Audio Script Unit 1 -> Review(1,2,3)

Communication: Unit 1
Mi: So we’ve decided that we’re going to Green Park.
Duong: Yeah. It’s the best choice. We can go there by bus. And the bus stop is opposite our school!
Nick: We have to make sure everybody turns up at the school gate at 8 a.m.
Mai: I’ll stick a notice on the board then.
Mi: What about food and drink? I think each person should bring their own lunch. Nick: Good idea! But we need someone to buy drinks for everyone.
Mai: What about Nga? She lives next to the school and there’s a supermarket near her house.
Duong: Right. We’ll need some team-building games to play as well.
Nick: Like Tug of war? I’ll prepare them.
Mi: OK, Nick. And Thanh can prepare some fun quizzes.
Mai: Right. We’ll reach the park at about 9 a.m. We can look round and then gather at the big playground to play the games and do the quizzes.
Nick: We’ll have lunch at about 11.30. What about the afternoon?
Duong: There’s a traditional painting village about 1 km from the park. We can walk there. The artisans will show us how to make paintings, and we can also make our own.
Mi: Great! We’ll go there at about 1.30 p.m. and take the bus back to school at 5 p.m.

Skills 2: Unit 1
Tra: I love history, so my place of interest is Viet Nam National Museum of History. There’s an extensive collection of artefacts tracing Viet Nam’s history. They’re arranged chronologically from primitive life to modern times. It’s also near Hoan Kiem Lake and the Old Quarter, so you can spend time looking round and exploring Vietnamese culture.
Nam: I’m fascinated by traditional handicrafts. At weekends, I usually go to Bat Trang, a pottery village not far from Ha Noi centre. My friend’s relatives live there and they own a workshop. Every time I go there, they teach me how to make things such as pots, vases, or bowls. I’m learning to paint on ceramics now.
Hoa: Ha Noi Botanical Garden is the place I like. There are lots of trees from diff erent countries, a lake, and a small hill. I usually climb up the hill and read books at the top because there’s a large lawn. After that I go down and feed the pigeons. Sometimes I just sit on the bench, watching people dancing or playing sports. It’s a nice place for those who love nature and quietness

Unit 2:
Suzanne lives in Bangkok with her husband and two children. Her ce is seven km away but it takes her two hours to get there by car every day. “Some cities have problems with pollution, crime, or bad weather – here we have c jams,” she says. Before going to the ce, she has to take her children to school – so she sets off at 5 a.m. The children sleep until they arrive at school. Then Suzanne begins her journey to the ce. In the evening the c is even worse. c moves in the city centre at half a kilometre an hour. In rainy weather it doesn’t move at all. But why is it so bad? In the past, more people moved around Bangkok by boat. Now so many people have a car, and there aren’t enough roads in the city. The Skytrain and metro can help a bit, but they are limited in range and don’t cover all parts of the city.
Unit 3: Skills 2
Interviewer: …So how do you like this work?
Miss Sweetie: Oh very much. I feel like I’m living my teenage years again! [laugh] But really, it’s great that I can help our dear readers in this way. Interviewer: Do you fi nd it diffi cult to give advice?
Miss Sweetie: Well, yes… I take time to think of the best possible advice that I can give. I think it’s most important that we put ourselves in other people’s shoes. Interviewer: So it’s about being able to empathise…
Miss Sweetie: Exactly. But even so, we also need to be very careful about how to put the advice into words. We need to be sensitive... It’s not only about giving the best solution, it’s also about helping the person get over the negative feelings. For example, I often use ‘It might be a good idea to…’ rather than ‘You ought to…’. Or perhaps ‘I think you should…’ for me sounds much better than ‘You must…’.
REVIEW 1:
Michelle: Hi, Mike! How’s it going?
Mike: Hi. I’m good, thanks. Are you still living in the same place?
Michelle: Yes, I’m still in that ‘sleepy’ little town. But you know, I enjoy living there. It’s quiet, and