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                     Man:      Then I’ll come into town by bus.
                     Woman:      We can share a taxi back after the play.   1  1  must
                               Your house is on my way home.       2  mustn’t
                     Man:      OK.                                 3  must
                     narrator:  Now listen again.                  4  not
                                                                   5  have
                     narrator:   2 you will hear a boy talking about a   6  don’t
                               book he has just read. What did he   7  have
                               think about the book?               8  to
                     Boy:        I usually prefer watching films to reading
                               books, and I love comedies. But I have   2  1  B  2  C   3  A   4  C   5  B
                               just read Last Chances. Normally, it takes
                               me ages to finish a book but I only started
                               this one three nights ago. As soon as I   narrator:     Track 14 Listening Part 4
                               read the first page, I couldn’t put it down –   Worksheet 3
                               I just had to find out what happened next.       For each question, choose the
                     narrator:  Now listen again.                           correct answer.
                     narrator:   3 you will hear two friends agreeing         1 you will hear a girl telling her
                               where to meet before a concert.              uncle about school. What is her
                               Where will they meet?                        favourite subject?
                     Girl:      Shall we meet by the ticket office at the   steph:   Hi Uncle Jamie.
                               concert hall?                      Uncle:    Hi Steph, how’s school these days?
                     Boy:        There’ll be so many people there. I might   steph:     Well, science lessons have got really
                               miss you. Why don’t we wait for each         hard, so I’m losing interest in them. But
                               other where you go in. If we stand by the    art classes are the opposite. They give
                               doors, we’ll definitely see each other.      me a chance to relax, and are the best
                     Girl:     Good idea.                                   part of my week. I really like my history
                     Boy:        Hopefully there’ll be time to buy a coffee   teacher, but I’m not so interested in this
                               before the concert starts.                   term’s topic.
                     narrator:  Now listen again.                 Uncle:    I see!
                     narrator:   4 you will hear a woman describing   narrator:  Now listen again.
                               her job. What is her job?          narrator:   2 you will hear a teacher talking to
                     Woman:      I’ve lived in this city all my life, and know   students. What is different about
                               lots about its history. I work for a travel   today’s science club?
                               company and we get visitors from around   Teacher:     Could I have everyone’s attention,
                               the world. I go with the coach to pick       please? If you’re going to the Year 9
                               them up from the airport and take them       science club in the chemistry lab at
                               on sightseeing trips every day. I stay with   lunchtime today, I just want to let you
                               them till the coach drops them at the hotel.  know that Mrs Wilson is ill, so I’ll be
                     narrator:  Now listen again.                           running the session today. See you at
                     narrator:   5 you will hear a teacher talking to       midday then.
                               her class. What does she want the   narrator:  Now listen again.
                               class to do?                       narrator:    3 you will hear Jim telling his friend
                     Teacher:     OK everyone, please put your pens down    why he can’t play hockey. What has
                               and look at page 27 in your art history      Jim hurt?
                               books. Have a look at the pictures on that   Girl:   Hi Jim. I thought you had sport now?
                               page, and then discuss the answers to   Jim:   I do, but I can’t play hockey.
                               the questions that I’ve put on the board.   Girl:     Have you still got a problem with your leg?
                               Please work with the person next to you.  Jim:     That’s ok now. I cut my fingers when I was
                     narrator:   Now listen again.                          helping my grandad in his garden, and now
                                                                            it’s too painful to hold my hockey stick. I
                    3  1  Call; b           6  Send; j
                      2  Phone; a           7  fill in; d                   can’t even put my hockey boots on.
                      3  Look; f            8  - ; h              Girl:     Oh.
                      4  Don’t talk; i      9  go; c              narrator:  Now listen again.
                      5  show; e           10  Meet; g



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