UNIT 1 : A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL (TAPE TRANSCRIPT) Tim: Are you hungry, Carlo? Carlo: Yes. Tim: Okay. Let’s go to a restaurant downtown. If we go through the park, we can catch a bus on Ocean Driver. Carlo: That’s fine. I really like walking in the park. You’re lucky to have a place like this close to your home. It’s so beautiful with all the trees and flowers and a pond in the middle. Tim: Carlo! Be careful. You’re walking the grass. The park keeper is growing some more - you’ll kill the new grass! Carlo: Oh, sorry, I didn’t see the sign . Tim: Come on. It’s time we caught the bus. Carlo: It that our bus,Tim? Tim: No. that’s a 103 bus. We want the number 130. Carlo: Where are we going to eat? Tim: It’s up to you. There’s a new Mexican restaurant in town. Carlo: Oh, no. I can eat Mexican food at home. I love American food. I’d rather eat hamburgers. Tim: Okay. I know exactly where we need to go! UNIT 2:CLOTHING (TAPE TRANSCRIPT) Announcer ( on Public Announcement ) Attention please .Here is a special announcement . A little girl is reported missing . She was last seen 20 minutes ago near the main entrance to the Car Fair . Her name’s Mary and she is 3 years old. She has short dark hair. She’s wearing shorts - blue shorts and a long- sleeved white blouse .She’s wearing a pair of shoes – brown shoes . She may be carrying a large doll .If you see Mary, please bring her to the Information Desk . Her father’s waiting for her there. Thank you. UNIT 3 : A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE (TAPE TRANSCRIPT) At 6.30 in the morning , the bus collected Ba and his family from their home . After picking everyone up , the bus continued north on Highway Number 1. It crossed the Dragon Bridge and stopped at the gas station to get some more fuel . Then , it left the highway and turned left onto a smaller road westward . This road ran between green paddy fields , so the people on the bus could see a lot of cows and buffaloes . The road ended before a big store beside a pond . Instead of turning left towards a small airport , the bus went in the opposite direction . It didn’t stay on that road for very long, but turned left onto a road which went through a small bamboo forest . Finally , the bus dropped everyone off at the parking lot ten meters from a big old banyan tree . It parked there and waited for people to come back in the evening . UNIT 4 : LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (TAPE TRANSCRIPT) Host : Kate , Can I introduce you to Nga ? She’s studying English here in London. Kate : Hello , Pleased to meet you. Nga : Pleased to meet you , too . Kate : Where are you from , Nga ? Nga : I’m from Viet Nam. Kate : Why are you studying English here ? Nga : I need it for my job. Kate : Really ? So , what do you do ? Nga : I work for a bank , an international bank in Ha Noi. Kate : Oh, I see . Did you learn English at school ? Nga : Yes , and at university , too .But I’ve forget er…foreget… Kate : Forgotten . Nga : Yes , of course . I’ve forgotten a lot of it . I want to improve my writing skills . You know… sometimes I have to write letter in English. Kate : What about listening , Nga ? Nga : It’s terrible . This is my biggest problem . People talk very quickly and I can’t understand them . Kate : Do you like studying English ? Nga : Oh yes. It’s an interesting language and it’s very useful ; and I can talk to people from all over the world…. And I can understand the words of my favorite songs , too. Kate : Well. That’s very good . Good luck to you , Nga. UNIT 5 : THE MEDIA (TAPE TRANSCRIPT) Chau : Dad , I’m doing an assignment . Can you help me with the information ? Chau’s father : What is the assignment about ? Chau : It’s about the important dates of the media . Where and when did the first printed newspaper appear , Dad ? Chau’s father : It first appeared in the 7 th or 8 th century AD , in China. Chau : And when was the telegraphy invented ? Chau’s father : Perhaps it was in the late 19 th century . Do you know what two new forms of news media appeared in the early 20 th century? Chau : Radio and newsreels? Chau’s father : Excellent ! And when did television become commercially viable , can you guess ? Chau : In the 1940s ? Chau’s father : No . It was in the 1950s . Chau : When did the Internet become a major force in journalism ? Chau’s father : In the mid-and late 1990s. Chau : Thank you , Dad. Now I can answer all the questions for my assignment. . UNIT 1 : A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL (TAPE TRANSCRIPT) Tim: Are you hungry, Carlo?. food. I’d rather eat hamburgers. Tim: Okay. I know exactly where we need to go! UNIT 2:CLOTHING (TAPE TRANSCRIPT) Announcer ( on Public Announcement ) Attention