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Unit 46 Lesson 1Well, thank you very much for a wonderful song, Tony.Moroni, what a voice that guys got, eh?Just like my wife,in fact, a lovely voice, but not a damn thing to say!No, but seriously, of course, Im not married.Im still open to offers; all sorts of offers!Enough of that. This, needless to say, is the Baz Boxer show, with me, Baz Baxter,and Id like you to give a specially warm welcome to my next guest.Shes the author of numerous newspaper and magazine articles on the subject of terrorism, and of a soon to be published book.Shes been called “The Terror of Terrorists”. All the way from Germany. Id like to introduce you to Kristi Schmidt!Great to have you on the show, Kristi!Thank you. Its nice to be here.Thats a very smart dress youre wearing.Im glad you like it.Its low cut, isnt it? Are you sure you put it on the right way around?Seriously though, I love your hairstyle, with all those thick black curls. Great! Is it yours, by the way? Yes, of course it is!Funny, I was certain it was a wig. Anyway, all this has absolutely nothing to do with the reason youre on the show.Which is of course to tell us all about terrorism.So Kristi, youre the expert.Why does it happen, and what can we do about it, eh?Hey, Annie; come and have a look at this!Whats on, Baz Baxter? Jean, Im surprised at you!What about that lady hes talking to?I dont believe it! Thats Kristi!So, one has to try to see the phenomenn of terrorism in the whole context of contemporary western society.Whoa there! Take it easy with the long words, Kristi.This is a family show. We mustnt get too intellectual for Mr. And Mrs. Average Idiot, must we? No, but seriously, Im impressed by your English. It makes me ashamed at the way I speak the language. Where did you learn English;did your mommy have lots of American soldier friends, or are you just a born talker? Well, my native language is German, of course. Ive never actually studied English, in fact, Ive just picked it up through traveling, and reading, and through my work, obviously. Amazing what you can pick up, isnt it? Of course the problem then is, how do you get rid of it? Anyway, enough of this intellectual stuff ;what the audience here, and of course all you gorgeous viewers at home,want, is “human interest”, I believe, Kristi (correct me if Im mistaken)” that youre close friends with a member of a terrorist gang, who are also into drug smuggling. How about that eh, folks? Thats not quite accurate. I do have a friend, called Annie Peters, who is a member of a group of radical environmentalists. But I wouldnt call her- Sure, and her father, who pretended to be dead, but in fact is still alive, was the boss of a world-wide cocaine-smuggling ring! Wow! Not exactly the boss, but- I read your article about them in the “Sunday Post”. Exciting stuff! Keep up the good work, Kristi. Youre not giving at all an accurate account of what I wrote. What I in fact said was- But go easy on those long words, know what I mean? Well, thats all weve got time for this week, Im afraid. So, its a huge great thank you from me to all my guests for appearing on the show, and to all you marvelous people out there. I just loved having you- know what I mean? Come again next week! Bye-bye for now! Its unbelievable! What a nerve shes got, calling herself my friend, apart from anything else! What are you going to do about it? Well, first of all Id better read her article in the “Sunday Post”.Ill go down to the library, they should have a copy of it. Then well, I know this lady called Carol, whos a lawyer. Ill ask if she thinks I could sue Kristi, or maybe sue the newspaper as well. I can think of simpler and quicker solutions. I know what you mean. Well, Ill go down to the library now. See you later, Jean. Hello, Edith. Is he here yet? Who do you mean, sir? Detective-Sergeant Morris, of course, the one whos taking over from Bedges. No, he hasnt arrived yet. How is poor Mr. Badges, by the way? Oh, hes recovering quite quickly. He should be out of the hospital in four or five weeks.It was a terrible shame, what happened to him.Its part of the job, Edith. If Bedges cant handle something like that, he doesnt deserve to be on my team.Yes, sir. Oh, by the way, Mr. Morris is here now. Ok, send him in, then.Come in!Detective-Sergeant Morris?Yes, sir. You wanted to see me, I gatherYes, thats right! Im putting you onto Anti-Terrorism. Youll be working directly with Detective Superistendent Herson, whom I believe you know. Thats correct, sir. In fact it was on his personal recommendation that I chose you for the job. Im very grateful to you both, sir. Not at all. So, youll be replacing Detective-Sergeant Bedges, who is recovering in the hospital at the moment. I hope his illness isnt serious, sir. Hes got a bad case of food poisoning, I believe. What a shame. Now, theres one other thing I need to say before you start working on my team. I want to make it absolutely clear to you that Im not in any way racially prejudiced. Im glad to hear it, sir. Thats right. I dont discriminate on the grounds of gender, race or sexual orientation. As far as Im concerned, a police officer is a police officer, and it makes no difference if theyre female, or, or I see. What Im trying to say is this: to me, youre just another police officer, and it makes absolutely no difference that youreThat is, the fact that You see what I mean?Of course, sir. Will that be all for now?Yes, yes. Mr. Henson is waiting outside to brief you on your duties. Youre both full time on the Hugo Peters case for the moment, and I want you to pick up where Bedges left offGood afternoon. Ive come to inquire about Mr. Theo Gusper, who, I believe, died here in most tragic circumstances the other day. I wish to express my sincere condolences. I dont quite follow you, Im afraid, sir. Has Mr. Guspers funeral already taken place, then?I was very much hoping to attend it, and express my sorrow to his relatives. You appear to have come to the wrong place, sir.This is a hotel, not a cemetery.Alright, then! Listen stupid, Mr. Gusper; G-U-S-P-E-R.He was in room 804,8-0-4. A bomb got him, right? Boom! Where have they taken him?There was an explosion in room 804. However, Mr. Gusper had already checked out before it took place.What? Wheres he gone?I regret to say that I am unable to tell you.Are you the gentleman who was trying to kill him?I warn you if youve got any idea where he is, youd better come out with it!Er, now I come to think of it, he did ask me to get him a ticket for a tennis match.It was the mens semi-finals, I seem to remember.Thats this afternoon! Youd better be right!Ill be back otherwise!Unit 46 Lesson 1 Mini-DialogueThe Editor, The Sunday PostMurdock Towers2525 Marina Highway42224 Washdon23 AprilDear Mr Roach,Our ref: CNS/TW/Sunday Post I am writing to you to give you due notice that I have been requested by Ms Annie Peters of 26 Chernobyl l Avenue, Washdon, to act in her interests with regard to an article which appeared in your newspaper in the edition which was published on Sunday ,April 3rd this year. “My client holds the view that the article in question, which appeared under the title “From Terrorism to Drug-Smuggling-The Secret Story of the Peters Family”, by Kristi Schmidt, amounted to a personal attack on herself and on other members of her family. She claims that the article contains several important errors of fact, and gives the false impression that both she and her late father had been directly and personally involved in crimes of violence. According to my client, the article further suggests that her late father -whose tragic loss she still very much regrets - is still alive and in hiding from the authorities. My client finally claims that the information on which the article in question is supposed, based was itself obtained under false pretenses when Ms Schmidt pretended to be a sympathizer with Ms Peters political views in order to make an appointment to speak with her. My client intends to sue the Sunday Post newspaper for the amount of $250,000 including costs, as well as suing Ms Schmidt herself. I need hardly remind you of the effect this action will have both on your own and on your newspapers public images, in view of which, should you wish to avoid such an unpleasant and time-wasting course of events, I am certain that my client would be prepared to reach an agreement with you out of court for something less than the figure stated above. I await your reply and look forward to discussing any reasonable offers. Yours very faithfully, Carol M. SmudgeUnit 46 Lesson 2 Well, Morris, did you make a note of all that? Better than that, sir. I recorded it on my portable tape-recorder. Hmmm, very clever. Well, theres no time to waste. Lets go to the tennis match. Fifteen love. Thirty love. Gavrilov is giving the match away. Forty love. How could he have missed that last shot? A child could have hit it, it was so easy. Hes up against a superior player. Sanchez will be this years champion. Theres no doubt about it. After all, hes beaten Gavrilov the last three times theyve met.Game and second set to Mr Sanchez. And Govrilovs lost another set. I dont agree with you, Sanchez doesnt deserve to win the championship. He may have more physical strength than Gavrilov, but Gavrilov is a more skillful player. What was that? The ball was out, Mr. Gavrilov. Youve got to be joking. That ball was inside the line. It was quite clearly out. Oh, sure, sure. The ball was out. Remind me, were playing soccer, right? And my names George Washington. Hey, come on man. Youre wasting time. Lets get on with the match. That ball was out. Get on with your service. Will you please keep out of this, Mr. Sanchez. Im the umpire and I decide when Mr. Gavrilov serves. Hey, dont you give me that patronizing crap! Like ,who the hell do you think you are man? Geez! Now whos wasting time? What is this? A tennis match. or the United Nations? Will you both be quiet please? Well continue the match, Mr. Gavrilov to serve. This has got to be some kind of comedy show. Fifteen love. Thirty love. Its outrageous!Umpires are supposed to be neutral. They shouldnt take sides in disputes between players I know.He obviously favors Gavrilov. Hes prejudiced against Hisparics, I suppose. What? Hes outrageously prejudiced In favor of that awful Sanchez character. I would have thought that was obvious. What happened just then? It looked as though Sanchez missed the shot deliberately. Ive had enough of this, man. Im quitting. Whats the matter now, Mr. Sanchez? That guy is cheating, man. Hes putting me off my game. In what way he is cheating? I haven noticed anything. Thats because youre asleep, man. I tell you hes cheating,and youre supposed to stop him. Youre not doing your job. Is that guy nuts? How am I supposed to be cheating? Look, Ive got one racket and one pair of hands. Hes just putting psychological pressure on me, thats all. Would you please stay out of this, Mr. Gavrilov. Now, Mr. Sanchez, will you please explain why youve accused Mr. Gavrilov of cheating? Hes the one thats got the explaining to do. Why has he got those buttons on his shirt? His buttons? What about them? Hes got those metal buttons on his shirt, see. And hes polished them, OK? So the damn sun shines off them. Right in my damn eyes. Every time he serves. And you havent noticed anything because youre half asleep. Well, yes. I can see. That would be rather disturbing, perhaps. You are not going to listen to all that crap, are you? Ive never heard such garbage in my life. Listen, that guys been trying to use thought-control against me throughout the match, but I havent complained. Gentlemen, please. What? Thought-control! The guys out of his mind. Somebody do us all a favor and lock him up. Ive noticed the way you keep staring at me. Youre trying to control my mind. Ive read all about it. Its an old CIA technique. Oh yeah? So who sewed the button on your shirt-the damn KGB? Listen, Im going to have to suspend the game if you dont stop this nonsense. Tennis isnt what it used to be. Its a lot more entertaining if you ask me. Nobody behaves properly any more, not even among the spectators. Look how that mans pushing past everybody. No, it looks like, it cant be. Roger Temple ! I must get out of here. Excuse me! May I get past? Can I get past please? Here we are sir. This is number 1 court. And that looks like the guy we saw in the hotel, doesnt it? Yes. Can you see where hes heading for, Morris? I cant quite make it out. Theres a guy in the second row from the front whos just got up. He seems to be in a hurry. He could well be Peters as far as I can tell from here. So, shall we go after them, sir? Yes,yes, of course. Help!What is it? Wheres your buddy? Who do you mean? The guy who was sitting in the next seat, where is he? I dont know anything about him. He suddenly got up and left, thats all. Please, I cant breathe. Which way did he go? Towards the exit. That way. OK. Im going to get that son of bitch this time. Mind out. Out of my way, damn it. Out of my damn way. Alright then, Mr. The games up. Oh no, not again. What is it? Im a police officer. Youd better start talking and fast. Dont you think we ought to follow the other two guys? I mean, this old gentleman may not have anything to do with them. When I want your advice, Morris, Ill ask for it. Oh, very well. You can follow them; Ill take care of this character. Come along with me, my friend. I warn you, youd better not try any funny business. David isnt there another way of saying it “I speak English very well?” Yeah, there are several other ways of saying it, Marie-France . Anybody? Yeah, I speak English perfectly. Great, Stig. Anyone else. The word begins with “f”. I speak English fantastically. No, Poulo. We cant say that. Why not? I just said it. Come on, Somebody Fluently. Well done, Hans-Detrich. I just looked the word up in my dictionary. To give an example, “I speak fluently English.” No, Hans-Detrich, “ I speak English fluently.” Thats very strange. Its correct to say, “I speak English fluently.” And its also correct to say, “ I speak fluent English,” isnt it? Yes, it is. Then why is it incorrect to say, “ I speak fluently English?” Gee, there goes the bell. Thats the end of the lesson, I guess. See you all tomorrow. Are we going to my place again tonight? Ive got a bit of a headache, you know. I was planning to go home; there might be some mail for me. From Juanita? Well, yes. Maybe. Can I come too? We never spend time in your apartment. It would make a nice charge. Oh, alright sure, Theres nothing to eat there, by the way. Well get a Chinese meal to go on the way home. I adore Chinese food. The sweet and sour pork is delicious. Hows yours, David? Oh, its OK,thanks. I think Ive had enough. Ill see if theres anything worth watching on television. I dont want to watch TV. Oh, OK. Ill put on a CD then, Do you feel like classical or rock? Why cant we just talk to each other? Alright. What do you want to talk about? David, whats going to happen when Juanita comes back? Are you going to tell her? Oh for Gods sake! Cant we deal with problems when they arise? Do we have to go looking for them beforehand? Who says its a problem? Youre such a pessemist sometimes, David. You see everything as a terribly serious problem. Personally, I think of it is an opportunity. An opportunity for Juanita to scream in Spanish for 24 hours non-stop and throw all the pots and pans in the kitchen at me. You dont know her, Melissa, Im afraid. So what? People can change, cant they? You see- Ill get it. No, its alright. No, Melissa, please. Let me get it. Hello, David Peters apartment. Who are you? I beg your pardon. Who are you? Im Davids wife, and I want to know who you are, and what are you doing in my apartment. Melissa, please. Im Davids friend and Ive come to his apartment to Melissa, for Gods sake give me that phone! Hello, darling. How are things? What is going on, David? Hey, that was just one of my students. Im giving her private lessons. She was only joking. Shes got a great sense of humor, hasnt she? Well talk about it when I come home. Meet me at the airport at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow, OK? What? Have they found your father, then? Ill explain tomorrow. And youve got some explaining to do as well. Make sure youre there.Unit 46 Lesson 3 Welcome to EOL Travel and to the United States capital city, Washington. And where better to start than at the White House, home of every American president since 1800, the only president never to have lived here is, in fact, George Washington himself. And here we see the Washing