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unit1 AN AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT Barry Minto B has just made a successful climb of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa Listen to him being interviewed on the radio by Joan J JOAN Barry welcome to our programme and congratulations on that great climb BARRY Thank you It s good to be here JOAN Now Barry it was a very special climb wasn t it BARRY Yes that s right Half of the group had very bad eyesight or were blind like me and the other half were sighted people who came along to help us JOAN How old were the climbers BARRY Well the weak sighted and blind group were between 16 and 19 years old JOAN And the sighted climbers BARRY Between 25 and 45 JOAN I see Now why did you make such a difficult climb BARRY For two main reasons one is to prove that we can achieve whatever we decide to do the other is to raise money for other people with weak sight JOAN Mmm Well done I know Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa But how high is it BARRY About 5 900 metres JOAN That s very high So how many of you reach the top BARRY Of the 12 poor sighted and blind climbers 9 made it to the top Of the 15 sighted climbers 7 did JOAN Well done BARRY Yes it just shows you how determined the poor sighted and blind climbers were JOAN How long did it take you BARRY Five days to go up and two to come down JOAN Well Barry I m full of admiration for you and your companions What do you plan to do next BARRY Oh I m going to university next year but my next climbing ambition is to go up Mount Qomolangma one day JOAN Amazing I wish you every success in the future Barry BARRY fade out Thanks Joan unit2 SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Listen to Molly M and Kate K discussing the story Satisfaction Guaranteed M Don t you think that was a great love story Kate K No not really M You didn t Well I loved it There was so much emotion between Tony and Claire K Molly that s rubbish Tony was just a machine Yes Claire fell in love with him but I don t believe robots can feel emotion of any kind That s the difference between them and us M Well I disagree I think Tony loved Claire Remember he said to her that he didn t want to leave her the next day and that he felt more than just the wish to please her Then he kissed her K Yes Molly that was just part of Tony s role They made him so he wouldn t allow a human being to be hurt He could see that Claire was hurting herself by her lack of confidence So he tried to make her feel good about herself It had nothing to do with emotion that was just how he was made M Yes Kate but he did hurt Claire K How M He was so kind to her that she fell in love with him So it must have hurt her when he was taken away K True true I guess that s why the company had to rebuild him er the machine I mean M Yes such a shame really I d like a robot like Tony living at my house Imagine a handsome man whose only purpose in life is to please you K Actually I suppose that was the company s greatest mistake M Er K They made the robot look so much like a real man so it was bound to cause trouble M Yes you re right unit3 LISTENING TEXT COMPLAINING ABOUT A WHALE WATCHING TOUR ANGELA I m sorry but we weren t very happy with the tour TOUR GUIDE Oh what was the problem ANGELA Well it was so wet we couldn t go outside I know we heard the whales and saw them on the video camera and that was great but we really wanted to stand outside and watch the whales from there My two kids are very disappointed TOUR GUIDE I m sorry but we can t control the weather and you did see whales ANGELA Well I m afraid that s not good enough I d like to talk to the manager TOUR GUIDE I m sure that won t do you any good I know he ll agree with me The fact is that you did see whales fade out ANDREW Yes You see I ve missed my flight If I d known the boat was going to be late back I wouldn t have come TOUR GUIDE Yes I understand but we had a problem with the boat at the last minute that we needed to fix The safety of our passengers is very important to us So I m afraid we couldn t avoid starting late ANDREW Yes but you should ve checked if there was anyone like me who needed to be back by midday Anyway I d like a refund please TOUR GUIDE Well I can refund half the fare ANDREW I m sorry but that s not good enough I now have to make another airline booking and I have no idea whether there ll be any seats available I d like a full refund TOUR GUIDE Well that s not up to me but I ll go and talk to the manager ANDREW Thanks MANAGER music to indicate a few minutes passing Mr Langton I m terribly sorry that we ve caused problems for you Of course we ll give you a full refund Just come into the office with me ANDREW Thank you Dialogue 3 SHARON Excuse me the tour wasn t what my husband and I had expected and we d like a refund please TOUR GUIDE You weren t satisfied with the tour SHARON Well we really loved seeing the bird life and the dolphins and seals but we saw only one whale and that one was too far away to see properly And we really came on the tour to see the whales TOUR GUIDE Ah ha I see I tell you what why don t you and your husband come back for a tour on another day Free of charge of course SHARON I m afraid that s no good for us as we re visitors to this area and we re leaving tomorrow morning TOUR GUIDE Well in that case we ll return half your fares SHARON Well actually we d like a full refund TOUR GUIDE I m sorry if you read the brochure we say that we ll refund half the fare SHARON OK thanks TOUR GUIDE You re welcome unit4 LISTENING TEXT J Good morning I m Jennifer Wells and MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES today on Making a difference I m going to talk to Dr Mary Murray who works for Medicines Sans Frontieres Welcome Mary M Thank you Jennifer J Now tell me why you decided to join MSF M Well while I was studying in Sydney during the 1980s I got to know two Sudaness students and visited them in 1990 I became good friends with their their families and decided to Work in a health clinic in their country in 1992 for a couple of months There I saw children with months There I saw children with terrible diseases that could have been prevented That s why I decided to work in developing countries J I see So in 1997 you joined MSF and went to Malawi What did you do there M Actually in Malawi I was working with children affected by HIV AIDS It was heart breaking Children died because we didn t have enough medicines J Oh how sad M Yes but things gradually improved Now there s treatment for HIV which is showing very good results which is showing very good results J That s excellent news Then in 2001 you went to the Sudan again Let s talk about your work there M Well the conditions were rather challenging It could be unbelievably hot sometimes as hot as 56 degrees Celsius But when the rains came the roads became so muddy that we spent roads became so muddy that we spent most of our time digging the car out The clinics were just mud huts and the only tools I had were a stethoscope and my two hands J Goodness a challenge indeed M laughing True but it s amazing what you can do when you have no choice J And how do you think three experiences over the last few years have affected you M Well they make me grateful for what I have I really enjoy my work because I feel I m helping people who otherwise might not get help otherwise might not get help J That s great Now just before you go what do you expect to be doing in the future M Well I m returning to the Sudan in two weeks time for a further six months Then I m not sure I hope to return to Africa again though J Thank you Dr Murray and it s been lovely talking to you We wish you all the best with your work M Thank you Jennifer unit5 LISTENING TEXT A TRIP TO PERU Lia is planning to visit Peru Listen to her conversation with a clerk at the travel agency TA about possible ways to travel TA Can I help you L Yes I want to go to Peru I ve heard a lot about it TA Have you been there before L No but I don t want to go on a tour I like to be independent Is it possible for me to travel alone TA Oh certainly But you might find it difficult as it s your first visit L Is it dangerous then TA Not really Well not in big towns anyway where there are other tourists However I think you might be lonely on your own L Mmm I suppose so Well what do you suggest TA Let s see What kind of things do you like doing L Well I enjoy visiting historical places and I like