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person who lo.oked at it was very in and each to get into the festival? That would
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would continue to be ill for the next seven raise quite a lot of money.
years of their life - you know, until they R Sorry, I don't think we should do that. Listening Test (see Teacher's Book)
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crops because they lived in the fields and R Yes, we could put an ad in the local paper /at/ school. I I was / waz/ able to / ta/ give a
had lots of babies. So they became a sign and on the website. go•od performance. I I had no idea how to
of fertility and go•od luck. Well, it's definitely worth a try. But we'll / ta/ d • o any magic tnc s. He nows ow to
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but everyone does that, dC>n't they? they come in. Then we can use the money
without messing them up.
E Ah, that's an interesting one. According we make to pay for the festival.
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to t h is book, t ousan s o years a&,o, D Yes, that's not a bad idea.
Ileople used to believe that go.od spirits R Can I make a point here?
JUDY I run a company that makes
lived in the tre•es and that to•uching wo•od Of course.
personalised gifts. Basically people send
called on these spirits and protected R If we have a raffle, we'll need to buy
us their photos online and we put them on
prizes. So we might not make enough
people from danger. www.english0905.com posters, T-shirts, calendars, mouse mats,
C That's interesting. I also d() that thing money to pay for the festival. that kind of thing. All of our customers order
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wit sa t, you now, t row it over my D Well, why don't we ask local businesses
online. If the internet didn't exist, I wouldn't
sho.ulder. I've no idea why, tho.ugh. to donate the prizes for free? It would be
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the company is our website because that's
Apparently hundreds of years ago salt Yes, that could work. OK, what else
how everyone places their order. We'd lose a
used to be very expensive and valuable, could we do?
lot of customers if our website crashed. It's
and was rn: inly used as a medicine, so L Have you thought of asking the school to
a very cheap business to run, but one thing
spilling it was a really bad thing to do. put on a musical in the daytime?
I don't like about it is that I never talk to
You throw it over your left sho•ulder- or R That's a brilliant idea! Parents would love
customers any more, it's all just online order
the right C>ne if you live in Argentina or that.
forms and emails. I'd like to talk to a real
italx - into the Faces of the evil spirits OK. I'll talk to the head teacher this
customer again, you know, face-to-face.
behind you, to stop them hm ting you. week. And what about food and drink?
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C H mm, soun s 1 e an mterestmg oo . D Why don't we make all the food WESLEY I've owned this cafe for 12 years
E Yes, it is. You can borrow it when I've ourselves? and I'd say that the internet is essential for
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finished, if you like. L I'm not sure that's a good idea. I think my business. There's an art college across
the road and the students come in here all
C Yes, please. Thanks a lot. people in the village will want to enjoy
the time, you know, just to have a coffee and
the festival, not make sandwiches all day.
'9Mi·>a 11 Well, we can just have stalls selling check their email or whatever. If we didn't
IAN Right, are we ready to start? OK, as you burgers, chips, sandwiches and stuff - have WiFi, this place would be empty. They
know, we're planning to hold a festival every festival has those. don't even need a password to log on. But it
in the summer to celebrate the 20Qth D Er, can I just say something here? does mean people talk less than they used
anniversary of our village. Now, we've Sure, go ahead. to. Sometimes I look round and nobody's
never done anything like this before, so D As it's a village festival, I think we need to talking to each other, they're all online in
I'm happy to hear everyone's opinions involve the people who live in the village their own little worlds. If they turned off
and suggestions. in the festival a bit more. their computers, they might make some new
REBECCA Perhaps the first thing to discuss is OK. So how can we do that? friends. But it also means they stay longer
what sort of entertainment we want. D I suggest we have some competitions, and spend more money, so I can't complain,
LISA Yes, that seems a good place to start. you know, the best cake, the biggest I suppose.
DUNCAN May I make a suggestion? vegetables, the most beautiful pet, that FRANK I'm the sales manager for a sports
I Yes, of course, Duncan. kind of thing. People always love those. equipment company and like most people
D How about having some live music? We I Yes, that's a great idea! OK, let's just go I couldn't live without the internet - or my
could put up a stage on the village green over what we've got so far. laptop. I've got all my personal stuff on there
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