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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!