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IntermediateUnit 7 Audio script

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1 Natalie

When I was a child I used to do music exams and for every music exam I had

to learn a piece of music. Now, I used to play the drums. I started when I was

five and I did, er, seven different music exams, seven grades, and for every

exam I had to learn a piece of music.

At the beginning it was only ten bars or something but it was really hard and I

used to practise them over and over again and I used to drive my parents

cray because, um, obviously I was playing the drums at home. At the

beginning I used to play !ust on boo"s and so it was #uite #uiet. $ut then

when I was seven I got my first drum "it and I um played constantly and the

same pieces over and over again. %hat was one thing that I had to learn by

heart.

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CD2 Track 9

2 Phil

About a year ago I too" an interest in the language 0iddish, which is the

language that my family spo"e when they came to this country about a

hundred years ago. Um, it1s #uite a 2 a beautiful language, or I thin" so

anyway, and it1s about a thousand years old. Although I "new a few words of

0iddish from my family and from %3 shows, you hear them on American %3

shows all the time, um, I didn1t realise it was related to 4erman and, er, I was

amaed how #uic"ly I started pic"ing it up.

I did 4erman at school, you see. I1m now at about 4)5+ level, having found

myself, er, a wee"ly class, and, um, I did a wee" intensive course last summer

and, er, it1s opened up a whole new culture, as well as a language, including

sort of poetry and music and the way that my ancestors lived and so hopefully

I1m going to attend the summer course again this year and, er, impress them

with how much I1ve learnt since last year.

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3 Rachel

Um, an occasion where I had a really steep learning curve was when I, um,

got the !ob to go and wor" in a "ids1 camp in America and I really didn1t "now

what to expect and when I got there it completely surprised me.

I was !ust thrown into everything, my whole day was ta"en up either loo"ing

after children or running a class or ta"ing them to and from somewhere and I

had no time to myself, and I thin" it was the closest thing ever to being a

parent, where you were !ust 2 your 2 your time is !ust completely consumed

by lots of other people and I had no time to myself at all really.

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A: 'ey, do you remember =r 'alsworth, you "now, the 'istory teacher>

B: (h yeah, I thin" so. 0es. 'e was that short man, with those terrible

glasses. (of, he was really boring, wasn?t he> And we were always so

naughty in his classes. We?d throw paper at him and one time some of

the boys actually climbed out of the window while his bac" was turned@

A: &oor man. 'e used to shout so much he?d go bright red in the face.

B: What about =iss =atthews 2 the =usic teacher> 9o you remember

her> (h, she was lovely. 5he used to play us =oart, and teach us

songs from Africa. I thin" she used to live in imbabwe. I really li"ed

her lessons; they were so relaxing and en!oyable. And she was

inspiring. I wasn?t particularly musical, but she got me listening to

music.

A: 0es, she was lovely. And so patient. Not li"e =rs 5harp, eh> 0ou

remember, the &hysics teacher> 5he was frightening@ I didn?t use to

li"e her lessons at all. 5he used to ma"e me sit at the front of the class,

right under her nose, and as" me all the most difficult #uestions. And if

you failed a test, or forgot to do your homewor", she would punish you.

(h, and what about, do you remember =r ord, the Beligious 5tudies

teacher>

B: (h yes. 'e was great@

A: 'e was so clever, wasn?t he> 'e used to teach us all about different

religions of the world, li"e Bastafarianism, and he was also interested

in astronomy, so we?d learn about the stars too. 'e was very

"nowledgeable. Wasted on us, really.B: 0es, and he never lost his temper, not even when we used to ...

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bored, boring

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inspire, inspiration

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encourage, encouragement

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enthusiasm, enthusiastic

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fright, frightening

imagine, imagination

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"nowledge, "nowledgeable

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electric, electrician

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scientist, scientific

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educate, education

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decide, decision

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artist, artistic

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CD2 Track 1

B " Bren#a$ P " Pre%enter

P: In the late /ECs a university was set up in rance, which now has

more than 6, branches worldwide and -, students in the UF

alone. $ut you can?t get a degree at this university; in fact it has never

set a single exam. $renda Gohns is here to tal" to us today about this

university; the university of the third age, or U6A for short. $renda,

what does Hthird age? mean>

B: Well, the first age is childhood, the second age, your wor"ing life, and

the third age is after retirement. (ur members are usually over fifty8five

and not wor"ing full time.

P: And why no exams>

B: Well, it?s a university in the very widest sense, a learning organisation

for people who want to learn and share their "nowledge. 5ome of the

branches are very academic, with courses in sub!ects li"e &hilosophy,

=andarin )hinese or *atin; others are more relaxed, with groups

learning to paint or do yoga. $ut none of them have any formal

assessment. +very U6A has a study group co8ordinator who finds out

what people want to learn and brings them together. Anyone can

suggest starting a course in any sub!ect and if enough other people li"e

the idea, the course goes ahead.

P: (bviously, the idea is pretty popular. What?s the attraction, do you

thin", of studying when you?re retired> 5urely that?s the time to ta"e

things easy>

B: A lot of people feel that it "eeps their brains active, and, for somepeople, it?s the first time they?ve had a chance to spend some time on

what really interests them. And it?s very much a social thing too. When

you retire you suddenly find yourself spending a lot of time at home on

your own.

P: I had no idea it was so popular worldwide.

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B: (h yes, there are branches all over the world, all doing things in their

own way. *ast year members of the )ape %own branch, in 5outh

Africa, went on a twenty8one8day study tour of )entral +urope and the

&rague branch then made a return visit a couple of months later. In

3alencia, 5pain, they do things slightly differently from here in the UF;

there the U6A students go to lectures and seminars alongside the

regular university students. (h, and in =ontreal, )anada, the U6Aers

spend some of their time doing community wor", such as teaching

+nglish to spea"ers of other languages.

P: And can?t you study online now>

B: 0es, the 3irtual U6A was launched in -E for distance learning. It?s

great if people can?t get to local meetings for whatever reason. 5ome of

the courses are free, or there?s a small charge if there?s a tutor to mar"

wor" and so on.

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& " &'en$ P " P(ll)

P: And so +ben, at what age do you thin", um, someone is old>

&: %hat1s an interesting #uestion, isn1t it, because thirty or fifty years ago I

thin", when you were in your fifties or sixties you were considered old,

and these days that1s when your second life starts and I don1t thin"

you1re old until you hit seventies or eighties and maybe it also depends

on your physical health, how healthy are you.

P: 0eah, and your mind as well.

&: 0es and I thin" a lot of people are younger these days; they1re closer to

their "ids for example. %here isn1t much of a generation gap. 5o do you

"now any very active old people then>

P: Um, yes, one in particular 2 er my friend1s granddad, um, he1s about

seventy8five and he lives, er, on the coast and when he comes to visit

my friend, um, it1s an eighty8mile !ourney but he still comes on his bi"e,

even though he1s, um, he1s seventy8five, and I !ust thin" that1s amaing

that someone who1s seventy five can, er, cycle that really long !ourney.

&: I suppose that proves the point. 5eventy8five is old under any definition

but if you1re physically fit, you act young.

P: 'e is so fit, he1s always going out on his bi"e and doing all these really

long 2 really long !ourneys. Um, so the people in the text, are you

inspired by 2 by any of them>

&: Actually by most of them. It1s incredible to thin" that you could be past

fifty and start a new career and succeed at it. I was particularly

impressed by =ary Wesley, who started writing, who 2 when she wasin her seventies because I thin" her husband had died and the text

says she was almost destitute so she had to ma"e a living and she1d

had a very interesting life by anybody1s standards, she starts writing

about it.

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5he turns out to be a brilliant writer, ma"es a huge success, writes

another ten boo"s before she turns ninety and is now admired and

well8"nown across the country.

P: (h that is impressive. 0eah, yeah.

&: 5o what do you rec"on you1ll be doing when you1re old, whatever that

means>

P: Well, um, I would li"e to be a 2 a grandma with lots of grandchildren so

I1d li"e to see myself loo"ing after my large brood of er, er, of

grandchildren and being a 2 a cool grandma.

&: 5o you won1t be writing novels or climbing mountains or doing

outrageous things. 0ou1ll be a grandma.

P: I hope so. +r, well if I don1t have enough grandchildren I1ll have to find

something else, but the grandchildren would be ideal, yeah.

&: 5ounds good.

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I could do it.

I couldn?t do it.

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'e was able to stop.

'e wasn?t able to stop.

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%hey were able to play.

%hey weren?t able to play.

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I managed to do it.

I manage to do it.

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