанты по окон-чании второго курса должны владеть аудированием на определенном уровне. Однако условия обучения английскому языку в нашем училище таковы, что курсанты смогут понимать речь носителей языка только при наличии эффективной системы обучения этому весьма сложному виду ре-чевой деятельности. Наличие в распоряжении преподавателя целенаправ-ленной системы упражнений может существенным образом улучшить и интенсифицировать подготовку студентов.

Известно, что обучение любому виду речевой деятельности, в том чис-ле и аудированию, представляет собой достаточно длительный процесс, и для овладения им требуется большое количество заданий, соответственно и большое количество текстов. Действительно, отдельно взятый текст (упражнение) не может дать ощутимого обучающего эффекта.

Цель занятий по аудированию состоит в обучении пониманию естест-венной речи в зависимости от необходимости аудирования в ситуациях, когда участники встречаются лицом к лицу, или в ситуациях, когда нет взаимного контакта. Именно такая ситуация общения требует нашего внимания, поскольку записанная речь является основным источником ввода информации в классе.

Трудности восприятия могут происходить по причине скорости речи, незнакомых ритмических структур, числа говорящих, разных регистров, плохой артикуляции, эмоциональности речи и фонового шума. Для разви-тия навыков, необходимых для того, чтобы понимать естественную речь, обучающиеся должны быть ознакомлены с аутентичными текстами или с текстами, звучащими как аутентичные.

Настоящее «Методическое пособие» является дополнением к «Сбор-нику упражнений по аудированию для курсантов 2 курса» и предназначе-

Л.М. Федечко, О.М. Кузнецова Teacher’s book = Книга для преподавателей

© НИЛ НОТ НИО УВАУ ГА(и), 2009 г 3

но для преподавателей. В пособии приводится расшифровка аудиотекстов «Сборника», примечания к ним, содержащие объяснение реалий и толко-вание наиболее трудных мест, которые не всегда можно найти в имею-щейся справочной литературе, а также ключи к упражнениям.

«Сборник упражнений по аудированию» рассчитан на курсантов вто-рого курса всех специальностей и предназначен для использования на практических занятиях по дисциплинам « Английский язык» и «Разговор-ный английский язык».

При составлении «Сборника аудиотекстов» было отобрано такое коли-чество текстов и упражнений, которое, по мнению составителей, будет достаточным для достижения цели обучения. Отобранные учебные мате-риалы представляют собой тщательно подготовленные аутентично-звучащие, или «полуаутентичные» записи, которые различаются по со-держанию и форме.

По своей тематической структуре «Сборник» соответствует тематиче-скому плану действующих «Рабочих программ» и построен на том же лексическом и грамматическом материале. В «Сборнике» представлены следующие темы: «Покупки»; «Вокруг мира»; «Путешествия»; «Тамож-ня»; «Отели»; «Деньги, банки»; «Почта, телефон»; «Погода».

Каждый раздел содержит от семи до девяти аудиотекстов, которые от-личаются разнообразием и степенью трудности, что позволяет использо-вать их соответственно разным уровням знаний курсантов. Задания повы-шенной сложности отмечены *. Работа над каждым аудиотекстом предпо-лагает выполнение следующих заданий:

1) задания, предваряющие прослушивание; 2) задания, выполняемые во время прослушивания; 3) задания, выполняемые после прослушивания текста.

Задания, предваряющие прослушивание, должны подготовить обу-чающихся к восприятию текста:

− сообщается, какой тип текста они будут слушать;



− предоставляется необходимая фоновая информация о тексте; − даются ключевые слова и выражения, встречающиеся в тексте

(они могут воспользоваться ими, чтобы представить, о чем будет идти речь, или создать собственные версии, которые затем можно будет срав-нить с записанным текстом);

− предоставляется возможность обсудить тему текста, выразить соб-ственные взгляды, опыт;

− предлагается заполнить пропуски в расшифровке записанного текста. Задания, выполняемые во время прослушивания:

− вопросы (вопросы выбора, правильно/неправильно, вопросы, не имеющие однозначного ответа);

− распознавание (определить тип текста, контекст – кто разговари-вает с кем, о чем, где, когда);

− соотнесение устного и письменного текстов;

− конспектирование (заполнить бланк, записать сообщение по теле-фону, отметить, как говорящий выражает мнения, отношения, чувства, суммировать основные моменты в таблице);

− завершение (добавить недостающие слова, обучающиеся могут сначала дополнить диалог, затем прослушать, чтобы подтвердить или из-менить предполагаемые реплики).

Задания на основе прослушанного материала должны вовлечь курсан-тов в активную творческую деятельность:

− придумать и разыграть конец диалога (или рассказа);

− выразить свое мнение по определенной теме;

− соотнести содержание текста с собственным опытом. «Сборник аудиотекстов» призван оказать помощь студентам и препо-

давателям в обучении аудированию, его использование будет способство-вать повышению эффективности и достижению целей обучения.

При составлении «Сборника» использован опыт современных зару-бежных и отечественных изданий.



Unit One

SHOPPING

Recording One

Notes

1. Fabulous – extremely good or impressive.

2. Outfit – a set of clothes worn together, especially for a special occasion.

3. Polo-neck – a shirt or sweater with a high close-fitting band around the

neck that is rolled down.

4. Sweatshirt – a piece of thick cotton clothing with long sleeves, worn on

the top half of your body, especially for sport.

Tapescript

1. I think my favourite thing at the moment is my white polo-neck sweater.

It goes with everything and it’s easy to wear.

2. I love my flowery silk waistcoat. I only wear it on very special occasions

and I usually wear it with a suit. It cheers me up.

3. My favourite thing is my black leather jacket which I bought in America

and is really old. It gets better as it gets older.

4. My baseball cap is my favourite thing. I’ve got very short hair and I feel

really cold without it. The colour’s great, bright orange and pink.

5. I spend quite a lot of money on clothes, but my favourite things aren’t usu-

ally the most expensive. For example, I love my old short-sleeved T-shirt with a

big banana on the front. I got that from the market for less than five pounds.

6. My favourite thing is definitely my leopard print fake fur coat. I got it

from a second-hand shop and it looks fabulous with my high-heeled boots.



7. I tend to like comfortable clothes best … my favourite outfit is my

baggy trousers and check shirt.

8. My gran sent me a beautiful tartan cashmere scarf for Christmas and I

love it.

Key

Ex. 1.

1-A, 2-D, 3-O, 4-L, 5-N, 6-Q, 7-K, 8-H, 9-E, 10-M, 11-G.

Recording Two

Notes

1. Bouncy – material that is bouncy goes back to its shape when you press it.

2. Casual – casual clothes are comfortable clothes that you wear in informal

situations.

3. Conventional – traditional.

4. Pinstripe – one of the thin light-coloured lines that forms a pattern on

cloth against a darker background.

5. Slide – a small metal or plastic object that holds your hair in place.

6. Stiffly – the situation that is stiffly stops you from developing your own

ideas and character.

Tapescript

Annie: I like wearing the kind of clothes that I know my mother doesn’t

wear. I like, I like to look young and I like wearing bright colours and things

that stand out in a crowd like, I like leather trousers and skirts, I like bright,

bright colours, in my hair as well – like slides and things but also I dye my hair

quite often. I don’t see why I should look like everyone else in the street. It’s

fun. Clothes should be fun not something really serious. I could never spend, I

don’t know, £100 on a skirt for example. It’s just such a waste of money.



Sara: I mean, I like dressing up sometimes, but most of the time I actually

feel uncomfortable, especially for my job ‘cause I, I teach and, you know, if I’m

wearing a skirt or a blouse I go in and I feel as if I’m teaching really formally

and stiffly just because of what I’m wearing, so I tend to like to wear, you

know, I like wearing sort of stripey things and spotty things and, and bright

bouncy things really, and I’m not really bothered about the fashion. So I just

like to wear the sort of things, you know, that like I feel comfortable in.

Liz: I like wearing quite smart clothes because I feel better that way. I like

to feel that I’m presenting the right image because I come into work – I work in

an office – and I feel that people need to have some respect for me. They’re go-

ing to do that more if I’m dressed to look as if I have some control over my

situation and everything else. I enjoy wearing these clothes and I therefore feel

more comfortable in them, which is also an additional part of it. At the present

moment, I’m wearing a suit and, and a shirt and high heels, but that is not be-

cause I have to. It’s because I actually feel better that way and that the image

that I’m presenting will give people more confidence.

Mike: Yes, well it’s because I work in a bank really. I’m expected to wear

formal clothes, pinstripe suit, tie, dark shoes, usually. Other times I do wear

other, other sorts of clothes but I, I quite like wearing things like that. We’re a

bit of an old-fashioned firm and they, they insist that we do…

Key

Ex. 3.

Annie: 1. Yes, she does. 2. No, she doesn’t.

Sara: 3. Yes, it is. 4. No, she isn’t.

Liz: 5. Yes, she does. 6. No, she doesn’t.

Mike: 7. Yes, he does. 8. Yes, he does.



Recording Three

Tapescript

A: Okay, so I’ll take the skirt, the dress, these jeans and that jacket. Oh, wait a minute…is this jumper on the sale?

B: I think so, yes, it is. A: Сould I try one on in red? B: What size are you? A: Twelve. B: The changing-rooms are over there… Does it fit? A: No, it’s a bit big. Do you have it in a 10? B: No, I’m sorry, we’ve sold out.

Key

Ex. 6.

The missing words are italicised in the tapescript.

Recording Four

Note

Tailored – made by cutting and sewing to a person’s measurement; often used to mean well-cut, or having the look of being tailored.

Tapescript

Clerk: May I help you find something? Alice: No, thanks, I’m just looking. Uh, well, maybe you can. I’d like to buy

a nice pair of jeans and one of these tailored jackets for my husband’s birthday, but I’m not sure which of the jackets he’d like best.

C: Mmm-hmm. This one is cut very nicely and it’s very popular right now. A: Yes, I like it, too. And the colour would look good on him. But I just

don’t know…



C: You might consider getting him a gift certificate, you know. Then he could come in and get exactly what he wants and then it would be sure to fit.

A: Yes, that is an idea…but … uh, would he be able to exchange the jacket if I got him one today and he didn’t like it?

C: Yes, of course, within 30 days as long as he has the receipt. A: Then I guess I’ll take this one. C: Fine. I’ll write it up over here…uh, do you have a credit card, ma’am? A: Yes, I do. C: Okay, just take this sales slip and your card over to register 12 and the

cashier’ll ring it up for you. Cashier: Here you go. Just sign the slip here, please, and here’s you bag.

Key

Ex. 8.

She has thirty days to exchange things but she has to keep the receipt, which is the same as the sales slip.

Ex. 9.

The expressions are italicised in the tapescript.

Recording Five

Tapescript

Assistant: Good afternoon, madam. Can I help you? Customer: Yes, I’d like to see the manager, please . A: Furniture, madam? Second floor. C: No, the manager. Ma-na-gerA: Oh, I’m sorry. I thought you said furniture.

.

C: That’s all right. But can I see the manager, please? A: Well, I’m afraid she’s very busy just now. Have you an appointment? C: No, I haven’t. I want to make a complaint. A: A complaint. Oh, I see. Well, I’ll just see if she’s free.



Key

Ex. 10.


Ex. 13.

1-H, 2-F, 3-A, 4-D, 5-G, 6-C, 7-B, 8-E.

Ex. 14.

1. I’m afraid;

2. I’m sorry to hear that. / I’m really sorry about that, madam. / I really am

very sorry about this, madam. / I do apologise;

3. went;

4. got.

Recording Six

Note

Novelties – an unusual, small, cheap object, suitable to be given as a present.

Tapescript

Vivien: As the district I’m living in now is right in the centre of town, it’s

very convenient for schools and for work. It’s also good for shopping, although

there aren’t many all-night or twenty-four-hour shops close by. I’ve lived in

better places in this respect – although I have to say that Hungary is better than

England, where there aren’t usually any 24-hour shops anywhere. Maybe there

are a few in the centre of London but they are the exception rather than the

rule. But even if there are just a few 24-hour shops, if you want to go shopping

in the daytime, for clothes or books or things like that, it’s perfect.

Thomas: There’s a small shop very close to us. Five minutes walk away is

a shopping centre, which contains many types of shops. There is a shop for

stationery goods, a couple of big supermarkets, a pharmacy, there are people



selling fruit and vegetables outside on open stalls, and there are little shops sell-

ing novelties for children, and small gift-shops. So there is no shortage of

places nearby to find food or things that we need for the flat.

Key

Ex. 17.


Recording Seven

Notes

1. Artisan – someone who does skilled work with their hands.

2. Colonial style – was common in the US in the 18th century.

3. Craftsman – a man who makes beautiful or practical objects using his

hands.

4. Exquisite – extremely beautiful and delicate.

5. Forefront – a leading or important position.

6. Pass down – give knowledge or teach skills to your children or to

younger people.

7. Up-to-the-minute = up-to-date – modern and using the latest ideas or

knowledge.

Tapescript

1. Welcome to Bulloughs! A favourite fashion house in Carlisle. We are not

yet a full line department store. With the arrival of new departments we can

present to you an ever wider range of quality goods. There are classic and up-

to-the-minute ladies fashion collections, a considerable menswear selection of-

fering both casual and formal wear, All Season rainwear and an excellent La-

dies’ and Gentlemen’s hairdressing department. You can also shop for every



room in your house from the bedroom to the kitchen. The Bulloughs’ tradition

of excellent customer service is fundamental to our business.

2. Liberty, a famous store in London, offers its customers a great variety of

fine quality goods ranging from bath- and kitchenware to the finest jewellery

collections, antiques and paintings. It’s also known for its exquisite Gifts de-

partment. Liberty is famous for its own exclusive Liberty Art textiles: silks, cot-

tons and furnishing fabrics in the original Liberty design.

3. Old Empire trading company consists of a chain of five stores located in

Great Britain. The company specializes in importing unusual pieces from across

Indo-China and Asia. You can …the world in our stores. The collections in-

clude unique hand-made furniture and original home decoration accessories

such as vases, candlesticks, tea-light lamps, animal figures, Buddha and Chi-

nese figures and much more. Each fantastically beautiful piece is unique. Local

artisans use traditional skills to produce them from metals, leather, bone, and

from tropical plantation grown timber. So if you are looking for something a lit-

tle different you’ve come to the right place.

Key

Ex. 19.

Liberty 2,4 Bulloughs 1,5 Old Empire 3,6

Ex. 20.

b, c, d, e, g.

Ex. 21.

1. its exquisite Gifts department;

2. hand- ;

3. Rainwear;



4. up-to-the-minute; 5. unique; 6. its own exclusive Liberty Art Textiles: silks, cottons, furnishing fabrics.

Ex. 22.

1. in Carlisle; 2. both casual and formal; 3. at Liberty; 4. five; 5. from Indo-China and Asia; 6. in Great Britain.

Recording Eight

Notes

1. Cash and carry – is a very large shop where customers representing a business or organisation can buy a large amounts of goods at cheap prices.

2. VHS – video home system: a system for recording television programmes at home.

Tapescript

Hickman’s aren’t (1) as (2) expensive (3) as you think. A Panasonic VHS video is only (4) 399.95 pounds. If you add up the extras at other (5) places, it’s (6) cheaper by far (7) at Hickman’s.

McIlroy’s (8) is first for choice, (9) quality and value, so make us first (10) for (11) your Christmas shopping. (12) Our new-look store means an even bet-ter choice of gifts for the (13) whole (14) family. Make shopping part (15) of (16) the pleasure (17) of Christmas. Experience the new-look McIlroy’s.

(18) Save, (19) save, (20) save on Christmas shopping (21) at Scat’s Cash-and-Carry (22) at Devizes and Salisbury. There are thousands of (23) bargains for (24) everyone at cash-and-carry prices all the year round.



Key

Ex. 23.


Recording Nine

Notes

1. Hardware – a) computer machinery and equipment, as opposed to the programmes that make computers work (software); b) equipment and tools for your home and garden.

2. Obscene – offensive in a sexual way; so unfair or immoral that you feel angry.

Tapescript

This is a true story that was reported in the papers a few years ago. There was this guy, aged about 30 or so, who was out of work, and so of course he had money problems. Well, one evening he was going out to visit his old mother. And he had a bit of time to spare, so he thought he’d try crime as a way of solving his problems. So he wrote out this note, saying ‘I’ve got a gun in my bag, and I’ll shoot it off unless you hand over the money’. Then he went into four shops, one after the other, and you know he didn’t get a penny. In the first shop, that was a chemist’s, there was a middle-aged woman serving, and she wouldn’t accept the note because she thought it said something dirty. So he went next door to a grocer’s, where he found an Asian assistant who couldn’t speak English. Then he tried a Chinese takeaway food shop, but the manager couldn’t read the note because he had eye trouble. In the end, of course, the guy got himself arrested. He was really upset, and kept saying how stupid he was, and how he wouldn’t have fired the gun anyway.

Key

Ex. 24.

The differences are italicised in the tapescript.



Unit Two

AROUND THE WORLD

Recording One

Notes

1. Oxfam – Oxford Committee for Femine Relief. A British charity organi-

sation, that helps people in poor countries, especially by training them in farm-

ing methods, providing medicine etc. It raises some of its money through sales

of new and used goods in its Oxfam shops.

2. RSPCA – (the) Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals;

an organisation (a charity) in Britain which is concerned with the protection of

animals.

Tapescript

Man: Yes, it’s true British people seem more relaxed – in public, anyway.

For instance, if a train is late with no explanation, people don’t complain or get

angry, they just carry on reading their newspapers. But it’s not because they are

relaxed – they are probably furious inside. It’s because they hate showing their

feelings – they hate people looking at them. If a small child is screaming in a

supermarket, for example, the mother looks embarrassed – you shouldn’t show

your feelings in public! I do agree about the sense of humour. British people

love playing with words – they can be very funny, and they can tell a joke

without laughing – they can keep a completely straight face. I don’t agree that

people are polite though – maybe in small towns, but not in big cities like Lon-

don. Drivers and shop-assistants can be very rude.



Woman: Yes, when I’m away from Britain I miss the people because they are so unconventional – they are all different. You can see it in the way they dress – young people don’t follow fashion. They are all individuals. I’m sure that’s why there are so many different accents and cultures all over Britain, too – people don’t like being the same. Yes, I think in general people are kind. In a vil-lage post office they will probably take the time to ask a little old lady, ‘How’s your knee?’ And they are always ready to help and give money if there is a disas-ter and also to Oxfam and other charities – especially animal charities like the RSPCA! They can seem unfriendly or a bit cold at first to people they don’t know, but they are not really. A lot of British people are very friendly indeed.

Key

Ex. 26.

A. relaxed, reserved, funny, kind, friendly.

Recording Two

Tapescript

1. In a formal situation you should shake hands and say ‘Nice to meet you’ or ‘How do you do’. We don’t usually kiss people when we first meet them.

2. Always order at the bar. Take your drinks and sit down where you can find a seat. Here people sometimes share a table. To get food you usually order at the bar, too. There aren’t usually any waiters although sometimes they will bring you your food.

3. Don’t forget to ask before you have a bath or a shower. And try not to spend too long in the bathroom!

4. Never clap your hands or hit your glass with a knife. Say ‘Excuse me!’ or try to catch the waiter’s eye.

5. People normally expect you to be a few minutes late. Never arrive early. Usually you have drinks before the meal. After you eat, you usually sit around



chatting for a while. If you want to leave soon after the meal make sure you say you’ve had a lovely evening and the food was delicious and then make an excuse.

Key

Ex. 28.

1-D, 2-A, 3-E, 4-C, 5-B.

Recording Three

Note

Hawthorn – боярышник.

Tapescript

Holidays are important as they shine out from the grey 9 to 5 routines of everyday life and work as a time when we can forget about the stresses of our lives and enjoy ourselves, relax, and be with our family and friends. We can do the things that we dream about when we are doing what we don’t want to do so much. They function as a break from the other days, and they should be very different from our normal routines. In the past, although also fulfilling this function they were primarily religious festivals or celebrations of the different times of year – the harvest, winter time, days getting longer or shorter – and acted as natural reference points in the cycle of the year. Nowadays they mostly give us a bit of release from the monotony of going to work or to school every day. In England, apart from the big holidays such as Christmas and Easter, we have many so-called Bank Holidays. We have one on May the first, for exam-ple. This day is a traditional festival in England, but not many people know about its routes. It originates from one of the old Celtic fire-festivals, called ‘Beltaine’, which was marked by the time that the ‘May trees’, or hawthorn trees, came into blossom in England. One of the celebrations for this festival was to put a big pole in the middle of the ground called the May pole, and all the people would come out from their houses and dress up in brightly coloured



costumes, and, holding on to ropes or pieces of ribbon tied to the top of the pole, they would dance round the May pole.

There are 8 Celtic festivals at different times during the year. There are 2 festivals for the Solstices, which are the longest day in summer and the shortest day in winter, and 2 for the Equinoxes, which are the middle days in between these two extremes, with an equal length of day and night. There are also 4 more festivals which were spread between these. These were fire-festivals, and represented different things such as fertility or the harvest.

Anyway, now we have quite a few of these small ‘bank holidays’, as they are called in England. They are called bank holidays because the banks are closed on these days. They normally fall on a Monday and Tuesday, thus mak-ing a long weekend. At these times, all of the museums, national parks, old cas-tles and other places of interest are full of people out on day-trips with their children. All of the seaside resorts are also very crowded.

Key

Ex. 30.

He mentions 13 holidays: Christmas, Easter, Bank Holidays (May the first), 8 Celtic holidays.

Ex. 31. 1. Holidays are important as they shine out from the grey 9 to 5 routines of

everyday life and work as a time when we can forget about the stresses of our lives and enjoy ourselves, relax, and be with our family and friends. We can do the things that we dream about when we are doing what we don’t want to do so much.

2. They function as a break from the other days. 3. They are called bank holidays because the banks are closed on these days. 4. Bank holidays normally fall on a Monday and Tuesday, thus making a

long weekend. 5. People go sightseeing or to the seaside resorts.



Recording Four

Notes

1. Bloated – full of liquid, gas, food etc., so that you look or feel much lar-ger than usual.

2. Flop (down) – to sit or lie down in a relaxed way, by letting all weight fall heavily onto a chair etc.

3. Mince pie – a small pie filled with mincemeat that is eaten especially at Christmas.

4. Mincemeat – a mixture of apples, raisins, and spices, but no meat, put in-side pastry and baked.

5. Pillow case – a cloth cover for a pillow. 6. Sage – a plant used to flavour food (шалфей). 7. (Brussels) sprout – a small round vegetable consisting of many green

leaves wrapped tightly around each other. 8. Sultana – a dried white grape, used especially in baking cakes (сорт

изюма). 9. Stuffing – a mixture of bread, onion, egg, and herb that you put inside

meat before cooking it.

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Christmas at my parents’ house was quite a big event, I mean for the chil-dren especially, and I remember when I was very small it was so exciting. We would wake up at 6 o’clock or earlier on Christmas morning, and immediately look at the bottom of the bed, where there would be a pillow case, not a stock-ing (which was good because you can get more presents into a pillow case) at the bottom of the bed, which supposedly Father Christmas had brought. It was full of little presents and fruit and nuts and all kinds of little things. Mine was always very exciting, I think my Mum had very original ideas. I don’t remem-ber when we stopped getting them. I suppose I was about 15 or something, but



in the years up until then we used to get them, in some form. However, towards the end they got smaller and smaller, so that in the end it was just a sock, maybe with an orange and a walnut in it.

After that, there’s Christmas Day, the 25th, which is supposed to be the big day, the big event. While the turkey was cooking in the morning, everyone would open their presents, and then usually hang around in the kitchen and annoy my Mum who’d be trying to cook. We would have a turkey with bacon on the top, which was really nice, and sausages, stuffing – two kinds of stuffing, chest-nut stuffing and a kind of sage and onion stuffing – roast potatoes, sprouts, gravy, and bread sauce, which my cousin really liked. Afterwards, we’d have Christmas pudding, which is an incredibly rich, very sweet, very heavy pudding made from all kinds of dried fruit, like raisins, sultanas, with a lot of alcohol in it. You pour brandy over the top and set fire to it, so it comes into the room alight, on fire, and then you eat it with brandy butter, which is made of butter, sugar and brandy, I think, all mixed up. We also had mince pies, which are small dried fruit-filled pies. So it’s an incredibly heavy meal. Everyone eats that for about an hour, and then we have to watch the Queen’s speech, which I think is at 2 o’clock, and a kind of tradition. My father insists that we all have to sit down and watch the Queen as she speaks for 5 or 10 minutes about the year that’s gone by, and then, usually, everyone just carries on watching television all afternoon.

The Christmas weather in England is so uninspiring, either rainy or cold, so after such a huge meal people just sit down, flop in front of the television and watch old films until evening. When evening comes, we have tea. We have a cup of tea and some Christmas cake – another very rich, heavy cake which my aunt Patty always makes, with sultanas, raisins, nuts, cherries and all kinds of dried fruit in it. After that, nobody usually wants to eat anything. People usually just too exhausted or bloated to do anything other than maybe open a few more presents, if there are any left, or play with the children, to keep them entertained until it’s time for them to go to bed.



Key

Ex. 32.

Vivien describes Christmas.

Recording Five

Tapescript

According to the latest survey the British still like their holidays. These are the results. 90 % enjoy the beauties of nature and the countryside and 89 % like being away from home and the daily routine. The same number – 89 % like spending more time with the family and friends. This was surprising. In fact, according to the survey, family holidays seem to be good for family relationships. These are the other figures about what the British like. 88 % of the British people we asked, like meeting new people and 87% like seeing life in different countries. A lot of people think the British don’t like meeting new people but according to this survey this is not true. New kinds of food interested 79 % of the people and 60 % were mainly interested in lying on the beach and getting a suntan. Most people admit to putting on weight on holiday. Going to museums and art galleries interested only 58 % and even fewer – a surprising 35 % – just like drinking a lot. On the other hand what people most dislike about their holidays is the journey. In particular not hav-ing information about why they have been delayed – 76 % – while 72 % hate any kind of waiting at the airport. The same number – 72 % - hate traffic jams. The journey is often the most difficult part of the holiday. These are the other figures about what the British dislike. 58 % of people hate paying too much for something and 56% hate noisy or rude people. However, 46 % of the people we asked, com-plain about getting lost and arguing with each other and 37 % say they hate fight-ing to get a place by the swimming pool. At the bottom of the list only 32 % worry about not speaking the language – we think this would be different for other na-tionalities – and 27 % hate packing. The survey suggests that the British like being with other people more than we think. Interestingly, more than a quarter arrive home as tired as or more than when they went.



Key

Ex. 35 Like B C Dislike B C

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

8 3 9 5 1 6 4 7 2

58 % 89 % 35 % 87 % 90 % 79 % 88 % 60 % 89 %

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

5 9 7 1 2 8 3 6 4

56 % 27 % 37 % 76 % 72 % 32 % 72 % 46 % 58 %

Recording Six

Notes

Ceremonial – a ceremonial job exists for traditional reasons and the person who has it doesn’t have much power.

Tapescript

The USA The USA – the United States of America – is a federation of 50 states. 48 of

these states are in the same general area, between Canada in the north and Mexico in the south. The other 2 states are geographically separate: Alaska is in the extreme north-west of the American continent, and Hawaii is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The federal capital is Washington, D.C., south of New York near the east coast.

Washington is the centre of federal government, but each state has its own capital and its own government. State governments have a large amount of power and independence: they make their own laws, and they are responsible for education, for the state police force, for the prison system, for road-building and many other things.

Federal laws are made by Congress, which is the equivalent of the British Parliament. There are two ‘houses’: the House of Representatives and the Sen-



ate. Each state sends representatives and senators to Congress. Elections to the House of Representatives are held every two years, while Senators are elected for a six-year period.

The President is elected separately, together with the Vice-President. They serve for a term of four years. The President chooses the people who will form the cabinet. These do not have to be elected members of Congress – they can be brought in from outside Congress – but the Senate must approve their appoint-ment. Power is shared between the President and Congress, and if the President belongs to the minority party in Congress, it can cause problems.

There are two main political parties in the United States: the Democrats and the Republicans. The Democrats are slightly more to the left than the Republi-cans, but the differences between their policies are not usually very great.

The United States does not have a separate ceremonial Head of State.

The Republic of Ireland

The Republic of Ireland – Eire in Irish – consists of four provinces; each province is divided into counties. Ireland is located in the Atlantic Ocean, to the west of Great Britain. The national language is Irish, and English is recognised as a second official language. The central government in Dublin is powerful, but local authorities are partly responsible for education, health care, roads, housing, and so on.

Laws are made by the National Government, which consists of two houses, a House of Representatives and a Senate. Representatives are elected every five years; some Senators are elected as well, and some are appointed by the Prime Minister (who is elected by the House of Representatives). The President is mainly a ceremonial head of state, but has some political power; he or she is elected separately for a term of seven years. Real power is held by the Prime Minister, who chooses the members of the cabinet – but the House of Represen-tatives must approve their appointment.



There are four main political parties, Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, the Progressive Democrats and the Labour Party. Fianna Fail and Fine Gael are much bigger than the other parties, but not usually big enough to have a majority in Parlia-ment; so one of them must usually join with one of the other parties to form a government. Fianna Fail and Fine Gael are both fairly right-wing; Fianna Fail is more religious and has more voters in the country while Fine Gael is not reli-gious and has more voters in the cities.

Key

Ex. 36, 37, 38.

Britain The USA Ireland consists of 4 countries; each is

divided into counties 50 states; each is di-vided into counties

4 provinces; each di-vided into counties

is governed from London Washington, D.C. Dublin Laws are made by

Parliament Congress National Parliament

which consists of

House of Commons and House of Lords

House of Representa-tives and Senate

House of Representa-tives and Senate

Members are called

Members of Parlia-ment (‘MPs’) (Commons)

Representatives or Congressmen/women; Senators

Representatives and Senators

They are elected

every five years or less (Commons)

Representatives: every 2 years; Senators: every 6 years

Representatives: every 5 years; some Senators are elected, some are appointed by the PM

Head of Gov-ernment is called

Prime Minister (‘PM’)

President Prime Minister

Is Head of Gov-ernment sepa-rately elected?

No; leader of major-ity party in House of Commons becomes PM

Yes, every 4 years Yes, by the House of Representatives

Real power is held by

PM and his/her min-isters (‘cabinet’)

both Congress and the President

Prime Minister

Do local or re-gional govern-ment bodies have any power?

Partly responsible for education, health care, police, roads

States have a lot of power and independ-ence, including making laws

Partly responsible for education, health care, roads, housing and so on



How many large political parties are there?

Three; Labour (left-wing), Conserva-tives (right-wing), and Liberal Democ-rats (centre)

2: Democrats (rather left-wing) and Repub-licans (right-wing)

4; Fianna Fail, Fine Gael (fairly right-wing), the Progressive Democrats and Labour

Ceremonial Head of state?

King or Queen No President

Recording Seven

Notes

1. Public school – in the UK is a private institution for young people be-

tween the ages of 13-18 whose parents pay for their education. The students of-

ten live at the school during the school year. American speakers usually refer to

this as a private school. In the US, public school refers to a school that is paid

for from taxes and provides free education to local children between the ages of

about five and 18. This is called a state school in the UK.

2. Purse – a. BrE a small case in which women carry coins, paper money,

credit cards etc.

b. AmE a woman’s handbag.

Key

Ex. 39.

A. 1-d, 2-c, 3-e, 4-f, 5-a, 6-b, 7-h, 8-g

B. 1. pants, 2. private school, 3. pharmacy/drugstore, 4. purse. 5. pharmacy /

drugstore, 6. gas(oline), 7. gas station, 8. gas(oline), 9. purse, 10. wallet,

11. pants.



Unit Three

TRAVELLING

Recording One

Notes

1. Be furnished with – provide sb with sth that they need.

2. Germ – a form of bacteria that spreads disease among people or animals.

3. Jet lag – the feeling of being very tired and sometimes confused because

you have travelled quickly on a plane across parts of the world where the time

is different.

4. Pressurize – make the pressure inside sth different from the pressure out-

side.

5. Ship – to send goods to customers, usually by air or land.

Tapescript

Airplanes are obviously much more comfortable way of travelling. But it can also have its unpleasant moments. Space limitation is one of them. When travelling by plane a lack of space is a great problem. This doesn’t considerably vary from airplane to airplane. However aisle seats or … seats can give you a chance to stretch your legs. The second problem is airsickness. If you get motion sickness easily you may be more comfortable if you take some special drug before you fly. They are usually readily obtained. But drugs often tend to make one sleepy but this is the benefit on a long plane ride. Planes are also noisy. It wears away at you. Consider bringing some air plugs with you. You may also rent headphones if you want music. Crossing multiple time zones may bring about jet lag. Jet lag is your body’s answer to upsetting its normal biological cycle. Your body is used to falling asleep at certain times of the day



and will need time to adjust to a new schedule. Occasionally you will not be able to live on your scheduled flight. More often the delay will be for safety reasons because of fog, thunderstorms or technical faults. Sometimes while you are waiting to board the flight it is unexpectedly cancelled. If it is the airline’s fault you can get a free hotel room and breakfast or some prize or even free tickets to travel on that airline. Finally, there is a problem with air quality. The air inside the airline cabin isn’t as good as what you will get in other places. The air in the cabin isn’t pressurized to sea level. It can be filled with germs because people often fly when they are sick. To protect yourself you can wrap your face in a scarf or wear a mask.

Key

Ex. 40.

B, C, D, F, G, H.

Ex. 41.

1-T, 2-F, 3-T, 4-F, 5-T, 6-F, 7-T, 8-F.

Ex. 42.

1. to stretch your legs; 5. time; 2. before you fly; 6. good; 3. falling asleep; 7. delayed; 4. board the flight; 8. safety reasons.

Recording Two

Notes

1. Cramp – feeling uncomfortable in a space that is too small. 2. Obnoxious – very rude, offensive, unpleasant. 3. Pile-up – an accident in which several vehicles crash into each other. 4. Wacky – funny or silly. 5. Stall – seat.



Tapescript

One of the advantages of trains over buses is that you can get up and walk about, whereas on a coach you are stuck in your seat and you can’t move, and you get cramp and your feet go to sleep, and you can be sitting next to a really obnoxious antisocial person who is smoking or drinking or something and you can’t escape. On the train you can always move. For some reason I always seem to end up in a smoking compartment, which I can’t say I’m over enthusiastic about. I went on the train to Kaposvar last weekend and I ended up coughing my lungs out after sharing a compartment with three smokers, even though it was a non-smoking compartment. But at least I could walk to the buffet car. They have some amazing buffet cars now in Hungary. We went to the Debrecen in the summer and they had this kind of 60’s buffet with really wacky stalls and seats and an old-style restaurant. It was really good and you could sit down and eat sausages and drink beer. Also, it’s an advantage that you can just turn up at the railway station and buy a ticket, whereas with coaches you have to go along beforehand and order your ticket because you don’t know if the coach will be full, so it takes a bit more planning.

Coaches are subject to traffic jams and motorway pile-ups. They often have accidents in England, as coaches often go too fast ‘cause they have to keep up with their timetable.

Key

Ex. 44.

Travelling by bus: 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9. Travelling by train: 1, 3, 6.

Recording Three

Notes

1. Half-board – the hotel price includes bed, breakfast and dinner. 2. Salsa – a type of Latin American dance music influenced by jazz and rock.



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A. Dance and Ski in Spain Dance Holidays (01206-5777000) is offering a seven-day holiday combin-

ing skiing in the Sierra Nevada and salsa dancing in Granada. The price, £395,

includes flights, B&B and ski pass.

B. Eurostar to Lille Time Off (0870 584 6363) has two nights at the Grand Hotel Bellevue in

Lille for £179. This price includes return Eurostar tickets, accommodation and

breakfast.

C. Bargain flights to Hong Kong Trailfinders (020 7938 3366) has cut-price fares to Hong Kong for only

£310 on KLM. Departures are from Stansted Airport until 10 April. The mini-

mum stay required is seven days, the maximum is one month.

D. Bargain in Boston Virgin Holidays (01293456789) has three nights at the two-star Midtown

hotel in Boston for £ 299 until 28 March. Flights depart from Gatwick and chil-

dren under 11 pay half price.

E. Tour of Syria The Imaginative Traveller (020 8742 8612) has a nine-day tour of Syria. The

trip, which includes Palmyra and Domascus, leaves on 24 March and costs £

695, with flights, hotels and guides.

F. Week in Sorrento Citalia (020-86865533) has seven nights in Sorrento for £ 399. This includes

half-board accommodation in the Hotel Bristol and flights. The offer applies to

departures on 31 March.

Key

Ex. 46.

1. Spain. 2. Lille. 3. Hong Kong. 4. Boston. 5. Syria. 6. Sorrento.



Ex. 47.

1. in Granada; 7. Virgin Holidays; 2. £ 395; 8. two-star Midtown hotel; 3. Lille; 9. on 24 March; 4. £179; 10. nine days; 5. 020 7938 3366; 11. seven days; 6. seven days; 12. No, you can’t.

Recording Four

Notes

1. Sleep – have enough room or beds for a particular number of people to sleep in.

2. Roomette – on a train, a room with toilet and wash basin, where one or two people can sleep.

3. Slumber coach – on a train a room, where two people can sleep, without a toilet or wash basin.

Tapescript

Clerk: Can I help you? Jill: Yes, I’d like some information about trains to Chicago. C: Okay. What would you like to know? J: Well, how many are there per day? C: One via Pittsburgh leaving at 2:45 p.m. and one via Buffalo leaving at

6:45 p.m. J: How long does it take to get there? C: The Broadway – that’s the one that goes through Pittsburgh – takes about

18 hours, but the Lake Shore takes a little longer. J: I see … What about eating and sleeping arrangements? C: Both trains have dining cars and snack bars. And there are some room-

ettes and slumber coaches on both of them.



J: Well, uh, what are roomettes and slumber coaches?

C: They both sleep one or two people, but the roomette has a toilet and wash

basin. It costs more, too. Are you ready to make a reservation?

J: Uh, no, I don’t think so.

C: Well, here is a copy of the timetable. Why don’t you take a look at it and

let me know when you’ve decided.

J: Okay. Do I have to pay for the ticket when I make the reservation?

C: No, you can do that later.

J: All right, thanks.

Key

Ex. 49.

1. A woman and a clerk.

2. This conversation takes place at a ticket window at a railway station.

3. The woman wants some information about trains to Chicago.

Ex. 50.

1. Jill wants to go to Chicago.

2. Two.

3. The Broadway.

4. Yes, you can eat in dining cars and snack bars.

5. Yes, you can. There are roomettes and slumber coaches on both of them.

6. No, she hasn’t.

Recording Five

Notes 1. Excursion fare – a round trip fare at a reduced price.

2. In a jiffy – very quickly.

3. Qualify for – fit the requirements.



Tapescript

Agent: Johnson’s Travel. Can I help you?

Herb: Yes, I’d like some information about the special plane fares to New

York I read about in your ad.

A: Okay, when’ll you be going and how long do you plan to stay?

H: Well, I’d like to leave three weeks from Friday and stay about two weeks.

A: Then you qualify for our two-week advance purchase excursion fare.

That’s $ 422 if you leave Friday through Sunday, and cheaper during the week.

H: I guess I could leave Thursday afternoon. Are there any other restric-

tions?

A: There’s a minimum required stay of eight days.

H: Well, that’s no problem. Can I get my ticket now?

A: Sure. Come right in to our downtown office and I’ll have the whole thing

written up for you in a jiffy.

H: Okay. Can I pay with traveller’s cheques?

A: Yes. If you bring some form of identification with you, that’ll be all right.

H: Okay, thanks. I’ll be there in about an hour.

A: Thank you. Bye.

Key

Ex. 51.

1. The man wants some information about the special plane fares to New

York.

2. Yes, he has.

Ex. 52.




Ex. 53.

1. special plane fares; 7. during the week;

2. three weeks from Friday; 8. Thursday afternoon;

3. about two weeks; 9. eight day;

4. two-week; 10. form of identification;

5. $ 422; 11. in about an hour.

6. Friday through Sunday;

Recording Six

Note

Overnight – travelling, or happening during the night.

Tapescript

Part One Rosa: So anyway, we decided to have a really good holiday – a ‘dream

holiday’ in the Caribbean, because we’d always wanted to go there. So we

saved our money up for months and months, and booked this holiday in a place

called San Antonio. It cost over a thousand pounds each, but we wanted to do

something really special so we booked it for two weeks in May, because all the

brochures said that the weather’s beautiful there in May…

Mark: We were flying from Gatwick airport, and the flight was over-

night…leaving Gatwick late at night, and arriving in San Antonio the next

morning or that was the idea, anyway! But when we arrived at the airport they

told us that because of bad weather in the Caribbean, the flight was delayed un-

til the next morning. So we had to spend the night at the airport, sleeping on the

floor, and we finally got on the plane the next morning twelve hours late!

R: But that was just the beginning. On the plane they told us that the bad

weather over the Caribbean was actually a hurricane – Hurricane George – and

that we couldn’t fly to San Antonio. We had to go to the capital city instead,



and stay in a hotel there for the night, until the hurricane passed. Anyway, we

weren’t too worried, we thought – well it’s only one night…and they told us

that we were going to a five-star hotel, next to the beach, with a swimming

pool, so we were quite happy at that point…

Part Two M: Anyway, we arrived at the hotel, the Hotel Paradiso it was called, what a

joke! They said it was a five-star hotel, but I wouldn’t give it one star! It was

just awful…I don’t know how to describe it…it was an awful building, yes, it

was next to the sea, but it wasn’t a beach! Just a few rocks, and the sea was so

dirty you couldn’t swim in it. There were big ships travelling past, and the sea

was all polluted and brown, it looked horrible.

R: So we went to look at the swimming pool, but that was no better. It

wasn’t a nice blue colour, like you’d expect. It was a sort of greeny-black col-

our and as we looked at it we couldn’t see thing moving about in it, and we

looked more closely and we realised it was full of frogs. There were hundreds

and hundreds of frogs in it. So after that obviously we didn’t use it.

M: And then there was the food. Do you remember the food?

R: I’ll never forget it! The first morning, we went downstairs for break-

fast, expecting to have you know, the usual things you get in hotels, bread,

marmalade, fruit, coffee, and we were very surprised instead to see lots of

different types of vegetables, carrots, peas, cabbage, and a big bowl of let-

tuce! But anyway, I was really, really hungry so I decided to have some of

the lettuce until I saw that it was moving! The leaves of lettuce were slowly

moving around the bowl, and I looked a bit more closely and saw that the let-

tuce bowl was full of ants, hundreds of them, and there were so many that

they were actually moving the lettuce leaves! After that, we didn’t eat in the

hotel again. We didn’t want to.

M: The worst part though, was when the hurricane arrived. That was really

frightening. It was a fifteen-storey hotel so you felt really terrified with all that



wind, and rain, and the window banging, and the trees crashing outside…It was

terrible.

R: And then they told us that because of the hurricane, there were no flights

to San Antonio, and that we had to stay there for another three days, three more

days in that place! There was nothing to do! Nowhere to go! We couldn’t eat

the food! It was noisy and dirty. We just couldn’t believe that it could happen.

M: So when we finally arrived in San Antonio, we were five days late. And

the worst thing was that Hurricane George had never arrived there. The weather

had been perfect in San Antonio all the time!

Key

Ex. 56. 1. the plane was delayed

2. the place was full of people;

;

3. the water was too polluted to swim in

4. the hotel staff were rude and unhelpful;

;

5. the food in the hotel was disgusting

6. there were views of the city from the hotel room;

;

7. there was no entertainment or nightlife

8.

;

the weather was wet and windy

9. the weather was really hot;

;

10. the hotel had views of a building site;

11. there were lots of shops.

Ex. 57. 1. a thousand pounds.

2. May…that the weather’s beautiful there in May.

3. of bad weather in the Caribbean.

4. twelve.

5. of a hurricane.

6. the capital city instead.



Ex. 58.

1-F, 2-F, 3-F, 4-T, 5-T, 6-F, 7-T, 8-T.

Recording Seven

Notes 1. Barn – a large building on a farm where animals, crops, or machines are

kept.

2. Rough – if you sleep or live rough you sleep or live outside.

3. Pitch the tent – set up a tent for a short time.

Tapescript

Part One A few years ago I was travelling in France. I was by myself, and I was trav-

elling on a moped. I usually camped in the evenings, I had a tent. I camped in

campsites whenever I could both for the facilities of washing and so on, and be-

cause it was a bit safer. But when I couldn’t find a convenient campsite, I

camped rough, trying to find places that were fairly hidden from the road. One

evening like this I found quite a nice place. It was up against a tall hedge in a

little wood, it couldn’t be seen from the road, and it was quite a pleasant place.

So I pitched my tent, and covered my moped up with plastic, and cooked my

little supper over my camping gas fire, and got ready for bed. Read for a little

while, and then went to sleep.

Part Two And I had the most unusual dream. I’ve never had another dream like this

before or since. It was like short episodes, a few minutes each, it seemed, though it’s hard to tell in a dream how long things are. Young men and women that I had never seen and didn’t know, all very happy, dressed as if it were the 1930s and 1940s. Some of them were on farms, I remember a dance in a barn, walking along the streets in a small town in America – they were all Americans,



and each episode had different people in it, and didn’t last for very long. It wasn’t a frightening dream at all – all the scenes were very happy, smiling peo-ple, happy people, and I woke a bit puzzled, because it didn’t seem to connect with anything that had been happening to me, I didn’t know anybody that was in the dreams, and it was just very unusual.

Part Three So I got up and fixed breakfast, and packed my tent securely on the back of

my moped and set on my way. This little wood, as I said, was up against a hedge, a very tall hedge that you couldn’t see over, and there was a bend in the road just at the hedge so I hadn’t been around the bend in the road. And when I did wheel my Solex up to the road and go around the bend, I saw that just on the other side of this hedge there was a small American war cemetery from World War II, and – full of the graves of young men who could have lived the scenes that I had had in my dream.

Key

Ex. 61.

World War II, children, laughing.

Recording Eight

Notes

1. Blindfold – something that is tied over someone’s eyes so that they can-not see.

2. Kidnap – to illegally take someone away and make them a prisoner, es-pecially in order to make their family or government give you money or allow you to do what you want.

3. Overall – generally.



Tapescript

When I lived in Sri Lanka I lived in a town called Jaffna, in the north of the

island, and I had two American friends who lived next door to me. And they

were sitting at home one evening watching a video, and they were in the bed-

room – and that was the only air-conditioned room in the house – and there was

a knock at the door, and Stan went to answer the door and some boys came to

the door, and they were asking for money for the rebuilding of the local library

and he didn’t believe them, and he sent them away and he shut the door and

went back into the bedroom. Just as he’d got back into the bedroom, suddenly

there was a big noise, the door was broken down and four or five masked men

rushed into the room carrying guns, and shouting at them. And they tied them

up – they took hold of their hands and tied them behind their backs and pushed

them around quite a lot. They put blindfolds on both of them and took them

outside and pushed them into a van and drove them around for quite a long

time, and took them off to some remote part of the island.

And all this happened while I was waiting for them in a hotel in Kandy be-

cause we had planned to spend, to spend some time together – it was a holiday

weekend. And, in fact, they’d been kidnapped by some extremists who were

trying to, trying to get autonomy from other parts of the island. And they were

kept for a week. They were kidnapped and kept for a week. And after that even-

tually they were released. They were very well treated overall but it wasn’t a

very pleasant experience. And they were released they told us the story – they

told us everything that happened to them. This was just before they were sent

back to America.

And I saw them again about a year later, and they told me that even, even

then – this was a year after it happened – they still were both very security con-

scious, conscious and they used to get up in the middle of the night and check

all the doors and windows and they used to both suffer from terrible night-



mares. And I think it still happens to them. A very difficult experience to get

over.

Key

Ex. 64.

1. Americans.

2. The extremists were trying to get autonomy from other parts of the island.

3. To the remote part of the island.

4. The couple were released and sent back to America.

Ex. 65. (The differences are italicised.)

Jaffna kidnap scare An American couple were kidnapped and kept for one week while their cap-

tors were trying to get autonomy from other parts of the island for their release.

Stanley and Penny Walters were watching a video on a holiday weekend,

just before setting off on a trip to Kandy to meet a friend, when four or five

masked men broke into their home, tied them up and blind-folded them. They

then pushed them into a van and took them to an isolated part of the island.

They were very well treated overall. The couple finally were released and have

now returned to their own country.

Recording Nine

Notes

1. Bluff - an attempt to give a false idea to someone about what you intend

to do, or about the facts of a situation, especially in order to gain an advantage.

2. Canvas – strong cloth used to make bags, tents, shoes.

3. Clutch – hold someone or sth firmly, e.g. because you are afraid or in

pain or do not want to lose them.

4. Crumpled – crushed in such a way that it forms untidy folds.



5. File – if people file somewhere, they walk there in a line.

6. Flimsy – light and thin and can tear easily.

7. Flap – a part of the wing of a plane that moves up and down to help con-

trol the plane.

8. Flight deck – the area at the front of a large plane where the pilot works.

9. Hijack – an occasion when someone illegally takes control of a vehicle,

especially a plane, using violence or threats.

10. Groan – complaint.

11. Landing gear – wheels that a plane uses when it lands.

12. Peer – look very carefully, especially because sth is difficult to see.

13. Ransom – the amount of money someone wants to be paid before they

will let a person they are keeping prisoner go free.

14. Retrieve – get something back.

15. Sharpshooter – someone who can fire a gun or other weapon accurately.

16. Squawk – speak or say sth in a loud, high and unpleasant voice.

17. Summon – ask or order sb to come to you.

18. Terse – a terse statement or remark is very short and often shows that

the person making it is annoyed.

19. Tinted – tinted glass is coloured, rather than completely transparent.

20. Thrust into – put sth somewhere with a quick hard push.

21. Tough – difficult to cut or tear.

Tapescript

1. The first time D.B. Cooper was seen in the departure lounge at Portland

Airport, Oregon, where he bought his one-way ticket and checked in for the

400-mile journey to Seattle, Washington. It was 24 November 1971.

The slim, quiet middle-aged man with dark-tinted glasses carrying a canvas

carrier bag and a raincoat and wearing a lightweight suit and flimsy shoes paid

cash for his ticket and gave his name as ‘D.B. Cooper’. After a forty-five min-



ute wait in the lounge, where no one looked at him twice, he boarded the plain

when the flight was called and the jet roared off into the darkening skies.

Shortly after take-off Cooper pushed the button in the overhead panel to

summon one of the cabin crew to his seat. Stewardess Tina Mucklow ap-

proached with a tray, ready to take his order for a drink.

Cooper simply thrust a crumpled note into her hand and then reached under

his seat to pull the canvas back on to his lap. He waited for a few seconds for

the flight attendant to read the note. It warned: ‘I have a bomb with me. If I

don’t get $ 200,000 and two parachutes I will blow us all to bits.’

As the terrified woman tried to control her panic, Cooper calmly opened the

bag to let her glimpse the dynamite and detonator inside. While she walked

slowly up to the flight deck Cooper settled back in his seat and peered out at the

storm clouds below.

2. Within seconds a special transmitter on the flight deck of the Boeing was

‘squawking’ its coded electronic message over the radio frequencies: ‘Hi-

jack…Hijack…Hijack’.

At Seattle Airport a team of FBI agents, local police sharpshooters, hostage

negotiation experts and airline officials were hastily gathered as the plane pre-

pared to land. The passengers were still unaware of the drama when the jet

touched down and stopped at the end of the runway.

There was a groan storm of annoyance from the travellers when the captain

made the terse announcement ‘Ladies and gentlemen, there will be a slight de-

lay in disembarking. Please remain in your seats until we are ready to taxi to the

terminal building.’

Only one passenger ignored the announcement. Cooper unfastened his

seatbelt and, clutching his bag, walked swiftly up the flight deck and posi-

tioned himself behind the crew. ‘Now gentlemen,’ he said softly, ‘don’t

bother to look round.’



In twenty minutes of unyielding demands over the ground control radio from

the flight deck of the airliner Cooper stuck to his original threat and nobody

dared to call his bluff.

As the passengers began to grow more and more restless the door of the

Boeing slid open and the flight engineers in overalls – undercover FBI men –

came aboard with a trolley of ‘catering equipment’. Under radio instructions

they then withdrew.

The trolley was wheeled up to the flight deck by a flight attendant and Coo-

per studied its contents. It contained a tough white sack with $200,000 and four

parachutes.

Finally Cooper allowed the complaining passengers to file off the aircraft.

The jet was refuelled and Cooper told the pilot to head for Mexico. He told him

to fly with the flaps lowered and the landing gear down, the speed below ninety

metres a second, to fly at 2,000 m, and open the rear door.

Before leaving the fight deck, locking the door behind him he made a point

of retrieving his ransom note. Four hours later, as the plane was approaching

Reno Nevada airport to refuel the co-pilot unlocked the door of the flight deck

and found the passenger cabin deserted. Cooper and the money had gone, leav-

ing two parachutes behind – one of them ripped to shreds. Inspection of the

flight recorder black box later measured a tiny change in the plane’s altitude,

which showed a loss of weight thirty-two minutes after leaving Seattle.

The danger of mid-air death and destruction had passed. The hunt to find

D.B. Cooper was on.

Key

Ex. 67.

Date: 24 November 1971.

Place of departure: Portland Airport, Oregon. Cooper’s destination: Seattle, Washington.



Description: A slim, quiet middle-aged man with dark-tinted glasses. Wearing: a lightweight suit and flimsy shoes. Carrying: a canvas carrier bag and a raincoat. What his note said: ‘I have a bomb with me. If I don’t get $ 200,000 and two

parachutes I will blow us all to bits.’ Who he gave the note to: Stewardess Tina Mucklow. What happened next: As the terrified woman tried to control her panic,

Cooper calmly opened the bag to let her glimpse the dynamite and detonator in-side. While she walked slowly up to the flight deck Cooper settled back in his seat and peered out at the storm clouds below.

Ex. 70.

1. checked in; 7. runway;

2. departure lounge; 8. flight deck; 3. boarding; 9. crew; 4. take off; 10. disembark; 5. cabin crew; 11. terminal. 6. touched;



Unit Four

AT THE CUSTOMS

Recording One

Tapescript

Officer: Okay, bags on the table, please. Your Customs form, please…uh-huh. How long you plannin’ to stay in the country?

Tourist: Four weeks. O: Do you have anything to declare? T: What? O: Alcohol, cigarettes,… T: No. O: Any meat, fresh fruit, plants? T: Uh, no. O: Open your suitcase, please. Any gifts? T: Excuse me? O: Are you bringing any gifts into the country? T: No, huh-uh. O: Uh-huh. What’s in the bottle? T: Uh, hand lotion. O: Okay, that will be Okay. Here’s your form. T: Uh, what should I do with it? O: See that officer over there by the gate? He’ll take it. T: Thank you very much.

Key

Ex. 71.

1. The speakers are a Customs official and a foreigner.



2. They are at a Customs desk.

3. That’s his job. He has to make sure people don’t bring anything illegal

into the country and he has to charge a tax (duty) on some things.

5. You can leave the airport.

Recording Two

Note

Concourse – a hall or open public place where people pass through or gath-

er, especially in an airport.

Tapescript

1.

Man: Excuse me! Could you tell me where the Eastern airlines counter is?

Woman: Sure. Just go up the escalator here on your left, and you’ll see it

next to the Continental counter when you get to the top.

M: Thanks a lot.

W: You are welcome.

2.

Clerk: Here’s your ticket. Your flight’s now boarding at Gate 62.

Customer: Excuse me?

Clerk: Gate 62

Customer: Uh, where is Gate 62?

Clerk: Go down Concourse L, to your left there. You’ll see it.

Customer: Down Concourse L? Thank you very much.

Clerk: You bet.

3.

First man: Excuse me. Do you know where the baggage claim area is?

Second man: Yeah, it’s downstairs. Take an elevator at the far end of the

hall there, and it’ll be right behind you when you get downstairs.



F: Okay, let’s see…I take that elevator down there and turn around when I get to the first floor and I’ll see it.

S: Right. F: Great! Thanks. S: Any time.

Key

Ex. 72.

1. to the Eastern airlines counter, 2. to Gate 62, 3. to the baggage claim area.

Recording Three

Note

ASA – abbrev. used for showing how sensitive to light a particular type of film for camera is.

Tapescript

1. Agent: Good morning. Your ticket, please? And set your suitcase upright

and I’ll check it through. Passenger: Okay. A: And where would you like to sit? P: Make it a window seat, but if there aren’t any left, I’ll take an aisle seat. A: Smoking or non-smoking? P: Non-smoking. A: Uh-huh, here you go. I’m sorry, but there will be a 20-minute delay, so

your flight will be boarding in about half an hour. P: I sure hope that’s the only delay. Oh, where are my baggage claim

checks? A: They are here with your ticket, sir. P: Great! Uh, thanks a lot. A: You’re welcome. And have a nice flight.



2. Officer: Put all your carry-on luggage on the belt, ma’am. Passenger: My purse and camera, too? O: Yes, ma’am, everything. Won’t hurt your film. P: But it’s 400ASA film. O: Take your camera out, then, and I’ll check it through by hand. P: Okay. O: Thank you. Now step through here. Are you wearing any metal, ma’am? P: Mmm …Why, yes, this bracelet. O: I’m afraid you’ll have to take it off, ma’am, and step through again…

Mmm-hmm. Fine, thank you. Here’s your bracelet. Have a good flight now. P: Okay, thanks.

Key

Ex. 74.

1. He wants to sit in a window seat in the non-smoking section. 2. He can’t board now because there’s a 20-minute delay.

Ex. 75.


Ex. 76.

1. She has to put it on the belt. (It’s a moving belt that carries things through an X-ray machine.)

2. Because the airport has to be very sure that no one is carrying anything dangerous.

3. Because something made the alarm go off, and the officer wants to be sure it was only her bracelet.

Ex. 77.




Unit Five

HOTELS

Recording One

Note

Concierge – (mainly AmE) someone whose job is to help people staying in a hotel by dealing with problems and giving them information.

Tapescript

Operator: Grand Hotel Europe operator. How may I help you? Mr Ponti: I’m calling from Italy, from Prondisi. I’m getting married next

week and my wife and I’ve decided to spend our honeymoon in St. Petersburg. That’s why I was wondering if you could give me some information about your hotel.

O: One moment. I’ll put you through to the Sales and Information Depart-ment. They’ll be glad to answer any questions you may have.

Katya: Hello. Sales. Katya speaking. May I help you? P: Hello. My name is Ponti. Alfredo Ponti. And I’m phoning from Italy. My

wife and I want to spend our honeymoon in St. Petersburg, Russia. Could you tell me something about your hotel?

K: I’d be happy to. The Grand Hotel Europe is Russia’s premier five-star hotel. Our location is just perfect. We are right in the very centre of town.

P: You see, we’ve never been to Russia before. And I really want this trip to be unique and unforgettable, especially for my wife. Could you tell me some-thing about the rooms?

K: For such a special occasion you might wish to have a honeymoon suite with a king-size bed.



P: How much would that be, the honeymoon suite?

K: The rate for the honeymoon suite is $ 460 a night plus tax.

P: Oh, dear! I’m afraid that’s too much. We couldn’t possibly afford that.

K: Well, we have double and single rooms that do cost much less. And all

our rooms have a mini-bar, hair-dryer, television with satellite reception and a

telephone.

P: Oh, before I forget. The weather. That’s something else I wanted to ask

about. In winter it’s cold in Russia, of course. That we know. My wife is afraid

of chills and draughts so she’s going to bring lots of warm clothes with her.

K: That’s a good idea. She’s right, of course. For walking about the city she

should dress warmly but actually the temperature inside the hotel and in the

rooms is always warm and pleasant. I should mention too that we have our own

dry-cleaning department.

P: Well, another question. What about food? My wife and I are quite choosy

about what we eat. And we understand that Russian food is rather – er - specific

and we are not sure that we’d be able to eat it.

K: I’d just like to say that the Grand Hotel Europe is considered

St. Petersburg’s culinary centre and we’ve got six very nice restaurants and ca-

fes. They serve Russian, Chinese and Italian food. By the way, Russian food

isn’t just potatoes and cabbage. I’m sure you’d enjoy many of our Russian

dishes. And of course, we have 24-hour room service, too.

P: I see. Yes, of course, that would be nice. And yes, we do want to see as

much as possible while we are in St. Petersburg.

K: You’ve probably heard that St. Petersburg is Russia’s cultural capital.

The concierge will help you enjoy as much of the city’s culture as you’d like to

experience.

P: Well, I guess you’ve answered all my questions. Thanks for spending so

much time talking to me. Yes, we’d definitely like to reserve a double room.

K: Very good. How long will you and your wife be with us, Mr Ponti?



P: We want to stay for a week. Starting on 10 January. Again, thanks a lot. Good bye.

K: We hope you’ll be pleased with your room and the service. Good bye, Mr Ponti.

Key

Ex. 78.

A, B, D, F, G, H.

Ex. 79.

1-c, 2-b, 3-c, 4-c.

Ex. 80.

1. a honeymoon suite with a king-size bed. 2. Sales and Information Department. 3. a double room. 4. considered St. Petersburg’s culinary centre. 5. dry-cleaning department. 6. serve. 7. room service. 8. stay.

Ex. 81.

a, d, g, h, j, k, n.

Recording Two

Notes

1. Boulevard – a wide road in a town or city often with trees along it. 2. Bridal suite – an expensive suite in a hotel for newly married couples. 3. Convention – a meeting of a large number of people to take action about

a common interest; also, the annual business meeting of an organisation with many branches in different area.



Tapescript

1.

Clerk: Caravan Hotel, good evening.

Jim: Hi! I was wondering if you have a double room for tonight?

C: Oh, I’m sorry. I’m afraid we have no vacancies at this time.

J: Okay, thanks anyway.

C: You might try the Flamingo Motel. It’s near the airport on Sandy Boule-

vard.

J: Okay, thanks.

C: Any time.

2.

Clerk: Good evening, Flamingo Motel.

Jim: Yes, I wanted to know if you have a double room for tonight?

C: Yes, we do.

J: Oh, good! Do you have one with a waterbed?

C: Let me check…yes, we do, for $ 45 a night.

J: Yes, that’ll be fine. Can you hold it for me? My name’s Goldsmidt.

C: Yes, I can hold it for you until 6 o’clock with no obligation on your part.

Do you know how to get here?

J: Yes, I do, thanks. It should take us about twenty minutes, I think.

C: Fine, Mr Goldsmidt. We’ll have the room for you.

J: Thank you. Bye.

C: Good bye

Key

Ex. 82.

1. They are clerks at the two motels.

2. He’s calling from a phone booth.

3. He wants a double room.



4. He wants a room with a waterbed. 5. They are hotels, motels, lodges, inns, resorts and camping grounds. 6. Yes, you can. 7. Most hotels and motels have special facilities (family units, bridal suites,

swimming pools, saunas, convention aids, meeting rooms).

Recording Three

Tapescript

Receptionist: Good afternoon. Can I help you ? Anna: Yes, I’ve booked a room for two nights. R: Could you tell me your name? A: Anna Escobar. R: Single or double? A: Single. R: Do you want a room with a bath or a shower? A: A shower, please. R: Just fill in this form, please. A: Certainly. How much is it a night? R: £ 68 with breakfast. How do you like to pay? A: With American Express. Is that OK? R: Fine. How much luggage have you got ? A: Just these two suitcases. R: Your room number is 220. Breakfast is from 7.00 to 9.30. would you like

an evening meal? A: No, thanks. could I change a traveller’s cheque later? R: Of course, here’s your key. Enjoy your stay.

Key

Ex. 83.




Recording Four

Notes

1. Executive suite – an expensive suite in a hotel for travelling business people.

2. En-suite – an en-suite bathroom, toilet is one joined to a bedroom, espe-cially in a hotel.

Tapescript

Clerk: Hi! Can I help you? Martin: Yes, we had a reservation for this weekend. C: All right, what was the name, sir? M: Baum, Martin Baum. C: Baum…Baum… Oh, yes, here it is. A double for two nights? M: Yes, that’s right. But we were wondering…would you happen to have a

suite available this weekend, something with a living area and a kitchenette? C: Well, the only one that’s available this weekend is the executive suite,

and that’ll run you $ 140 a night. M: I see. That’s pretty high… C: You know, sir, this double is more than twenty feet square, and it has a

refrigerator. M: Oh, really? That sounds fine, then. What do you say, Sally? Sally: Sounds good to me, too. C: Good, that double then. Do you have a credit card, sir? M: No, I’ll be paying cash. C: Then I’ll have to ask you to pay in advance. Fifty-five a night, plus $ 8

tax comes to $ 126. And would you fill out this registration form, please? Here’s a pen. Just your name, address, and the make and license number of your car.

M: Okay…here you are. And traveller’s checks for $ 130.



C: Fine, Mr. Baum. Here’s $ 4 change. Check-out time is 12 noon. The bellman will take you up…Harvey! Room 615…If you need anything, just let me know.

M/S: Thank you. Good night.

Key

Ex. 84.

1. It’s over twenty feet square. It’s a double room, and it has a refrigerator. 2. No, there isn’t. 3. They don’t rent a suite because it would be very expensive, and because

the double room is large enough for them. 4. They have to pay in advance because they are paying cash. 5. The clerk wants his name, address, and the make and license number of

his car. 6. They have to check out by noon. 7. The bellman, Harvey, will show them to their room. 8. It’s 615. 9. He pays cash – in traveller’s checks. 10. They should let the clerk know – call her or tell her in person.

Recording Five

Notes

1. Rollaway bed – bed that folds up and can be put in a closet or moved into a room.

2. Slip – a small piece of paper.

Tapescript

1. Clerk: Ah, good morning, Mrs Scott. What can I do for you? Woman: Good morning. I’ve got a suit I’d like to have cleaned by tomor-

row. Could you see to that?



C: Yes, the hotel has a laundry and cleaning service. There’s a laundry and cleaning slip in the room for you to fill out. Just leave the suit in your closet with the laundry slip where the maid can see it. Your suit should be back to you in the morning.

W: Wonderful! Thank you. 2. Marsha: Come in! Maid: Excuse me. Will you be leaving soon or can I do the room now? M: Oh, yes, come right in… By the way, this blouse needs to be ironed.

Could you see that it gets done? Maid: Well, no, we don’t have a pressing service here. M: Oh, I see. Is there an iron I could use, then? Maid: Yes, ma’am, there’s one in a room down at the end of the hall. Just

help yourself. M: Okay, which way is it? Maid: To the right and down past the elevators. M: Thanks. 3. Clerk: Yes, may I help you? Man: Yes, my name’s Lund, room 1522. I’d like to have a meeting room

scheduled for me this afternoon at 2:00. Can you take care of that? C: Yes, sir, I’m the one to see. How many people will there be? M: Let’s see… there’ll be six of us. C: Okay, Mr Lund, Room B, down the hall behind you, second room on the

right. M: Thank you.

Recording Six

Note

Cookware – containers used for cooking.



Tapescript

1.

Clerk: Front desk.

Martin: Hello. This is Martin Baum. The bathroom light in my room

doesn’t work. Could you have somebody come up and take a look at it, please?

C: Oh, of course, Mr Baum. What room number was that, please?

M: Room 615.

C: Okay, I’ll have a man up there in a minute.

M: Fine. And another thing – I don’t seem to have a room service menu. Is

there one?

C: Yes, there is. We have 24-hour room service. I’m sorry about that. I’ll

have a room service waiter bring you a menu up right away.

M: Thanks.

C: If you need anything else, just let me know.

M: I will. Good night.

C: Good night.

2.

Clerk: All right. The bellman will take your bags up for you.

Bill: Oh, we’d like to do some shopping this afternoon. Could you give us

some advice on where the best place to go might be?

C: Sure. There’s a gift shop here in the hotel, and a tobacco shop and we’re

in the business district, so you can reach the city’s best stores on foot. Did you

want to shop for clothing or what?

Kathy: Yes, we’d like to shop for both men’s and women’s clothes and

shoes, and maybe cookware, too.

C: All right. When you leave the hotel, turn left. You’ll be heading south.

Two blocks down the street is a very nice department store called Nordstorm’s.

Three blocks farther there are two shoe stores, and one block east there is a

cookware shop called Kitchen Kaboodle.



B: I’d also be interested in a book store, and a game or toy store.

C: Hmm… there’s a book store at the corner of 8th and Silver Streets – that’s

west of Nordstorm’s. I’m not sure if they carry games or not. And there is an

import shop up the street a block from there. They might carry kitchen stuff,

too. And then you can always go out to Beaverton Mall. That’s a shopping cen-

tre about five miles away.

B: Okay, thanks a lot.

Key

Ex. 88.

He asked the hotel clerk to have the bathroom light looked at and a room

service menu brought to his room.

Ex. 89.


Ex. 90.

1. They ask for advice on where to shop for certain things.

2. She tells them about a department store, two shoe stores, a cookware

shop, a bookstore and an import store. She also suggests Beaverton Mall, a

shopping centre about five miles away.

Ex. 91.




Unit Six

MONEY. BANKS

Recording One

Note

Bill of exchange – a written order saying that someone must pay a particular

person an amount of money on a particular date (вексель).

Tapescript

How much money have you got with you today? How many coins? How

many notes? Why is money so important anyway? If you think about it, coins

are just disks of metal, and bank notes are just pieces of paper. Money is only

money if we agree that it’s worth something! Nowadays, governments print

bank notes and guarantee their value. As well as the Queen’s head, all British

bank notes carry the words: I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of

…That means that – in theory – it’s possible for you to take a £10 bank note to

the Bank of England and ask for £10 of gold in return. We don’t suggest you try

it, though! The United States government, for example, stopped exchanging

bills for gold in 1971.

Over the years, money has taken many forms: in China people used precious

shells; hundreds of years later the Vikings in Northern Europe used jewellery,

and the people of ancient Tibet once used blocks of dried tea! People from

ancient Lydia (Turkey) were the first to make coins, about 2,700 years ago. The

coins were made from electrum, a mixture of gold and silver. It wasn’t until the

11th century that paper bank notes began to appear in China. But they weren’t

used in Europe until the Middle Ages when traders and bankers used ‘bills of



exchange’ instead of cash. The modern industries of banking and insurance

soon followed as people became rich through trade between East and West.

With the growth of the ‘virtual economy’ some people predict that by the

end of this century coins and notes will be a thing of the past: we will all use

‘smart cards’ to buy things. No more worries about losing your wallet or purse

… but what if you lose the card??

Key

Ex. 92.


Recording Two

Tapescript

Interviewer: What do you spend your money on when you have it, Tanya?

Tanya: Oh, holidays. I don’t spend anything for months. I just save and

save, then, when I have enough, I go off for a week or two or longer – some-

where I’ve never been before or just somewhere warm to relax. And when I’m

on holiday I spend money on books.

I: Travel books?

T: Yes, well, all kinds of books, really.

I: David, what about you?

David: Well, I’m a student, as you know, so I haven’t got much money, un-

fortunately. What I have goes on music – CDs, mostly.

I: What kind of music?

D: Everything – classical, jazz, pop. I also like going to pop concerts, but

they cost a lot, so, you know ‘cos the tickets are so expensive. I also love

clothes so if there’s a sale, I buy casual things – jeans, shirts, jackets – that sort

of things.



Key

Ex. 93.

1. Holidays, clothes, music, books.

2. Tanya spends her money on holidays and books.

3. David spends his money on music and clothes.

Recording Three

Tapesript

Receptionist: Good morning. South-Western Bank. Can I help you?

Richard: Yes, I’d like to speak to Alison Moore, please.

Re: Who’s calling?

R: My name’s Richard Swainston.

Re: OK, hold on, please. I’ll put you through… Oh, Mr Swainston, I’m

afraid she’s on the other line. Would you like to hold?

…

Alison: Alison Moore.

R: Oh, hello. This is Richard Swainston here.

A: Oh, yes, Mr Swaiston. Thank you for getting back to me so promptly.

There seems to be a problem with your account.

R: Oh, dear. What sort of problem?

A: Well, you are over your overdraft limit by more than £200. You really

need to come to the bank to discuss it. Are you available later on today?

R: I’m afraid I’m rather tied up today. Er, would tomorrow be convenient

for you?

A: Um, yes, that’s fine. 10.30?

R: Yes, 10.30’s fine for me.

A: Well, thank you for ringing. I’ll look forward to seeing you tomorrow.

R: Good bye.



Key

Ex. 94.


Recording Four

Tapescript

Mother: Hello?

Richard: Mum, it’s Richard.

M: Oh, is everything all right?

R: Yes, yes, fine. How are you?

M: Oh, not too bad. Your father’s playing golf, so I’m enjoying the peace

and quiet. How’s Maggie?

R: She’s OK. Working hard. Mum, I was wondering …do you think you

could lend some money till the end of the month?

M: Oh, Richard, have you got yourself into debt again? Because if you have…

R: No, no. It’s just a bit of an overdraft.

M: Where does all your money go, Richard? I mean, you’ve got a job…

R: But Mum, it’s expensive living in Bristol.

M: Well, of course it is. What do you expect if you go out every night and

buy expensive computers.

R: I haven’t got a computer. It’s a play station.

M: Oh, well, whatever. I mean, your sister never phones up asking for

money.

R: But you spent a fortune on her wedding.

M: Yes, and when you get married, we’ll do the same for you.

R: Well, I’m not going to get married, so you might as well give me the

money now!



M: Richard! What would Maggie say! Now come on, this is silly. How

much do you need?

R: £ 300.

M: Oh, honestly, Richard, you really must learn to budget.

R: Look, Mum, if you can just help me out this time, I promise I’ll try to be

more careful in future.

M: Well, we’ll see about that. Listen, I … I’ll do it this time but this really is

the last time. If you get yourself into trouble again you’ll just have to sort it out

yourself.

R: Oh, thanks, Mum.

M: But I’m doing this on one condition…

R: Yes?

M: You never say you are not going to get married again.

R: Ok, I promise. Thanks, Mum. Bye.

M: Bye …And next time, you could phone up just for a chat!

Key

Ex. 95.

1-F, 2-T, 3-F, 4-T, 5-F, 6-T, 7-F, 8-F.

Recording Five

Note

Club sandwich – a thick sandwich that consists of three slices of bread with

two layers of meat or cheese in between.

Tapescript

1.

A: Is there somewhere I can change some money?

B: Sure. We can change it for you, or there’s a bank across the square.



A: What’s the exchange rate for US dollars?

B: It’s marked up there. It’s exactly one peso to the dollar.

A: OK, I’d like to change these pesos, please. It’s 200 American dollars.

B: Certainly, madam. That’s 100 pesos.

A: Thank you.

2.

A: Oh look it says ‘Exact money only’ I haven’t got any change. Have you

got change for £ 5?

B: Let’s see. What do you need?

A: It’s 1.50 pounds so I need a pound coin, and a fifty pence coin, or three

fifties.

B: That’s one, two, three, four pounds…

A: OK.

B: And two fifties. There you go.

A: Great, thanks.

3.

A: Excuse me. How much are these earrings?

B: Which ones?

A: These ones here.

B: They are 20 pounds.

A: Oh, that’s a bit expensive. How about these smaller ones?

B: They are 12 pounds.

A: OK, I’ll take this pair, the smaller ones, these. Can I pay by credit card?

B: Well, I prefer cash.

4.

A: Hello, I come from Italy, and I’m staying in England for a year. I’d like

to open a bank account here. What documents do I need, please?

B: Right, we need to see your passport, of course.

A: Yes.



B: A letter from your employer or your place of study, if you are a student.

A: And that’s all?

B: That’s all, yes.

A: OK. And one other thing. Can I…

5.

A: Excuse me, can we have the bill, please?

B: Together?

C: Yes, please.

B: OK. That’s one glass of white one, one mineral water…

C: One club sandwich…

B: All right. There you are.

A: Thanks. Is service included?

B: No.

A: OK, thank you.

A: Do you think we should leave a tip?

B: How much is it?

A: Nine pounds fifty!

B: Oh, leave him £ 10. He has been very nice.

Key

Ex. 97.

1. at a currency exchange office.

2. at a vending machine.

3. in a jewellery shop.

4. in a bank.

5. in a café.

Ex. 98.

1. 200; one peso; one hundred pesos.

2. 1.50; four; two.



3. 20 pounds; 12 pounds; the smaller ones; in cash.

4. Passport, a letter from the employer or the place of study.

5. One glass of white wine, one mineral water, one club sandwich; nine

pounds fifty, ten pounds.

Ex. 99.

1. the 6. my

2. of 7. the

3. any 8. to

4. cost 9. the

5. be 10. to

Recording Six

Note

Teller – a person who works at the counter in a bank.

Tapescript

Teller: Next, please…Hi, can I help you?

Robert: Yes, I hope so. I’d like to buy some travellers checks. Can I pay for

them with a Eurocheque?

T: A Eurocheque? I’m not sure…let me ask my supervisor…Yes, that’ll be

fine, as long as you have proper identification.

R: Of course. Here’s my passport. I’d like to write two checks for fifty

pounds each. All right?

T: Fine. Just make them out to the First Community Bank of Colorado

Springs. Now, travellers checks…What denomination would you like – fifty,

twenty, or ten dollar checks?

R: Twenties will be fine. What’s the service charge?

T: It’s two per cent.



R: Okay.

T: All right, here you are. Sign each check here on this line. I’ll have your

change in a minute.

R: Fine, thank you.

Key

Ex. 100.

1. The speakers are a bank teller and a customer.

2. He wants travellers checks.

3. He wants to pay by Eurocheque.

4. You have to show some ID, like your passport.

5. Go to an office of the company you bought them from. If they were sto-

len, you should also tell the police.

Recording Seven

Note

Burger – pieces of meat or vegetable that are pressed together, cooked in a

flat round shape, and served in a bread roll.

Tapescript

Two years ago Bert Dunstan won £ 12,000,000 on the National Lottery. To-

day he is dead. The 53-year-old factory worker was found lying lifeless on the

sofa at his home last weekend.

When Bert won his fortune, he immediately gave up his £ 200-a-week job at

the local chocolate factory and bought a luxurious new house. However, he

didn’t immediately head for the sun on a Caribbean holiday or a round-the-

world cruise, as others have done; instead, he packed his family of seven into

one of his new cars and took them camping in Scotland.



Bert always liked his food and, instead of giving his only daughter, Sally,

part of his winnings, he employed a full-time cook on a salary of £ 500 a week.

‘I used to cook him three big meals every day: burgers, steak and chips were his

favourites’. But Sally doesn’t think Bert died through overeating: ‘He just

seemed to lose interest in life’.

Chloe Godwin, a psychologist who specialises in the effects that winning a

large amount of money can have on people, says ‘For some people the most ter-

rible thing that can happen to them is change. This is why people have prob-

lems when they get married or pass exams. It’s nice to win a few thousand

pounds, but you shouldn’t have so much that you move too far away from the

life you’ve got.

Certainly other lottery winners have had their problems: one of them left the

country because of the publicity and because her family were fighting over the

money. Another left his wife of 40 years and gave her nothing – the ticket was

in his name, after all!

Losing can be just as bad, though: Freddie McMahon actually went mad

when a group of people at his office won the jackpot – and he had refused to

join them the week before.

So, whichever way you look at it, you just can’t win!

Key

Ex. 101.

B. 1-T, 2-F, 3-F, 4-F, 5-T, 6-T, 7-T, 8-T.



Unit Seven

POST. TELEPHONE

Recording One

Tapescript

1.

Man: Good morning. The Bistro, Fulham Road.

Emma: Hello. Is there a table free on Thursday evening, please, at about

eight o’clock? For six people.

M: So that’s the 18th of August, isn’t it? I’ll just check. I’m afraid there isn’t

one free until eight forty-five. Is that too late?

E: No, that’s OK.

M: Could I take your name, please?

E: Yes, it’s Emma Matthews. That’s M-A –double T–H-E-W–S.

M: And may I have your phone number?

E: Of course. It’s five four three, one double two.

2.

Carol: Hello, seven one three, four double seven.

Emma: Hello. Is that Carol? This is Emma.

C: Hi, there. Do you want to speak to Simon?

E: Is he in?

C: I think so. Hang on a minute.

Simon: Hi, Emma.

E: Hi, Simon. How are you? Listen. I think I can get a tennis court for

Wednesday afternoon. Would you like to play?



S: Yeah, I’d love to. I’ve got a meeting this afternoon, but it should be over

by five.

E: Shall I book it for five thirty, then?

S: That would be fine.

3.

Receptionist: Good morning. Gold Street Surgery. How can I help?

Emma: Morning. I’d like to make an appointment for my daughter, please,

with Doctor Brown, for a check up.

R: Right. When would you like the appointment?

E: Some time next week would be fine.

R: Can you hold, please… Would two twenty five next Tuesday be possi-

ble?

E: Oh… That’s great. That’s the twenty third, isn’t it?

R: Yes, and your daughter’s name is …?

Key

Ex. 102. A.

MONDAY 8 p.m. Baby-

sit for Tina

TUESDAY 8.45 p.m.

Bistro

WEDNESDAY 5.30 p.m.

tennis with Simon

THURSDAY 2.25 p.m.

daughter to Dr

Brown

FRIDAY 11.20 Hair-

dresser’s

Ex. 103.

The answers are italicised in the tapescript.

Recording Two

Tapescript

Mary: Bye, darling. Have a good trip.

John: Hope so. See you on Thursday. Bye.

M: Bye.



Paul: Hello, John. What are you doing here?

J: Paul! Good heavens! What a surprise. It must be five years. Well, well,

well…I’m here on business for a couple of days. What about you?

P: Me? Oh, I live here. Look, why don’t you come and stay with us?

J: Oh, no, I couldn’t. Really, I …

P: There’s plenty of room. We’ll phone your hotel and cancel your booking.

Come on. My car’s just round the corner.

J: Well, if you’re really sure. OK, …

M: Oh, God. Where are my keys? Where the hell are my keys? I wonder if

John’s taken them. I’ll have to phone his hotel.

Receptionist: Royal Hotel.

M: Hello. Could I speak to Mr John Develin, please?

R: I’m sorry, madam, Mr Develin isn’t staying here.

M: But he must be. He’s booked in for two nights.

R: He was booked in, madam, but he phoned and cancelled half an hour

ago. He said he’d changed his plans.

M: I see. All right. Thank you.

M: Mother. He’s checked out of his hotel. I don’t know where he is.

Mother: Calm down, Mary, calm down. I’m sure there’s some perfectly

simple explanation, dear.

M: I’m sure there is, and I know exactly what it is. He’s gone off with that

Smith woman. Oh, when I get my hands on her…

Joe: Parkside 35426.

J: Hello, Joe. This is John. Look, could you do me a favour? I’ve tried to

phone Mary six times and I can’t get through. It’s engaged all the time. Could

you possibly go next door and give her a message?

Joe: Sure. What do you want me to tell her?

J: Could you just say I’ve run into an old friend and I’m staying with him,

and not at the hotel. I’ll give her a ring later.



Joe: Sure. I’ll go round now. J: Thanks a lot, Joe. Joe: OK. Cheers. J: Bye. Joe: Hello, Mary. M: Hello, Joe. Joe: What’s the matter? M: It’s John. He’s run off with some woman. Joe: No, he hasn’t. He’s just rung me. He’s staying with an old friend; he

asked me to tell you. M: Well. Why didn’t he ring me? Joe: He couldn’t get through. M: Couldn’t get through? Hah! Well, did he leave a phone number? Joe: No, actually, I don’t think he did. Mary: I knew it! Old friend – I know just who that old friend is. When I get

my hands on her … Joe: But Mary. He said … Mary: You men! You’re all in it together!

Key

Ex. 104. Possible answers

1. Mary knew that John had booked a room in the hotel for two nights. 2. Mary wondered if he had taken her key. 3. Mary found out that John had checked out of the hotel. 4. The receptionist told Mary John had cancelled his booking. 5. Mary told her mother that John had gone off with another woman. 6. John told Joe that he had tried to phone Mary. 7. Joe told Mary that John had phoned him and asked him to give her a

message. 8. Mary asked Joe if John had left a phone number.



Recording Three

Tapescript

1.

Operator: What city, please?

Victor: Chicago.

O: Go ahead, please.

V: Yeah, do you have a number for a Henry Banks?

O: There’s an H.J. Banks on North Lincoln Park West and an H.S. on South

Lasalle.

V: It’s the one on Lincoln Park West.

O: That number is 478-4620.

V: 478-4620. Thanks.

2.

Operator: What number did you dial, please?

Victor: 478-4620.

O: That number’s been changed. The new number is 528-7825.

V: Okay, thanks.

3.

Operator: Please deposit $ 3.00.

Henry: Hello?

Victor: Hey, Henry! How are you doing? This is Vic. I’m calling from Ba-

ton Rouge.

H: Vic! Far out! Great to hear from you, man! What’s up?

V: Well, I’m going to be in Chicago this weekend and I thought we could

get together. Going to be there?

H: Sure. Why don’t you give me a call when you get into town?

V: Will do. See you Saturday!

H: All right. Bye-bye!



Key

Ex. 106.

1. Vic is in all three conversations. In the first one, he is talking to a Direc-

tory Assistance (or information) operator. In the second one, he is talking to an

operator. In the third one, he is talking to his friend Henry. The operator only

interrupts to ask him to put $ 3.00 into the slot.

2. He is calling from Baton Rouge.

3. He is calling from a public (or pay) phone.

4. Henry’s number had been changed.

5. The best thing to do is ask someone where there’s a phone booth. You

can also look in a shopping centre, gas station, or restaurant.

Recording Four

Notes

1. Hitch – a problem, that is not very serious.

2. Gremlin – a small imaginary creature that people blame when they have

problems with machines.

3. Unnerve – make people nervous or frightened.

Tapescript

The telephone system in Hungary is quite unique. You can call the right number, not mis-dial and you still get a completely different number, and get through to somebody that you never untended to. Somehow between your tele-phone number and your friend’s telephone number, there is a hitch in the line and it just misdirected completely. It can be quite unnerving sometimes as you think ‘Oh no, I’m going mad. I dialled the right number, I’m sure I dialled the right number’, and then you get the same angry pensioner guy again and again, or you wake somebody up in the morning and it’s not the person you wanted to call, and you call again, really concentrating to get the right number, and it’s



still a different number. I think one must realise that it’s not the person dialling being totally stupid, it’s the system. I don’t know how it happens. It seems there are Gremlins in the machine.

Recording Five

Note

Nerve-wrecking – making you nervous or worried.

Tapescript

I don’t actually like talking on the phone much. I prefer to see the person I’m talking to. When I’m working, if I’m doing an interview I much prefer to do it in person than on the phone. It’s much more nerve-wrecking and difficult to think of questions when you can’t see the person, especially if you have to conduct the interview in another language.

Key

Ex. 108. A.


Recording Six

Tapescript

1. Caller: Let’s see. Information is 555-1212… Operator: What city, please? C: I beg your pardon? O: What city, please? C: Yes, Miami, please. I want to know the weekend rate from Chicago. O: I’m sorry, but I don’t have that information. You’ll have to call the op-

erator. C: Oh. How do I do that?



O: Hang up and dial 0, ma’am. C: Dial 0… O: Operator. C: Yes, I want to call Miami and I need to know how much it costs on Fri-

day night. O: Did you check your directory, ma’am? C: Well, yes, but I didn’t find it. O: Hold on…It’s 39 c plus tax for the first minute and 27 c plus tax for each

additional minute till 11:00. After that it’s 26 c and 18 c. C: Thank you. 2. Terry: Ayers Travel. Terry speaking. May I help you? Sherry: Yes, I’d like to speak to Mr Bixby, please. T: I’m sorry, but Mr Bixby’s tied up at the moment. He’s on another line.

Can I take a message, or would you like to hold for a moment? S: Well,…I’m calling long distance from Dallas…Tell him Sherry Snyder,

with a ‘y’, of Standard Oil called, please, and I’ll try to reach him again later on. T: Fine, Ms Snyder, I’ll do that. S: Thank you. Good bye. 3. Ann: Hello? Wally: Hi! Is Tod there? A: Tod? No, he isn’t. Is this Wally? W: Yeah. I just wanted to know if he’s still going to play tennis with me

tomorrow. A: Oh, hi, Wally. Yeah, as far as I know he is. Want him to call you back? W: Sure, thanks. Tell him I’ll be at home all evening. A: Will do. Bye now. W: Bye.



4.

Recording: Hi. This is Jean Thompson’s answering machine. I’m sorry I’m

not in at the moment, but I’ll get back to you if you just leave a message and a

number at the sound of the tone. Thanks.

Key

Ex. 109, 110.

1. In the first conversation, a woman talks to a Directory Assistance opera-

tor and then to an operator. She obviously doesn’t know them. The rate for Mi-

ami is 39 c plus tax for the first minute and 27 c plus tax for each additional

minute till 11:00, after that it’s 26 c and 18 c.

2. In the second conversation, a woman is talking to Terry, who works at a

travel agency. They don’t know each other. The message would be, ‘Sherry

Snyder of Standard Oil called from Dallas. She’ll try to call again’.

3. In the third conversation, a young man is calling his friend and talks to

his friend’s mother. They know each other and are casual with each other on the

phone. The message would be, ‘Wally called about tennis tomorrow. Call him

back this evening’.

4. The message of the answering machine is casual and is for Jean’s

friends. Your message should give your name, the time when you called, your

number, and when Jean can reach you.

Recording Seven

Notes

1. Call by – visit someone, especially for a short time.

2. Scuba diving – the activity of swimming under water with a container of

air on your back and a tube for breathing through.

3. Extension – a telephone line that is one of several lines coming from a

main line.



Tapescript

1. Hi, Rich. It’s Jeff, six thirty, Wednesday night. I’m in Bristol for a few days. Give me a call if you are around. 723688. Speak to you soon.

2. Hi there! This is Simon from Tim’s Travel Company. We’ve finally got your tickets for ten days’ scuba diving in Egypt. Call by and pick them up any-time. We’re open from nine to five every day.

3. Richard… It’s Andrew. I’ve just had a call from Ian Watson at Smiths In-surance. They’ve got a problem with a programme we installed on their computer network last week, so I’ve told him I’ll get somebody out there as soon as possible to sort it out. Could you phone him first thing tomorrow morning and arrange to go out there and see what you can do? The … the number is 01225302602. Give me a call at the office to let me know what you’ve arranged. Thanks.

4. Er, this is Alex at Virgin Megastore. The new computer game you or-dered has come in. Er, please call by and pick it up. Thank you.

5. Hello, it’s me… Maggie. You may remember me. I’m supposed to be your girlfriend, although you wouldn’t think so. Get off your computer for five minutes and give me a ring. By the way, have you heard anything about the tickets for Egypt.

6. Hello. This is Alison Moore from the South-Western Bank. Can you ring me to discuss your overdraft? 0117515633 extension 300. Than you.

Recording Eight

Tapescript

Jane: (a) Richard: Oh, hi. (b) Is Maggie there?

Hello.

J: (c) Is that Richard? R: Yes, hello, Jane. How are you? J: Fine, thanks. (d) Hang on, I’ll go and get her …



Maggie: Hello. R: Hi! (e) It’s me. M: You got my message then. I thought you’d forgotten about me. R: Don’t be silly. Of course I haven’t forgotten you. I’ve just been a bit

busy, that’s all. M: Busy playing computer games, I suppose. R: No, not all the time. Anyway, how are you? M: Not too bad. A bit tired. Too much work as usual. Which reminds me,

have you heard anything from the travel agents? R: Oh, yes. They’ve got the tickets. M: Great! I really need this holiday. R: Listen, I can’t chat now, but (f) But what are you up to later? M: I’ve got to work this evening. But I thought we could go to the cinema

tomorrow. R: OK, I’ll come round at about seven. M: (g) See you tomorrow. R: Bye.

Key

Ex. 112. A


Recording Nine

Note

General Delivery letter – mail that post office holds for people to come in and pick up; ‘post restante’.

Tapescript

1. Clerk: Next, please.



Richard: Hi! They told me over at the Morningside post office that I could pick up my mail here. Do you have the General Delivery letters?

C: Yes, we do. Can you show me some ID? R: Yeah, I think I have something with my picture on it…Here’s my

driver’s licence. C: Richard Stephens…Okay, Richard, just a minute…Well, you hit it lucky

today – three letters for you! R: All right, thanks a lot. 2. Clerk: Next. Janet: Hi! I want to mail this box of books to Japan. It’s okay if it’s sealed,

isn’t it? C: Sure. But there’s an eleven pound weight limit, and that box looks pretty big. J: Oh, it weighs less than eleven pounds. C: Okay. You want it to go surface, I take it? Let’s see… yuh, ten pounds

even. Wait a minute! This isn’t labelled right. J: What’s wrong with it? C: Where’s the return address? J: On the other side. C: The sender’s return address has to go here in the upper left hand corner,

and, look here – you forgot your zip code. J: Okay. I’ll write it in. This other package here has to get to Lyons as soon

as possible. C: Where is that? J: In southern France. C: Well, express is the fastest to Europe, but it’s very expensive. Airmail’s

bad enough, even for small packets, but that’s over two pounds, so it’ll have to go as a parcel, and that costs a lot more.

J: It’s over two pounds, I know… How long does airmail take? C: Oh, about a week or ten days.



J: Yeah, that’s okay… I’ll send it airmail after all. And I’d like it registered and insured for $ 50.

C: Okay, fill out this form, then.

Key

Ex. 114.

Because the post master doesn’t know him and he has to be sure he is giving mail to the right person.

Ex. 115.


Ex. 116.

1. Surface mail goes on land or sea; airmail goes in planes; express mail is handled specially and should take less time to arrive; registered mail has a spe-cial number on it so the post office can find it if it doesn’t arrive.

2. Because the package has to arrive as soon as possible.

Ex. 117.


Recording Ten

Tapescript

1. Agent: Next please. What can I do for you? Arthur: Yes, I’d like to wire some money to my son in Albuquerque, but I

don’t have any cash with me. How do I go about it and what’s the upper limit? Agent: Well, just take this money order form and fill it out. You got a credit

card on you? A: Sure. Agent: Well, you can wire up to $ 1,000 with this form.



A: Okay… uh, what do I put here where it says ‘ID. Question’? Agent: Just write in what you want your boy to answer before he’s handed

the money. Be sure to call him and give him the right answer! A: Okay. How long will it take for the money to get to Albuquerque? Agent: I suppose it’ll be there by this evening if we send it regular. A: Oh, that’ll be fine. 2. Agent: Can I help you? John: My parents are wiring some money from Washington state. How

long’ll it take to get here? A: It should be here by tomorrow, but may be not until the next day. It de-

pends on how they send it. J: I see. I won’t need it until this weekend, so I’ll check back with you Fri-

day. A: Fine. 3. Agent: Next please. Valerie: Hi. How long does it take a telegram to get to Fort Worth? A: Well, that depends on what kind it is. A regular telegram would be there

by this afternoon, and a night letter by tomorrow. V: This doesn’t have to be there until tomorrow, so a night letter would be fine. A: All right.

Recording Eleven

Note

Cotton on to – begin to realize or understand something.

Tapescript

1. I like writing letters. I’m not as good as I used to be, because I have to write for my job, and I get a bit bored with writing all day and don’t often want



to come home and write long letters. I quite often type letters to my mum on the computer nowadays and I have a old typewriter at home now. It’s quite funny. I type letters to her which are full of typing mistakes. She says it makes them more amusing. I like writing postcards. If I go on holiday anywhere, I write lots of postcards. I once went to Moscow and I think I wrote 50 postcards, and one Christmas here I wrote 60 home, but I hardly got any back so I stopped that be-cause it became too outrageously expensive.

2. We had E-mail at work when I was working at a newspaper. My brother

in Hong Kong sent me some E-mail. I’m still not sure how it works. It just

seems like sending messages through the telephone line onto somebody else’s

computer. I don’t really understand why it took such a long time to get off the

ground. It seems such an easy thing to do. Why didn’t they do it before?

3. I like sending faxes to friends. I like drawing things. For my work I have

to send official faxes in Hungarian. That’s quite difficult, as they have this

really strange official language. You can’t just write ‘Oh, hi there. Send me the

information, bye’. You have to write a whole essay, which is not really the

point of faxes. They are supposed to be a quick memo to somebody, but they

don’t seem to have cottoned on to this aspect of them here.

Key

Ex. 120.

1. Yes, she does.

2. Because she has to write a lot for her job and she gets bored with writing

all day.

3. She usually types letters to her mum on the computer and they are full of

typing mistakes which make them more amusing.

4. 50 postcards.

5. Because it became too expensive.



Unit Eight

WEATHER

Recording One

Note

Patch – an area that is different from what surrounds it.

Tapescript

‘What’s actually going to happen today, then?’

‘Well, today is another good day. Much the same as yesterday, with the mist

and foggy patches clearing in the next hour or so, and then everywhere should

have prolonged sunshine through the day…(Pause)

Tomorrow morning bright and dry, but it’ll cloud over gradually during the

day, and there’s a threat tomorrow evening and tomorrow night of some show-

ery outbreaks of rain. I think it’ll be mostly small amounts, but one or two of

the showers could be a bit heavy tomorrow night.

Temperatures a little bit cooler, but not much, probably about 26-27 maxi-

mum tomorrow, with a light southerly wind.’ (Pause)

‘Briefly, Sunday and Monday?’

‘Sunday, a rather cloudy day in this area I think, with a few showers, not

much sunshine, much cooler, maximum 23…(Pause) But dry on Monday I

think with a fair amount of sun, but again rather cool with, well, normal tem-

peratures 22-23 centigrade.’

‘Still, not bad, not bad at all. OK, Harry, thanks very much indeed. Bye now.’

‘Bye-bye.’



Key

Ex. 123.


Recording Two

Note

Update – a report or broadcast containing all the latest news or information.

Tapescript

Let’s have a quick update on that weather check from the Bristol Met. Office. Cloudy and misty this morning, little bit of rain, fairly heavy at times. Should be a br-, a little bit brighter this afternoon with just the occasional shower. 14 degrees the high, down to about 8 Celsius overnight, that’s er, mostly dry, clear spells, so fairly nice night actually. Bright, sunny tomorrow morning, so go shopping then. Scattered showers and cloud and rain by the evening is the picture for tomorrow. Looks like it could be a damp weekend.

Key

Ex. 124.

1-A, 2-C, 3-B, 4-E, 5-D.

Recording Three

Note

Gale-force – a gale-force wind is very strong and often causes damage to buildings and trees.

Tapescript

And now tomorrow’s weather. There will be some cloud and rain in the

south-west at first tomorrow, but most of England, Wales and northern Ireland



will have sunny periods. There may be showers, especially in the north and

east, and snow is possible on high ground in northern and eastern Scotland. It

will be much colder and windier tomorrow, with temperatures ranging from 3

degrees Celsius (37 degrees Fahrenheit) in northern Scotland to 9 degrees

Celsius (48 degrees Fahrenheit) in south-west England. Outlook for the

weekend: it will be mainly dry, with occasional showers in western districts.

Temperatures will be higher. There will be strong winds in northern England

and Scotland reaching gale force in some sea areas.

Key

Ex. 125.

The differences are italicised in the tapescript.

Recording Four

Notes

1. Batter – hit sth very hard several times.

2. Disrupt – interrupt sth and prevent it from continuing by creating a prob-

lem.

3. Masonry – the bricks or stones that make a building, wall, or other struc-

tures.

4. Topple – stop being steady and fall, or make someone or sth do this.

Tapescript

1. Earlier on today, apparently, a woman rang the BBC and said she heard

that there was a hurricane on the way. Well, if you’re watching, don’t worry, there

isn’t. But, having said that, actually the weather will become very windy, but most

of the strong winds incidentally will be down over Spain and across into France.

2. The great cleaning-up operation is now underway in the wake of the hur-

ricane-force winds which battered much of the southern England in the small



hours. At least thirteen people are known to have died and many were injured,

hit by falling trees and masonry toppled in the gales. Power supplies have been

disrupted and large sections of the rail network were left out of action. Our re-

porters have been assessing the scale of the chaos and the damage. We begin

with the latest from the south coast.

3. This is David Smeeton in Southampton. In the southern region it’s been

a day of assessing the damage to hundreds of roofs, many of them torn com-

pletely off, while some homes are partially collapsed. Overnight scores of peo-

ple were looked after in emergency centres.

4. And finally this is Andrew Roberts with a look at how the storms have

affected the capital. Two people were killed as winds of 94 miles an hour – the

highest ever recorded – gusted across London. In Croydon a motorist died when

his car was crushed by a falling tree.

Key

Ex. 127.

The best summary is number 3.

Ex. 128. B.

1. the southern, 2. 13, 3. injured, 4. trees, 5. gales, 6. supplies, 7. rail,

8. chaos, 9. damage, 10. latest.

Ex. 129.

1. Hundreds of roofs.

2. Some homes.

3. Overnight scores of people were looked after in emergency centres.

4. Two people.

5. 94 miles an hour.

6. He died when his car was crushed by a falling tree.



Recording Five

Tapescript

A: What do you think of this weather we’re having, then?

B: Bit too hot for my liking. Can’t breathe, it’s so close. Brings on my cough

something terrible. Give me a bit of cold any day!

A: I don’t know what’s happening to our climate.

B: What do you mean?

A: Hot one day, snowing the next. It was different in our day.

B: Can’t be healthy, all this sun.

A: You’re right. And it dries up the garden like nobody’s business…

Key

Ex. 130.




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