[00:03.94]3 Neither are there any alines on the horizon, [00:07.03]nor even in the galaxy next door. [00:10.07]Air tours are not booking moon packages, [00:12.98]and space travel is only for the trained [00:15.06]or for the fantastically wealthy few....
[00:01.80]4 Immortality has been a constant theme [00:04.43]in futurology. [00:05.34]Actually, we do now know how to extend life- [00:08.55]by eating less and exercising more. [00:10.99]Even so, Californian cryogenics super- [00:13.97]salesmen have p...
[00:01.69]5 Human nature is the greatest single [00:04.10]confounder of all the predictions [00:06.27]of decades gone by. [00:08.27]Nutritionlally-perfect pills to replace [00:10.84]all our food?Nothing but online shopping, [00:14.46]so there's no ne...
[00:02.12]6 Each age has its future fears that turn [00:04.72]out to be groundless. [00:06.27]In the fifties, concerns focused on monsters [00:08.69]and flying saucers.Ours are reproductive. [00:12.53]For instance we worry that,come 2052, [00:15.47]i...
[00:04.76]Unit 32 Listening and speaking [00:08.71]2b Listen to the first part of the programme. [00:24.83]With the holiday season once again upon us, [00:27.18]millions of people all over the world [00:29.18]are busy thinking about their annual holi...
[00:02.34]It is in response to this problem [00:04.36]that a new kind of tourismis rapidly developing [00:07.47]-eco-tourism,as it's often known, [00:10.08]and in today's programme we ask whether [00:11.95]this is the future of the tourist industry....
[00:03.17]3 In the second part of the programme you will [00:07.58]hear two holidays described. [00:09.83]Complete the table below. [00:12.81]So, ecotourism also involves taking tourists [00:16.13]away from established holiday destinations [00:18.77]...
[00:01.48]It is an extraordinary place, [00:03.61]and an extraordinary way of life... [00:05.71]what we're doing really is getting in touch [00:08.33]with the way our ancestors lived thousands [00:10.36]and thousands of years ago. [00:12.04]The lifes...
[00:01.69]As for the men... what did they get up to? [00:04.61]As a man I was part of the hunting party, [00:07.12]which I'm afraid to say wasn't [00:08.49]all that successful. [00:10.43]We spent a lot of time nearly catching things. [00:13.02]usuall...
[00:01.12]It's paradise, there's no other word for it. [00:04.18]You are surrounded by glorious scenery, [00:06.68]you can swim in mountain lakes, [00:08.49]take showers in waterfalls and take midnight [00:11.29]strolls through the paddy fields! [00:...
[00:02.10]Unit 33 Vocabular and speaking [00:06.64]3 Read the 12 situations. [00:12.05]In which situation is the person lying, [00:14.88]and in which is the person telling the truth? [00:17.61]Are there any cases where it is not clear? [00:21.49]1 A...
[00:00.50]7 A man goes round calling [00:03.28]on old-age persioners, [00:05.24]selling them bogus home security systems [00:07.72]for hundreds of pounds. [00:09.92]8 A little girl tells her mother [00:12.01]that her brother has eaten some sweets [00...
[00:03.11]Unit 33 Listening [00:06.02]3 Listen to part 1 of the story. [00:10.58]In groups, discuss these questions. [00:14.61]The Unicorn in the Garden [00:16.89]Part 1 [00:19.04]Once upon a sunny morning, [00:21.52]a man sitting in his breakfast no...
[00:02.07]4 Listen to part 2 of the story, [00:06.24]and discuss these questions. [00:09.16]The man,who had never liked the words booby [00:12.22]and booby-hatch, [00:13.91]and liked them even less on a shining morning [00:16.48]when there was a unic...
[00:01.64]5 Listen to the final part of the story, [00:05.79]and discuss these questions. [00:09.11]At a solemn signal from the psychiatrist, [00:11.80]the police leaped from their chairs [00:14.11]and seized the wife. [00:16.02]They had a hard time...
