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Audio file 1
Man:
Today we are going to talk about our
latest hobby. It is geocaching.
Woman
: Sorry, Jad, what is geocaching?
Man:
Well, basically it is a high-tech
treasure hunt and someone or anyone in fact
hides something usually a plastic box
containing a little log book and they hide it
in a public place maybe under a stone in a
park for instance and somewhere hidden
from the view where normal people if you
like wouldn`t see it. Then they post the
coordinates ID exact location of the box on
the website, on the internet and then anyone
with the GPs device can plug in the
coordinates into the GPs machine and go and
find the treasure.
Woman:
So the things that are hidden are
called geocachers, aren`t they? Or just
cashers? If you want to find one you go onto
that website, choose the country, choose the
place….
Man
: Yes, I mean, the site is called www.
geocaching.com and they have got all of the
cachers they come upon on a Google map so
it is very easy. You can find where your
hometown is and it`ll show you all the
cachers are near or in your hometown. There
are thousands of them all around the world.
You will be really surprised!
Audio file 2
Kate:
Hello and welcome to 6 Minute
English, I'm Kate and joining me today is
Rosie! Hello Rosie!
Rosie:
Hello Kate.
Kate:
Well, today we're going to talk about
collections and collecting things. Collecting
is when you put together a group of objects
all of the same type - stamp
collecting for example…. autographs or
anything really. Do you collect anything
Rosie?
Rosie:
Yes, I do. I collect embroidered
pictures of cottages which sounds quite
strange but I really love to look at what is
going on them because people send them
and I just like the way they look together.
Kate
: That sounds interesting and are they
all very old?
Rosie
: I really don`t know how old they are.
I think some of them are.
Kate
: So why do you like collecting things?
Rosie
: I don`t really know. I don`t know if
it’s the holding instinct that I have. I guess I
am quite a visual person. I just like looking
at things, I like looking at things that have
relationships with other things.
Kate:
That is a good enough reason
.
Well,
the World Cup is still in full swing for a few
days more and something which has become
very popular internationally is collecting
football stickers. Can you explain what
stickers are Rosie?
Rosie:
Sure, well stickers
are small pieces of
paper with a picture or writing on one side
and glue on the other. They can be made to
stay permanently on a surface or 'stick' to
something – hence the name 'stickers'.
Kate
: Right – well, football stickers have
pictures of all the players printed on them
and they are sold with an album or book full
of spaces to place the stickers into. This year
there are around 630 stickers of different
players to collect.
Rosie:
That's a lot. Imagine if you kept
getting the same sticker. I know – that must
be annoying.
Audio file 3
Dan:
Hello and welcome to 6 Minute
English from BBC Learning English. I’m
Dan
Walker
Smith
and
in
today’s
programme Kate and I are going to be
talking about parkour. Do you know what
parkour is Kate?
Kate:
Hi Dan. Well I don’t really know
what parkour is, but I’ve got a feeling it has
something to do with jumping on and off
buildings. Am I right?
Dan:
That’s pretty much it actually. Parkour
is a growing sport that mixes running,
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jumping, climbing and gymnastics. You
might have seen it on TV, it’s been around.
You see people running up walls, climbing
across buildings and jumping over objects
that are in their way.
Kate
: Ah right yes, now I know what you’re
talking about. I’ve definitely seen people
doing this on the television.
Dan
: Exactly, and what’s interesting is that
it’s not competitive. Many of the runners
don’t even like the idea of commercial
events. They’d rather keep it as a pure sport
that’s just for fun. Having said that, there are
Parkour World Championships. Now we’re
going to hear an extract from the British
parkour runner Brad Moss. Here he is
talking about what he likes about the sport.
He says that because it’s not competitive or
professional, you can concentrate on
personal
development.
So
he’s
less
concerned about being sponsored. Kate,
what does he mean there?
Kate
: Ah, well to sponsor
in this context is
to give someone money in exchange for
advertising and publicity. So sportsmen and
sports teams are often sponsored by big
companies.
Dan
: OK, well let’s have a listen to Brad.
What other sport did he practise before he
took up parkour?
Brad:
Parkour gave me a real opportunity to
develop personally, as opposed to, you
know, with skateboarding, which I used to
do. It was all about doing things for videos
and wanting to get sponsored and things.
Whereas parkour had a lot more freedom
thorough that, and it’s about practising what
you personally need to improve on.
Dan:
OK, so Brad was a skateboarder before
becoming a parkour runner. Skateboards
are
short boards with four small wheels in each
corner, and people who ride on them are
called skateboarders.
Kate:
Yes, and I think there are a lot of
similarities
between
parkour
and
skateboarding. For example you’ve got to be
very aware of your surroundings, and it’s a
way of getting around that’s really quick and
very impressive to watch.
Dan:
Exactly, I totally agree.
Audio file 4
David, Interviewer
I.:
Hello, David. Before you can join the
Kids`Fitness Club, we interview you about
your lifestyle – about what you eat and what
you do in your free time. OK?
D.:
Fine.
I.:
Right. Have you got a large family? Do
your parents work?
D.:
Well, I`ve got a sister, she is two years
older than me, and yeah, both of my parents
work. Dad is a policeman and Mum is a
teacher.
I.:
OK. How much exercise do you do in
your free time?
D.:
Exercise?
I.:
Yes, do you play any sports, for example?
D.:
Oh, no, not really. At school we have
one sports lesson a week, but in my free time
I don`t do much.
I.:
Do you walk to school or cycle?
D.:
No…Dad takes me to school in the car. I
haven`t got a bike.
I.:
Fine. So, how much TV do you watch?
D.:
I don`t know, about four hours.
I.:
Four hours a week. That is good.
D.:
No, four hours a day.
I.:
I see. Erm, next, how many computer
games have you got?
D.:
I don`t know, a lot. I play them all the
time. About 30.
I.:
OK, well, what about your diet? How
much fruit do you eat? How many
vegetables do you have each day?
D.:
Well, Mum gives me an apple every day,
but sometimes I don`t eat it. Vegetables?
Perhaps one or two. I don`t eat them at
school, they are boring.
I.:
And how many pizzas or burgers do you
eat?
D.:
Oh, I don`t know. About three burgers
and a pizza each week, sometimes more. I
eat a lot of chocolate and sweets…oh, and I
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love crisps. Crisps are vegetables, aren`t
they?
I.:
Well, not really, but…
D.
: So, can I join the club?
I.:
Sure, but why do you want to join?
D.:
Well, I know I am overweight and I want
to change that. And the gym sounds fun –
my friends say you can watch TV when you
are on the bikes.
I.:
That is true. But you need to change your
diet as well.
D.:
My diet?
I.:
What you eat. You need to eat more fruit
and vegetables.
D.:
Yeah, whatever. Do the TVs show
MTV?
Audio file 5
Tariq, Jane
J.:
Good morning, Event Catering Services.
How can I help you?
T.:
Hi, it is Tariq here, from the university.
J.:
Ah, hi Tariq. This is Jane. How are you?
T.:
Fine thanks. And you?
J.:
Great. So, how can I help you this time?
T.:
Well, there is a conference at the
university next week and I`d like to order
some food for the conference lunch.
J.:
Oh, so, what would you like for the first
course?
T.:
Well, have you got any tomato soup?
J.
: Yes
,
we have. How much would you
like?
T.:
We`d like 50 cans, please.
J.:
That is fine. And for the main course?
T.:
Could we have 50 chicken salads, please,
50 vegetarian pizzas and 40 lamb kebabs?
J.:
Oh, Tariq,I am sorry. I am afraid we
haven`t got any chicken salads at the
moment. We can provide cheese salads.
T.:
Ok, can we have 50 cheese salads then?
J.:
Sure, no problem.
T.:
Thanks. For desserts, we`d like 100 ice
creams and 50 apple pies.
J.:
That`s no problem. Would you like some
water or fruit juice?
T.:
Yes, please. Could we have 50 large
bottles of still water and some small bottles
of apple juice?
J.:
How many bottles of juice would you
like?
T.;
Oh, 100, please.
J.:
Fine, anything else? Would you like
some coffee?
T.:
No, thank you.
J.:
Some tea?
T.
: No
,
thanks. That is everything.
J.:
OK. And when do you want the delivery?
T.:
Ah yes, well the conference is….
Audio file 6
1. Could you send me some coffee?
2. I`d like 50 lamb kebabs, please.
3. Can we have 40 bottles of water, please?
4. Would you like some bread?
5. We`d like some chicken salads, please.
Audio file 7
Kate, Rebecca, Helen
K
: Hello and welcome to this week's 6
Minute English where and I'm joined again
by Rebecca. Hi Rebecca. Well, when it
comes to subject of money and shopping
most of us have been tightening our belts
over the last year or so. This is a phrase that
means that we’ve been trying to spend less
money than before.
R
: Yes, but unfortunately many people
have found this very difficult for various
reasons and find themselves buying more
than they can afford on a regular basis. In
today's programme, we're going to try to
understand why we spend money, our
emotional response to it and the first step in
how to control it.
K
: So, how about you Rebecca – do your
emotions control your finances or are you
quite restrained in your spending?
R:
Well, I'm quite good with money
usually. But sometimes I do like buying a
new pair of shoes to make me feel better
when I'm a bit down or depressed.
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K:
Shopping can be a great way of
forgetting our troubles. This is something
which is sometimes called retail therapy
–
shopping to make ourselves feel better. This
is great when we have the money to spend
freely but what happens when our spending
gets out of control?
R
: Well, we develop a debt culture
.
This is
when people live off credit. They spend
money they don’t actually have by using
credit cards and borrowing from the bank.
Of course when people don’t have the ability
to pay the money back then it can cause real
problems.
K:
Yes, sometimes people who spend a lot
of money on things they don’t really
need or can't afford are called shopaholics –
these are people who are compulsive
shoppers and simply can't stop themselves
buying things
K
: Now we're going to here from a real
shopaholic. She's called Helen Macnallan
and when she lost her job, she found that her
spending got out of control. Let’s listen to
the type of things she bought:
H:
At first I would buy expensive suits
because I was desperate to get back to work.
Then it went on to antique furniture for our
house… that didn’t even fit in the house and
that was 25,000 in a day. Then I bought
diamond earrings which were 10,000. It was
money we didn’t have. I feel sick thinking
about it now but at the time I didn't realise
why I was doing it.
R
: Goodness – she said she bought
expensive suits, antique furniture (that didn't
fit into her house) and diamond earrings!!!
And she said she didn't realize why she was
doing it.
Audio file 8
Teacher:
Are you ready to give your talk,
Nicolas?
Nicolas:
Of
course.
Good
afternoon
everybody. In this short talk, I`d like to tell
you about my favourite store – Harrods, the
huge department store in London. The
building is beautiful, especially at night,
when there are hundreds of lights outside. It
is open every day of the week, including
Sundays. There are seven floors, I think.
You can find everything in Harrods: clothes,
watches, books and DVDs, children`s toys,
things for your home and sports equipment.
You can even buy a famous green Harrods
shopping bag. And Harrods can order
anything you want! It is famous for its
fantastic food halls, and there are about 25
cafes and restaurants. One of the most
interesting things is that there is even a
doctor in the store – as well as a bank. To
finish, I think Harrods is the best department
store in the world! That`s all. Thank you.
Audio file 9
Interviewer, Martin, Simon, Vicky
Dialogue 1
I:
What was your score?
M:
I got 36, but my flatmate, Richard, only
got 25.
I:
Right, and what are you going to do?
What changes are you going to make?
M:
Well, I'm going to have showers in the
future, no more lovely hot baths for me.
Richard is going to make more changes.
I:
Oh yes, what's he going to do?
M:
Well, he's going to recycle things, like
paper and glass. At the moment he doesn't
recycle anything, which is terrible. Also, he's
going to turn things off, especially his CD
player as he always leaves that on standby.
Oh, and he's going to cover his saucepans
when he's cooking - but that isn't very often!
Dialogue 2
I:
What was your family's score?
S:
Yes, well, we got 40, but we're going to
make some big changes anyway.
I:
Oh yes, such as?
S:
Well, we're going to buy a solar panel
and some low-energy light bulbs. We think
that the solar panel will be a great idea for us
because we'll save money. The children are
young, so they can't do a lot, but they're
going to recycle their paper - they do a lot of
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pictures and drawings. We aren't going to
have showers because we haven't got a
shower at the moment - only a bath.
Dialogue 3
I:
What was your score?
V:
Oh, it was very good, I got 35.
I:
I see, and what are you going to do to go
greener?
V:
Oh, I'm too old to change a lot. I'm not
going to do anything new. I recycle
everything, I turn everything off. What more
can I do? Solar panels are very expensive.
I:
Why don't you buy green electricity?
V:
Oh, I'm not sure, is that easy to do? Yes,
it is now. We can find a company for you
and you don't need to change anything in
your house. That sounds a good idea. Let me
think about it.
Audio file 10
Robert, Sheila, Grace, Brian, Henry, Kate
R:
OK, so that's the expert's view, let's see
what
you,
the
public
think.
Now,
what's your name?
S:
Sheila.
R:
OK, Sheila, are you a mother?
S:
Yes, I am. I've got two young girls.
R:
Great, so what do you think?
S:
Personally, I think mothers should stay
at home. I look after my kids and I think
that's best for them and for me.
R:
In what way?
S:
Well, you know, kids should be with
their mother, they need my love and, well, I
know what they like and what they don't
like. You know it's natural.
R:
OK, does anyone disagree? Yes, you
what's your opinion?
G:
Well, I understand her opinion, but
sometimes mothers have no choice. They
have to work. Surely, it's better for the
family to have money to buy food and stuff.
I mean, what's the point of staying at home
with your kids if you can't put food on the
table? We're not all in happy families with
two parents, are we?
R:
Indeed. What do you say to that,
Sheila?
S:
Well, that's a good point, but I think
some mothers work because they want to,
not because they need to. They prefer to
work rather than look after their children,
and I think that's wrong, I really do.
R:
OK. Does anyone else have anything to
say on this?
B:
Er, I do, Robert.
R:
Yes?
B:
I agree with Sheila. I know loads of
mothers who work just because they like to
have a job, not because they need to. And
that's a real pity, because they're missing out
on the best time in their children's lives.
You can work anytime, but you are only
young once.
R:
OK, well while we're on the subject of
children, let's look at another question.
Basically, should we limit the amount of TV
young kids watch? Are they watching too
much TV these days? What's your name and
what's your opinion?
H:
Hi, I'm Henry and I'm a dad.
R:
OK, then Henry, what's your view?
H:
Well, what I think is that they shouldn't
watch any TV.
R:
What, none at all?
H:
None at all. I never watches TV when
I was a kid, and I don't think my kids need to
watch it now, especially when they're young.
R:
Right, wee, I'm sure many people will
disagree with you. Let's see. Yes, madam,
yes, you in the red dress.
K:
Well, personally, I completely
disagree. TV is part of the modern world,
like computers and phones. We can't hide
TV from our kids. I think it's better if
they know that TV is a normal thing, as
normal as having dinner, or whatever.
R:
Henry?
H:
Well, that's an interesting idea, but TV
is different to phones, and having dinner.
The kids just sit there, like vegetables. It's
not good for them, not good at all.