Audio Scripts Unit 1: Small Talk page2, €D1-2 Listening 1 A: Hic I don’ think we've met, have we? No, I don't ink so. My name's Mia ‘Nice to meet yoo, Mia. Tmt Tim Clark, B B 2 ‘A: Hey you'te Mike Thompson, right? 1B That’ ight. And you'e Jenny. ‘A: Yeah! Jenny Lindsay. B, Yeah, right, We met at Jake's wedding A: It's great 0 see you again! Bs Great to se you, too! 3. ‘A: Haven'e we met somewinere? B: No, I don't think so, ‘A: Aren't you Kevin Grant? B; No, my name is Greg, Greg Brown. [A: Oh, I'm sorry. [was postive we'd ret before 4 (A: Jeff HI, Remember me? B; Sue? Sue Thomas? [Ac That’ right, We were in that computer las together. ‘Yeah, Boy was that class boring! ‘Sure was, So how've you been? Pretty good, thanks. (Ob, hi, Youre Jonathan, arent you? ‘Yes, and you're Wendy, Yeah, We met atthe conference in Hawaii last summer. ight. Nice to see you again "Nice to see you, t00. SEEM wee eo ee 1 Don't we work inthe sme building? Yes. think we do rm Gary James. ' in accounting, Hi, Pm Lynn Williams. Fm in smarkoting, gee poges, 01-3 Listening 2 1 1 ey Ani tat ols elle on youlstenew? Yah ation a George Brothers Depron Soe 1 never mis the ‘5 They goal god pres fc Well yu nae a gon che That trols pet Thnk seeEe pee ee wEO > (OW! Look at the time I did realize it ‘was o lat. Tv got to run. Good seeing you! “What are you taking this yea? ‘Mostly literature courses. (Oh, relly. Are they any good? ‘Some of them ar. Except for Professor Scot’ class I mean, the books are Interesting, andthe lectures are great, but his tests are so hard Really? Are they essay or short answer tests? ‘What an awful month we ae having I's pretty bad, n't i? So hot and humid Is hard t sleep at night. 00.1 wish I had airconditioning Me, too. Fury, snot usualy tis ho in the fal ‘That's tue, Well, [think Tm going to get some more chips. Enjoy the party! So tell me, Kim. Whats he lke? ‘Well he’s really fa to be with. He always says funny things and makes ‘me langh, He sounds really nie He is. And he's always giving me litle presents. But | gues the gifts wil top ‘when le knows me better ‘Yeah, probably. So how long have you known him, anyway? So, are you still doing the same thing, Davie? Yeah, Lam, unfortunately. I wish I was doing something more challenging, So wih don't you lok for something, else? Treally should 1 fel stuck in tht office because I'm not moving ahead. That's he wort thing aout it ‘Well, good luck to you. If I hear about any jobs, Tl let you know So, everybody's fine at home, Sarah? Yes they arg, thanks. Ob, some exciting news! My sister Jennys getting married Really? When? Next month, She's marrying guy she met when she was studying n Canada, and we all going to Toronto forthe ‘wedding. I be fun, Sounds great. And how about your brother? What’ he been doing lately? pages, cO1-4 Listening 3 1 Yes Ido. I realy enjoy living here So far everything has been fine. The downtown ata is really prt, and Love all the cafes fand restaurants there, The ater thing 1 ke is thatthe town's small, so t's easy to get t0 know people 2 Yes, Ido, l'sa very dificult language to eam, but [gues all languages are dificult triad to lear Japanese once and it was relly hard. These days though, i's easier to learn a forign language because you can buy some fantastic courses online and on DVD. 3. have ewo children, 2 gl gn a boy. “They're both going to schoo, so they keep us very busy. My husband comes from a big family and would ove o have more thildren, but I chink two is enough, 4. T havea small design company. We design ‘menus, calendars, and things like that. There are just three of usin the company Last year ‘wasa very quet year fr us but it oks as if business is reall improving this year. Would you ike to ist on fice sometime? 5. On yeah, I've been having a grest ime since I arrived, Everyone's been very helpful, and I've made some wonderfal neve friends Isl havea few more days here so I'm thinking of renting a car and driving up to the mountains. 6 Tr from a town called Cairns, on the northeast coast of Australi. I's small town, but I enjoying living there Ie’ not far from the Great Barrer Ref, which is ‘one of the most famous places in Australia. ‘You should go there sometime. poses, (01-5 Pronunciation 1. Where does he goto school? 2. Thave to cal his teacher, 3, What’ her job? 4 Have you known him for a long time? pages, (01-6 Dictation ‘8 Hi, havent we met befor? B Yeah, think we met at Kates wedding ‘A: That's right! Have you seen her lately?B No [haven't seen her in months. But I talked with her husband lst week ‘A: Oh, realy? How's he doing? B He’ doing relly well, He told me that he gota great new job A: im happy o ear that. Well, Ive got co 0, but it was peat to se you B: Yeah, you too! I you see John again, cel him I said helo. Unit 2: Plans pages, (D1-7 Listening 1 1. 1 You'e ested about next December, aren't you? Bs Yes Ireally am. [can hardly watt ‘8; What exactly are you planning to de? By My friend and fare gong on a eruise in the Cartbhean A: Your family’s going to Florida next summer, arent they? 2B: Tm noe rally sue wiere they're planning to go. ‘8: You'e going with them, aren't you? B; Of course. I wouldn't mis learning to sail for anything! 1: [heard you and two friends are going ona long drive next May B: Yeah, 'm geting a newer car to drive across Canada, A: Youll be visiting Vancouver, B: Oh, yea, we're excited about visting there t's supposed tobe beautifull ‘A: Do you have any idea what you're doing next August? B: Well, we've been taking about going to the beac A: You realy love the ocean, don’ you? B: Yeah, but I think this year I'm going to play golf instead. ‘A: What can we do next summer? Br Well, we could take a course at the universicy ‘A: You wouldn't want to do that, would you? You work so hatd al yearlong. 1B You'e right. How about if we both ‘work in a camp? You're not going to lean to ski next ‘winter, are you? B; Why noe It sounds very exciting A It sounds rather dangerous to me B: IM be careful Besides, the instructor vill be right thereto help me if 1 fall down, page7, CD 1-8 Listening 2 1 A: Hey, Mark. How's it going? BB Prety good, how about you? ‘A: T'm good, thanks. So, what are you up to this weekend? Sam and I are going co 2 baseball game athe new staum, ‘Wow! Really? Have a great time! Hey, Jennifer. You're planning to 0 t Stevens party this woekend, aren you? No. really want to go, but can't. (Oh no! Why nor Thave to go out of town with my parents. Were going o vist my aunt In Chicago. And wore driving the whole way! |: So, what are your plans this weekend, Angola? By Well, on Saturday. going to the beach with some friends. How about you? ‘A: Tm going to the beac, too! Maybe Tlsee you there Are you going Baker Beach? B: No, we're going to Stinson Beech, ‘A: Ob: Well, maybe my frends won't sind changing plans. ‘A: So, se you later, Jon BB Yeah, I'l probably see you tthe library tomorrow, ‘A: Realy? But you usually play basketball on Saturdays, don't you? 'B Yeah, but we're not playing this Saturday Why noe We aways take a week of fr final, ‘exams. 'm planning on studying all weekend Be Got any fun plans for the weekend? have to work most ofthe weekend, ‘but I'm going out on Friday ight. ‘A: Where are you going? B: My friends and I ae going to go out to dinner. We're going to try that new Mexican restaurant on Branch Street. Dari’ great. eee ‘A: What are you doing this weekend, Jehyun? B: I don’t have any plans for Saturday, but {fm going shopping on Sunday. ‘A: You're going tothe mall, aren't you? 1B: No, I'm going to go downtown, {ike the stores beter there ages, (01-9 Listening 3 1 have a really busy weekend ahead of me.I have to work about ten hours on Saturday. Tim really excited about Saturday night, though. I'm going to my fiend Alex’ party le always has great parties. I don't have to go to work on Sunday, but Ido have to spend all morning and afternoon writing 2 paper for my history clas. Then on Sunday night, P'm going to the movies with some fends 2 ‘This is going 1 be a great weekend, cant wait for Sunday afternoon! My soccer team is playing in the Fiza! T hope \we win! On Saturday, m going to the beach with my fiends And on Saturday right, we've going to have dinner at my favorite restaurant. 3. 1 don’ relly have alot going on this wookend.I was so busy lst weekend that I didn’t want to make any big plans fr this, ‘weekend. I played soccer and went hiking las Saturday, then went for along bike ride ‘on Sunday. This weekend, 'm just going tw stay home and read a book. Ym excited about being home by myself and relaxing all weekead. 4 ‘My friends and Tare taking a roadtrip to Los Angeles this weekend. We're planning on leaving on Friday after class, ‘Well get to LA at around 7:00 in the evening justin time for dinner. On Saturday, we'll probably hang out atthe beach during the day. We're going ro have a fie and sing songs all alght. I's going tobe fantasti 5. Tplan to study most ofthis weekend, but on Saturday evening, I'm going aver to my friend's house. I's her birthday 0 she’s having a few friends over for dinner. Vm realy looking forward to seeing her! We haven't seen each other in two ‘months! [knew I wouldn't have time 1 go shopping on Saturday, so I bought her a birhday gift on Friday I got hera sweater I hope she likes i 6 [play the guitar ina band, and my band has two shows this weekend. We're playing in a litle cafe on Sunday night ‘We play there alot and have a lot of fans there, so itl be fun. 'm really excited about Saturday night, though. We're playing at a club downtown, We've never played in a big club before, so I'm kind of nervous.ages, CD 1-10 Pronunciation 1. You made a reservation did't you? 2 She's in your classi she? 3, Ho diving isn't he? 4, Wee busy Friday. arent we? pages, cD1-11 Dictation ‘Do you want to play soccer this sarurday? B; Tes supposed to ran this weekend, weit A: Oh, Fide know tat Wel, den what deo you want to do? B: Weel go t8 movie! We could go see the new ation movi ‘A: You saw chat movie ast weekend didn't your Yeah, but Fé ike wo se ic again. But you don" lke ation movies do you? A Not rely. B: We could go see that new comedy at Star Cinema! Unit 3: Successful Businesses page 10, CD1-12 Listening 1 1 [As What’ the new Indian restaurant on Sih Street like? B; Well, everyone sid it was very god, bout | was’ too satisfied when I went there the other night ‘A: Why noe B: The food was good, but it took too long to arrive We had to wait for nearly an hour before we got anything to eat AA: Oh! That terrible service, A Fim going to got the textbook for our biology class atthe campus bookstore Da you want 19 come? No, don't think so. ‘Why not? Don't you think its convenient having a bookstore right on campus? BB: Yes, itis. But have you compared their prices wit ather bookstore? That store in the mal is usually about 10% cheaper. And you save about 20% buying your book online Oh, [didn’t know that Do you belong toa health ch [ot right now J used to go othe “Metropolitan Health Clip on Third Steet. though it was great because it ‘was so cheap, but then I stopped going. A: Realy? T heard it was pretty popular. wey > ee BRA pee B i That was the problem, It was t00 popular. Ic was always ful of people Sometimes I had to wat long time to use the machines. So haw was the hotel in Honolulu? Te-was pretty good. The staff was really ice—very friendly and helpful. There ‘was one problem with it though What was tha? “The locaton, I was to far from the restaurants and cubs, Next tim, I thine Tilstay much closer tothe downtown, Do you want to try Taian food tonight? ‘Sure, Where would you lke to go? How about Lite Roma—you know, that Italian restaurant across fom the movie ‘theater? I heard the prices ar cheap. ‘That’ true, But the service is petty bad ‘The waiters ae realy slow, and they're not very friendly either. Ob, I didn't know that. Let try another place 1 heard there's sale at Brenda's Boutique. Do you want to check it ou? They have some relly good clothes. kaw, but the service is terrible. The people wino work there are so rude Thnow what you mean, page 11, CD1-13 Listening 2 1 | relly enjoy going therewith frend ter ‘work. Theres always something interesting ‘the menu, also love the atmosphere. I's very coo! and they have really comfortable sofas. 2. Tm glad I decided to study there. My ‘Spanish is much beter now. It’ prety expensive, but the faites are very good, They havea great computer lab, and there's {ee wif all over campus I's much beter ‘than the school I was going to last yet. 3 T've been going there for over a year. 1 {just love the way they make my hair look. “The stylists are really good at their work. ‘The atmosphere makes you fee at home, 100, with coffee and snacks, plus relly good music, Sure is expensive, but I ‘nly go there every two months or so, 4 tsa great place to stay. The atmosphere Iso glamorous and exciting. Tere are bright lights atthe front door, and people always arrive in realy expensive cas. The rooms are realy beautiful, roo. OF course, It's not the cheapest hotel in Miami, but its definitely the bes. 5. [always tke mine toa garage on Market ‘Street I takes a Tong time to get therefrom ry hous, but it's wordh the tip. I the best repair shop inthe city The mechanics do great work, and they never try to charge you too much In fc, the prices are reat—about balf the cos of some other places in town, 6. 1 got most of my shits there. You'll love the store All of their stuff looks great and fits perfec I's really god quality, too. ‘They aso have lots of different sles and colors to choose from. The window displays area problem, though. They aren't well |i soit's hard to see what they have from outside the tre page 12, €D1-14 Listening 3 1 1 think the most important thing i service. 1 eastomers fee hike they ae treated poorly, then they probably won't come back, That's why I train all of my workers ta give excelent srvice. They greet customers polly, show them toa table right away, and explain the items onthe ‘mene. OF course, the food is important, 100. The fis has tobe as fresh as possible, and you have to find talented chef to propa 2. ‘The laernet has totally changed this business. In the ol days, people ha to ‘come toa travel agency to get cher. Now they go online and get their tickets by themselves. When they come to me, I know they're looking fora good value ‘That’ really the most important thing Of course, our travel agency provides convenience for some clients who don’t have the time to plan their own trips. 3. ‘These days, nothing is more important chan speed. Time is money. People want a job done well, but they want it done quickly ‘And they'e wsually prepared to pay a litle ‘more f you can promise it will get done fast. And, of course, quality i important, too, We're building people’ homes, so ‘we want them to enoy living therefor Jong ime 4. 1S so important to have the right kind of displays. Creating effective clothing displays ian art. You want people to see the items right away, pick them up, touch them, and then go ry the clothes on. And you want them to buy something, too! ‘Goo prices are also important, But the display is relly the number one thin,page 13, €D1-15 Pronunciation 1. The Food took too long 0 areve 2. They were not professional 5. The prices ae really high 4 The waiters were really slow. 5, That hotel is too far from the restaurants and clus, 6, The rooms are not nice page 13, CD1-16 Dictation 1% Do you want go tothe Century Fashions sale on Saturday? B, Fé lke to, bu the salespeople there are sot very prasioal ‘A: Tknow what you meen, They're not very friendly, either 'B Yeah, and some ofthe clothes are nice, but some of them are realy bad quali ‘A: That's tue. ought a sweater there last winter, and i fl spar ater T wore itrwee Also cakes hours to pay fr things. “Te ines ae always relly long ‘A Then again did get my favorite Jeans thre Unit 4: Apologies and Excuses age 4, CD 1-17 Listening 1 1 ‘A: Ob, I'm so orn didn't mean to hi you. B: Don't worry about it I's just litle seratch, A: Here, let me gle you my insurance Information. By That's okay. I's a realy old ca. I has dozens of dents and scratches already, ‘A: So, what did you do this weekend, Carre? 'B: Well, went out wo dinner at Sabina’s ‘with my family on Saturday night ‘A: Wow, Sabrina’! Ie such a nice restaurant. What was the occasion? Be Um it was my birthday. ‘A: Oh, no! Did T forget again this year? 1 ‘ee weibe, It won't happen again Bs That al ight. 1 always forget people's birthdays. ‘A: Hi, Gina. I don't want to bother you 1 just came by tose i you finished ‘with that CD I loaned you. B: Of, sure. Come on in, and I get it. Lets soe, 1 had iin my book bag. Ubob, Is someting wrong? Tan’ find it T must have los it this ‘morning. Um sory. bs, well, thar all igh. Tl go buy you «new copy right now. HL Sarah, Whats wrong? Are you user? [eS 6:30, You were supposed to be here ball an hour ago, 1m sorry There was so much traffic on the freeway. Ie won't happen agin ‘B, Well i let it goths time. But you should really leave your house earlier when you have to drive somewhere during rash hour. Pe ae > (Oh Are you okay, Sam? Pm not Sure. My ankle hurs a litle really apologize. was walking 100 fast and I wasn't watching where I was going I didn't mean to trp you. B, Thnow you didn’, but I chiak my ankle ‘might be sprained, A: Ob, no. Her, lt me help you up. ‘We should go tothe hospital, pees ‘Where were you last night? [was home studying, Why? ‘You were supposed to meet me atthe movies lastnight. , not forgo! I'm sory. Tired to call you, but I kept geting {your voicemail B: Tmso sorry Unfortunately, [ost my phone yesterday PERS ee page 5, CO1-18 tening 2 A: Hi Lindam so sorry Tm late Br You're relly late You were supposed tobe here over an hour ago, What happened? A: There was heavy trafic onthe freeway, and I couldn' cal because my cll, phone died 1B: ThatS weird. Thowe n't usualy any trafic at this time of day. ‘A: Thnow, but there was a realy bad accident on the freeway about ten miles north of here. Trafic was completely stopped for over an hour. Hnm...That’ very unusual Hi, Mike Hi, Kylie. What's wrong? T have to apologize I wast able co finish ny half of our cass projet lst night, Burt's due today. know. [fel terrible about i ‘What happened? My roommate burned her hand while she was cooking lastnight, and Thad to take her tothe emergency room. We ‘were there all night. PERN & >Re © Oxford University Press. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use. BB: No wonder you look so tired. Is she okay? A: Her hand is burned pretty badly, but shel be all igh. A: Hey, Ken, Why did't you come to Alex’ party lastnight? We were all, expecting to see you there. B: Oh, I'm sorry about that. Igo lost trying to find Alex’s house ‘A: Rolly? But I gave you directions 2B Wel, I wrote the directions down wrong A: Well, why didnt you cll or use the GPS on your phone? B: Uh, I didn't have my cell phone with me. ‘A: That strange. You always carry your cell phone with you. 4 'A: Where have you been? We've been ating for you. The meeting was supposed to start half an hour ago. B: I know. apologize My car broke down, and Thad to walt fora tow tuck. ‘A: Again? Didn't your car break down lst ‘week, toa? 1B: Um, yeah, it di. Ie a rally old car ‘A: And the week before that, you were late because you were helping someone look for thet ost ct By Tim sorry 1 promise I be on time for next week's meeting. page 16, D119 Listening 3 A: Tell me all about how ie went! B: Tish [ could, but I missed it I gor realy sick on Friday night. thought "Thad the fl, but i tured out tobe food poisoning. I was sick all day Saturday so Teouldn't go tothe wedding. thought ry cousin would be mad, but she just felt bad that Iwas sik ll da. ‘A: Hi its Paul. mised class yesterday Can you tell me what the homework was? Bs Oh, srry I wasn't there yesterday, ier I was on my way to catch the bus when I fell and broke my ankle. One of iy neighbors who was on his way to ‘work drove me tothe hospital. I'l cll ‘Katie and ask her about the homework, and then I'l ell you back. How did your ster do yesterday? ‘Well, her team won, but I didn’t get to see it Thad just gotten tothe soccer field whem my bos called. One of my coworkers called in sick with the flu, so ‘be asked me to come in and work pew Student Book Audio Scripts 37Ee ‘Well, how did it go on Monday? You're not going to believe this, but I mised it eft really early so T wouldn't be late, but [weer the address dawn wrong, and I couldn find the oie. 1 was #0 nervous about the Interview that | forgot my phone, to, so I coulda’ cal them and ask for directions. Twas so ‘mad at myself. 1 really wanted that job! ‘So how was i? T don't know because T missed it! was 0 Aisappointed, and so was my niece. had flowers and a card to give her and I ally ‘wanted tobe there for her special day: But [ran out of gas on my way tothe school (Can you belive tha? I mae it ther graduation party later tht evening, but 1 really wanted to make it tothe coremony So was it fun? ‘Well I think the people who went had fun, but Thad to study for my history test My fiend Kelly went, and she sad it was a grat par. I hope Sarah has another one for he birthday next year page 17, CD 1-20 Pronunciation 1 2. 3 4 Is everything okay? ‘Where were you las ight? Did you forget our appointment? ‘Why are you so ate? page 17, CD 1-21 Dictation & B Unit 5: Character Tr ‘Where were you this afternoon? You were suppose 0 meet me for lunch, Tm so sorry. I was ta doctor's appointment. thought I would be out of there by noon, but the appointment took a long time Oh, are you okay? Frm fine. Ie was justa check-up. Did you ‘get the movi tickets fr tonight? No, didn't I'm sorry. coulda’ get online at home Is something wrong with your Internet connection? eink so, Sometimes I can't get page 18, 01-22 Listening 1 1 Bi B Jeff I the perfect elementary choo! teacher. He's so good with children, Thnow what you mean, He never gets angry with thse kids, even when theyre not listening to hi. 58 Student Book Audio Scripts BoPN ze Bo B ‘Sheila spas very well. When she aks, people stop and listen. | know. A lot of people even change their opinions ater talking to her How does Mary like her new job? Oh, she loves it Shes realy excited about working there. In fact, she even ‘works an weekends because she enjoys bring there so much, ve boen having problems with my boss lately ‘Why is that? ‘Wall, he has a fot of rues. He gets really ange if I come to work two ‘minutes late, o if lt the office phone ‘ing more than twice before I answer st And if I make a tiny mistake, he yells at me 1 don’t know about you, but 'm voting for Dave Thomas fr school president. He knows everything about this school and al the important issues. Yeah, He really knows what he's talking about. ‘My landlady is really nce She doesn't ‘getangry if I pay the rent afew days late: And when I'm sick, she always brings me homemade chicken soup. ‘Wou She sounds really thoughtful page 9, 01-23 Listening 2 1 XK Bi wees What do you think of Chris? ike talking to him. He knows something intersting abost practically everything. Yeah, I know. And hes realy serous about studying too, He want to goto ‘medical schoo, so his grades have to be perfect. Hee must be a good student. H's a great student—top ofthe cass last year You know Brandon Kent, don't you? Oh, sure. He's a really nice guy. He took whole day off last month to help me ‘move into my new apartment. Then he drove me to the mall s0 I could pick up some Furniture for my new place. Yeah, that's what [ike about hie, In fact, hes coming over ths afternoon to help me with my math asignment. Lucky you! {cant stand that Teery Dey. Really? A: Yeah. The other day, we were walking down the street past his homeless man who asked us for money His clothes were torn and dirty Yeah? Well, 3s soon as we walked past him, ‘erry made jokes about his clothes. [No way! That’ terrible Pee ee ‘Are you going to Tony's party on Friday night? Yeah, Are you? Of course: He has great parties, don't you think? 2B Definitely 1s becuse he gts so exited about evrything, Everyone ses him laughing and having fun and then they start enjoying themselves, too. You'te right. He an amazing guy. ee Have you seen Patrick recently? No, haven't We were supposed to go toa concert lst weekend, but he said he ‘was oo sick to go. Ob, thar’ to0 bad, ‘The thing is, he did tell me the truth [My brother saw him at party the samme night, having a good time. (Ob! I really hate it wien people He lke that. Me, to Be > 1 just talked to Chuck How is he today? “The same as usual. He's always ina bad ‘mood. Talking to him is realy difficult, I's easy to say something that really ‘upsets him, B: know: I wonder why he's like that. 1A: [thin its because be isnt doing well at school tis year eERO e page20, 01-24 Listening 3 1 "Now that John has that new job you ‘woul ecognize him. guess yo have to be more conservative when you havea job like tat. He works realy long hours now and wears suit and tie And wien he comes home frm work, he never wants to go out ‘All he does isi in his chair and watch TV. He looks totaly exhausted, Thats not how ‘he wasn college Back then he used to go around in old Tshirts and jeans, And he had ‘that crazy geen hai 2 Tran into Akko the ther day. hardly reoognized her Do you remember her fom high choo She wasa litle chubby and out of shape back then. 1 don‘ thnk she ever exercised or played any sports, Well she looks realy different now. She’ lst lot of weight In fact, she looks terrific She old me that she (© Oxford University Press. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use,Gece to get beer shape afer she got ‘arsed lst year. Now she goes othe gym ‘three times a week 3 Have you had a chance to talk to Marla Intly? She's gotten so depressed—you know, sid and worried all he time. Irs a real change. She used to beso enthusiastic and happy in high school. She was a cheerleader, and she was always laughing and making jokes. Now she just sts in caffe shop ll by herself and just looks really sad, You can tell that sornething is really bothering her. It must be because she and her boyflend recently broke up 4 Do you remember what Ted Rodgers used to look like? He used tobe so athlete, with realy big muscles. He went to the gym all the time and was always careful abois What he ate and drank. Wel, you wouldn't believe how much he's changed. I'm sure the weighs over 200 pounds now It doesn't look lke he does any exorcise at all, and he feats just about anything. Someone told me he changed after he got really wealthy from Internet stocks."They sid that after he got rich, he decided justo enjoy himself page21, CD1-25 Pronunciation 1. Loe i elly caring 2. He asks lot of questions 5, Isshe enthusiastic? 4, Tes important o be informed, 5. She always des nice things for people. 6. Did he ever call you? page 21, CD1-26 tion A: So, tell me about your new neighbor. Bi He’ realy funny and nice And we found out we have alot in common, A: Oh, really? Like wha? B: Wel he about the same age as am. And he wed to live nthe same neighborhood as 1 did in New York. ‘A: Wow! What kinds of things does he like to de? He told me that he always plays soccer on Saturdays. And he likes fo go hiking and bike riding, And he loves movies. Unit 6: Travel page 22, CD 1-27 Listening 1 1. Lies and gentlemen, we hope ou enjoyed your Night to Toronto, When ‘we land, you cat locate your bags on Carousel 5 in Baggage Clim. Just stay to your let, go down the steps, and Carouse! © Oxford University Press. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use 5 willbe on the right pas Johnnies Hamburger Stand. 2 Passengers on Flight 87 to Miami, your departure gate has been changed to Gate 64 ‘Again, that’s Gate 64. You need to take a right past the restaurants and the gift shop to find Gate 64, Passengers on Fight 102 10 ‘Tampa, your departure gate is sill Gate 62 3 Ladies and gentlemen, our erew will ‘be serving refreshments. Well have complementary soft drinks, juices, and coffe. If you are interested, you may purchase snack like chips, cookies, or pretzels for three dollar a bag 4 Passengers walting for Fight 77410 Chicago, may [have your attention, please ‘Your flight wil be departing a 1130. Will passengers Tor and Carrie Simpson please repor to an agent s soon as possible at Gate 167 5. ‘The 9:20 train to Los Angeles will be departing from Platform 10 in two ‘minutes. All pasengers who are waiting for the 9:20 train, will you please proceed to Platform 10 immediately? 6 Your attention, please. The 12:10 train to Concord has been delayed. The train will now arrive on the same platform at 12:30, ‘That half past 12.00 page23, CD 1-28 Listening 2_ 1 Could you please tell me wich platform the tain to Toronto leaves from? And ist fon the right or the left? 2 ‘Would you please help me get my bags down so I can get of the plane? They're 100 high for me to reach, 2 Excuse me, si Do you know where the ‘Transamerica Airlines counter if Is past the Northern Ailins counter? 4 ‘Molly, we're about to lan, so you need 19 fasten your seatbelt now. Do you need me to help you? 5. Let's find window seats so we can see things as they go by. don't ike having to look around other people 6 But I have tobe in Toronto tonight! Isnt there another fight I could take relly have to get cere conight! poge24, €01-29 Listening 3 1. A How wa yar pie Oh. was prety ight was cverbooked, andthe altine sed for ln t goon alate ight Tvoluered case te next ight ‘was oly an ou later, and the aiine ve me 300 Kc pays be bumped Did you have a good fligh? Ugh no it was terrible. Ob, no! Why? ‘Tho light was fully ooked, so every seat was taken. 1 was crammed between ‘this guy who was snoring the whole time and a really messy ‘kid wh got his chips all over me. T coulda wait fori to be over! BRREN ‘A: Did you have any trouble finding he house? B: No, not at all. We used'the GPS. But it sure was a long drive ‘A: Did you stop anywhere? B Yeah, we stoped ata rst stop about balay here to get a cold drink and ssretch our legs It was relly hot ou, and there were a on of people there T gues it was a good weekend for wad eps, low was the dive? Te was okay. Really? You look worn out Well, guess we are pretty exhausted. I was 5 hot out, and the ar conditioning broke an hour into the trip. We stopped atthe halfway mar to switch drivers and eat lunch. Then we bad trouble scaring the car peers Did you enjoy the ride? ‘Oh, it was great! It was nice to just relax and not have to worry about driving, I read my book and did sudoku puzzles the whole way. And I met some really nie people, ton. They were on thelr way to Boston, r00. don't know wiiy Tve never taken the tran befor! see How was the tip? Prety good, I ques I dont relly know ‘because I was asleep the whole me A Really? B: Yeah, prety much I tated reading a ‘book, but then I fll asleep and did't ‘wake up wnt ten minutes after my stop. Thad to get off the rain and get on another one going the other direction, TU ave to st the alarm on my phone Bee Student Book Audio Scripts 59page2s, D1-30 page27, (D1-33 Pronunciation Listening 2 1 Did you goto Los Angeles? 1 2 You ned ogo on aetin Ai neighbors are fantastic. Teye aly 5 Werheto eel Fin and some a ther ave ret 4. Les got Tolga pores to 1 ke more space, hgh 5, Its hard to drive ten hours. There's hardly enough space for all my 6. I'm going to London. ‘stuff. I guess I should throw some of it out, bur jaca page 25, CD 1-31 2 a Dictation ‘The apartment I reat is okay. Its nea alot 1: Welame bicTl me about youreipl of stores ss convenient or shopping BE One ws so much fn! Fs. we went The problem, thigh tht the omer toNew York. tas spent any money on the pl in se Did you othe Maseum of sens The fartreEliog aan and oem Ar the apt inte ving ro aed Yes we ved it Thad always waned in place, to se that museum. We also went 10 Central Park, of course, and lots of cater stes A: Where did you go after tha Br After New York, we went to Philadephia for three days. And then wwe went to Boston fortwo days. Ie was great vacation’ 3. ‘There are advantages and disadvantages to living out here inthe suburb, 15 not realy the most convenient place to lve, Te takes forever to get into town, especially He wears a suit and te every day. Br You'e kidding! A: Thnow It's strange In college, he was allways wearing his old jeans and a denim shirt. He looked so relaxed all, the time. 1B: What made him change? A; He gota job ata bank, so he has to look professional page 56, CD 2-30 Listening 3 1 just Bought these, Do you like them? ‘They're imported from Italy, and they're ‘made of leather. They'look great with my ‘new pants. They're so comfortable to wear. | walked around in them in the tore. so 1 © Oxford University Press. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use, Student Book Audio Scripts 07| cow they wont hare my feet. They ere it 15: i B: Yeah, Lowe, oo i 4 pretty good bargain, too—only $125. Unit 15: Favorites A: Here. Try some of this. I think you're really going to like it 2 . age 58 CD 2-33 B: Mimm. This is delicious, I coud et this Whatdoyouttinkof i? Arete arms Listening 1 ee | eng Telnet for work These vn y days we have to dress up at the office, so 1 We 2 can't just wear a shirt and tle It’s made of A; Do you travel a Ic A: Think I'm going to try to get a job in trol oil be ne sad warm nth wine B Yeh 1 2 aofie wien eft I televe 14 Tvson efor 73, 1: Which do yoo prefr—rveling by realy eny office work train ory plane? Rely do thnk ke working in 3. 1: Wel th tng io abouta rain an ofc tall This s mae of sik, and it was made in ree eemeethe orn pts Chin very and Tove the way andwalkaroind.A pnetsfacer Ife, have goto 2 wedéingn San Dutyou haveto say sted inthe YouHow what ew do when Dlego this summer It can ge ely hot, bat you ine 27 want to lae—sit dove under en thee waned someting seve alt place with god bok Thought ies a brgin a 20, 2 3B: Oh ya Ist cat ead odors. 1 Do you eferving ina house or ‘sul the ses ve mecray 4 an apartment? These will be great for work. They're made. Well, T used to live in a house. 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Would you rather workin an fice ora sted, Met work on myer 6 ere B Hey me cI just bought an old ‘Tis w be gt fr running They, SAE gore would be ek, Wnt cite a ave ook _were pretty expensive—S115. ‘more interesting. You would gett talk to iton Saturday? Beyer fom Korean ok very ele tk fie wrk wall” Sm wl/made Theyre relly comforable. An 0 Tike thee lite supe down beside Tm Paget charade all day page 60, (02-35, gememeamcnrinney dyno ten Listening 3 A Which woul you rater earn— 1 poges7, CD2-31 Gera Si? Tealy don't ike thos group tours You iat Br Well, German isan interesting language know, the gulde picks you upat te hore! Pronunciation 2nd wel in Germany a afow every ay and you hve tog ands al 1. Wsmadeof ater ther countesin Europe But Spanish thigh rer vein by ysl 2 Led couple of shirts isusedin Spin, Cental Ameria, South ‘That way, ean el elton very 5. She as lot of sults America and lotof pcs inthe US. important tome Thave a very sesh © Heownsfotsof This So studying Spanish males lot more So every year ket spend my owe 5. snore of woo! Sins forme! ‘econ ng on the ach and ong 6 Cantbok stone teak? reahng poges7, CD2-32 A: What kins of mused you le? 2. ation 3: Well ikea Kinds of muse but! When go out ct lke wo havea Dicta decaf roc very mish, ce eonersten, anda ant Be ‘A: Ob like thi black sweater. es realy lesa litle too loud for me I gues Jazz iturbod. Tat why | prefer quiet places Shee mmste my favor ell ike ie dont ie thse lou, tend places They Wea get Is tmade of woo? pianoand song meas, ply iud must nthe background nd fe Nov hk tsa of eaton they fl of such loud people You have 3 Doneyoualraty haves coupieot ———-ages®, CD2-34 te howto you can ea eh ote Ls Bick seats Listening 2 realy annoying 1: Verh To but ely Uke this one B: You wear a lot of black. Why don't you 1. 3. . ‘try on one of these blue sweaters? A: Llove Mexican food. I like it hot prefer staying at one of those small places ‘A: Yeah, that’s a nice color. I'll try it on! and spicy. because I think the service i better. The 68 Student Book Audio Scripts © Oxford University ress. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.people atthe front desk remember your ‘ame, and the housekeeping people are ale, oo. t's like staying in someone's home. dont like those big tourist places They might have more facies lke a gym. fra swimming poo. But what I care about ‘most servic, 4 1 don't know how people can stand living downtown, Its f00 noisy, you can never find parking, and it's dangerous, oo. No, 1 prefer living inthe suburbs, fora lot of reasons. For one ting, [like to have alot ‘of space, Thar important to me lave having a big backyard and a garage for _my car And I also like to have friendly neighbors around me, 5, Having one s great, especially if you live ina small aparument lke T do. That's what T prefer—one just to hoop me company. Two woul be too hard to take cae of. And feeding them would be expensive, too. ‘They could keep each oter company while Tm at work, though. But imagine all that cat baie! 6. 1 prefer a position where I can help people. [know chat many people are mainly interested in making alot of ‘money, but making alot of money just {sn that important to me.I rather do something that is good for everyone and not just myself, even if st dosa’t pay very wel pagest, C02-36 Pronunciation 1, Do you prefer traveling by tain or by plane? 2. Which would you rater earn— German or Spanish? 53, Would you rather workin an office ora department sore? 4. Do you prefer living ina house or an apartment? poge61, (02-37 tation A: Do you prefer studying at night or in the morning? B: I prefer studying at night, How about you? A: [like stadying t night, too. Which do you prefer—going out to2 movie or ‘watching a DVD at home? B: I prefer going out to a movie tke ‘watching movies on a big screen ‘Which do you ike beter? [A Llike to wateh DVDs a home. I's more comfortable and I can rewind or pause the movie whenever I want Unit 16: Phone Messages page 62, €02-38 Listening 1 1 Hey, George. This is Sam calling. just wanted to say how happy 1 was to hear about yous promotion, That’ great news You relly deserve it 2. Hi, Tory It’s Paula. [am so sory I wasn't able to come to your par. Uheard it ‘was really fun, Unfortunately, I got food poisoning and I just couldn't make i Hallo this De Simpson's office calling for ‘Mrs. Graham. This jst vo remind you that you have an appointment on Friday at 230, 4 “Tis is Mr. Kent from Washington igh School Im calling about Tracy. ‘Unfortunately, se has been absent from school again. Could you plese call me buck to confirm cat she hasan excuse to miss school? 5. Hey, es Wendy. It Andre’ birthday on Friday. I was thinking maybe we could “organize a suprise party for het, What do you think? 6 David, this s Kayla. How are you? Are you doing anything on Saturday? There’ a great ez group in town. I know you're into jaz, 01 thought you might like to go. page 63, (02-39 Listening 2 1 Fak hiss Oli cling WS 230. You Sid you'd etm at 130 nro of he fesauant Wel Tm not ging toa ny longer. Aad plese dn ote lng me aga 2 Hi this Nathan fom th computer store Te bo ying to repr our at ve but unfortunately, I'm unable to fix tI Joos like you're going to have to get a ‘new hatd drive ora new computer Let me Jknow when you want to come into pick ‘up your laptop and Ican help you decide shat todo next. 3 ul, this i Anne. Ie 8 pm, and I'm sil ted up atthe office, so T don’ think Fl be able to join you for dinner tonight. fee! really bad about it, but we'll definitely have dinner tomorrow night Promise! Bye (© Oxford University Press Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use. 4 ‘This s Brandon King fom apartment 1204, calling fr Kelly. Fm afraid Thad a slight accident in the parking lot and did some damage to your car. I'm really sorry about it, but mr sue that my sasurance ‘company will pay forthe rpairs. Please give me cll when you gt in. You can reach me at 555-4026 5. Hi, Donna. I's me, Emily! You'l never guess wihere Iam! I'm at the airport ‘with George and the kids. fou of us are here this te Isnt that great? Hope you've got enough room for us! Well be at your place by six o'clock, Don't worry about dinner. We can just send out for some pizza—our tea! 6 Hello, I'm calling for the Burtons. Ths is (Mrs Parker, from across the street. Your ‘daughter got into my yard today and picked half my Bowers. say i's going to cost aout $250 to replace them Not to mention my time and effort. Call me as soon as you get this message The number 1s 916-5741, pages, cD 2-40 Listening 3 1. A: Hello, Computer Technologies ‘Hello, could I speak to Pamela Gordon, please? ‘A: Tm sory. She's in a meeting right row and won't be available uti this afternoon, Can [take a message? Yes this is Julle calling from Dr, Beekman’ office Js dat }ULTE or }U-DY? 1s Juli FULL. Got it Great, Please let her know that we'd Like to change her appointment on ‘Thursday from 9:45 10 1030 All right._.noads to change appointment ‘ime... And your phone number, please? 1e5 8345627 5.627. That’ right (Okay. Il pass along the message eee Good afternoon. First National Bank Yes is Jane Taylor there, plese? rm sorry, she at lonch right now. Could Heave a message for her Yes, of course “This is Brian from Jimmy's Shoes Allright, Can [have your phone ‘number? SERREREM PER e By Ie 477-3316, AL ATT-S316 B: That’ right, Please tell her thatthe shoes she ordered ae in, and she can pick them up anytime Student Book Audio Scripts 69e gees BReEee epee Be 8 A: eeeRe we (Okay, Bran, Got it give her the messige just as soon as she gets bak from lunch, Thank you. Hello. Chicago Language Center. Yes, can I speak to Mr. Garcia, please? He's teaching 2 class right now. Would you like ta leave a message? Sure, my name is Jeff Leigh, I'm in his 730 Spanish cas, but Pm not going to beable to make it tonight Hold on Is that spelled L-E-E? Actually its LEFGH, Ab, okay. ‘And my number i 627-6082, Is that 627-6082? That's right. Anyway [cant come to Spanish elas tonight boause Ihave to work late. Can you tell Me. Gacia that, please? Sure, “Thanks Hallo, Benny's Cafe iL Is Benny there? No, he just stepped out to the bank, (Oh, Could you give him a message, please? Sure, “This is Jessica Brown from Pet World Did you say Pet World? ‘That’ right. And I'm Jessica Brown, ‘The number heres 867-5309, 867 5308, ‘ight, He was talking about bringing his cat in fr a shampoo and 2hairut ‘lease toll him he can come on Saturday ‘morning, around 11 o'clock, (Okay. Come on Saturday morning, ‘1am, shampoo and baircut That’ for Benny’ cat and not for Benny, righ? Correct. Titel him as seon ashe gets back from the bank, ‘Thanks alo. pages, CD 2-81 Pronunciation 1 2 3 4 5 6 1'm nor going to wait any longer. ‘We're going to go to the mal Tm not going to be able to make it to class tonight Do you want to come over? ‘Let me know when you want to {don't want to bother him. page6s, CD 2-42 Dictation A B Hi, Michelle. This s Sam. Can I speak swith Ben? Hi, Sam. No, T'm sorry He's not home right now. 70 Student Book Audio Scripts ‘A: Do you know wihon hel be back? 1B: He’ going tobe out for several hours. Do you want to leave a message? ‘A: Yea, thanks I'm supposed to meet ‘Ben at Cafe Joan for lunch at 000 tomorrow, But Ihave a doctors appointment, so I'm going to be afew ‘minutes late. B: Do you know what time you're going 0 be there? ‘A: ty to get there as soon a I can. 1 should be there by 12:30. Unit 17: Past Events pagess, C03-2 Listening 1 1 [ got an invitation to my boss’ birthday party on Saturday night 2 1 thought Id beter gc im a nice birthday present, so I bought him a really expensive ie, 3. ‘When 1 got tothe party, my boss's wife met ‘me atthe door and invited me inside. 4 ‘Then I went in and saw all my friends from work there 5. heard my boss's voice behind meas he came out of the kitchen, 6 tured around to sy hello, and guess what? He was wearing exactly the same te asthe one I had bought him! page 67, CD3-3 Listening 2 1. ‘Some felends and I were in the elovator ‘going up to my apartment when suddenly the elevator stopped berween floors and wouldn't move. We were able to open the oor a lite, but we were sil stuck! 2. went tothe airport to pick up my bos. [was so nervous that [wasn't paying attention to what Twas doing, Aer I met him atthe arsval terminal, I realized 1 couldn't remember where {had parked my ca. [couldn't beliove it With my boss ‘there and all.1 felt so stupid. 3. ‘When I left for work on Monday morning. [realized I had to walk because I didn't have a dollar bl forthe bus. [My boss ges angry if Tm late, so I really had to hurry 1 was afraid of being fied ‘Well, 14 gotten about rwo blocks from ‘my house when all of a sudden I elt something blow onto my leg looked down, and it wasa dollar bill 4 [wanted to go sling, but just as I arived athe lake, 2 storm broke out and it started train. Ie wasnt a very strong storm, but it ‘was much too cold for sailing, 5. Twas driving down Pleasant Street yesterday. I was singing long with a song ‘an the radio and probably wasn't paying a8 much attention as I should have been All of a sudden, a deer ran out in front of my ca 6 Last weekend, I went out ona date with a fiend from my history cass. We were at this really nice restaurant, and wien the check came [realized that my wallet was mising [gues ft it inthe tax! after I paid the ‘taxi driver I did't know what wo do! The check was really expensive! pages, C034 Listening 3 1 Twas prety hd snowstorm and the reads were in ery good condo, Tues ws driving leo fas and Tet int a cul ote the Caratall Tent hese ofthe od Sad tn the snow Lacy the cr wasn damaged and Twat tb Tcl fet the arto move I jst had fo say nt fd wal for he ow ruck ually ater bout af an oa the tow tak ed ad pulled me ot was pretty scary, We ran into a bad storm and the plane relly bumped around, “The pasengers were prety scared, and ‘of course ll the kds were screaming and crying, I asted for only 10 minutes, but ‘those 10 minutes fl ke an hou! T don’ know hove the plot got the airplane ‘ut of that storm, but he finally did. And the res of the fight was perfect. 3. AIL wanted was to get the newspaper. You know how some hotels leave it in front ‘of your door inthe morning? Anyway stepped out ofthe room to gett, but the door shut behind me.I red to open it, but it was locked, and my key was inside the room! I was in my pajamas' Luckily for me someone fom housekeeping came by. td she had a key 4 ‘We were staying in this hotel in Thalland ‘when there was a fire. I was so scared when I heard the fire alarm go off We got © Oxford University Press. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.cout of the hotel 2s quickly as we could The hotel was badly damaged, and some people Jost thei clothes and money. Fortunately, ‘we were lucky. No guests or staff members wore injured 5. 1 was out shopping with a friend when 1 saw some kids selling ale tickets to raise ‘money fora charity. It was fora relly ood cause 50 T bought a ticket. I didn't think much more about it. But in the end, ‘won fist prize! It was a good prize, toa ‘weekend tip fortwo ro New York City! 6. ‘was ata restaurant with my wife when this famous movie star sat down at the table next to us. I couldn believe i! wanted to ask him for his autograph, but ‘my we said T should let the man have his dinner in peace. Later, when miy wife was inthe restroom, [asked the waitres if she ‘would ask the movie star to sign my men ‘And believe itor not, he di! pages, (03-5 Pronunciation 1. We weat to the beach on Friday and Just as we arrived, it started to ean, 2. Twas walking to work when ll of a suede, I heard someone cll my name. 3, Twas having a great time, and before I knew it twas midnight 4, Wo waited and waited, and finally the tow trick arrived, ‘A: Did I tell you about what happened to me lst Saturday morning? B: No, What happened? ‘A: Cas walking down the street to get some coffee when suddenly 1 heard Someone cll my name. looked around, but didnt se anyone T knew 1B: Then what did you da? ‘A: Well, Thought maybe 1 imagined it, so 1 kepe walking, and just a Iwas about {0 go into the cafe, Theant It again. Tt was my bestfriend from elementary school! Unit 18; Vacations age70, CD3-7 Listening 1 1 ‘A: What do you think I should do for vocation this summer? Bs Wel you ike the beach, and you love hanging oat i te sun, Why don’t you {goto the Caribbean? Or how about the Philippines? Some friends of mine stayed ata beach reso there las summer Bo Well, Ive been to the Cartbean a couple of times, and I always enjoy i. ‘But Ive never been tothe Plippnes. 1 ‘think that would be fun. {Tm not sure where to go for vacation this year ‘Why don' you go skiing? Thad a great time at ask resort i the mountains lst winter Or how about a jungle ip othe Malaysian National Fores? I did that a couple of years ago, and it was amazing ‘Well, [just bought some new ski equipment and I'm dying to uy it. have tosay that I'm not too excited about the ‘dea ofa jungle trip T don't hke bugs, and I bet there would be a lot of them, ike to do something realy diferent for my vacation this yea. How about a trip down the Nile Rive? You've never been to Egypt, right? Or maybe you could spend a week in the ‘Australian outbacle Henm, They both sound interesting, but I guess I'd prefer che Australian ep. ‘The Nile River might be usta litle to exciting for me, Ta like todo something exciting this vacation. I don't want to just lie around on a beach How about whitewater rafting down ‘the Colorado Rive? I rakes you right ‘through the Grand Canyon. Tat’ realy ‘exciting, Or you could goon 2 10-day Alican Safar. ve heard tha’ gest ip ‘The safari trip would be fun sometime, ‘but Fonly have one week. Iti TU do the Grand Canyon trip. Thanks far te tp! Any Ideas about where we should go for vacation? ‘'m thinking about a couple of trips. We oul go to Southeast Asta, We'd go to ‘Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia, The ‘ther place I was thinking about going 10 China, ‘Chinal I've never been there. hear it's fascinating ve already been to Thalland and Indonesia so ler’ go to China need help figuring out what todo for sy vacation, ‘Well, last year, my felends and I went ‘0n a two-week bus tour of Europe, We traveled in nice, comfortable motor coaches and stopped in diferent cites. ‘We stayed in each city fora day or two, and al our hotel reservations were taken care of, Hmm, that could be fun, but sometimes [get sick when T ride in cars and buses, 3 You could tke a ain ip acoss Rusia My ster dd hat scout sear A Oh, Hove ans And Te never bes oR poge7, CO3-8 Listening 2 in Timo exe about my ip to Asa. ve never been there before Fst im flying 10 ‘aipel from the US. be spending tree days there, bocause I her that tere’ ot to ee and do. il ako be spending thee ay in Seoul Lear the sight theres ‘eat Then we gp fom there to Hons Kong, Tm planing odo loo shopping there so Thope two dysis enough tine to uy everything ¥ now would realy lave to go to Baijng fora few days But, unfortunatly, this tour doesn't go there AMter Fong Kong, ‘well end up in Thailand fo five days So 1 guess won be abet eto Tokyo or “Malaysia on this trip. Oh wel. Ihave to save 1 Few places to visit on my next vacation 2. ‘Well, our trip stars off in London, We've {gota week there Then well ake the bus up to Oxford for two days to see friends. ‘We also wanted to see Cambridge—t hear 4s beautful—but we won't have sme this trip. Anyway, den we head to France, We Ihave five days in Pars, which wil ive us time tose all of those museums. wish we were going to spend a few days in Germany, too, bu this rp doesn’ include It But we do goto Switzerland for thee days Tm rally looking forward to that ‘Then we end up in fal fr the last five ays of the cour, 3. ‘We start off in Los Angeles. Were going 10 stay there for thre days because we wat ‘o ht the buach and se the sights We're ‘not going to go to San Francisco his time, bocause we've heen there before Then ‘we're off to Denver to visit my ser. Wee fing to stay there fr a week. I hope that's ‘enough time, because I haven't seen her since last Christmas, and we have so much total about, We were thinking of going to Chicago after tht, but we just don't have tie, s i's straight on to Washington, DC, and New York. We've got two days in ‘Washington and three in New York. We'd realy love to getup to Boston fora couple of days bu it probably won't happen. Maybe next ime age 72, CD3-9 Listening 3 1 ‘After graduation, 'm going to fly to Europe and spend a couple of weeks traveling on ry own. Fl be in Germany and France, mostly. There ate so many things want .© Oxford University Press. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use. Student Book Audio Scripts n