The beautiful thing about learning is t hat no one can t ake it aw ay from you. At boarding school, I was an outsider and I was 2 A m y c an re m e m b e r o ne lang uag e m o re th an the o thers really, truly unhappy there. Yes, I did. My brother and I both went to the same school and sometimes, we used to break the rules. Both of us were caned on several occasions. Luckily for me, I was really good at sport and that's the only reason they accepted me at Wellingt on. One day, when I was 14 or 15,1 had to read in class.
After the class, he said to me, 'The way you read suggests you might enjoy act ing. Would you consider playing M acbeth in the school play?
The first st ep to get t ing w hat you w ant out of life is this: Decide w hat you w ant. Verb Noun be eat go have inv ite make rain take 1 choose cho ice 'We feel like d o ing so m ething special next w eekend , b u t co nfuse 2 confusion w e haven't d ecid ed w hat to d o y et. I t 1 might be sunny. W e 3 ed ucate 5 lunch in a restaurant, o r w e 4 so me sand w iches w ith us. In th at case, w e 8 info rm atio n 6 so me friend s f o r d inner o n Saturd ay. I lo v ed u niv ersity.
Res earch done th at d o n ' t. The scientists d iv id e d the 4 w here w ere p articip ants in to tw o g ro up s. In the id eal c ity Can you write it down? Sleep at t h e sam e t i m es zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXW 9 I keep a no te b o o k by the sid e o f m y b ed.
Have a ho t b ath. Cig arettes can cause a num ber o f sleep p ro b lem s. You know , t h at TV series about I are sisters, because w e' re v e ry celebrit ies w ho f ind o ut about t heir fam ilies? Sue's f r o m the same B Yes, I do. But I didn't see it last night. I w asn't at home. But I usually w at ch i t every w eek. She d o esn't like sho rt int er est ing. I'd love t o f ind o ut about my fam ily. I'm t hinking about w earing 7 looking f or some inf or m at ion on t he int er net.
So am I. In that case, he arg ues, Re ad th e sentenc es. Luckily, m o st o f Ko d inhi's tw in s are b o rn healthy. B This is Oliver. I'm returning your call. B I'm s , you have t h e wr number. How can I help you? B Good morning. Mr Clarke, please. A merican English B Can you t el l him Fiona called?
I'll c If y o u'v e learnt British English and y o u're trav elling in th e States, b lat er. A n o b v io u s d if f erenc e is B Hello, can I speak t o Alison, please? But so m etim es the w o rd is c o m p letely d i f f e re n t in British and 1 A Does your girlfriend know you're here?
For t rut h is alw ays st range; stranger than fiction. A f te r we had bought some souvenirs, we went back to the hotel 1 Th e streets w ere w h i te because i t. I th at the f i l m started at eig ht o 'clo ck. It has a ho le.
Don't ask me! See if you can match the ten most common questions with their answers below. If there w eren't time zones, some people would have midday t ow el goat t hr ow in the middle of the night! C The Earth weighs 6,,,,,,,,,kg. D Because of their chemistry, some liquids can be absorbed by solid things. If it reflects the sun's bike rays, we can see it, even during the day. It all depends on its angle towards the Earth.
F Multiply the single numbers and the tens separately, then add them together. G Sunlight arrives on Earth in every colour, but it hits particles in our air that 'shine' blue. This pushing action is stronger than ow l gravity, and so the plane goes up in the air. I Sunlight going through water drops in the air 'separates' into all the colours. Sp eaker 2 B W h o p ain te d Sunflowers? Jenny W h at shall w e d o this afterno o n, M att? S and ra Yes, it is. Presenter O h.
W hy 's that? Here it is.. Paol o Because she d id n't really love me. Jenny W ho 's that? M att That's m y g rand father. Paol o It w as in the new spaper. There w as an article abo ut g rand m o ther behind h i m o n the rig ht.
She's the one Be n Me? It w as just after they got m arried , S an d ra A student? W h at univ ersity d o y o u then left w i th all their mo ney. A n d there w as a p ho to o f but befo re they had any child ren. M y aunt to ld me all go to? Ben Manchester. I go to M anchester Univ ersity. I' m in Presenter O h , I' m so rry to hear that, Pao lo. A n d I' m Jenny So, w here are they?
Join me next M att W ell, as y o u kno w my dad is Spanish. If yo u're i n M att W ell, there's a festival there called 'La Paloma'. It like it? H o ckney exhib itio n called Fresh Flowers. A s the name still happens no w.
There are lo ts o f stalls selling fo o d Be n W h at kind o f music d o v o u listen to? S an d ra I like ro ck music. I really like M use. I d id n't. Be n Yes, it w as excellent.
I' m so rry y o u missed it. H e w as g rand father. S an d ra Yes, I play tennis. I play rugby. I' m i n the univ ersity team. N o w , he sends his friend s a d ifferent M att The m an o n the stall.
The p ho to w as includ ed in S and ra A re you? They love it! Yo u had three chances to hit the target and Ben Yes, l a m. But I play tennis, to o. Perhaps w e can play Fresh Flowers is o n at the Fo nd atio n Pierre Berge, y o u go t the p ho to fo r free. Yves Saint Laurent in Paris u n ti l January 30th. The Jenny It's a lo vely p ho to. Ben Yo ur bo y friend? The g allery M att That's w hat everyo ne says! S and ra Yes, here he is. W ay ne, this is Ben.
Ben, W ay ne. Presenter H ello , and w elco me to the p ro g ram m e. U m , bye Sand ra. To day, w e're lo o king at lucky escapes, and N ic k S an d ra Bye. N ick? M y parents rented a N i ck H i G lo ria. To day, lo vely ho use o n the beach, and the w eather w as great. M aureen Evason w as w alking w e'd like y o u, the listeners, to call i n and tell us abo ut W e w ent fo r a d elicio us meal fo r m y birthd ay , but I w as at the to p o f the Teide v o lcano in Tenerife, w hen she y o ur experiences o f o nline relatio nship s.
She fell 27 metres u n til she hit a tree, - that's quick! The rescue A l an H i , m y name's A lan. S p eak er 2 A few years ago, I w ent to v isit an o ld scho o l o p eratio n to o k nearly four ho urs, and after that Presenter H ello , A lan.
A t scho o l M aureen spent tw o m o nths i n ho sp ital befo re she experience o f internet d ating? I' m quite shy, y o u see, and I'm no t child ren so she d id n't w ant to go o ut.
I spent a v ery Presenter Lucky M aureen! N i ck Joseph Rabad ue had a lucky escape w hen he w as at Presenter A n d w hat happened? In fact, after fo ur m o nths, try to go o n v acatio n w here it's co o l.
Five minutes w e bo ug ht a house to gether. A n d no w w e've go t a bo o ked a v acatio n i n Sw ed en, but w e arriv ed i n the later, a lo rry crashed into their liv ing ro o m , and threw beautiful little bo y called Sam. It w as aw f u l because there w as the f am ily telev isio n into the air. The T V then land ed Presenter Co ng ratulatio ns. Thanks fo r calling. W e just sat i n cafes and o n the exact spo t w here Joseph had been o n the flo o r N o w , I think w e have ano ther caller.
D o yo u have any more? Presenter H ello , Kate. One Saturday o nline? The m an fired , and the bullet hit Barry in Presenter So w hat happened? S p eak er 5 Three years ago, I bro ke up w i th m y jacket at the tim e, and the D V D sto pped the bullet. Presenter W ho 's Craig? K ate W ell, no w , he's my husband. Unfo rtunately , the trav el Presenter A bso lutely!
So, no w it's tim e fo r y o u, to gether. Ev eryw here I lo o ked , experiences. A n d here's o ur first caller. Paol o Paolo. W e're starting i n Venice, then S p eak er 5 W e have a cleaning lady w ho comes in every D ialogue 1 w e're g o ing to Vero na, and then M i l an. W e're sto p p ing day and she does all o ur ho usew o rk. She makes the beds, W oman John! C h ri s W hat abo ut sleeping arrangements? That's the im p o rtant thing!
W oman Yo u, to o. W e have a tw o -bed sleeping co m p artm ent. A n d w e're Presenter Tho se listeners w ho enjo y g o ing sho p p ing W oman 1 W ell, let's go and f in d the car. It isn't far. A p art f ro m w i l l be interested to hear o ur next new s sto ry.
It's that, w e're sleeping in ho tels. They're already bo o ked. D ialogue 2 C h ri s W ell, it so und s like a d ifferent kind o f tri p to the at last the W estfield sho p p ing centre has o pened i n G round staf f H ello.
Stratfo rd , i n East Lo nd o n. W e sent o ur rep o rter, Juliet Passenger To Bristo l. D a w n A bso lutely. It's g o ing to be d ifferent, but I' m sure Red d itch, o ver to take a lo o k at w hat is no w Euro pe's G round staf f C an I see y o ur passpo rt, please? Juliet, w hat's it like in Passenger Here y o u are.
W estfield rig ht no w? G round staf f Thanks. Can I see y o ur hand luggage? Here's y o ur b o ard ing pass. The Today, w e're go ing to lo o k at w o rd games, so let's start have special o p ening o ffers.
So me shops have called flight is bo ard ing at Yo u're in w ith the mo st p o p ular o f them all: Scrabble. Ricky ones security staff to help them c o ntro l the queues. Gro up B. Passenger Thanks a lo t. Ricky , w ho actually inv ented the game? Juliet O h , it's really very big! There are tw o eno rmo us G round staf f Enjo y y o ur f lig ht. R i ck y W ell, it w as an A m eric an called A lf re d M o sher d ep artm ent sto res, a huge sup ermarket, and D ialogue 3 Butts. Butts w as an unemp lo y ed arch itect, and i n his smaller sho ps.
These cro ssw o rd s to. I haven't d ecid ed w here I' m g o ing to have lunch, but please, sir? Passenger Here y o u are. The game had the same letter tiles as Scrabble, but no Presenter W h at effect has the sho p p ing centre had o n Immigration O f f i ce r W hat is the p urp o se o f y o ur bo ard. Players used the letter tiles to make w o rd s. They the lo cal area, Juliet?
Later, Butts intro d uced a bo ard , and a set o f rules o ut o f w o rk. The sho p p ing centre has created 10, Immigration O f f i cer A n d ho w lo ng are v o u g o ing to and changed the name to Criss-Cross W ords. Presenter H o w d id Butts decide ho w many p o ints to Presenter H o w d id v o u get to W estfield today? Passenger For three w eeks. Juliet I came by car. There's an eno rmo us car p ark w i th Immigration O f f i cer Can I have a co ntact telepho ne R i ck y He co unted ho w many times each letter appeared space fo r 5, cars.
But y o u can also get here by bus, number, please? Then, train, and by the und erg ro und - it's the best co nnected Passenger Yes. M y friend 's num ber is Immigration O f f i cer Thank y o u, M r Green. Enjo y betw een o ne and ten p o ints. The mo st c o m m o n letters, Presenter N o w , Juliet, the b ig questio n is..
D ialogue 4 to use. There are mo re o f these letters in the game. There Juliet N o , I haven't. I w as just lo o king aro und , really. There's a grey case. Is it o urs? O urs is much smaller. Presenter So, w hen d id Butts' o rig inal game beco me them o n! M an 2 Yes.
The first one came o ut really quickly. There it is! A t last! R i ck y W ell, in , Butts met a businessman called o f a d ifferent k i n d. M an 2 You stay here w ith the o ther bags. I'm g o ing to James Bru no t, w ho d esigned a new bo ard and changed get it. Then in , the 4 ,C» W oman 2 O K. M y bo y friend D ialogue 5 sto re, d isco v ered the game o n ho lid ay, and lo v ed it so and I w ent cam p ing in the Lake D istric t w i th some Customs O f f i cer Excuse me, m ad am. Can v o u co me m uch he placed a large o rd er.
Butts and Bru no t knew friend s, and it rained the w ho le tim e. It w as really this w ay, please? W e had to stav i n the tent and play cards Passenger Yes, o f co urse. To d ay, Scrabble is so ld in co untries bo y friend go t bo red.
He started c o m p laining abo ut the Passenger N o , I d o n't th in k so. I bo ug ht some cho co late in 29 d ifferent languages. Presenter W h at a sto ry, Ricky! Thank y o u fo r sharing W e had a terrible arg ument, and in the end w e came Customs O f f i ce r Can I check y o ur bag, please? I' m never g o ing cam p ing Passenger Sure. G o ahead. That's fine. N o , that's my mum's jo b. The view- 3 B» eno ugh tim e to co o k and clean and thing s like that.
I go w as incred ible. M y d ad goes o ut to w o rk every day, so aro und the city. The best b it w as that it w as a surp rise D aw n Yes, I am.
I d ro v e straig ht to the airp o rt. She had no idea w here w e D aw n I'm g o ing Interrailing w i th a friend. C hris Interrailing? I lav the table fo r d inner. I usually tid v my ro o m , but mv S p eak er 3 I haven't go t much mo ney at the m o m ent, so travelled aro und Euro p e w ith very little mo ney, no t m u m is the o ne that cleans it.
A p art f ro m that, I' m no t I d id n't d o any thing special this w eekend. But actually much fo o d , and no sleep. I had a really go o d tim e! I v isited a lo cal museum w i th to d o it again. S p eak er 3 O h yes, everyo ne i n my f am ily helps w i th some friend s. A l l the museums here are free, and they D aw n A h , but y o u see Interrailing as an ad ult is v ery the ho usew o rk.
There are fo ur o f us and w e're all v ery have so me interesting exhibitio ns abo ut places like d ifferent. W e then w atched tw o o f my C hris Really?
N o t a bad w eekend , really. M y w eekend. They have three child ren, and w e spent at the m o m ent She says she the w ho le tim e p lay ing w i th them. They have so much energv! W hat does my they w ake up, w hic h is usually aro und 6 o 'clo ck. Yo ur birthd ay 's January 5th, so lovely to see them. Cap ric o rn. Pre s e n te r Thank vo u to r that, Paula. Cro atia certainlv M att That's rig ht So, w hat does it say?
A my It says.. Listen to this! It says y o u'll be lucky Speaker 1 W ell, I haven't been here lo ng , so I haven't N o w , let's lo o k at a d ifferent ty p e o f ho lid ay Perhaps I sho uld go o ut and buv a lo ttery f ro m w o rk, I spend mo st o f the ev ening o nline 5 C ticket! Let's d o this q u iz. Let's think abo ut this. You've a w eek, I have classes to try and learn the language. M att Yes.
Yo u're taking this far to o the m o m ent. It d o esn't take o n y o u r answ ers to the questio ns. G o t that? Perhaps she'll o ffer y o u a better jo b! It's o nly a quite bo red. First q u estio n. Thing s aren't q uite a lo t. O K , so w e subtract o ne year, w h i c h famo us palace, w hen a m an came up to me and asked up, make a cup o f tea, and sw itch o n my co mp uter. It's leaves us w i t h N ext q u estio n. He gave me his camera, but strange co m m unicating w ith colleagues o nline and no t and exercise d o y o u do?
So metimes it gets a bit lonelv. There's alw ays guess that means no ne. I like to get up early and read the D av e N o sp o rt o r exercise. Th at d isco vered my w allet w as missing. Then I like to makes A f te r lunch. W e spend D av e Great! Subtract a year. W e're back o n 35 ag ain. I left. So after I land ed , I w ent straight to the bank to an ho ur in the park u ntil their m u m co mes to get them.
The cashier slo w iv co unted o ut the S p eak er 5 This is the best th in g that has ever happened D av e A lo t. Subtract tw o y ears. That' s Subtract three years.. N ext O ne o f them came in to lo o k aro und w hile the o ther questio n.
Yo u're still o n He to ld me how much mo ney I needed and then here to tell us all abo ut it. Paula, w hat's so sp ecial A l i ce M m m. A few. I co unted o ut abo ut Cro atia? Last questio n. Ho w much time d o yo u have fo r yo urself? Unfo rtunately , First o f all, there are histo ric cities like Z ag reb - the A l i ce N o t eno u g h. I' m alw ays reallv busy. I paid ten times the p rice fo r it! That makes W e go t chatting , see there? That's great new s! It's b o th an o ld citv and a m o d e rn an incred ibly expensive b ill.
I started to co m p lain o ne at the same tim e. There are lo ts o f elegant 6 A but then I no ticed fo ur big men at the d o o r w ho w ere restaurants and fashio nable sho ps there, and the M att W hat are y o u read ing?
O f course I p aid the b ill. M att Reallv? W h at star sign are you? M y birthd ay 's o n Sep tember 15th. Presenter H ello and w elco me to the p ro g ram m e. These p o p u latio n is o nly abo ut 43, It's i n the so uth A m y It says that peo ple w i l l talk abo ut me next w eek d reams are called ' rec u rring d reams', and psycho lo gist o f C ro atia o n the A d ri ati c co ast. Insid e the o ld c itv because o f so m ething I've d o ne. D r W i l l i am H arris is in the stud io today to tell us all w alls there are p alaces, churches, and a Baro que M att But y o u d o n't really believe that, d o you?
Because I have d o ne so m ething D r H arri s H ello. A m y I sent an em ail to my boss yesterday c o m p laining D r H arri s W ell, to p o f the list is the d ream w here Pau l a The beaches and the islands. There are w o nd erful abo ut my new co lleague. She's really lazy and she so meo ne o r so m ething is ru nning after yo u. Either it's beaches o n the A d riatic Sea - Cro atia's co ast is v ery never does any w o rk. The lo ng - and it has mo re than a tho usand island s. M att D id you?
It can be a feeling, a co nflict o r a Pau l a W ell, the best place to get a ferry is Sp lit, ano ther o ffice abo ut this new p erso n and he'll p ro bably ask memo ry , fo r example, but w hatever it is, it's so mething city o n the coast w hich is larger than D u b ro v nik, but also abo ut me, to o.
There are a number d efinitely talk abo ut me next w eek. Presenter Rig ht. W hat's the next d ream o n the list? Yo u have lo st d irec tio n in the w ind o w , and sing alo ng to w hatever co mes o n.
I alw ays interested i n w hat I have to say. We've got quite a vour life and vo u d o n't kno w w hat to d o. N o t recently, I'm d ri v i n g thro u g h the co untry , but I must say I find it me also happened to her w hen she w as yo ung.
A nyw ay, w hat o ther recurring dreams are there? D r H arris This is ano ther fairly c o m m o n d ream. S p eak er 3 I've alw ays really enjoyed sing ing w i th the 8 B You're try ing to get so mew here but y o u get lo st o n the kid s I teach - I' m a p rim ary scho o l teacher.
Yo ung Presenter N o w , everyo ne loves trav elling , and w e all way, and vo u d o n't kno w w here y o u are. People o ften child ren love sing ing , and they like it even mo re if the enjoy telling sto ries abo ut the places w e've been to. It's am az ing ho w m u c h they learn But w hat happens i f there's an earthquake w hile yo u're of change. It show s that thev d o n't w ant to accept the f ro m songs - there are alphabet so ngs, c o u nting so ngs, away?
Trav el exp ert, M o nic a Fields, is here i n the new situatio n. Have y o u go t any mo re sing ing to gether. First o f all, M o nic a, is it possible recurring dreams fo r us? New English File Pre-intermediate Workbook. Switch to English sign up. Phone or email. Don't remember me.
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