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Unit 1 Lifestyles
Warm-up
Tapescript
1 Football player: Being
famous isn’t easy, you know. I travel a lot – I
have matches in different countries.
But my
job is exciting, very exciting! I love the
matches, the people cheering, know what I mean?
2 Student: My dad says these are the best days
of my life –but I’m not so sure! You know, I’ve
got lots of
work to do and there’s not much
time really. I also play football for the school
team and we have to do
training three nights a
week.
3 Shepherd: I love the animals and I
love nature. It’s peaceful, and there’s no one to
tell me what to do. But
it’s not so good when
the weather’s bad!
4 Business manager: I’m
very busy, and I don’t have time to see my husband
and children. Mmmm and
my life is very
stressful, I suppose. I mean, I have to deal with
lots of money. But I find it really exciting.
1 A Perfect Day?
A Couch Potato
Forty-three-year-old Brian Blakey from
Birmingham is sitting on his sofa and telling me
about his
perfect day.
When I wake up I
don't get up immediately. I turn on the television
and watch the children's
programmes and old
movies until about half-past ten. Then I get up,
go downstairs and switch on the TV in
the
living room. For lunch, I have biscuits and a
glass of milk, and I watch the news. In the
afternoon, I often
watch another old film –
they're showing some good ones at the moment. In
the evenings, I often watch TV
series or sport
and the news again. I like the main news at six
o'clock. At nine thirty, if there is a good play
on
BBC 2, I switch over and watch it. Then at
night, I watch more films and I usually switch off
the TV at about
two o'clock. I never watch TV
all night.
I watch TV for sixteen or seventeen
hours a day. I also do some exercise every day. I
take Tina, the dog,
for a walk every
afternoon. I don't go far, of course. I walk to
the wall outside my house. I always take my
portable TV and I sit on the stone wall while
the dog walks round in a circle.
Of course, I
couldn't live this lifestyle without a good wife.
She's not here now because she's working,
but
she always makes my meals. We haven't got much
money, you know, but we're happy. Sit down and
watch TV. Here's the remote control. You've
got the world at your feet. And in your hand.
Great!
A Workaholic
Thirty-six-year-old
Bob Black is sitting at his desk and working his
way through his paperwork. I
normally wake up
about five minutes before my alarm clock goes off.
As soon as I hear my alarm clock, I
jump out
of my bed. It takes me less than fifteen minutes
to wash, get changed, have breakfast, leave home
and get on a bus.
I am always the first
person to get to the office. The mornings are
always very busy and the afternoons
are even
busier! Meetings and phone calls take up a large
part of the day. Every minute of the day is filled
with urgent matters. By around eight o'clock,
I usually find some time to do my own paperwork
and answer
some personal e-mails.
When I
get home at about ten, I look at some documents
that I bring back from the office so that I can be
ready for the next day's work. I get to bed
around midnight when my wife and children are
already asleep.
I seldom have time for
fun and other activities with my family. My family
complains about it.
But I try to work hard so
that I can make more money for them. Besides, I
get bored if there's nothing to
do. I like
being busy.
2 Relaxing
Tapescript
Presenter: Good morning and welcome to
Lifestyles. Today we're going to look at stress –
what causes
it and what we can do to relax and
prevent it. We have in the studio Dr Klinsmann, an
expert on stress. Good
morning, Dr
Klinsmann.
Doctor: Good morning.
Presenter: Dr Klinsmann … er … what kinds of
people often suffer from stress?
Doctor: Well,
anybody can suffer from stress. There are certain
jobs that are very stressful, like some
jobs
in business or the police. But, probably everyone
suffers from stress at some time in their life –
students,
doctors, factory workers– anybody.
Presenter: But, what really causes it?
Doctor: There are different reasons. One is
time and the pressures of work and study. At
school, for
example, students can become very
stressed when they have a lot of homework to do
and they feel they
haven't got enough time to
do it all. Other reasons can be social – if you
have a problem with your family or
friends or
at school. And it has something to do with the
person – if you're shy, social situations like
parties
can be very stressful too.
Presenter: And what can you do to stop stress
and worry? Because stress is very bad for you,
isn't it?
Doctor: Yes, it can cause a lot of
health problems. But to answer your question,
there are lots of things
you can do to reduce
stress. You can organise your work or studies. For
example, you can make a list and do
all the
important things first. You must eat well – have a
good diet – and of course do exercise often.
Finally,
you can talk to people about your
problems – talk to a friend, someone in your
family or, if you're studying,
talk to a
teacher. You can also do special exercises.
Presenter: Can you describe some of these …
Tapescript
Mark: Things I find stressful.
Well, I really hate … mm …doing exams. Mm, I get
very nervous the
night before, you know. And I
can't sleep, you know what I mean? I'm also shy
and I don't like going to
parties very much. I
prefer meeting people in small groups, you know.
Ah, there's another thing – in French
lessons
I can't stand talking in front of the class, er, I
get nervous and mm, make lots of mistakes. Things
I
find relaxing? Well, mm, I like a lot of
things. I love talking to my friends. And when I'm
tired and want to
relax I enjoy listening to
music and I also like reading. Ah, I quite like
sitting and doing nothing!
3 A Volunteer
Teacher
Tapescript
I: Good morning
and welcome to the show. This morning, I have Wang
Shu here in the studio. She's
going to tell us
about her plan for the future. Good morning, Wang
Shu.
WS: Good morning.
I: Wang Shu, tell
us about your plan, please.
WS: I'm going to
work as a volunteer teacher in a small country
town in Inner Mongolia.
I: Really? You must be
excited!
WS: Oh yes, I'm really excited about
it. (Section 1)
I: But why did you make this
decision?
WS: Well, I've just graduated from
university. As a teacher, I feel it's my duty to
do something for
students in poor areas.
I: But life in Inner Mongolia is very hard and
quite different from that in Beijing. Are you
prepared for
that?
WS: Yes, I know life
there will be especially hard for me. You know,
I'm the only child in my family
and I've
always lived in Beijing. So, teaching in Inner
Mongolia is going to be a great challenge for me.
Maybe it will be very cold and maybe I'll only
have a small room with a bed and a basin to wash
up with but
I really enjoy meeting new
challenges. That's why I made the decision to go.
(Section 2)
I: What are you going to do there
as a teacher?
WS: I'm going to teach middle
school students. I'll have lots of lesson plans to
make and homework to
mark. I'll be very busy.
I: What do your parents think of your plan? Do
they support you?
WS: To tell the truth, they
didn't like the idea when they first heard about
my plan. But we had a long
talk, and I finally
won their support.
I: And when are you
leaving?
WS: The train leaves at 9 tomorrow
morning. So I'm getting up at about 6 to get
everything ready. The
new school term begins
the day after I arrive. I can't wait to meet the
students there. They are said to be very
good
students.
I: I'm sure your parents are proud
of you, and I believe you're going to have an
exciting year. We're
going to open our phone
lines now. If you have any questions for Wang Shu,
dial 555-6782 and she'll answer
them for you.
(Section 3)
4 City and Country
Debbie is
an accountant in a large company in the centre of
London. I need to be in my office by nine
o'clock so I usually get up at seven o'clock.
I travel to work on “the tube”. That's what people
call the
underground in London. It takes about
fifty minutes. Usually, it's so crowded that I
can't find anywhere to sit.
I just stand. I'm
always tired before I arrive at work. I don't like
the underground!
I spend all morning
checking numbers. Lunch is always simple. I often
get a sandwich in a nearby
sandwich shop or I
just have some biscuits and a cup of coffee. Then
in the afternoon, I return to the
paperwork in
the office.
On Monday nights, I have dance
classes, and on Wednesday nights, I go to the gym.
I need to do that
because I don't get enough
exercise otherwise. On Tuesday and Thursday
nights, I have French classes. I
work for a
French company so I think studying French will
help me in my job.
I go to the cinema almost
every weekend. Sometimes, if the weather forecast
is good, my friends and I
drive to the
countryside for a weekend break. We like to visit
nice, quiet places far away from the city and go
walking where there are no shops, crowds or
the tube. That fresh air is so good for my lungs.
I love it.
Paul lives in a small village in
the north of England.
I usually get up at four
o'clock every morning when it's still dark. I live
and work on the farm so I don't
need to
travel. After a big breakfast in my house, I walk
out of the front door and I'm already at work.
There are many things to do on the farm all
day. We don't have the same work hours that office
workers
in the city have. We do jobs when they
need to be done and that could be early in the
morning or late at night.
I have cows, sheep,
pigs and chickens on my farm. I have to make sure
they are free of sickness. I also grow
wheat
and vegetables so there are many things to look
after.
In the evening, I like to play with my
children. I have two children, a boy and a girl.
They are six and
eight years old. I also like
to study. Right now I am studying Chinese by
distance learning. I am very
interested in
China and it's my dream to see the Great Wall one
day.
I love movies. My wife calls me a “movie
fan”. But there isn't a cinema in my village so I
don't get the
chance to go very often. I go
about twice a year, usually when I go to London
with my family. We take a
weekend break there
when I am not too busy on the farm. My wife loves
looking in the clothes shops and I
like all
the crowds and the noise. I also like to buy a few
cigars. Unfortunately, my wife isn't as fond of
them
as I am. My son and daughter love to ride
on London's red buses and they especially love to
go on the tube!