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Interviewer: Hello and welcome back to Radio Katie: Come on, Lisa. We’ve got to finish going
Today. Joining me in the studio now through these old boxes. Grandma wants us
is singer and songwriter, Henry to clear them all away by the end of the
Martin. Thanks for coming in today, weekend.
Henry. Lisa: OK. We can probably just throw everything
Henry: That’s a pleasure. Thank you for away. It’s just old things and rubbish from
inviting me. when we were kids.
Interviewer: So, Henry. You’re very busy at the Katie: Hang on! Look at these old photos of us.
moment, aren’t you? Aaaaaaah! We used to be so cute!
Henry: Yes, that’s right. My new album, Keep Lisa: Let me see, oh yes! Look at your hair!
in Touch, is on sale now, so I’m doing Katie: Ha! But look at your trousers!
lots of interviews about it. I just hope Lisa: I know! Look, here’s a picture of me with my
people like it! favourite teacher, Mrs White.
Interviewer: Well, I know some songs from it and Katie: I don’t remember her. Why was she your
I love them! favourite teacher?
Henry: Thanks! Lisa: She was brilliant. All her lessons used to be
Interviewer: So, tell us something interesting interesting and fun. Everyone always used to
about the album. pay attention and nobody ever skipped her
Henry: OK. The songs are about very classes. We all got good marks in our exams
important people in my life. The first too!
song on the album, ‘My Shy Katie: What did she use to teach you? Was it art?
Companion’, is about my Lisa: No, it wasn’t. That was Mrs Black!
grandmother, Marta. She’s eighty- Katie: Oh yes!
seven years old and every day she Lisa: Mrs White used to teach history and music.
cooks lunch for her children and She only taught me history, though. We used
grandchildren. That’s usually fourteen to do really interesting projects in her
people every day! Nobody can cook lessons. I remember one project that we did.
like her! We had to make a poster about our family
Interviewer: Wow, can I come round one day? history.
Henry: Yes, sure! Everyone loves Marta! Katie: Really?
She’s so sweet and kind. She’s also Lisa: Yes, it was great. Grandma told me all about
very intelligent. She’s bilingual. She her mother, Maria. She was born in Spain
speaks Spanish and English. But she and she travelled to America with her family
wants to be trilingual, so she’s when she was 13. Life was really difficult for
learning German at the moment. Can them at first because they had to start a new
you imagine? She is amazing! life in New York. But in the end, Maria’s
Interviewer: So, who else do you sing about on father got a job as a fire fighter. Maria
the new album? worked hard at school and studied English at
Henry: Well, the song ‘Share our Feelings’ is university. Not many women used to go to
about my best friend. My best friend is university in those days, so she was very
my brother, Jonas. He can be selfish special.
and rude sometimes, but he’s also Katie: Cool!
a very generous person. We get on Lisa: Maria became a writer! Grandma has some
well and we really rely on each other. of her books somewhere. Anyway, I made
Jonas always helps me through a poster about Maria’s life and I remember
difficult periods of my life. When life is that Mrs White put it up on the wall of our
hard, he never lets me down. classroom. I felt so proud! That was a really
Interviewer: Let’s take a break now and listen to important moment for me at school.
the song we’re talking about. Here’s Katie: I’m so happy we didn’t just throw all these
‘Share our Feelings’. We’ll be right things away! It’s good to remember the
back after this with more questions, people who were important to us when we
so don’t go away. were growing up.
Lisa: Yes, absolutely! It was women like Mrs White
and our great grandmother, Maria who made
me feel confident about myself and made me

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 think that I could do anything with my life. I’m Track 05
really grateful to them for showing me that.
Katie: I’d love to see that poster you made. Do you Shop assistant: Hello, can I help you?
think it might still be here in these boxes Customer: Yes, I need to return this suit,
somewhere? which I purchased last
Lisa: I don’t know! Maybe! Let’s keep looking. Wednesday.
Shop assistant: OK, and what’s the problem
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Customer: It doesn’t fit me. The trousers are
Leo: Hi, Pete, how was your holiday in Portugal? too long and the jacket is too
Pete: We didn’t go to Portugal. We went to Spain. short.
It was great! Well, it was great when we Shop assistant: Oh dear, would you like to try on
finally got there! But we had the worst another suit in a different size?
journey ever! Customer: No, not really. I’m in a bit of
Leo: Oh no! What happened? a hurry. I’d just like a refund,
Pete: Well, we had to get a train to the airport. We please.
booked our tickets early in case the train was Shop assistant: Do you have your receipt?
fully booked. But when we got to the station, Customer: No, I don’t. Do I need it?
they told us that our train was cancelled. So, Shop assistant: Yes, I’m afraid you do. Our policy
we had to get a bus instead. They sent us to is that we only give refunds to
the bus station and told us to get bus 224 to customers if they have their
the airport, but we got on bus 242. receipts and if they bring the
Leo: What? You mean you got on the wrong bus? product back less than thirty days
Pete: Yes, we did! While we were driving along, after they bought it.
I realised our mistake! So, we got off at the Customer: OK, so what can you do for me
next stop. We thought about hitchhiking but then?
luckily a taxi came long. So we got a taxi to Shop assistant: I can exchange the suit for
the airport in the end because we thought we another one.
might miss our flight. Customer: Hmmm, I’m not very happy about
Leo: Oh poor you! Did you get to the airport on that. There are a lot of shops that
time? let you have refunds even if you
Pete: Yes, we did! We got to the departure gate don’t have your receipt.
five minutes before it closed. Shop assistant: I’m very sorry. I’m afraid that’s the
Leo: Really? I imagine you were glad to board best I can do.
that plane? Customer: OK, can you help me to find the
Pete: Yes, but that wasn’t the end of it… right size?
Leo: Oh no, what happened next? Shop assistant: Yes, of course. I think this size is
Pete: We were sitting on the plane for about 20 better for you than the one you
minutes and then the pilot announced that it bought. Also, it’s on sale until
couldn’t take off yet. In the end, the flight was Tuesday. There’s a fifteen per
delayed for four hours. cent discount so it’s cheaper than
Leo: That’s awful! That happened to us when we the one you bought. It’s a real
went to France last year. bargain! You might have enough
Pete: Anyway, when we got to Spain, a coach was money to get something else as
waiting for us. But I couldn’t find my ticket! well.
There was a driver who was very nice and let Customer: OK, that sounds good. Can I try
me get on the coach anyway. It was a long it on?
drive through the mountains and I was Shop assistant: I’m afraid there aren’t any
feeling very ill by the time we arrived at the changing rooms open on this
hotel. floor. But you can go upstairs or
Leo: But at least you got there. Did you have downstairs. There are a few
a good time after that? changing rooms on the ground
Pete: Yes, it was a great holiday. It’s a place where floor and there are lots on the
you can really relax. Until the journey second floor.
home… Customer: OK, I’ll be right back.
Leo: Oh no! What happened then? Shop assistant: Is it any good?
Pete: I’m only kidding! The journey home was very
easy!

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Customer: Yes, I really like it and it’s £10 Track 07
cheaper than the other suit. I’d like
this blue tie as well, please. 1
Shop assistant: Yes, of course. I’ll just take it over Boy: What are you going to do when you leave
to the checkout … school? Are you going to move away from
home?
Track 06 Girl: No, I’d love to move in with my friends. But
I don’t have enough money to rent a flat at
1 the moment.
I’ve got a friend who is a vegan. She’s been a vegan Boy: Yeah, rents are really expensive. You could
for a long time. Her family are all meat eaters, so find a job for a year to earn some money and
she cooks her own meals. Sometimes she cooks for then go to university after that.
them and they enjoy her cooking, but she can’t Girl: No, I don’t want to do that. I’ll probably go to
persuade them to change completely. She thinks I university here in the town where I live. It’s
am unhealthy because I eat meat twice a week. She a great place to study anyway.
keeps telling me what I should eat but I’m sure she’s Boy: Oh yes, that’s a good idea.
wrong. As far as I’m concerned, I’m as healthy as I 2
should be, and I’m not changing my lifestyle for Boy: I can’t believe that this is our last day of
hers. school!
2 Girl: I know! I’m really looking forward to getting
The first time I got a headache, I just took an aspirin out in the world! I’ve got a lot of good friends
and went to bed. A few days later, I got another one, here, but it’s great to move on and try new
this time worse than before. Then, I started getting things.
them more and more often. In the end, my friend Boy: Yeah, that’s true. I just feel a bit anxious
told me I should go to the doctor so, finally, I did. about what lies ahead though. It’s scary.
The doctor advised me to have an eye test as I Girl: Don’t be sacred! You’re going to be fine. You
might be getting the headaches because I need should always be optimistic about the future.
glasses. She was right! Now I can see better and Boy: You’re right, there’s no point in thinking
my headaches have gone away. about the negative things in life. I’m going to
3 make lots of new friends and I’m going to
I play a lot of tennis, and I always take care about have a great time!
what I eat. I even go to the doctor for regular check- 3
ups and follow his advice. So, I was quite shocked Man: Wow, you look great. What’s different
when, after my last visit, I found out that I wasn’t as about you? New hair colour?
healthy as I thought. I don’t really need to change Woman: No, that’s all natural! But I had a haircut
my lifestyle, I just need to continue getting lots of last week. Do you like the new style?
exercise and eating well and, during the winter, I I just wanted to change my look a bit.
should try to take some Vitamin D because I don’t Man: Yeah, of course. I can see the difference
spend enough time in the sun. now. You had long hair for years, but
4 short hair really suits you. I’m thinking
I started a diet a few days ago. I read about it on the about a change too. Maybe I’ll grow a
Internet. It’s quite a strange diet and a friend told me moustache or get a piercing?
to go to the doctor to get some expert advice before Woman: I don’t like piercings! Moustaches are
I started following the diet. I was impatient, though, quite cool, as long as you grow a beard
and couldn’t wait. I know it wasn’t a very sensible as well.
thing to do. I’ll probably go to the doctor next week Man: OK, I’ll do that then.
and have a blood test, just to make sure it isn’t 4
doing me any harm. Woman 1: I’m exhausted! Jack woke me up at
5 2am and then again at 5am.
I love the Internet, and I often use it to look up Woman 2: Me too! I don’t think I sleep more than
symptoms I think I’ve got! Sometimes it’s quite scary four or five hours a night! Did you
because websites often say it could be something expect having kids to be like this?
very serious. Of course, they also say it could be Woman 1: Yes, but I didn’t expect to feel so
nothing at all, but I never believe that! Last week, I anxious all the time though. I worry
thought I had a tropical disease that no-one in a lot about Jack – like I never worry
Britain has ever had before. I even went to the about anyone else.
doctor about it and couldn’t believe it when he said I Woman 2: Yes, that’s true. Also, although I love
was perfectly fit and healthy. my baby more than anything in the

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 world, sometimes I feel a bit bored off at home to do whatever we like.
and lonely. The only problem is, we can’t go
Woman 1: I know, I do too. But nothing is as bad home during our working weeks
as the lack of sleep! unless it’s a family emergency. That
Woman 2: You can say that again! It won’t last means that I’ve missed a lot of
forever though. Soon they’ll grow up birthdays and anniversaries over the
and we’ll miss having babies around! years!
Woman 1: Yes, you’re right! Mark: And what are the working conditions
5 like on the oil platform?
Girl: I love being a little kid. I don’t want to grow Aunt Alice: Not bad. Oil platforms are big places.
up and become a teenager or a grown up. I share a cabin with another woman
Grandad, what do you think were the best and we get on well. Other people do
years of your life? our cooking and cleaning, so that’s
Man: Oh my word, that’s a very difficult question to good!
answer! There are good and bad parts to Mark: And what work do you do exactly?
every stage of life. Aunt Alice: Well, as you know, I’m an engineer.
Girl: But if you have to choose … I’ve just finished a project where I was
Man: Well, I loved being a little kid as well. designing and choosing equipment for
I remember feeling happy and excited all the different jobs on the oil platform.
time! But I enjoyed being a young adult too. Mark: That sounds interesting. And what
It’s fun going out in the world and making skills does a person need to do your
choices about your future. That’s when I met job?
your grandmother. Aunt Alice: You have to be smart and good at
Girl: What about when you were middle-aged? solving problems. But maybe the
Man: Hmm, those were quite difficult years most important thing is that you have
because I was working a lot. Do you know to be diplomatic and good at working
what? I’m happier than ever at the moment. in a team. You don’t just work with
Now that I’m retired, I can spend time doing your co-workers on an oil platform;
things I enjoy, like chatting to my lovely you have to live with them too!
granddaughter! Mark: Yes, that must be difficult sometimes.
Have you ever thought about doing
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Aunt Alice: Not really. I’ve done this job since
Mark: Aunt Alice, can you help me with this I left university and I’ve never wanted
project that I’m doing for school. to do anything else! Maybe one day,
I have to interview someone who has I’ll want a job closer to home, but at
an interesting or unusual job. the moment I love it!
Aunt Alice: Yes, of course, I’d love to help you. Mark: Thanks Aunt Alice. I don’t think
But actually, my job isn’t that unusual. anyone else will talk to an oil platform
Mark: It’s quite unusual for a woman to work engineer, so my presentation is going
on an oil platform, isn’t it? to be really interesting!
Aunt Alice: Well, it’s not as unusual as it used to
be! Things are changing, you know. Track 09
Mark: Oh, OK. That’s good! But it’s still an 1
interesting job. I’d like to do Man: What job do you want to do when you grow
a presentation and tell my friends all up, Anne?
about what you do. Girl: I’m not sure yet. I’d like to do something to
Aunt Alice: Cool, ask me anything you want to! help the environment.
Mark: OK! So, how long have you worked Man: You could become an ecologist?
on the oil platform? Girl: Yes, maybe.
Aunt Alice: I’ve worked there for eight years now. Man: Or you could become an engineer or
Mark: And do you have to work long hours? an inventor and design a new form of
Aunt Alice: Yes and no. I’m on the platform for transport that doesn’t cause pollution.
two weeks, then I have two weeks off Girl: Hmmm, I’m not sure I want to be a scientist.
at home. The working days on the I prefer English to science and I’m good at
platform are quite long. We work for writing.
twelve hours, then we have twelve
hours off. But then we get two weeks

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Man: Why don’t you become a journalist then? 5
You could write articles to tell people about Boy: Oh no, look what’s happened to my phone.
what’s going on with the environment. Girl: What? Have all the icons disappeared again
Girl: Oh yes, that’s a great idea. Last year I did like last time?
some work experience at the local paper and Boy: No, they’re OK. But my messages have all
I really enjoyed it. disappeared this time. It’s so annoying!
2 Girl: At least you haven’t lost all your photos. That
Boy: Liz, I need some help. would be worse.
Girl: Sure, what are you trying to do? Are you Boy: Yes, that’s true.
trying to post something on Facebook? Girl: And everything is stored in the cloud, isn’t it?
Boy: No, I was just reading my friend’s updates So you haven’t actually lost anything.
while I was waiting for you to get home. I’m Boy: Yeah, you’re right. I think I need a new
trying to store my photos in the cloud, but phone though. It’s good that it’s my birthday
I don’t know how to do it. next month! If you really love me, you’ll get
Girl: OK, well you need to tap on this icon and me a new phone!
then drag the photos into that folder. Girl: Ha! You know I love you, but you’ve got your
Boy: Is that it? head in the clouds if you think I’m going to
Girl: Yes, that’s it. buy you a new phone!
Boy: Great! Thanks.
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Boy: Oh no, I forgot to pack an adapter.
Woman: Oh that’s annoying. Have you checked Paul: Did you have a good weekend, Yasmin?
what plugs they use? Do you definitely Yasmin: Yes, I did. We went to see The Cheerful
need an adapter? Concerto on Saturday. Did you hear
Boy: Yes, the plug on my cable doesn’t fit any about it? It was a charity concert to raise
of the sockets in the hotel room. money for the local hospital.
Woman: Never mind. It’s not the end of the world. Paul: Oh, that sounds good. Where did the
Boy: But I won’t be able to charge my concert take place? Was it in the old
gamepad. concert hall in town?
Woman: That might not be a bad thing. You can Yasmin: No, it wasn’t. It was on the beach! It was
read lots of books instead! amazing. It was so unusual. We didn’t
Boy: Mum, you know how much I enjoy have seats. The audience just sat on
playing computer games. I must find an blankets on the sand!
adapter! Paul: I went to an outdoor music festival last
Woman: Don’t worry. If you ask at reception, year. It wasn’t on the beach; it was in a
they’ll be able to tell you where we can park. I enjoyed it, but I couldn’t hear the
buy one. music very well. I also got a bit bored
Boy: Great idea! Thanks, Mum. after a few hours. Some of the bands
4 were excellent, but some weren’t very
Gran: What’s that game you’re playing, Jenny? good at all.
Is it educational? Yasmin: This concert was only three hours long,
Jenny: Err, no, not really, Gran. from 7pm to 10pm, but it didn’t feel very
Gran: Oh good, I can’t stand playing long because the music was so good. We
educational games. So, do you have to watched the sun go down as we listened.
solve clues? It was really quite magical.
Jenny: No, it isn’t a puzzle either. It’s a Paul: It sounds great.
multiplayer racing game. Look, I’m driving Yasmin: It was and there weren’t any problems
the green car and my friends are driving with the sound. The sound engineers did
the blue and yellow cars. But these aren’t a great job because we could hear every
like real cars. If I press this button, my car note that the orchestra played. It was
will jump over walls and if I press this mostly classical music. The conductor
button, it’ll fly. Look! was quite funny. He was so excited by
Gran: Oh, wow! the music that he was throwing his whole
Jenny: And the point of the game is to come first body around, not just his hands and
in the race! There! I won! arms! There was also an awesome
Gran: Well done! It looks like fun! Can I have soloist who played the violin. Then, at the
a go? end of the concert, the orchestra played a
Jenny: Yes, of course you can!

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 bit of jazz music, which I love. It made me Boy: I disagree. I think we must all do the right
want to dance! thing, even if that means sometimes we have
Paul: Cool! The concert I went to see was rock to break the law.
and pop music. I’m into hip hop and 4
heavy rock, and there were only one or Man: I saw a brilliant film last night.
two bands who played that kind of music. Woman: Oh, did you watch that film we were
Most of the bands and singers sang pop talking about? The one about that famous
music. A lot of the audience loved it but bank robbery?
not me! Man: No, I didn’t watch that one. This was
Yasmin: Well, I’m not usually a classical music fan a film about a gang of criminals. They
but I had a really good time. It was a were burglars who wore police uniforms.
really unusual concert, which I’m going to This meant they didn’t have to break into
remember for a long time. If they do people’s houses because the victims just
another performance, I’ll take you with let them in. They stole jewellery worth
me! more than $50,000!
Paul: Yes, please! Woman: I hope they were caught and sent to
prison?
Track 11 Man: No, they weren’t. They got away with it.
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Several arrests were made yesterday in connection Girl: I’ve just finished reading a brilliant crime
with the bank robbery at Roystons Bank last week. book. It was all about a lawyer who was
At first, the police thought that this gang was linked working on a difficult case about a burglary.
to the recent burglaries in the area, but this is no Anyway, then the lawyer was killed in his
longer thought to be the case. They are still looking garden.
for the person or people who hacked into the bank’s Boy: Hmmm, interesting. Was it easy to guess
security system, which meant that the criminals who the murderer was?
could get into the bank without the alarms going off. Girl: No, not really.
2 Boy: So, who did it then?
Woman: Excuse me, am I in the right place to Girl: Do you really want me to tell you? Won’t that
report a theft? ruin it for you if you want to read it?
Man: Yes, you are. How can I help you? Boy: No, I won’t have time to read it. Just tell me!
Woman: My handbag has been stolen. Girl: OK, well at first, I thought it was something to
Man: OK, I’m sorry to hear that. What does do with the burglary he was working on, but
your bag look like? that was wrong. I was a bit suspicious of the
Woman: It’s large and red with a black stripe down gardener all the way through. But it turns out
the middle. it was the victim’s neighbour!
Man: OK, and what was inside your bag when
it was stolen? Did you have a purse in
there?
Woman: Yes, I did. But I didn’t have any cash
inside.
Man: You’ll need to cancel your bank cards
immediately.
Woman: Yes, I’ve done that already. Luckily, I had
my keys and my phone in my pocket, so
they’re safe.
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Boy: Did you hear about that gang of vigilantes
who decided to take the law into their own
hands last night? They beat up a man who
was causing trouble in the area.
Girl: I don’t think people should do that. We’ve
already got crime fighters in our society. We
shouldn’t do the jobs of police officers or
lawyers and judges. If everyone took the law
into their own hands, there would be no law
and order.

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