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Unit 1 Traces of the past
Listening to the world
Sharing
Scripts
H
= Hina; M1 = Man 1, etc.; W1 = Woman 1, etc.
Part 1
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.
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.
M1:
Las
t 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?
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 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 wa
sn’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?
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?
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