Listening Extra Unit 1, page 100

Exercise 1  LISTENING 9 

1 I work in the kitchens at Buckingham Palace. We’re always really busy

when there’s a garden party. We make the sandwiches – thousands of

sandwiches – and the cakes too.

2 I work for a big charity. We help choose the guests for the royal garden

parties. Sometimes, it’s a difficult decision: everybody wants to go!

3 I work at Buckingham Palace. At royal garden parties, I have a special

job: I introduce guests to the Queen. First, I ask them some questions

so I can tell the Queen who they are, and why they are at the party. The

Queen asks questions too – she’s always interested.

a 2

b 3

c 1 

 

Listening Extra Unit 2, page 100

Exercise 1 LISTENING 13 

Interviewer This week’s programme is about ballroom dancing. My guests

today are Nick and Shelley. They are both sixteen and are Junior Dance

Champions. Welcome to the show.

Nick Thanks.

Interviewer How often do you train?

Shelley We have classes four times a week.

Nick Yes, and we practise every day after school.

Interviewer That’s a lot of training. So, are you boyfriend and girlfriend?

Shelley No, we aren’t! But we’re good friends.

Nick And our mothers are good friends, too.

Shelley Yes, they help us with training and competitions.

Interviewer How many competitions do you do?

Nick We usually do four or five competitions every year.

Interviewer Which is your favourite dance?

Nick We love the samba. It’s very fast. It’s our best dance.

Interviewer When is your next competition?

Shelley Next month, and we want to win it.

Interviewer Well, the best of luck!

Nick Thank you.

1 T

2 F

3 F

4 T

5 F

 

Listening Extra Unit 3, page 100

Exercise 1 LISTENING 19 

Hi, I’m Cindy. I’m from California but I’m a student here at Stratton Mountain

School. I live at the school, too. I share a bedroom with Celine. She’s from

France. I only live and study here in winter. The rest of the year I live with

my family in California. From March to November I go to the school near

my home. I come to Stratton School because I love skiing. I want to be a

champion skier and I think this is the best place to train in America. The

school day is a bit different here. We have breakfast at seven o’clock, then we

go out to train all morning. After lunch we have lessons for four hours. Then

we train again for two hours until dinnertime. It’s busy, but I love it!

1 school

2 bedroom

3 her family

4 seven

5 two

 

Listening Extra Unit 4, page 100

 

Exercise 1 $ LISTENING 23 

The Day of the Dead is an important festival in Mexico, and in some other

countries too. For example, in Brazil, they call the festival ‘finados’ and

celebrate it on 2nd November. But what about other parts of the world?

Well, in Japan, people celebrate the Bon Festival in August. During this

festival, Japanese people think about the spirits of family members who are

dead. In China, there’s a festival on 5th April called the Ching Ming Festival.

People visit family graves and clean them. And there’s a festival in Nepal

called Gai Jatra. People wear costumes and decorate pictures of their dead

family members. The festival often includes a cow because people believe

that a cow can lead the spirits of their family members into the next world.

1 November

2 Japan

3 April

4 costumes

5 cow

 

 

Listening Extra Unit 5, page 100

Exercise 1 LISTENING 28 

1 I eat meat, but I don’t eat fish. I don’t really like it. And I hate seafood. I

eat eggs and cheese, and other dairy products. I like fruit but I don’t eat

green vegetables – I know they’re healthy but I don’t like them!

2 I eat meat and fish – I love fish – but I don’t eat processed food. That

means I don’t eat bread or pasta either. I eat a lot of fruit. Nuts and seeds

too – I love them. But I can’t eat dairy products because they come from

farms. That’s against the rules of my diet!

3 I don’t eat any animal products – eggs, dairy products – nothing like

that. And of course, I don’t eat meat or fish either. But my diet isn’t

boring – I eat lots of different fruit and vegetables, nuts and seeds, and

… other things. Mushrooms – I love mushrooms.

4 I eat cheese and eggs, but I don’t eat meat or fish. Or seafood. I eat a

lot of pasta – usually with vegetables. And I love fruit. Bananas are my

favourite – they’re really sweet and tasty. Mmmm.

1 D 2 E 3 B 4 A

 C not needed

 

Listening Extra Unit 6, page 100

Exercise 1 LISTENING 32 

Alice What shall we do in Dublin? We’ve got two days. Let’s look on this

tourist website.

Jake OK.

Alice I want to go shopping. I want to buy some new clothes.

Jake Look. There’s a good shopping centre near the city centre.

Alice It’s probably quite expensive. Is there a market?

Jake Yes, there is.

Alice But is it open?

Jake Yes, it’s open this Sunday. You can get cheap clothes there. And

there’s live music.

Alice Sounds great. We can go there on Sunday afternoon. What shall we

do on Sunday morning? Go to the zoo, maybe?

Jake Mmm, I’m not very keen on zoos. They’re a bit boring. Let’s go and

see some paintings. Is there a good art gallery?

Alice Let’s see … yes, the National Gallery. They’ve got over 2,500

paintings.

Jake OK. So that’s the art gallery on Sunday morning and the market in

the afternoon. Now, what about Saturday?

Alice Let’s go to a park and have a picnic on Saturday afternoon.

Jake OK, there are lots of parks … Phoenix Park looks nice. There’s a photo

here.

Alice Oh, yes. Very nice.

Jake In the morning let’s go for a swim at Sandycove. It looks great.

Alice No, I don’t want to go swimming! The water is really cold!

Jake Well, let’s climb the Sugar Loaf. It’s a mountain near Dublin. There are

fantastic views of the city from the top.

Alice Fine. So, climb a mountain in the morning and go for a picnic in the

afternoon. That’s a good plan.

Morning Afternoon

Saturday climb a mountain picnic in the park

Sunday art gallery market

 

Listening Extra Unit 7, page 100

 

Exercise 1 LISTENING 38 

1 Lily My hero is the pop singer, Adele. She was born in 1988 in London.

She began to sing when she was four. Her favourite group was the Spice

Girls. While she was at college she wrote and recorded three songs and

a friend of hers put them on the Internet. Someone in a record company

heard them and asked her to make an album. That’s how she started. I

think she’s got a fantastic voice and she writes beautiful songs.

2 Dan My hero is Lionel Messi. He’s a footballer. He’s from Argentina but

he plays for Barcelona in Spain. He was born in 1987. He moved to

Barcelona when he was thirteen in 2000 and he played for the team for

the first time when he was just sixteen years old. He’s a fantastic player.

In fact I think he’s the best player in the world.

3 Emma My hero isn’t someone famous. It’s my grandmother. She died

last year at the age of ninety-one. I loved talking to her and listening to

stories about her life. She was a very brave person. In the Second World

War she drove an ambulance in London. It was very dangerous work.

After the war she got married and had a family. They were very poor so

she had to work very hard. I really admire her!

1 b

2 c

3 b

4 c

5 a

6 c

 

Listening Extra Unit 8, page 101

Exercise 1 LISTENING 42 

Mount Fuji is a volcano. It’s 3,776 metres high and it’s about 100 kilometres

south of Tokyo. It’s a very beautiful volcano with snow at the top, and you

can see it in a lot of traditional Japanese pictures. There are five lakes near

Mount Fuji and visitors to these lakes have a great view of the volcano.

There is also a forest at the base of the volcano. There are lots of stories

about ghosts and other supernatural creatures in the forest – but the forest

is still a popular place for walking. Mount Fuji is very popular with climbers

– about 300,000 people climb the volcano every year. They usually do it in

July or August. It’s better to climb at night because then you get to the top

when the sun is coming up. It’s a very beautiful view. From October to May,

the climb is more dangerous because the weather is much worse.

1 walking

2 climbing

Exercise 2 LISTENING 42 

1 volcano

2 100 … south

3 pictures

4 lakes

5 forest

6 July, August

7 night

8 October, weather

Exercise 3 $ LISTENING 43 

I visited Tokyo with my husband last August and we went on a day trip to

Mount Fuji. We left the hotel in the morning after breakfast and travelled to

Fuji by bus. We didn’t climb the volcano, but the bus took us part of the way

up. We had lunch on Mount Fuji – a traditional Japanese meal. Then in the

afternoon, we went to one of the lakes near Mount Fuji – Lake Ashi – and

went on a boat trip on the lake. From the lake, you get a beautiful view of

Fuji. In the evening, we went back to Tokyo by train – it’s one of the fastest

trains in the world, so it didn’t take very long. It was a fantastic day – the best

day of the holiday, in my opinion.

When did she visit? Last August

Who with? Her husband

How did they travel to Fuji? By bus

Where did they have lunch? On Mount Fuji

What did they do in the afternoon? Went to a lake

How did they travel back to Tokyo? By train

Exercise 4 $ LISTENING 

Transcript see exercise 3

 Students’ own answers

 

Listening Extra Unit 9, page 101

Exercise 1 LISTENING 48 

Boy I’m going to look for a part-time job after the holidays.

Girl Really? Why?

Boy I want to start work in September. Just a few hours a week.

Girl Hmm. But it’s more important to study at this age. You can think

about work when you’re older.

Boy I don’t agree with you. I think it’s good to have some experience of

work at our age. I mean, we’re sixteen! And I want to earn some money.

Girl That’s a good point. I really want a new phone but I can’t ask my

parents for it. But teenagers never earn much money. Companies don’t pay

teenagers much.

Boy I don’t think that’s true. Companies have to pay teenagers the same

as adults.

Girl Really? Hmm. I’m not sure about that.

Boy And a job is a good way to meet new people.

Girl That’s true. And you’re probably bored with all your old friends.

Boy I’m not saying that …

Girl Anyway, your exams are the most important thing. You need good

qualifications to get a good job.

Boy I agree with you. That’s why I’m only going to work a few hours a

week.

 b  c  d  e  f  g  h 

Exercise 2 LISTENING 48 

1 b

2 e

3 d

4 c

5 a

 

Listening Extra Unit 10, page 101

 

Exercise 1 $ LISTENING 52 

My name’s Shelley and I’m Australian. I’m married and I’ve got a son. I

decided to find out about our family history. I’m very interested in the early

history of Australia – I think it’s fascinating. And I wanted to find out if we’re

descendants of British prisoners!

I found out that my family came to Australia from Britain in 1860. But

Britain stopped sending prisoners to Australia in 1840. So my family weren’t

prisoners. I was a bit disappointed … Then I looked at my husband’s family.

I found that my husband’s great-great-great-great grandparents met in

Sydney and got married there in 1826. It was their home for the next forty

years. His name was John Bullen and she was Mary Evans. He was a thief

and she was the daughter of a thief! I was very interested!

I found out more about John Bullen. John was a poor boy from London. He

lived on the streets and stole food to eat. The police caught him and they

sent him here to Australia for fourteen years. But John met Mary and they

stayed here and started a family. And here is my son now – his descendant

– 200 years later!

She finds out more about her husband’s ancestors.

Exercise 2 LISTENING 52

1 a

2 a

3 b

4 a