KEY- UNIT 3

Answer & Audioscript

8 B 9 C 10 A 11 B 12 C 13 A
14 rope 15 20/twenty 16 tall
17 band 18 rabbit 19 ice(-)cream
20 B 21 B 22 B 23 A 24 B 25 A
Audioscript
Man: Today, I’m talking to teenage surfer Abby Fielding.
Abby, welcome. Tell us about how you started surfing.
Abby: Well, my family have always loved going to our
local beach, and my dad became keen on surfing. He
wasn’t very good, but he really wanted to show me how to
do it, and my mum offered to buy me a board. I still
wasn’t keen, but then I started watching surfing
competitions near home, and when I saw the standard of
the surfers, I just felt I could do better!
Man: Very confident! How easy was it to get started?
Abby: Well, it’s free to practise, once you’ve got the
equipment. But it can cost quite a lot to buy what you
need. I went to the local surfing school for a bit too. I was
lent some boards before I bought one, to see which type I
liked best – that was useful.
Man: So do you go surfing all year round now?
Abby: Yes – even in winter when it’s cold! The sea is
actually warmer than the land. I just wear the same
wetsuit as I do in the summer – although sometimes I do
add gloves! You’d be surprised how many people are out
there surfing with me.
Man: And your biggest achievement was surfing an
enormous wave!
Abby: Yeah! That kind of wave only comes along a couple
of times a year. I borrowed a large board, as mine wasn’t
big enough, and I was nervous – the waves were a lot
bigger than they look from the beach. People say it hurts
if you fall off in those conditions – but I didn’t have time to
think about that!
Man: So – any advice for other teenagers taking up
surfing?
Abby: Well, you’re never too young to start – not on big
waves, of course, in case you have to swim back to the
beach. But in many places, you need to know how to surf
whatever the waves are like – good and bad. And surfing
schools are OK, but watching other surfers is just as useful
– and practising yourself, of course!
Man: So … you’re still young – what next?
Abby: Well, I’m going to miss the next big competition, as
I’ve injured my ankle, but my future’s definitely in surfing,
so I need to investigate what opportunities there are.
There’s a course in surfing science you can do at the
university here, but I’m not sure that’s the right path for
me at the moment.
Man: Well, thank you Abby.
Answer & Audioscript
14 rope 1520/twenty 16 tall
17 band 18 rabbit 19 ice(-)cream
Audioscript
Caspar: My name is Caspar and I’m the youngest child in
a circus family. My parents and brother and sister are all
performers. My mother wears wonderful costumes and
dances across a rope about fifteen metres above the
ground. Sometimes she plays a violin at the same time …
Incredible!
My brother is ten years older than me, and my sister’s
sixteen. They’re part of an act where up to twenty people
balance on a motorbike and ride round the ring. The
performers stand on each other’s shoulders, with my
sister at the top.
My dad’s the ringmaster, or the boss of the circus. He’s
good at his job because he’s tall and has a loud voice. He
introduces the performers and makes sure the acts start
and finish on time.
I’m not allowed to perform until I’m fifteen, but I march
beside my dad ahead of the band at the beginning of the
show, and lead everyone out at the end. I have some
great costumes, and I love being in the ring. I can’t wait to
start training to be a performer.
We don’t have horses or dogs. In fact the only animals in
the circus is a rabbit, who doesn’t do much but is always
the star of the show. The children love him. The
performers have a lot of other jobs to do. We have to
clean out the circus tent between each show, make the
costumes, and repair the equipment. I check the audience
tickets, and sell ice-cream at half-time.
We only work for eight months, during good weather, and
we travel around from place to place. It’s a great life.
Answer & Audioscript
20 B 21 B 22 B 23 A 24 B 25 A
Audioscript
Lisa: So, Sam, have you finished that book we had to
read for school, Lime Country?
Sam: Oh, hi, Lisa. Yeah, just last weekend. It took me a
long time to get into it. The first chapter was difficult. But
in the end I couldn’t put it down.
Lisa: I liked it from the first page. I’ve never finished a
book so quickly, and normally I don’t like reading fiction.
Sam: The main character in the story, Paul, was
interesting. He hurt his leg badly and couldn’t play
football with the other kids. But the author didn’t make
you feel pity for him.
Lisa: Yes, that was because he was such a strong
character. He couldn’t do anything active, but he used his
time to think about game plans for his team. They
depended on him in the end.
Sam: He was almost like a coach.
Lisa: I thought the book was well written and it had a
good plot. There was a bit of mystery about Paul’s
brother. Did he cause Paul’s injury? Was he jealous of
Paul? You don’t find out until the very end.
Sam: I didn’t care so much about that. It was the football
matches I liked, seen through Paul’s eyes. I could imagine
exactly what was happening.
Lisa: The author was clever because when Paul was
unhappy, the whole story – the weather, the background –
sort of got darker, so the reader could feel what Paul was
feeling.
Sam: There was quite a lot of detail about the techniques
of football. I think the author got that just right.
Lisa: Any more would make it too long, and boring for
people who weren’t mad about football. That side of the
book was about right. For me, the best part was that Paul
realised what’s important in life and how to deal with
tough situations. He really grew as a person.