Student's Book Audioscript: Unit 1 Page 5, Exercise D
Student's Book Audioscript: Unit 1 Page 5, Exercise D
Student's Book Audioscript: Unit 1 Page 5, Exercise D
The result of all these negative feelings is that between 5 Conversation 5 [B = US regional]
and 10 million teenaged girls and young women have an A: Stacy, thanks so much for coming over to help. You’re a
eating disorder—extreme dieting, or anorexia—that can be real friend.
dangerous to their health. What can we do to help prevent B: Hey, I understand. It’s hard to clean out your closet alone.
the negative self-image so many girls and women have of A: OK. Let’s start with this blouse.
themselves? And what, if anything, can we do to reduce the B: All righty then. Hold it up so I can see it. Whoa! When did
high frequency of eating disorders among young women? you get that?
Well, if you are a woman, it’s important to increase your A: Must have been about . . . oh, maybe eight years ago.
awareness that you are being targeted as a consumer group B: Uh, I think that one can go.
. . . and that advertisers believe that if you can be made to A: Toss it?
feel self-conscious about your body, they can successfully B: Yup. No one’s wearing that anymore.
promote weight loss and exercise products to you. If you are
the parent of a young girl, be aware that as she grows up,
your daughter will be bombarded with the same messages UNIT 5
over and over again. Implanting a positive message about
your daughter’s value and attractiveness when she’s young PAGES 58–59, EXERCISES C, D, AND E
will help build her self-esteem and self-confidence. This will Former college athlete Pete Frates was diagnosed in 2012 with
make her less likely to accept the messages that are being amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, also commonly known
promoted by the media. And be sure to let your daughter as Lou Gehrig’s disease. ALS is a relatively rare disease that
hear you comment on the beauty of women who don’t attacks the nervous system. Eventually one loses the ability to
conform to the destructive and unrealistic image of beauty move or speak—even the ability to breathe. Life expectancy
so widely depicted. after diagnosis is two to five years. But Pete Frates had a goal.
In next week’s class, we’ll discuss the impact of media on He wanted to spread awareness of the disease and get people
males, who also have to cope with a similar impossible ideal. to contribute to its cure. And he had a big idea. It went like
Until then. this: You made a video of yourself dumping a bucket of icy
water over your head. You posted it on a social media site and
PAGE 49, EXERCISE A challenged your friends to do the same thing within twenty-
four hours or donate $100 to ALS research.
Conversation 1
What happened next was huge. Social media users all
A: What magazine are you reading? over the world took up the challenge and posted videos of
B: Metropolitan. Want to have a look? themselves. On Facebook, more than 2.4 million Ice Bucket
A: Do you mind? Challenge videos were shared and were viewed 10 million
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times, reaching more than 400 million people. On YouTube, B: Yeah. My friend didn’t have much in his wallet. But I had
more than 2.3 million videos were posted. The challenge was more than two hundred dollars on me at the time! He
mentioned more than 2.2 million times on Twitter. Everyone— took it all.
from kids to next-door neighbors—to famous celebrities and
politicians—talked about it and took the challenge themselves. Conversation 3
Whole communities—families, schools, and companies—took A: Hey, weren’t you in Indonesia recently?
the challenge together. And in just one month alone, the Ice B: Yeah, I was there a month ago.
Bucket Challenge raised $100 million in donations. A: How was it?
B: Fantastic. I had such a good time everywhere I went. But I
The challenge had its critics. Some said that it was mainly
really loved Jakarta.
about having fun rather than doing charity work. In most
A: I hear it’s really fascinating.
of the videos, the cause—which was supposed to be finding
B: It is. But I saw something awful when I was riding in a taxi.
a cure for ALS—was not even mentioned. Some called it a
A: Really? What happened?
publicity stunt for celebrities and politicians. Other critics
B: This boy came running down the street with a purse in his
said that it was just an opportunity to be the star of your
hand. And running behind him was this poor girl with a
own video, without having to give anything. There were
terrible look on her face. I assume he had her purse.
those who felt that people should have skipped the ice
A: Oh that’s too bad. But I guess that could happen in any
bucket entirely and simply donated money instead. Another
big city.
point critics made was that, since ALS was a rare disease that
B: True.
affects few people, it would have been smarter to donate
all that cash to a more serious problem, such as providing Conversation 4
medical supplies for the Ebola epidemic that was turning into
A: Didn’t you and your husband just get back from Paris?
a crisis in West Africa at that same time.
B: We did. Last Friday.
Nevertheless, people who are involved in charity work felt A: So how was your trip?
it was a very exciting phenomenon and a very successful B: All in all, it was really great. Except for something that
event. It helped increase awareness of ALS, and raised much happened at our hotel.
needed money for research. Perhaps most importantly, A: What?
it made people feel connected as a community—that by B: Someone broke into our room while we were out
getting involved and collaborating with each other, they sightseeing and took Steve’s laptop.
might be able to cure the world’s problems. According to A: Oh no. It wasn’t in the safe?
Susie Erjavec-Parker, owner of a Canadian social media and B: No. He stuck it in the dresser drawer under some shirts. I
marketing firm, the Ice Bucket Challenge engaged people told him not to do that, but he never listens to me.
as a community in several ways: For one thing, it appealed A: I guess he should have.
to the natural desire in most of us to help other people.
Secondly, it created an ongoing conversation people could
watch on social media and share with their friends and UNIT 6
family. And it was easy and fun to do. PAGE 66, EXERCISE B
In fact, 21 percent of the videos posted on Facebook led to
money donations. Organizations dedicated to researching a Conversation 1
cure for ALS received more donations than ever before. That’s A: Honey, there’s this guy Ethan who works in the mailroom
not bad at all. at the office.
B: Yeah?
A: Well, he’s looking for a good home for his cat. Apparently
PAGE 61, EXERCISE A his wife is allergic.
B: Uh-huh.
Conversation 1 [A = Korean] A: I felt sorry for the cat. So, I went over to his place, and
A: Have I ever told you about the time someone took the cat’s amazing. And you know how much I’ve always
my wallet? wanted one . . .
B: No. What happened? B: Uh-oh.
A: Well, I was riding on the bus . . . And I had my wallet A: No seriously. What would you think of adopting it and
in my backpack. It was really crowded . . . wall to wall taking it in as our cat?
people. Well, someone took the wallet. B: I’m not so sure. I’ve heard they shed and their hair gets all
B: Out of your backpack? over everything—on the furniture, on your clothes . . . I
A: Yeah. Someone used something to cut it open and took couldn’t put up with that. Who wants to clean up cat hair
the wallet right out. all the time?
B: Wow. That’s kind of scary. A: Well this one’s a Siamese. They’re not supposed to shed
A: It was. I should have either kept the backpack in front of their hair as much as other cats. And you know, cats don’t
me or kept the wallet in my pants pocket. need much. They’re pretty easy to take care of.
B: I suppose that’s true. My grandmother had one. And I have
Conversation 2 [B = Brazilian] to admit, her cat was very sweet and loving.
A: So by the time we got back, we were pretty tired.
B: You know, your telling me about your trip to Los Angeles Conversation 2
reminds me of the time I was there a few years ago. A: Oh . . . isn’t she a cutie?
A: Really? I didn’t know you had ever been there. B: I guess.
B: Well, it wasn’t a very pleasant experience. A: Look at her, with those long ears! [Baby talk] Aren’t you a
A: No? What happened? cute wittle wabbit!
B: Well, I was walking with a friend of mine—I was visiting B: Look, I’m not so sure a wabbit—I mean a rabbit!—is a
him in L.A.—and some big, mean-looking guy walks up to good idea.
us and demands all our money. A: C’mon. The kids would love her.
A: No way.
Pronunciation Booster
UNIT 7 UNIT 10
PAGE 146, EXERCISE C PAGE 150, EXERCISE C
1. live / live 5. team / Tim 1. Give the money to the man.
2. steal / still 6. wheel / will 2. I think it’s Dan.
3. fit / fit 7. been / been 3. What is that rug made of?
4. feel / fill 8. seat / seat 4. Do you need this pen?
5. He’s a perfect mate.
PAGE 146, EXERCISE D 6. My debt is causing me trouble.
7. Could you take that bag off the counter?
1. fears 8. technique 8. Please put a bandage on the cut.
2. figures 9. syllable
3. convince 10. believe
4. Hidden 11. busy
5. people’s 12. women
6. appeal 13. receive
7. manipulate 14. building
UNIT 10
PAGE 160, LISTENING COMPLETION
At work, technology is in fact a contributing factor in a
growing trend toward longer hours and less time off. When
we leave the office, we continue to stay connected. We
are inviting our work world into our private lives in ways
that never would have been imaginable in the past. We’re
constantly “on call,” and our time is never entirely our own.
We just don’t know how to “switch off” our work when
we get home. In our leisure time, technology appears to
be reducing the face-to-face human interaction that we’ve
traditionally enjoyed. For example, the trend has been away
from the shared experiences of going out to the movies
or shopping at the mall, toward the more private acts of
watching movies at home or shopping online. Common
leisure activities of the past, such as participating in clubs,
took place in the community and provided extended time
to communicate with others and develop relationships.
In contrast, today’s online posts and tweets with family,
friends, and colleagues are shorter, more superficial, and
less satisfying. Recent research has in fact suggested that
face-to-face family time is decreasing in homes with Internet
connections.