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0:00unit three survival
0:03English exercise one health
0:08problems listen to the conversation and
0:11fill in the missing information in the
0:13notes
0:15below hi Ellen what's the matter with
0:18you I think I've got a terrible cold my
0:22nose is stuffed up and I've got a sore
0:25throat oh that's too bad you should be
0:28at home in bed it's really important to
0:30get a good rest yeah you're right and
0:34have you taken anything for it no I
0:37haven't well you should take some
0:40vitamin C and it's also a good idea to
0:42drink lots of liquids that's a good
0:45suggestion I have a bottle of vitamin C
0:48at home have you seen a doctor not yet
0:53well you'd better see a doctor first and
0:56then go back home to rest yeah I'll do
0:58it right now
1:00Ellen it's also helpful to cook chicken
1:03soup with some garlic in it and drink a
1:06cup every half an hour it really works
1:09oh chicken stock for a cold okay I'll
1:13try it thanks I hope you recover
1:27soon exercise two in a camera shop
1:32listen to the conversation and fill in
1:34the missing information in the notes
1:37below good morning can I help you yes I
1:41want to buy a camera what kind do you
1:44recommend well it all depends we have
1:47many kinds of cameras here how much
1:50money do you want to spend I want
1:52something cheap and easy to handle are
1:56you an experienced photographer no I've
1:59had no experience at all here's a camera
2:02that would suit you very well it's got a
2:05very good lens and it's all automatic so
2:08it's very easy to use just press one
2:12button and it's done how much does it
2:15cost it's only 45 lb can I try of course
2:20here you are well I think the price is
2:23reasonable and I like that it is
2:25automatic but I don't like the color do
2:28you have any other color
2:30M yes how about this yellow one it looks
2:33better is it the same price yes all
2:37right I will take this yellow one here
2:40is
2:4150b here is your
2:51change exercise three in the
2:55restaurant listen to the conversation
2:58and take the items that the wife and
3:01husband ordered on the
3:05menu good evening would you like to
3:07order now just a moment can we see what
3:11you've got on the menu first there is
3:14quite a good choice on the menu Isn't
3:16there dear yes do you want to order
3:19first all right I think I'll start with
3:22some apple juice but I can't decide
3:25whether to have salmon or roast beef um
3:29I remember remember I had fish last time
3:31we were here so I'll try the roast beef
3:35and yes and some carrots what about the
3:39sweet well we can order that later but I
3:43think I'll have some fruit salad shall I
3:46order some wine to go with the meal yes
3:49that would be nice so what are you going
3:52to have I'll start with chicken soup and
3:56I love fish so I think I'll have salmon
3:59and some peas
4:00what are you going to choose for dessert
4:03I think I'll have chocolate
4:16cake exercise 4 at the reception desk in
4:21a
4:22hotel listen to the conversation and
4:25fill in the missing information
4:29good evening sir good evening my name is
4:33Arthur Collins I believe you have a room
4:36reserved for me just a moment Mr Collins
4:39let me see Collins yes Mr Collins you
4:43booked a single room 3 days ago is that
4:46right yes that's right Mr Collins your
4:50room number is 405 on the 4th floor
4:54would you fill in this form
4:56please certainly
4:59how long do you intend to stay in the
5:01hotel Mr Collins let me see today is
5:05Monday and probably I'm going to leave
5:09on Friday morning on Friday morning I
5:12see oh uh excuse me where shall I put my
5:16passport number just at the bottom
5:19that's right thank
5:21you oh would you please wake me up at
5:24710 in the morning please 10 7 certainly
5:28Porter please take Mr Collins's suitcase
5:31to his room Mr Collins please follow him
5:35thank you you're
5:46welcome exercise 5 Christmas
5:50activities listen to the talk and
5:53complete the notes write no more than
5:57three words for each answer
6:00the Christmas season begins very early
6:03in Britain by the end of October you may
6:06see Christmas decorations in the streets
6:09and Christmas cards and Gifts in the
6:12shops traditionally people start to
6:16decorate their houses a week or two
6:19before the 25th of December which is
6:22Christmas day there are a lot of
6:25traditions connected with Christmas the
6:28most important one is the giving of
6:31presents family members wrap up their
6:34gifts and leave them at the bottom of
6:37the Christmas tree to be found on
6:39Christmas morning children leave a long
6:43sock or stocking at the end of their bed
6:46on Christmas Eve the 24th of December
6:50hoping that Father Christmas will come
6:52down the chimney during the night and
6:54bring them small presents fruit and nuts
6:58they are not usually ually
7:00disappointed sometimes on Christmas Day
7:03the family will sit down to a big turkey
7:06dinner and Christmas pudding later in
7:09the afternoon they may watch the queen
7:12on television as she delivers her
7:14traditional Christmas message to the
7:17United Kingdom and The
7:19Commonwealth if they have room for even
7:22more food they may enjoy a piece of
7:25Christmas cake or eat a hot mince pie
7:30the 26th of December is also a public
7:33holiday boxing day and this is the time
7:37to visit friends and relatives or watch
7:48football exercise six trip to
7:52Stonehenge listen to the conversation
7:55and fill in the missing information in
7:58the notes below
8:01hi Sue how was your weekend oh really
8:04good I went to Stonehenge with my host
8:07family Stonehenge yes that's right have
8:11you ever been there yes I went there
8:14last month I really enjoyed it me too
8:18Stonehenge is the best known and
8:20probably the most remarkable of
8:22prehistoric remains in the UK yes it has
8:27stood on Salsbury plane for a about
8:294,000 years you know there have been
8:33many different theories about its
8:35original use yes I know my host father
8:38told me that one of the theories is that
8:41it was a place from where stars and
8:43planets could be
8:46observed yes but no one is really
8:48certain why it was built one of the
8:51things people have discovered is the
8:54positions of some of the stones relate
8:56to the movements of the Sun and Moon so
8:59that the stones could be used as a
9:02calendar that's
9:04interesting did you go to Oxford too
9:07it's not far from
9:09Stonehenge no we didn't because of the
9:12time my host family had to be back
9:15before 3: in the afternoon oh what a
9:19pity you should go sometime it's very
9:21interesting too yes I hope I can
9:24sometime
9:35exercise 7
9:38marriage suei and Steve are talking
9:41about marriage in America and in
9:45Korea listen to the conversation and
9:47fill in the missing information in the
9:50notes
9:53below hello Steve have you read this
9:56article not yet what is
10:00there are some facts about families in
10:02the United States it says that 50% of
10:06marriages end in divorce in the United
10:08States that's quite High isn't it do
10:11many people get divorced in Korea no
10:14most Korean couples Stay
10:16Together families are sure different in
10:19America well there are more divorces but
10:23what else is different well I think
10:26people get married younger how much
10:28younger oh I think some people get
10:31married before the age of 20 really what
10:35else a lot of women work after they get
10:38married and I think most women who have
10:41babies go back to work fairly soon
10:44too yes according to the survey 50% of
10:48American working women return to work
10:51within a year of having a
10:54baby do women in Korea usually work
10:57after they get married no a lot of women
11:01stay at home and take care of their
11:03families but a few work I see here are
11:08some more figures it says
11:1167% of women with children work and 57%
11:15of children under six have two parents
11:19who work or a single parent who works
11:31exercise 8 University
11:35campus look at the map of the University
11:39campus you will hear five sets of
11:41directions to a certain
11:44place as you listen follow the
11:47directions carefully then write the
11:50letters next to the names of the places
11:54below conversation
11:57one Susan is a a new student she goes to
12:01the university to
12:03register excuse me can you help me I'm
12:06looking for the registration office
12:09maybe I can I think it's in the
12:12administration building are you a new
12:15student yes I
12:17am well look here is the map of the
12:20campus we're at the entrance now the
12:23building we face is the students union
12:27the building on our left is the ad
12:29administration building thank you with
12:33pleasure conversation
12:35two Susan comes out of the
12:37administration building and wants to buy
12:40some course
12:42books excuse me I'm a new student here
12:46I'm looking for the bookstore do you
12:49know where it
12:50is the
12:52bookstore let me see we are at the
12:56administration building do you see the
12:58gymn asium there the one facing us on
13:01the
13:02left yes is the tall white building over
13:07there right the bookstore is behind the
13:11gymnasium between the cinema and the
13:13bank I see thank you very much you're
13:19welcome conversation three Susan comes
13:23out of the bookstore and she plans to go
13:26to the tennis
13:27club it excuse me could you tell me
13:31where the tennis club is tennis club uh
13:35I think it is in the sports center when
13:39you go to the sports center you will
13:41find a swimming pool the tennis club is
13:45opposite it and next to the playground
13:48you can't miss it thanks a
13:51lot conversation
13:544 excuse me I'm looking for the computer
13:57center could you tell me where it is the
14:00computer center yes it's next to the
14:04library opposite the recreation
14:07center next to the library opposite the
14:11recreation center yes that's right thank
14:14you very
14:16much conversation
14:18five excuse me could you tell me where
14:21the cafeteria is oh
14:25cafeteria I think there is one in the
14:27recreation center
14:29Recreation Center yes when you come to
14:33the recreation center you will see three
14:35buildings there the middle one has a
14:38cafeteria you can see a big signpost
14:41there you can't miss it thank you very
14:51much exercise 9 music in New
14:56Orleans listen to the conversation and
14:59fill in the missing information in the
15:01notes below hi Mike do you like jazz yes
15:07very much and I like to dance to Jazz
15:10too do you know who first started to
15:12play jazz yes of course the
15:16African-Americans do you know when and
15:19where uh yes around 1900 people from
15:24many countries lived in New
15:26Orleans music was an important part of
15:29life in this city musicians in New
15:32Orleans started to play a new kind of
15:35music it was called
15:38jazz jazz was a kind of music intended
15:41to make people happy I know jazz is kind
15:44of a mixture of many different kinds of
15:47music for example African Blues European
15:52church music and work songs most early
15:56Jazz musicians were African-American
15:59they played in small bands and they
16:01didn't write down their
16:03music yes they learned to work together
16:06to produce a loose and relaxed beat that
16:09is so powerful that listeners cannot
16:11help but dance or at least move their
16:14feet along with it and soon white
16:17musicians were playing jazz
16:19too I know black and white musicians
16:22seldom played together in the United
16:24States at that time you're right around
16:2819 1920 jazz music began to spread Jazz
16:32musicians moved from City to City people
16:36listen to Jazz records they heard jazz
16:39on the radio in the 1930s and 1940s Jazz
16:44was popular in the US and Canada the
16:48music was called swing it was played by
16:52big
16:53bands it was said there are still a few
16:55bands made up of very old musicians
16:58playing the old style jazz in a club in
17:01New Orleans they play jazz for 4 and 1/2
17:05hours each evening so many tourists go
17:07there and listen can the audience make
17:10some special requests for the songs yes
17:14if the musicians are willing to play
17:16them people pay a little money for the
17:19request traditional songs cost $1 and
17:23all others cost to that's interesting
17:27I'd like to visit the City sometime in
17:29the
17:39future exercise
17:4210 talking to a land
17:45lady Mrs Tiger's new lodger is asking
17:49what he is allowed to do listen to the
17:52conversation and make a cross if it is
17:55not allowed and fill in the table
17:59good afternoon I'm Sam I phoned
18:02yesterday about the room is it still
18:04available yes come in
18:07please the room is very nice and big do
18:10you mind if I put some posters on the
18:13walls no I don't mind but don't use
18:16cellot tape to stick them up it brings
18:19off the paint when you remove
18:22it what about smoking is it all right if
18:26my friends and I smoke no I afraid I
18:29don't allow smoking anywhere in the
18:32house I
18:34see can I use the kitchen if I want to
18:37cook something yes but only before 7:00
18:40in the evenings not after
18:447:00 I'm very fond of animals and I'm
18:47thinking of getting a dog under no
18:50circumstances do I want any pets here I
18:53don't like
18:56animals well you said I could use your
18:59television in the evenings is that right
19:02yes on condition that you don't have it
19:04on after midnight we don't want to
19:07disturb the
19:09neighbors can I have my friend around in
19:11the evenings yes that's okay but we
19:14don't want any big noisy parties though
19:17so only two or three friends at the same
19:20time
19:22please can I have a bath at any time yes
19:26except between 6:00 and 7 in the evening
19:30I get home from work then and I always
19:32like to have a shower before I have my
19:34evening
19:44meal exercise 11 the
19:48news listen to the news and tick the
19:51three items which are mentioned in the
19:54headlines and then fill in the gaps by
19:58writing no more than three words in the
20:00spaces
20:03provided this is the 6:00 news for
20:06Thursday and first the headlines are a
20:10powerful earthquake rocked the US
20:13Northwest on Wednesday frightened people
20:16ran into the streets of Seattle
20:19earthquake officials said British
20:21Colombia felt the shock but escaped any
20:24serious damage transport workers are on
20:28strike in Vancouver over a pay claim and
20:31the strike looks set to spread to all of
20:34BC in Moscow Russian officials gave the
20:38green light on Wednesday to California
20:41millionaire Dennis Tito to become the
20:44first tourist in
20:47space now here's the news in
20:50detail a strong earthquake hits Seattle
20:53at 10:54 a.m. on
20:56Wednesday according to the National
20:58earthquake information center in Golden
21:01the magnitude 6.8 Quake was centered 125
21:06km southeast of Victoria and 56 km
21:11Southwest of
21:12Seattle about 250 people were reported
21:16injured in Seattle and Olympia at least
21:20three of them are in serious condition
21:23in Victoria the earthquake caused
21:25buildings to sway and shook pictures off
21:28walls
21:29but damage was
21:30minimal said K Smith who was on the
21:33eighth floor of a downtown Victoria
21:36office
21:37building I thought the building was
21:39going to sway and topple
21:41over yet others didn't feel a thing a
21:45spokesman said that at least two local
21:48people had hospital treatment for minor
21:53injuries Russian officials gave the
21:55green light to California millionaire
21:58Dennis Tito to become the first tourist
22:01in space despite reservations from
22:04Nassau Tito 60 the founder of an
22:09investment firm took his final exam the
22:13interdepartmental committee which
22:15routinely approves cosmonauts for space
22:18flight included Tito in the primary crew
22:22set to launch on April 28th on a mission
22:25to the International Space Station
22:29Tito will reportedly pay2 million us for
22:33the flight he will spend about a week on
22:36the station despite objections from
22:39Nassau who felt that an amateur on board
22:42could jeopardize safety if there were an
22:45emergency
23:05exercise 12 some interesting places to
23:09go listen to the talk and choose the
23:13right answer for questions 1 to 3 and
23:16then fill in the missing information in
23:19the notes for questions 4 to
23:2212 here are some interesting places to
23:26visit first the West end the West End is
23:30the name given to the area of Central
23:34London it includes Trafalger Square the
23:37main shopping areas of Oxford Street and
23:40Regent Street most of London's big
23:44department stores are in these streets
23:47and the entertainment centers are in
23:49SoHo picadeli circus and Lester
23:53Square Trafalger Square was built early
23:57in the last century to commemorate the
24:00Battle of
24:01Trafalgar Admiral Lord Nelson's statue
24:04stands on top of a column in the middle
24:07of Trafalgar Square at Christmas time
24:11Carol Singers gather around a huge
24:13Christmas tree which is sent to Britain
24:16from Norway every year behind Nelson's
24:20column is the National Gallery Picadilly
24:24circus is the center of night life in
24:26the West End it is usually at the top of
24:30everyone's list of things to see in
24:32London because it is so well known it is
24:36actually quite small and most people are
24:39rather disappointed when they see it for
24:41the first time because they had imagined
24:44it would be much bigger to the north of
24:47padil circus is Soho which has been the
24:50foreign quarter of London since the 17th
24:54century now it has restaurants offering
24:57food from a variety of different
25:00countries especially Chinese and Italian
25:03ones London is famous for its live
25:06theaters and there are over 30 theaters
25:09within a square mile if you want to know
25:12what is on in London the best place to
25:15look is in a newspaper
25:39exercise 13 trip to Belfast listen to
25:43the talk and fill in the missing
25:46information in the notes
25:49below good morning everyone welcome to
25:52Belfast now I will give you some
25:54information about
25:56Belfast Belfast
25:58is one of the youngest capital cities in
26:01the world and it has grown incredibly
26:05fast today the city has a population of
26:10400,000 nearly a third of the entire
26:13population of Northern
26:15Ireland but in the 17th century it was
26:18only a
26:20village then during the 19th century the
26:23development of Industries like linen
26:26rope making and engineering tobacco and
26:30the Sea trade doubled the town's size
26:33every 10
26:35years the city is well known for ship
26:38building it was here that the Titanic
26:42was built and sent out on her fatal
26:44maiden
26:46voyage here is your brief tour around
26:49Belfast this morning you will visit an
26:52art gallery Belfast Cathedral and City
26:56Hall this afternoon
26:58you will visit the zoo and this evening
27:02you will go to a concert at ster
27:05Hall tomorrow morning you will visit
27:08ster Museum and see 9,000 years of human
27:12history in Ireland and the gold treasure
27:15of the 16th century Spanish warship
27:18which was recovered off the coast of ANM
27:21in
27:231968 in the afternoon you will go to the
27:27Botanic Garden
27:29and you will walk among rare
27:31plants some of the tropical plants are
27:34100 years old and then you will visit
27:37the Palm House it was built in
27:411850 you will have a free evening so you
27:44can go to some local
27:46pubs it's possible for you to find a
27:49really friendly atmosphere and enjoy
27:52some Irish folk music there next morning
27:56at 10:00 you will leave the hotel and
27:59fly back to
28:00London I hope you will enjoy the two-day
28:03tour
28:21thanks exercise
28:2414 TV and radio listen to The Talk and
28:28complete the notes
28:30below watching television is one of the
28:33Great British pastimes broadcasting in
28:37the United Kingdom is controlled by the
28:40British Broadcasting Corporation known
28:43as the BBC and the independent
28:46broadcasting Authority known as
28:49IBA the BBC receives its income from the
28:52government the IBA earns money from
28:56private companies advertising
28:59National radio is controlled by the BBC
29:03and listeners can choose between four
29:06stations Radio 1 is a pop music station
29:10with news and magazine style
29:13programs Radio 2 plays light music and
29:17reports on
29:20sport radio 3 plays classical music and
29:24Radio 4 has news programs drama and
29:28general interest programs there are many
29:31local stations some private and some run
29:35by the
29:36BBC their programs consist mainly of
29:39music and local
29:41news the BBC has two TV channels BBC 2
29:47has more serious programs and news
29:49features the IBA is responsible for
29:53looking after the regional independent
29:55TV companies who broadcast cast their
29:58own programs and those they have bought
30:01from other regions there is a break in
30:04programs for advertisements about every
30:0715 to 20 minutes the most recent
30:11independent channel is Channel 4 and it
30:15has more specialized programs than the
30:17main
30:18channels in general people think the
30:22programs offered on British television
30:24are of a very high standard some people
30:28however are becoming worried about the
30:31amount of violence on TV and the effect
30:35this may have on young
30:44people exercise 15
30:47Sports listen to the talk and fill in
30:51the missing information in the right
30:53place for questions 1 to 10 and for
30:57questions 11 to 16 indicate whether the
31:00following statements are true or false
31:03by writing t for true and F for
31:07false sports are very important in
31:10British life it's possible to practice
31:13all kinds of sports in Britain you can
31:16see water sports Sailing and Rowing are
31:19practiced on the lakes rivers and Coast
31:22lines these kinds of sports are more
31:24popular in
31:26summer walking
31:28rock climbing and horse riding are all
31:32good ways to explore the
31:34landscape nearer your home you will
31:37certainly find outdoor pitches for
31:39football cricket and other team
31:43games tennis is played on outdoor courts
31:47in the summer while squash has become a
31:50popular game in recent years as it can
31:53be played yearround on indoor
31:56courts most call vages and towns will
31:59also have indoor swimming pools and some
32:02have ice skating
32:04rinks many colleges have their own
32:07extremely impressive sports facilities
32:11and this is the best place to find what
32:13is
32:14available for example most universities
32:18have a day at the start of the year when
32:20all the clubs and societies advertise
32:23their activities and you can go around
32:26and choose which you would like to
32:29join the most popular outdoor spectator
32:32sports are football and horse
32:35racing most large towns have their own
32:39football team and ground while race
32:42courses are found in the country and
32:45outside most major
32:47cities all forms of motor racing are
32:50also
32:51popular sport plays such a large part in
32:55British life that many idioms in the
32:57English language have come from the
32:59World of Sport for example to play the
33:03game means to be fair and that's not
33:07Cricket means that's not
33:10fair the most popular sport in Britain
33:13as a whole is football a lot of people
33:16support their local clubs at matches on
33:19Saturday afternoons or watch the matches
33:22live on
33:26television
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