Elementary Unit 1 DVD script

Mn = Manuel M = Major BF = Basil Fawlty

Mn: How are you, sir? You see, I speak English well. I learn it from a book.
Hello, I am English. Hello. How are you, sir? I can speak English. Ah,
hello, Major. How are you today?

M: Oh … I’m fine, thank you.

Mn: It’s a beautiful day, today.

M: Is it? Oh … Yes, yes. I suppose it is.

Mn: Yes, I can speak English. I learn it from a book.

M: Did you, did you really? … Oh, there you are, Fawlty.

BF: Yes. I’m just going to open up, Major.

M: Oh, fine. I say, that’s, that’s a remarkable animal you have there,
Fawlty. Er … Where did you get it?

BF: Er … Samson’s. In the town.

M: Really? Well, was, was it expensive?

BF: Er … 12 pounds, I think.

M: Good Lord! Japanese, was it?

BF: Canadian, I think, Major.

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 Elementary Unit 2 DVD script

N = Narrator S = Sass Willis AL = Ana Lida AN = Ana Lina W1 =

1st Woman W2 = 2nd Woman

N: Sass Willis is a thirty-four-year-old woman from Oxford. She travels

over 5,000 miles to the eastern coast of Panama to live with the Kuna
Indians on the island of Niadup. On the island, Sass stays with fifty-
five-year-old Ana Lida and her husband Diego.

S: And who lives in this house?

AL: [subtitle] I live here with my husband.

S: Is that, erm, the bed?

AL: [subtitle] I sleep in the hammock and my husband sleeps in the bed.

S: Hi, my name is Sass. And your name is … ?

AN: [subtitle] Ana Lina.

S: Ana Lina. Ahh … And do you live, do you live here, or do you live
nearby?

AN: [subtitle] Yes, I live in the hut opposite, the door is open.

N: Ana Lina wants to paint Sass’s nose.

AN: [subtitle] I’m very nervous. I like her laugh. It’s finished.

S: OK? Oh perfect.

N: It’s 5a.m. Ana Lida wakes Sass up. Her first job is to make the coffee.

S: And is this coffee for breakfast for everybody?

AL: [subtitle] Yes, the whole family is going to drink this coffee.

N: Sass takes coffee to some men.

S: We need one more.

N: And then she starts learning her daily jobs.

S: OK. And how often do you do this?

W1: [subtitle] Every day, morning and evening.

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AL: [subtitle] Hold it like this. Yes, like that. Good, that’s right.

S: Oh no!

W2: [subtitle] She’s sewn it onto her trousers.

AL: [subtitle] Are you happy? Are you happy?

S: Yeah, embarrassed.

N: It’s time for Sass to put on Kuna clothes.

AL: [subtitle] Take your shirt off.

S: Beautiful. Beautiful.

AL: [subtitle] You look so beautiful.

S: I’m beautiful? Ooh.

AL: [subtitle] You are such a beautiful woman and such a good woman. Oh
my love.

S: I feel so thankful that you can let me be here and be part of your family.

AL: [subtitle] Thank you.

S: Do you want a hand with the water?

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 Elementary Unit 3 DVD script

N = Narrator

N: For more than a billion Hindus in India and all around the world, Diwali
is the most important festival of the year. Diwali is full of light and
colour, and that is why it is called the Festival of Light. Diwali comes
every year in October or November, and people start to prepare many
weeks before the festival begins.
First, people decorate their homes, and clean every part of every room.
The Diwali festival is five days long, and every day has different
customs.
On the first day of Diwali, people wash money, first in milk and then in
water. This day is also an important day to buy gold and silver. Men
usually buy jewellery for their wives.
It’s the second day of Diwali. These women get up early in the morning
to cook pakoras. But the pakoras are not for breakfast, they’re for a
special custom. The woman walks out into the road and throws a
pakora in four directions. Then she pours water on the ground. She
walks forward, and she doesn't look back. Diwali is about new
beginnings, and this custom helps people forget the bad things in the
past and go forward in their lives.
It's the third day of Diwali. People use bright colours to make a picture.
This one is a picture of a lamp, an important idea in Diwali.
For many Hindus, this day is their New Year's Day. They buy and wear
new clothes. It's a very busy time for clothes shops.
The third day is the actual Diwali day, the Hindu New Year's Day. On
the third day people visit their parents and grandparents, and bow to
show respect.
In families, people give presents to each other.
People also send each other Diwali cards.
Diwali is also a time for the family to have a special meal together.
Food is very important in Diwali. People buy sweets or sometimes
make them at home. This is one part of Diwali that children particularly
like.
And finally, this day ends with a big bang – with fireworks. All the family
enjoy this colourful show of light and colour.
For the five days of Diwali light is everywhere, in the candles and
lamps in the home, and in the fireworks in the sky. It’s a new beginning
for everyone in this festival of light.

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 Elementary Unit 4 DVD script

N = Narrator M1 = 1st Man W1 = 1st Woman M2 = 2nd Man

W2 = 2nd Woman M3 = 3rd Man W3 = 3rd Woman M4 = 4th Man
M5 = 5th Man V = Voices of different speakers

N: There are so many amazing places to see around the world. What are
your top fifty? We asked our viewers, and here are some of their
favourites.
Welcome to Bangkok! With over six million people, it’s big, it’s busy,
and our viewers love it. It’s great for shopping and the nightlife is great
too.

M1: It’s got lots of clubs, bars, shops, food… Everything you need, really.

N: Thailand is an important place for Buddhists around the world, and

there are 400 temples in Bangkok alone. Tourists love to visit the
temples too.
Another favourite is the Masai Mara in Kenya. It’s a fantastic place to
watch animals. Zebras, elephants, antelope, hippos, and lions. You can
see them all. So, why is it so special?

W1: I just love the wide, open spaces. The animals are amazing, and the
people are so warm and friendly.

N: And now from Africa to South America, it's the Iguacu Falls on the
border of Argentina and Brazil. The name Iguacu means 'big water',
and the falls certainly are big.
M2: The falls are so big, so huge. You stand next to them and feel very,
very small. It's the natural world at its best.

N: Now a popular, romantic city… the city of lights, Paris.

W2: To me Paris is elegant, romantic, and expensive.

N: But beautiful. Enjoy the views of the city from the top of the Eiffel
Tower.

N: Back to Africa now, South Africa. Yes, it’s Cape Town. And behind
Cape Town is the 1,000 metre high Table Mountain, with its wonderful
views.

M3: We went there over New Year… Lovely, just a lovely lovely place.

N: Everyone loves the mountains and beaches that make Cape Town so
special. And these little guys—the penguins.
This is the big moment: the number one place to see before you die.
The big favourite is… the Grand Canyon! The Grand Canyon is an

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amazing place. You can read about the Grand Canyon and you can
look at photographs and videos, but nothing can prepare you for the
real thing.

M4: There’s so much to see that you never stop seeing something new.

M5: The colours are just so… amazing.

W3: With every changing inch of the sunset, the colours in the canyon
change.
.
N: But there’s only one word that everyone says when they talk about the
Grand Canyon.

V: It really is awesome…
Just completely awesome…
Awesome…
Awesome is the word…
It was awesome…
Awesome…
Awesome…
Awesome’s the only word…

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 Elementary Unit 5 DVD script

N = Narrator A = Ainsley Harriott

N: Ainsley Harriott, the famous British chef travels all over the world to find
new dishes and to cook them outside, on a barbecue. This week he
travels to the beautiful Greek island of Alonissos to find out about the
local cuisine. Ainsley meets people from across the island who show
him how to cook some traditional seafood on a barbecue.
Today Ainsley’s cooking barbecued squid stuffed with rice and spinach.

A: These waters really are full of beautiful seafood, just like this squid.
Now, I'm going to do you a beautiful chargrilled squid stuffed with rice,
mint and spinach.
Drizzle some oil inside. That's it. Chopped onion. Sprinkle that in. And
of course one clove of garlic. That's perfect. I've got about three
ounces of cooked rice. OK. A bit of lemon juice. Lovely. I've also got
here some nice fresh mint. Sprinkle that in. Some pepper. Then we
stuff our squid. That's lovely. That's beautiful. Once again, a touch of
pepper. And a bit more salt. And a little bit more oil. Onto the barbie.
Perfect. And remember, you don't need to cook this too long, five or
six minutes. Doesn't that look beautiful? And it tastes good too.
.

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 Elementary Unit 6 DVD script

N = Narrator D = de Klerk NC = Newscaster M = Mandela

DT = Desmond Tutu

N: Nelson Mandela was born in 1918 in Qunu, a small village in South

Africa.
When Mandela was nine years old, his father died. Mandela went to
school and then in 1937 went to university, and after university, he
went to Johannesburg. In Johannesburg he saw apartheid, the
segregation of blacks and whites. He lived in a poor black township
and saw the terrible life of black people in the city. This experience
changed his life. In 1944, Mandela joined the ANC, the African
National Congress. This was the start of the road to becoming a leader
in the fight against apartheid.
He finished his studies and became a lawyer in 1952. He was more
and more active in the fight against apartheid, and in 1962 the
government put Mandela in prison. He spent twenty-seven years in
prison. While Mandela was in prison, the fight against apartheid
continued and people around the world called for Mandela’s release.
Finally, the President of South Africa, F.W. de Klerk decided to release
Mandela.

D: I wish to put it plainly, that the government has taken a firm decision to
release Mr. Mandela unconditionally.

N: Mandela finally left prison in February 1990.

NC: There's Mr. Mandela, Mr. Nelson Mandela, a free man, taking his first
steps into a new South Africa.

N: But peace didn't come easily. It was a dangerous time, Mandela called
for peace, but not everybody wanted peace.

M: Take your guns, your knives and your pangas and throw them into the
sea.
I said, 'If I am your leader, you have to listen to me. And if you don't
want to listen to me, then drop me as a leader.'

N: Four years after Mandela left prison, there were elections for president.
For the first time, blacks voted in a free election.

DT: People can't believe it when you say, 'Hey, I'm free! I'm free!' and
you're walking tall.

N: And on May the 10th, 1994, Nelson Mandela became president of

South Africa.

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M: I, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, do hereby swear to be faithful to the

Republic of South Africa.

N: In his five years as president, Mandela worked to bring peace between

blacks and whites. Then, in 1999, he retired, but he didn't stop working.
For the next five years, he travelled around the world and raised money
for children, education and medical research.
Not long before his death, he visited the family grave. He said that
when he died, he wanted to be buried in Qunu, his childhood home.
Nelson Mandela died on December the 5th, 2013, at the age of
ninety-five.

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 Elementary Unit 7 DVD script

C = Carmen Roberts M1 = 1st Man W1 = 1st Woman M2 = 2nd

Man W2 = 2nd Woman M3 = 3rd Man W3 = 3rd Woman M4 =
4th Man W4 = 4th Woman M5 = 5th Man M6 = 6th Man

C: It’s a city of seven million people in just over eleven hundred square
kilometres. This is one of the most densely populated areas in the
entire world. We’re in Hong Kong. I’m Carmen Roberts and my job as a
travel journalist is to ditch the skyscrapers and the shopping centres
and get to the heart of Hong Kong and find out what makes this city
tick. So my editor will text me a series of challenges. The only rules: no
tourists and no guide books. We are going local.
First challenge: Where to find the best milk tea in Hong Kong?
Gong yingman? Gong yingman?

M1: What?

CR: Do you speak English?

M1: A little bit.

CR: I’m looking for the best milk tea place in Hong Kong.

M1: What?

W1: Do you know the Lan Fong Yuen in Gage street? The milk flavour is so
elegant and so smooth.

M2: It’s milk tea, the best.

C: Okay. Milk tea. Ah, Lan Fong Yuen. Gong Laai cha. The tea is really
really strong but it’s also very sweet. It’s quite refreshing actually when
it’s a hot day here in Hong Kong. Mmm.
Okay. Next challenge: find a shop where I can buy locally made goods.
Hello, hello, hi there. Come on. I need some help. Just really quickly,
really quickly. Surely this girl’s local.
Where can I find a shop that sells locally made goods? Made in Hong
Kong?

W2: The steaming dim sum.

M3: The steamer. You can buy in Sai Ying Pun area. You can take the
tram.

C: Thank you. This is a bit harder than I thought it would be. I found a
place to go but how do I get there? There’s some mini-buses,
mini-buses, taxis… Hugo, where’s the tram? Oh.

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Jackpot! Yes! Hello. It looks quite authentic. There’s a man making

bamboo baskets. It’s amazing. Look at the rows and row and rows of
bamboo baskets as far as the eye can see.
How long does is take you to make one?

M4: About half hour.

C: Half hour, that’s all. Wow! You’re fast. I’ve always wanted a bamboo
steamer. Might make a present for my mum.
Final challenge: Where do locals go to have fun? What do you do for
fun?

M5: I break now. I go to lunch. I go dancing. Dancing. Hip hop. Yes. Oh.

C: Hi there.

W3: Hi.

C: What do local people around here do for fun?

W3: Oh. I think karaoke is good fun here.

M6: Karaoke.

W3: There’s a place like right next door actually called Red Mister or
something. It’s good to make fun of yourself once in a while, right?

C: Yeah. Easy for you to say.

Look, I see a sign. Red Mister. Ooh. Check it out. It’s like a disco.
There’s these two people pashing in here! Ooh ooh, sorry. Ha ha!
Oops.
Hi, can I join you?

W4: Pick a song that you can definitely sing. A classic.

C: Something easy.

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 Elementary Unit 8 DVD script

N = Narrator M = Man W = Woman

N: Where do you shop? In small local shops? In a large supershop? In a

shopping mall? Or online? In tonight's programme, we look at where
people shop now, and answer the big question: Do small shops have a
future?
The small shop was once an important part of our lifestyle. It was the
place where people met to chat and find out the latest news. It wasn't
just a place to shop.
Then in the 1970s and 80s the shopping malls arrived. After that came
the supershop, the hypermarket, those large shops out of town where
people did their weekly shopping.
Finally, there's the internet. Internet shopping became the fashion, the
way everyone wanted to shop. Life became very difficult for the small
shops, as people went online for everything--books, music, clothes,
food, you name it.

M: I like shopping online because it's easy. I can stay home, have a coffee
and do my shopping on my laptop. Maybe I'm lazy, but I enjoy
shopping this way.

N: But many shop owners don’t agree. They say internet shopping isn’t
the same as the real thing.
Big shops and small shops are now more like car showrooms.
Shoppers go there to look at, touch, and try on products. But do they
buy?

W: I enjoy going to real shops. I can use my mobile to go online and get all
the information I need. I can find the best price, and order online.

N: So what can small shops do to make customers come back? They

have to offer something that people can't get anywhere else.
Some shops are finding new ways to attract customers. They are
having fashion shows, concerts, and parties in the shop.
Finally, people are changing. A lot of people don't want to sit at home
and shop. They want the lifestyle that small shops can give. The
chance to meet people and chat. The chance to get away from the cold
world of the internet and feel that shopping has a real human side.

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 Elementary Unit 9 DVD script

N = Narrator M1 = 1st Man W1 = 1st Woman M2 = 2nd Man

W2 = 2nd Woman

N: Heathrow Airport is having a bad day. Hundreds of passengers can’t fly

because of a computer problem in air traffic control. In terminal 1,
things are getting worse. More and more passengers are arriving.
Some aeroplanes are leaving, but many flights are cancelled. Everyone
is hoping to find a flight. Some of the waiting passengers are having a
snack, while others are spending their time outside. It’s a hot summer
day. Back inside the terminal, it’s getting hotter and hotter. Some
people came here five hours ago.

W1: I’m here with my grandmother and my parents and it’s terrible for us to
wait here for such a long time now. We have to sleep at the airport
because no hotel is available. So it’s just terrible.

M1: Have a look at this. Improvisation at its best. I’m glad they’re sleeping
now. I was hoping to get to Berlin soon.

N: People are still trying to find a flight.

W2: I’ve had my son go on the internet. My daughter be in one queue, me

be in the other queue and on the mobile, all at the same time, trying to
get to Amsterdam for 9.30 tomorrow morning.

M2: After five hours queuing you really become really Zen, you know… and
here it’s pretty calm.

N: The airport managers find an interesting solution to one of the

problems… garden chairs. With the chairs to relax in, some
passengers are finding new ways to pass the time.
Inside terminal 1, it’s late at night, after midnight. And many
passengers are still here, waiting for their flight.
Around 300 flights left Heathrow that day, but 319 flights were
cancelled, and over 500 people spent the night in the terminal.

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N = Narrator D = Donal MacIntyre S = Shopkeeper B = Benedikte

N: This is a journey with water around the planet: from the oceans to the
clouds; from a storm to a flood. Intrepid adventurer, Donal MacIntyre, is
going to experience the worst it can get.

The journey with water begins in the wettest place in Western Europe:
Bergen, city of rain on Norway’s western coast. It rains here two out of
every three days.

D: So, what’s the one thing you need in a city like this?

N: Umbrellas – lots of them.

S: We have some special umbrella for little rain, lot of rain and storm.

D: For every occasion?

S: Yes.

N: The city is so proud of its rain they can it and sell it to the tourists,
because they’ve got a lot of it.

D: And crashing down on the roof of the average family house every
month is a staggering 18 tonnes of rain. That’s 225 tonnes a year. This
place is seriously wet.

N: This is TV2, Bergen’s local television station. Benedikte Rasmussen

has the unenviable job of presenting the weather.

B: The longest period of rain was in 1990. And I know this because I’ve
checked it now, but it turns out that it was raining from the 3rd of
January to the 26th of March that year and that’s about eighty-three
days, and I can’t remember, but I, I think I was quite fed up of rain after
those days.

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 Elementary Unit 11 DVD script

N = Narrator X = Xand C = Chris A = Amanda Ursell

X&C: We’re doctors, brothers and twins. And we both love to eat. Which is
worse for us: fat or sugar?

N: It’s the hottest question in nutrition right now. Is sugar really public
enemy number one or is it fat? Twin doctors, Xand in London and
Chris, in New York, want to find out. One twin is going to eat only fat
and the other twin only sugar. They want to try and answer the big
question, which is worse for your health?
Nutritionist Amanda Ursell helps them choose what to eat, and what
not to eat.

A: So, you are allowed bread and bagels, pasta, rice, potatoes, any
description of breakfast cereals and you can have some fruit and veg.
For Xand, this is your bit here. Basically you can have cheese, you can
have meat, you can have steak, you can have burgers, it’s chicken with
the skin on, you can have double cream in your coffee, you can have
mayonnaise, but you’re not allowed any fruit, and you’re not allowed
very much of this veggie stuff at all.

N: After two weeks, in one experiment, the twins go on a bike race up a

hill. ‘Fat’, Xand is in red, and ‘sugar’, Chris is in blue. Who will win?
After a time, ‘sugar’, Chris, in blue, is in front, while ‘fat’, Xand almost
doesn’t get to the top of the hill.
So in this experiment sugar wins. But in other experiments fat wins. So
what's the final answer? The answer might be here, in the doughnut
test.

C: What I want you to do is look at this tray of doughnuts, and think about
which one you’d choose if you could have any of them. Got it? Now,
this is like a card trick. I want you to remember the doughnut you
chose, and we’re going to see if the people in New York will choose the
same one as you.
All you have to do is choose a doughnut.

N: In London, Xand is doing the same experiment. And something

interesting happens. The people in London and the people in New York
prefer the same doughnut. The glazed doughnut. Why is this?

C: This is double cream. And it’s thick, it’s luxurious, it’s rich, it’s creamy,
and it’s really boring. This is sugar. After even one mouthful it’s too
sweet and overpowering. But if we mix them together... Now that stuff I
could eat all day. And in fact we do eat this all the time.

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X: Now remember the most popular doughnut was this one: the glazed
ring. And there’s something really special about this doughnut: it’s got
an exactly 50-50 mixture of fat and sugar. The pink one—that’s got
extra sugar on the top. And this one is filled with cream. So there’s no
question we absolutely love this combination of fat and sugar.

N: So the problem is not fat and it’s not sugar. It’s the 50-50 mix of fat and
sugar. It's the same 50-50 mix that we find in so many processed
foods.

C: So in the end as doctors we’d love to be able to give one simple rule,
give you a pill that would fix all this... but we can’t. In the end it’s up to
you.

X: It’s up to you.

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N = Narrator T = Tanya Streeter J = Jim Abernathy

N: Tanya Streeter is a world famous diver but she’s afraid of sharks. So

she decides to go for … shark therapy. At first, it isn’t easy. The sharks
arrive. Tanya feels nervous as she watches the sharks from the boat.

T: I didn’t think that there were going to be this many of them. And I didn’t
think that they were going to be … quite so … erm, big.

N: Tanya prepares to dive. She’s feeling very frightened.

T: This isn’t good. I’ve got to get more brave.

N: Tanya dives into the water, and the sharks swim towards her, the shiny
suit attracts them. When she swims back to the boat, one shark follows
her!

T: OK.

N: Not a good start for Tanya’s shark therapy so she asks the shark
expert Jim Abernathy to help.

T: And how about my suit because I have noticed that the Caribbean reef
sharks in particular seem to be quite interested in my rather shiny suit.

J: Er, I noticed the suit and I think we should change the suit completely
and I think we should go with all black.

T: All black? OK.

N: And it’s time for the big dive – with the tiger sharks. Jim throws
fish-heads into the water to attract the sharks. And as Tanya dives, the
sharks come to her straightaway. Jim gives Tanya a stick to protect
herself.

T: Oh my gosh! Thank you.

J: Tanya, there’s another one behind you. Keep the stick vertical.

T: That’s a big shark.

J: Tanya, it just turned back towards you. Tanya, Tanya … Tanya! Tanya,
look behind you over on your left. Use the stick first.

N: After some time, Tanya starts to feel more comfortable with the sharks.

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T: It’s just beautiful.

N: Her fear has gone. The shark therapy has been successful.

J: That was wonderful! Tanya did great.

T: It’s a real relief to have done this today. I do feel like I’ve accomplished
something. I’ve started to overcome my very real fear.

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