Sharing
Unit 1 Traces of the past
Listening to the world
Part 1
Scripts
H = Hina; M1 = Man 1, etc.; W1 = Woman 1, etc.
H: I have a busy social life. I go out most nights after work with friends. Last night, I went out for a meal with an old friend from university – it was really good to see her. Tell me about your social life. Do you go out a lot
Part 2
M1: I do go out quite a lot, yeah. I ... I like to go out to bars and I quite
like going to friends’ houses and having dinner and things like that.
W1: I like to go to the cinema and um, I think the last movie I saw was The Hangover – it was very funny. And ... and I like to go to the theater also.
W2: No, we don’t go out a lot – um, possibly weekends. We go out for meals or something.
M2: Not too regularly. Weekends. I play golf … um, socialize afterwards. W3: During the day we do. Er, in the evening, no, no. No, we don’t. W4: My friends and I like to go out quite a lot. We go clubbing; we go to discos.
W5: Yes, I go out sometimes in the village. Er, we live in a small village, so
a lot of our social life is in the village, so we go out to friends’ houses, go to parties, go to the pub.
W6: Um, not so much … but I like it a lot. I like to go to the theater, to the
cinema, meet friends, eat out.
W7: Sometimes I go out for a ... for a couple of drinks with some good friends,
but ... um, not very often. A couple of times a month maybe.
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Part 3
H: Did you go out last night
W4: We went to this club in Piccadilly Circus and we danced all night. We had a
few drinks, but then mostly dancing. And there was (were) a few guys there and they were really cute and we, like, talked to them.
W5: We had dinner in an Italian restaurant by Tower Bridge and it was lovely.
We had a lovely evening of just looking at the … the river and enjoying the view and enjoying lots of fun with the family.
W6: Well, I went to the cinema – seeing the last Harry Potter film – ah,
which I enjoyed a lot. And afterwards I met some friends for a … for a drink in town.
M2: We went to see, er, Mamma Mia! At the Prince of Wales Theater, and it was excellent.
W2: We went to the theater. We saw a play by Tom Stoppard called Arcadia, which
was extremely interesting and we enjoyed it very much. Afterwards, we went with friends for a meal. We had a Spanish “tapas” type meal, which was extremely enjoyable.
W1: Um, last night I went to, um, Westfield Shopping Center, which is in the
west of London and I enjoyed a delicious meal there.
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M1: Last night I went to a friend of mine’s house which is in south London and
um, we went out and went to a fish and chip shop, bought some fish and chips and went home and had that with a beer in front of the television.
Listening
Scripts
I = Interviewer; B = Baruti
I: Thank you for coming on the show, Baruti. We are all very interested to know
more about your work. But, first of all, let’s start from the beginning. Um, where were you born
B: I was born in Johannesburg in 1962. I: Can I ask you about your childhood
B: Yes, of course. I was the fourth child in a very big family – there were 11
of us. My father was a teacher and my mother cleaned houses for rich people.
I: Did you go to school
B: Yes, I did. Education was very important to my parents. I: When did you decide to work with poor children
B: When I was in school, one of my friends lost his parents. He had no
family … um … no living grandparents, so he moved to a house for orphans. I visited him and when I saw his life there, I decided to work with orphans.
I: When did you open your orphanage B: We opened it in 1996. I: We
B: Yes, my wife and I. We got married in 1990. I: And who’s your hero
B: I’m glad you asked that – it’s Mother Teresa. I often think about her
words: “I can do no great things, only small things with great love.” I: That’s very interesting. I have one more question: What’s your favorite
book
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B: Let me think about that. I like many books, but Long Walk to Freedom is one
of my favorites. It’s the story of Nelson Mandela’s life in his own words. I: That sounds interesting. Thank you. OK … now, it’s time to ask the audience for questions. Are there any questions for Baruti … Yes, you at the back …
Viewing
Scripts
Carlos Acosta is one of the greatest living ballet dancers. He was the first black principal dancer at Covent Garden in London. He is famous around the world and in his home country of Cuba he is a national hero.
Carlos now travels the world but always sees Cuba as his home. All his family are still there. In Cuba he isn’t a foreigner. He says that in Cuba a child learns to dance first and then to speak. He talks about the heat and the sea, about dance and music and happiness.
“Cuba is always going to be my home. In my heart, that’s the only country, you know, and because that’s where all my relatives are, my memories, you know, and this is the only place I’m
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never going to be a foreigner. You learn how to dance first; then you learn how to speak, you know, in Cuba. It’s something that’s been passed on through generation to generation. And it’s also, you know, the heat, and the tropic (tropics), and the sea and … it’s … it’s almost, that’s what it’s asking for, dance and music and happiness.”
Carlos was born in Havana, the youngest of 11 children in a poor family. He often missed school. He was a champion breakdancer in the streets but didn’t want to be a professional dancer. When he was nine, his father sent him to a ballet school. Carlos hated it. He told his father he wanted to do something else.
“So I … I did tell him many times that I didn’t want to be … and that I wanted to … to do something else – football, you know – but he didn’t want to hear it. So, I went and … But thank God he didn’t want to hear it because thanks to that I’m here now.”
At ballet school, Carlos wasn’t always a good student and didn’t want to be a dancer. But when he was 13, Carlos saw the Cuban National Ballet and he loved it so much that he changed his mind about ballet. He decided to work hard and three years later, at 16, he traveled to Europe for the first time. That year he won four major dance competitions and became famous all over the world.
Now he is an international star and he dances in many countries, but he still goes home to Cuba several times a year to visit his family.
Speaking for communication
Role-play
Scripts
I = Isabel; M = Marek
Part 1
I: Hi, Marek. How was your weekend
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M: OK. And yours What did you do
I: I went for a walk. It was great! M: Who did you go with
I: With my boyfriend, Diego. He’s a football player. M: Oh. Where did you go
I: By the river. It was really beautiful. M: That sounds good.
Part 2
I: And you What did you do
M: Oh, I played football; cleaned the flat. I: Who did you play football with
M: With some guys from work. We play every weekend. I: Really Where did you play
M: In the park. There’s a football pitch there. I: Did you win
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M: Of course. I scored five goals!
I: Ha! I don’t believe you! Group discussion
Scripts
I = Interviewer; W = Writer
I: We are very pleased to have you here, George. Shall we start from the
beginning Could you tell us about your childhood
W: Yes, of course. I was born in a small town in the northeast. My father was a
truck driver and my mother worked part-time in a hospital. I have a brother and a sister. We all went to the same local school.
I: You wrote your first novel just one year after you left college, didn’t you
W: Yes, that was in 1993. I was only 22 then. And the next year I went to Brazil.
I: Is that period of your life related to your later career in any way
W: That’s a good question. You see, it was my experience there that inspired my film Lost in the Forest, although I didn’t actually make that film until several years later, in 2008. I: When did you start making films
W: In 2003. That was after I gave up farming. I: Farming
W: Yes. I stayed in Brazil for 7 years, during which I met my wife. After we
came back we bought a farm in the south of the country. A kind of experiment, really.
I: That sounds interesting. Why did you give it up then
W: It was very hard work. I was also busy working on my second novel …
Further practice in listening
Short conversations
Scripts
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Conversation 1
W: Hi, John. I’m back. Did any of my friends call me We were supposed to meet
at the bar for drinks, and then go to the cinema. But they never showed up. M: Sorry. I’ve been home since I came back from the office and the phone never rang once.
Q: Where does the conversation probably take place
Conversation 2
M: Not all great people are famous; take Jack Kilby as an example.
W: Right. Jack Kilby invented the microchip, and received the Nobel Prize. But
only a small part of the public knows of him. It’s very surprising. Q: What does the woman think is very surprising
Conversation 3
W: I don’t quite understand what made Charlie Chaplin such a popular movie star.
M: Are you serious Look at Charlie Chaplin’s works and compare them to other films of the time. He was so original that people were really surprised by his films.
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Q: What does the man say about Charlie Chaplin’s films
Conversation 4
W: What’s the greatest invention of the last few hundred years
M: Let’s see. The computer, the car, the phone No, I think it’s the light
bulb. This invention has changed the world more than anything else. Q: Which invention does the man think changed the world most
Conversation 5
W: Our play last night was a great success. We’re all proud of Bob. M: Yes. But if Bob had remembered all his lines, his performance would have been more natural.
Q: What does the man mean
Long conversation
Scripts
W: Hey, Bob, I’m taking care of my cousin this weekend. Can you think of any fun things for us to do
M: You guys should go see the new Harry Potter movie!
W: That’s a great idea! J. K. Rowling is such an inspiration. I just watched an interview with her on BBC news. Did you know her first book was rejected by 12 different publishers Everyone told her to get a different job, and that she wouldn’t be able to make any money by writing children’s books. M: Yeah, it’s hard to believe that once she was really poor but now she’s so wealthy. She came up with the idea for Harry Potter at a café in London … no, wait, I think it was a bookstore in Manchester … right
W: Haha, almost! It was actually on a train between London and Manchester. But she did write in cafés a lot. She could only write when her baby daughter was sleeping, so she took her on long walks around the neighborhood to get her to fall asleep. She would usually end up in a café and write as much as possible before her baby woke up again.
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M: Did J. K. Rowling say what she’s going to write next in her interview I can’t wait to see what she will write after her Harry Potter books!
W: No. She keeps her future plans a secret. Personally, I hope she writes more magic stories, with flying horses and lots of animals!
M: Not me. I hope she works on more serious material. I’d love to read stories with historical settings and big battle scenes!
Q1: What does the man suggest that the woman do this weekend
Q2: Where did J. K. Rowling come up with the idea for Harry Potter Q3: What are J. K. Rowling’s future plans Q4: What are the two speakers mainly talking about
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