II. Listening Skills Identifying Numbers M: The stadium looks pretty big. How many people does it seat? W: It holds around 20,000. They say more than 18,000 Tickets have been sold. Q: How many tickets are left now? W: I was planning on signing up for...
II. Listening Skills Listening for Names 1. Doris: Good morning. Can I help you? David: Yes. I need to change one of my courses. Doris: Ill see what we can do. Whats your name, please? David: My names David Brown. Doris: Your first name again? David:...
Unit 15 Part B Good News about the Environment Scientists and environmentalists have constantly warned us of the worsening state of our environment. Their view can be summarized in the list below: ● Our resources are running out. ● The population...
Unit 14 Part B Unfair Exchange The exchange rate between South Africa's currency, the rand, and many Western currencies is quite unfair. One rand will buy fewer than ten US cents. As a South African, when I'm in London my great fear is being left hol...
Unit 13 Part B Reality TV Around the Globe Reality TV shows have taken the world by storm. 'Survivor', 'Big Brother' and other shows have drawn hundreds of millions of viewers to the screen. It was in Europe that all this started. The first series of...
Unit 12 Part B Opinion Polls Man: Do you know the thing that's always struck me as odd about opinion polls? Woman: What's that? Man: The percentages. Like recently there was a survey about what people thought about traffic, and petrol prices, and pub...
Unit 11 Part B Home-schooling on a World Cruise I've never believed that the only way to get an education is to sit at a desk with four walls around you. The world is our classroom and our home, a 41-foot sailing boat, takes us there. My husband and...
Unit10 Part B A Victim of Drugs Margaret frowned as she shook the can of deodorant. It was almost empty but she'd only had it a week -- surely she couldn't have used it all? The first few times it happened she thought she was getting mixed up. She as...
Unit 9 Part B Life Goes On The city of Ypres in Belgium has been invaded 19 times, most famously in World War I. Some time ago I went with two friends to visit the battlefields and cemeteries there, and particularly to see the tomb of my uncle who wa...
Unit 8 Part B A Terrible Disease The phone rang and it was my husband Jack asking me to take some lunch to his office. As I drove off, I noticed a new shopping center. Strange I hadn't noticed it before. Near his office I also saw a fire station I di...
