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Н.В. Юхнель, Е.Г.Наумовой, Н.В. Демченко

Минск: Вышэйшая школа, 2011

TAPESCRIPTS

UNIT 1

Unit 1, Lesson 1, Ex.1

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL

                               By Kenn Nesbitt

Dear students, the summer has ended.
The school year at last has begun.
But this year is totally different.
I promise we’ll only have fun.

“We won’t study any mathematics,
and recess will last all day long.
Instead of the Pledge of Allegiance,
we’ll belt out a rock ’n’ roll song.

“We’ll only play games in the classroom.
You’re welcome to bring in your toys.
It’s okay to run in the hallways.
It’s great if you make lots of noise.

“Your video games are your homework.
You’ll have to watch lots of TV.
For field trips we’ll go to the movies
and get lots of candy for free.

“The lunchroom will only serve chocolate
and Triple-Fudge Sundaes Supreme.”
Yes, that’s what I heard from my teacher

Before I woke up from my dream.
 

Unit 1, Lesson 2, Ex. 2

Is your last name – your family name – Smith? Then, long ago, you had an ancestor who made things out of metal. Is your family name Fields? Then, long ago, you had an ancestor who lived near the fields. Is your name Nelson? Then, long ago, you had an ancestor whose father’s name was Nels.

People didn’t always have last names. So why do we have them now? There are many different reasons. In Europe, for example, last names only became common about 800 years ago. Kings and other nobles took last names to set themselves apart from the common people. It was their way of saying, ”I’m better than you are.” It wasn’t long, however, before everyone began to take last names.

Every family name is a word that means something. All family names started out in the same way. Long ago the names were words that told what kind of work a man did, or where he lived, or what his father’s name was. And sometimes they were simply names of things.

The German family name Zimmerman means ‘a carpenter’ - a person whose job is making things out of wood. The French family name Dupont means ‘of the mountain’. The Russian family name Ivanoff means ‘of Ivan’. The Italian family name Fiore means ‘flower’.

Family names have the same meaning in any language. Of course, they are not spelled the same. And they do not sound the same. But the meaning is the same. Smith, which means ‘metalworker’, is the most common name in English. It is also common name in other languages. If you are German, it is Schmidt. If you are French, it is Lefevre. If you are Italian, it is Farraro. If you are Russian, it is Kuznetsoff.

In most parts of the world, when a woman marries, she takes her husband’s last name. When children are born, they take their father’s last name. Everyone in the family has the same last name. That’s why last names are called family names.  

But in Iceland, everyone in the family has a different last name. Icelandic people take their father’s first name as their last name. Boys add ‘son’ to their father’s name. Girls add ‘dottir’’. And when girls marry, they keep their last names.

Suppose Jon Ingolfsson marries a girl named Thora Haldorsdottir. If they have a son, his last name will be Jonsson. If they have a daughter, her last name will be Jonsdottir.

Family names aren’t always last names. In China, a boy who is born into the Wan family, and named Lung, is called Wan Lung. So, in China, family name is first.     

Unit 1, Lesson 4, ex.2a)

A.    - Hi, I’m Steven. Answer my questions, okay? What’s your name?

-         Brenda Mitchell.

-         Do you keep a diary?

-         No, I don’t.  Will that be all?

-         No, how old are you?

-         I’d rather not answer this question.

B.     – Excuse me, could you answer a couple of questions for my school project, please?

-         Sure, go ahead.

-         Could you tell me what your name is?

-         Alan Waters.

-         Do you mind if I ask you whether you keep a diary?

-         No, I don’t. I mean I don’t mind answering your question. I do keep a diary.

-         And one final question: Do you mind telling me how old you are?

Unit 1, lesson 5, Ex.2b)

Interviewer: How do people become friends?

Jon: Sometimes the differences between two people make them closer. Like take for example my friend Paul and I. We are two totally different people. Yet we are close friends.

Interviewer: What does your friend look like?

Jon: From our appearances we are total opposites. He has blond hair and blue eyes. I have brown hair and brown eyes. I'm 6"ft tall and he's about 5"6' and skinny. Once back in high school we lined up from smallest to largest and we ended up at opposite ends of the line.

I: What clothes does he wear?

J: The way we dress is a lot different as well. He's one of the funky guys. I don’t mean to say that he dresses really well and I dress badly. I'm just a little bit of everything. I just wear what I like. Not what I'm supposed to like. For instance I might buy something from a store, which he might not even pop into, because that's just not his style. Regardless of what they might have inside.

I: What kind of person is your friend?

J: Our personalities differ somewhat as well. I'm more loud and outspoken, more outgoing. Paul's more of that quiet guy that everybody wonders about. I'm the kind of person that likes to start the party. He's the kind to sit on the side and see what happens. When we go out it's usually me who is the first to chat up a young lady. I keep telling everyone this joke about us: “He listens hard and I hardly listen.”

I: What are you hobbies?

J: Our hobbies aren't even on the same lines. I love cars and everything about them. I can say I know cars really well. He’s good at music. He makes music beats and that sort of stuff. But that's okay because those are the kind of differences that make us such good friends.

I: What’s his best quality?

J: To get an idea of how different we really are you would have to understand how we think, and act towards other people. I feel that Paul is more reasonable than me because I'm pretty thick- headed. Like when one of us has an idea or solution that might not be so good, Paul's usually the one who’ll stop and listen. Not me. With me it's either my way or no way. And I never apologise. I mean I can’t. So I think it's safe to say that Paul is the reasonable one. Regardless of how different we are, we still always have fun. And with a friend that's all that really matters.

Unit 1, lesson 7, ex.2b)

-         Good morning. Can I speak to Emily Trout please?

-         Speaking.

-         Hello, Emily. It’s Lucy Eastwood from Young Volunteers.

-         Hello, Lucy. What can I do for you?

-         You’d like to work for our organization, wouldn’t you? I have to check some details of your application for a volunteer job with our organization. How old are you?

-         Yes, I am. Actually I will be sixteen in a month just before I start working.

-         OK, then. What’s your address?

-         27 La Jolla Street, San Diego, California.

-         What’s your telephone number?

-         1-6-1-9-7-7-1-8-5-4-9.

-         What’s your email address?

-         It’s truetrout (all one word)-at-gmail.com

-         What are your special interests?

-         Music, diving and biology.

-         OK. The form says your English is excellent and your Spanish is good.

-         No, sorry, it’s average.

-         English or Spanish?

-         Spanish. My Spanish is average, not good.

-         OK. Do you have any special skills?

-         I play the guitar and the piano. Not very well, but I do. And I have a certificate in diving.

-         Diving? So, it’s not surfing, but diving.

-         What are you good at and what are you not very good at?

-         I’m good at communicating with people. I’m very outgoing, I think. But I can be too outspoken and a little thick-headed, that’s true. 

-         Why would you like to work in this project?

-         I’ve always had a pet – everything from dogs to gerbils. Now I have an iguana.

-         Iguana? OK. Thank you, Emily. I’ll call you if you get the job in our animal shelter.

UNIT 2

Unit 2, Lesson 1, ex.3

Programme host: In the latest in his series of programmes on British life, Nicky Owen looks at where the British live and what the advantages and disadvantages of living in different types of houses are.

Nicky Owen: There are four basic types of housing in the UK: detached houses, semi-detached houses, terraced houses and flats. The most popular type of home in England is semi-detached (more than 27% of all homes), closely followed by detached then terraced. Some of the detached houses are cottages and bungalows.

It must be understood that a detached house can take on any form or style. It does not matter if the house is a bungalow, a cottage or a mansion. As long as it is not joined to another house, it is a detached house. One advantage of a detached house is the fact that the free space surrounding the building is belongs to the family. You can do whatever you would like to be done in your house. The disadvantage is that all repairs in the house should be made by the owner.

A semi-detached house is a pair of houses that share one common wall. The two houses are built to mirror each other. Interestingly enough, this type of housing is called a duplex in other parts of the world. This type of housing became popular in the UK in the 1920s to the 1930s. Now the semi-detached house is still the most popular type of housing in England.  One advantage of living in a semi-detached house is that there is still some privacy even if one wall is shared by the two houses. A disadvantage is that you are responsible for the upkeep of your side of the house. Another disadvantage is that you cannot just plan repairs or renovations as you have to consider your twin house. 

Terraced housing is also known as townhouses. The origin of this type of dwelling was in the 17th century in Europe.  A row of identical looking houses share side walls. The end units of this row of housing are called end terrace and are far larger than the units in between. In the past, terrace housing used to be only associated with the working class for this type of housing was cheap, small and had very little privacy. As time went by, terrace housing became known as townhouses which were more associated with the rich.

One of the major advantages of terrace housing is that it is relatively cheaper than a semi-detached built in the same location. One great disadvantage is that there is typically no yard or garden that comes with a unit. As two walls are shared, there is less privacy too.

A flat or an apartment is a part of a larger building. Such building is called an apartment building or a block of flats. A flat can be a studio unit, a one-bedroom, two-bedroom or three-bedroom unit. People prefer renting flats to buying them.

The main disadvantage of renting out a flat is that it will never be yours. You do not have the right to make repairs or renovations to suit your needs. The one advantage of renting a flat is that you are not responsible for it – you are only renting. In case you feel like moving house, you can just leave.

Programme host: Thank you , Nicky …

Unit 2, Lesson 2, Ex. 2

Hi, my name is Sam. I live in a village not far from Lancaster in the north-west of England.

I live in a detached house. It is made of bricks and tiles. In my house there are three rooms downstairs and three rooms upstairs. We have central heating with radiators in each room which keep our house warm. We also have an open fireplace.

If you come into my house through the back door, you will find yourself in the kitchen. In the kitchen there is a fridge (refrigerator), a freezer, a cooker and cupboards. There is also a freezer under the fridge. We have lots of cupboards and an electric cooker. Our microwave is very quick and easy to use. We wash our things in the washing machine and hang them out in our garden to dry. We wash up the plates in the sink as we don’t have a dishwasher. 

Downstairs there is also a lounge. Some people call this room the living-room. In our lounge there is a table with chairs, a settee (in America I think they call this a sofa - it is a comfy 2-seater chair), two comfy chairs, a television, a DVD Player and Video Recorder.
We also have satellite TV. There are some cupboards and a bookcase.

Most houses have a bathroom upstairs but ours is downstairs. In my bathroom there is a toilet, a bath, a sink with two taps (one for hot water and one for cold), a shower and a laundry basket. This is where we put our dirty clothes for washing.

The three rooms upstairs are all bedrooms. They all have carpets on the floor, except my room. In my bedroom I have my own computer, a wardrobe - to hang clothes in, cupboards with drawers for other clothes, cupboards for all other stuff like old toys etc. There is also a bookcase for my books and my bed. It is high up as I have my desk underneath it and my computer. I also have my own television.

Outside my house we have a back garden and a front garden. In the back garden there is an area of grass for us to play football on and for my little brother to ride his bike. Mum likes to grow vegetables in the garden and plant flowers.

Welcome to my house!

Unit 2, Lesson 4, ex.2

Space – spacious; convenience – convenient; comfort – comfortable; charm – charming; warmth – warm; electricity – electric, electrical; safety – safe; privacy – private.

Unit 2, Lesson 5, Ex.2

Interviewer: People need to move house for lots of different reasons. For example, some people may need more space and some may need to move out of an area to start a new job. Moving house to a new place can be a stressful experience. You might have lots of changes to deal with. Today we’re talking with Jon Campbell-Walker. He’s an experienced estate agent, who knows a lot about buying and renting houses in Britain. What is the situation in your business now?

Estate Agent: More people are buying their own homes than in the past. About two thirds of the people in England and the rest of Britain either own, or are in the process of buying, their own home. Most others live in houses or flats that they rent.

I: What is the most interesting house that you have sold?

EA: Well, I think it will be the house I’m selling now.

I: Is it a modern or a period house?

EA: It’s a 16th century cottage which was restored under the watchful eye of the local architect in 1976. It’s a listed building.

I: Listed? What does it mean?

EA: It’s a building of great historical value which has official protection of the state. You can’t change or destroy it. Some parts of the house were constructed in the 16th century from ships’ fragments. There are lots of hand-made elements as well.

I: How many rooms are there?

EA: There are four bedrooms and a toilet upstairs, a bathroom, a lounge, a dining room and a kitchen downstairs.

I: As far as I understand, it’s a very old house. Are there any modern conveniences?

EA: Electric cooking, the bath and toilets. The heating is provided with electric heaters, there is also electric hot water supply.

I: Is it in a good location?   

EA: Beautiful! Very picturesque! And the flower garden is charming with climbing roses and lavender. The house is a total gem.

I: I see you really like this house. What’s its biggest advantage?

EA: There are many. It’s a cottage of character. The grandfather of the owner was born in it and his other ancestors. Then there’s its amazing location. It looks onto the local church, that’s why it‘s called Church Cottage.  And the fireplace is amazing! Look at the photo. The house is perfectly suitable for pets.

I: Are there any disadvantages?

EA: Only one, probably. The house is typical of the period, so the ceilings are quite low, which makes the cottage not really suitable for tall people.

I: Is it on sale now? I think my aunt might be interested in it. She would like to move house, she loves period buildings. And she’s not very tall. Ha-ha!

EA: It will be available next month. Now the owner is preparing it foe sale. It is being repaired and repainted. You can have a look at the leaflet. Here you are.

Unit 2, Lesson 7, Ex.3

In many occasions, people have asked me what my dream flat would look like. I never really thought about it, but after seeing pictures of an apartment in New York, I immediately said that it was my dream house. Well, apartment. First of all, it is in the centre of the city, on the very top of the building. Thanks to that, it has the most beautiful view of New York. The thing I liked about it the most, was that it is placed on the whole floor, so I would have all that space to myself. Considering that, it has its own private elevator. After exiting this lift, you would enter a spacious hallway with large glass windows. The walls are covered with beige wallpapers and pictures. A beautiful red sofa is put facing the window. The kitchen is totally spacious. It has high bar chairs, as well as a beautiful eating table, made of glass, and chairs covered with white leather. The living room has such a modern design. The wall to the outside is totally made out of glass, which gives it a special look. There is a huge plasma TV on the other wall, and in every corner of the room you can find speakers, as a part of Home Theater system. In the centre of the room, there is a sofa, where you can sit or lie down while watching TV. A beautiful fireplace is put in the room to make it look, and if needed, feel warm. The bedroom is made in a white-red combination. The walls and the floor are white, and the bed and the curtains, as well as some decorations are red, which gives the room that special touch. There are also doors that lead to the dressing room which has lots of clothes, a place for shoes, a big mirror with lights and a table for make-up. And finally, there is a bathroom, which is huge. It has a bath and a shower. It is made in gold-white combination, and it looks kind of antique. That is pretty much it about my dream flat. I just hope I will get to it one day.

Lesson 9, Ex. 3

I want to see our Jenny. Maude thinks she’s in her room upstairs.

I never been in the rest of the house. It’s big, with lots of stairs that I keep stopping on ‘cause there’s so much to see. On the walls there’s paintings and drawings of all sorts of things, buildings and people but mostly birds and flowers. Some of the birds I know from the cemetery, and some of the flowers too. The rugs on the stairs and in the hallways are mostly green, with some yellow and blue and red bits in a pattern. Each landing has a plant on it. 

I go on up until I’m on the top landing. There are two doors up there, both closed. I have to choose, so I open one and go in. It’s Maude’s room. I stand and look a long time. There’s so many toys and books, more than I ever seen in a room. There’s a whole shelf of dolls, all different sizes, and another shelf of games – boxes full of things, puzzles and such. There’s lots of shelves of books. There’s a brown and white hobby-horse with a black leather saddle that moves back and forth on rollers. There’s a wood dolls’ house with fancy furniture in all the rooms, miniature rugs and chairs and tables. There’s pictures on the walls of Maude’s room, children and dogs and cats, and something that looks like a map of the sky, with all the stars connected up with lines to make pictures like what I saw in the stars that cold night in the grave.

It’s toasty warm in the room – there’s a fireplace just had a fire burning, and a fender in front of it with clothes hanging on it to air. I want to stay here, but I can’t – I has to find our Jenny.

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I go out and down the stairs. I get to the next landing, and there are four closed doors there. I never been in a house like this. Five or six families could live in this house. I look at the doors. They’re all oak, with brass handles shining.

I heard about rooms like this but ain’t ever seen one. There’s tiles everywhere, white tiles on the floor and up the sides of the walls to just over my head. One row of the tiles at the top has flowers on ‘em, like tulips, red and green. There’s a big white bathtub, and a white sink, with the silver pipes and taps. There’s big white towels hanging on a rack, and I touch one. Where I’ve touched it I leave a black mark and I feel bad ‘cause it’s so clean in here otherwise.

In a little room off this one is a WC, white too, with a seat made of mahogany, like some of the rich people’s coffins. I think of the privy and bucket me and our Pa use, and it’s so different from this; they don’t even seem like they’re meant for the same thing.

I go out and choose another door, to the room at the front of the house. The walls are yellow, and though it’s facing north,  there’s two big windows, with balconies you can walk out on, and the light that comes in turns gold when it hits the walls. There’s two sofas pushed together to make an L, and shawls decorated with butterflies and flowers spread over ‘em. There’s a piano and little tables with books and magazines on them, and a sideboard with photographs on it. 

Then I hear our Jenny talking out on the landing. There ain’t time to get out of the room, and somehow I know she and Mrs. C. will come in here. I crouch down quick behind one of the sofas…     

UNIT 3

Unit 3, Lesson 1, ex.1

At the age of five, at the age of sixteen, at the age of eighteen.

Unit 3, Lesson 5, Ex.1a)

My School is a mixed 11-18 school. There about 1,150 students in my school, including 200 in the sixth form. It is called a Technology College and specialises in Computers and Maths. My school has over 1200 computers (including over 400 tablet PC's)

I am in Year 8 and I am presently having to decide what GCSEs I would like to start working towards. I sit my GCSE exams next year instead of the year after when most other people of my age will be doing them.

Some subjects are compulsory like Maths, English, Science and a foreign language. I am not sure what other GSCEs I will be taking. I will have to decide soon.

Unit 3, Lesson 5, Ex. 2a)

I leave home at 6:45 and walk 20 minutes to catch a bus to school. The bus is a special one just for kids going to my school. The journey on the bus takes an hour because it has to keep stopping to pick up other students along the way.

When I arrive at school, I collect my Tablet PC from the Flexi (Flexible Learning Centre). Then I go to my Tutor Room for Registration at 8:30.

We listen to announcements to see what special things are happening at school today or this week.

At about 8:50 we leave Tutor Room to go to our First Period. Every day I have a different Lesson the first period. Normally it is Humanities, History, Geography, and Religion but I also have Maths, Science, Drama and Music, and French on the other days. We also study PE and arts.  Each period lasts an hour.

All my lessons are in different rooms and places around the school. Each Room either has a three digit number or a name. The numbers are very hard to remember!. I have different teachers for each lesson. I have a locker where I can store some of my stuff but otherwise I have to carry it all around with my in my bags.

Unit 3, Lesson 5, Ex. 3a)

My classes start at 9 o’clock The second period is at 10 o’clock. We have a break between 11 and 11.20. During break, I have a snack and play and chat with my friends. Usually we play 'IT' a chasing game. Snow ball fight when it snows is dead fun. Our third and fourth periods are at 11.20 and 12.30. Lunch break is from 1.30 to 2.10. I bring a packed lunch to school but occasionally I have school dinners in the School Canteen. The Canteen is open at Lunch Time and Break Time. Most hot food is served only at lunch time. It is usually………….. Chips are only available on Mondays and Fridays. After lunch we have the fifth period and the classes are over at 3.10. Sometimes I stay after school for clubs. I play tennis twice a week and also go to … club