Presenter And it was still daylight?
Anna Yes. Anyway, suddenly, someone pulled my hair from behind – and at the
same time they grabbed my mobile phone. Now, I’m a karate black belt –
Presenter Really!
Anna Yes, I practise three times a week – so I’m ready for situations like this. Presenter I bet you are.
Anna Yes, I can react very fast. So as soon as this guy grabbed me, I did what
you’re told to do in these situations.
Presenter And what’s that? Anna I fell backwards onto him. Presenter You fell backwards onto him!
Anna Yeah! I’m tall and quite heavy – so we both fell to the ground together. Presenter Goodness!
Anna I er, yeah – I was ready to hit him but then next thing I knew, two men had
seized the guy. They were driving past and they, they stopped to help. They were big strong guys. They called the police who came in five minutes.
Presenter So the mugger was arrested? Anna Yes, he was.
Presenter Do you think, if that hadn’t happened, you could have injured him? Anna Oh, I’d like to think so. I’m a black belt, that’s what I’m trained to do. Presenter Well, it’s great to hear of women coping well in situations like this.
Perhaps we should all learn karate.
Anna I think it’s a good idea to have some kind of defense training. Yes,
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especially if you live in an area that isn’t very safe.
Unit 4
Listening In
Passage1 Phil Hello.
Tony Hello, is that Phil Taylor? Phil Speaking.
Tony Hi, Phil, my name’s Tony, and I’m a reporter for SUN.
Phil The uni paper! I suppose you want to talk to me about the fire.
Tony Yes, if it’s OK with you. We’d like to do a piece on the fire for next week’s paper.
Can you tell people how it happened?
Phil Yeah, OK, it probably is a good idea. Tony So when can I come and see you?
Phil Um … Wednesday afternoon? Three o’clock? I’m in South Block, Room 18. Tony OK, I’ll be there. …
Tony OK, so let’s get started. When did the fire happen? Phil Two days ago.
Tony November the 10th. OK, so tell me how it happened.
Phil Um … It was about 11 pm. I decided to fry some chips, I used quite a lot of oil – I
was deep-frying.
Um … And I put the chips in. And then my girlfriend rang.
Tony OK.
Phil We’d had a quarrel, and I was pretty upset, so we started talking, and I
completely forgot about the chips and went back to my room.
Tony You fool!
Phil Thanks. We talked for a quite long time. Next thing I knew, there was this smell
of smoke, and
someone was shouting, ―Fire! Fire!‖ And I realized immediately of course, it was my chips! And I rushed out of my room – the kitchen was next door – and … well … there were flames all over one wall.
Tony And it was all your fault!
Phil It was. But people were in the kitchen throwing blankets over the flames, and
someone had already
called the fire brigade and they came – in ten minutes I think – and put it out very quickly.
Tony So what was the damage?
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Phil They’re gonna to have to replace the cooker, two kitchen units, repaint one wall. Tony Sounds pretty bad.
Phil It could have been a lot worse.
Tony Can I take a photo of you for the paper? Phil Do you have to? Oh, OK.
Tony Thanks. It’ll be front page news.
Phil Oh dear! Haven’t you got anything else to write about?
Tony Not this week. There’s not much happening on campus. I’m joking. You’re on Page
2.
Phil Thanks!
Passage2 Presenter Today’s discussion is about reality TV programmes, the programmes loved
by millions and hated by just as many. We have three people on our panel – Tricia a student at Liverpool University, Rick from Luton, and Karen who is a full-time mum.
Panel Hello.
Presenter So let’s begin with a very obvious question. Do you watch reality TV
programmes and if so, why?
Tricia Yes, I do, I love them, I’m addicted to them, I’m afraid. Presenter Addicted to them?
Tricia Yes, I think all my friends are really. I guess it’s just, you know, fascinating
to watch real people put under a bit of pressure and then see how they behave.
Presenter That doesn’t sound very nice exactly.
Tricia No, it isn’t. But reality TV isn’t very nice actually. Presenter Karen, how about you?
Karen Yes, well I watch them but I’m not like Tricia. I’m definitely not addicted to
them. I can take them or leave them. But I do like to watch property programmes.
Presenter Property programmes?
Karen You can learn a lot from them. And it’s – it’s great to see real people buying a
property and then doing it up, the mistakes they make, that kind of thing. And yes, you know, there’s the human interest factor as well.
Presenter Rick –
Rick I can’t stand reality TV. I mean, OK, if it’s a property programme or a
gardening programme, fine, but most of them are just – they’re set up to humiliate people.
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Tricia Not always.
Rick I disagree. People are on show. It’s like watching animals in a zoo. I mean,
would you appear on a reality show?
Tricia Maybe. I don’t know. Probably not.
Rick There you are you see? You don’t want to be humiliated.
Karen Some people do very well on reality shows. They win a lot of money.
Rick OK, that’s true, but – standards on reality shows can be pretty low, you
can’t deny it.
Presenter Tricia, what have you got to say to that? Tricia Well, it’s true, yes. Karen I agree with Rick. Presenter So, next question …
Book 2 Unit 7 Animal Planet
Listening in
Passage1 It’s hard to believe but in America there are 68 million dog owners and 73 million cat owners. In the UK, which has a human population of 61 million, there are 6.8 million dogs and 9.58 million cats.
All over the developed world, the pet population is increasing. At the same time, people are spending more and more money on their pets, particularly on their dogs.
The most extraordinary example to date is that of Leonara Helmsley, a childless American billionaire. When she died, she left her dog, a white Maltese called Trouble, 12 million dollars. While Helmsley was alive, nothing was too good for her little dog. He shared her bed, was dressed in expensive clothes and wore a diamond collar. His meals were prepared by a chef and presented to him on a silver tray.
The problem was that Trouble lived up to his name and bit people. But Leonara didn’t mind – she loved him and he loved her. And so after her death, he got his reward
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