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UNIT 6 F: Oh, please. They’re really intelligent. As a matter of

fact, you could teach it to talk.
Page 66. Exercise C. M: Me? Well … I’ve heard that you have to spend a lot of
Conversation 1 time with them or they get really, really noisy.
F: It’s true, they need a lot of attention, but theyy make

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M: What do you think about getting a nice pet?
F: A pet? Depends. What kind of a pet are we great pets. They love being around people. e.
talking about? M: The noise would drive me crazy, you know. now.
M: Well, you remember Frank—the guy who works F: Let’s just go to the pet store and check
eck themm out. OK?
M: OK. I’ll look. But that‘s it.

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in the mailroom at my office?
F: Tall guy? Mustache?
Conversation 4 [M = U.S. regional] al]
M: That’s him. Well, he wants to find a good home
M: Look at these pictures. Red as, electric yellows,
ed betas, yellow
for his cat. So I was thinking—what about us?
silver angelfish. The colors
olors are
e incredible, aren’t they?
t
F: Oh … gee, I don’t know. I’ve heard their hair gets
F: Yeah, nice. But you can’t playy with them. What good
everywhere—on the furniture … clothing …
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M: OK, hair can be a problem. But generally they’re
M: If you wanna play, gett a dog. But if you yo want
pretty clean. Carl tells me they’re really easy to
something g interesting
sting to watch, you can’t
c beat
be
take care of.
tropical fish.
F: Well, my grandmother used to have one. I have
hey don’t do
F: But they o anything.
hing.
to admit he could be sweet, and he was very
M: What do o you mean? They swim arou around and look
loving with her. He would sit in her lap for hours.
M: So, are you convinced?
F: Let’s sleep on it, OK? We can decide tomorrow.

Conversation 2 [F = Australian English]

F: Just look at her. She’s a real cutie.
M: I guess.
F: They’re really easygoing.
ec great. It’s
F: You
t’s fun watching them
u know, you’ll have
clean. You can’t ge
die. It’s a lot of wo
M I can do that.
M: tha
F: And they’re e
h

work.

expensive.
expen
th swim. Very relaxing.
swi
to keep the aquarium very
about that … or they might
get lazy ab

they’re aas fascinating as I think they’ll be, it’ll

M: Well, if they’r
be worth it.
M: Are you sure?
F: Look at her! Those long ears! Aren’t n’t you a cute,
cu
fuzzy wittle wabbit? Page 68.
68 Exercise C.
M: Look. I really don’t know if I want to keep a [F = B
British English]
rabbit in the house. F: The Fox and the Crow
F: C’mon! The kids would d love her. One morning, a hungry fox was walking in the forest.
M: Yeah, but rabbits chew things.
hings. I don’t want to The fox saw a crow in a tree. The crow had a piece of
have to worry about whatt it’s going to do to the cheese in his mouth. “I’d love to eat that cheese for
furniture, OK?K? breakfast,” thought the fox. He sat under the tree and
F: But you keep ep it in a cage. She’d be no trouble
troub at looked up at the crow.
all. Shee won’tt chew or destroy anything.
an You
know
ow the kids have always wa wanted onone. “What a beautiful bird you are!” the fox said. “Your
M: Well, I’vee heard they are e good
goo with children. feathers are as black as night. Your eyes are as yellow
F: And d the kids having a pet take care of would
p to tak as the sun. But I’ve heard that you can’t sing. That’s
teach responsibility. Don’t you
ch them a little rresponsib too bad. If only you could sing, you would be the
think? most beautiful bird of all!”
M: I suppose so. The crow listened and thought, “The fox is right. I am
beautiful! But what does he mean I can’t sing? I can
Conversation 3 sing as well as other birds.” Then the crow opened its
about getting us a pet.
F: I’m tthinking ab mouth and went “Caw, caw!”
M: You are? Like
Lik what?
The cheese fell to the ground, and the fox ate it.
was thinking about a parrot. I think
F: Well, I wa
“Thank you for breakfast!” the fox called. “I see you
they’re really gorgeous.
they’r
have a voice, but where is your brain?”
Well, they can be beautiful. But aren’t they pretty
M: We
dirty? And don’t they bite? That’s all I need.
Some noisy, dirty animal around the house
who’s always trying to bite me.

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Page 69. Exercise D. In recent years, Capuchin monkeys have been trained
M: The Peacock’s Tail to help improve their lives. These intelligent and
A long time ago, the peacock used to fly higher dexterous monkeys have hands similar to human
than any other bird. And his feathers were short hands. They assist quadriplegics by performing
and brown—not like they are today. One day practical tasks such as serving food, opening and
after flying around, the peacock rested next to a closing doors, turning lights on and off, and
lake. The peacock saw his reflection in the water. retrieving objects. Capuchins are dependable and
He was disappointed. “I wish I were beautiful,” devoted helpmates, giving their partners

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the peacock thought. “If only I could be beautiful, independence, dignity, and companionship. p.
I would pay any price. ”The peacock fell asleep,
feeling sad. Page 73. Exercise B.
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When the peacock woke up the next day, he had
beautiful feathers of blue and green. He had a T: Children who have autism, Down’s wn’ss syndrome, and
long tail that he could open like a fan. The other mental or physical conditions not
onditionss are often n
peacock walked through the forest, showing his responsive and have difficulty
ficulty interacting
nteracting with
beautiful feathers to all the other birds. people and learning to talk. But in Miami, Florida,
Florida
Then the peacock thought, “Everyone must see children like these are swimming
ming with dolphins
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me! I’ll fly high above the trees and show my special programm that iss showing some promising
pro
beautiful feathers to everyone.” He tried to fly, results.
but his long tail was too heavy. He couldn’t do it. Dolphinss are extremely
xtremely intelligen gentle animals
intelligent and gen
A small brown sparrow sat in a tree watching the and they fondnes for children.
hey show a special fondness ch When
peacock. “You are very beautiful,” the sparrow the
e children
ren swim with them,
th the dolphins
dol are playful

little sparrow flew away.

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said. “But is being beautiful worth such a high
price?” Before the peacock could answer, the
and they
Scientists

swim
tha sound like singing.
ey make noises that
entists theorize that, because
natural capacity for
becaus children have a
fo joy and playfulness, this time
spent together helps
After swimming
he the children relax and open up.
with dolphins
d just two or three
ag
times, some children
childre can speak their first words.
Part 1 [A = male annnouncer; T = Tina Rotenburg] burg] Many of thes
these cchildren have also become more
A: As part of our four-part series on animal-assisted
mal-assistedted interactive and
an have responded better to people
therapy, today’s report by Tina Rotenburg
tenburg g after
afte therapy.
thera
focuses on some special human n and animal
nimal
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relationships.
T: When people become quadriplegics, ics, they lose
adriplegics,
more than control of their
heir arms
ms and legs; they
lose control of their lives. Each
ach day is a challenge
challeng
to regain more control
ontrol and
nd become more
independent. Many quadriplegics use an electricelectr
electri
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wheelchairr to move around, but family

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UNIT 7 Page 81. Exercise C.

Page 76. Exercise C. Ad number 1
F: Honey, you’re going to be late for the meeting!
Conversation 1 M1: Bye-bye, sweetie.

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M: What a terrific deal on this sweater! F: Bye-bye.… Hey, wait a minute. Oh, phew! Your
F: Let me see.… Wow! That’s a steal! breath!
M: I’ll bet it would cost a lot more at one of those I hate to ask you this, but did you remember
member to
stores downtown. brush your teeth this morning?

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F: I would imagine. You should get it. It’s definitely M1: Sure I did. What’s wrong?
you. F: You can’t go to the meeting g like that.
hat. You’ll llose
M: You were right about this place. Why pay more your job!
than you have to? M1: Maybe it was something ing I ate..
F: You know me—I can’t pass up a good deal! M2: Morning mouth. And nd he didn’t
dn’t even know. Don’t
Do let
bad breath get in yourr way—don’t let ba bad breath

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Conversation 2 [F = British English]
F: Look what I found. A Casanti watch! spoil your day.
y. Nice-Mouth
Mouth Mouthwash, five tim times a
M: Haven’t you been looking for one of those? day, will make your breath smell fres
fresh!
F: I sure have. But you know, the price is a bit steep. F: Honey,, you’re going to be late ffor the me
meeting!
M: Well, why don’t we check online and see if we M1: Takee care, sweetie.
ee
can find a better deal? F: Mmm. Much bett better.
F: Good idea.

Conversation 3
F1: Look at those funky mirrors! Aren’t they great?
This shop is a real find, isn’t it?
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M1: Thankk you, Nice-Mouth.
M2: Nice-Mouth
ice-Mouth Mouthwash.
Mouthwa Ninety
surveyed worldwide
worldw

other brands.
bran So, wh
Nin
say that
percent of dentists
th regular use of Nice-
Mouth freshens breath better—and longer—than
what are you waiting for?
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F2: Very nice.… But you know something, I don’t on’t
want to buy anything on our first day here.
ere. I Ad number 2
think I’ll just look around and see what’s
at’s nice.. F: Picture this. You’re
Y at the beach. The sun is shining,
F1: Me, too. and there’s
there’ a cool breeze blowing through your hair.
M: Can I help you with anything? The
T palm trees are swaying, and they’re playing your
favorite
favor song. And you’re drinking a tall glass of
gu

F1: No thanks.
F2: Just looking. Leon’s
Le Lemonade. Mmm-mm. Talk about paradise!
M: Hello.
Conversation 4 F: Aren’t you …?
F: Look at those sunglasses.
nglasses.. M: Sean Connery. Or maybe you know me better as
M: Which ones? Bond. James Bond.
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F: The ones in the back with the round frames. F: You’re my favorite actor!
M: Oh, yeah.
h. They’re
hey’re nice. M: Is that a Leon’s Lemonade you’re drinking?
F: Hard to see from
om here, but it looks they’re 30
loo like th F: Uh, yes.
percent
ercent off. M: I always drink Leon’s Lemonade. May I have one too?
M: That’s a good deal. Feel like
lik going in and trying F: Of course.
themm on? M: Ah! Nice. Very nice.
w.

F: No, I don’t think so. I’m in the

th mood for F: As I was saying. Talk about paradise …
looking—not buying. Let’sLe just keep walking
and see what other
o shops
sh they’ve got down the Ad number 3
street. M: You’ve been working very hard.
F: Yes, it’s true.
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Conversation
Convers 5 [F
[F2 = Spanish] M: And you’re ready for something new.
F1: I lik
like this rrug, but the price is a little high. F: How true.
F2: Why do don’t you ask the clerk for a discount? M: And you’re tired of driving what everyone else is
F1: Do yyou think he can drop the price? driving.
F2: I don’t know. Let’s try. The worst he can do is F: Very true.
say no. M: You want to live the good life now.
F1: You’re right. I’ll ask. Excuse me … F: It’s so true.
M: And you’re ready to make your move.
F: Yes, yes! It’s true!

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M: Then isn’t it time you drove a Bernard? F: What! I can’t believe you paid this much! Don’t you
F: A Bernard? remember the ad I showed you from Mason’s? They
M: Refined elegance. Classic looks. Beauty and have the exact same bike for a lot less!
grace. Not everyone drives a Bernard. But why M: A lot less? That’s impossible.
shouldn’t you? Are you ready? F: Yes, a lot less. Let’s face it—you got taken.
F: Yes, I am. M: Where’s that ad from Mason’s?
F: Look.
Page 85. Exercise A. M: Wow! That is cheap.

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Conversation 1 Conversation 3 [M2 = Italian]
F: Hey, look at this vase! F: Let’s go inside. I love their jewelry.
M: That’s gorgeous. I wonder how much it is.… M1: I thought we were just window shopping. opping.
g.
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F: We’re just browsing. Come on. Maybe aybe they’ll have
F: It’s not that much. In fact, I think it’s pretty some good deals.
cheap. M1: Hey, that’s not browsing.
M: You call that cheap?! Let’s keep looking. F: Look at that necklace. Isn’t it stunning?
F: You’re impossible. M1: And look at that price! ce! That’s
t’ss stunning too.
M: Don’t worry. We’ll find something. F: For this necklace?? This is an amazing price.

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F: What about this one? M1: No way! Hey, those earringsarrings are really nice.
nic
M: Nice. How much? F: They are. You’ve got great taste.
F: See for yourself. M1: Probablyy means ns they’re pretty expensive.
exp I’ll find
M: Well, that’s a bit better. But still not great. out. Excuse me.
F: Look, it’s beautiful, and it’s a fair price. M2: How ow can I help p yyou?
M: OK. I guess I can live with that.

Conversation 2
M: Ta-dah!
F: Where did that come from?
M: I just bought it at Freeman’s … it’s the X-30
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M1: These earrings don’t seem
M2:2: Let mee get them out for
is on the back.
M1:: That’s all?
F:
see to hav
fo you. H
have a price on them.
Here you are. The price

That’s alll? The price sseems a little high to me.

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M1:
M1 We’ll take them.t
exercise bike we’ve been talking about. You’re
ou’re
F: You’re getting
getti them
t for me?
going to love it.
M1: You bet. Enough
Eno
En with the browsing. I’m ready to
F: Uh-oh. I’m afraid to ask how much it cost.
bu
buy.
M: Aha! That’s why you’re going to be surprised.
ise
Not as expensive as you mightt think! Here’s ththe
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UNIT 8 Conversation 3
F: I’m not overly concerned about my kids. I think
Page 89. Exercise E. they can be trusted to behave without my
Speaker 1 [F = Indian] watching over them all the time like a motherr hen.
Kids should be allowed to make their own

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F: There is a strong relationship between the
education women get and the quality of medical decisions—what’s the point in worrying? g? They’ll
y
care they receive. Research shows that mothers figure it out as they go along.
with more education are likely to receive better M: Well, that’s not how I see it. You need
eed to be
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medical care when they have children. In Egypt, for
example, about 75 percent of women with a themselves into trouble.
secondary education receive medical care before
Conversation 4
having children. By contrast, only about 33 percent
M: That boyfriend of yours
ours is a troublemaker.
of women without an education receive medical
F: Why don’t you have
ave any respect
espect for my friends?
frien
care.

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What do you know, anyway? Just because
becau you’re
you’r
Speaker 2 an adult doesn’t
oesn’t mean
ean you know everything.
e
F: In Japan, the average age that men get married is M: Young lady,
ady, I don’t like that tone of voice. You’re
twenty-eight, and for women, it’s around twenty- grounded!
nded!
six. Compared to other countries in the world,
Conversation
on 5 [F = Arabic]
versation Arabic
Japanese men and women seem to be getting

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married at a later age. According to a government
study, the main reason Japanese marry at an older
age is that they date each other longer. The study
shows that, over the past fifteen years, the gap
between a couple’s first date and the time they
hey get
F: I’m so
o worried about my
M: Uh-oh. What’s going on?
m daughter.
o
daugh

F: Well, she wants to learn how

M: Oh, yeah? How old is sshe?
F: Nineteen.
Ninetee
h to drive.
ag
M: Then what’s
what the problem?
married has increased from two to three years.
F: Oh, I don’t know.
kn What does she need to drive for?
Speaker 3 [M = Portuguese] I mean—what
mean—w if she gets in an accident?
M: New studies show a direct relationship
nship between
etween M: But she’s
she nineteen. Don’t you think she’s old
the number of years one stays in schoolool and llife enough
enou to start learning how to take care of
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expectancy. Worldwide, for every year beyond the herself?

h Like driving herself to work or going
age of sixteen that students
nts stay in
n school, they shopping?
live an average of two additional
onal years. According
Accord F: I’m just not comfortable with it. I could drive her
to a new United Nations
ations report,
eport, this is compelling
compellin anywhere she needs to go.
evidence for compulsory
mpulsory education past middle M: You know, you have to let your kids be adults at
school. some point.
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Conversation 6
Page 91.. Exercise
rcise D. M: Wanna go to the late show? There’s a cool movie
Conversation
rsation 1 tonight.
M: I believee in setting limits. When
W kids
ki break the F: Uh, Ryan, don’t you have to be home by 11:00 on
rules, immediately—no excuses.
es, you punish them immed school nights?
w.

No ifs, ands, or buts about it it. M: Yeah. But I’m sick and tired of being told what to
F: I think that’s a little harsh,
harsh Stan. Sometimes there do. I’m not a kid anymore. I’m almost sixteen. I’ll go
breaking the rules. I think you have
are reasons for breaki home when I feel like it!
to take this
thi on a cacase-by-case basis. F: Well, I have an eleven o’clock curfew too—and I’m
going home. What are you trying to prove? Your
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Convers
Conversation 2 parents aren’t so strict.
M: I think
thi it’s only
o fair that my parents buy me a new
computer. I mean, my friends’ parents love their
comput
kids eenough to get them whatever they want, so
why shouldn’t mine?
wh
F: Jason! You already have a pretty decent computer.
Don’t be so selfish.

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Page 92. Exercises C . and D. By the time I was in my teens, a generation gap
had pretty much opened up. Teenagers began to
Part 1 [M = Lithuanian]
develop different tastes in music … the way they
M: My name’s Rimas Vilkas and I come from Vilnius,
dressed. It’s not surprising when you think about
the capital city of Lithuania. I live in Chicago now,
it—a lot of the food Lithuanians eat now, a lot of
but I grew up in Vilnius in the ’80s and ’90s in a
the movies they watch, even some of the fashions,,
house with my immediate family—my sister, my
come from Western Europe or the U.S. Before, in n
mother, and my father, and of course, me!
my parents’ generation, it used to be a big deal if
My parents, however, didn’t grow up in Vilnius.

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somebody left their small village and moved ved to
They grew up in a small village in the east. Both my
Vilnius! But today a lot of my friends have
ave moved
oved
parents came from very large families. And they
away from Lithuania altogether. I have ave friends
ds
both lived with their extended families when they
living all over Europe, some in the
he States,s, and even
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a friend in New Zealand. That was as almost unheard
unhear
expectation that three generations would live
of for my parents’ generation.
ion. Myy parents ccan’t
together in a house: children, parents, and
understand that kind off independence—why
pendence—why
grandparents.
anyone would want to move e so far away. So,
My mother said that everyone—her seven brothers mobility is a hugee difference.
ce.
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So, some of thehe changes shouldn’t
nges I’m describing shouldn
ate dinner together every night of the week. This
be too surprising:
prising: Young are leaving home
oung people ar h
kind of togetherness was pretty different from the
earlier; they’re more likely to move far away,
awa marry
way my family grew up. When I was growing up,
later,, and choose
oose a career instead having
inste of ha
my sister and I usually ate with our parents. But
children
hildren right
ht away.
a
sometimes, when they had to work, we didn’t.
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This may be why my father says that families were
closer back then—he says there was more parental
involvement in teenagers’ lives. My dad thinks that
closeness is the reason why teenagers had fewer wer
hat
I still consider myself close

away from them,

children
them why my
cl
can’tt deny that there is a gen
parents find it hard
h und
to my parents, but I
generation gap. My
to understand why I live far
m wife and I don’t have
dren yet.… And they can’t figure out how it is
ag
that I’ve hhad so many
m different jobs over the years.
problems. He says it was rare for a teenagerer to be a
It’s hard for
fo me to explain to them. Sometimes it’s
troublemaker at school—he thinks rebelliousness
lliousnesss
so frustrati
frustrating!
frustratin They worry about me, about my
and disrespect are more modern teen n problems.
ms. In
security—like
security
security— parents have always worried about
his day, he says, that kind of disobedience
bedience
ce would
their kids. And I think they worry a lot about
have been highly unusual.
whether
wh I’ll be able to handle the responsibility of
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taking care of them in their old age the way they

Page 93. Exercise E. took care of their own parents.
Part 2
M: A lot of other thingsngs weree different when my Page 97. Exercise A.
parents were growing g up. Lithuania was still a part
p
pa
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Conversation 1 [F and M = U.S. regional]

of the Sovietet Union, and life was very limited in
F: Just look at this e-mail from Philip’s English
some ways.
ays. My parents dealt with a lot of
teacher! It says Philip’s missing his last two book
difficulties.
ulties. Back
ack then, they didn’t
didn have aas many
reports.
choices—you
oices—you know,now, for thin
things like wwhat direction
M: No way. Every time I see him in front of the
your career traveling abroad—not
reer would take, or travelin
computer, he tells me he’s doing homework.
so many opportunities.
opportunities And it w was very rare that
F: He’s probably spending hours on the Internet.
w.

someone would mo move away and live somewhere

That’s it. No more Internet until he shapes up at
else. Because o when my parents were
of that, wh
school.
teenagers, thethey really didn’t know much about life
outside ththe Soviet Union—at least firsthand. Most Conversation 2 [F2 = U.S. regional]
people got married
peo mar at about the same age and had F1: I’m really getting worried about Sandi. I don’t know
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children shor
child shortly afterward. And they usually had what to do.
one job fofor their whole life. For all those reasons, I F2: Sandi? She’s such a good kid. What’s up?
would say there was a difference in the world view F1: Well, ever since she got her driver’s license last
that teenagers had then—different from the one I month, she’s been staying out later and later. Last
had when I was growing up, which was, of course,
h night she didn’t come home until after eleven.
during the breakup of the Soviet Union. She’s no baby, but I worry about her. I’m losing
sleep!

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F2: Well, you need your sleep. Why don’t you give her F: Yeah. He’s just so annoying. Next time he tells me I
a curfew? Tell her if she gets in one minute late, can’t wear makeup, I think I’ll get a tattoo. That’ll
she’s grounded. show him!
Conversation 3 Conversation 4
M: Hey, Jill, what’s up? F1: You know, Jen, Mom and Dad aren’t that bad. Now
F: I’m grounded. I can’t go to the concert. that I think back on how much trouble we gave
M: What did you do? them, I appreciate them more.
F: Absolutely nothing. My dad told me to take off all F2: Me, too. I used to think they were so dumb.. But it

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my makeup before I went to school, and I told him turns out they were pretty smart. You know,
now, I hope
he was being ridiculous. when I have kids, I’ll be as smart about
ut kids as Mom
M: You told him that? and Dad.

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UNIT 9 J: No doubt about it. And they were able to conclude

that the other four bodies were definitely not
Page 104. Exercise C. members of the czar’s family. Instead, it was
Part 1 [H = male host; J = Professor John Morgan, British believed that they were most likely the bodiess of
the doctor and three of the servants. But the e

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English]
H: Our guest tonight is John Morgan, professor of bodies of the son, Alexei, and one daughter hter were
Russian history at Cambridge University. Professor still missing.
Morgan, the murder of Czar Nicholas II and the H: Well, what about Anna Anderson, who claimed laimed to
be their daughter, Anastasia? Wouldn’t ouldn’t her story

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royal family of Russia in 1918 is one of the great
mysteries of the twentieth century. Tell us the have been provable through h medical
edical testing too?
basic story of what happened. J: Yes—and it was. After they ey foundd the bodies of the
J: Well, in 1917, during the Russian Revolution—with royal family in 1991, medical testing on Anna
the end of the Russian monarchy—the czar’s Anderson’s body proved roved that wa nott a
hat she was
family was moved from St. Petersburg east to the member of the royal family. y. As a matter of ffact, it

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Ural Mountains, supposedly for their protection. proved that she wasn’t sn’t even Russian!
There was, of course, the czar … his wife Alexandra H: How do you at! Well, that’s one
ou like that! o e myste
mystery
… and their children—four daughters and a son, solved.
Alexei, who would have been the next czar—and J: Right.
ht. But just
st when we thoug
thought the mmystery of
also the family doctor and several servants. what happened ned to their bodies
bod was solved, a team
According to the story, late one evening, they were
all brought into a room and told that they were
going to have their photograph taken. But to their
surprise, soldiers suddenly came into the room
firing guns and the entire family was murdered.
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of scientists
of the
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without
hout a doubt
recen argued
e medical testing done on
the 1990s was highly
h
argue that the results
o the nine bodies in
questionable—poorly
ques
errors, and it might not have proved
dou that the bodies were the royal
done
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H: And what makes this story such an enduring g family after
afte all.
mystery? H: Well, I guess
gues some
so mysteries just never die, do
J: Well to begin with, until 1991 at least,, no one ha had they?
ever found the bodies. Stories spread ead about
out how J: Not this one. It might just be an unsolvable case.
the son, Alexei, and maybe also o Anastasia,
asia, the
th H: Well, thank
t you Professor Morgan. That was very
interesting.
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youngest daughter, had escaped aped the

he execution
and were still alive. Several al women n claimed to J: Thank you for having me.
have been Anastasia—the —the mostost famous person
perso
who claimed to have e been Anastasia was an AnnaAn Page 109. Exercise A.
Anderson, in Berlin rlin in 1920.
20. Many people found Conversation 1 [F = Korean]
her story veryy believable, members
vable, including other memb
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M: Where’s Bill?
of the Russian
sian Anderson—or
ian royal family. Anna Ande
Anderson— F: I don’t know. I haven’t seen him.
Anastasia, her—di in the United
sia, if you believed her—died M: He was supposed to be here an hour ago.
Statess in 1984. F: He might’ve overslept. I heard he stayed out pretty
late last night.
Page
age 104.
4. Exercise D.
D M: That’s what you heard?
Part 2 F: Yeah. But who knows. Maybe something else
w.

H: Professor Morgan, you m mentioned no one had a happened to him.

clue where the bodies were until 1991. Tell us Conversation 2 [F and M = U.S. regional]
about that
that. F: Whose wallet is this?
J: Well, people
peo assumed
assu that the bodies must have M: Beats me.
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been lost forever,

fore until 1991, when researchers F: Well, you were sitting here. Didn’t you see anyone
found nine bodies in the Ural Mountains. Through come by?
medical testing they were able to confirm that five
medica M: Yeah. But I was too busy to notice.
of the
th bodies had to have been Czar Nicholas, his F: I’ll bet Gina forgot it.
wife, and three of their four daughters.
w M: Why would you think that?
H: That must’ve been pretty exciting news for a lot of F: Well, it’s a red wallet, and she always wears red.
people. M: Hmm. You’re that certain?
F: You bet.

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Conversation 3 Conversation 4
M: Did you read the newspaper today? F: Did you watch the News Hour last night?
F: Uh-huh. Why? M: No. Was there something interesting I missed?
M: Did you read about the latest bank scandal? F: Oh, yeah. Some guy in Italy says he saw a large,
Sounds like the president is in big trouble now. hairy animal that looked kind of like a human
F: Yeah, I read about it. But don’t you think it’s a little eating pasta in the Roman Coliseum.
premature to claim that the president himself was M: Get out of here!
involved? F: No, for real!

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M: What? You can’t be serious. M: The guy must have been drinking.
F: Where’s the evidence? F: Don’t be such a skeptic! There are a lott of things
ngs
M: How much more evidence do you need? It’s in the out there we just can’t understand.
paper! M: Right. And I can’t understand how w someone so
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F: C’mon. You can’t believe everything you read in smart could possibly fall for a story
ory like that!
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Student’s Book Audioscript

UNIT 10 S: Definitely. There are both positive and negative

sides. There’s the healthy, constructive risk-taking
Page 118. Exercise A. that you see in most creative fields—like science, e,
[I = male interviewer; S = Sue Franklin] for example. But there’s a negative side as well— ll—
crime, drinking and driving … crazy risk-taking king in

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I: When you stop to think about it, people do a lot of
strange stuff. We actually pay money for the thrill general. As a matter of fact, big Ts have twice as
of watching scary movies. We enjoy going to many highway accidents as small ts because e they
amusement parks to ride roller coasters and other take more chances and put themselves selves inn danger
more often.

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crazy rides for the thrill of going at high speeds
and getting turned upside down. And the list of I: I love riding on roller coasters rs at the amusement
wacky extreme sports, where the adventurous face park. Does that make me a big T??
their fears—bungee jumping, skydiving, extreme S: Not necessarily. One of the great reat things about
skiing—seems to get longer every year. And then roller coasters is thatat they allow people who are a
of course, there are those of us—the faint of afraid of taking risks to feel like they’re really
reall taking
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heart—who wouldn’t dare do any of these things. a big risk by riding one—because they’r they’re so scary.
sca
Well, Sue Franklin is an expert on this topic, and But everyone
one also knows that roller coasters are
she’s here to tell us about two personality types— pretty safe. But you’ neve
ut if you told me you’d never ride on
the person who loves thrills and can’t get enough them,
m, I’d tell you you were a small
sm t fo for sure. The
of them—known as the “big T” personality—and big T personality
ality is the one standing
standin
s up in the
the person who hates thrills and prefers to avoid
them—the “small t” personality. Welcome Sue
Franklin.
S: Thank you.
I: You call this the type-T analysis. What is that, and
ecnd
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Exerc A.
Conversation 1 [F2 = Rus
F1: So what do
Russian]
d you do to relax?
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what does it tell us about human nature? F2: Me? Well this
t m might sound a little strange, but I
S: Well, it’s based on the work of psychologist gist Frank collect
ollect soda
sod cans
c from around the world. I keep my
Farley, and it’s a way of studying a person’srson’s risk-
sk- eye out for
fo nice ones when I’m traveling.
taking behavior. It indicates how comfortable
omfortable
able a F1: That doesn’t
do sound strange. I think it could be
person is with taking chances—living—living on the edge. pretty
pret interesting.
What Farley calls a big T personality
onalityy is a person
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F2: Well,
who likes risk. A big T likess thrills, whereas a small t
does not. In fact, it’s moreore like a continuum—from
ontinuum—from Conversation 2 [F = Spanish]
C
risk-taking to risk-avoidance.
voidance. e. Most of us are willing
will F: I’ve been thinking about taking up something
to take some risks ks from timeme to time—but we m may called kalaripayattu.
void riskk in general. So generally
still tend to avoid M: Kalaripa-what?
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speaking, iff you like to take risks, do n new things,

thin F: It’s a form of fighting—from India— and it’s
then you’re
u’re a big T. If you prefer certainty
ce and supposed to help you develop spiritually.
routine,
ne, then you’re a small t. M: Oh. So it’s a kind of martial art then?
I: What’s
hat’s the
he motivation for se seeking ththrills? F: Right. They say it’s really challenging both
S: Much off it is for the adrenaline
ad rush that comes
ru physically and mentally.
withh going right up to the edg edge. Actually, big Ts M: Well, you can’t beat that.
w.

may physically need a higherhigh level of stimulation

than other people
peo do—and they need to take risks
do—a Conversation 3 [M = Punjabi]
in order to get that st stimulation. M: Have you ever played awari?
I: So do big T types h have an important role to play F: No. Where’s it from?
soc
socially? M: West Africa. It’s a lot of fun.
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Absolutely. FFarley believes that human progress

S: Abso F: Oh, yeah? How do you play?
depends on big T–type behavior. These are people M: Well, you have to move small stones across the
who ar are not afraid of danger or pushing the limits. board from hole to hole. It involves a lot of
I: Is there
th another side to big T behavior? counting. You win when you’ve captured twenty-
five of the other player’s stones.
F: Well, let’s play sometime.
M: OK. Sounds good.

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Conversation 4
M: Wow! That’s beautiful! Who made it?
F: My mom, believe it or not. She’s been working on it
for years.
M: She cut up all those pieces of cloth?
F: Uh-hum. And she sewed all the pieces together
by hand.
M: Wow. She’s something else. Very creative.

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