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Unit 4 Getting from A to B

Listening to the world

Sharing

Scripts

F = Finn; M1 = Man 1, etc.; W1 = Woman 1, etc.

Part 1

F: I usually get to work by bus. It takes about

half an hour. Sometimes I read a book on the

way.

How about you? How do you get to work?

M1: I travel by bus. Um, it’s only one bus to

work. It takes about 15 minutes.

M2: I get to work by car.

W1: Bus.

W2: I walk to work.

M3: I get to work on the tube and I walk some

of the way.

W3: About five minutes walk to the station,

Waterloo Station, and then I get on a bus which

takes

about 20 … 25 minutes.

M4: On most days I use the tube

–

my journey

into work and my journey home at the end of

the

day.

M5: I cycle to work. That’s the quickest and

easiest way.

W4: I cycle in to work every day on my bike.

Part 2

F: What do you do on your journey to work?

M3: I usually listen to music or read.

M1: Sometimes I listen to music and sometimes

I read a book.

M4: I either read the newspaper or I read

books.

W4: Take in the fresh air, the scenery, um …

and try to avoid holes in the road which are

quite

dangerous.

W3: I listen to my iPod.

M5: Well, sometimes, if … if it’s a bit of a quiet

road, I can

think about what I’m going to do

that

day.

W1: I … I dream, usually. I just … I, I love … I

love journeys. I love just looking out of the

window.

M2: Well, it’s so short; I don’t actually do very

much at all, apart from making sure I don’t

have

an accident.

Part 3

F: What do you like about it?

M4: It’s fairly short, so my journey to work is

only 30 minutes.

W3: It’s quick.

M2: It’s short. It only takes me seven or eight

minutes.

W1: Seeing how the landscape changes through

the seasons.

M3: I like listening to music and having some

time to think before work.

M1: It’s quite early in the morning, which

means that the bus is always quite quiet, so um,

I don’t

have to fight for a seat.

M5: I like to have some fresh air and the

exercise.

W4: I just like the exercise that I get from it and

being outside in the open.

W2: It’s not too far. I can walk or run. It’s

about a quarter of an hour’s walk, so I feel very

healthy.

I don’t have to catch a bus.

Part 4

F: What don’t you like about your journey to

work?

M3: Um, I

don’t like it when it’s very busy in

the mornings and I don’t like it when it’s hot

and

sweaty on the tube.

W1: It’s a very full bus. It’s packed with people

because it’s the “work bus”.

M5: There are some very bad drivers on the

road.

W3: Sometimes the buses get overcrowded and

a lot of people are going to the same place.

W4: I really don’t like cycling to work when it’s

raining because I get wet, (and) all my books get

wet.

M1: In the winter it’s very cold that early in the

morning and um, sometimes if I miss the first

bus

I have to wait about 20 minutes for the next one

to come along.

W2: In winter it’s very windy coming over the

bridge and it makes my eyes water.

M2: It’s so short; there’s nothing to like or

dislike about it.

Listening

Scripts

G = Guide; V1 = Visitor 1; V2 = Visitor 2; V3 =

Visitor 3

G: So, ladies and gentlemen. Let’s move into the

transport section now. Could you all come over

this way? Let’s look at these photos. As you can

see, these early methods of transport have

two things in common

… They’re all great ideas,

great ways to travel through the air rather

than on the ground … but they weren’t

successful! There was a big problem with each

one.

V1: But the monorail

–

that was successful.

G: Well, yes and no. Look at this photo on the

left

. It’s from the World Fair in Seattle. That

was

in 1962. Monorails were a very popular idea in

America at that time. People wanted to leave

their cars at home and go to work by public

transport. But they weren’t successful –

monorails are difficult to build and expensive to

keep in good condition. So you’re right.

There are some monorails in the world … but

not very many!

V2: Hey. Look at this photo. Is that a car under

a plane?

G: Oh, yes. This was a very interesting idea.

People wanted to fly from Los Angeles to New

York … and then drive straight into the city

center from the airport.

V2: No way! How?

G: Well, the idea was that the car came off the

bottom of the plane and then you got in and

drove

away. This was in the 1940s. Ah, yes. Look.

Here’s the d

ate: 1948. It was a nice idea

–

no

airports or waiting around

–

but it wasn’t

successful.

V2: Why not?

G: There was an engineering problem. The car

was too heavy and small planes weren’t strong

enough to carry them (it).

V3: What’s this? A helicopter in th

e garage?

G: Yes, indeed. We laugh at this now, but people

were very serious about it at the time. People

wanted to leave home in the morning, say

goodbye to the family and go to work by private

helicopter. The idea was very popular, but, of

course, it was impossible. Helicopters are very

difficult to fly and can you imagine the traffic

problems in the sky? … So noisy!

V2: Yes. Very noisy. There’s far too much

traffic these days in my opinion.

G: I agree. People should go to work by bike or

on foot

–

by far the best way to travel. As you

see, all these …

Viewing

Scripts

P = Presenter; W1 = Woman 1, etc.; M1 = Man

1, etc.

Part 1

P: Heathrow Airport is having a bad day.

Hundreds of passengers can’t fly because of a

computer problem in air traffic control. In

Terminal 1, things are getting worse. More and

more passengers are arriving. Some airplanes

are leaving, but many flights are canceled.

Everyone is hoping to find a flight. Some of the

waiting passengers are having a snack while

others are spending their t

ime outside. It’s a hot

summer day. Back inside the terminal, it’s

getting hotter and hotter. Some people came

here five hours ago.

W1: I’m here with my grandmother and my

parents and it’s terrible for us to wait here for

such a

long time now. We have to sleep at the airport

because no hotel is available. So, it’s just

terrible.

M1: Have a look at this. Improvisation at its

best. I’m glad they’re sleeping now. I was

hoping to

get to Berlin soon.

P: People are still trying to find a flight.

W2: I’ve had my

son go on the Internet, my

daughter be in one queue, me be in the other

queue

and on the mobile, all at the same time, trying to

get to Amsterdam for 9:30 tomorrow

morning.

M2: After five hours queuing, you … you really

become really Zen, you know ... and

here it’s

pretty calm.

P = Presenter

Part 2

P: The airport managers find an interesting

solution to one of the problems: garden chairs.

With

the chairs to relax in, some passengers are

finding new ways to pass the time. Inside

Terminal

1, it’s late at nigh

t, after midnight. And many

passengers are still here, waiting for their flight.

Around 300 flights left Heathrow that day, but

319 flights were canceled, and over 500 people

spent the night in the terminal.

Speaking for communication

Role-play

Scripts

B = Boss; S = Secretary; D = David; G = George

B: Where are the other people? We were

supposed to start 15 minutes ago!

S: Alex called and said he’d be here in a second.

He said he got tied up with a customer.

B: That’s all right. I know what Alex’s customer

is like.

D: Morning, everyone! Please forgive me. I

didn’t mean to come so late. I was just getting a

cup

of coffee at the coffee shop and the line was way

too long. I had to wait for 20 minutes to get

my coffee!