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Unit 1 College culture

Conversation1

Janet ：So this is the Cherwell Boathouse –it’s lovely! And look at those people punting! It looks quite easy.

Mark ：I’m not so sure about that! Janet, there’s something Kate and I wanted to discuss with you. Some people in college are organizing charity events this term. We’ve decided to get involved. Janet ：Raising money for charity? Right. In China, people raise money for charity but students don’t usually do that.

Mark ：Students often do that here. Anyway, we’re thinking of doing sponsored punting.

Janet ：Sponsored punting! What’s that?

Kate ：Sponsoring is when people pay you to do something – like run a long distance. So people would be sponsoring students to punt.

Janet ：What a great idea! I’d love to join you!

Mark ：That’s why we’re telling you about it. So that’s decided then. Let’s make a list of things we need to do.

Kate ：I’ll do that. One of the first th ings we should do is choose the charity.

Mark ：Yes. And choose a day for the event. And we need to design the sponsorship form. I’ve got one here.

Kate ：That looks fine, but we must change the wording. Who wants to do that?

Mark ：I’ll do that. What have we got so far?

Kate ：Choose a charity. Also a day for the event. Change the wording on the sponsorship form …Um … We have to decide where the punt will start from.

Mark ：Cherwell Boathouse, no question! It's a very beautiful route from here, apparently.

Kate ：I’m with you on that.

Janet ：Me too …

Passage2

Oxford and Cambridge –two universities so similar that they are often spoken of together as “Oxbridge”. They’re both in the UK, fairly near London, and both regularly come top in any ranking o f the world’s best universities.

The two universities began within a century of each other. Oxford University, now 900 years old, was founded towards the end of the 11th century. In 1209 there was a dispute between the university and the townspeople of Oxford. As a result, some of the Oxford teachers left and founded a university in the town of Cambridge, some 84 miles away. Ever since then, the two institutions have been very competitive.

Unlike most modern universities, both Oxford and Cambridge consist of a large number of colleges. Oxford has 39 and Cambridge 31. Many of these colleges have old and very beautiful architecture, and large numbers of tourists visit them.

In all UK universities, you need good grades in the national exams taken at 18. But to get into Oxford and Cambridge, it’s not enough to get A grades in your exams. You also have to go for a long interview. In these interviews, students need to show that they are creative and capable of original thinking.

Through the centuries, both universities have made huge contributions to British cultural life. They have produced great writers, world leaders and politicians. Cambridge, in particular, has produced scientists whose discoveries and inventions have changed our lives.

Among the great uni versity institutions is the world’s most famous debating society, the Oxford Union, where undergraduates get a chance to practise speaking in public. Cambridge’s comedy club Footlights has produced many first-class comedians, while some of the UK’s most fa mous actors and actresses began their careers at The Oxford University Dramatic Society, known as OUDS. Then there’s the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, which takes place every year in March or April, and is watched on television all over the UK.

So with all this excellence in so many fields, it’s not surprising that the ambition of clever students all over the world is to attend either one of these great universities.

Unit 2

Conversation2

Kate ：I think I may have upset Janet last night.

Mark ：What happened?

Kate ：She came to see me. I was busy doing an essay but I was really pleased to see her. She’d had a call from home, and said she was feeling homesick.

Mark ：Poor kid! It must be tough on you guys, living so far away from home.

Kate ：I tried to make her laugh, told her not to worry about it, and that it was normal to feel miserable. Suddenly she looked miserable, and then she got up and said, “I must go now” and left my room. It was really sudden. I felt as if I’d said something wrong.

Mark ：Maybe she was just being polite. It was probably because she realized you were working and didn’t want to disturb you.

Kate ：I just wonder if she found it difficult to talk about her feelings with me. Maybe I shouldn’t have tried to make her laugh? P erhaps she thought I wasn’t taking her seriously.

Mark ：I wouldn’t worry about it. Put yourself in her shoes. How would you feel if you were a student at college in China?

Kate ：I know. That’s why I feel bad. If only she had stayed longer! I wish I could have helped her more.

Janet ：Hey, everyone!

Mark ：Hi Janet, you look cheerful!

Janet ：Yes, I’ve just got my essay back. I got an alpha minus!

Kate ：What an amazing grade! Well done.

Mark ：I’m really happy for you, Janet.

Janet ：I feel on top of the world!

Listening in

Passage1

Presenter

We’re fortunate to have as our guest today Dr Jenna Hudson, who has just written a book about how colours affect us in our surroundings, especially in the world of advertising. It’s called Market Colours. Dr Hudson, which are the most common colours in advertising and marketing? Dr Hudson

Well, of course, it depends what image the marketing team wish to project with their products. So for example, we often think of blue as a cold colour, but it also makes you feel peaceful, quiet, and it doesn’t suggest strong emotions. So it’s a favourite for banks and insurance companies, who wish to suggest the image that they are trustworthy. And for selling products, it’s often used to suggest something is pure and fresh.

What about red?

You can sell almost anything with red. It’s a hot colour, which suggests a feeling of energy and even passion. It grabs your attention, and can make people buy almost anything. You often see red on magazine covers. But if you use it too much, it looks cheap and may make people tired. And orange has a similar effect to red, it’s upbeat and happy, it suggests pleasant feelings and images. Most people react well to orange, and it’s especially popular in advertising and on packaging for baked food.

What about yellow, for instance?

Yellow is the colour of sunshine and it’s a positive, happy colour, so it’s used a lot in advertising. But it’s also often used for warning signs, direction signs, and so on, where you have to read the message quickly and at a distance.

What about less popular colours for advertising?

Surprisingly, green isn’t used much in advertising except for garden products. It’s friendly and restful. It can be cool and soothing, the colour of apples and mint, but it can also be quite strong and many people associate it with unpleasant ideas of decay or slimy creatures. But most colours are not primary colours, they’re a combination. Absolutely. So yellow-orange is common, and often used to give an impression of style and class, i t looks like gold. But it’s not often used in letters because it’s not very strong. And yellow-green reminds people of feeling sick.

Blue-green works well as a cool colour, suggesting freshness, and is sometimes

used for toothpaste products, bathroom products, food and household cleaning products. It has many of the advantages of blue without the disadvantages of green.

Fascinating.Thank you very much, Dr Hudson. Market Colours by Dr Jenna Hudson is on sale from next week, priced ￡15.99 …

Unit 3 Crime watch

Conversation1

Kate ：So, what did you think of the movie?

Mark ：It was good but I thought it was too long.

Kate ：Yes, me too.

Kate ：Hey, where’s my bike? I don’t believe it! It’s gone!

Mark ：It was next to mine, you chained it up!

Kate ：Someone’s stolen it! Oh, how could they!

Mark ：Oh, Kate!

Kate ：How could someone have done this! The creep!

Mark ：It’s a really mean thing to do, steal a bike.

Kate ：It was a mountain bike and it cost a fortune –I don’t have the money to buy another one. Mark ：Listen, I’ll go down the street and see if I can see anyone with it. Why don’t you go into that shop and see if they’ve seen anything suspicious? I’ll be back in a minute.

Kate ：OK.

…

Kate ：Well?

Mark ：No luck. What did they say in the shop?

Kate ：I asked the shopkeeper if she’d seen anything –

Mark ：And?

Kate ：She said she hadn’t. I guess it was a long shot. She advised me to report it to the police.

But according to her, bikes get stolen all the time around here.

Mark ：Listen, let’s get back s o you can report it.

Kate ：I’ve got no bike. I’m just so upset!

Mark ：It’s not far to college. Come on!

Listening in

Passage1

Patrick ：I read a funny story today in the paper – true story.

Steve ：Go on, then.

Patrick ：OK. This 72-year old guy stole a pair of trousers from a department store in Paris. A security man saw him and alerted the police and they were waiting for him when he came out of the shop. The shoplifter started running, but the policeman soon caught up with him. The man thenbit the policeman on his arm several times.

Steve ：He bit the policeman?

Patrick ：Yes – you have to remember, he was 72.

Steve ：I’d forgotten that.

Patrick ：Problem was, it didn’t hurt the policeman at all, ’cause the guy had forg otten to put his false teeth in before he left home.

Steve ：Very funny!

Patrick ：And the moral of the story is –

Steve ：Always remember to wear your false teeth if you’re going to bite someone.

Patrick ：That’s good. I read a funny crime story the other day. Let’s see … yeah … this guy … this guy robbed a supermarket somewhere in America –I can’t remember where exactly – anyway, he got away with about 4,000 dollars. The next week the local newspaper reported the story but said he’d stolen 6,000 dollars. The thief rang the newspaper office to complain. He said, “Look, I only took 4,000 dollars. I’m wondering if the supermarket manager took another 2,000 and said I’d taken it. I did not take 6,000, I promise you.”

Steve ：He was probably telling the truth.

Patrick ：He probably was. Anyway, the newspaper managed to keep the guy talking while they rang the police. And the police traced the call – the guy was ringing from a phone booth – and they arrested him while he was still talking to the newspaper.

Steve ：That’s good. Stupid guy! I’ve got another true story … This – this – old guy was in court for some crime –and he fell asleep. His case began and his lawyer stood up and said, “My client pleads not guilty.” The man suddenly woke up, but wasn’t sure what was happening. He jumped up and shouted, “I plead guilty! I plead guilty!”

Patrick ：So what happened?

Steve ：The judge allowed him to plead not guilty.

Patrick ：That’s the best, I think.

Unit 4

Conversation2

V oice on radio ：The news at one o’cl ock.

Tornadoes have damaged homes in Northern England.

There is still no news of missing company director, Alan Marsden.

Scientists claim that global warming is accelerating. There are reports coming in of more fighting in …

Mark ：Do you mind if I turn it off?

Janet ：It’s fine, I wasn’t listening.

Mark ：Do you follow the news?

Janet ：Yeah, I do. But I don’t often listen to the radio, I mostly get my news online.

Kate ：Do you?

Janet ：Yes, I read articles from different papers.

Kate ：My dad does that.

Mark ：Well, I’ve got used to reading real newspapers.

Janet ：You should try reading the news online. You get lots of different views, it’s very stimulating.

Mark ：True, it is stimulating. But I’ve got into the habit of reading t he papers in the JCR – in

a comfortable armchair, with lots of black coffee.

Kate ：Don’t either of you listen to the radio? It’s a great way to wake up.

Mark ：Yeah, I do that. And I download podcasts. And I watch the news on telly.

Kate ：You’re a news addict. We all know that.

Mark ：You have to be if you read PPE. You have to be really knowledgeable about current affairs.

Janet ：You are.

Kate ：Well, I’m a TV addict. I spend too much time watching the soaps. I love British TV. Janet ：We’ve noticed, K ate. Are you going to watch Friends with me tonight?

Kate ：You bet!

Listening in

Passage1

Phil ：Hello.

Tony ：Hello, is that Phil Taylor?

Phil ：Speaking.

Tony ：Hi, Phil, my name’s Tony, and I’m a reporter for SUN.

Phil ：The uni paper! I suppose you want to talk to me about the fire.

Tony ：Yes, if it’s OK with you. We’d like to do a piece on the fire for next week’s paper. Can you tell people how it happened?

Phil ：Yeah, OK, it probably is a good idea.

Tony ：So when can I come and see you?

Phil ：Um … Wednesday afternoon? Three o’clock? I’m in South Block, Room 18.

Tony ：OK, I’ll be there.

…

Tony ：OK, so let’s get started. When did the fire happen?

Phil ：Two days ago.

Tony ：November the 10th. OK, so tell me how it

happened.

Phil ：Um … It was about 11 pm. I decided to fry some chips, I used quite a lot of oil – I was deep-frying. Um … And I put the chips in. And then my girlfriend rang.

Tony ：OK.

Phil ：We’d had a quarrel, and I was pretty upset, so we started talking, and I completely forgo t about the chips and went back to my room.

Tony ：You fool!

Phil ：Thanks. We talked for a quite long time. Next thing I knew, there was this smell of smoke, and someone was shouting, “Fire! Fire!” And I realized immediately of course, it was my chips! And I rushed out of my room – the kitchen was next door –and … well … there were flames all over one wall.

Tony ：And it was all your fault!

Phil ：It was. But people were in the kitchen throwing blankets over the flames, and someone had already called the fire brigade and they came – in ten minutes I think – and put it out very quickly. Tony ：So what was the damage?

Phil ：They’re gonna to have to replace the cooker, two kitchen units, repaint one wall.

Tony ：Sounds pretty bad.

Phil ：It could have been a lot worse.

Tony ：Can I take a photo of you for the paper?

Phil ：Do you have to? Oh, OK.

Tony ：Thanks. It’ll be front page news.

Phil ：Oh dear! Haven’t you got anything else to write about?

Tony ：Not this week. There’s not much happening on campus. I’m joking. You’re on Page 2. Phil ：Thanks!

Unit 7 Animal planet

Conversation1

Mark ：Hey, what’s a cat doing in college? We’re not supposed to have cats here.

Kate ：No! What a lovely pussycat! I adore cats.

Mark ：I can’t stand them. I find them really boring.

Kate ：But she’s gorgeous! Aren’t you, my darling? I wonder where she’s come from, maybe she’s wandered in from outside.

Mark ：Actually, I remember, I saw her the other day. Maybe she belongs to someone in college –she hasn’t got a name tag on her.

Kate ：We’re not allowed to keep pets in college.

Mark ：Maybe someone’s breaking the rules.

Kate ：Could be. So – is it just cats you hate or all animals?

Mark ：No, I don’t hate animals. We’ve go t three dogs at home.

Kate ：Three!

Mark ：Yeah, labradors.

Kate ：Oh, they’re very lovable, labradors. So you like animals then – apart from cats.

Mark ：Yes, I love them. That reminds me, there’s a programme on tonight about snakes. I really enjoy watching nature programmes.

Kate ：So do I, but snakes –They’re so scary. How can you like them?

Mark ：I just do. Hey, what are we going to do about this horrible cat?

Kate ：She’s not horrible. I think she wants to come into my room. Do you want t o come in? Such a sweetie!

Mark ：I’ll say goodbye. See you later. You’d better not keep her, Kate!

Listening in

Passage1

It’s hard to believe but in America there are 68 million dog owners and 73 million cat owners. In

the UK, which has a human population of 61 million, there are 6.8 million dogs and 9.58 million cats.

All over the developed world, the pet population is increasing. At the same time, people are spending more and more money on their pets, particularly on their dogs.

The most extraordinary example to date is that of Leonara Helmsley, a childless American billionaire. When she died, she left her dog, a white Maltese called Trouble, 12 million dollars. While Helmsley was alive, nothing was too good for her little dog. He shared her bed, was dressed in expensive clothes and wore a diamond collar. His meals were prepared by a chef and presented to him on a silver tray.

The problem was that Trouble lived up to his name and bit people. But Leonara didn’t mind – she loved him and he loved her. And so after her death, he got his reward – a lot of money that he didn’t know he had and couldn’t use anyway.

Americans were shocked by this story, but the fact is that more and more rich Americans are leaving their dogs money when they die –250,000 dollars is not unusual. In Britain, people don’tspend as much money on their dogs as Americans but they do spoil them. At Christmas, 46 per cent of dogs can expect to receive toys, and biscuits. And one in ten dog owners say they dress their pet up for the special day.

One woman was in the news in America for designing 120 outfits for her dog, which has its own wardrobe, and a $17,000 bed that it doesn’t actually sleep in. Its owner has a very successful dog boutique that sells – yes, you guessed it – designer clothes for dogs.

Now dogs may enjoy all this attention, but spoilt dogs can create problems for their owners. Dogs need a master and if their master acts like their friend or parent, they start behaving badly, attacking other animals, and damaging property –often their owner’s homes. Yet, often, this doesn’t make their owners love them less – dogs are their children, after all.

Unit 8 Time off

Conversation2

Kate ：Well, what did you think?

Janet ：It was … very interesting.

Kate ：I didn’t have a clue what was going on. Absolutely nothing happened! I don’t know why I bothered coming to see it.

Janet ：I thought Mark was brilliant.

Kate ：Yes, I did too, of course …

Janet ：But I wish I had read the play before I saw it. If only I had known the story, it might have been easier to follow it. How long do you think Mark will be?

Janet ：I guess he needs to get changed first. He said he’d join us as soon as possible.

Kate ：Here he is. Hi Mark!

Mark ：Hi, what did you think? How was I?

Janet ：It was … very challenging.

Kate ：It was so-so.

Janet ：But you were brilliant! Well done.

Kate ：You were awesome, Mark. Everyone adored your performance. Darling, you were to die for!

Mark ：OK, OK, don’t exaggerate. I wasn’t that good! Anyway, I’ve got some great news! Janet ：Tell us!

Mark ：We’ve started talking about next term’s OUDS play.

Kate ：What’s it going to be?

Mark ：Hamlet, by William Shakespeare!

Janet ：Great! And who’s going t o play Hamlet?

Kate ：Don’t tell me, let me guess!

Mark ：To be or not to be, that is the question!

Janet ：I don’t believe it. You’re going to play Hamlet?

Kate ：Come on, let’s celebrate … from Beckett to Shakespeare. Today Oxford, tomorrow, Hollywood!

Passage2

Speaker 1

Interviewer

Tell me about leisure activities in the States. What kind of spectator and participation sports are there?

Speaker 1 ：OK, well, the four most popular ones are baseball, basketball, American football

of course, and ice hockey.

Interviewer ：Yeah, and what about – em – indoor activities, rather than sports. The kind of things that you do inside?

Speaker 1 ：Well, you could say, could say martial arts. That’s very popular. Tae Kwon Do –

that sort of thing. Bowling. And movies.

Interviewer ：Yeah.

Speaker 1 ：Watching television, of course. The average American, I think, watches television about two and a half hours a day.

Interviewer ：And, apart from sports, what other outdoor activities are there?

Speaker 1 ：Cycling, tennis, golf, walking and jogging of course and now, more and more people are playing soccer.

Interviewer ：Right. And what kind of cultural activities are very popular in the States? Speaker 1 ：We all like going to concerts, I think. Er, a lot of people now are joining book clubs. Interviewer ：Book clubs?

Speaker 1 ：To be a member of a book club, do something …

Interviewer ：So just local groups … with friends?

Speaker 1 ：Yes, local groups.

Interviewer ：And you discuss books?

Speaker 1 ：Yes, you take a book each, each week or each month. You read it and then you goback and discuss it. That’s very popular now. And how about weekend and holiday activities?

Some people like hunting. I’m not one of those at all. I don’t like that. But that’s very popular i n, in the rural areas. Then, of course there’s camping and hiking, also. A lot of Americans volunteer for a wide range of causes – from raising funds to helping people who are less fortunate, tutoring students, or leading Scout troops or doing youth sports, that sort of thing.

Right, yeah.

Tell me about leisure activities and sports in Russia. What do you like doing?

Well, football is the favourite sport. But, er, we like also ice hockey in the winter.

Winter sports.

And what about indoor sports? Or indoor activities other than …?

We like very much playing chess. And we are very good at playing chess. Also, television is very common and, in the cities – Moscow and St Petersburg – we like to club, go dancing.

Oh, right. Yeah. OK. Yeah. And what about outdoor activities? Well, believe it or not, collecting mushrooms. In the autumn, we like it very much. And also the skiing. Again,

the ice hockey in the winter. Very popular.

And I believe cultural activities are very important to you? What kind of things do you like doing? In particular, the ballet.

Yeah.

And of course, the opera as well. Even the small towns have theatres and a cinema. We like the country people, the rural people, they like to watch films. They call it a “Palace of culture”. Right. Yeah.

Interviewer ：And what kind of weekend and holiday activities do you enjoy?

Speaker 2 Well, you find the rich Russians, they very often have a dacha, which is a cottage. Interviewer ：Right.

Speaker 2 ：In the country.

Interviewer ：Right.

Speaker 2 ：You go there for a holiday and maybe for the weekend.

Interviewer ：Right. Thank you.

Speaker 3

Interviewer ：Tell me about leisure activities in Australia. What kind of sports do you enjoy? Speaker 3 ：Well, Australian rules football is our main spectator sport. Of course, we also love our rugby and our cricket. You know, our national teams are definitely now among the best in the world.

Interviewer ：Yeah.

Speaker 3 ：What else? We have association football. And also very popular now is horse racing. Interviewer ：Right. And what kind of indoor activities, other than sports, do you like doing? Speaker 3 ：We’re very much an outdoor nation but when we’re inside I think we like to watch TV and, you know, go to the movies.

Interviewer ：So, what kind of outdoor activities are there?

Speaker 3 ：Well, for this we like our cycling. Some people play golf and some play tennis. And some play lawn bowls.

Interviewer ：Right, yeah.

Speaker 3 ：Of course, you know, most Australians do live near the coast and we love to do sailing and surfing; very, very keen on our swimming and I know a lot of people do fishing as well. Interviewer ：Right. And what about culture? Do you do any cultural activities?

Speaker 3 ：Oh yes, no, no, Australia does have its culture. We’ve got our aboriginal music and our dancing and a lot of art. And of course, we’ve got our very, very famous Sydney Opera House – you know, best in the world.

Interviewer ：Yes. And what about weekend and holiday activities? What do you like doing then? Speaker 3 ：I think people like to be very social. We do a lot of barbies – you know – barbecues in the back garden and some people like to go bushwalking as well.

Interviewer ：Great. Thank you.

Speaker 3 ：You’re welcome.

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