You will hear part of a training session for people who are going to work as sales assistants in a large shop.
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Training session for new sales assistants
The training manager is called Mandy .
New assistants will work on the floor.
Part-time workers have a rest day on every week.
Workers who live in the town can use the store’s service for free.
The staff discount cannot be used to buy .
Assistants need to collect their on their first day.
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You will hear part of a training session for people who are going to work as sales assistants in a large shop. For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space.
Mandy: Morning, everyone! Thanks for attending this training session at our new department store. You’ve all been offered jobs as sales assistants, so well done and welcome! My name’s Mandy Hickets – that’s H-I-C-K-E-T-S – and I’m your training manager.
I’ll tell you a bit about how the store’s organized. The top floor’s where the stock room is – that’s where everything’s kept before it goes out onto the shelves. The first floor’s mainly clothing, and the ground floor, where you’ll work, is where we sell things like
make-up and electrical items..
Most of you are part-time staff, which means you’ll work from Monday to Saturday, either in the mornings or the afternoons. Your rest day is Thursday. Full-time staff take either a Tuesday or a Wednesday off – you’ll find out which later today.
I know that some of you live out of town. There’s a regular train service as I’m sure you already know, but we also operate a bus service for those nearer by. There’s no charge for this. There’s also a staff car park, though you’ll need to pay a small monthly fee for this.
All staff get 25% discount on certain items and services. You could have your hair cut in our salon, for example, and you can use
the discount when the sales are on, too, which some stores don’t offer. I’m afraid there are no discounts on food, however. I believe you’ve already ordered your uniforms and you’ll be able to collect those at the end of today’s session. When you arrive on your first day, please go to the office, where you’ll pick up your ID card. We provide keys for lockers, where you can keep your personal items safe. These are already in the locker doors, ready for use.
You will hear a film review programme on the radio.
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The film review programme
THIS WEEK REVIEW
The film Jungle Fever is a about a family of tigers.
Actor Steve Wills plays a in his new film, Call it.
Swim! is about a man who wants to swim in a local.
COMPETITION FOR LISTENERS
Listeners can enter an online quiz at www.co.
Winners will receive tickets.
Entries must be received on by 2 pm.
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You will hear a film review programme on the radio. For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space.
Man: Welcome to The Film Review Programme! Today we’re reviewing some of this week’s new films.
Let’s start with this week’s likely hit, Jungle Fever. This is quite an unusual one! Some of you may remember last year’s TV documentary film about a family of tigers in India. Well, this is a cartoon based on that programme and I can report that it’s great fun for people of any age..
Some of you will be excited to know that actor Steve Wills is back on our screens! You’ll remember him as action hero Marty Kay, but in his new film, Call it, he actually plays a chef, working in an Italian pizza takeaway in New York City. Actor Jennifer Peckory plays his manager, Jo-Jo, and romance is in the air!
Don’t miss Swim!, a comedy which takes a look at learning to swim as an adult. It’s about a 20-year-old man who wants to join in with his friends when they swim in the lake near his home. So, he goes to the local pool to take lessons. Be prepared to laugh until it hurts!
And now it’s competition time, so I hope you’ve listened carefully and made some notes! If you want to enter this month’s competition, just go online and answer the ten questions in our quiz. Go to www dot movies dot co and select your answers.
Last month, we gave out free cinema tickets as a prize – this time we’re offering restaurant tickets which you can use at a choice of exciting places.
You must complete your entry by January the twenty-eighth. Make sure you’ve finished by two pm when the competition closes. We’ll announce the winners on the thirtieth of January – and if you’re lucky, the prize will be yours by the second week in February. Good luck and goodbye!
You will hear a woman talking to a receptionist about photography lessons.
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Photography lessons
Start: 3rd October
Classes on: .
Evening course costs: £.
College closed in:.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9:30 am to 12:45 pm and 5:30 pm to .
Address: 59 .
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You will hear a woman talking to a receptionist about photography lessons.
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You will hear the conversation twice..
Man: Hello, Townhill College. Can I help you?
Woman: Hi, yes. I’d like some information about your photography classes, please.
Man: Well, photography is very popular so there are two courses. They both start on the 3rd of October and finish on the 10th of December.
Woman: OK. And what days of the week are the classes?
Man: Last term they were on Fridays, but this term they are on Wednesdays.
Woman: And how much do they cost?
Man: The morning course costs £50, and the evening course is a bit more expensive. It costs £75.
Woman: OK. And can I join the evening class over the phone?
Man: No, you have to come to the college and fill in a form. We’ll be closed in August but are open for the rest of July and will open again in September.
Woman: Are you open at weekends?
Man: No. We’re open Monday to Friday from 9.30 am to 12.45 pm and 5.30 pm to 9.00 pm.
Woman: Can you give me the address of the college, please? I’ll come and fill in the form next week.
Man: Yes, it’s in 59 Bracknell Street. That B-RA-C-K-N-E-L-L Street. Near the children’s playground, opposite the bank.
Woman: Will I need to buy any equipment for the class?
Man: I think you need your own camera, but the teacher will send you an email about the classes at the end of September.
Man: Woman: OK great. What’s the teacher’s name?
Man: It’s Bob. I don’t know his surname.
Woman: Thank you very much! I’ll come to the college one day next week to pay for the course then.
You will hear a man telephoning a medical centre for advice.
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Medical Advice
Address of chemist: Park Street
Cost of taxi: € .
Doctor’s name: Doctor .
Time of appointment:.
Doctor speaks: .
Hospital phone number: .
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You will hear a man telephoning a medical centre for advice.
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Woman: Hello, Medical Centre. How can I help you?
Man: Hi. Yes. My daughter has had an accident and I need some medical advice.
Woman: OK. Could you tell me what’s happened, please?
Man: We were on the beach and Katrina was jumping in the sea. She fell and has hurt her foot. It isn’t broken, but she can’t walk.
Woman: OK. Well, first, she should sit down on the floor and put her foot up on a chair. Then you should go to a chemist and buy a bandage.
Man: Right. At the moment, we’re still near Greenbank Beach. Could you tell me where the nearest chemist is? We don’t have a car.
Woman: Woman: There’s a big chemist in the city centre but if you are on the beach, the nearest chemist is in Park Street. There’s a bus stop nearby, or you can get a taxi there.
Man: OK. How much will a taxi cost?
Woman: About 13 euros.
Man: Great. Thank you for your help.
Woman: Your daughter should probably come and see a doctor here tomorrow morning. Would you like to make an appointment?
Man: Oh, yes. That’s a good idea.
Woman: Would you like to come at nine, or half past nine?.
Man: 9 o’clock is fine. What’s the doctor’s name?
Woman: OK. Tomorrow the 10th of May … at nine o’clock … with Doctor Moore. That’s M-O-O-R-E. Did you say your daughter’s name is Katrina?
Man: Yes. I’m afraid Katrina doesn’t speak a lot of English. Does the doctor speak any Spanish?
Woman: Yes. She lived in Mexico for ten years, so she speaks it quite well.
Man: That’s fantastic. We will buy a bandage now and come to the centre tomorrow.
Woman: OK. Katrina shouldn’t walk until tomorrow, if possible. If you need any more advice, call the hospital on 56 75 82. That’s 5-6 7-5 8-2.
You will hear a woman talking to a customer about renting a boat.
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Customer information
Name: Philip Cook
Birthday: 1st December .
Number of people to rent boat: .
Pets:.
Dates: From 23rd August – .
Phone number: .
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You will hear a woman talking to a customer about renting a boat.
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You will hear the conversation twice..
Woman: Hello Broads Boat Rentals.
Philip: Hello. I’d like to rent a boat in August please.
Woman: Yes, of course. I need to ask you some questions first. Is that OK?
Philip: Of course.
Woman: First of all, what’s your name?
Philip: Philip Cook.
Woman: Philip Cook … right … And what’s your date of birth, Philip?
Philip: It’s 1st December 1993.
Woman: That’s fine. You need to be over 21 to rent a sailing boat. And how many people will be staying on the boat?
Philip: There will be three of us. My brother Tom and I and our friend. We’re all over 21. Some other friends might come for the day but they won’t sleep on the boat. Is that OK?
Woman: That’s fine. And will there be any animals?
Philip: I don’t think Lee is going to bring his dog, I have two small dogs.
Woman: That’s no problem, but you have to pay extra for every pet. And when would you like to rent the boat?.
Philip: From the 23rd of August to the 31st of August. We wanted to rent it until the 3rd of September but your website says your office closes on the 1st of September!
Woman: Yes, that’s right, I’m afraid. And finally, can you give me your telephone number please?
3. She designs useful products for places without many resources.
4. That means you can't them when you take them from the earth.
5. As a young in England, she loved to work with her grandfather in his workshop.
6. She designed her first product when she was in high school and just years old.
7. The lever the toothpaste out of the tube.
8. One container of the refrigerator keeps food and medicine clean and .
9. The sun's energy makes the water in the evaporate.
10. The cool sand keeps the food and cool.
11. After leaving school, Cummins spent five months in .
12. There, she could test and her designs.
13. Today, she continues to design products.
14. They don't the planet and the materials are all recyclable.
15. Maybe you too can become an engineering .
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It's early morning in a small village in Kenya, Africa.
Women and children are carrying heavy containers of water on their heads.
They walk many miles to get this water.
It's hot, and they are tired.
They can only carry a few containers a day.
A young British woman learns about the problem she wants to help.
Who is the young woman?
Her name is Emily Cummins.
How did she help?
She invented a water carrier for the people in Kenya.
They can pull it like a suitcase.
Cummins is an engineer.
She designs useful products for places without many natural resources.
These places often don't have a lot of water.
They also don't have a lot of oil, coal, or gas.
These resources are not renewable.
That means you can't replace them when you take them from the earth.
Cummins' products don't use oil, coal, or gas.
They use other sources of energy, such as the sun.
This makes the products sustainable.
People can continue to use them in the future without hurting our planet.
How did Cummins get started?
As a young child in England, she loved to work with her grandfather in his workshop.
He taught her how to use his tools.
He showed her how to make toys and jewelry boxes from small pieces of metal.
She designed her first product when she was in high school and just 15 years old.
Her grandfather had arthritis.
He couldn't squeeze a tube of toothpaste with his hand.
Cummins invented a tube with a lever.
The lever pushes the toothpaste out of the tube.
You don't have to squeeze the tube.
While she was still a high school student, Cummins designed a new kind of refrigerator.
Why?
Refrigerators normally use a lot of electricity.
They are too expensive for many people in developing countries.
Cummins' refrigerator is not expensive.
Here's how it works.
One container of the refrigerator keeps food and medicine clean and dry.
This container sits in another container filled with water and sand.
The sun's energy makes the water in the sand evaporate.
In other words, the water goes into the air and takes heat from the sand with it.
This cools the sand.
The cool sand keeps the food and medicine cool.
The design is very simple and it uses cheap local materials.
People can even make the refrigerator themselves.
After leaving school, Cummins spent five months in Africa.
She wanted to learn more about life there so she volunteered at a school in Namibia.
There, she could test and improve her designs.
Her refrigerator became a great success.
Today, it helps thousands of people.
Cummins studied business at the University of Leeds in England.
Today, she continues to design sustainable products.
She has won many awards for her designs.
Her inventions are famous because they use local resources.
They don't hurt the planet and the materials are all recyclable.
Do you have ideas for sustainable products?
Maybe you too can become an engineering superstar.
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4. The pocket opened and let the ads to the ground.
5. Ninomiya built his first of a flying machine in 1891.
6. He called his model the , which is the name of a kind of bird.
7. In , Ninomiya became a soldier in the army.
8. The plans had and specific directions for building a flying machine.
9. He started to build a plane that was more like a airplane.
10. All Ninomiya needed was an , and he ordered one.
11. These two men from the United States flew their first plane in of 1903.
12. After that, he a Shinto priest.
13. Most people think the Wright brothers designed the first airplane, but this isn't .
14. It also had a kind of that wasn't as modern as the wing on Ninomiya's plane.
15. Ninomiya never lost his interest in airplanes and .
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Chuhachi Ninomiya was a young man with a dream.
He wanted to invent a flying machine.
He watched birds fly for hours and hours.
He also studied insects and flying fish to get ideas.
Did Ninomiya's dream come true?
The story of his life will give you the answer.
Ninomiya was born in Japan in 1866.
As a boy, he loved flying kites.
People called him kite flying Chuhachi.
Ninomiya also loved to design kites.
His kites were unique because they had pockets.
Some businesses used Ninomiya's kites for advertising.
They put advertisements into the pocket of a kite.
The pocket opened and let the ads fall to the ground.
Then, the pocket closed again.
Ninomiya built his first model of a flying machine in 1891.
He was just 24 years old.
He called his model the crow, which is the name of a kind of bird.
It had a propeller and landing gear, but its wings did not move.
Ninomiya's model actually flew.
In 1894, Ninomiya became a soldier in the army.
He thought flying machines could be very useful in a war.
He gave his engineering plans to the army.
The plans had drawings and specific directions for building a flying machine.
However, the army didn't pay attention to Ninomiya.
They said, humans are not supposed to fly.
They thought he was crazy.
Ninomiya left the army in 1898.
He continued to design airplanes.
He started to build a plane that was more like a modern airplane.
Ninomiya's plane wasn't a model this time.
It was a real full-size plane.
The plane was almost finished.
All Ninomiya needed was an engine, and he ordered one.
Then one day, he read in the newspaper about the Wright brothers.
These two men from the United States flew their first plane in December of 1903.
Ninomiya read about the brothers' success just one day before he received his engine.
This was bad news for Ninomiya.
He stopped building his plane, and he never built another one.
After that, he became a Shinto priest.
Most people think the Wright brothers designed the first airplane, but this isn't true.
Ninomiya designed and flew model planes many years before the Wright brothers did.
However, the Wright brothers flew their first plane before Ninomiya finished his full-sized
plane.
Unlike Ninomiya's plane, the Wright brothers plane did not have landing gear.
It also had a kind of wing that wasn't as modern as the wing on Ninomiya's plane.
In 1991, an expert in aviation used Ninomiya's engineering plans to build an airplane.
He said that Ninomiya's plane was better than the Wright brothers plane.
Ninomiya never lost his interest in airplanes and flight.
He even built a shrine for people who died in airplane accidents.
Before he died in 1936, he received an apology and an award from the army.
Today, he has the greatest honor of all.
The Japanese call him the father of Japanese aircraft.
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6. Experts think the builders used simple , such as levers and ramps.
7. What was the most dangerous project.
8. It lets ships pass the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
9. However, the was too difficult and they stopped.
10. The total of people worked on the canal.
11. That means it was very hot and , with about 105 inches, 267 centimeters, of rain a year.
12. In , an oil company found the largest oil field in North America.
13. The Alaska Pipeline is the pipeline in the world.
14. It crosses three mountain and more than 800 rivers and streams.
15. It is about 20,300 miles, 32,670 kilometers, and it is the longest in the world.
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Humans are great builders.
Examples are all over the world.
The Egyptian pyramids, the Panama Canal,
and the Alaska pipeline are just a few.
Thousands of people worked on these enormous structures.
What makes these structures such amazing achievements?
Is it their size? Is it their beauty?
Is it the number of workers? Is it the danger of the work?
The ancient pyramids of Egypt are still a mystery today.
No one knows exactly how the Egyptians built them.
The biggest pyramid is the great pyramid of Giza.
The Egyptians built it in about 2550 BCE.
The workers used 2.5 million limestone blocks.
The great pyramid covers 123 acres, 50 hectares,
or 500,000 square meters.
It's 480 feet, 146 meters high.
The sides are 755 feet, 230 meters long.
How did the workers build the great pyramid?
There were no wheels at the time, so there were no cranes or pulleys.
Experts think the builders used simple machines, such as levers and ramps.
The great pyramid took over 80 years to build.
Approximately 30,000 people worked on it.
What was the most dangerous engineering project?
It was the Panama Canal.
This waterway in Central America is 50 miles, 80 kilometers long.
It lets ships pass between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The French started the project in 1881.
However, the work was too difficult and they stopped.
The United States continued the project in 1904 and completed it in 1914.
A total of 56,307 people worked on the canal.
The area around the canal was very dangerous.
It had a tropical climate.
That means it was very hot and wet, with about 105 inches, 267 centimeters, of rain a year.
The heavy rain often flooded the rivers.
There were mosquitoes.
No one knew that mosquitoes caused malaria.
Thousands of workers died from malaria and accidents.
One of the greatest engineering achievements of the 20th century was the Alaska Pipeline.
In 1968, an oil company found the largest oil field in North America.
How could they get oil from Alaska to the rest of the United States?
They worked with other oil companies to build a pipeline.
The Alaska Pipeline is the longest pipeline in the world.
It carries oil for 800 miles, 1,287 kilometers, through the cold hard Alaskan wilderness.
It crosses three mountain ranges and more than 800 rivers and streams.
More than 70,000 workers built it.
They worked for nine years in sub-zero temperatures.
They completed the work in 1977.
Since then, over 15 billion barrels of oil have traveled through the pipeline.
There are many other amazing engineering projects around the world.
For example, the Great Wall of China was the largest building project in history.
The Great Wall is approximately 4,500 miles, 7,242 kilometers long.
Another example is the Pan-American Highway.
It is about 20,300 miles, 32,670 kilometers, and it is the longest road in the world.
It goes through Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Can you think of other examples of great engineering projects?
Which project do you think is the greatest of all?
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5. They drove their van to dumps around Los Angeles.
6. Then they the Trash to China.
7. They recycled it and made cardboard, a , stiff paper.
8. They used the boxes to pack made in China products, such as , electronics and clothing.
9. In , Chiang moved back to China.
10. She sends it to her in China.
11. When people in the United States and Europe their made in China products, they throw the packing boxes away as Trash.
12. She good strategies for her business.
13. She works very hard and she expects her to work hard too.
14. She started her own company and she made it .
15. Chiang knows one thing.
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Chiang Yan is one of the most successful business women in the world.
She made billions of dollars.
How did she do it?
Does she sell computers?
Does she sell diamonds?
Does she sell real estate?
No.
She sells trash.
In fact, many people call her the Queen of Trash.
Chiang was born in China in 1957.
Her family wasn't rich.
When Chiang was a young woman, she worked as an accountant.
She saved some money and she moved to Hong Kong.
There, she became interested in the paper Trash Business.
She and two partners started a company with a small amount of money.
The company collected paper Trash and sold it to paper mills.
Then Chiang had an idea.
China had a shortage of paper.
Chiang knew just where to get paper for China.
In 1990, she and her husband moved to Los Angeles.
There, they found paper, tons of it.
They drove their van to garbage dumps around Los Angeles.
They collected the paper Trash.
Then they exported the Trash to China.
What did Chinese factories do with Chiang's paper Trash?
They recycled it and made cardboard, a thick, stiff paper.
Then they made the cardboard into packing boxes.
They used the boxes to pack made in China products, such as toys, electronics and clothing.
They sent these products to the United States and Europe.
In 1996, Chiang moved back to China.
She started her own paper making company called Nine Dragons Paper.
Today, Chiang buys paper Trash in the United States and Europe.
She sends it to her factory in China.
Then she makes it into materials for packaging.
Big companies like Sony use her packaging.
When people in the United States and Europe receive their made in China products,
they throw the packing boxes away as Trash.
Chiang gets the boxes and recycles them again into packaging.
What kind of person is Chiang?
She's a little mysterious.
She almost never gives interviews.
Other business people say she's good at making deals.
She develops good strategies for her business.
She works very hard and she expects her employees to work hard too.
The Queen of Trash is a hard working business woman.
She started her own company and she made it grow.
What will her future be?
She hopes she will be successful for many years.
Chiang knows one important thing.
There will always be paper Trash that she can recycle again and again.
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