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APPENDIX 3 Informal letters
New Delhi
October 02, 2010
Dear Aunt Juliana,
Our flight landed safely at New Delhi and along with the group I am
staying at YMCA youth hostel. It is a centrally located well-guarded nice
place with lots of shrubs and trees around.
We are going to watch the opening ceremony of Common Wealth Games
2010 at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium tomorrow and I hope to get a SIM
card for my mobile phone only on 4
th
as all the markets here are closed for
two days.
Arrangements for our stay are excellent with a mosquito repellent and
adequate supply of mineral water in each room. Rooms have to be shared
by two students though.
I miss you and my cousins and wish you were all with me to watch this
rare moment in New Delhi.
Yours loving nephew,
Robert
To begin the letter:
1) Thank for your letter. It was great to hear from you.
2) I thought I’d better write and let you know that…
3) It was really lovely to get your letter…
4) This is the short note to tell you …
5) By the way did you know that…
6) It`s ages since …
To end the letter:
1) Once again, thanks very much for all you help…
2) Give my regards/love to …
3) All the best,
4) Anyway that is all for now.
5) Bye for now and thanks.
6) Looking forward to hearing from you.
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TAPESCRIPTS
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?
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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,
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.
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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 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?
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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….