ag yeda ann minutes a day SAS SIS:TRACK 1 ‘One ‘A: How do you do? rm Hilary Reisbeck & And 'm David Kennett. How do you do? Two | Good morning, My name's Yang Chong, Pleased to meet you, Yan Chong, Three & Hello, I'm Anna Polsky, 1B How do you do? My name's Harold Brown, Four ‘Ac Excuse me, are you Dr Brown? Yes, lam. A: I'm Sharon Ward, Nice to meet you. ‘TRACK 2 ‘One A. Hello, darling, How are you? I'm fine, Mum, How are you? Two A. Good afternaon, David. How are things? Fine, thanks. And you? Three A Hi, Sharon, How are you? B. Very well, thank you, Dr Brown, Four AA: Annal Nice to see you! BE: Hello, Harry Nice to see yOu, too. Five A Hello? B: Js that you. David? Ae Yes. Hello, Hilary TRACK 3 ‘One AA: Excuse me, are you Protessor Polsky? B: Yes. lam, How do you do? Two Hello, Sharon. How are you? D. Fine thanks, and you? Three E: Nice to see you, David! F. And you! TRACK 4 J come from a small town in Minnesota, bt | ive In Hollywood now, and it’s very different. In my home town people are very friendly, Taey walk down the street land they speak to you. They say ‘Hi Audio Scripts ‘here! and ‘How are you? Here in Hollywood people dant walk They drive evennuhere. | ive inthis big house on Santa Monica and sometimes I don't see anyone all dev TRACK 5 | do the same things every day. | wake up at seven, but I stay in bed until seven fiteen. Then | get up and have a shower ‘That really wakes me up! | get dressed and then | have breakfast ~ some toast land a cup of coffee. I leave the house at tight thirty and walk to the bus stop. | go to work by bus. I start work at about nine, and 1 finish work at five or six. In the evening. Ihave dinner and watch television or play on the computer. 1am usually in bed by eleven! ‘TRACK 6 {live with my mother and my father and my two brothers. They ate called Owen ‘and David. Owen is twenty and he's at tniversity David is sixteen and he's at school, like me. | have two grandmothers land one grandfather My other grandfather is dead. | have one uncle and one aunt My aunt lanet is my mothers sister. They have two daughters, Rosa is ten and Gemma Is fourteen, like me. They are my ERenne en Ax: Hlive Ina flat with a ni balcony B; We live ina detached house with 2 big garden : Ilive in a bungalow beside the se. TRACK 8 Dawp: Brian, Susan! Hi there, welcome! How are you? BRIAN; We'te fine, David. Our car is in the B: Well, I leave on the fiteenth of October. ‘A: So that’ the fifteenth of the tenth, two thousand and three. And when do you get back? B: Let me see. The flight back arives on the fifth of Mey, wo thousand! and. four ‘A: Right then. And you are going to Australia, Will you be going anywhere clse? B: Sure. | go via New York and come back via Hong Kong, ‘A: In that case we can Insure you for Australia and the rest of the world. Do you want any other type of insurance? We offer extra cover for extreme sports such as hang-eliding — B: No, no! Just the basic insurance is fine, ‘A: OK, then | just need to know your date of birth B: Tenth of June, nineteen eighty-four A: Tenth of the sixth, eighty-four... Fine Could you just walt a minute and Ill give you an idea of what that will come to Have you got a university degree? Yes. I've got a degree in maths and a POCE, A: A PGCE? What's that? B: Its a Post Graduate Certificate in clucation, It means I can teach, ‘A: So you teach maths? B: Yes, I teach maths in a secondary school Two ‘A: What skills have you got? B: Well, can drive. Ive got a PSV licence A: Whats that? B: Its a Public Service Vehicle licence. It means I can drive big vehicles with passengers. You have to take a special test to get the licence ‘A: So what do you do fora living? B: I'm a bus driver. Three ‘A: What do you do? BI work in the tourist industry. 'm a travel representative A: Do you need paper aus thar? Br No. butit helps if you can speak a foreign language. [As Can you? B: Yes. can speak Spanish and Italian, x 8 | as B: I'ma maths teacher. x B cations for ‘And English Of course. Four |A: What's your job in this company? B: ma personal secretary, | work for ‘one of the directors, A: What do you do? 1B: Oh, lanswer the telephone, make appointments for my boss, unite letters and prepare reports, ‘A: Can you use a computer? B: Of course! Ive also gat an advanced certificate in office management Five ‘A: What skills have you got? BB: [can design and make beautiful clathes. I'm a fashion designer A: Do you need any qualifications for that? 1B Well, ve got a diploma from the London College of Fashion. But experience is very important in the fashion business. You leam on the job really. TRACK 14 ALAN WitTE: Hello everybody, hello. just want to say a few words of ‘welcome to you today before you start to enjoy yourselves. As many of you know already, lam Alan White and I ‘am the director of the Greenwood language school here in Brighton. Pm happy to see that so many of you are here today: | know that some of you have come a long way: | believe we have some new students from Brazil and Japan, Welcome to you all. hope you enjoy your stay in England and that you find this beautiful seaside town a good place to learn English. | think its @ good idea if you begin by getting to know each other, So now | have a small task for you. | want you to speak to as many people as possible in the room and find out whe: they are, where they come from and ‘what they do. OK? Is that clear? Off you go Yoshiko: Hello, My name's Yoshiko, And you? Peter: Nice to meet you, Yoshiko. Im Peter Peter Lieb, You are from lapan, I think? Yosniko: Yes, Thats easy because | look Japanese, How about you? Are you from Spain? PereR: No, I'm from Germany. lcome from a small town called Husum. Its inthe north of Germany. Yoshiko, this is my fiend Carlos, He's from Spain Carlos, this is Yoshiko. ‘Yosnko: How do you do, Carlos? ‘Cantos: How do you do? ‘Yostiko: Do you like it in England, Carlos?(CARLOS: It's great, and the school is very goed. Peren: Yoshiko ~ Carlos and | lke going to the beach alter school. Do you want to come? Yosniko: Today? | ‘CARLOS: Why not? What do you think, Peter? PETER: Yes. I's warm enough today. What do you gay, Yoshiko? Yoshiko: its a bit difficult for me. You ‘see my landlady, she says she wants me home at six o'clock tonight CARLOS: That's very early. Why don't you phone her and say you can't get home at that time? Peren: Yes, ust say you are busy here at the school Yosiiko: No, lean’t do that. She's a very nce lad. | ‘CARLOS: If she is 2 nice lady then she wont mind YosHiko: OK. then. | have my mobile ‘with me... Hello, hello Mrs King? [Mrs KING: Hello. Is that you, Yoshiko? Yosniko: Yes, Mrs King, I amstill at the ‘school, Can I come home at eight iclock? is that OK? ‘Mas KING: No, Yoshiko. need you home by she Yostxo: Oh, | am sores, Yes, Mrs King, Yes, of course. See you at si Goodbye, Carlos, Peter, Im sorry You see she needs me at home. CaRLos: see. Well she's not a verynice | ‘woman, I think Come on, Peter Let's 0 to the beach Perer: Poor Yoshiko. | think your Tandlady isa very cificult woman. Yostiko: | don't think so. You are wrong, She is a very nice lady. Still, 'am sorry Tean't come with you. Maybe tomorrow? PETER: Ves, of course, don't worry Perhaps if we talk to Mrs King Yosniko: Yes, perhaps. Anyway. goodbye ‘Carns: 'Bye, Yoshiko. See you in school tomorrow. Pere: ‘Bye See TRACK 15 | IvrervieweR: How do you do, Thomas? Do sit down. ‘THoMas: Thanks. IrervieweR: just afew basic questions 1o start off with, Your full name is Tuomas: Thomas Guy Wood Audio Scripts Ivrerviewer: Fine. And I see | have your address and telephone number. Your post code? Towns: NES2 4EU, Ivrerviewer: Thanks. And if there ate no full-time jobs available, can you work | parttime until a full-time job comes up? “THOWAS: Yes, | think so. INTERVIEWER: Good. Now when are you available to work? As you know, we fare open seven days a week, twenty- four hours a day Thomas: Any time ceally. | mean, | don't mind working nights. INTERVIEWER: OK. That's great. And when ‘can you start? ‘THowas: From the first of August. Im on holiday in July. INTERVIEWER: And are you stil at schoo! | orcollege? | THomas: 'm at school. I finish school in July and then | start college next year in October. INTERVIEWER: | see ~ your gap year then. THOMAS: Yes, that's right. INTERVIEWER: And are you available for the whole of your gap year? THowas: Yes. | want to work and save money for college INTERVIEWER: I see. Now, do you have any work experience? THowas: Yes. | work on Saturdays for my father INTERVIEWER: Oh, yes. What does he do? ‘THOMAS: He is the manager of a boat hire | company. I help look after the boats ~ clean them and so on. | also look after the customers sometimes if my father is busy INTERVIEWER: I see. How do you do that? THOMAS: Well sometimes I show them ‘the different baats they can hire ~ for day trips and holidays and so on. INTERVIEWER: Very interesting. And do you enjoy that? THomas: Very much. Its better than cleaning the boats! Inrerviewer: Yes, | expect its. Now why do you want to work for Freshco? Ses TRACK 16 One Hi there, David. I's Steve here. Can we talk about our plans for the weekend? rm inal evening, $0 you can call me when you get home, Thanks. Two Oh, hello Susan, i's me, Mum. What time do you want me to comme tonight? Anyway, see you tonight. Bye, my love | Three | this is Andys Garage with a message for Mr Wells, Your ear is ready for you now. an you collect it before half past five? We close at five thirty. Thanks. Goodbye. Four Hi Chris. Karen here. lust want to know if youre feeling better? Im free today so if you want me to get anything for you, let me know, Speak to you later Bye. Five PDO delivery service here, We have a ‘parcel for you but we can't find your house, Can you call the office, please? It’s 01473 28895, Thank you Six Hello. Irs Flana Woods speaking, I'm afraid [ can't make my appointment with Dr Lewis today Sorry BREAKTHROUGH 2 ‘TRACK 17, BANK CLERK: Good morning, Can help, you? ‘Mn Brown: Yes. 'm going on holiday to ‘Seattle next week. Seaitle in the States, | mean. Ineed to buy some dollars, BANK CLERK: Of course, si, Do you want cash or travellers cheques? Mr BROWN: Both, I think. yes. want a thousand dollars in traveller's cheques and five hundred dollars in cash, please. BANK CLERK: Right, sir I can do the traveller's cheques right now. No problem. 'm afraid I'm a bit short of dollars at the moment. Can you come ‘back for the cash later this aftermoon? Mr Brown: Not this afternoon. Never rmind. | ean come back tomorrow, though BANK CLERK: Fine. T'm not here tomorrow bout my colleague can help you then, Mr BROWN: Right then BANK CLERK: Thank you very much, Mr Brown. Here are your cheques. Can you sign each one in the top left-hand | ir Brown: Right you are Bank CLERK: Thank you very much. Mr Brown, day! ‘or should I say, HavAudio Scripts One [As You lockttred, Can I help you with your bags? B. That's very kind of you. Two A: Mmm, This is delicious! B: I'm glad you like it t's one of my new recipes, Three A: Happy birthday, Mum. Here's your present. [hope you like it B: [t's beautiful. Thank you so much, darling Four {Ac Thanks for helping me with my CY. Mr carter. B. You're welcome Five [Ac Thank you for a wonderful evening, ‘We really enjoyed it Bz Thank you for coming, We must do It ‘again sometime, Six this evening? hes quite good-looking, realy Se SeeaL ‘TRACK 20, ‘one ‘What do | ke about my fob? Well, | lke the people | work with, They re good fun ‘and the holidays! Yes, l get a lot of time off, This year 've got two weeks at Christmas and three weeks in the summer, 50 I can go snowboarding in the winter and somewhere hot in the summer Fantastic! Two ‘The most important thing for me is my children, fm a secretary and | enjoy that but no, I don't work fulltime because | like spending time with them. They're only little, Hannah's four and Jamie's sh so they need me. Anyway is what | want Would you like to go to the cinema 3: Oh, yes. That would be lovely. There's anew flim on at the Roxy tonight. SSeS TRACK 19) ‘A: What does your boss look like, Glorla? Well, he's got brown eyes and grey halt He's a big man but he's not fat He’ taller than my brother. think todo. Idon't want to work full time at the moment, Three I don’t like living here This is horrible area — the streets are dirty and its quite dangerous, as well. I want to get a dog and the town 1s not a good place for a tdog, It's OK fora cat or a small animal but dogs need somewhere to run about, | nk Benassi TRACK 21 INTERVIEWER; Well Thomas, It's good to know that you think our staff are happy. Now I see you have some Ideas about what to do in difficult situations, What do you do if customer is rude to you? THomas: The best thing isto be polite ‘and not to get angry 1 talk to them ‘and listen to what they say. [think its important to understand what they think the problem is, Ivrerviewer: Good. Good, but then what? ‘THomas: Then | ask them what they want ‘me to do about it.I think if they can say what they want me to do and then {ido it well, then the problem is not there any mare InreRvieweR: see. You may be right but Its not always easy is it? What if you can't do what they want? ‘TwoMns: Then I find someone who can, Perhaps the manager. InrervieweR: OK, that's fine. Let's move ‘on, What do you do when you havea jb to do but it's time to go home? You know the job takes an hour to Finish and Its important to do it properly ‘THowAs: | tell the manager that | want 10 finish the job and how long I think it takes to doit. Then, if he agrees. I stay and finish i. Inrerviewer: Excellent answer, Thomas ight, just a few more questions. Bees TRACK 22, My father is @ doctor He works In a hospital for children in Paris. He works very hard but he loves his job. He's a very kind person. | miss him a lot because I ive in England, but when he ‘comes home he always brings me something nice Love my grandmother very much. She doesn't get angry with me lke my parents do sometimes, and she always wants to listen to what | say. She is seventy-four years old and fives with my aunt and unele in the same town as me. see her every weekend, My brother is four years younger than me. but he goes to the same school as, ‘me. He has blond hair and is quite small for his age. | have a notice on my door at home thet says PRIVATE, but he comes | in without knocking. So annoying! But he 's very funny sometimes. too, Uncle Harry san actor He's often on TV. He lives in London but he often comes to see us. He's my mothers brother, and he's an interesting person. | ike to talk to him about films and TV programmes He's 2 wonderful storyteller! Sess ‘TRACK 23 Perer: Hurry up, Carlos. You can phone Tater, when we're on the beech, CARLOS: Just @ minute, Peter. I want to speak to my girlfriend Perea: Your girlfriend? I didn't know ‘about your gtifriend. Is she English? Cantos: No, she's Spanish. PereR: Lucky guy (Cantos: Oh dear, she isnt there at the moment, PereR: You know, | like Yoshiko. Cantos: Do you? Why don't we go to her house and talk to her landlady? Maybe then we can go to the beach together Do you knaw where she lives? PETER: I think so, Lets go. (A few minutes later ‘CARLOS Is this the house? PereR: I'm not sure. ‘Cartos: Come on then. Knock on the door PETER: Oh, all ight. (He knocks, ue door pers | MRs KiNG: Hello, Can | help you? CARLOS: | hove 50. Does Yoshiko live here? We are rom the language school Mas Kinc: Yes she does, but she is busy at the moment. Peter: Can we speak to het, please? [Mas KING: Now is not a good time. Im. sorry, You can see her at schcol tomorrow PeveR: Are you Mis King? ‘Mis KING: Yes. am Yoshiko's landlady Peter: I's nice to meet you, Mrs King. | ‘am Peter Lieb and this Is Carlos Sanchez. 'm from Germany and he is from Spain,(MALE vOICe: calling from: inside he house) ‘Wha is it? Hurry up! ‘Mas KiNG: Well, tis nice to meet you. too, but lam very busy. You see | have ta make dinner. Cantos: We un YOU tell Yoshiko we are at the she wants to come down later Mas KING: Of course. Goodbye, (deor oss) Peter: Carlos, {don't think like Ns King very much. [think she is very rude. CaRLos: No. you are wrong, Peter Perhaps it's her husband ~ telling her to hurry up like that PerER: Carlos, look! Look up at the window! I's Yoshiko, stand, Please could ich if Cantos: Where? Oh yes. (calliag ou). Hi There, Yoshiko! (his moble pone rings (Oh great, it's @ message ftom Maria, erER: Carlos, Carlos! Where is Yoshiko? She's gone (Cantos: Just a minute... What is it Peter? PerER: It's Yoshiko, One minute she is at the window and now... Nothing. Cates: Of course, She has to have her ‘dinner. Came an, Peter Are you in love? Peren: I's not that. [like Yoshiko very much, but | think maybe she has @ problem with her landlady Ccartos: I dont think so, Peter. I's just ‘that you want £0 see her. augiing) Mrs King is very nice. { don’t think she's ruce, just buss. She wants to get the dinner ready for everybody. PereR: I dant think so, Carlos, | am worried about it Cantos: Look, Peter. Let's go to the ‘beach now. Tomarraw you can talk to Yoshiko about it Tam sure everything is OK even: Allright, Carlos. | agree CARLOS: Naw let me tell you about my gilfriend. She is very prety with long, dark hair, PereR: Too pretty for you then, Audio Scripts TRACK 1 one 2: Excuse me. Whete's the post fee? Oh ts Inthe shopping centre Ac Ah, thank you very much Two 1 Can help you? B: Yes, plese, Where are the toilets? 1 Ob they eupstalts, Thank you Three A: Excuse me Do you know where the stations? 3. Yes. ein the centre of town A Oh, thank you Four A Excuse me, Where's the tourist information office? B: Ah. [ts in the main square, next to the bank ‘Ae Thanks, Five A: Can you tell me where the cinema is, please? BB There's one in Castle Street [Ac Oh, thanks very much, Six ‘A: Excuse me_Do you know where the Blue Parrot café is? B. Yes, i's in town, next co the post office. ‘A: Oh, see, Thanks for your help. ‘TRACK 2 ‘One A; Excuse me, Where's the post office Bi Ah, its in the shopping centre A: Thanks, Two A: Can [help you? B: Yes. please, Where's the nearest phone box? ‘A: Ithink there's one at the end of this, street B; Ah, thank you Three AA: Where's the pharmacy? Its over there, next to the bank A: see, Thank you Four ‘A: Excuse me. Do yau know where the Red Rack café is? B: Yes. I's in the centre of town, ‘A: Great, Thanks. Five ‘A: Excuse me, is there a bread shop near here? B: Yes, there's a baker's nest to the post office ‘A: Ahyes, Thank you six A: Do you know where the butchers is? Bs Yes. It's in the main square Oh, thanks Seven 1: Excuse me. Can you tell me where the newsagents is? B: Yes. I's over there, next to the cinema, A: see. Thanks. Sees TRACK 3 One ‘A: Excuse me, Where are the tollats? B: Ob, they're over there on the right ‘A [see, Thank you. Two ‘Ac Can you tell me where the cinema is, please? B: Yes, i's in the square. Just go straight fn for about 200 metres and you'll see itn front of you. Three ‘Ac Excuse me, Can you tell me where East Street is? B: Of course Just tum left atthe next set of traffic lights. That's East Street. A: Oh, thank you Four A: Excuse me, Where's the tourist information office? Bi Let me see, Ah yes, go straight on at the traffic lights. You can't miss it. Ak: Thanks, Five |: Excuse me. Where's the nearest public telephone? B: Ah, it's in the post office. It’s on your left as you go in. A: Ah, thanks |: Excuse me. Do you know where the blue Parr café is? B: Yes. Turn right atthe next comer and youll see the sign |: Great, Thanks. TRACK 4 1 Take the first on the left, them it's at the end of the street on your leftA ‘Take the second right. Go straight on and it at the end of the road. 3. Take the second on the left. Then it's fon your right on the other side of the road. ‘Take the first left. Then take the third right. Go straight ahead and you'll see iin font of you. 5 Go straight ahead. Turn right at the tend of the road. Keap going straight and you'll see it on the left hand side, 6 Take the frst road on the right. Then rake the frst lft I's just round the corner on the right, aE TRACK 5 1 Let's stop at this garage, We need ‘more petrol. 2 U'msorry sir You can't take photographs in the museum, 3 Look, we can get something to cat wer there 4 Excuse me. this is a no smoking office. You have to go outside if you want a cigarette, 5 Hannah! Get off the grass. You can't walk on i 6 Lets buy the food now. the shoo will be closed tomorrow 7 Good = its only another forty-eight miles to Bristol ‘TRACK 6 1 You cantt park here. t's against the law. 2. You shouldnt drop liter in the street 43 Thetollets are straight ahead. 4 In some countries, you mustn't smoke In public places, 5. He wants to have lunch in that restaurant. TRACK 7 | One ‘A: You can't use this road on Monday It closed for road works, You can use the Als instead 'B: Oh, thanks for telling me. A: No problem, Two Hello, is that Carlito's? Yes, Carlitos Store here. When are you open, please? From Mondays to Fridays we open at eight in the morning and close at six pam. ‘Are you open at weekends? B: Will, on Saturdays we close at two pm, and we are closed all day on eree Sunday. le lfemYelg] ole Three ‘A: Goad morning, East Vale Swimming Poa. B: Good morning. Can you tell me how much it isto swim? A: Certainly. The adult ticket is five pounds and a chiles teket is two pounds. Oh, and child means under sinteen B: Under sixteen, OK. Thank you. A: OK, Goodbye. Rack 8 one A What’ the timo, And? B: Its nine o'lock A: Thanks, Two A: Maria, when dos this shop dose? B. Atsixotock A: Ob, thanks, Three ‘A: Jenny, when isthe meeting with Hob? B ts tomorrow moming at nal past, ten A Ten thity~ thanks lean Four A Lets meet at quate past five B: OK quarter past tke tis Five ‘A: What time does the film star? B: It starts at quarter to seven so dont be late ‘A: Quarter to seven, OK ‘TRACK ® ‘one ‘A: Excuse me. What time is the bus to oxford? : The next one leaves at nine o'clock, Ak: And when does it get there? B: It arives at half past ten A That's great ~ thank you. Two A: Good morning. Can I help you? B: Yes please. When does the train for Paris leave? It departs from platform 6 at half past eleven BB And when docs it arive? ‘A: Four o'clock in the afternoon B. OK- thank you Three A: Excuse me, What time is the nest flight to Amsterdam? A BB: The next one is at 12.30 and it arives in Amsterdam at quarter to two. ‘A: That sounds fine, Thank you. ERS can neene) TRACK 10 one Excuse me, | wonder if you can help me? Fve got two hours before my train leaves. Is there somewhere | can leave my suitcase? | want to go shopping, you see {nd It’ just too heavy to take with me. (Qver there? Oh, | can see the sign now. Thanks alot Two Ccould you tall me what time the next train to Heathrow leaves, please? Fine. Is that from platform 6? The airport trains all seem to go from platform 6, don't they? Thanks. No, I've gota ticket already, was just checking, Three Good morning, sit. Could | just have a look at your ticket, please? Thank you. 1 see, you have a reserved seat. That's in carriage 4, Just walk down the platform 10 cartiage 4. Looks like you need a ‘yolley with all that luggage. Here you are, sit. No problem Four Hello, there. Yes, 1 left my laptop on the: train this morning, It was the nine o'clock tran from Oxford. I can't remember where | was sitting exactly but fe came in at platform 14. Any chance of finding it? I's in a black case Five Asingle to Cheltenham, please. Did you | say £23.40? Right. Can I pay by credit card? Great, Can you tell me which platform it goes from? Platform 142 ‘Thanks. t's on time is t? Gocal six Can | have a copy of Te Daily News please? Oh, and I'd like a magazine too. "Yes, this week's copy of Autosport looks Inceresting, How much Is that? Fine, here | Sees TRACK 11 1 That's siteen pounds fifty 2. That's two euros and twenty cents 3. Thats thinty-two pounds ft. 4 That's three euros eighty-five 5 That's a hundred dollars 6 ‘That's ninety-two pence.TRACK 12 One ‘A: Good morning. Can I help you? B: Yes please, | want a day retumn ticket to Brighton ‘A: Certainly. That will be twenty-eight pounds exactly. B: Here you are, Twenty-eight pounds. ‘A: Thank you. And here's you ticket. B: Thank you. Two ‘A: Morning. Just Go lets. Chris speaking, How can I help you? Bs | went to fly from Sydney to Perth tomorrow. How much Is @ one-way ticket? A: Let me see... a one-way economy class ticket is a hundred and forty-five dollars Bi A hundred and forty-five dollars? OK, Fl think about it ‘A: No problem B: Thank you. Three ‘A: Excuse me. | want to buy a coach ticket to Paris B: OK. Is that a retum? A: No = justa single. B: And are you a student? A: Yes — here's my student card. B: OK- then the ticket is thirty two euros ify AA: Thirty-two filty. Hete you ere. 1B; Thank you. Here's your ticket. Have a good trip. ‘A: Thank you Four ‘A: Supetlink information service. How can help? CCan you tell me the fare from Hampton to New York, please? Is that one way or round trip? Just one way That’ eighty-four dollars. Hmm, eighty-four dollars is @ Tot think I'l go by bus. (OK thank you for calling. Bye. ee ‘TRACK 13 Good morning. Can { help? Yes please. | want a tlcket to Rome. Certainly sit, What is your name? John Green, G-R-E-E-N, (OK Mr Green, When do you want to tly? B: On Monday, lune the tenth, peree ‘A: Do you want a return ticket? B: No, just one way please A: Ah, OK now, the price is one hundred ‘and twenty-five pounds. B: One hundred and twenty-five? Is that the best price? A: Yes, I'm afraid so, OK, Fl take it A: Thank you, sir Let me just check the details See TRACK 14 1 There's Sarah, She's making a phone call. [think she's phoning the hotel. 2 Lucy's listening to her new CD while she's waiting for her plane. 3 Tony is changing £200 into dollars. m waiting until we get to New York 4 The children ate waiting for us. Theyre siting onthe lees ver there Sees ‘TRACK 15, 1 Would all passengers on flight LH2732 {fo Munich please go to gate 14 where your plane ls now ready for boarding, Thank you 2. Will passenger Andy Taylor, ativing from Miami, please go to the meeting point in the Arrivals Hall? 3 Ab look, We're traveling from Portugal so we can go through the blue customs channel over there 4m sorry sir, you can't use your cell phone in this area, You must suiteh it ofl 5. Welcome to Florida. Our Inter Sun representative is waiting for you in the bbus station, and she will take you to your hotel. ust follow the blue sign © Good moming everyone. We are sorry for the delay but we are now ready to ‘board flight OS 1418 to Vienna, Please 0 to gate 10, and have your passport land boarding pass ready. Thank you TRACK 16 | Flight BA 2602 to Florence is now ready for boarding at gate Al 2. Flight LH 3367 to Frankfurt is now ready for boarding. Passengers should g0 £0 gate B25 immediately 3 Flight OS 3117 we regret to ‘announce that this light to Vienna is delayed. The new departure time Is 16.30 4 Flight AF [664 to Paris is closing. The last remaining passengers should go to gate AT Immediately 5 Passengers on KL 3914 to Amsterdam should go to gate A22 where the flight is ready for boarding 6 Flight QA 3031 to Sydney has a change of gate number. The new departure gate for this flight is BIT. ‘Thank you. See ‘TRACK 17, “Ti: H Rebecca REBECCA: Hi Tim. Are you going to Anita's party on Friday? Tit: OF course. All the people fram work are going, ReBeccA: Great I'm going too ive What about Saturday? Do you want | to play tennis? ReBecea: No, sory, 'm taking the cat to the vet in the morning. What about the afternoon? ‘Tit: No I'm going to town to buy some clothes. Sunday? REBECCA: Sunday Is fine ‘Ti: Great, is three o'clock OK? ReRECCA: Three is perfec. TiN: OK. Imust go now. ‘Bye Rewecca: ‘Bye Tim ‘rack 18, 1 rm going to a concert next week There's a wonderful programme with songs from my favourite operas. 2 We are going to Australia next month. ‘We are visiting my son. He lives in sycney 3. We are going to the art gallery this morning and in the afternoon we are shopping 4 He is playing in a tennis tournament all day tomorrow. 5. They are travelling to Bangkok on Sunday. We are seeing them off. Thelr flight leaves at six o'clock | TRACK 19 Perex: Hl there, Carlos. How are you? Ccan.os: Fine. thanks. Whereis Yoshiko? PeTER: | dont know, she's nother yet. Canios, Perhaps she's stl asleep? | Peter: Yoshiko is never late for class. She is a very good student CaRtos: Yes, but dor't worry now, Peter. Look, the teacher is coming Mk MCCABE: Good moming everybody 1 ‘am Mr McCabe and am teaching you this term. Good to see you al. Well, 1 em10 Audio Scripts don't know if you know already but this is the intermediate class. | hope you are all feeling full of energy and ready to work! STUDENTS: Yes of course! MecCase: What | want you to do this morning is practise asking questions about each other. You can do this in pairs or, if you prefer, In a three. Is that clear? Good. A! | see another student Is ariving, Its Yoshiko, isn't © ‘Yosuiko: Yes, fm sorry Im late MCCABE: Don't worry, Yoshiko, Please, sit down, We are working in pairs or threes this morning, practising asking ‘questions about each other. OK then, everybody: Off you go. CARLOS: Yoshiko! Come over here. You ‘can work with us Yosmko: Thank you PeteR: Are you allright, Yoshiko? Yosuiko: Ves, 'm fine. Im a bit tired, thats all ‘Cantos: Never mind, Lets go to the beach at lunch time. I's a beautiful day. Do you like swimming? YosiKo: Yes, do, but | think the sea is too cold for swimming in England. { like warm wat PeTer: Well, we can feat It on the beach think? ‘CARLOS: Great idea MR MCCABE: Right then. How are you getting on over there, Carlos? CARLOS: Very well, Mr McCabe. We know that Yoshiko likes swimming, but not in England because the water fs too cold even: And we all like sitting on the beach when the weather is good, MR MCCABE: | expect you dol Never mind, only two hours unt! lunch time, Perhaps you can find out sarne more about the country where your friend comes from, (Later, on th beh.) Peren: Well, this is better than sitting in 2 hot classroom, isn't it? YYostiko: Yes, but | think Mr McCabe is a ‘good teacher CARLOS: Yes, anyway he makes me laugh! PETER: So Yoshiko, how Is your landlady today? Yosuke: I don't know Look, this is note from her. PETER: Let's have a look. (randing} ‘Dear Yoshiko, | am sorry 1 am not here to make your breakiast. Please have what y some lunch and ‘what do you you want. There is bread in the cupboard and milk and eggs in the Fridge, See you tonight. Best wishes, Janet CCaRLos: fanet? Yosmiko: That's her name: Janct King, What do you think, Peter? Peren: About this note? {think its bit rude of her nat to make your breakfast. YosHiko: No, I don't mind about just that don't know where she is. Cantos: No. She doesnt say, does she? Derer: Perhaps you need to tell the school. Yosmko: Why? PereR: They could find you somewhere else co live, Yosmxo: But ! don't want to leave Mrs King. She is a nice woman, you know ‘CARLOS: She does say ‘See you tonight ‘doesn't she? Yosnixo: That's true. Wes Cantos: Come on. Let's eat our sandwiches. What time does afternoon school begin? Yosiko: Two o'clock. Oh Cartes: What is it, Yoshlko? Yostiko: That worran over there I think it's Mrs King carios: Where? Yostko: Over there by the sea with 2 PereR: That's Mrs King? Yes, itis, isn't it? CARLOS: Who is the man with her? Yosmiko: | don't know CCaRLos: Is it Mir King? Yoshiko: There is no Mr King. mean, Mrs King lives alone, Perer: What's the matter, Yoshiko? Yosuiko: Its just strange, that’s all. Why is she on the beach with that man? Well, its nothing to do with me. Come tn, let's go back to school, I's nearly two o'clock aS ‘TRACK 20 One A Helen, can you tell me where the ‘Orange Tree restaurant is? 1m meeting Paul there at seven o'clock B. Yes ~it's in Bast Street, As you walk towards the cinema, it on your right A Thanks Helen, Bi Have a good time. Ac Thanks, Two ‘A: Excuse me, Do you know where the Blue Parrot Cat is? B: Yes. Go straight on and turn left at the post office. Alter 100 metres, turn leit ‘ain, Its next to the bookshop. ‘A: Oh, know. Thanks. Three ‘A: Maria, when do the shops close? Im going to buy some new shoes anda Be [think i's six o'clock, No wait ~ they close at five thirty, A: Yos, you're right. Thanks. Four ‘A: Excuse me. When is the next train to Amsterdam? B: Oh, the next one’s at quarter to two. ‘A: Quarter to two? OK, can J have a one: wey ticket please? B: A single ticket ~ certainly. Here you are, That uill be twelve euros. As Thank you SSS TRACK 21 1 | really like animals and so does my son, Jamie. so we're going to the 200 2 like to find a quiet place with trees dnd flowers, so Im going to the botanical gardens tomorrow 3. I'm going to the art gallery tomorrow They've got a special exhibition of paintings by Picasso. 4 You must go to the museum. [thas some great dinosaur skeletons 5 We're going to the cathedral this afternoon. | lave old buildings so L always visit mosques and cathedrals when I'm in a new city 6 Theres a market in town tomorrow. {rm going to buy presents to take home to my friends and family TRAGK 22, One A: Excuse me? Where's the science Bs Ob. Take the second turing on your Teft and its about 200 metres ahead — fon the right-hand side of A Thank you. Two A: When does the museum open? We open at ten from Monday to Saturday but on Sunday we don't ‘open until two veloc 1 So its ten o'clock today?B: Yes, that’s right, ‘A: Ah, thank you. Three How much does it cost to get into the gallery? Oh, irs tee. Free? Yes, you don't have to pay to get in Great! Thanks. Four A: Excuse me. When does the concert stant? B: The doors open at seven o'clock. You ‘musi be in your seat by 725 because the concent starts at 7.0. A: Oh, thank you. Five {A Can you tell me how to get tothe antiques market? B: Yes, Its in the centre of town. Take 3 number 22 bus and get off a Town Hall A: OK, thank you. Six ‘A: How much are tickets for the tour of the castle? BB: They are four pounds for adults and ‘two pounds for children under fourteen ‘A: And for students? B: Student tickets are half price. two pounds. ‘Ac Thanks, Bae > 5. o> -p-c- = MN Hwax-y-z TRACK 24 PereR: | come from Germany and my name is Peter Lieb, That's PETER LEB ‘cartos: 'm Carlos Sancher and I come from Spain. My names spelt CARL: OSSANCHEZ Yosuko: | live in Japan and 'm called Yoshiko. That's V-O-S-H--K-0. ‘TRACK 25 Across 1 Crete CRETE 5. New York N-EW: V-O-R-K 6 Spain S-P-ALN 8 Australia AUSTRALIA Down 1 China C-HeLNA. Audio Scripts 2 Tokyo T-O-K¥-0 3. London L-O-N-DON 4 Paris PARIS 7 ttaly LEALY ‘TRACK 26 ‘CARLOS: Yoshiko, how do you spell your family name? YosHIKO: It's spelt M-LVAM-ATS-U, Easy, isnt it? ‘CARLOS: | don’t think so. But can you spell the town where | live? YosHIKO: OF course. I's G-H-O-N. CARLOS: Thats right! And I can spall the name of the town where you live Its KYOTO, Yosuiko: Very clever. But this Isa hard cone. Can you spell the name of the capital of Scotland? CARLOS: | think $0. IP's E-D-EN-B-U-R-G- H, Isn't Yosniko: Well done: | think that’s really hard because it's got letters in it that you don’t say Cantos: Yes it ‘cut food with Yoshiko: Oh, you mean a knife ~ K-N-FP-E, There are lots of words with silent letters in English, aren't there? ‘What about the name of the fish that you can get in Scotland? CARLOS: It's a hagais, that's H-A-double ¢ Yosnixo: Dont be silly, Carlos. A haggis isn'ta fish, I mean a salmon - SALMON! So has the thing you TRACK 27 island, silver hour, light, knife, filend, some, straight, comb, love, Brighton, chalk, walk, castle, sign, know ‘One ‘This isthe last call for fight number 657 to Malaga, Passengers for flight umber (657 to Malaga should go immediately to gate number [5 as the flight Is about t0 close Two Here is an announcement for passenger Michelle Perteira, recently errived from Genoa, Would Miss Michelle Pereira please come to the aitport information ‘desk which is situated next to Gate 12 Three ‘A passport has been found in the duty free shopping area, Could the owner of thls passport please return to the check Jn desk belore proceeding to departure Four This is an announcement for flight 291 to ‘Chicago. This flight is now boarding at gate 23, Please proceed to the departure gate as quickly as possible, Five \We apologise for the technical dificulties wwe are currently exceriencing. Will passengers for lights to all European destinations please go to check-in desks T2to 24. ‘TRACK 29) CHECK-IN CLERK: Good afternoon. Could | have your tickets and passports please? Maw: Here you are (CHECK-IN CLERK: Thank you, sit There are four of you travelling to Melaga today? Man: That’ right (CHECK-IN CLERK: I need one more passport Yours sir, I think ‘aw: oh dear Woman: Oh no, you've forgotten your passport! What are we going to do now? ‘Man: Calm down, Mo. Just kidding Here itis (CHECK-IN CLERK: Thank you six. And how many pieces of luggage? Man: Four suitcases and two children. (CHECK-IN CLERK: Im afraid you are five Itlos over Man: Don't worn The wife will take her ‘make-up out. Then i'll be fine, Womans Never mind him. This bag is hand luggage (CHECK-IN CLERK: Fine. It's OK now. Here: are your boarding passes. It's gate umber 15 er nae nS> eer eee Cape Town, love Cape Town ~it's a really relaxed and frlendly city. I's South Africa's second biggest city, with a population of about three million, Theres a lot to see and do in Cape Town. The old part of the city Is quite small so the best way to see itis ‘on foot. Make sure you visit the market stalls in Greenmarket Square and perhaps take a gulded tour of the ‘old castle. If you have time, you can take a short drive out of Cape Town to the famous Table Mountain, From the top you have a wonderful view of the whole city, the harbour, and, of course, the sea, ‘TAACK 31 Excuse me. Can | ask you where you are from? (Of course. m from Edinburgh. an you spell that for me, please? Yos, its EDINBURGH. Thank you, And where is Edinburgh? Its in Scotland. It's the capital ‘Scotland? That's to the north of England, isnt it? Yes, Edinburgh is about 400 miles to the north of London ‘And is Edinburgh very big? Quite big - it has a population of about 500,000, | see, 500,000! | think that’s a lot. Are there lots of tourists in Edinburgh? Oh yes, ts a great city for tourists, I's very beautiful. The castle is our most famous tourist attraction, And, of course there's the festival The festival? 5: Yes, every summer there is a festival ‘of art, music, theatre ~ everything. ‘Thousands of tourists come to see thar {must visit. How can L get there from London? Well, you can fly to Edinburgh airport. Or you can drive, but it's a long way and it takes a long time. My favourite Js to-go by train I's relaxing and you see the whole country ‘That's great. Thank you very much Isa pleasure Beene TRACK 32 can you repeat that, please? How do you spell that, please? Can you say that again, please? Can you spell that, please? Audio Scripts TRACK 33 ‘TRACY: Alliance Travel. Tracy speaking. Can help you? Maw: Erm... May I speak to Mr Newbold, please? ‘Tracy: Mr Newton, Hold on. I'm putting ‘you through MR Newron: Hello. Caretaker here IMAN: Is that Me Newbold in the travel insurance department? MR NewroN: Sorry? What...? Oh no, 1m Terry Newton. [im the caretaker. I] put you back to switchboard Tracy: Switchboard ‘Man: Sorry, but that was the caretaker. ‘Tracy: You want to speak to the ‘caretaker? Right Il just see if he's in Maw (etasperated|: No, no, no! I want to speak to Mr Newbold in the travel insurance department, ‘Tracy: Travel insurance? Oh, you mean Mr Newbold! Putting you through TRACK 34 MANDY: Good afternoon. Far East Holidays. Mandy speaking. How can | help? MR HADLEY: Good afternoon. Could 1 speak to someone about a letter | got you today? MAND\: Yes, of course, sir May I have Ma HADLEY: Yes. I's Graham Hadley. The letter says the holiday | want is net available MANDY: Oh I see, Mr Hadley. Have you ‘got your Jeter there? Mz HADLEY: Yes, | have. Many: Could you give me the reference number? Mi HADLEY: Oh, yes. It's AL 4367 7S. ‘Many: Could you repeat that, please? Mik HADLEY: AL 4567 TS Many: AL 4567 75? And you are Mr Graham Hadley. Is that with an ‘©? Me HADLEY: Yes I's H-A-D-L-E- | Mano Fine, Now think you need to ‘speak to someone who is dealing with your arrangements. Ifyou can just hold the line, Mr Hadley, 'm putting you through fo Nig Mk HabLey: Thanks for your helo. ‘Mano: No problem. Sea TRACK 35 1 Where's the post office? 2 Can help you? He's flying to Paris tomorrow How much is a return ticket? That's Tom's mobile phone, isn't I? ‘That sign says: Danger! tes only another forty-eight miles to Bristol 8 Do you want n ice cream? do, ‘TRACK 36 1 Do you know what your weight is? 2. want to buy some flowers for my mother 3 They are going to write to me about the job, 4 Please stay here while ! look for him 5 He's my son and | love him very much, ‘The post office is over there Been TRACK 37 ‘one A: Excuse me. What country are you 8 Oh, live in Canada, I'm Canadian A: Is Canada a big country? B: Yes ~ its very big. ‘A: And what is the capital? B: The capital city is Orawa A: Oh, how do you spell that? B: O-T-TFAW.A, ‘A; What countries border on Canada? B: Oh, we are next to the USA. ‘A: And is the national language Enelish? B: We have two national languages ~ English and French. Canadians from Quebec speak French A: That's very interesting, thank you : You'te welcome. Two | ac Excuse me. Can | ask where you are from? (Oh, Ym from Singapore. Can you spell that for me? Yes, its S-N-G-AP-O-RE Js Singapore a big country? No-itsa small island And what isthe capital city? Oh that’s easy to remember it's Singapore! And what countries are near Singapore? (Our nearest neighbour is Malaysia, Thats MAL-AYSA, And what languages do you speak in Singapore? epee eeeB: We speak English and Chinese. A: Oh, that’s great ~ thank you. B. tsa pleasure. ‘Bye TRACK 38 Iceland ie a beautiful country in the North Atlantic Ocean. Itis larger than Portugal -its size is 103,000 square kilometres, but it has @ small population 289,000 people. About half the population lives in and around the capital city — Reykjavik. They speak Ieelandic~itis a very old language Iceland has its ovn currency. the krona, which means crown in English TRACK 98 ‘What's your nationality? rm Belgian Is your country as big as England? No, it’s only 30,000 square kilometres. ‘What is the population? ‘About 10 million, ‘What is the capital? Brussels, what currency do you use? ‘The euro, of course, ‘What countries are your neighbours? We have borders with France Germany, The Netherlands and Loxembourg, ‘A: What languages do people speak in your country? B: French, German and Dutch Breen TRACK 40) BP Rrerererer One Ar Isthe 15.30 to Buffalo running? B: Let me see. Yes, but there's a forty five minute delay ‘A: What time des it get to Buitalo? B: Its due in Buflalo at 17.10. A Thank you. Two ‘A: Excuse me. Can you help me please? B: Yes, sl; What can I do for you? [Ac want a hotel in central London B: Is that just for one night? A Yes, itis B: Let's have a look. The Cavendish in Bryanston Square has @ double 1oom available at £95 00 a night ‘A: Well, that sounds OK. Whereis Bryanston Square? Three ‘A: Hello, Is that the Belmont conference centee? Audio Scripts B: Yes. How can help? AN [have a meeting in room 112 with Me Curtis, Unfortunately my rain is | elayest sortm going ta be late |B: Room 112° Hold on a moment. tm puting you through | a mans Four 2: Where to, madam? Br The airport, please. 'm running a bit late ‘A: Now, then, what time's your flight? B: Half past eleven. I'm sure Im going to mise ‘A: Don't worry. Plenty of time. Leave it to B. Great! | Five | A: Good morning. Isitjust for the two of, B: Yes, can we sit over there by the window? A Justa second, yes, that table's free. B Is that a no-smoking area? Ak Yes, we only allow smoking at the bar. B. Oh, good. Beeson TRACK 41 one Well, I's the quickest way to get anywhere. I don't enjoy long journeys. | want to sit in my seat and get up a few hhours later in a completely new place. | know there are often delays and It can be boring waiting for your flight but it’s easy and you don't have to think too much, Frm rather a lazy traveller. Two enjoy travelling this way. t's quiet and | have time to look at everything around ime, Its the cheapest way to travel, although you have to buy strong shoes! [And you can meet some very interesting people, too, Three ‘What | lke about travelling In this way Is that | can ehoose when | go and when | ‘come back. Inever have to get to an airport or a station at a particular time land of caurse there are na baggage restrictions [can take anything | want, | Four I think its the best way to travel. Once you are on board you are looked after completely. There's everything you could possibly need: restaurants, cinemas, night-lfe and ever hairdressers and | beauty salons! know you don't move very fast but | always find feel completely relaxed when we get there, Five ‘We like to get around like this. It's good exercise and we're in the fresh air, We can stop whenever we want to and although we sometimes get very wet we never fee! cold! Downhill is best of Bese ese) ‘TRACK 42 Man: Hello Yosuiko: Oh, hello. Could I speak to Peter Lieb, please? Maw: Yes, ll just get him for you. Who's speaking, please? Yosniko: It's Yoshiko. Im a friend of his from the school Maw: He's just coming, Pere: Hi there, Yoshiko Yostko: Peter, lam sorry but | need to talk to you. Something strange Is happening and I don't understand it Perer: What's the matter? YosHitko: Its his King, you know, my landlady. Last night she was crying. 1 dont know why. She doesn’t want my help and she doesn't want to talk about i Perea: Oh dear Still t Isnt anything to ddo with you. Don’t worry about i Yoshiko: Oh no, Thats not it. This morning there was this letter for me fon the breakfast table. I's from Mrs King. Perea: What does it say? Yostiko: It says she Is very sotry but | must find a new family to stay with eren: That's bad news. You really like her, don't you? Yostiko: Yes, Mrs King is so kind to me, don't understand why she wants me toga. PETER: Maybe it's @ problem with her family YOSHIO: There is one more thing, Peter PETER: What is 1°? YosHiKo: | feel ad telling you this but someone is taking money from my PETER: Do you think it's Mrs King? Yoshiko: | hope not. But she has a key to ‘my room and there is nobody else in the house, Pere: What about Mr King? ‘YostiKo: There is no Mr King. | think he’s dead. Mrs King has a son but he lives in Australia, [eel terrible about this.don't know why, but | am worried about her. PereR; There is probably 2 very simple reason forall of this, Maybe you have made some mistake about the money. Yoshiko: I don't think so. Oh dear, ust don't know what ro do, Pere: Look, Yoshiko, let's meet in the park I can meet you in about twenty ‘minutes. OK? Yosiko: Thank you, Peter. Where do you want to meet? PereR: What about the lake? il meet you ‘near the litle lake. the one with the toy boats on, Yosniko: | know where itis. Peter: And don't worry. Everything is going to be fine ‘Yosiko: | hape so, Peter, hope so. (Later inthe park Yoshiko: Peter! Over here. Pere: Hi there, Yoshiko, Are you OK? Yoshiko: Yes, 'm OK PerER: fis mobile ngs) It's Carlos. Hello, Carlos. !m in the park with Yoshiko She has a problem. ‘CaRLos: Yes, | krow.'m atthe station It's not fer fom the park. Come here immediately with Yoshiko. Mrs King is here with a man, He Is shouting at her, Peter: Oh dear. Yes, we're coming now Come on, Yoshiko, quickly! Yosmiko: What is it? What's the matter? (A few minutes later) PETER: Look over there! It's Carlos! YYosixo: And Mrs King He's talking 10 Mrs King, She's crying. Cartas: Yoshiko, Mrs King Is very upset Her son is in rouble. I think she needs our help. Mes Kino: Oh, Yoshiko, lam sony. Its ‘my son, Harry. He's in trouble, He says he needs a lot of money ‘Yosiko: But Mrs King, your son isin Australia IMs KING: No, he isnt, Not now: He's here in England. Hes running away from people who want to kil him, Yosnixo: That's terrible, Why do they ‘want to kill him? Mrs Kinc: | dan't know but yesterday, on the beach, he showed me a gun. S01 know he's in danger. | don't want my sen to havea gun, Font want him to use a gun - but I don't know how to help hen erer: Where is he now? [Mrs KiNG: On a train. Going to London, | think Audio Scripts Yoshixo: | think you need to come home ‘now, Mis King, Mas KING: Yes, you're right tired Peter: Thats a good idea. Carles and | need to talk, 50 see you later Yoshiko. Yosniko: Yes, please call me later, Peter PETER: Of course, ‘bye. Cantos: Bye PETER: What do you think, Carlos? Why has Mrs King's son got a gun? Cantos: | don't know. But we know one thing, That man on the beach yesterday is her son. What do we do PETER: Go to the police ‘CARLOS: What can we say to the police? ‘We have to find out more first. PEER: Yes, but how? ‘CarLos: We can ask her son what is ‘going on. What's his name ~ Harry? PereR: But we don't know where he is, London is big city CARLOS: He's not in London Pere: How da you know? He's on a train, Mrs King said CGaRLos: | was watching them, remember, when I called you? I saw Hamry crossing the bridge and going back into the town centre ever: Then we must find him. ‘CaRLos: Yes, la's go feel very | BSS | TRACK 1 Can I help you? Yes, please, How much are the apples? They're £2.10 kilo, madam. Two kilos, please Anything else? ‘what abcut the grapes? How much are th The black ones are £2.25 a kilo and | the white are £1.75, Very sweet, they are, From South Africa. ‘yes, a ilo of black grapes then, and four large oranges ‘A: Right you are, The large orenges are aD pence each. Is that OK? B: Fine, thanks, Now I ust want some flowers. Roses, I think, Yes, # bunch of roses, please ‘The red or the yellow? B: Oh, red, please. They're lovely [A: Right, twelve beautiful, red roses for the lady at £450, Is that everything? Yes, that’s all, thanks. A: That's £12.55, madam. Twenty pounds, thanks and £7.45 change. B: Thanks, A: Have a nice day! Resse ‘TRACK 2 ePee One |; Golden Dragon. Good evening B: Hi there, | want to order a takeaway A Yes, sit Do you want to pick it up or do you want the delivery service? B: Delivery service, please ‘x: And your adress? B: Twenty-three The High Street. You know, 1S opposite the pub, [As Yes, slr And what do you want to cerder? B: A number 43, That's chicken with black bean seuce and a number 68 — special fied tice. Is that all, sir? B No. And a number 21, sweet and sour pork with noodles A: Yes, sir, So i's one number 43, chicken with black bean sauce, one number 21, sweet and sour pork with noodles and one special fried rice That right, How long do you think? ‘A: About fifteen minutes, sit Bs Great! Thanks. ‘ByeA: Goodbye, sir. Two A: Hello, is that Pizza-to-go? B: Yes, madam. Can I help you? [A Yes. I want to order some pizzas. B: Do you have our menu? A: Yes. want one with ham and pineapple. Thats the Hawaiian, isnt It? And one with just cheese and tomato ~ the Marguerita B: Do you want thin and crispy or deep pan crust? Ac Thin and crispy, please. So that's one thin and crispy Hawalian ‘and one thin and crispy Marguerita Anything else? No, that's all (OK then, your address please, It’s 56 Orchard Avenue, SE 21 ‘Thank you, madam, About twenty minutes for delivery and the price is £17.00 including delivery. Ac Thanks, ESE ‘Track 3 ‘A Excuse me, B: Yes? ‘Ac Have you got any soft drinks? B: Yes, on the top shelf, up there. Two ‘A Could | have a newspaper, please? : Here you are. Sisty-live pence, please [A Thanks a lot. B: You're welcome Three Br Can I help you? A: Yes. Have you got any toothpaste? B: The toothpaste is down there, {think A: Iean't see it B: Sonty, we haven't got any then. Four A: Do you sell wine? | B: No, sorry, We don't sell alcohol A: Do you know where I can buy a bottle of wine? B: Yes, There's an oflicence over the read, EReenneenes | Woman: Yes, please Audio Scripts WaITeR: Would you like to have a starter? Maw: Yes. Il have the soup. WalTeR: And madam? Woman: The pats, | think WaITER Fine. That comes with toast. Wowan: Lovely WalTER: And for the main course? Maw: Roast beef for me, please ‘Wows: I'l have the onion tart with salad. WalTER: And would you like vegetables with your roast beef, sir? Maw: Of course. What are they? \WaITER: Today we have potatoes, green beans and carrots. Maw: Excellent. \WarreR: And something to drink? Maw: Yes, er. would you lke red or waite wine, darling? \WoMAN: Oh, red, | think ‘Ma: Then well have a bottle of your house red, please. Wowian: And some mineral water WaITER: Yes, of course. \WoMaN: Oh, and could you bring me ‘another glass? This one is ditty \Warrea: I'm sony. Yes, certainly, madam, Res TRACKS ‘Atox: What do you think of this one, Matteo? There's a lovely view out of that window. MATTEO: Lovely view of the tran station, you mean. It's noisy in here, isn’t it? ALEX: No, not really. I quite lite the sound of trains MATTEO: Not all night, though. ALEX: I suppose so. However, it is cheap, ‘That's important for us, isn't it? MarTeo: That's true, But do you think its big enough for both of us? It's only a toed sit, isnt it? There isn't a separate sitting room, And we have to share the kitchen and bathroom. Come on. We have to lock at other rooms before we decide, [ALEX: Not a bad bathroom. There's a shower and a bath, MaTTEo: Don't you think it looks a bit clrty? ALEX: Well i'll the other lodgers who ‘make it diy, What can you expect? Marteo: | know, but who cleans it? The Tandlord? ALEX: Us of course! Now here's the Kitchen, Oh dear | Marteo: What's the matter, Alex? ALB I's very small MartEo: Don't be silly. We don't want a big kitchen, We can't cook! ALEX: But | lke a big kitchen. Still, you're right. We usually eat in the college restaurant, don't we? Marreo: We don't have time to cook, anyway. ALEX: Too busy working! MATTEO: No. Too busy eating in the restaurant and having a good timet ALEX: Anyway. | think ifs OK. We have ‘enough money for the deposit, don't Marteo: I don't know. The deposit is the ‘same asa month's rent so about £400, ALEX: Wow! I think | need to call my parents, MATTEO: Oh, Alex. You're impossible! Sees TRACK 6 ‘A: want to hire a car for a couple of days. Have you got anything available? B: Yes, si When is It for? ‘Today. Now, if possible And for how long? ‘Ac Two days. ! want it until Saturday. B: Fine. Can you return the car here? ‘Ac Yes, can. What time do you close? Bs About six, but you can leave the heys with security, Great. Now, what sort of ca, sir? Anything, really. zeRe \We have a Ford Fiesta ora Volkswagen Polo at the moment. Fine, either Right, sir We just need to do the paperwork. Could | see your driving licence? A: Yes, of course, Here itis 1'm sorry sit, but this is your passport AN: Oh yes, How stupid of me. Oh dear, | don't seem to have my driving licence with me. Must you have it? B: Yes, sit. | need to see i before I can Tet you have the car ‘A: Of course. May [use your phone? | want to phone my wife to see if my Ticence is at home we : Yes, sir. Here you ateSes RACK 7 one Hello there. i's HK Sport here. Could | place an order, please? How many tennis rackets have you got? Good, I wart ‘wenty tennis rackets, please. Yes. the same as las time. Good. When can you deliver? OK. You've got my address? Great Thanks a lot. ‘bye Two We are very low on al resh vegetables. Yes, the weathers terrible, ist I? understand but I want to know when | can expecta delivery. Not until then? Bad news. What have you got lit? Oh dear. Can you {lve me three boxes of carrots then? OK And six bags of cabbages? Good. No, that’s all for now. Thanks. ‘Bye Three Excuse me but Im looking for this book I don't think you've got it It's about @ family who are living in Spain and | want my wife to read it. Now what isthe name ofthe author? Som cant remember that elther Perhaps you can order i for Four Its fora wedding bouquet, actually for my daughter. You've got same lovely flowers in at the moment. How many white roses do you have? What do you think about white roses and lilies? ‘They we very prety together, eren't they? Or perhaps you coulc do something in pink? These pink roses smell wondertu don't they? How much are they? TRACK 8 1) How much are those flowers? 2 Does he eat meat? 3. | want a new pair of shoes. 4 He can drive a car now 5. Hurry up its time to go. 6 7 8 ‘were you In school today? ‘whar's the matter with you? | was ill last week. Bees TRACK 9 PeteR: Isn't that him over there? ‘CARLOS: Where? Peter: There ~ going into the shopping centre, ‘Cantos: How do you know it’s him? PeteR; Well, hes running and the only other people who are running are you and me Audio Scripts Cantos: That's true. Come on! eter: Look over there, Carlos. That man ‘going into the department store. He's gota bag. Cantos: You're right ts him. Perhaps his gun is in the bag PETER: Carlos, quick! He's there by the lifts. think he can see us. Cantos: He's getting into the lft! Quick! Into the other one PeteR: [ hoge not, but ifthose men come back. Cartos: Which men? Pete: The ones who are trying to kill Harry King. CARLOS: But they don't want to hurt Mrs King or Yoshio, Peter: No, but ifthe son Is there, do you think they mind who gets hurt? CARLOS: | suppose you'te right Lets go back to Voshiko’s place then Peter: Have you got your mobile? | can call her first and tell her we are PerER: Carlos, we are stupid! We don't know which floor hes going to Cantos: He'll get out at the first floor. I'm sure! coming, PETER: OK. Here we are Can you see Cantos: Sure. Here itis him? ‘Yoswiko: Hello? Is that you, Carlos? CARLOS: No... I Gon't think so, Never PETER: No, i's me. Peter. Are you OK? Yostiko: (upset) I can't speak to you at ‘the moment. Mrs King is here. She doesn't want me to talk to you. Peter: I don't understand, Yoshiko, What is going on? Yostiko: | don't understand it either, Peter Please come and get me. I don't ‘want to stay here. con't feel safe | PeteR: OF course. 'm coming now. Carlos is here, too. Don't worry, we're coming. ‘Cantos: What is she saying? | PeteR: Come on, Carles. She needs us | she says she doesnt feel safe. | camtos: OX. les eo ASSSTATLA Gi Ob al (Tom mites ater) PETER; I's just up here on the left Cantos: Pick i up. Peter. Look inside ik. | he Peter OK.0h nos usta newspaper | CAOS: that YosiRo? Wheres she and a bottle of mineral water | PETER: Yoshiko! Yoshilo! ASSISTANT So what's all this about a gun? is this some kind of joke? Yostimo: Peter. Its you! Thank goodness! eh: Im sony Wewere wrong, itgalla | !SMIS King, She had a phone call ee whiatas and now shes gone. I can't find her eae | anywhere. CARLOS: Let's go in the house and look | Peter: Come on, Yoshiko. You are safe Yostko: Im safe but what about Mrs king? t dant know who called her but Tort thinkit was her son, What i it's those men who want to kill her mind, pethaps if we go back to the ‘ground floor? eter: Look, Carlos. That's him. He's talking to a sales assistant. Hes giving her something in a bag. He's gone! CARLOS: Excuse me, madam...do you know that man? ASSISTANT: No, He sald he found this bag. | wotk here, you see. A lot of people leave bags in here when they are shopping. It happens every day Perer: Can you look inside, please? CARLOS: Yes. Do you know what’ init? PETER: Please look inside, We think t's a gun | Assstave | see. Well please go axoy | hen thave customers onde fb to | as | canuos: peer, this s very strange. done | “understand what i going on. do you? PenER: No, {dont But! nw this: Harty King doesnt want to talk to Us, $0 what does he do? He leaves a bag tith the sales asistant. We stop to find out what's inthe bag, and he gets | CARLOS: We dont know that away | Peres: IIs possibile, Carlos CARLOS: You're right. That's exactly what | CaRLos: But why do they want Mrs King? happened. | think we must go and talk | Pere: Because if they have Mrs King, tons King She knows more about this than we do. And Yoshiko is there, with her | then her son, | cartos: of course! You are clever, Peter | They want the son, ane if they have Mrs King and he tries to find her, they can kil him. PereR: Yes. | want to see if she is OX ‘Cantos: Do you think she isin danger?‘Yosniko: Ths is terrible. We must go to the police, Peren: Yes, but Jet’ talk about it fist. ‘There's a lotto talk about. ‘YosHikor OK. Come into the kitchen. LOSS TRACK 10 One ‘Two kilos of apples, please ‘The big ones or the small ones, pet? How much are the big ones? Seventy-five pence a kllo so thats £1.30 to you, OK? ‘Thanks. And the bananas, how much are they? ‘Two A This model has got a wide screen teletexz, emote control. And, as You can see. a very good picture And what does it cost? To rent or buy, madam? Oh, 1 don't know Well, you can rent it for £17.50 a month or you can buy it for £765. Of ‘course, if you rent it fram us we will ‘come and repair it for you or replace it ifanything goes wrong. B. I see, Well, was going to buy it but perhaps... Mmm, its a lot of money, ‘80 yes. think will rent it A: Very good, madam, Let me explain the procedure then. Three Scotadales, Julie speaking How can 1 help you? B; Hello, yes, | want to ofder some things from your catalogue, Could | have your customer reference umber, please? I's on the frst page of your catalogue, Ise, It's 4782XR. ‘Thank you. That's Peul Gallagher of Les Farm, Newmarket, is it? That’ right ‘And what is your frst item? | les number 3ILR ‘The table and matching set of four chairs. Yes. ‘And the cost is £450 including special delivery, ok {And your next item? No, no. That's all ‘Thank you, si. Can | have your credit card details. please? zeee e pees 2ere ee Yes, the number is 4763. Audio Scripts Four A: Can |help you? B: Yes, [ want to book a flight 10 Amsterdam, When do you want to fly? Next Monday, if possible Let me cee... There are seats available on the 7.50 am, 940 am. ‘and 3.15 pm. from Heathiow. How much? £139 return If you stay Friday and Saturday night B: Oh no. Ihave to be back on Wednesday. ‘That be £189 return then, Ouch! That sounds a lot ''m afraid that’s the cheapest | can do for you next week, B: OK, I'l go on the early one, then. The 7350 How will you be paying? Plastic, of course Your credit card details then, please. ease nes TRACK 11 a eee pee ‘One Yes, madam, we have a double room available for the 24th and 25th of September. We have forty fooms altogether, allen sulte, We have an excellent restaurant and there is room sevice between eight in the morning and ten at night. Yes, there isa golf course and we also have a heated swimming pool and sauna, Would you like to make a reservation? Two No problem, sit. We can do that. Yes, we are a large hotel. There are 600 double Yooms and four restaurants. We have three swimming pools and our own private beach, Of course, sir There are lifts to all floors. Your reom is on the fourth floor with a sea view. Three We are a family hotel on the edge of town, very close to the mountains. We have twelve double rooms. There is a small terrace bar where you can have breakfast. No, 'm sorry, we don’t do ‘A: The computer isn't working again. Bef you call an engineer, he might fx it for you. E [&: Poor Fido deasn't look very well B: Ifyou take him to the vet, he should be all right TRACK 24 Today, 'm going to show you how to rmake simple French-bread pirzas. This is avery easy recipe, You will need a stick ff French bread, ajar of tomato paste Some cheese, a red pepper, two cloves ot teatlic, fresh hetbs and salt and pepper. First ofall, you peel and crush the garlic ‘Then you mix the tomato paste, gatlic selt and pepper together in a bosl. After this slice the bread in half lengthways. ‘Spoon the tomato mixture over the bread. Don't forget to spread the mixture evenly 50 i covers the bread. Next. grate the cheese, and sprinkle it on top of the tomato sauce, Rinse the herbs under a cold tap. Next, chop the herbs and the red pepper into small pieces and add to the cheese, Your pizza is now ready to cook. You bake it in a medium-hot oven for about twenty minutes. Bresson TRACK 25, Morning, Dolores. (Oh good morning, Mr Mellor Is Ms Edwards in her office? Yes, but you can't see her at the moment. She's being interviewed by someone from the lacal radio station, |A: Right. Well, whan she’s finished, could you esk her to come and see me in. my office? B: Oh, you can't use your office today Vm afraid As icant? Why not? Bs Didn't anyone tell you? It's being decorated A: Oh great, Well, in that case. 111 be in room 17 B; Sony, Mr Mellor. Some new furniture js being put in. All right. What about room 21? It's being used by Mr Walton It's not my lucky day, is it? Room 28? Eh, sorry A new computer is being installed ‘This isn't very good, is it? Room 35? B. Um. not there, either The windows are being cleaned. But they wont take Tong. |: Oh well, in that case | might as well sit here with you and have a coffee wees B, Somty, Mr Mellor. There's no coffee ‘The machine broke yesterday and its being repaired. [Ac All right, 11 go.and sit in my car for half an hour B: Not possible either, 'm afraid A; Why on earth not? B: From where I'm siting, !can see your A: So? B: Like you said, it isnt your lucky day. You parked it on a double-yellow line. It's being removed by the police! Rea “TRACK 26 HELEN: Cathy, is this a photo of your colleagues? amy: Yes, we all work in the same ‘office HELEN: So who are they all? Cary: Well the man wearing the green shirt and the dark sult is ohn HELEN: He's good-looking. isn't he? CCaTHY: And he knows it Now. this is ‘Susanna, She's the one wearing a red sweater and a pearl necklace HELEN; | love her halt Does she colour Cary: ve never asked. I wouldnt dare! HELEN: Men. Looks like she's just eaten a lemon. Who's the man in glasses? ‘What i he wearing? cam: | know. Terrible fashion sense | HELEN: A pink and blue checked shirt and a patterned red tie. Ugh! ‘cathy: That's nothing. You should see what he wears some days. even: I rather not, thank you. And this young man in the Teather jacket? Caruy. Oh, that’s Brendan. Hes really hice, He'd de anything to help you HELEN: The woman In the white blouse ‘and blue jacket. Who's she? Cari. That's Molly. She's nice, too, and she works extremely hatd. TRACK 27 HELEN: So what do they do, these peopl CCaTHy: Well, Susanna’s the boss, To be honest, [ma bit frightened of her HELEN: Frightened of her? Why? Cari: Its her whole manner, you know, the way she behaves. | mean, she's always satisfied with my work and everything, and we have a lot in ‘common. But she's so serious about her lob, and she's not very friendlyHELEN: What about the others? Molly, for ‘example? arity: Molly is our personnel manager She's responsible for taking on new employees, Or getting rd of those who aren't deing a very good job. | She's never late for work and always notices if we are late, Now John. HELEN: The good-looking one (CATHY Yes, the good-looking one. He's ‘our sales manager. He's good at his job, but he's often absent from the office, because he travels alot HeLen: And... Brendan, isnt it? Cary: I must admit, Im quite fond of ‘Brendan, He's our office messenger He doesn't eam much, so he’ alw. short of cash, He's also famous for falling asleep at his desk after lunch! HELEN: What about Thomas? (cari: Our accountant. He's OK, | suppose, Totally different from ‘everyone else in his approach to work Gets In at seven o'clock, works for fourteen hours, sometimes even sleeps at the office. HELEN: Sounds a bit sad Cary: Abit mad, actually! Beason TRACK 28 One ‘Magriy: Er, hello. Is that Apple's café? Right. Great. This is Matin ftom ABC Supplies. Er, I like to order some sandwiches, please. That's right, to be delivered, I like three smoked | salmon and cream cheese on rye, four ‘| chicken salads, two of those on white, ‘one in a baguette and one wrap, two cheese and pickle Two SALLY: Hello. Mu Jenkins? Oh, hello. its Sally leeter rom Sarnard and lackson, You called earlier, but | was out. Right well Three Mg MELLoR: Well, Tony? ‘Tony: | am so sorry, Mr Mellor. ve had a terrible maming. Loversien, then | ‘couldn't star the car, and then I got | ‘caught in the most terrible traffic on ‘the M25, and then would you believe it; my car broke down and. Mk MELLOR: Ive heard enough excuses, ‘Tony, Make sure you're on time tomorrow, that's all Four lim: In the first quarter we made a profit ‘of £2 million based largely on overseas sales. Audio Scripts Tow: That's great, Jim. What about the domestic market? Jive Well, it's beginning to pick up again alter the recession, so with a bit of luck well see some Improvement on that front and) Five [Mr MELLOR: Any messages, Dolores? DoLores: Yes, Mr Mellor Rajiv called from Singapore this morning. Coule you email him a current pricelist and let him know what sort of discount you can offer him on 200 units? ‘Mn MELLOR: Thank you, Dolores. Was there anything clse? DoLoRES: Well, we've got the latest report from Budapest, and they ve highlighted six | Joan: 1 haa ita few minutes ago, because Thad ta call my sister. Now, where could I have put it? ANNA: Have you tried your handbag, Joan? Joan: Yes, I'S not there, Maybe [left it on someone's desk Seven HELENA: Hi, Frank. Anything for me today? Frank: Morning, Helena, Not much for you, but there's a lot for the sales department, as usual, and, of, there's this package for Tm Wheatley in Marketing HELENA: Did you sign for it? FRANK: Of course, Eight Ccrantorre: Any holiday plans yet, Don? Dox; Hmm, where to go, that’s the ‘question. Somewhere warm and sunny, I thnk CCuaRLorre: What about Spain? Don: Went there last year. 'm thinking of going somewhere a bit different ‘Morocco, pethaps, oF Egypt. ‘CHARLOTTE: Everyone says that Oman Is supposed to be really interesting, Dow: Hmm. Nine ADAM: The thing is, Mr Mellor, we're ‘moving heuse next month, and it ‘would be really good to have some time to do it up, decorate it first, The ‘weekends just aren't long enough. The problem is, Idon't have any holiday due. Mr MELLOR: How long were you thinking ‘of, Adam? ADAM: Oh, lust a week, maybe ten days. “Two weeks at the most. Certainly no more than three, A month maximum, Ma MELLOR. Hin Ten JANE: I'm really grateful, Mark. | couldn't have done it without you Makk: You're welcome, lane. Any time, lane] must make it up fo you. Mark: Oh, don't worry about it. lust buy me a diink sometime. Bresson TRACK 29 Cantos: There's Peter, over there by the cal. YosHiko: Peter! Wait! It's us. PETER: Did you see where they went? CARLOS: I think they went towards town, They were in that black car again. PerER: Yes. It was the same men as yesterday, 'm sure. I don't want to be there when they open that bag, (CARLOS: What did you put in PETER: Newspapers and magazines Cartos: Oh dear. They're going to be ‘angry. Yosniko: | hope it doesn't make them angry with Mrs King, PereR: Somehow I don't think it will Cantos: How do you know? Perer: I don't for certain but | don't think they know whete Mrs King is. ‘Yostiko: don't understand, Cantos: Are you going to explain it to Peter: Not yet. You see f'n not ‘completely sure 1 know what is going fon but I think those men have ‘something to do with Mrs King’s son Harry, not Mrs King, Yostko: But where is Mrs King? 1am so worried about her. PereR: Im not quite sure but | must go to her house again. I want to check a Few things ‘Cartas: You can go back to my place if you want, Yoshiko, YYosniko: No. rm coming with you two. PereR; Fine, | think we'll be OK (Abas King’s fous) Yosniko: Well, the door is still closed. ‘That makes me feel better ‘CARLOS: Yes. The house looks empty Peer: Let's go inside, Have you got your key, Yoshiko? Yostuxo: Yes. Here it is.Audio Scripts PETER: OK, In we go. Yostixo: That's incredible. Someone has been here and tidied everything up. ‘Cantos: Peter, you must believe us. Yesterday everything was in such a mess, and of course me saw a man in here, Harry He must have been Tooking for something, money or whatever. Yoshiko: [ don't understand. Who did this? What is going on? (A door oper.) Mrs King! (Mas KING: Hello my dear. lam so sorry ‘Ate you all right? Yosiko: I'm fine. We are al fine, but you ‘are you well? I thought ... }doa't know what I thought Pete: Mrs King. you don't look very well Do you want ta sit down? Mas KiNG: Yes, | think | will PETER: Do you know where your son is? MRS KING: No. [tried to help hm but | didn't know how much trouble he was in, Fonly know some of it.I still don't know all of i. CCaRLOs: Do you want to tell us? Perhaps ‘we can help. You see yesterday twa men made Yoshiko give them some money. One of them said he could hurt you if we didn't. We thought you ‘were with him, [Mas KiNG: With a man? No, las in London. 1 was trying to help my son. You see Harry got into trouble in Australia, He needed to pay someone a lot of money — | only kney this man's name, Kail Kray. Hasty couldn't get the money. He decided fo come back to England. Harry came here and J gave himall the money | had. | took your money too, Yoshiko, | am very sorty about that. But it wasnt enough, Then Harry cid something very wrong, ‘when he got to London he met some men who wanted to rob a bank Harty ‘agreed to go with them. He then found they wanted to take guns with ‘them and he didn't want to do that He told them he did't want to rob the bank sith them if they used guns They were very angry with him. They are still angry with him, CARLOS: And the men who took the money from Yoskiko... are they the robbers? How did they know about us and where to find us? ‘Ms Kine: A man phoned and | was Irightened. told him Harrys fiends were going to get the money for Karl Kray. Thats why | asked you to come to the station. I didn't want to say anything about Hatry Nema CARLOS: So who came to your house and made all that mess? | Mas kine: Harry, of course. He was looking for money. He thought | was not telling him the truth Yostiiko: He must be very frightened Perer: He is not the only one. When those men open the bag they are going to be very angry with me, Mas KING: What bag? PereR: I's a [ong story but think we must go to the police now [Loud locking on te door) (CARLOS: I think we are 200 late! TRAGK 1 one A Momning, Sam, B: Morning. Be. Sry, but ean you lend te some cash or my tan het? A: Did you spend all your money last right? B. Yes, (did. had to get a taxi home. A: OK. then, Here you are, Br Thanks, | can go to the bank at lunch time and pay you back tonight. A: Fine ~but don't forget! Two A Ive had a terrible day! The tain was delayed and it was so full | had to stand all the way into town, (Oh dear, were you late for work? No, lwasn't, but | wanted to get to the office early, to prepare for the sales meeting Did tt go OK? No, Itwas terrible! My computer didn’t work properly, so my presentation was all mixed up, and | spilt coffee all aver my notes, Not your lucky day then No, It wasn't See | ‘TRACK 2 What did you do last Saturday night? Where were you at eight o'clock last night? Who did you talk to yesterday? 4 When did you start learning English? 5. How did you feel yesterday? Ses Eed TRACK 3 1 1 was relaxing and watching TV. 2. Iwas enjoying a meal out with my agitllriend. 3 Iwas working on some sales figures forthe sales conference 4 Iwas listening to some great music The band was terifc! 5. Iwas playing tennis with my fiend, Anna 6 11was driving home and listening to the radio. “TRACK 4 Right, madam, in your own words, tell me what happened B: OK, well, was watching a man standing by the side of the road.A: Can you describe him? B: Yes, he was tal, with long, dark hait. He was wearing a jacket and a tie. Anything else? Yes, he was also wearing a pair of glasses. ‘Sunglasses? No, ordinary glasses. Spectacles, : And was he holding anything? Yes, he was holding a suitcase ‘Was he wearing a hat? No, he wasn't Can you tell me ansthing else? He was looking at a map, What made you suspicious? Well, | thought it was a bit strange because he SSE! ‘TRACK 5 PR eeeeeeee ‘one | asked the cashier what the rate was ‘and then gave her my dollars. Suddenly ‘a man came In, pointed a gun at her and demanded £5000. 1 ust didn’ krow what todo! Two Before I was able to save everything to the disk, the screen went blank and then 3 box appeared saying I had performed an illegal operation, The whale thing then stopped working. Can you believe Three 1 was winning, [really was, but Jane said she didn't want to gat wet, and decided to go inside. think she's just a bac loser! Four {had just put the oven on, and was ‘cutting up some tomatoes, when Tom called to say he was coming round. He ‘chooses his moments, doesn't he? Five Ilcame down the slope at about 50 kilometres an hour Then I lost my taalance, lost control and hit a tree (Ouch! I spent the next week in hospital Six Ie was a beautiful old butlding, had just pointed my camera at it, when a policeman walked up to me and told me to put it away. Apparently it was a military building TRACK 6 ‘A: Can thelp you sir? B: Yes, 'm afraid I'm not really happy with this hotel. Audio Scripts 1'm sorry to hear that. Can | have your ame and room number, please? ‘yes, of course. I's Charles Cook and rm in roam 406 Right, Mr Cook. Now, what's the problem, exactly? Where shall | start? Wel, first ofall the service in your restaurant was slow and then while | was eating my inner, one of your walters spilt soup fon my shirt. He didn't apologise, and the restaurant manager dida’t seem to think it was Important, One of my best shirts was ruined! ‘That's not a all acceptable, si. have a word with the manager later Anything else? \Well, the food in the restaurant was very nice, you know. Nothing amazing but | would certainly eat there again However, an apology and an offer to clean my shirt would have been nice, Oh, L agree. Ill see what I can do. Thariks. Next, was trying to sleep in the afternoon when the maid came In and started to clean my room! Did you ack her to leave? (Of course | did, but she sald she had to.clean the room or she'd be in trouble. | mean, it was four otlock in the afternoon! She also forgot 10 leave clean towels Hmm. That's not good enough. How is your room? ‘Oh, wonderful. One ofthe nice: Fooms Ive been in. But Irn not here to compliment you on your rooms. Of course net, sir Anything else? Yes, | ordered a meal to be brought to my room, It took almost an hour to artive, and when it did, it was cold. Also, the waiter brought it in while 1 wwas taking a shower. He actually came into the bathroom to tell me the food hhad artivedt Right. Took into that as wel. (One final thing, Iwas using one of the computers in your business centre ‘when it crashed. I was in the middle of writing a teport, and I lost feverything! Also, the printer doesn't ‘work and the internet connection is really slow. It took me ten minutes to get online, Yes, we have had a few complaints about that. II] see what 1 can do, and ‘get back to you ‘Thank you. You've been very helpful BREAKTHROUGH 11 ‘TRACK 7 one Why not take the children? There are lots ‘of buttons to press, it’s great hands-on display. They can lear a lot and have fun at the same time, Two It cost me a lot of money to get in. What ‘2 waste of time! Ten pictures, that was all, and there were so many people there Yyou could hardly see them. I should have asked for my money back! Three \Wall, [think its an amazing collection ‘There are literally thousands of things to look at from all over the world. | could have spent hours in there I'm going back again next week Four | just wanted to have a look at this modern ar that everyone's talking about. Well. it was allright. | suppose, but it didn’t mean much to me~ | had to go and get @ cup of coffee to wake myself TRACK 8 A: What shall we do today? B: Well, we haven't been to the Theatre Museum, Would you like to go there? ‘A: Sounds preat. When is itopen? B: Let me have a look at the leaflet ‘well, it opens at half past nine and closes at five. Oh no, wait s moment. Its Sunday today, isn't i? ft doesnt ‘open until ten thirty today and it closes at four thins. ‘A: Well let's go this morning, How much isi B: Er, admission for adults is four euros Tif, Have you got a student card? A: Yes, i's In my bag, B: That's good. Stucents pay only three euros. It's a pty youre not under shiteen! Ae Why? Br Its free for children under sixteen, AA: Hmmm. | don’t think I look that young. Can we have lunch there? B: Yos, it says there's a restaurant, Oh Took, there's a museum shop too. We can buy a birthday present for Sam while we're there, ‘A: How do we get there? Do we have to take the car? B: No, we can take the number 31 bus or the tain. Its only five minutes from the stationAudio Scripts Sree ‘TRACK 9 Yesterday 1 had a really busy day. First of all, {walked to the supermarket to get some food. Then | went back home and phoned my friend, Bruce. After that I had Some lunch, Next | drove to Bruce's mad about shopping! The last time | ‘went shopping was two deys ago. And yesterday motning | also did a bit of shopping on the internet. There are so many things to choose from. My poor credit cate! Um, | met some friends last hight. Sylvia and lanice. We all went out fora meal, Syvia told us about a play 4 didn't meet you yesterday because | had to work overtime. 4 We shouldn't have spent so much money in the restaurant! Now we can't afford to get a taxi home! 5 You didn’t have to take a taxi to the city centre. There’ a cheap, reliable ‘bus service she saw at the theatre. It was really boring and she hated It. Swimming? 6 Well. can't swim, unfortunately, but | Jove snort. | played squash with Janice this moshing. She won, of course. She always does, I don’t watch much house to pick him up, The traffic was bad, but we eventually got to the cinema ‘We saw the latest Matti film, which was pretty good. Next, we went for a coffee ‘and a chat. finally got to bed at about You should have told your boss you ‘would be late. He's really angry! Sess) midnight, television, | can't remember the last time TRACK 15 TRACK 10 | | cid. Ages ago, at any rate. Going to2 | Right, My Brown, Start the car. Now JANE: How was your first day in the new | sporting event? Rob and I saw amatch | Check yourrear-view mirtor OK, the road job? last month, My favourite team are fs clear 90 you ean pull out Manchester United and they wor Fantastic! Oh, | almost forgot. Two weeks ago | went to London, | uess | have BILL: Oh it was fine Jase: So what happened? BILL; Well, fist ofall | met the theatre That was fine, well done. Now remember to keep your eye on the road ahead Always watch out for traffic. See that car manager, Mr Bryce. bee in front of pout He Sadia ing, so he’s ashe nice? going to turn lef, which means he's JAKE: Ws ‘STAGE 6: LESSON 7 gong to slow down. You must do the BILL: Yes, he seemed quite pleasant, We same. Uh, Mr Brown, slow down! You're had a coffee ond a cha, and then he RAK AS | Cina toh him! Phew, that wos close! told ne what Thad todo rou know. | Lzshat'swron, ache? Show there ae sore children ahead what my duties were and he showed | jscqie: Bob's angry with me at the | on the left. See them? They're going to ‘me how to use the office facilites, the computer system, the fax machine {and the photocopier Ital seemed fairly simple Ive; Did you meet the other employees? BILL: Yes, after that | met the others in the theatre. They seem like 3 nice, friendly crowd, Next, we all went For lunch JANE: Did you actually do any work? cross the road and they're not looking bout for cars, so slow right down, That's it ‘And there they go. Remember, always lock out for children, Also, there's a car ‘coming from the road on the right, and he's going to pull aut in front of you, so keep going slowly Perfect. OK, speed up a bit now. Check your rearview misror See the car behind you? He's indicating, 50 it looks like he's going to overtake you. Keep to the left and give him room. ‘moment, Lz: Why? What's wrong? Jackie: You remember that on Monday 1 didn't have to go to work because it was a bank holiday? lz: Yes? Iackie; Well, we had a lot of work to do ‘on the Tuesday, so I had to stay late land Work overtime. BIL: Yes, | eventually started work at ‘about two o'clock. But I don’ think Fl bbe able to do that every day! ‘TRACK 11 Hi, what's your name? ‘Where do you live? Robert, but my friends call me Rob. Luz: Se what's that got to do with Bob? Jackie: Well | forgot that | ha already arranged to meet Bob for the gallery opening on Tuesday evening I should have called him to let him know I was working late Luz: And you missed your date with him? IACKIE: Right, He was waiting for me at (Oh, i's allright. He's changed his mind Er, perhaps you should slow down here ‘We're coming up t0 a sharp bend, that's why. Mr Brown, slow down! You're dilving too fast. You're doing 50, and \we're in a 30 limit. Youre going to lose control ofthe car! Phew. that was very close! Perhaps | should take over from In Fairfax, a town lust north of San here the galley and of course adn Francisco. shaw up. Anyway, when | got home ‘TRACK 16 [A: Have you got any children? there was an ang message fom tim | 1. Hes going fo drop the books B: Two. Jenny, who's six, and Andrew, ‘on my answering machine. He sald | rey’ Te going to catch the bus. "wo jenny ent aah ai ther crete ate ta 1s going to make @ phone call Se eacte } uz That wasnt very nice, He shouldn't eee have spoken 10 yOu like that. 4. She's going to have a baby. B. Oh, she’s a doctor 5 It's going to be a wet da A: Have you got any hobbies? Bene tee Se See a Lz: Wall, send him a note and apologise, | & They're going to eat dinner. etal le cooting ened ae but make sure you tell him you'te not Interested in photography. MEER) oot Ricanmgsda cute: | might [ust do that Bese Sees ‘Track 14 eet Perr: Catlos, lock cut of the window! track 12 | 1 You shouldn't have eaten that chicken | P Who ig it? ‘What have 1 been doing? Well let me = itwasm't completely cooked! inc: It's Harry. I's my son! Oulek, see Iwent fo the cinema last week But | 2 We should have left eater. Now wet | MMaAHicr gs aH UEmYS the film was terrible. What else? Um, 'm ec be late.‘CARLOS: I'l 0. Peter; Oh goodness, Is he OK? | think we need a doctor HARRY: No, (Il be OK. ll be O PETER: What happened to you? are They got me. Cantos: Le’s put him on the sofa Yoshiko: I'l gt you some water Migs King: Oh Harry! (very upset) What have they done fa you? You are an idiot. ch my poor boy, Hargy: I'm OK, Mum. got away but they're after me Peter: Here's some water. Can you tell us what it's all about? ‘Cantos: Leave it, Peter | think he needs tosleep, PETER: OK, but | want to know how safe wwe are, Who are these men? Will they ‘come here next? arnt: | don’t think 50, They don’t know ‘about this house. At least, I don't think they do. CARLOS: They may have followed you I think we need to call the police Hrav; Please con't call the police. They wort believe what | have to say Peter; So what do you suggest? We wait ntl they find you? That coesn’t seem very clever HARRY: No, Il go. Let me stay the night ‘and then I'l go. [Mas KING: | don't want you to go, Harry. You are all | have. Haney '] go back to Australia, I'l sort ‘everything out. Don't worry about me, Mum. rit be fine PerER: Carlos, Yoshiko... Let's leave them alone. We need to talk ‘CARLOS: What are we going to do? I don't want to stay here. Bo you? Pere: No, but what about Mas King? She's not safe if she stays here with Harry Yosmiko: We can’t leave her with im in this house. Ifthose men come they will kill them both PereR: Maybe, maybe not. | suggest that wwe try to stop them getting in. Make sure all the windows and doors are locked. Close the curtains, too. Pethaps they wil think there is nobody here Yostiko: | don't think that will help but its the best we can do. Come on Carlos, you check the front and check the back. It's better to do something than lust sit here waiting for something to happen. Peter! Can you help Audio Scripts (Sie loves the oom, the eis out) ‘CARLOS: Quick! That's Yoshiko. She's at ‘the back of the house. (They ran tothe bck ofthe fous.) What sit, Yoshiko? Are you all ight? Yosuiko: | saw someone out there. Im sure | did, Perr: Open the door, Carlos. Lets go ‘and look Yoshiko: Be careful! He may have a gun! PereR: Can you see anybody, Carlos? Cantos: No. (shouting) Is there anybody there? ‘Man: Yes. Ihaven’t gol a gun. just want to speak to Harry | knaw he's here, | followed him. Peter; What do you want to speak to him about? Come over here where we can see you, Carlos, help me. Get hold of hs arms, Cantos: I've got him. Man: Get off me! I'm not going to run ‘ay, | Saw some men run alter Harry I think they hurt him. PETER: But you're one of them. CCagLos: Yes, you're one of the men who took Yoshiko's money. Man: know. [can explain. Perer Ves, | think you have a lot of explaining to do, Maw; [ know. I just want to know if Harry 1s OK ‘CARLOS: He's hurt Did you hurt him? Maw: No, of course I didnt need to speak to him about those men PereR: Carlos, let's take him inside. Have you got his arms? ‘Maw: Its OK. Im not going to run ‘anywhere, I ust want to talk to Harry PereR: OK then, Come inside. | Yostxo: Hany says its OK. He wants to speak 10 blm, too, PereR: Allright then. You can come in, But we dont want any trouble. Man: No trouble, | promise. (They enter te fouse| Where is he? Yosuiko: In the living room. He's with his ‘mother, Man: His mother? Oh no! Hay: Hello, dad. 1m sorry about all this, Mas Kino: [ohn! What are you doing hhete? | thought you were dead! Bese TRACK 18, |Wontan: I'm so glad it Friday. Im exhausted! Mav: Me too. What are you going to do this weekend? Wowan: Oh, not much, Tomorrow morning tm going to do some shopping at the garden centre Maw; Are you buying anything special? Woman: Not really Justa few plants for ‘the garden, Then I'm going to meet Jackie and Bernard and we're going to see film, ‘Man: Which one? WoMAN: We haven't decided yet. After that, we're going to go to Club 8 Maw: What's that? |WoNAN: Its a nightclub on the High Street, I's fantastic. You should go there some time Max: I might just do that. What about ‘Sunday? Woman: 'm going to watch the big match, Liverpool against Manchester United. It's en at two o'clock (MAN: Oh right, | forgot about that. What channel i it on? Woman: BBCI, think Anyway, what about you? Maw: Nothing at all! Woman: Really? Man: Really. 'm going to relax, take it ‘easy and just forget about work for a couple of days, You know the sort of thing; a takeaway pizza, a good book, a decent lie-n on Sunday morning Woman: Really Steve! Get a life! ‘TRACK 19 ‘What are you going to do on saturday? ‘Oh, there's @ good film | want to see. ‘which one are you going to see? [New York Detects. I's a thriller, ‘Why are you going to see 1? Because | love films like that > ‘Whe are you going to see it with? My friend, Penny. \Where are you going to meet her? B, Outside the Odeon cinema, ‘A: When are you going to meet her? Bs At half past seven. A: Are you going t0 invite me? B: Som no THO company, thee a Pee erereAudio Scripts TRACK 20 Ms STARK: Maggie, | need to sort out my dary forthe next few weeks Secreany: Right. Where are we today? Its Wednesday the 31d. OK, wel youre meeting Mr Hamilton at two ‘o'clock Ms Stark: | thought | was meeting him ‘on the 5th, SECRETARY: No, you're having a day off then, remember? Its your son James's birthday and you're taking him out IMs Stark: Of course. Thanks for reminding me.I must get him & present, Did | have anything planned for tomorrow, the 4th? SECRETARY: Um, yes, you're going to London to finalise the contract with Target Books. Then, on the eth you're lying to Athens. Oh no, sorry, you're flying to Athens on the 7th (Ms StaRK: Allright, I've got my itinerary for that week Oh, except forthe 10th, ‘Am I still making a presentation to Sophos Education then? SSecRETARY: Yes, the LOth, at half past three [Ms StaRK: And I'm flying back on the Vth of june? ‘SecRETARY: That's correct. There are no fother major events until the 17th, ‘Ms STARK: What's happening then? ‘SECRETARY: It's the offiee party. Our tenth anniversary? You're going to make a speech Ms Stark: Are you sure that's the 17th ‘and not the 12th? ‘SECRETARY: Positive. The 12th's a public holiday We're closing the office for the dey. TRACK 21 Ms STARK: My next two weeks are quite ‘busy. Tomarraw, Thursday June the 4th, Fm going to London to finalise the contract with Target Books. On Priday the 5th, the day after tomorrow, its my son's birthday, and Im taking him out. On Sunday the 7th, thats this weekend, I flying to Athens. ‘While Im there, 'm going to make & presentation to Sophos Education. ‘That's on the loth, which Is @ week today. Im flying back from Athens on the llth, a week tomorrow: The day after thatthe 12th, next Friday. isa public holiday. The office is closed then. In two weeks’ time, on the 17th its our company’s tenth anniversary. We're having a big party and I'm going to make a speech, | SECRETE TENNER EReanacnees TRACK 22 ‘One The actors were good, and the costumes were terific, bu it wasn't a great play ~ 100 long, and at times quite boring. nearly fell asleep half way through Two Iwas a great night out — his jokes were very funny. I haver’t laughed so much in years! Do go if you can. He's on until the fend of the week. Three ve never been to the ballet before, but really loved it, The music was beautiful, and the dancing too ~ 50 romantic. Four I'm a great fan of his, so | go to all his, concerts. He sang some of the songs from his test CD this time. Ireally like his singing style, don't you? Five [ thought | was too old for magic. but! have to say [ really enjoyed the show. Some of his tricks were very lever, and I still don't know how they work! six It was fantastic to hear these guys again ‘They play so well together. Their jazz has lost none of its magic. and Joe Green on sax is as cool as ever TRACK 23, ‘A: Goad evening {'d like to book two tickets for Rane and lal, please 8: Certainly sr For which night do you want tickets? A: The 231d of March, B: I see. And how many tickets do you want? A: lust two, please. B: Fine. And where would you like to sit? ‘A: Hove you got any seats in the circle? B: Yes, we have some seats left in the front circle for £27.50 each, or a few further back for £18 50, ‘A: What about the stalls? B: Yes. we have got some available at the back of zhe stalls for £15.00, ‘A: Umm, rl take the ones in the clrcle for 18.50 B: OK. That’ two tickets to see Remeo and Julit on the 23 of March, in the cle, row G, seats 10 and 11 at 18.50 each ‘A: That's fine, (ll pay by credit card. And can you tell me when the play starts? B: Yes, it starts at 7.30. |: Thank you very much, SeSaecne) ace a nnees igh, is Walter. in your own Cod tein what happened ts Wate: Wel oer somebody Brats che moscuroverthe | ates core Hw 5 er | tne tein ano si | ecko the baling | orncen Ard then? | Miss WaLKeR: He surprised the security Gunrd ond moroged ote Himtoa oar meer: othe securty gua it ‘aed tes Wau No, eeausche cout rns 5o the gard couldn telephone tere? huss Wan: No, You se. before the infenered he bung he hos cat Us eghsslans ornceal at What happened next? Hoss Wace Un: haber nko quchoegew one corncen How did he do that? ss Wane We think he used 3 Scacnadear ee fame Saic com once: het did he take? is Wau te stl some ance omnes Did he do anything ee? seg panes Yon eal enh he ‘erence omnecee A note? What dt ay? fos Neen ke en Ta a | "ae | omen And then he ete buking? | ais waure: Right He ot cute same | way he got in ommees hen aid ou cover what Tan hasoerd bis Waureh At about 830 the net Taapeees med leer! Caled he pace immediatly cence How is you secu gard now? Miss HALxER Hes OK When | ound Tim edt he hu ete an trbulece andthe pureed took into hospal Hewes she tpt okeS En “TRACK 25 One ‘A: Excuse me, I'm looking for the section on japanese art B: Of course. Just walk along the corridor and go through the doors at the end. ‘Thats the lapanese gallery ‘A: Oh, thanks, Two ‘A: Is the museum shop on this floor? B: No, I's on the ground floor Go down the stait, then go across the main hall, and it's on the right, ‘A; Than, Il do that. Three B: Can | help you? You look a bit lost. ‘A: I'm looking for the Roman pots in room 14, but B: Oh, I see. There's a special exhibition in Room 14 at the moment. so we've ‘moved them into Room 16. Just go ‘out into the corridor and tun right. ‘A: Thanks very much, TRACK 26 [As you walk through this room you can see some of the museum's most valuable ‘eahibits. Look at the statues on your Fight. These come from the famous Romanov collection. Now lets go up these stairs to the next floor where you can see two paintings by Titian. Notice the beautiful seventeenth century wall hangings as you walk along the upper gallery. Now, ladies and gentlemen, if you'd ike 10 come into the Red Room, ‘whore we have the Titian. ‘TRACK 27 Eva: Hl, Tom. Ob, you Took bt il Tost: Im fine. Couldn't be beter Ev But you're really ple Is ‘venting all ig? ont Well, working quite har atthe Troment Tobe Honest. need a folds Ev. Hows the new job? Tow Great. Im getting on really well Wat sbout you? Are you ening your new 0B? fs: To tell you the truth, hate it Tow: Why? Ea: Im arguing lot with my boss. We ont agree on anything Ton: Sorry to hear that What are the others inte fe lke? Enea Oh, they" tally nce Audio Scripts ‘STAGE N16 ‘TRACK 28 Charlie Chaplin was bom es Charles Spencer Chaplin in London on the l6th ‘of April, 1889. Before he became a sta, Chaplin acted on the stage in London, Fe went to the USA with a travelling show and was discovered by the film producer, Mack Sennett. In 1914 he began to direct his own films. During his time in Hollywood, Chaplin acted in many films, He developed a much-loved character who wore bagey trousers, a small coat, large shoes and a black bowler hat. His most successful films included The Tarp (1915), The Gold | Rush (1925), Cay Links (1931) and Modern ‘Times (1936). Chaplin became very ich | and eventually he became famous all, over the world Alter forty years in the film business, ‘Chaplin got into trouble with the US ‘government of the early 1950s, They did not like his political ideas. He went to London in 1952 and was not allowed to retum to Hollywood. ‘After this, Chaplin decided to live in Switzerland, He went back to the USA ‘once only, In 1972, to collect an Oscar at the Academy Awards ceremony. He finally died in 1977 in Switzerland, TRACK 28 1 Ias wondering fyou could lend me sour mobile phone? 2 Make mea cup of tea 3 Coulé you give me a hand please? 4 You couldnt lend me some cash, could you? 5 Shut up! 6 Coule you tell me where the neacest banks, please? 7 Sit down and pay attention! 8 Send a fax to Me Wiliams TRACK 30 | Be quiet, please. 2. Send this fox Immediately ‘would you mind helping me with the ‘washing up? ‘Can I borrow your laptop? Shut up. Now! | was wondering If you would mind taking this to the bank? esi coe ae Besse TRACK 32, Mrs King: How could you do this to me, John? tm your wife! why didn’t you tell me what was going on? Jou: Janet, 'm sorry but Iwas in trouble, I had to leave England and go to Australa, Its a long story, but you hhad to think | was dead. | seem to have made a mess of everything, Im so sor, These friends of yours must think rm tern ‘CARLOS: There's a car outside and some ‘men ate getting out. | think they are comming here! JouN: Turn off the lights and go out the back Quickly PETER: It's too late. They are in! KARL: Well, well, well. | think we have got ‘everything we need here. Right, I think welll have you lot on the floor. Tie them up, Reg No, not you, Harry of you, John. You are coming with us. ‘Where's the lady, then? There was a young lady with you, wasn't there? PETER: She's gone home KARL: Oh, has she now? Well, perhaps ‘we'd better have a look round the house, frst. Ron! Go and have a look. Ron: OK, boss. eTER: What do you want? You know we haven't got any money. Kaui: Money? Dear, oh deat, Tis isn't just about money! No, my som. This is uch mare serious, This is about people not doing as they are told. And ‘when people don't do as they are told they get into trouble with Mr Kray, don't they? Harny: Look, Karl, Why don't you just leave these people alone? They haven't done anything. Il come with you SeeAudio Scripts Jon: Yes. He's right. You can have me 100, [Rom emer, haling Yoho) Yostko: Leave me alone! PETER: Leave her alone, you thug! Ron: | found her upstairs, | think she called the police. kant: Then we must all go, ladies and gentlemen. Ron, bring those two anc, yes, bring the gil 2s well Pouce orricer: Stop! Police! RON: Quick! Out the back way. POLICE oFFiceR: Right! Nobody move ‘You'te under arrest and anvthing you say. (Next day, on te Beach} PeveR: Well, I'm glad It's all over but it was quite exciting, wasn't it? Yostxo: Maybe, but I don't want to go through anything like that gain. Ccartos: Nor do I Well done, Yoshiko Yyou saved us all ‘Yostko: Thanks, but really {think we al did well ‘Cantos: | agree, but there are afew ‘things I still don't understand, Yosuiko: its quite a sad story, I think PETER: What do you mean? YosniKo: It's sad for the King family. Last night Mrs King told me everything, Mr Cantos: But why did John King try to get money from us? Perer: One of Karl Kray's men, Reg, told him they had his son. He had to get the money or they were going to kill him CARLOS: It sounds very complicated! Yoshiko: Yes, it is, but now itis all over and the police have got those men And the best thing Is that Mr and Mrs King and Harry cen be happy again, | Peter: What about you, Yoshiko? What | will you do? YosHiko: | am going back to lapan in 8 month’ time. 1 want to see my family again. | miss them very much. PereR: Perhaps when school finishes we can have a little holiday? All three of us, | mean, Yoshiko: Yes, Peter | think I would like that very much Cantos: Im glad you sald that Peter. but {think l wll go back to see my aitfriend in Spain PeteR. Well, think this has been a wonderful adventure | cartos:\aughing) 1am glad you are happy now. Peter Perhaps next year ‘we will all come back to England for another adventure? Yosniko: | don't know about that, but | ‘think our English has Improved. don't king, fohn King, had e small business | youp which lost a lot of money. A man, Kar Kray, said he would help him and fave him some money. Unfortunately John could not pay the money back on time and Karl Kray said he would kill his family if he didn’t pay him back Pere: So what happened then? Yosuiko: That's why fohn King went 10 Australia, He left a note for his wife to say he was going to ill himself. He fed everyone to believe he was ead so that the men would leave his family alone. But Harry found out and went to visit his dad in Australia. Unfortunately Karl Kray and his men found out, 100. ‘Cagtos: So when Harry came back to england the men were waiting for him Yosuiko: Yes. That's when they told him to rob the bank with them. ‘CaRLos, | see. But why did Mrs King ask us to meet her at the station with the money? Pere: Well, the men told her to go to London with the maney. She had to 40 to a hotel and wait for them. They were trying to get money from her and from Hare, eae PETER; Absolutely