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5  get out of breath    7  keep in shape
                   6  work out           8  do someone good              additional practice every Saturday
                                                                         afternoon from one till three. Now,
                 3  1  C      2  B       3  A       4  B                 contrary to what some of you might
                   5  A       6  A       7  C       8  B                 think, it’s not a record I set myself, nor
                                                                         have I ever attempted any long jump
                                                                         record – I’m much better suited to high
                  Narrator:       Track 3 Listening Part 1               jump, as you know. Anyway, it’s quite a
                                Worksheet 3                              while since the current record was set,
                              You will hear people talking in eight      and though I know you probably think
                            different situations. For questions 1–8,     it’ll be tricky to beat, with our training
                            choose the best answer (A, B or C).
                                                                         facilities and your fitness levels, I see
                  Narrator:   Question 1. You hear a teacher             no reason why someone in this group
                            talking to her class.                        shouldn’t be able to do it!
                  Woman:      I’ve been talking about the ‘walk ten   Narrator:   Now listen again.
                            thousands steps a day’ programme for   Narrator:   Question 4. You hear a girl telling
                            a while and I know some of you have          a friend about lessons on eating
                            already been trying it out, counting your    and exercising that she has done at
                            steps with the monitors you’ve been          school.
                            given. Well done if you’ve been achieving   Boy:     What have you been doing in school
                            your daily goal! You can compare how         recently?
                            you’ve been doing with one another, but
                            remember there’s no winner. You may   Girl:     We’ve been doing loads on health and
                            think ‘what’s the point, then?’. Well, it’s   fitness – about eating and exercising. I
                            about keeping in shape.                      was already aware of some of the stuff
                              To persuade the rest of you to get going,   we talked about – like the importance
                                                                         of a balanced diet. I’ve always made
                            remember you don’t have to go to the         the effort to eat carbohydrates, like
                            sports centre or anything – just keep        pasta and potatoes, when I’m going to
                            moving – take the stairs instead of the lift   gymnastics classes later, ’cos I know
                            or walk home rather than taking the bus.     they give you energy. But apparently,
                  Narrator:   Now listen again.
                                                                         you can actually have more than I do
                  Narrator:   Question 2. You hear two friends           ’cos you burn it off. That was news to
                            talking about learning to ski.               me. I’m sure what they said was right –
                  Girl:       What do you think of our ski classes?      but I feel OK with what I’ve been doing,
                  Boy:        They’re great! I’ve wanted to learn for    so I’ll just carry on as usual.
                            ages, so I’m keen to push myself as far   Narrator:   Now listen again.
                            as I can.                          Narrator:   Question 5. You hear a student
                  Girl:       Don’t you find it exhausting? You need      talking to his sports teacher about
                            loads of strength to pick yourself up        getting fit.
                            when you fall over – which I don’t seem   Woman:     How can I help you, Alex?
                            to have.                           Boy:        I wondered if you could give me some
                  Boy:        Yes, I suppose you do … but that’s not     advice. I’m really into sports – I love our
                            an issue for me – I just can’t seem to get   classes at school but I’d like to push
                            the turns right, no matter how hard I try.   myself further.
                  Girl:       Nor can I! But I’m sure we’ll get it one   Woman:   What did you have in mind?
                            day. Then we’ll have more of a laugh in   Man:     Well, I’m into running, as you know, and
                            the class.                                   I wouldn’t mind entering some events
                  Boy:      Yes, I’m looking forward to it!              outside school, to see if I can beat other
                  Narrator:   Now listen again.                          people my age. I’ve been trying to build
                  Narrator:   Question 3. You hear a sports              up my strength and stamina on the
                            instructor talking to an athletics           machines at the gym – I asked a friend
                            class.                                       of mine to train with me – and now I
                  Man:        Right, who’s up for trying to beat the     want to take things to the next level.
                            centre’s long jump record? For those of   Woman:   Let me see what I can find out for you.
                            you who are interested, we’ll be doing   Narrator:   Now listen again.




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