Q3e Listening & Speaking Intro: Video Scripts

UNIT 1
Crazy Rides
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Narrator: This is Mark. He loves crazy1 cars. He took an airplane and made it into a car.
But the work wasn’t easy. And he had to make a whole lot of changes.
Mark: The tail2 used to come out3 another . . . I’d say 15 or 20 inches. I had to cut
that back . . .
Narrator: It took a long time and it cost a lot of money.
Mark: This vehicle4 took me about five months to put together . . . It cost me a little
under $10,000.
Narrator: Expensive! But Mark uses his car every day, even to take his son to school!
Mark: I take my son to school in it and the school goes crazy5! All the people just go
nuts when I show up6 with that airplane.
Narrator: Mark’s so happy with his car, he wants to keep it forever.
Mark: I really do like it a lot and I’m gonna enjoy it.

1 crazy: adjective not based on reason, experience, or good judgment

2 tail: noun the back part of a plane
3 come out: verb phrase to reach or stretch over an area
4 vehicle: noun a thing that is used for transporting people or things from one place to another
5 go crazy / go nuts: verb phrase to become very enthusiastic or excited about something
6 show up: verb phrase to arrive

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UNIT 2
Japanese High School Life
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Narrator: Meet Sophie.
Sophie: Hey everyone, my name is Sophie. I am originally1 from Germany . . .
Narrator: For six months, she went to high school in Japan.
Sophie: The very first thing that I loved about my Japanese high school is also the
very first thing I got to do every morning, which was going to my school.
I just loved riding my bicycle to school every single day.
Number two of the things that I loved in my Japanese high school was that
you weren’t actually2 allowed to wear shoes inside of the building. So that
doesn’t only go for houses in Japan, it also goes for a lot of public buildings
like schools!
So basically3, when you enter a Japanese high school, or probably any school,
there is a place where everyone takes off their shoes. And everyone has their
own shoe box, which is called Kutsubako.
Sophie: The third thing I really loved about my Japanese high school, and it kind of
goes hand in hand4 with the shoes thing, was my school uniform.
I was super-excited to wear a school uniform, because we don’t have them in
Germany.
Sophie: Number four. The bentōs. I don’t really think I have to explain that, because
food is the best, right? And Japanese homemade5 food, it’s the absolute best.
Narrator: She hated cleaning, though! In Japanese schools the students clean their
classrooms.

1originally: adverb in the beginning

2 actually: adverb really; in fact
3 basically: adverb in the most important ways
4 hand in hand: phrase closely connected
5 homemade: adjective made at home, not bought at a store

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UNIT 3
Farmers’ Market
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Jean: Hi, my name’s Jean, and I’m a babysitter.
Oh, I love food. Especially vegetables and fruit, and I love to cook.
I want to cook for my friends tonight. Tonight is pasta night.
I need to make sauce for the pasta. And for that I need tomatoes, garlic, and
onions. OK, let’s go!
The farmers’ market is here three days a week: Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays. I go all three days a week. I love the farmers’ market. Everything is
fresh1, everything’s local2, the farmers are all local. They live nearby. The
food tastes really good.
Today I need tomatoes, onions, peppers, mushrooms, um, probably some
parmesan cheese, and pasta.
So, the pasta’s really fresh here, and that’s why I buy it at the farmers’
market.
Today I need some apples. Um, they’re really crisp3 and juicy4 here. And they
also have really fresh eggs, but I don’t need any today. I love buying honey for
my tea here. They also sell baked goods here, um, like cakes and pies.
Today I want to buy bread. Well, the bread stand is my favorite. He has so
many different kinds, and he’s really nice.
I love pasta, and the way I make it, it’s, it’s the best. Smells good! I really
enjoy cooking for myself, for my friends, for family. Mmm!

1 fresh: adjective made or picked recently

2 local: adjective from a place near you
3 crisp: adjective firm and fresh
4 juicy: adjective full of juice

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UNIT 4
Pottery Challenge
Page 67
Narrator: These artists1 are ready for battle.
They are all potters, which means they use clay2 to make artwork, from pots
to basins. Today, they’re taking part in a competition of creativity3.
Host: Welcome back to the pottery.
Artists: Hello!
Narrator: And they’re about to find out exactly what it is they need to do.
Artists: Underneath your cloths you will find exactly what it is that you're gonna
make your mark on.
Artist 1: Oh, tiles4!
Host: Nine tiles that need to be decorated5.
Narrator: The judges can’t know who’s made what, so it’s time for them to leave.
Host: OK, Kate and Keith, you are excused. Potters, you have 90 minutes, starting
now.
Narrator: The artists have just 90 minutes to show the judges what they can do.
Everyone has the same thing: nine blank clay tiles. They can decorate their
tiles any way they choose.
As the competition goes on, some artists worry that their neighbors’ work
might be better than theirs.
Artist 2: That's a really nice idea.
Narrator: But others think it is exciting that there are so many different patterns.
Artist 3: Everybody's different.
Artist 4: Good to know.
Artist 5: Yeah. Who wants to be normal?
Narrator: There are only five minutes left, so the artists have to be quick.

1 artist: noun a person who makes art, like painting

2 clay: noun a type of sticky dirt that you can use to make bricks or pots
3 creativity: noun the use of imagination or new ideas to make something
4 tile: noun a thin square of clay or metal
5 decorate: verb to make something more attractive by adding to it

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Host: OK, potters, time’s up. Step back from your tiles, please.
Please bring your tiles forward and ready for judges.
Narrator: The judges come back and find a table full of amazing tiles. What will they
think of what the artists have done?
As the judges review the work, it’s clear that for them, artists show creativity
in several ways: ideas that are more unusual . . .
Kate: They’re all identical, actually. Is this is the only person who’s decided on a
design?
Narrator: . . . achieving something that’s more difficult . . .
Kate: And that’s actually quite difficult to do.
Narrator: . . . and the most exciting use of what the artists had to work with.
Keith: A good use of the different types of color.
Narrator: Now they’ve seen all the tiles, the judges order the work from worst . . . to
best.
Host: Who takes the top spot?
Male judge: These.
Host: Matthew! Well done!
Narrator: Matthew’s happy, but he’s not sure why he won.
Matthew: If they think I came first out of it, I won’t argue.
Narrator: It's a funny ending to a hard day, and shows that choosing the best is not an
easy thing to do.

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UNIT 5
Fairy Tale House
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Theo: Hi everybody. I’m Theo, and this is Bee.
We make videos about things we like. And we love small houses, so today,
we’re filming one.
Bee: Hi, my name’s Bee, and today I’m gonna show you ’round the beautiful Jack
Sparrow house in Cornwall. Let’s have a look around.
Theo: This is Bee’s favorite small house.
So, come inside with us and you’ll see why!
Bee: Welcome to the inside of Jack Sparrow House.
Theo: Through this strange1 door, there is a kitchen on the right.
It isn’t very big, but there is space for everything.
Bee: It’s really open and lovely, and it just looks really natural.
Theo: There are loads of shelves2 on the wall for food and other kitchen stuff.
Bee: There’s a sink here, which is for the bathroom and the kitchen.
Theo: And above the sink, there are some more shelves, with all these little bits and
bobs.
Bee: Opposite the kitchen is a really massive3 sofa to relax on.
Theo: I don’t think it’s massive, but it’s big enough for two. There’s also a table to
eat meals or to work on your laptop.
Bee: Behind the sofa area there’s actually a little secluded bathroom.
Theo: And the last room is upstairs.
Bee: By far my favorite part of the house has got to be the bedroom. It’s just so
peaceful and relaxing up here.
There’s a big window behind me that lets you look out into the sea and brings
in a beautiful breeze.

1 strange: adjective unusual

2 shelves: noun long, flat pieces of wood, metal, or other material on a wall or in a cabinet where
you can put things
3 massive: adjective very big

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Theo: Bee loved the bedroom, but my favorite part is definitely the garden.
Just look at it: it’s amazing! There are all kinds of plants and trees, and that’s
the sea over there . . .
And that’s it for today’s tour, guys. I hope you liked the little house. We
thought it was great!

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UNIT 6
Yoga
Page 111
Sarita: My name’s Sarita Lou. I’m from California and I live in Brooklyn, New York.
I’m a professional dancer, and during the day I dance, and in my free time I
teach yoga.
I love yoga because it’s good for your health and it makes people happy. Yoga
is a leisure1 time activity, but it’s also a challenging sport.
On an average day, I wake up at 8 a.m., and I drink some juice. I go to the
subway and go to the dance studio. I do modern dance; I don’t do ballet. I do
jazz dance. I also do West African dance and hip-hop.
I have a dance DVD that I sell to help people exercise. It’s called Dance and Be
Fit, Hip Hop Cardio. I practice; I sometimes perform.2
So after work, I go uptown to the yoga school and I teach my yoga class. In my
typical3 yoga class, I have six or seven students. In the beginning of class, we
sit and breathe. Then we stand and stretch. We stretch for 30 minutes. Then
we sit down, and we stretch on the ground.
My favorite part of class is the end of class. We sit, relax, breathe, and it feels
really good.
So after teaching yoga, I’m usually pretty tired, so I go home and make
dinner. After dinner, sometimes I watch a movie or old TV shows before I go
to bed. I don’t have a lot of free time, but when I do, I try to socialize4 with
friends.
I feel lucky that I teach yoga and that I dance every single day. It makes me
feel amazing, and I’m really healthy. I get tired from teaching all the time and
dancing all the time, but I don’t work in an office, and I love what I do, so I
feel pretty lucky.

1 leisure: noun the time when you are not working and can do what you want
2 perform: verb to do something, such as dance or sing, in front of people
3 typical: adjective usual
4 socialize: verb to meet and spend time with people in a friendly way

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UNIT 7
Nadiya’s Journey
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Narrator: Nadiya is in Bangladesh. She lives and works in the UK as a cook, but is here
to visit her family.
Nadiya: Hi Dad! Aleykum Salam.
Narrator: She knows her family village1, but not the rest of the country.
Nadiya: We landed, we went to the village, we stayed in the village. Didn’t do
anything else.
Narrator: This time, Nadiya will leave the village and see more of her family’s country.
Nadiya arrives in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital city.
There’s lots to do, but Nadiya wants to see one thing: the food market.
Nadiya has time to buy spices . . .
Nadiya: In Bengali: Can I have 50 grams of turmeric, please?
Narrator: And then she needs to leave.
Nadiya: Wait, did you see those children? They made it look easy, standing on a train.
Narrator: Nadiya isn’t going to travel by train. She’s going to take this boat, which is
called a ferry2. She has her own room, and it’s the best there is.
Nadiya: This is first class3. There are people downstairs sleeping on the floor, so this
is not bad at all.
Narrator: The next day, Nadiya arrives in Gobra.
She takes a taxi to the river, where she gets on a motorboat4, a small boat
with an engine. For Nadiya, this is a new way to travel.
Nadiya: Never, ever, had the pleasure of doing this before.
Narrator: Nadiya’s not the only one crossing the river today.
Nadiya: Schoolchildren are going across to school, people are taking cows . . .
Narrator: Nadiya leaves the boat and walks through the village to a second boat.

1 village: noun a very small town

2 ferry: noun a boat that takes people or things on short trips across a river or on an ocean
3 first class: noun the part of a train, airplane, etc., that is more expensive to travel in
4 motorboat: noun a small, fast boat that has a motor

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Nadiya: Am I going across here?

Narrator: There are lots of rivers in the area, so boats are the best way to travel.
Nadiya joins her friend Robin on a fishing boat. He uses otters to help him
catch fish. They swim next to the boat as it moves.
Nadiya: The otters are pushing the fish into the net.
Robin: In Bengali: Come closer, come closer.
Narrator: Nadiya loved learning more about her family’s country. And she has time for
one last visit before she leaves.
What will Nadiya tell her family about life outside the village?
Nadiya: I want to say, “Guys! Get out of the village! Get a car. Find a boat. Do anything!
Just leave! Go see it!”

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UNIT 8
Esplorio
Page 156
Narrator: Social media has changed the world we live in.
Over a billion people are on social media sites, such as Facebook, LinkedIn,
and Instagram, and many of them use it every day.
People spend a quarter of their online time on a social network.
This means that people now have a detailed record of much of their lives,
because social networks record what people say, when they say it, and where
they say it. But a lot of this information is rarely in one place.
This is where Esplorio can help.
Esplorio brings together all your social media content to create a travel
diary1. It shows everywhere you have been and lets you click on a location.
Tim Fernando started the company when he was at university, and Essa
Saulat joined later.
Tim traveled a lot, but found that his photos were all on different social
media sites. So, he invented a website that collected them all in one place.
He took his idea to Isis Innovation, a company that turns a university’s most
exciting research into successful business ideas.
They gave Tim and Essa a place to work and helped them develop their
product. They also helped create a business strategy2.
In the future, Esplorio are going to expand. They’re introducing a
“recommendations3” tool next year. The website will use your current
information to suggest where you might want to go in the future.

1 diary: noun a place where you write what you have done each day
2 strategy: noun a plan or a way to achieve something
3 recommendation: noun a suggestion or a piece of advice about what to do

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