Listening Practice BritishC
Listening Practice BritishC
Listening Practice BritishC
At exam time it is important to sleep well. Today we have Doctor Baker with us in the Studio. And
he’s going to give us five top tips for getting a good night’s sleep. Welcome to the show Doctor
Baker.
Thank you it’s great to be here. Lets start with tip one. Don’t go to bed with the television ON. Some
people think they can sleep well with the Tv ON but the noise and lights mean you dont know really
sleep well. So turn it Off.
Tip Two: Don’t think too much before bedtime. Do your hardest homework earlier in the evening. Do
easier homework later. If your brain is too busy and full of ideas It takes longer to get to sleep.
Tip three : Don’t play video games for an hour before you go to sleep they also make your brain too
busy and active.
Tip four : Turn off your cell phone when you go to bed. what is so important that it cant wait until
the morning ? If possible leave your phone in another room.
Tip Five : Play music if you like but don’t played too loud. turn sound down low
Thank you Doctor that is very useful advice for our young listeners
Hello
Hello, What’s your name
My name’s Lucy
And what’s your surname, Lucy ?
Moore
Can you spell that
M-o-o-r-e
Thank you, what class are you in ?
Class 1B
Class 1B. And how old are you Lucy
I’m 13 (threeteen)
Have you got a to photo
Yes, here you are
Thank you. Okay thank you Lucy here’s your school library card
Thanks. Bye
Good bye
Listening 3
Ahh, band auditions. Great! I’d love to be in a band! Hi, is this the band audition ?
Hello, yes so you’d like to be in our band ?
Yes, I love music
Well, we need a singer, a guitarist and a drummer
Oh, I love singing
Okay, so you can sing. let’s sing the beginning of this song
(singing) Tonight I’m gonna have my self a real good time. I feel alive…
Right, okay mmm maybe not. Can you play an instrument ?
Well I can play the guitar a little
Okay, let’s hear you. What can kind you play….That’s it ?
Err Yeah, I cant remember any more
ermm can you play the drums?
Yeah sure
Ok Ok stop that’s enough. What about the maracas ? Can you play the maracas ?
Yes. So I can. Young and Strong and… er
Great, Great hmmm thanks for coming. I’ll call you next week.
Describing people
Who’s that boy over there Hannah ?
That ? ermm that’s my brother Jame
Your brother ?
Yes. And that’s his girlfriend Lucy. The pretty girl with the long brown hair
Oh, right. So, you’ve got a brother ?
No, I’ve got two brothers Jame and Alex
Really ? And how old is Alex ?
Alex and James are twins. They’ve both 15
15 mmm And does Alex look like Jame ?
They’re exactly the same! They’re both tall and thin. They’ve both got short brown hair, green eyes
and big ears!
Ohh They’re that’s not big. I think that they’re cute hehe And has Alex got a girlfriend ?
Spelling colours
Number 1
red
number 2
yellow
number 3
green
number 4
blue
number 5
black
number 6
brown
number 7
white
number 8
pink
number 9
purple
number 10
orange
Spelling names
Study tips
You always get good marks sis ko at school. You’re lucky. I study but I don’t always get good marks
I’m not lucky, I know how to study. I always do 3 things. Do you want to know them ?
Yes, please
Okay, number one always study in a quite place
I usually study in my bedroom it’s very quite
Number two have a clear desk
Right, a clear desk. My desk isn’t clear. There’s are a lot of papers and books and pens on it
What well, that isn’t very good
What’s tips number three ?
Have took lots of break
I always study for thirty minutes, then I have a break at for 5 minutes. I move my arms and legs and
drink some water then I study again for 30 minutes
I never have a break. I sometimes study for 2 or 3 hours
That isn’t a good idea. It’s important to get up open move your body
Okay thanks, next time I think I can a good mark
You always get good mark at school. You’re lucky! I study but I don’t always get good marks
I’m not lucky I know how to study. I always do 3 things. Do you want to know them ?
Yeah, please
Okay, number one always study in a quite place
I usually study in my bedroom it’s very quite
Number two have a clear desk!
Right, a clear desk. My desk isn’t clear. There are lots of papers and books and pens on it
Well that isn’t very good
What’s tips number three ?
Have lots of breaks. I always study for thirty minutes then I have a break for five minutes. I move my
arms and legs and drink some water then I study again for thirty minutes
I never have a break. I sometimes study for 2 or 3 hours
That isn’t a good idea. It’s important to get up and move your body
Okay thanks, next time I think I can get good marks
Understanding numbers
A2 (Listening)
Eating out
Hello
Hi, a table for two please
Of course, over here please. Here’s the menu
Thank you
Are you ready to order ?
Yes, we are
What would you like for your starter ?
I’d like French onion soup, please
And I’ll have a tomato salad, please
And for your main course ?
I’m not sure. I don’t know whether to have the steak or Thai chicken
Ohh.. I’d like the Thai chicken and rice, please
Oh, Ok mee too
So, That’s two Thai chicken and rice. What would you like to drink ?
I’ll have a fresh orange juice and
I’d like some mineral water please
Ok, thank you
Hello,
Hi, A table for two, please
Of course, over here please, here’s the menu
Thank you
Are you ready for order ?
Yes, we are
What would you like for your starter ?
I’d like French onion soup, please
And I’ll have a tomato salad, please
And for your main course ?
Mmm I’m not sure I don’t know whether to have the steak or the Thai chicken
Ohh… I’d like the Thai Chicken and rice, please
Oh Oke me too
So, that’s two Thai chicken and rice. What would you like to drink ?
I’ll have a fresh orange juice, and..
I’d like some mineral water please
Okay, thank you
Free time
Giving directions
a. Go straight on then take a the first left on the green street, walk pass past the library and it’s
the building next to the library on the left
b. Go straight on, go pass the traffic lights, you see a shop on the right, go pass that and it’s on
the right next to the shop
c. Go straight on, go pass the traffic lights and go straight on until you get to the roundabout
around about. At the around about roundabout turn left go pass the theatre it’s the building
next to the theatre, opposite the hospital
d. Go straight on, go pass the traffic lights and take the second ride right on to the King’s road,
go pass the Bookshop, it’s the building next to the bookshop opposite the café
a. Go straight on then take the first left on to green street, walk past the library and it’s
building next to the library on the left
b. Go straight on, go past the traffic lights, you see a shop on the right, go past that and it’s on
the right, next to the shop
c. Go straight on, go past the traffic lights and go straight on until you get to the roundabout,
at the roundabout turn left go past the theatre. it’s the building next to the theatre opposite
the hospital
d. Go straight on go past the traffic lights and take the second right on the to King’s road, Go
past the bookshop, it’s the building next to the bookshop opposite the cafe
I don’t know what to do. I start off studying but I always ended up doing something else
I’ll hate help you but please listen to me
Let’s go! Of course, Go on!
Now First, you need to take away all of the things that stop your working
What do you mean ?
First, turn off your music. Music can’t doesn’t help you study
Okay, no music
And put the dog outside!
What ?
Every time the dog entire goes into your room, you stop studying to pat it (menepuk). Spot stops
your working!
Okay, Bye Spot
Have an apple and a glass of water on your desk before you start. Here you are
Why ?
Because then you don’t need go to the kitchen for something to eat or drink
Okay
Turn off your phone
Hehehe no way!
Yes, it’s stops you working. If you turn it off, it’s easy easier to concentrate. You can read a
messanger messages later
Okay, but I can’t turn off the internet on my computer. I need it to look up to telechope information
Okay, but you can turn off your instant messanger messages
I know. Mom
Yes ?
thanks
I don’t know what to do, I start off studying but I always end up doing something else
I’ll help you but please listen to me
Of course, go on!
Now first, you need to take away all of the thing that’s stop your working
What do you mean ?
First, turn off your music. Music doesn’t help you study
Okay. No music
And put the dog outside!
What ?
Well, Every time the dog goes into your room you stop studying to pat it. Spot stops your working
Okay. Bye spot
Have an apple and a glass of water on your desk before you start. Here you are
Why ?
Because then you don’t need to go to the the kitchen for something to eat or drink
Okay
Turn off your phone
No way
Yes, it’s stop you working. If you turn it off it’s easier to concentrate. You can read your messages
later
Okay. But I can’t turn off the internet on my computer, I need it to look up information
Okay, but you can turn off your instant messages
I know, mum!
Yes ?
Thanks
Taking notes
Tour of London
Goof afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the fantastic tower tour of London by bus.
it’s great My name’s Greg and I’m your guide this afternoon on our tour in all of the tower of
London. As you can see, we’re on an open-top the top bus, so you can see all of the attractions
music and from your seat and you don’t need to walk anywhere. don’t need to go anywhere. And
please don’t worry about the rain I’m sure it will stop soon. And are there please ask any question
for at anytime ?
I have a question
Oh yes
Do have extra umbrellas ? I mean, if it the rains a lot
No, we don’t have any extra umbrellas. But don’t worry I’m sure the rain will stop soon. Right, OK, so
Where I ? okay, so where we going a on our wonderful tour ? well, the tour takes two hours and
we’re going to visit all the famous sites sights. First we’ll see Madame Tussauds source, the Museum
with wax models we’ve of famous people and celebraties. And then we’ll driving along the most
arrive famous shop industry shopping street in the world. Oxford street
Ohh.. Oxford street
After that we’ll see the famous clock Big Ben and the houses of parliament. As we drive after along
the river you’ll can see popular attraction, the Landon eye , from which you can see the whole house
city on the a shiny day
Ohhh
Then we will see the tower Bridge and the famous tower of London before arrive arriving at
Buckingham palace, just in time for a cup of tea with the queen
Is that included in the tour ?door A cup of tea with the queen ?
Well, no not exactly. But there’s a lovely café near the palace where you can get a cup of tea.
I have another question
Yes?
Can we have harmony bag ? we’re getting on the bus
Can we have our money back? We’re getting off the bus
Well, you see…. Quick! Run! everyone off on the bus
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the fantastic tour of London by bus. My
name’s Greg and I’m your guide this afternoon in on our tour of London. As you can see, we’re on an
open-top bus so you can see all the attractions from your seat and you don’t need to walk anywhere.
And please don’t worry about the rain I’m sure it will stop soon. And please ask any question
anytime!
I have a question
Oh yes,
Do you have extra umbrellas ? I mean, if it the rains a lot
No, we don’t have any extra umbrellas but don’t worry I’m sure the rain will stop soon
Right! OK, so where are we going on our wonderful tour. Well the tour takes two hours and we are
going to visit all the famous sites. First, we’ll see Madame Tussauds the museum we’ve wax models
of famous people and celebrities then we’ll drive along the most famous shopping street industry in
the world Oxford street. After that we will see the famous clock Big ben and the houses parliament.
After we As we drive Along the river you’ll see the popular attraction the London eye from which you
can see the house whole city on a sunny day. Then we’ll see tower brigde and the famous tower of
London before arriving atBuckingham palace just in time for a cup of the tea with the queen
Is that included in the tour ? a cup of tea with the queen
Oh well no, no exactly but there is a lovely café near the palace well where you can get a cup of tea
I have another question
Yes
Can we have our money back? We’re getting off the bus
Well, you see… quick! Run! everyone off the bus!
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the fantastic tour of London by bus. My
name’s Greg and I’m your guide this afternoon on our tour of London. As you can see we’re on an
open-top bus so you can see all the attractions from your seat and you don’t need to walk anywhere
and please don’t worry about the rain I’m sure it’ll stop soon. And please ask any questions at
anytime
I have a question
Oh yes
Do you have extra umbrellas ? I mean, if it’s the rain a lot
No, we don’t have any extra umbrellas but don’t worry I’m sure the rain will stop soon
Right! Ok so where are we going on wonderful tour. Well, the tour takes two hours and we are going
to visit all the famous sites. First we’ll see Madame Tussauds the museum we’ve wax models of
famous people and celebrities then we’ll drive along the most famous shopping street in the world
Oxford Street. After that we’ll see the famous clock Big Ben and the Houses Parliament. As we drive
along the river you’ll see the popular attraction the London Eye from which you can see the whole
city on a sunny day. Then we’ll see Tower Bridge and the famous Tower of London before arriving at
Buckingham Palace, just in time for a cup of tea with the Queen
Is that included in the tour ? A cup of tea with the Queen ?
Well, No, no exactly , but there is a lovely café near the palace where you can get a cup of tea
I have another question
Yes
Can we have our money back ? we’re getting off the bus
Well, you see.. Quick! Run! Everyone of the bus
A. Excuse me, what’s which platform to does the train to the Cambridge lay you leave from ?
The ten fifteen (10.15) train or the ten for two (10.40)
The ten fifteen (10.15)
The ten fifteen train lays in to the leaves from platform two 3
Thanks
B. Hi, could I have a ticket for the next train to the Manchester, please ?
A single or return ?
Mmm.. single, please
The next train it’s is at twelve thirty (12.30 pm) leaving from platform two
And how much is it ?
Thirteen pounds fifty (13.50 pounds)
C. Ticket please.. Can I see up your ticket, please
Yes, here you are
This ticket is for Oxford
Yes, that’s right
But this train doesn’t go to Oxford, it’s goes to Liverpool
What’s ? Liverpool? Oh no
D. The next train arriving at the platform one is the 15. 45 train acceters to Exeter stopping at
the Brusto temponeeds Bristol Temple Meads and the arriving the accester seen diver at
Exeter St. Davis’s at 18.30
E. What time this Is our train back to London ?
At least it leaves at 04.30. we’ve only got at five minutes
What’s platform this does it leave from ?
Platform two. Look, over there
The I can’t see our train anywhere. Let me see the ticket. Look it’s that it says 04.20 not
04.30
Oh no,, we’ve missed it
No, we have’nt it’s late look, here it’s now
Fyuhh. That’s what was lucky
A. Excuse me, which platform does to the train to Cambridge leave from ?
The 10.15 train or the 10.40 ?
The 10.15
The 10.15 train leaves from platform 3
Thanks
B. Hi. Could I have a ticket for the next train to the Manchester, please ?
Single or return ?
Single, please
The next train is at 12.30 pm leaving from platform 2
And how much is it ?
13.50 pounds
C. Tickets please, Can I see your ticket please
Yes, here you are
This ticket is for Oxford
Yes, that’s right
But, this train doesn’t go to Oxford. It goes to Liverpool
What ? Liverpool ? Oh no
D. The next train arriving at platform 1 is the 15.45 train to Exeter stopping at Brusto Bristol
Temple Meads and the arriving at Exeter St.David at 18.30
E. What time is our train back to London ?
It’s leave at 04.30. We’ve only got five minutes
What platform does it leave from ?
Platform 2. Look over there
I can’t see our train anywhere. Let me see the ticket. Look it says 04.20 not 04.30
Oh no, we’ve missed it
No, we haven’t. It’s late. Look here it is now
Fyuhh that was lucky
Travelling abroad
A. Good morning, this is an announcement for all passenger travelling only on the
09.25 flight TOM1223 to Rome. This flight is to late delayed by about two hours
because the of bad weather.
B. Would all passengers traveling to Tokyo on flight FR3421 please have your boarding
passes and passports ready for boarding body. Flight FR3421 now boarding at gates
21
C. This is the final boarding called for passengers Jena and Rion Grate Gemma and Ryan
Grey flying to Athens Owtains on flight EZ9753 your flight is ready to leave. Please go
to gate 14 immediately. The doors in this of the plane will close in five minutes. Final
boarding called for passengers Jena and Rion Grate Gemma and Ryan Grey.
D. This is an announcement for all passenger travelling to Amsterdam on flight
KNL1050, Well Will all passengers with express boarding tickets and passengers
travelling with young children please go to gate 6 for boarding. That’s all passengers
with express boarding tickets and passengers travelling with young children please
go to gate 6 for boarding. Thank you
E. Good evening ladies and gentlemen we have landed at jayavkey JFK airport at in
New York with where the local time at 18.30 and the temperature is 76 degrees. We
hope you have enjoyed your flight with the American airlines this evening and we
wish our you a very safe journey to our your final destination
A. Good morning this is an announcement for all passengers travelling on the 09.25 flight
TOM1223 to Rome. This flight is delayed by two hours because of weather
B. Would all passengers travelling to Tokyo on flight FR3421 please have your boarding passes
and passport ready for boarding. Flight FR3421 now boarding at gates 21
C. This is the final boarding call for passenger Gemma and Ryan Grey flying to Athens on flight
EZ9753 your flight is ready to leave, please go to gate 14 immediately. The door of the plane
will close in five minutes. Final boarding call for passenger Gemma and Ryan Grey
D. This is an announcement for passengers travelling to Amsterdam on Flight KL1050. Will all
passengers with express boarding tickets and passengers travelling with young children
please go to gate 6 for boarding. That’s all passengers with express boarding tickets and
passengers travelling with young children go to gate 6 for boarding. Thank You
E. Good evening ladies and gentlemen we have landed at JFK Airport in New York where the
local time is 18.30 and the temperatures is 76 degrees. We hope you have enjoy your flight
with American Airlines this evening. And wish you a very safe journey to your final
destination.
My presentation is about how you can use colour coding to organize organise your
homework. To start you need the few things from the stationery shops. This photo shows
the things i use. They aren’t expensive. They’re all cheap. I’ve got coloured pens and pencils,
sticky notes, page markers, glue and folders. First I choose a different colour it for each
school subject. The colour I choose has to be easy to remember so I make sure it means
something to me. Maths is green because my ruler is green. PE is yellow because my trainers
is a are yellow. Here’s a photo of my folders. I use the cheapest kind and I add a coloured
sticky notes to the top and to the front. I keep all my notes insides in the different folders.
This is a photo of a small some more sticky notes. I wrote them in the library when I was
studying. The blue notes is are for History. My history teachers has got a blue car. The Black
notes are for geography. One day I want to visit the Black Sea.
This photo shows the page I need to read for homework. I use two colour sed page markers
to mark where I it starts and ends. Those blue ones marked the pages I need to read for
history. Finally this last photo shows my wall calender. Wakanda this green star shows start
so I have a master maths test on Friday. This pink suckle circle shows I’ve got France
homework on for Monday. It’s pink because pink is rose in France and the rose is my
favourite flower. Has anyone got any questions ?
My presentation is about how you can use colour coding to organise your homework. To
start you need the a few things from the stationery shop. This photo shows you the things I
use. They aren’t expensive. They’re all cheap. I’ve got coloured pens and pencils, sticky
notes, page markers, glue and folders. First I choose a different colour of each school
subject. The colour I choose has to be easy to remember, so I make sure it means something
to me. Math is green because my ruler is green. PE is yellow because my trainers are yellow.
Here’re a photo of my folders, I use the cheapest kind and I add a coloured sticky notes to
the top and to the front. I keep all my notes insides the different folders. This a photo of
small some more sticky notes. I wrote them in the library when I was studying. The blue
notes are for history. My history teacher has got a blue car! The black notes are for
geography. One day I want to visit the Black Sea.
This photo shows the pages I need to read for homework. I used two coloured page markers
to mark where I it starts and ends. Those blue ones marked the pages I need to read for
history. Finally this last photo shows my wall calendar. This green star so shows I have a
maths test on Friday. This pink circle so shows I’ve got a France homework for Monday. It’s
pink because pink is rose in France and the rose is my favourite flower. Has anyone got any
questions ?
Weather forecast
A. I work on Saturdays and in the school holidays. Saturdays is are busy because that’s
when everyone goes I never have shopping. Olshop Our shop is close when I’m sells
clothes and accessories for men, women and children. I work in children’s department. It
can be crazy sometimes, but it is fun
B. I work drink some of the during my summer holidays but when I’m not in the at
University. Oxford has thousands the of tourists in the Summer. So, it’s easy to find a job
as a tour guide. I take tourists to visit the University Colleges and then we go then down
to the river. We go along the river with the on a boat. The tourists love the boat trip but
last summer one tourist fell in the river! I love meeting people from all over the word
C. I like my job, but a lots of people don’t like come and coming to see me but because
they hate dangers dentists. Sometimes it’s very hard work, but it’s great to help people
when they have a problem. It’s so important to look after your teeth.
D. My job it’s is very difficult, but I like it this because I love flying. I flight fly planes and
take people to different places on holiday. Most of the time I flying fly in Europe to
places like Spain, Greece and Italy. The most difficult thing about my job is when the
weather is bad. Snow and thunderstorms other are the worste. The best things is visiting
different places.
E. I work in the a hospital in the city centre center. It’s a very big hospital. I health a help
the doctor with the patients. a passion. I give a them their medicine and look after them
when they feel ill. I love my job but I don’t like the uniform and sometimes I have to
worked at night.
A. I work on Saturdays and in the school holidays. Saturdays are busy because that’s when
everyone go shopping. Our shops sells clothes and accessories for men, women and
children. I work in children’s department. It can be crazy sometimes, but it’s fun.
B. I work during my summer holidays but when I’m not at the university. Oxford has thousands
of tourists in the summer. So, it’s easy to find a job as a tour guide. I take tourists to visit the
university colleges and then we go down to the river. We go along the river on a boat. The
tourists love the boat trip but last summer one tourist fell in to the river. I love meeting
people from all Over the world.
C. I like my job but a lots of people don’t like coming to see me because they hate dentists.
Sometimes it’s very hard work, but it’s great to help people when they have a problem. It’s
so important to look after your teeth.
D. My job it’s is very difficult but I like it because I love flying. I fly planes to that take people to
different places on holiday. Most of the time I fly in Europe to places like Spain, Greece and
Italy. The most difficult things about my job is when the weather is bad. Snow and
thunderstorm are the worst. The best thing is visiting different places.
E. I work in the a hospital in the city centre. It’s very big hospital. I help a the doctor with the
patients. I give a them medicine and look after them when they feel ill. I love my job, but I
don’t like the uniform and sometimes I have to work at night.
B1 Listening
Advice for exams
Morning everyone. Quite please. Right ok. So, today I’m going to give you some advice to help you
prepare for the exams next week. So, makes notes as I am talking please. Everybody ready ?. Now
wellWhile, you studying eat food that to give you energy any tricks. Don’t’ be tempted to eat sweets
or drink cola. No sugar won’t help you study but fruits and cereals will well. Apples, actually, are
especially good.
Find a comfortable place with plenty of lights when you study. but is not too comfortable or you’ll
fall asleep! for your sleep.
Try to and keep a positive mind. It’s easy to study when you are positive and relaxed a lucks. Now for
if you start feeling anxious, have you a little break. Go out for a stroll from your start around the
block. Don’t try to learn everything. There isn’t time. Just choose the important things, the things
that’ll get you the most points in the an exam. Have you want do And if you aren’t sure about this,
ask me.
First learn the main ideas and don’t worry too much about the details. If you have time, you can
come back later and read the details.
Make notes is of these key points and read them. Then cover them up marks and try to remember
all the points. Now it might be boring, but arrange about repetition helps you to remember.
Use past exam papers to study, they will help you understand what kind of questions come up.
There are plenty of past exam the same papers in the library. You can find and copy photocopy them
and take them home. Take for regular breaks while you’re studying. A five minutes break every half
hours it’s is usually enough. Get some fresh air and stretch arms and legs. Drink a glass of water too.
It’s important to keep hydrates. And last but not least, good luck! I’m sure you’ll re all do your best.
Morning everyone. Quite please. Right ok. So, today I’m going to give you some advice to help you
prepare for the exam next week. So, makes notes as I’m talking please. Everybody ready ? Now,
while are you studying eat food that give you energy. Don’t be tempted to eat sweets or drink cola.
Sugar won’t help you to study but fruit and cereals will. Apples, actually are especially good. Find a
comfortable place with plenty of light when you study. But not too comfortable or you fall asleep.
Try and keep a positive mind. It’s easy to study when you are positive and relaxed. And if you start
feeling anxious, have a little break. Go out for stroll around the block.
Don’t try everything. There isn’t time. Just choose the important things. The things you get the most
points in an exam. And if you aren’t sure about this ask me. First, learn the mind ideas. Don’t worry
to much about the details. If you have time you can come back later and read the details. Make
notes of these key points and read them then cover them up and try to remember all the points.
Now it might people boring about the repetition helps you to remember. Use past exam papers to
study. They will help you understand what kind of question come up. There are plenty of exam
papers in the library. You can photocopy them and take them home. Take regular break for your
studying. A five minute break every half hour. It’s usually enough. Get some fresh air, stretch arms
and legs, drink a glass of water too. It’s important to keep hydrated. And last but not least good luck!
I’m sure you all do your best.
Amazing facts
Hi! I’m reading this really interesting article about the human body
Yeah, well we know all about that from Biology lessons
No, we didn’t learn much at all at school. They’re discovering loads more things all the time. Really
amazing things! Did you know that only about one tenth of the cells in your body are really you? The
rest are bacteria
Wow, I’m not really me ?
No, of course you are you. But you also have million or trillions of bacteria in you.
Errrhhh
No, they’re mostly really helpful. Someone did an experiment to see if animals can live without
bacteria and he found that a lot of them died or had to have a special diet, animals need bacteria to
digest food, you see. So we’re better off with bacteria
Unless the bacteria are bad
Unless they’re bad. But they’re nearly all good. Oh yeah and going back to cells. do you know how
many cells you have in your body ?
Quite lot, I’d say. A good few
Yeah but how many ?
I don’t know, I’m not mathematical
7 octillion. That’s 7 plus 27 noughts.
mmm. I knew it was a lot
Okay, that’s an amazingly huge number, almost impossible to imagine. But the really weird thing is
that most of the atoms are empty space, just air or nothingness. And if you took out the empty
space, you could fit your body inside a tiny cube which measures one 500 th of a centimetre on either
side. That’s a box measuring 0.002 of a centimetre on each side. You’d be much too small to see.
mmm.. I can imagine that. It sounds like something that would happen in a really bad Hollywood
movie. You know, a mad scientist goes: I’m going to extract all the air from your body. OK, enough
facts for one day.
Hi, I’m reading this really interesting article about the human body
Yeah, we know all about that from Biology lesson
No, we didn’t learn much at all at school that’s discovering loads more things all the time, really
amazing things. Did you know that only about one tenth thirty of the cells that really you ? The rest
are bacteria
What ? I’m not really me ?
No, of course you are you. You have millions or trillions of bacteria in you
Errrggghh
No, they’re mostly really helpful. Someone did an experiment to see it animals can live without
bacteria and he found that a lot of them died or had to have special diet. Animals need bacteria to
digest food, you see. So we’re better off with bacteria
Unless, the bacteria are bad
Unless they’re bad, but they’re nearly all good. Oh yeah, and going back to cells. Do you know how
many cells do you have in your body ?
Quite lot I’d say. A good few
Yeah.. but how many ?
I don’t know. I’m not mathematical
7 octillion! that’s 7 plus 27 noughts
Mmm I knew it was a lot
Okay, that’s an amazingly huge number almost impossible to imagine, but the really weird thing is
that most of the atoms are empty space, just air or nothingness. And if you took out the empty
space, you could fit your body inside a tiny cube which measures one 500 th of a centimetre on either
side. That’s a box measuring 0.002 of centimetre on each side. You be much too small to see.
Mmm, I can imagine that. It sounds like something that would happen in a really bad Hollywood
movie. You know, a mad scientist goes : I’m going to extract all the air from you body. OK enough
fact for one day
Don’t go! One last thing, did you know ?
No
Did you know that you probably have mites in your eyelashes?
Mites in my eyelashes ? what are mites exactly anyway?
Yeah, they are very small creatures like insects, only not insects. They’re about a third of a millimetre
long, so you can’t really see them. These particular mites live in eyelashes and eyebrows
But, in mine ?
Well, maybe not. Only about 50% of people have them, and more older people. So, you might not
have any. Anyway, they’re completely harmless, they’re just eat dead skin
Yeah, right harmless. I’m really would have preferred not to know that
Sorry
I mean, really!
Hi! I’m reading this really interesting article about the human body
Yeah, we know all about that from biology lesson
No, we didn’t much learn at all at school. That’s discovering loads more things all the time. Really
amazing things! Didi you know that only about one tenth of the cells in your body that really you?
The rest are bacteria
What ? I’m not really me ?
No, of course you are you, but you have millions or trillions of bacteria in you
Errghhh
No, they mostly really helpful. Someone did an experiment to see if animals can live without bacteria
and he founded a lot of them died or had to have special diet. Animals need bacteria to digest food,
you see. So, we better off with bacteria
Unless the bacteria are bad
Unless they’re bad, but they’re nearly all good. Oh yeahh, and going back to cells. Do you know how
many cells do you have in your body ?
Quite lot, I’d say. A good few
Yeah.. but how many ?
I don’t know. I’m not mathematical
7 octillion! That’s 7 plus 27 nought
I knew it was a lot
Okay, that’s an amazingly huge number almost impossible to imagine. But the really weird thing is
that most of the atoms are empty space, just air or nothingness. And if you took out the empty
space you could fit your body inside a tiny cube which measures one 500th of a centimetre on either
side. That’s a box measuring 0.002 of a centimetre on each side. You be much too small to see.
I can imagine that! It’s sounds like something that would happen in a really bad Hollywood movie.
You know a mad scientist goes: I’m going to extract all the air from your body. Ok, enough facts for
one day
Don’t go! One last thing, did you know ?
No
Did you know that you probably have mites in your eyelashes ?
Mites, in my eyelashes ? What are mites exactly anyway ?
Yeah, they’re very small creatures like insects only not insects. They’re about a third of a millimetre
long, so you can’t really see them. They’re particular mites live in eyelashes and eyebrows
But in mine ?
Well, maybe not only about 50% of people have them and more older people. So you might not have
any. Anyway they’re completely harmless. They’re just eat dead skin
Yeah, right harmless. I’m really would’ve preferred not to know that
Sorry
I mean, really!
Celebrations
A. It was Nicky’s idea but we all think it’s going to be brilliant. As soon as the last exams
have finished, we’re going to decorate the main hall at school with paper streamers and
Chinese lanterns and things. Steeve had this idea of projecting photos of everyone onto
a wall like a slide show. And we’ve got Jo’s brother, who’s a professional DJ coming
along. Then there are three different bands lines up to play. Ours is the best because
we’ve been together longest and we’ve got a great bass player. Although I say so my
self. So we’re on last. It’s going to be cool
B. Every year there is carnival in August in London. You’ve probably heard of it, the Notting
Hill carnival ? So, this year me and my friends are going again. We went last year and we
had a such fantastic time. It’s all Afro-Caribbean with people in amazing costumes and
this brilliant steel bands. We don’t go in costumes but we do dance a lot. It does get
quite crowded so you have to make sure you stick together and you have to watch out
for pick-pockets when there are so many people in the same place. But it’s really good
fun. It’s like London becomes a different country even the police dance sometimes.
C. We’re going to hire boat for the day and take it up the river. It’s my grandparents golden
wedding anniversary. So, the whole family is getting together. I’m really looking forward
to seeing my cousins again. I haven’t seen them for ages. We’ve got this huge picnic
planned, with loads of different types of sandwiches and salads and enormous cake. My
dad has borrowed an ancient gramophone player, you know, what they had before CD
players and some old records. So, as we go up the river, we’re going to listen to music
from the time my grandparents got married - the swinging sixties!
D. Two of my best friends have their birthday in the same week, so some of us have
decided to have a surprise party for both of them. One of my friends Sandra has a big
house and her parents say we can use it. They are going away, luckily. It’s at the end of
October, so we’re going to decorate the house with Halloween things, you know, Spiders
webs and spooky things. We’re going to make up an excuse to get the birthday girls to
come round to the house - say we are going to help Sandra move some stuff, or
something. Then as soon as Sandra let’s them in, we’re going to turn the lights out and
jump out at them. We just have to make sure nobody mentions anything on Facebook
and gives away the surprise.
E. There’s a royal wedding in June – one of our princes is getting married. So it’s a public
holiday. lots of people having parties in squares and parks and places, and the people in
our street decided to have one too. Well it’s a good excuse to have party, isn’t it ? We’re
going to take out tables and chairs and put them together In the middle of the road.
We’re going to stop cars coming through obviously. We’re all going to bring different
dishes and share them round. They’re quite a lot of different nationalities living on in our
street, people from India, China, and different African countries. So the food be really
interesting. It'll be good to get to know more of the neighbours too
A. It was Nicky’s idea but we all think it’s going to be brilliant. As soon as the last exams have
finished. We’re going to decorate the main hall at school with papers streamers and Chinese
Lanterns and things. Steve had this idea to projecting photo of everyone onto a wall like a
slide show and we’ve got Jo’s brother, who’s a professional DJ coming along. Then there are
three different bands lined up to play. Ours is the best because we’ve been together longest
and we’ve got a great bass player (cough) although I say so myself, so we’re on last. it’s
going to be cool.
B. Every year there is a carnival in August in London. You’ve probably heard of it, The Notting
Hill Carnival ? So this year, me and my friends are going again. We went last year and we had
such a fantastic time. It’s all Afro-Caribbean with people in amazing costumes and these
brilliant steel band. We don’t go in costume but we do dance a lot. It does get quite crowded
so you have to make sure you stick together and you have to watch out for pick-pocket
when there are so many people in the same place. But it’s really good fun. It’s like London
becomes a different country. Even the police dance sometimes.
C. We’re going to hire a boat for the day and take it up the river. It’s my grandparents golden
wedding anniversary, so the whole family is getting together. I’m really looking forward to
seeing my cousins again. I haven’t seen them for ages. We’ve got this huge picnic planned
with loads of different types of sandwiches and salads and an enormous cake. My dad has
borrowed an ancient gramophone player, you know what they had before CD players and
some old records. So, as we go up the river, we are going to listen to music from the time my
grandparents get married – the swinging sixties
D. Two of my best friends have their birthday in the same week. So, some of us have decided to
have a surprise party for both of them. One of my friends, Sandra, has a big house and her
parents say we can use it. They’re going away luckily. It’s at the end of October so we’re
going to decorate the house with Halloween things, you know spiders web and spooky
things. We’re going to make up an excuse to get the birthday girls to come round to the
house – say we’re going to help Sandra move some stuff or something. Then as soon as
Sandra let’s them in, we’re going to turn a light out and jump out at them! We just have to
make sure nobody mentions anything on Facebook and gives the way the surprise.
E. There’s a Royal wedding in June – one of our princes is getting married. So, it’s a public
holiday. Lots of people are having parties in squares, and parks and places and the people in
our street decided to have one too. Well, it’s a good excuse to have a party, isn’t it ? We’re
all going to take out tables and chairs and put them together in the middle of the road. We
are going to stop cars coming through, obviously! We’re all going to bring different dishes
and share them round. There are quite a lot of different nationalities living on our street –
people from India, China and different African countries. So, the food should be really
interesting. It’ll be good to get to know more of the neighbours too.
Difficult situations
A. Mum ?
Yes ?
You know that economics exam I had last week ?
The one you didn’t revise for ?
I did revise for it. I always was working at on it all weekend, don’t you remember ?
Oh yes, I remember. Apart from going out into until four in the morning, you mean ?
Well, I have to relax a little, even if I’m have revising, anyway i didn’t pass it
Arrghh you failed it. Was But wasn’t that an important one ?
Yeahh, I’m really sorry
I’m really sorry too. What is does that mean ?
Well, I’ll probably have to retake the whole course
Ahh, Ryan. It’s a really expensive course. I’m not sure we can afford for you have a profit to
take it again. It’s Things are difficult enough as it is to take a test
I know mom I’m sorry. I took the again take it I’ll talk to the teacher again and see if I can
retake it
Mum ?
Yes ?
You know that economics exam I had last week ?
The one you didn’t revise for ?
I did revise for it. I was working on it all weekend, don’t you remember ?
Oh yes I remember. Apart from going out until four in the morning, you mean ?
Well, I have to relax a little, even if I’m revising, anyway I didn’t pass it
Ohh, You failed it ? but wasn’t that important one ?
Yeah, I’m really sorry
I’m really sorry too. What does that mean ?
Well, I’ll probably have to retake the whole course
Ohh, Ryan. Is a really expensive course. I’m not sure we can afford for you to take it again.
Things a difficult enough as it is
I know mum, I’m sorry. I talk the teacher again and see if I can retake it
C. Hi Dad
Hi, How’s it going ?
Did you have a good day at work ?
Sound it’s you really Same as usual, really. What about you? Good day at school ?
Yeah, pretty good. Except for one little thing…
Why do I have a sinking feeling in my stomach?
Do you remember you lent me your phone ?
Yes?
Well, I was standing just outside school testing texting jack and somebody ran past then and
grabbed it.
You let someone steal my phone?
I didn’t let them
No, I suppose not. But did you know that that might may happen. Is that a dangerous spot ?
Well I had heard of got that happening, but I’d forgotten. Anyway, I didn’t think it would
what happen to me
No OK, did you see with who it was ?
No, it was someone in a blue tracksuit, black suit and there are loads of people who wear
those. But there is a CCTV camera on the entrance. antreans. It might have got a shot of the
thief’s face must go to shop or the fees face
You reported it then ?
Well not yet, but I will tomorrow
Alright. Don’t forget to report it tomorrow. I’ll have a look at the insurance and see if it’s
covered
Hi, Dad
Hi, how’s it going?
Did you have a good day at work?
Same as usual, really. What about you? Good day at school?
Yeah, pretty good. except for one little thing
Why do I have a sinking feeling in my stomach?
Do you remember you lent me your phone?
Yes?
Well, I was standing just outside at school texting Jack and somebody run past and grabbed
it
You let someone steal my phone?
I didn’t let them
No, I supposed not. But did you know that that might happen? is that a dangerous spot?
Well, I had heard of that happening but I’d forgotten. Anyway, I didn’t thinking it would
happen to me
No, Ok. Did you see who with it was ?
No, it was someone in a blue tracksuit and there are loads of people who wear those. But
there’s CCTV camera on the entrance It must might have got to a shot of the thief’s face
You reported it then?
Well, not yet. But I will tomorrow
Alright, don’t forget to report it tomorrow. I’ll have a look at the insurance and see if it’s
covered
Hi Dad!
Hi! How’s it going?
Did you have a good day at work?
Same as usually, really. What about you? Good day at school?
Yeah, pretty good except for one little thing
Why do I have a sinking feeling in my stomach?
Do you remember you lent me your phone?
Yes?
Well, I was standing just outside school, texting Jack, and somebody run past and grabbed it
You let someone steal my phone?
I didn’t let them
No, I suppose not. But did you know that that might happen. Is that a dangerous spot?
Well, I had heard of that happening. But I’d forgotten. Anyway, I didn’t think it would
happen to me
No, OK. Did you see who it was?
No, it was someone in a blue tracksuit and there are loads of people who wear those. But
there’s a CCTV camera on the entrance. It might have got a shot of the thief’s face
You reported it then?
Well, not yet. But I will tomorrow
Alright, don’t forget to report it tomorrow. I’ll have a look at the insurance and see it’s if
covered.
Favourite
A. My favourite thing has to be my new tablet. It’s really light relate and quite small so, I take it
with me everywhere. I’m always writing messages to friends and bit it’s big enough to do
colour college work on it too. It takes really good photos and I play games and listen to
music on it as well ,Youtube of course. I often download films on tweets onto it and watch
them in bed. My mom says I’m addicted because I’m always on it. I even read things on it
eat at breakfast time, I’m not allowed to at a load dinner time tho though, I have to palaye
be polite and talk to be people then. Welcome back to real life my mom says
My favourite things has to be my new tablet. It’s really light and quite small so I take it with
me everywhere. I’m always writing messages to friends and it’s big enough to do collage on
it too. It takes really good photos and I play games and listen to music on it as well, of
course. I always download films onto it and watch them in bed. My mum says I’m addicted
because I always on it. I even read things on it at breakfast time. I’m not allowed to at the
dinner time, though. I have to be polite and talk to people then. Welcome back to real life,
my mum says.
B. My favourite thing? Does my cat count isn’t as a thing? she’s not really a thing, this but
anyway, she’s a really beautiful little cat. I’ve had her since was four months old. You know
how some cats are really independent and hardly talk to you ? I know cats don’t really talk
but you know I mean well, she’s not like that at all. She’s really affectionate and comes to
me as soon as I get home, purring away like mad. She makes a lot of noise a tiny thing. She
loves being strokes and comes and curls up next to me when I’m on the sofa. She’s great
company.
My favourite thing? Does my cat count as a thing? She’s not a really thing but anyway, she’s
a really beautiful little cat. I’ve had her since she was four months old. You know how some
cats are really independent and hardly talk to you. I know cat don’t really talk but you know
what I mean. Well, she’s not like that at all. She’s really affectionate and comes up to me as
soon as I get home, purring away like mad. She makes a lot of noise for a tiny thing time
anything. She loves being strokes and comes and curls up next to me when I’m on the sofa.
she’s great company
Mt favourite thing? Does my cat count as a thing? She’s not really thing but anyway she’s
really beauty little cat. I’ve had her since, four months old. You know how some cats are
really independent and hardly told you. I know cat don’t really talk but you know what I
mean. Well, she’s not like that at all. She’s really affectionate and comes up to me as soon as
I get home purring away like mad. She makes a lot of noise for tiny thing. She loves being
strokes and comes and curl up when I’m on the sofa. She’s great company
C. My new scooter! It’s quite small but fun and just what I needed for getting around a city. I
used to have quite a long walk to the metro. Then a longish walk at the other end to get to
college. But now I can just whiz there on my scooter and there’s no problem parking. There’s
always space for it. You have to be careful with the car and lorries. They don’t always know
to see you. And when it rains the surface of the road is terrible. You it gets really slippery.
But in general it’s perfect for me, and I can fit a friend on the back too. I’ve got an extra
helmet for a friend. It’s great. Riding along makes me so free!
D. This might sound a bit old-fashion. But my sewing machine is my favourite thing. I’m
studying in fashion and love making things. As well as designing them I also ready love
clothes my self and often buy second-hand clothes. Everyone loves the vintages look at
moment. And then I adapt them to my size. It’s much easier using a machine do that than
doing it by hand. I’ll do alterations for my mum and my sister too. If I’m not I don’t make it as
a designer. I supposed I can always set up my own alterations and customising business.
Customising clothes by taking things off and adding things on, is actually very creative. So, I
wouldn’t mind that.
This might sound a bit old-fashion, but my sewing machine is my favourite thing. I’m
studying in fashion and love making things. As well as designing them. I also ready love
clothes my self and often buy second-hand-clothes. Everyone loves the vintage look at
moment. And then I adapt them to my size. It’s much easier using a machine do that than
doing it by hand. I do alterations for my mum and my sister too. If I don’t make it as a
designer, I suppose I can always set up my own alterations in customising business.
Customising clothes by taking thing off and adding things on. Is actually very creative. So, I
wouldn’t mind that.
E. My set of Japanese knives. That sounds a bit sinister, doesn’t it, but I’m not a murderer or
anything. They’re chef’s knives and the best ones come from Japan. Cooking is my new
hobby. I got into it when I started watching Masterchef on TV. Then I went to an evening
class for beginners, and I haven’t looked back since. I try and have a dinner for between four
and eight friends every two or three weeks. That gives me something to work towards and I
always do new dishes so they can try them out and give me feedback. It’s quite an expensive
hobby if you use good ingredients, but now my friends help towards the cost. They still get a
good meal for a very low price.
My set up Japanese knives. That sounds a bit sinister, doesn’t it? But I’m not murderer d or
anything. They’re chef’s knives and the best ones come from Japan. Cooking is my new
hobby. I got into it when I started watching Master chef on TV. Then I went to an evening
class for beginners and I haven’t looked back since. I try and have dinner for between for
and eight friends every two or three weeks. That gives me something to work towards, and I
always do new dishes so, that can try them out and give me feedback. It’s quite an expensive
hobby if you use good ingredients but now my friends help towards the cost. That’s still get a
good meal for a very low price.
A. She leaves next door and she’s always been really important in my life. When me a little and
my mom was working, she is look after us. She tells us a story about her child. It was like
listening a very story. Life is so different when she was a child. In her kitchen, she is keep a
special dish with sweet for us and she always baking cakes and pies. Now she doesn’t bake
so much. She’s more healthy and diet. Salad, vegetables and thing. It’s funny has she
changes. She always goes to the special gym close for old people and it’s amazing. I don’t see
over and over now but she’s always the same person, however how much her lifestyle
changes