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language therapist came to see me every day for 12 weeks. They made me do all these exercises. Interviewer What kind of exercises?
Martin I had to match words and pictures and say their names. You see, I'd also forgotten the names of a lot of
things. She had this thing called a word board and I could point to words and phrases on it that I wanted to say. I had to repeat words up to 20 times - boy, it was hard, so hard. Interviewer Could you say anything to begin with?
Martin I could say three words. \
understand -I had to learn their meanings all over again. Interviewer It must have been very frustrating.
Martin It was, but I was determined to get better. I was in hospital for three and a half months. When I got home I
got a special computer programme that I worked with every day. And slowly my language came back to me. It was a struggle, a big struggle. I had to learn to read and write again too.
Interviewer Why do you think that you were able to recover completely? It's not that common, is it?
Martin I was lucky. I was given the right drug at the right time. And I had 12 weeks of therapy, five days a week.
That's very important, apparently.
Interviewer And now that you're better how do you feel about your life? Martin What can I say? I'm just grateful to have my life back.
Passage 2
Interviewer In 1907 an Italian educator called Maria Montessori opened a school in Rome that taught young
children using methods that were very different from traditional teaching. Today, the Montessori method, as it's known, is used in nursery schools in countries such as America, Canada, Britain and Germany. Recent research shows that children educated at a Montessori nursery do better later on at school than other children in all subjects. We asked two Montessori teachers, Claudia Rosella and Sarah Harrington, to explain what makes their nursery school different. Sarah...
Sarah I think the first thing to say is that a Montessori classroom is very quiet, very clean. Everything stays in the
same place. So the children are calm and quiet as a result. Interviewer So they're not encouraged to be noisy. Sarah No, definitely not... Interviewer Claudia?
Claudia Yes, the classroom's very important. Another important principle is that children direct their own
learning. They choose what they want to do.
Interviewer So the teacher doesn't tell the child what to do?
Sarah Not at all. While a child is doing an activity we observe them. Then we work with the child for a short time
and then leave them to work on their own.
Interviewer That sounds excellent. And what about your equipment? It's often made of wood, isn't it? Sarah Yes, and a piece of equipment is often designed for one activity only.
Claudia Right. It's so that the child can see if they're getting something right or wrong. Interviewer So they don't need the teacher so much\
Sarah That's right. Another Montessori principle is the importance of physical activity. Children learn by doing,
so when they're learning to read, for example, the letters are made of sandpaper so that children can feel the shape of the letter.
Interviewer Do you think there are disadvantages with Montessori methods?
Claudia Yes, there are. Maria Montessori didn't understand how important it is for children to use their
imagination. If she was alive today, she would recognize that. But still, the fact is, her methods are very successful.
Unit 4 Person to person Inside view
Conversation 1
Kate Oh, I must make a quick call. Jacky Hello, Jacky Gordon speaking. Kate Hello, can I speak to Abbie, please? Jacky I'll see if she's in, can you hold on? Kate Sure.
Jacky Hello? She's out, I'm afraid. Can I give her a message - er ... or I can ask her to call you back? Kate Could you ask her to call me back? Jacky Sure. Who's calling? Kate Kate Santos.
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Jacky Kate Santos, OK. Does Abbie have your number? Kate Yes, she does.
Jacky I'll tell her you called. Kate Thanks.
Janet Abbie? I know a girl called Abbie. She reads English, doesn't she? Kate Yes, how do you know her?
Janet She has a tutorial just after me so we chat a bit. We get on really well.
Kate Yes, everyone likes Abbie. I think it's because she's really interested in people - she's a very good listener.
She should be, she works for Nightline. Janet Nightline?
Kate Oh, I haven't told you, I've joined it. Janet What is it? I've never heard of it. Kate Look, I've got a leaflet about it. Janet So...
Kate It's a university helpline for students who are having problems. I'm training to be one of the people they can
call to talk to.
Janet You mean, you're a volunteer? Kate Yes.
Janet Oh, that's great, Kate.
Conversation 2
Abbie Hi, Abbie speaking.
Kate Hi, Abbie, it's Kate Santos.
Abbie Hi! I'm sorry not to have called you back. I've got a lot on at the moment. How's things? Kate Fine. I just wanted to let you know I won't be able to come to the next training session.
Abbie Um ... It's quite an important session. Oh, can you hold on a moment. There's someone at the door. …
Abbie Hi, I'm sorry, look, can I call you back later? Kate Sure. What time? Abbie Is three o'clock OK? Kate Three's fine.
Abbie OK, I'll call you then. Speak soon. Kate Bye. Abbie Bye. …
Kate Abbie's my Nightline trainer.
Janet You're saying she's your Nightline trainer! But she's still a student. Kate Well, experienced students train new students, that's the way it works. Janet Oh, I see.
Kate It's great! At the moment, she's training us in listening skills. Janet Listening skills? What do you mean, listening skills?
Kate Um ... The ability to really listen to someone and make them feel you're listening. It's very important. Janet I've never thought about that before.
Kate Yes, for example, one thing you can do is listen carefully and then repeat what someone says but maybe a
little differently.
Janet So what you're saying is, repeat what someone says but maybe not the exact same words?
Kate Yes. You see, when you do that, you check you've understood and you show them you're really listening. Janet So they know you've really heard them.
Kate Very good, Janet. I can see you've got it already! Hi,... how's it going?
Outside view
Voice-over It's the most popular means of communication in the 21st century. Nobody writes letters any more,
especially young people. They all use text messaging instead. Officially called SMS - short message service - text messaging is slow to enter, and you can only key in 160 characters. So why is it such a success? The first text message was sent in 1992, but texting only became commercially available in 1995. It has grown incredibly quickly since then. Just look at the graph. In 1999, the number of texts sent reached one billion. Over the next three years, it grew to 20 billion! So people have now sent billions of texts, and the number continues to rise. It isn't difficult to see why it quickly became part of youth culture.
Emily I use it every day. I don't call a lot of people on it. I just use it for text messages because it's easy and quick
to send things and arrange things by text.
Heidi Mainly to friends. Sometimes it's useful to get information for work as well. You know, if people want to
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give you contact numbers or things like that, it's easier than phoning.
Andy I've had my mobile phone for about three years. I mostly use it for just texting my mates and arranging sort
of social meetings with them.
Alice I like texting. I don't really talk much on it except just to make arrangements but texting's the biggest thing I
do.
Male I probably text message about ten, 15 times a day.
Alice Usually, I don't know, about ten. Ten to 15. Fifteen maybe to 20.
Voice-over It isn't just young people who use texting. Companies use it too - for advertising and promotion. For
example, the Orange telephone network has run a text message promotional campaign since April 2004. People text a special number on a Wednesday and receive a discount voucher by text. They show this message to any one of 450 cinemas in Britain and get two tickets for the price of one. Why Wednesday? Wednesday has always been the worst day of the week for cinemas. Since the campaign started, cinema attendance has risen on Wednesdays by nearly ten per cent. And, of course, TV uses text message voting to decide lots of things. Texting has been one of the most successful inventions for years.
Listening in Passage 1
John Are you packed?
Mike Yup. Everything's there.
John Sure you've packed your mobile? Mike I'll look again, John ... yes.
John Well, we've got another ten minutes before we need to leave, so we might as well relax. You know someone
told me an amazing story yesterday about these Australians who got completely lost in some national park. Mike And don't tell me, they used their mobile to get help? John That's right!
Mike So what happened?
John Well, it was this guy with his son and niece -I think she was about 14 - and they were hiking in this really
rugged country and they got completely lost - no idea where they were at all. Mike That's not going to happen to us.
John No, it isn't. Anyway, the guy had his mobile and he phoned the emergency services — it wasn't dark yet -
and they sent out a search party, but they couldn't find them. And then -this is the interesting bit - the guy sent photos of the place where they were. Mike I'd have thought of that.
John Yes, well it's pretty obvious, really. And in the photos there were mountains in the background, and the staff
at the emergency service centre were able to identify exactly which mountains they were. And they used the photos to pinpoint their location, you know, to get the exact location. Mike How did they do that?
John They used mapping software. Mike Right.
John Anyway, by then it had got dark and really freezing. So they slept behind this ridge and covered themselves
with leaves. And you know what the young girl said afterwards? She said, \Mike Really, wasn't she frightened? John I don't think so.
Mike So - is there a happy ending?
John Yes, well they sent out helicopters as soon as it was daylight and the helicopter hovered over the area, and
the man kept talking to them till they were able to pinpoint his location. And when they finally found them they were only 400 metres away from where they'd expected them to be. Mike Amazing!
John And that's because they'd moved 400 metres away from where they'd taken their photos because the ground
was too rough to sleep on. Mike Incredible!
John And the moral of the story is-
Mike Always take your mobile phone with you when you go hiking. John And take one that has a camera. Mike Hey, I think we should go, John.
John Yes, OK. You think we're going to get lost? Mike No chance, mate!
Passage2
Social networking - it's the 21st century way of having fun - online. And if you're under 40, you probably use a social networking site - maybe when you should be working. It's well-known that office workers spend up to
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two hours a day on a site, exchanging messages and photos. And do students ever do anything else? Different social networking sites are used by different age groups.
For people in their 20s, the most popular site is Facebook, the online phenomenon started by an American student in 2004. It's taken only four years to make Facebook a huge success - and the website's made its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, a very rich man indeed.
What's extraordinary about Zuckerburg is that he started Facebook when he was only 18. He was a student at Harvard, one of America's top universities, when he launched the Facebook website, working from his college room. In only two weeks, more than two-thirds of his college had signed up and in a year, thousands of colleges were using it. Today, Facebook has millions of users. More than half of them visit the site at least once a day.
So what makes Facebook so special? Like other networking sites, you create a profile with photos, you list your interests, you exchange messages and join groups of friends. But where Facebook is different is that it gives you a privacy that you just don't get on other sites. Unlike other sites, you have a lot of control over what users can see about you. As a result, one-third of Facebook users give out their mobile numbers - they know it's safe to do so.
But you still need to be careful about what you think is safe to show people. One reason is that more and more employers are using Facebook to check out potential employees. Is the person you've just interviewed as good as he seems? Facebook can provide the answer. If a 26-year-old man says on Facebook that he's been travelling round the world for the last three years, and in his interview he said he'd been working in an office - well, he probably won't get the job.
Unit 5 All you need is love Inside view
Conversation 1
Kate Hi, Becky, how's it going? Becky Good!
Mark Guys, look, can you help me with a problem? Janet Yes, of course.
Mark The thing is, there's this girl I really like called Jenny Sparks. She's a Fresher, realty stunning, reads history.
I know her name because someone pointed her out to me, but I've never actually spoken to her. Do either of you know her? Kate No.
Janet No, I don't know her. Mark, how can you like her if you haven't met her? Kate It's because she's absolutely gorgeous, Janet.
Mark That's right! I want to ask her out, but first I've got to meet her. Got any suggestions? Becky Guys! You want to order? Mark Sorry.
Kate Three cappuccinos? Becky Sure.
Janet Do you know anyone who knows her? You could ask them to introduce you. Mark No, I don't, that's the problem. Kate Are you matchmaking, Janet? Janet What's matchmaking?
Kate Making introductions between people who might like each other. We don't do that here. How about just
walking up to her and saying Hi? Why don't you do that? Mark No.
Kate Why not?
Mark I'm not usually shy, but - she's so ... you know ...! Janet Oh, Mark!
Kate Just believe in yourself, Mark. You're a great guy! Janet I understand Mark completely.
Kate Well, it's the only way he's going to get to talk to her. Mark OK, I'll give it a try.
Becky Solved the Jenny problem yet? , Girls Thank you.
Janet You'll be fine. Mark. She'll like him, won't she, Becky? Becky Of course she will!
Conversation 2
Mark Hey, guess what, guys, I've got a date with Jenny.
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