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C No, of course not. What time does it
start?
R At 3 o'clock, but some people have said
they'll be a bit late.
C Right. Are your parents coming?
R Yes, of course they are. They wouldn't
miss their grandson's first birthday!
C When are they arriving?
R On Friday. It's a long way to come and
they wanted to make a weekend of it.
C Right. They're not staying here, are they?
R No, we thought it would be easier if they
didn't.
C Have we booked them a hotel room?
R Yes, I did it this afternoon.
C OK. So, how many people are coming?
R Er, I'm not sure yet. Some people haven't
replied.
C Should we email everyone again?
R Yeah, good idea.
C What about your uncle Bob?
R What about him?
C Has he been invited?
R Of course. I know you don't get on with
him, but he's family. Just try not to get
into an argument with him this time.
C I will. Perhaps you can ask him not to
break my TV this time too.
R That was an accident. Anyway, come and
see what I've got Harry for his birthday.
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1 Could you tell me what time it starts? (a)
2 Have you any idea if he's been invited?
(b)
3 Can you t~l me when they're arriving?
(a)
4 Do you know whether we've boo ked
them a hotel r6om? (b)
s Do you think we should email everyone
ag: in? (b)
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ANN Hi, Tom. What,_,are you doing,_,at the
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TOM I'm trying to downlo•ad,_,an'-'attachment,
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VAL Hi, James.
JAMES Hello, Val. Hi, Pete. Come in.
PETE Hi.
V Are you ready to go?
J Er, not quite. Do you want a coffee? I've
just put the kettle on.
V Yes, sure. You get ready, we'll make it.
J OK. Oh, there's a bit of pasta left if you're
hungry.
V Er, no thanks, we've just eaten. Well, I've
found some coffee, but there's no sugar.
P There's some in that jar by the toaster.
V Oh yes.
P Hm. There's enough milk for two cups,
but not enough for three, I don't think.
V It's OK, I'll have it black.
J And can someone feed the cat? There are
plenty of tins of cat food in the cupboard.
He has one small tin.
V Sure. Here you go, kitty. James, where do
you put your recycling?
J Er, in the bin.
V What, the rubbish bin?
J Yes, that green one over there.
V You should recycle things like tin cans.
Too much rubbish is just thrown away
when a lot of it could be made into
something useful.
J Yeah, you're probably right. I never
recycle anything, I'm sorry to say.
P Well, you're not the only one. Hardly any
people in our building recycle stuff. Did
you know that Germany recycles over
70% of its rubbish, but in the UK it's still
only about 40%?
J Hm, that's not much, is it?
V No, it isn't. And there aren't enough
places to recycle in this city. And did you
know that on average, every person in the
UK throws away seven times their own
body weight in rubbish every year?
J Really? Wow!
V Well, it's never too late to start. There's
a lot of stuff in your bin that could be
recycled. Look, there's loads of paper and
made into clothes and the paper is used to
make toilet paper. And all these empty cat
food tins can be recycled and the metal
used for making fridge parts.
J You seem to know a lot about all this.
P Well, there's plenty of information on
the internet. But it takes time to change
people's habits. People are naturally lazy,
I think.
V Yes, too many people just don't make
the effort. But the government should
do more too. In Germany people have to
recycle their rubbish - it's the law. They
should do that here too, I think.
J Yes, I suppose you're right. I've got a few
friends who recycle things like you do, but
most people I know just throw everything
away. But in future I'll recycle what I can.
P Come on, we're late.
J Let me get my coat. Won't be a second.
V We made a little progress there, I think.
P Yes, I think so. But I think he should
recycle that coat. It looks like his cat
sleeps on it!
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BEVERLY A British tourist has
been'-'attacked by...1Ka shark~off the
coast~of Texas, rnakingjt the_Jj/,_,eighth
shark'-'attackjn~America this year.
We now go_Jw/,_,over live
to_Jw/,_,Andrew_Jw/'-'Evans forJ rca special
report. Andrew, l_Jj/_understand that the
man didn't do_Jw/,_,anything~unusual to
cause this'-'attack.
ANDREW Yes, that's right, Beverly.
Mark Skipper, a 49-year_Jr/,_,old man
from,_, Oxford, was just swimming~on
his'-'own quite close to the beach when he
was~attacked.
B How badly was he hurt?
A Well, we don't have muchjnformation
yet, but we know that his leg was bitten
quite badly. He wasjmmediately taken
to hospital and we're waiting to hear how
he's doing.
B So...1w1,_,Andrew, why_jj/~are the sharks
comingjn so close?
A Well, Ryan Williamson, who works for
the Texas Parks'-'and Wildlife Department,
believes that the_Jj;)ncreasejn shark
attacksjs because~of what they call
dead zones. These'-' are_Jr/'-'areasjn
enough,_,oxygen, soJwc all the fish die.
B So there_Jr/_aren't_any fish for the sharks
to_Jw/,_,eat.
A Exactly. Many_Jj/,_,of these dead zones
areJ rc actually quite close to the coast, so
the sharks comejn closerJ r/'-'and closer
looking for food .