Q3e Listening & Speaking 1: Video Scripts
UNIT 1
A Career Counselor
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Satya:
Narrator:
Hi, my name is Satya, and I’m a career counselor 1 and coach.
Satya helps people find jobs. People leave their jobs for different reasons.
Maybe they want to change their career or make more money. But it can be
difficult to find a new job. Some people spend a year or more looking for a
job. They apply for many positions, but they can’t find a good one. So, they
come to Satya for help.
When Satya meets with a new client 2, the first thing she does is ask a lot of
questions. She asks about the person’s education and their past work
experience. She also looks at their résumé and learns about their skills, their
strengths 3, and, of course, what kind of career they are looking for.
She also helps people prepare for an interview. They talk about how to relax
and feel confident 4. And they talk about interview attire 5—the clothes you
wear when you go to the interview. Satya always tells her clients, “Dress for
the job you want.”
Some clients already have jobs, but they want a promotion 6. Satya teaches
them about networking. That means building good relationships with
colleagues and managers at the company. Get to know the people you work
with, so they can help you reach your career goals.
A lot of people worry about losing their job. Satya’s advice is show up 7 on
time 8 every day, work hard, and keep a positive attitude.
1 counselor: noun a person who is trained to help people with problems
2 client: noun a person who uses the services of a professional person; a customer
3 strengths: noun useful skills or abilities that a person has
4 confident: adjective feeling sure about yourself and your ability to be successful
5 attire: noun clothes
6 promotion: noun a move to a more important job
7 show up: verb phrase to arrive
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UNIT 2
How Babies’ Brains Develop
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Narrator:
A baby’s brain is different from an adult’s brain. It takes a long time for our
brains to develop.
A baby’s brain has many cells 1. As the baby grows, those cells begin to
connect 2.
The first years of life are very important. That’s when a person’s brain and
personality 3 develop.
At first, babies use only a small part of the brain, called the brainstem. The
brainstem controls our reflexes 4. Reflexes are basic actions that help us
survive, like breathing and eating.
Humans have lots of reflexes. We do these things without thinking. Babies
have special reflexes. Touch a baby’s hand, and she will grab 5 your finger.
This is called the grasping reflex. This also works with the baby’s feet.
Another reflex is the rooting reflex. This helps the baby find milk
Another amazing reflex is the diving 6 reflex. This reflex disappears when we
are around six months old. The diving reflex stops babies from breathing
underwater. With the diving reflex, babies can go underwater safely before
they ever learn to swim.
We don’t know why babies have this special reflex. As the baby gets older,
she loses the reflexes she does not need.
A baby’s brain is changing all the time. Experiences with objects and people
in the world help shape her brain. The cells in the brain begin to make
connections. Some connections are used again and again. This makes them
grow stronger.
The connections that the baby does not use will grow weaker 7. This is why
the baby loses some early reflexes.
1cells: noun the smallest parts of any living thing
2 connect: verb to join together
3 personality: noun the qualities that make a person different from other people
4 reflex: noun an action that the body does naturally in response to something that happens to it
5 grab: verb to take hold of something suddenly
6 diving: noun jumping head first into water
7 weaker: adjective less strong
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Every person develops a unique 8 brain and personality, unlike anyone else’s.
It takes 25 years for the brain to fully develop. But the first few years of life
are the most important time for the brain. This is when the baby’s unique
personality starts to form.
8 unique: adjective different; unlike anything else
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UNIT 3
Tourism in Hawaii
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Narrator:
With your computer, you can easily get a cheap flight to an exciting place.
Tourism is a big business.
People today can travel more than in the past. They have more money to
spend. And they can shop online for low prices 1 on plane tickets.
One of the most popular places for tourists to visit is Hawaii, in the United
States. Hawaii is made up of several islands in the Pacific Ocean. Over seven
million tourists come to Hawaii each year. This many visitors have both
positive and negative effects.
New hotels and restaurants create jobs for local people.
This has a positive effect on Hawaii’s economy 2. About 20 percent of Hawaii’s
economy comes from tourism.
In one way, the tourism helps to protect Hawaii’s natural beauty 3. The
environment is the main reason tourists come to Hawaii. It’s important to
keep it clean and beautiful so tourists will come back again and again.
But Hawaii is changing.
In the past, it was mostly small, quiet fishing and farming villages 4. But now
there are tall buildings and busy, noisy streets. Many Hawaiians stopped
doing traditional jobs like fishing and farming. Now they have new jobs
working for tourists. But because tourists mainly travel in the winter and
summer, many people lose their jobs during the fall and spring.
Hawaii is not the only place that tourism is changing. How can we protect
these places in danger?
1 low prices: noun costing less money
2 economy: noun the system of money in an area
3 natural beauty: noun pretty places outdoors
4 fishing and farming villages: noun small towns where people fish and grow food
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UNIT 4
What’s Behind a Face?
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Voiceover (VO): Melanie, Erin, and Chelsea are part of the Kingsford School debate team.
For 12 weeks, they have been talking about important topics and arguing for
or against different ways of thinking. Soon, they will compete against another
school in the final debate. But are they ready?
Chelsea:
Teacher:
Chelsea has strong opinions, but sometimes she can be a bit too angry.
Don’t give me that face like you’re confused about what I’m saying ’cause you
know what I’m saying.
VO:
Chelsea.
Erin:
Erin has good ideas, but she can be a nervous speaker.
VO:
Melanie:
VO:
Chelsea:
VO:
Student 1:
Will she be able to stay calm in the final debate?
If you go to a mixed school, then . . . you kind of . . . don’t know where to go,
and . . . and I . . .
And finally, Melanie. She wants to study law at university.
I’m always right, even when I’m wrong!
After weeks of competitions, it’s the day of the final debate between
Kingsford School and Stretford School. The topic for debate is: Should
children be allowed to vote 1 in government elections 2 when they are 14
years old?
The Kingsford School team think that 14 is too young. Meanwhile, Stretford
School, from Manchester, believe that the voting age should be changed to 14.
Kingsford School is first.
As teenagers, we have exams to worry about; we have school life to worry
about. Why should we feel that we should be forced to be adults? Let us enjoy
our teenager life!
And now, Stretford School.
Society has moved on. Young teenagers are taking on more adult activities.
Why should voting not be included?
1 vote: verb to choose someone or something by writing on a piece of paper or putting up your
hand
2 election: noun a time when people choose someone to be a leader by voting for him or her
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Erin:
VO:
Student 2:
VO:
Melanie:
VO:
I’m 14, and I don’t feel ready to vote. We don’t go to school to learn about
politics. We go to school to learn about English, maths, science: key skills that
we need in everyday life.
A confident argument. What do the opposite team have to say?
But voting is not hard. You choose a party you like, and you vote. I am a 14year-old, and I am a citizen of the United Kingdom, and we have the right to
decide our fate and future.
Some excellent points. Can future lawyer Melanie win the argument for
Kingsford?
You said that voting isn’t hard. You pick a party that you like, and you vote.
That shows that actually children our age don’t know anything about politics
because I think that it’s much more than that!
Both teams have worked hard and argued very well. And they’ve developed
many new skills along the way. But there can only be one winner. Kingsford!
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UNIT 5
Sports and Technology
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Narrator:
Camel racing is a popular sport in the Middle East. This traditional Arab
sport has experienced many changes in the last 50 years. Technology is now
an important part of these races 1.
The small robots 2 on the top of each camel help the camels run faster. The
trainers drive in the cars on a road next to the camels. They talk to their
camels through the robots.
For extra speed, each robot has a whip 3. The trainer controls the whip from
the car. With technology and training, camels have increased 4 their running
speed by 30 percent. Today, camel racing is one of the richest sports in the
world. It is fast and always exciting.
1 race: noun a competition between people, cars, camels, or horses to see which is fastest
2 robot: noun a machine that can move and do work that a person does
3 whip: noun a long, thin piece of leather used to make animals go faster
4 increase: verb to become greater in amount or number
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UNIT 6
Decision Theory
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Narrator:
Bill:
Narrator:
Bill:
Narrator:
Bill:
Shopping. Even buying dinner for two, you’ve got thousands of decisions to
make. You could take all day.
You could try every food, and it would take you hundreds of years to see
every combination of apples and, I don’t know, mustard, or pears and
bananas.
To make it simple 1, you can apply the principle of decision theory 2.
You can make decisions about things in many different orders. If you want to
decide what to make for dinner, you can decide what food you like first, or
you can decide what tools you’re gonna use. So, you could say, I’m gonna
cook things with a spatula 3, and then you have—it doesn’t really narrow
things down for you.
The trick is to put your decisions in the right order. If you take big decisions
first, you eliminate 4 a lot of smaller decisions and speed up 5 the process.
I did bring a plan. I’ll show it to you. I have three different kinds of recipes. I
can either make salmon, a whitefish, or branzini, three of my favorite recipes.
If I choose salmon, I’ll need mustard, and capers, and lemon. If I choose
whitefish, parsley, eggs, and lemon, and branzini, lemon and rosemary.
So, here we are at the seafood section. Looking around, I see they have some
very nice fresh Atlantic salmon, and I think that’s what I’ll buy.
Interviewer: You strike me as a very organized guy. Is that a typical Bill thing to do this
like that?
Bill:
Narrator:
Yes. Studying decision theory, this is how I think about things. So now, the
rest of my plan is set in motion. All I need to do is buy mustard, capers,
lemon, some salad, and possibly a side dish if I see something I like.
Decision theory can help make our shopping trip shorter, but it’s also useful
in other areas of life, such as science, when we need to make many decisions.
1 simple: adjective easy
2 theory: noun an explanation or set of ideas about how a process works
3 spatula: noun a flat tool with a handle used for cooking
4 eliminate: verb to remove; to take away
5 speed up: verb to make faster
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UNIT 7
Global1 Children’s Climate2 Competition
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Title:
The Global Children’s Climate Competition is an international science
competition.
Title:
It challenges young people to find solutions 3 to climate problems.
Title:
The Climate Heroes
Heidi:
Andrew:
The first thing that they want you to do is look at: “what is a problem, in our
community, related to the climate?”
Title:
1—Problem
Heidi:
Title:
Andrew:
Heidi:
Title:
Narrator:
Faith:
Narrator:
This summer has been so terrible, with the fires, that I think we should look
at fires.
Then you have to find a global connection, which is someplace else in the
world that has a similar climate to us or a similar problem.
2—Connection
Our global connection is Spain because they have the same climate. They
don’t receive a whole ton of rainfall, and they have a huge problem with
wildfires 4 over there.
After you’ve done that, they want you to think about a solution.
3—Solution
Their project, called Forest Guard, is a system to detect 5 fires as early as
possible. The idea is to install cameras in the forest that use solar 6 energy.
They’re connected to the Internet so anyone can see when there is a fire and
call the fire brigade.
This enables 7 the public to be the forest guards, to keep our forests safe.
They won first place in the regional and state climate competitions and were
selected to go to the international competition in Copenhagen.
1 global: adjective of or about the whole world
2 climate: noun normal weather conditions of a place
3 solutions: noun answers to a problem
4 wildfires: noun fires that spread quickly over a large area and are difficult to control
5 detect: verb to discover or notice something that is difficult to see
6 solar: adjective from the sun
7 enable: verb to make it possible; to allow
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Drew:
Narrator:
Alejandro:
Faith:
Narrator:
One of the teams is from Australia, one is from Germany, one is from Mexico
City, and one is from Idaho.
Every group had an idea to fix a real problem using technology.
Anyone can be a Forest Guard by installing this free screen saver on their
computer. It randomly gets the live images from the cameras in the forest
and displays them on your screen. Thousands of people all over . . .
Excuse me! I hate to interrupt your speech, but I think there’s a fire in this
picture!
But only one group can win first prize, and see their project built in real life.
They did it! Now they have the chance to work on their idea with real
engineers. These impressive young people have shown they are ready to
build a better future for themselves.
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UNIT 8
Feeling Fear
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Narrator:
We all get scared of different things.
Fear has an important purpose. It helps us survive 1.
When we feel fear, our bodies begin to react 2 right away.
This helps us escape danger quickly.
The moment we sense 3 danger, our brain takes action. It sends a message to
one area of the brain—the amygdala. The amygdala is the fear center of the
brain.
Then the brain sends messages to different parts of the body. These
messages help us prepare for action. Our kidneys produce adrenaline—a
chemical produced by the body when we feel fear or stress.
Adrenaline fills our body in a few seconds. Now we are alert and ready.
With adrenaline in our blood, we breathe 4 more deeply. Our heart beats
faster.
We take in more air for energy and strength.
Our muscles are now ready and waiting to either run or fight.
This all happens without our thinking.
This natural human reaction to fear is called the fight or flight response.
You have a choice. Run, or stay and face your fear.
1 survive: verb to continue to live in or after a difficult or dangerous time
2 react: verb to respond; to take action because of another action
3 sense: verb to understand or feel something
4 breathe: verb to take in and let out air from your nose or mouth
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