Listening Scripts Real English 1 - ESIS

Real English 1
Unit 1
Section 1 Task G
Listen to the following passage and fill in the blanks using words from the box below.
My name is Rahman. I was born in Tanjung, South alimantan. My earliest memory of
edu!ation is when I was about " or # years old. I remember that my parents used to tea!h
me things at home.
I studied at elementary s!hool and then junior and senior high s!hools in Tanjung until I
was $% years old. &fter graduating from senior high s!hool, I mo'ed to (est )a'a to
study at a uni'ersity in *ogor. I think the best thing about my edu!ation was ha'ing some
tea!hers who ga'e me opportunities to think logi!ally.
These tea!hers ga'e me opportunities to learn new things. The worst thing about my
edu!ation was ha'ing to read and remember fa!ts from books just to be able to pass
exams. I remember that I was sitting in an exam room taking one of my exams when I
wondered why I was just writing down things that I had memori+ed from books. &fter the
exams I just forgot e'erything.
I started learning ,nglish when I was at )unior -igh S!hool. I am studying a *usiness
,nglish !ourse now. ,nglish is extremely important to my life and work. I use ,nglish
e'eryday at work, !ommuni!ating with people in different !ountries around the world. I
also use ,nglish outside work, as I ha'e many friends who speak ,nglish.
I think that if we want to impro'e Indonesia, all our young people must ha'e the
opportunity to get a good edu!ation. This in!ludes s!hoolwork and uni'ersity and also
pla!es outside s!hool. There are many pla!es in !ities where people !an re!ei'e
edu!ation. .or example, !ourses that tea!h languages or different skills. In 'illage there
are normally some informal !ourses where people !an learn to read &rabi!.
Unit 1
Section 2 Task F
/on'ersation $
Rita0-i, Lina. -ow are you1
Lina0 .ine, thanks. &nd you1
Rita0I2m 3. Thanks.
/on'ersation 4
Mr. Ri!ky0 5ood afternoon. My name is Mr. Ri!ky.
Mr. 6idik0 5ood afternoon, Mr. Ri!ky. My name is Mr. 6idik.
Mr. Ri!ky0 7leased to meet you, Mr. 6idik.
Mr. 6idik0 7leased to meet you, too, Mr. Ri!ky.
/on'ersation "
6ewi0 -ello, my name2s 6ewi. (hat2s your name1
)oko0 My name is )oko.
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6ewi0 7leased to meet you, )oko.
)oko0 7leased to meet you, too, 6ewi.
/on'ersation #0
8ina0 -ello, &li, how are you1
&li0 I2m fine. Thanks, 8ina. &nd you1
8ina0 I2m 'ery well, thanks.
Unit 1
Section 3 Task G
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Unit 1
Section 3 Task H
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Unit 1
Section 3 Task I
My friend2s name is &melia. That2s &DMD,DLDID&.
Unit 3
Section 1 Task E
6ina0 ,x!use me, sir. My name is 6ina and this is my friend :rsula. (e2re doing a
s!hool proje!t on en'ironmental issues and we were wondering if we !ould ask you
a few Euestions.
-endra0 =es, 3. My name2s -endra. (hat do you want to know1
6ina0 (ell sir, we2'e noti!ed that there always seems to be a lot of rubbish in the ri'ers.
6o you think that this is a problem1
-endra0 3h yes. It2s a big problem around here. )ust look at all that rubbish in the ri'er
o'er there1
:rsula0 -ow do you think the rubbish gets into the ri'er1
-endra0 (ell, I suppose it2s be!ause people just throw all their household rubbish straight
into the water.
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:rsula0 6o you e'er see people doing this1
-endra0 3h, yes. ,'erybody in my neighbourhood dumps their rubbish into the ri'er.
:rsula0 &nd what do you think about this, sir1
-endra0 I really don2t appro'e their a!tions. It just shows that people ha'e a bad attitude
to their surroundings.
6ina0 6o you e'er do this yourself1
-endra0 (ell F (ell F&!tually, I do sometimes F
6ina0 (hy is that1
-endra0 (ell, it2s the !ir!umstan!es that we find oursel'es in. In my neighbourhood
there2s nowhere that we !an take the rubbish and nobody !omes to !olle!t it.
Sometimes I burn the rubbish, but other times I just throw it straight ino the ri'er
like the rest of my neighbours.
:rsula0 (hat problems do you think it might !ause1
-endra0 (ell, I guess it2s not 'ery good for the people who use the ri'er water for their
household needs, like ha'ing a bath, washing !lothes and !ooking. I suppose all
the rubbish !ould !ause a problem with flooding again in the rainy season.
:rsula0 3, sir. =ou ha'e been 'ery helpful.
6ina0 =es, sir. Thank you 'ery mu!h for your help. 5oodbye, sir.
-endra0 =ou2re wel!ome. 5oodbye.
:rsula0 5oodbye, sir.
Unit 3
Section 3 Task I
/aller0 -ello. Is that $C$1
3perator0 =es, madam. This is the International 3perator. -ow !an I help1
/aller0 I need the phone number for the 6epartment of ,''ipo'ment in London.
3perator0 I2m sorry, madam. I didn2t hear e'erything you said. =ou want the 6epartment
of what1
/aller0 I2ll spell it for you. It2s eDnD'DiDrDoDnDmDeDnDt.
3perator0 3, madam. )ust hold on a moment while I look for it.
Right, madam. The number you want is CC$##4CA4"%@B?$.
/aller0 6id you say CC$##4CA4"%@B?$1
3perator0 That2s right, madam.
/aller0 3. Thank you 'ery mu!h.
3perator0 =ou2re wel!ome, madam. 5oodbye.
/aller0 5oodbye.
Unit 3
Section 3 Task J
$. oh
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Unit 3
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Section 3 Task K
$. If you want to arrange good ,nglish lessons, you should phone C4$A44C%$4.
4. To re!harge your phone, please enter these numbers ##%"4CAA%@4C@?.
". To order your 8imbus 4CC$, pi!k up your phone now and dial C%$A$4$"$#.
#. The phone number when !alling outside Indonesia is CC@44$%AB@C$?A.
?. 5ene2s mobile phone number C%?@$$@4@?$.
@. The number you ha'e !alled has been !hanged to B4$@?C".
Unit 2
Section 3 Task J
Lihat halaman "?.
Unit 2
Section 3 Task K
$. knee
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#. iron
?. !upboard
@. sign
A. answer
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Unit 6
Section 2 Task A
The solar system is home to the Sun, nine planets and their moons, asteroids, !omets,
dust and gas. The planets orbit the Sun, whi!h is at the !entre of the solar system.
The sun is a huge ball of fire in the sky. It has a surfa!e temperature of nearly @,CCC
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and a temperature at the !orona of $,CCC,CCC
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inside it. It is, howe'er, just an a'erage si+e star. )ust one of o'er $CC billion stars in our
galaxy, !alled the Milky (ay.
The sun2s gra'itational pull holds all the planets in their pla!e as they !ontinually orbit
around it. The nearest planet to the Sun is Mer!ury. The highest temperature on the
surfa!e of this planet rea!hes #"C
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temperature of #@4
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the solar system known to ha'e life. The maximum temperature re!orded on this planet is
?%
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Mo'ing further away from the Sun, the next planet we !ome to is Mars. This is a red
planet with a maximum temperature of $?
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/. 8ext, we !ome to the largest planet of all,
the giganti! )upiter. This planet is more than $,CCC times bigger than ,arth. The sixth
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planet is perhaps the most spe!ta!ular. This is Saturn surrounded by its rings. The rings
were first dis!o'ered in $@$C by the astronomer 5alileo.
;ery little is known about the three outer planets in the solar system, be!ause their
distan!e from ,arth makes detailed obser'ation impossible. &n unmanned spa!eship
!alled ;oyager 4 !olle!ted some information about these planets and the -ubble Spa!e
Ship was also able to pro'ide information to astronomers. :ranus is the se'enth planet
from the Sun. ;oyager 4 was laun!hed in $BAA and it took four years before it !ame !lose
to this planet. The eight planet in the solar system is 8eptune. ;oyager 4 didn2t get !lose
to this planet until $B%@. This planet has winds up to 4,CCC km per hour.
The smallest planet in the solar system is 7luto. This planet has an a'erage distan!e from
the Sun of about @,CCC,CCC,CCC km. It takes the planet nearly 4#% years to orbit the Sun.
the orbit of this planet is ellipti!al and for twenty years in ea!h orbit this planet is nearer
to the Sun than 8eptune. This means that e'ery 44% years, 8eptune is the last planet in
the solar system.
Unit 6
Section 3 Task B
6aughter0 6ad, I2m doing a proje!t at s!hool about spa!e. /an men and women really
tra'el to spa!e1
.ather0 =es darling. It is possible to tra'el to spa!e. In fa!t the first person to tra'el to
spa!e did so in $B@$.
6aughter0 (owG =ou mean that people !an a!tually breathe in spa!e1
.ather0 8o dear. It2s impossible to breathe in spa!e.
6aughter0 (hat1 Is it really impossible to breathe in spa!e1
.ather0 =es it is. &stronauts !an2t breathe in spa!e without wearing spe!ial suits that gi'e
them oxygen.
6aughter0 (ere astronauts the first people to find out about things in spa!e1
.ather0 8o, they weren2t. Teles!opes made it possible for astronomers to dis!o'er things
in spa!e about four hundred years ago.
6aughter0 =ou mean that an!ient people knew what was in the sky1
.ather0 8o, they didn2t ha'e any eEuipment, so it was impossible for them to know what
was in the endless sky.
6aughter0 6o you think that it is possible that there !ould be life in other planets1
.ather0 (ell, I think that perhaps there is life on another planet and maybe there are e'en
aliens in spa!eG
6aughter0 (hy do you think these things are possible1
.ather0 (ell, there are o'er a billion stars in our galaxy and ea!h star is a!tually a planet.
So, it2s possible that ea!h of these stars !ould ha'e its own planets. &nd, well,
who knows what !ould be on these planets1
6aughter0 So, if there are all these stars and planets, where2s hea'en1
.ather0 (ell dear, if you2re a really good person it2s possible you might find out one dayG
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Unit 6
Section 3 Task D
ossi!le
Men and women !an tra'el to spa!e.
It is possible to tra'el to spa!e.
The teles!ope made it possible to dis!o'er planets.
7erhaps there is life on another planet.
Tourists might tra'el to spa!e in the future.
There might be life on other planets.
Maybe there are aliens in spa!e.
I"#ossi!le
&stronauts !an2t breathe in spa!e without wearing spe!ial suits.
It is impossible to breathe in spa!e without oxygen.
It isn2t possible to breathe in spa!e without oxygen.
It was impossible to know what was out there in the endless sky.
$%estions
Is it possible to tra'el to spa!e1
/an people tra'el to spa!e1
Is it really impossible to breathe in spa!e1
(hy isn2t it possible to do that1
Unit 6
Section 3 Task K
Lihat halaman $CB
Unit &
Section 1 Task B
The best health ser'i!es in the world !an not stop people who ha'e poor health habits
from be!oming ill . There ha'e been many studies whi!h ha'e show that good health
depends on the following things0
D eating a balan!ed diet
D keeping !orre!t weight
D exer!ising regulary
D not smoking
D not drinking ex!essi'e amounts of al!ohol
D keeping a !lean home en'ironment
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Unit &
Section 2 Task A
Mr. Salim was on the way home from work when he felt a sharp pain in his !hest. -e was
ha'ing a heart atta!k. -e was still !ons!ious, but found it diffi!ult to breathe. &s they
weren2t 'ery far from home, his dri'er de!ided to dri'e straight to the house.
Mr. Salim2s son, &nton, heard the dri'er sound the !ar horn and went outside to see what
he wanted. &nton saw his dad sitting in the ba!k of the !ar. -is dad looked 'ery pale and
ill. &nton went to talk to his dad, but his dad was too weak to answer him. &nton !alled
for his mother. She !ame to the door and was 'ery upset when she found out what
happened.
They de!ided to take a!tion straight away and dri'e to the nearest hospital. (hen they
arri'ed they went straight to the emergen!y room. &t first, a nurse !ame o'er them to find
out what treatment they needed. They put Mr. Salim onto a trolley and put an oxygen
mask o'er his fa!e to help him breathe more easily.
& do!tor then !ame o'er to examine Mr Salim. The do!tor then asked an assistant to
bring some eEuipment o'er to him and then he !onne!ted some wires to the patient2s
!hest. The wires were !ompletely harmless. They just allowed the do!tor to monitor Mr
Salim2s !ondition.
&fter a full examination, the do!tor told &nton and his mother that Mr Salim was 'ery ill,
but in a stable !ondition. The do!tor said that Mr Salim had to stay in hospital for a few
days and that he would try and find him a bed. The do!tor also told them that Mr Salim
was o'erweight and he asked them if Mr Salim smoked. &nton2s mum said that her
husband did. The do!tor then said that if Mr Salim got better, he would ha'e to make
some big !hanges to his lifestyle.
Unit &
Section 3 Task '
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Section 3 Task (
Lihat halaman B$
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Unit )
Section 1 Task J
Rani !an speak ,nglish 'ery well. She !an2t speak )a'anese but she !an speak Sundanese.
She !an !ook, in fa!t she2s a 'ery good !ook. She !an swim well but she !an2t play golf.
She likes musi! but she !an2t sing and she !an2t dan!e but she !an play the guitar.
Unit )
Section 2 Task A
There are many different types of sports !ompetitions that are held around the world.
7erhaps the oldest of all the !ompetitions is the 3lympi! 5ames. This !ompetition began
in the !ity of 3lympia in 5ree!e way ba!k in the year AA@ */.
The modern 3lympi! 5ames did not begin until $%B@ when they were restarted as a way
to promote world pea!e. The 3lympi! .lag has fi'e rings whi!h symboli+e the unity
between the nations of the world.
There are now two types of 3lympi!s, the summer 3lympi!s and the (inter 3lympi!s.
The Summer 3lympi!s are planned for 4CC#, 4CC%, 4C$4, et!. and the (inter 3lympi!s
for 4CC@, 4C$C, 4C$# et!. Sportsmen and women from nearly 4CC !ountries !ompete
against ea!h other in "C different sports.
,a!h !ountry has to de!ide in whi!h athletes are going to attend the games. &thletes who
want to !ompete in the 3lympi! games ha'e to be 'ery dis!iplined and train hard with
their !oa!hes. They are often members of sports !lub and !ompete in sporting e'ents at
national and international le'el, hoping that someone will spot their ability and in'ite
them to take part in the next 3lympi! 5ames.
The dream of many athletes is to appear in front of a 'ery large group of supporters in a
sports hall or stadium. They want to hear their names announ!ed o'er the loudspeakers
and then !ompete in their e'ents and a!hie'e the 3lympi! ideal of Hfaster, higher and
stronger2.
3nly a few athletes !an win their e'ents and the majority of !ompetitors lose. The
winners get a big reward for all the hard work they ha'e had to go through. &s they stand
on the top step of the podium they feel 'ery proud as their supporters shout and s!ream.
&s winners, they get the ultimate pri+e. This is the 3lympi! 5old Medal.
Unit )
Section 2 Task E
Inter'iewer0 5ood e'ening e'eryone and wel!ome to another edition of Sport2s /hoi!e.
The programme that brings you the top news of the world of sport. My guest tonight is
.reddie the H.ree fall2. & man famous for his terrible performan!e at the (inter
3lympi!s. (el!ome to the programme, .reddia.
.reddie0 Thank you 'ery mu!h. I2m delighted to be here. ,spe!ially after su!h a ni!e
introdu!tion.
Inter'iewer0 3, .reddie. Let2s get straight to the point. -ow does it feel to be known
around the world as the worst performer in the history of the 3lympi! 5ames1
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.reddie0 (ell, what !an I say1 I went to the 3lympi!s to do my best and I tried my
hardest in my e'ents. &nd I just happened to !ome last.
Inter'iewer0 (ell, you didn2t just !ome last, did you1 There was e'erybody else in your
e'ents and then a long way ba!k, there was just you on your own.
.reddie0 =es, that2s true. My mum says I2'e always been a bit of an indidi'ual.
Inter'iewer0 So, .reddie. Tell us about your 3lympi!s experien!e. (hat sort of training
did you undergo1 -ow were you sele!ted1 (hat was it like, taking part in the
!ompetition itself1
.reddie0 3. (ell, first of all I didn2t a!tually ha'e any training. I taught myself. I just
sort of fan!ied ha'ing a go and so I wrote to the 3lympi! sele!tion !ommittee and asked
them if I !ould ha'e a go. I was really surprised to be honest, when I got a letter from the
sele!tion !ommittee telling me that I had been pi!ked to represent my !ountry in the
(inter 3lympi!s.
Inter'iewer0 So, you2re saying that your sele!tion !ame as a bit of surprise1
.reddie0 & bit of surprise1 I was really gobsma!kedG &nd proud of !ourse. =es, really
proud to be !hosen by my !ountry.
Inter'iewer0 3. Let2s talk what it was a!tually like to be part of the 3lympi!s1
.reddie0 3h, it was really great. To be able to go through all of that, well, it was just
magnifi!ent. It was a bit s!ary as well.
Inter'iewer0 S!ary1 (hy do you say that1
.reddie0 (ell, ha'e you e'er done a BC metre ski jump yourself1
Inter'iewer0 8o, I ha'en2t.
.reddie0 8o. 8either had I. (hen I got up to the top the hill and looked down. (ell, it
was a long way down. &nd I don2t really like heights. I had a really si!k feeling in my
stoma!h. &nyway, there I was in my streamDlined jump suit. It was my turn. So, I pushed
myself off and as I went down the slope my speed got faster and faster. &nd then when I
got to the end of the slope, I just sailed through the air for a few metres until I fell to the
ground and that was it.
Inter'iewer0 (ell, e'en though you !ame last, by a long way, you were really popular
with the !rowd and they really !heered you.
.reddie0 =es. The !rowd was great. They shouted and s!reamed so mu!h that they made
themsel'es hoarse. I felt really !huffedG
Inter'iewer0 &nd what about your family1 (ere they pleased, or H!huffed2, as you say1
.reddie0 =es, I think so. My mum was a bit disappointed that I !ame all this way and
didn2t win the 5old Medal. She phoned me herself and said that she was really sorry that
I didn2t win. She thought it was great pity that I !ouldn2t take a medal home.
Inter'iewer0 &nd how do you feel about that1
.reddie0 (ell, for me winning is not important. .or me, it2s taking the part that2s
important. I had a really great time and I met a lot of new friends from all around the
world. That2s what2s important to me. &fter all, let2s not forget that the 3lympi! 5ames
are meant to bring people together from all o'er the world in a spirit of pea!e and
friendship.
Inter'iewer0 &nd what happened when you got home1
.reddie0 (ell, when I got home all my neighbours !ame round to the house to see me, but
there wasn2t really anything to !elebrate. My mum and I just took oursel'es out for a
meal.
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Inter'iewer0 .reddie the H.ree fall2, that2s all we2'e got time for tonight. Thank you 'ery
mu!h for being su!h a wonderful guest.
.reddie0 Thank you 'ery mu!h for in'iting me to be here.
Inter'iewer0 &nd thanks to you 'iewers for wat!hing tonight2s programme. :ntil next
time, good night and make sure you !an take !are of yoursel'es.
Unit )
Section 3 Task H
$. )on !an play football 'ery well.
4. 8i!k !an2t play golf.
". Simon !an !y!le 'ery fast.
#. )ean !an swim 'ery well.
?. Mike !an2t run 'ery fast.
@. 7aul !an jump 'ery high.
A. Martin !an2t ski 'ery well.
%. Sari !an speak ,nglish 'ery well.
B. 5ary !an dan!e 'ery well.
$C. 7eter !an2t a!t 'ery well.
Unit )
Section 3 Task I
$. !an2t
4. help
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#. president
?. thanks
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A. beds
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B. restaurant
$C. bank
Unit *
Section 1 Task +
6id you know that the earliest !lothes people wore were made from the lea'es of fig
trees. &fter this, men and women wore !lothes that were made from animal skin and fur.
It was not until about $C,CCC years ago that people started to wea'e fabri!s from fibres
obtained from animals and plants. Then, about 4,?CC years ago, the spinning wheel was
in'ented in India. This was 'ery important be!ause it was able to produ!ed a fine yarn
that people !ould wea'e into !loth using a hand loom.
The early textile that people used were made of wool, silk, and !otton. (ool was used in
,urope be!ause of the need to make warm !lothes for a !old !limate. Silk was used in
/hina be!ause it was soft, lightweight and warm. /otton was used in pla!es like India,
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7eru and /ambodia be!ause it was light and airy and useful in warm !limate. It is only
during the last !entury that s!ientists ha'e been able to produ!e !heaper and stronger
fabri!s from syntheti! materials, su!h as rayon, nylon, and polyester.
.ashion ha'e !hanged a great deal o'er time. &t the beginning, !lothes were just used to
!o'er the body and often the most !ommon way to do this was with a simple tuni!. The
first tailored !lothes were made in the $"
th
!entury and this meant that the !lothes !ould
now start to be made in different shapes. They ,nglish playwright (illiam Shakespeare
on!e said that !lothing fashions !hanged long before the !lothes themsel'es wore out.
There ha'e often been regulations about what !lothes people !an and !annot wear.
-undreds of years ago, people in some !ountries were not allowed to wear expensi'e
!lothes unless they were members of the aristo!ra!y. (orkers were only allowed to wear
!lothes made from !heap undyed !loth. ,'en today there are rules about the !lothes
whi!h some people ha'e to wear. S!hool students, !ompany workers, poli!e offi!ers,
soldiers ha'e to wear uniform. Some religions also ha'e rules about the !lothes that
people !an and !annot wear.
=ou only ha'e to look at all the different types of !lothes that are on sale in markets,
!lothes shops, or designer boutiEues to know how important !lothes are to people today.
Some people don2t stop at buying fashin onable !lothes, they go e'en further and buy
designer glasses or sunglasses.
Unit ,
Section 1 Task +
In &pril 4CC4, thousands of people 'oted in a sur'ey to find the top ?C tourist destinations
around the world. In first pla!e, !omes 5rand /anyon. This is a truly spe!ta!ular sight,
stret!hing for nearly #?C kilometres. Se!ond pla!e, goes to 5reat *arrier Reef. This may
be 4,CCC kilometres in length, but it is still 'ery sensiti'e to pollution and temperature
!hanges.
Mo'ing a long way down the list, in twentieth pla!e is 5reat (all of /hina. This is a
stunning obje!t whi!h is thousands of kilometers in length. &t number twentyDtwo, !omes
-ongkong. This is a pla!e whi!h has a fas!inating mix of ,astern and (estern !ulture. &t
number twentyDnine, we ha'e /ambodia. & pla!e with many temples.
Mo'ing e'en further down the ?C list, we !ome to Singapore. This is now one of the
largest ports in the world. & few pla!es lower, at number fortyDtwo, we ha'e *angkok. &
pla!e that mixes modern offi!e blo!ks with traditional temples. In fortyDninth pla!e, we
!ome to *ali. In this pla!e there are stunning temples and white sandy bea!hes.
Unit ,
Section 2 Task G
Stefan0 -i, Mita. Some of us ha'e de!ided that we2re going to go o'er *ali next wek. 6o
you want to !ome and join us1
Mita0 (ell, 7atri!ia has asked me already, but I2m not sure if I will be able to go. I will
ha'e to ask my parents if I !an go. &lso, it depends if I !an borrow some money from
them.
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Stefan0 (ell, if it2s the money you2re worried about, I !an probably lend you some. I am
sure we would ha'e a really good time.
Mita0 =es, I2m sure we would ha'e a great time, but my parents might not let me go.
Stefan0 May I !ome with you when you ask them1
Mita0 8o, you may notG I will let you know what they say as soon as I !an. They said I
!ould go last time, but let2s just see what they say this time.
Unit -
Section 1 Task B
Mass media is the name that is gi'en to sour!es of information and news that rea!h and
influen!e large numbers of people. There are four main types of mass media. These are
newspapers, maga+ines, radio and tele'ision.
The first type of mass media that appeared was the newspapers. 8ewspapers began o'er
two thousand years ago in an!ient Rome, when handwritten news sheets appeared in
publi! pla!es. The earliest printed newspaper appeared in /hina around a thousand years
ago. It were able to find out about what was happening in the news. The first newspapers
as we know them today, didn2t appear until the year $A%?, when The Times newspaper
was printed in London.
The Times newspaper !ontinues to be printed e'en today, and it is !onsidered to be part
of the Euality press. The Euality press, refers to newspapers whi!h pro'ide information
that is written for people who are intelligent and edu!ated people. &nother type of
newspaper is !alled the tabloid press. This term refers to newspapers whi!h are less
serious than the Euality newspapers. They usually ha'e a lot of pi!tures in them and short
arti!les !ontaining gossip and s!andal. & typi!al tabloid newspaper in *ritain is written in
simple ,nglish with a reading age of around eight years old.
Millions of people around the world read newspapers e'ery day. Some people read
morning newspapers. These papers ha'e reports about things that happened the pre'ious
day. 3ther people prefer to read e'ening newspapers that tell them about things that
happened on both the pre'ious day and also up to date news about what has happened on
the day of publi!ation, whilst they ha'e been working. In the early e'ening in *ritain,
newspapers sellers stand on these streets in all !ities waiting for workers to finish their
jobs and go home. &s they walk down the streets to go home they pass the newspaper
sellers who shout ,2Read all about it.2
Unit -
Section 2 Task B
The tele'ision has been the most important type of mass media e'er sin!e the $B"C2s
when the **/ started using it to broad!ast the first programmes in London. (hen people
read newspapers the news in them is already old. Tele'ision news, howe'er, !an be
broad!ast li'e at exa!tly the same time that something is happening.
In Indonesia, many homes in large !ities are !onne!ted to !able or satellite tele'ision. The
use of !able and satellite tele'isions means that people !an be sitting in their homes
wat!hing li'e news e'ents that are happening in Indonesia, but whi!h are a!tually being
broad!ast from *ritain, &ustralia or &meri!aG -ow !an this happen1 (ell, with today2s
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te!hnology it2s Euite simple. Tele'ision reporters don2t e'en need to ha'e a !amera !rew
with them now if they want to report a breaking news e'ent. &ll they need to ha'e with
them is a 'ideoDphone.
*y using a 'ideoDphone, a reporter !an send a li'e report ba!k to his, or her, news room
from anywhere that has a !ellular phone signal. The report, !omplete with pi!tures, !an
be sent as a phone !all to a tele'ision !entre anywhere in the world and it !an then be
broad!ast by satellite and !able into the homes of Indonesians. It !ould e'en be possible
to get news of things that are happening in Indonesia from *ritish or &meri!an 4# hour
news !hannels, Eui!ker than from Indonesian T;.
Unit -
Section 3 Task A
Reporter0 -i, I2m a reporter from the ,'ening Standard. /an you tell me what happened
here1
Student0 (ell, it was that boy o'er there.
Reporter0 =ou mean the boy who is surrounded by the poli!emen1
Student0 =es. -e2s the one who did it.
Reporter0 The one who did what1
Student0 -e tried to rob me. -e threatened me with the knife that poli!eman is holding.
-e said if I didn2t gi'e him the money, he would hurt me.
Reporter0 (hen did this happen1
Student0 It happened when I !ame ba!k to s!hool after my lun!h.
Reporter0 So, did that boy just !ome up to you and try to rob you1
Student0 8o. -e was following me for a long time, but he didn2t do anything until I got
near to s!hool.
Reporter0 -ow long did it take the poli!e to get here1
Student0 It didn2t take 'ery long at all. &s soon as the man phoned them, that white 'an
arri'ed and lots of poli!eman got out and !aught the boy.
Reporter0 &nd how are you1 &re you alright1
Student0 =es, I2m 3. -e didn2t hurt me. -e just frightened me a bit.
Reporter0 5ood, I2m glad that you2re not hurt. I2m going to go ba!k to my offi!e now and
as soon as I get there I2m going to write and arti!le for tonight2s paper about how !rime
doesn2t pay. (hat are you going to do now1
Student0 The poli!e !alled my dad. They told me that I should wait here until he arri'es
and then we arri'es I2m going to go home with him.
Reporter0 3, well thank you for talking to me. Take !are of yourself.
Student0 =es, I will. 5oodbye.
Unit -
Section 3 Task H
(e.s ite" 1/
Reporter0 5ood morning, 6r. arim. Thanks for joining us.
6r. arim0 5ood morning all of you.
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Reporter0 3, I understand that you were among one of the guest attending the
inauguration at *atam re!ently, so !an you tell us how they feel about 7resident
Megawati2s plan to de'elop the future trade in *atam1
6r. arim0 This 'isit get the positi'e effe!t for our and for all the in'estors !ome to
*atam be!ause when yesterday I !ame with the first flight to *atam, together with the
ambassador and also with 67R person, and some of the go'ernment offi!ials and then we
see the foreign ambassadors they get the positi'e thinking about the in!rease *atam to be
a free trade but the position of *atam is 'ery near to Singapore. &nd then they also
support *atam to be one of international business areas.
Reporter0 -ow about legal un!ertainties that they ha'e been grumbling1 (hat kind of
!omments did you hear about them1 (hat kind of diffi!ulties en!ountered be!ause of
these legal un!ertainties1
6r. arim0 The problem is *atam until now .. we need the positi'e legal about the free
trade +one regulation.
(e.s ite" 2/
In !ontinuing !ontro'ersy o'er IraE2s weapons of mass destru!tion, Ten 6owning Street
is now saying the *ritish 7rime Minister is absolutely !onfident the !on!rete e'iden!e of
the produ!ts of the weapons program will be found. Tony *lair spokesman was
responding to report by the **/ Euoting senior go'ernment sour!es saying that the
weapons might no longer exist.
8o answer from the 7rime Minister this morning but says his spokesmen Mr. *lair made
his position on finding the weapons of mass destru!tion 'ery !lear when he gets e'iden!e
to M7s two days ago.
Tony *lair0 I ha'e absolutely no doubt at all that we will find e'iden!e of weapon of
mass destru!tion programs. 8o doubt at all.
-e said e'iden!e of programs not a!tual weapons. The :82s inspe!tor spent months
sear!hing for su!h proofs before the war. Today, 6owning Street is just saying that Mr.
*lair is !onfident the produ!ts of weapon program will be found. -owe'er, if a!tual
weapons aren2t found, that undermines the !ase of the war, say !riti!s.
/riti!0 -e did !ome to parliament and said H7arliament, look, Saddam has no a!tual
weapons of mass destru!tion but if we in'ade it, if we o!!upy IraE, we2ll be able to write
an e'en better IIIII on this program.2 I don2t think parliament would ha'e 'oted for war.
(e.s ite" 3/
This !ould be a really huge story but I ha'e to emphasi+e the III be!ause I won2t be able
to lose in a position of talking and spe!ulating about this without knowing for !ertain
that this is Saddam2s son we ha'e it down this road before IIIIII. Some of these !laim
about this Saddam -ussein ha'ing been killed in an earlier raid. *ut if it turns out that the
identifi!ation is !orre!t, this will be the first bit of good news that *ush2s administration
has had on IraE at least in a !ouple of months. The president has been hammered here in
(ashington by the press o'er the earlier !laims of weapons of mass destru!tion when
I2'e !ome to !all the :ranium 5ate and the !ontinuing bad news on the ground in IraE
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where it seems e'eryday a !ouple of more &meri!an soldiers are killed. This would
!hange that debate. This would pro'ide the administration with the !han!e to show that
it2s doing something right in IraE. So you !an2t really understate the importan!e of this
potential de'elopment.
(e.s ite" )/
& window on the weather!oast. These three men had been held !apti'e by -arold i!kay,
the man who has be!ome one of the highest profile examples of the Solomon2s Law and
3rder problems. This footage was shot by lo!al M.7. =ukio Sato who last week se!ured
the release of four other hostages and sei+ed fire from the IIIII !anal militant.
=ukio Sato0 -e needs some kind of dialog. If he !ut out the dialog he might be troubling
himself.
-arold i!kay2s offer to lay down his arms !omes as parliament debate plan for foreign
troops and poli!e to be brought to the Solomons to restore law and order. Someone
Euestioning the moti'es behind the inter'ention.
I said, 7uppetsG
*ut the 7rime Minister said there are no other options.
7rime Minister0 (ithout pea!e, without law and order, Mr. Speaker, forget about.
&s well as endorsing the in'itation, parliament must also pass legislation to pro'ide a
legal ba!king for the for!e with disarmament to be one of the key tasks.
(e.s Ite" &/
& man who2s III than forty shop windows in the !entral ,dinburgh was dressed only in
his pants. "C years old, &ndrew Ro!ksbury, was wearing only a bla!k underpants when
he atta!ks shop windows in 9ueen Street with a workman2s sho'el. It is estimated that he
!aused damage up to JA?,CCC to shop some businesses. This in!luded *oots, Thomas
/ook, &bbey 8ational, 5&7, ,tham and ;irgin Re!ords. )udge is about to say to
Ro!ksbury H3n the base of medi!al opinions by two psy!hiatrists, I2m ordering that
you2re detained in a psy!hiatri! hospital under the mental health a!t2.
Unit -
Section 3 Task I
8ews item $ !omes from Indonesia, Metro T;, talking about in'estment in *atam
8ews item 4 !omes from *ritain, **/ (orld news, talking about the war in IraE.
8ews item " !omes from &meri!a, /88, talking about the war in IraE.
8ews item # !omes from &ustralia, &*/ &sia 7a!ifi! 8ews, talking about the Solomon
island.
8ews item ? !omes from S!otland, S/T;, S!ottish /ounty Tele'ision, talking about a
man in his underpants.
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Unit -
Section 3 Task 0
Rowan &tkinson2s latest film, )ohnny ,nglish, in whi!h he plays as an a!!identDprone
*ritish se!ret agent, has just been released in the !inemas. &tkinson has spent so long
playing Mr. *ean, that is diffi!ult for people to see him in any other role.
&tkinson said, HThis film is not about Mr. *ean trying to play Mr. *ond. This is a long,
long way from being Mr. *ean2. -e added HIt has always been my se!ret ambition to be a
real se!ret agent, but being a fi!tional se!ret agent is probably more fun, be!ause in the
end, you don2t get killed.2
&tkinson hasn2t had the !han!e of being a real ,nglish agent, but at least he2s now had
the !han!e to be the one and only Real ,nglish.
Unit 11
Section 2 Task A
6id you know that air pollution is one of the world2s biggest killers1 Resear!h has shown
that thousands of people are killed ea!h year by just breathing the air around them.
So, what !auses the air we breathe to be!ome polluted1 (ell, mu!h of the pollution
!omes out of the ba!k of something most of use lo'e dearly. That2s right, it2s those
wonderful !ars that we like to be dri'en around in. ,xhaust gases from !ars !ontain many
toxi! substan!es whi!h in!lude, !arbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide,
ben+ene, poly!y!li! hydro!arbons, lead and tiny suspended arti!les.
-a'e you e'er seen people who are standing at the side of the road !o'er their mouth and
noses so they don2t ha'e to breathe the fumes from all the !ars, motor!y!les, tru!ks and
buses1 (ell, these people are right to try and prote!t themsel'es from the fumes, be!ause
as they breathe these pollutants into their bodies, all sort of damage is done to their
health.
It2s not just in Indonesia that this is a problem. In ,ngland, for example, people who li'e
in London are more likely to die from the traffi! fumes that they breathe, than be killed in
a road a!!ident. Resear!h has also been !arried out in a number of other !ities around the
world to find out what effe!t traffi! pollution is ha'ing on people2s health. It is estimated
that there are thousands of deaths in ,urope alone, due to the damaging effe!ts of exhaust
fumes. It has been suggested that lead, one of the substan!es in exhaust fumes, is
damaging the intelligen!e of !hildren around the world.
&ir pollution !auses !an!er, heart disease and a large range of other health problem. It is
not, howe'e, just found in !ities. In fa!t some of the people suffer most from the air
pollution a!tually li'e in 'illages far away from the traffi! polluted !ities. (hat !auses
the air pollution in these 'illages1 (ell, it2s !aused by the fires that are used for !ooking
and for getting rid of household rubbish.
&s !ountries like Indonesia try to in!rease the number of tourist who tra'el to their
holiday resorts, they are a!tually !ontributing to the problem of air pollution. *e!ause air
tra'el produ!es far more exhaust fumes than road traffi!. Some reports suggest that a
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single long flight, for example from ,urope to Indonesia, !auses more air pollution than a
person dri'ing a !ar for a whole year.
There is also the problem of smoke whi!h is released from industry and fa!tories around
the world. Tourists to many towns and !ities in the world !an see many great sight, but
when they breathe in, their lungs are filled with noxious smelly gases. *ut whilst tourists
only ha'e to breathe the poisonous air for a short time, the people who li'e in these
pla!es ha'e to breathe the poisons air e'ery day of their shortened li'es.
Unit 11
Section 3 Task K
$. ,'eryone hopes that there will be pea!e on earth.
4. .ather looked into the sky and saw the sun.
". The father looked to the tree and saw the son.
#. (hen they turned the !orner they saw four friends.
?. They turned the !orner, looking for friends.
@. My house is o'er there at the end of the street.
A. &t the end of the street, we found their house.
%. Most people know how to write letters.
B. 3ur postman always deli'ered the right letters.