Intermediate Unit 3 Audio Script
UNIT 3 Recording 1
1 What are you going to do at the weekend?
2 We’re going to visit my brother and his family.
3 Where are you going to look for them?
4 They’re going to have a party on Friday.
5 Are you going to come with us tomorrow?
6 I’ll ask Marion when she’s going to leave.
UNIT 3 Recording 2
1 Have you heard about Vicki? She’s got a new boyfriend!
2 I just wanted to say I’m really sorry I missed the match.
3 So, how was your day? Did it go well?
4 I was the best rugby player in my school, you know.
5 No, that’s not true. I didn’t say that you could borrow my mp3 player!
6 Listen, it’s very important that you don’t get into cars with people who you don’t know.
7 You look lovely. That top looks really nice on you.
8 And when I got home, the house was in a complete mess. They’re so lazy. They never help.
UNIT 3 Recording 3
Conversation 1
W1 = 1st woman M1 = 1st man W2 = 2nd woman M2 = 2nd man
W1: Erm, so there are many, many ways we communicate with people at the moment and, um, in the near future – I wanted to talk about something that, um, is going to be with us which is, um, a system for translating foreign languages. Um, so potentially you could be on the phone talking to someone from another country who’s speaking in a different language and it’s being, um, translated into your ear so you can communicate that way. What do we th-
M1: Like an intermediary or something?
W1: Um, yes …
M1: Or by technology?
W1: By technology so you can do this on Skype you know where you’ve got the erm, the camera filming you and you are talking to someone um in another country … How, how do we feel about that?
M1: Well, it might work in the future but it certainly doesn’t work at the moment. I mean if you go to a website that’s in a foreign language and you can get these, you know, these online translation services …
M2: It, erm …
W2: It’s not quite right.
M1: It’s very funny.
M2: He gets it wrong.
M1: He gets it completely wrong, especially English to Japanese and back from it.
W1: See, you see will this type of communication affect the way we work, and … and?
W2: Well, businesses, I mean it works very well for businesses because you will be able to communicate with someone from a different company in a different country and maybe … erm, that will stop barriers in that way.
Conversation 2
W = Woman M = Man
W: I heard a TV programme the other day and they said that they don’t think that handwriting will exist in the next ten years. What d’you think about that?
M: Oh really? What, what did they suggest would take its place?
W: Er, well, for things like, erm, signatures, you know, for bank cards, or whatever, or signing things, erm, they suggested that we would use thumbprints or er, digital …
M: Kind of retina scans, things like that?
W: Yeah, that’s it, yeah.
M: Well, I personally think that handwriting will be with us y’know for a long time. Erm, I think in years to come, people will still carry a pen around in their top pocket rather than anything else, and erm, that will be the quickest, easiest, and most straightforward way to communicate.
W: Well, maybe in the short term but if you think about – I don’t know – sort of kids ten, twelve years old, they’re using more and more y’know computers at school and things, and they might actually just stop writing, stop the practice of writing.
Conversation 3
W1: Well, before I give my opinion I’d like to know what you all think about the future of television.
M1: Well, it won’t be on a television set, that’s for sure.
W2: No, it’ll be on a computer.
M2: Absolutely.
M1: Through broadband on a, on a computer, and it’ll be on demand. Y’know, the difference between push and pull technology.
W1: Yes, I absolutely agree that it will be on demand, but I don’t think that it will still be ... I don’t think ... I think there’ll be a place for computers, for YouTube, all those things, but ultimately it will not replace a very large screen in your living room.
M1: But the large screen in your living room will still be there. It’s just the method of delivery and whether or not it’s broadcast to you when you don’t want it or whether you …
W2: Oh, I absolutely agree.
M1: … pick it up when you do want it.
M2: How soon do you think it’ll change then? I mean are we talking long term? Short term?
M1: It won’t be in a month ... It won’t be in a month or two, and it won’t be in the short term, but certainly in the long term this will be the future.
W1: I think, I think it will be in the short term, actually. I would say in the next …
W2: Everything is so quickly changing, isn’t it?
W1: Yes, absolutely.
M1: You’ve already got y’know on-demand, with the iPlayer and …
W1: Yes …
M1: and YouTube where y’know if you want to see it you can go and see it when you want to see it.
W1: And that is phenomenally successful.
UNIT 3 Recording 4
W: Hi. Me again. I’ve sent an attachment with all the figures for the last six months. That should be all you need.
M: Sorry – I didn’t catch any of that.
W: I’ve sent the figures in an attachment. Is that Tom?
M: You’ve lost me. Who is this?
W: This is Ana Lucia. Is that Tom?
M: No, this is Willy’s Burger Bar. What number are you trying to get?
W: 845 6795.
M: I think you’ve got the wrong number.
W: Oh I’m sorry.
M = Man W = Woman
M: I’ve got a reservation in the name of David Cullinan.
W: Just one moment. Umm, could you repeat the last name?
M: Cullinan. C-u-l-l-i-n-a-n.
W: Cullinan. I can’t find the name. Did you make the reservation over the phone?
M: Yes, just yesterday.
W: Sorry, let me just see if there are any messages here. I won’t be a moment. I’m sorry. We’ve got no reservations in the name of Cullinan, and we’re fully booked tonight.
M: So you’re saying I can’t stay here. This is the Sheldon Hotel, yes?
W: No, this is The Felton. With an ‘f’.
M: Really? So I’m in the wrong hotel.
W: The Sheldon is on Queen’s Road, just around the corner.
M: Oh no. Sorry, can you say that again – where is it?
W: On Queen’s Road, just around the corner.
G = Girl F = Father
G: You’ve missed the best bits. You’re late.
F: What exactly do you mean? The show starts at 7.00, doesn’t it?
G: No, it finishes at 7.00!
F: Didn’t you say it starts at 7.00?
G: No, it starts at 5.00 and finishes at 7.00!
F: So what you mean is I’ve missed the whole show.
G: Yes.
Conversation 4
M: We’ve got nothing for you, I’m afraid.
W: I don’t get what you’re saying. You’re a car rental company, right?
M: Yes, but today’s a holiday and all the cars have been booked already.
W:...
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