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Unit 1 Journalist: Are you sure?

Oscar: No.
Narrator: School is out and summer is here: time for sports,
Journalist:  Is that a ‘no’?
games and some fun. This group of kids in Pennsylvania have
chosen an unusual kind of holiday. They love doing magic. Oscar: No thank you.
Just for fun … and in front of their friends. Narrator: Technology is a big part of our lives. We use it for
Zach: Big performers are going to come out of this camp. And school work, for fun, to talk to our friends and family. But are
I look around and go, ‘Well, which of us is going to take off? children using too much technology too young? And does
Who’s it gonna be?’ that matter? These students from London remember using
smartphones and tablets at the age of eight or nine. Younger
Reed: How old are you, by the way?
children in their families are starting much earlier.
Boy: Eleven.
Student 1: My little brother is four – he’s going to be five soon –
Reed: I’m eighteen. and my little sister is three. They can just pick it up, open it up
Narrator: They are excited to meet new friends who enjoy and then pick what movie they want to watch and open up
magic as much as they do. the apps they want to use.
Jonah: I’m Jonah Conlin and I started magic when I was nine. Student 2: I have a cousin who’s one and a half and she’s using
Narrator: Like at school, they have classes every day. But these the tablet …
are more fun! Journalist: Really?
Jonah: Stage magic, with lighting and choreography and all that Student 2: Yeah! She’s, like, watching her little kid TV shows or
stuff – it really makes me happy. playing with games.
Narrator: They also meet celebrity magicians like Darren Romeo. Narrator: The teenagers balance their time on screen with time
He went to Magic Camp when he was a teenager and is now off screen doing activities like drama. But they worry about
a professional magician. younger children. This girl’s brother is four.
Darren: Well, thank you very much, that was very nice. Student 1: He might lose the values of not using technology,
Narrator: Zach even has the chance to learn from Darren in of doing things naturally and stuff like that. So you have to
a one-to-one class. have a balance, but I don’t know if … where we’re heading
Darren: Nice. we’ll have the balance that he needs.
Zach: My dreams are to have a big theatre show. I’d love to have Narrator: But when children are very young they are still
my own show somewhere, where I could try out different learning about balance.
ideas. ’Cause being a magician, I could do anything. The experiment is clear. Right now, the children in this group
Narrator: Reed is very confident. And his act is very popular. choose tech – not toys.
Staff: You guys, it’s 12:30 – lights out!
Narrator: Before his final performance, he always practises
with his closest friends from camp, who give him support
Unit 3
and advice. Narrator: It’s the end of another school day for Oda and Lizzie,
Narrator: The last day of camp is performance day. They have and for Duncan. But their school day was probably not like
the chance to go on stage, with the other young magicians as your school day. All three of them go to Gordonstoun. Hidden
their audience. It is fun, and great practice for the future. between the mountains and the sea in the north-east of
Scotland, Gordonstoun is no ordinary school. Here, students
have a strict timetable of academic lessons six days a week,
Unit 2 but they also take part in many after-school activities.
Narrator: These young children are taking part in an Kelly: They don’t want you just to leave with three As. They
experiment. The experiment looks at how children play with want you to develop as an individual, so you leave with all the
toys … and how they play with technology like tablets and characteristics that you should have for the wider world.
phones. First, the toys. How do the children behave? Some Narrator: The ‘Community Service Programme’ is a compulsory
of them are playing together. They are talking to each other. part of students’ education at Gordonstoun. During their last
It looks like they are having fun. But this girl is not happy. She two years, they must join one of 12 community services, from
asks for a tablet. Coastguard Rescue, to first aid, to the fire service. Students
Girl: Can I go and get my iPad? learn valuable skills and help the local community. Sixteen-
year-olds Oda and Lizzie are in year 12, and it’s time for them
Woman: You want to go and get your iPad – don’t you want to
to be a part of one of the services.
play?
Lizzie: I’ve got the opportunity to be at Gordonstoun and I feel
Narrator: She plays with it on her own.
like I should use every chance I get to make myself a better
For the next part of the experiment children are given
person.
technology – laptops and tablets. They know how to use the
devices. They don’t talk to each other. Or play with each other. Narrator: They want to join the Mountain Rescue Team.
All their attention is on the tablets and laptops. Oda: I think I’m ready now.
Finally the children choose – toys or technology? The result Narrator: Today, they began their training.
is clear. Trainer (Ibrahim): You see the clouds that are moving quite
Journalist: Oscar, do you want to play with some toys? quickly so it’s windy up top. What would we expect to happen
Oscar: No, thank you. as we go higher?

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Narrator: Meanwhile, Duncan, who is in his last year at the Matt: The Teenage Market has really boosted my confidence,
school, has been made captain of Gordonstoun’s fire service. meeting people, instead of just selling it online. I like to meet
Duncan: My final year at Gordonstoun is really important to me. people and, like, get talking to them about my own business.
You kind of, like, realise, it’s all coming to an end. It’s all coming Narrator: Christine makes and sells all kinds of things … and she
to an end and you want to make the absolute most of it. enjoys meeting people at the market too. When they add her
Narrator: He has trained hard to get here. on social media, they help to grow her business.
Student: The fire service has definitely got the biggest, like, Christine: I’ve got my stall out there and I found that I got a lot
workload. Four hours every Wednesday – from two thirty ’til of, like, Facebook adds and things like that as well from it, which
often five, sometimes six. was really helpful – to help spread the word of my stall.
Narrator: Today the school crew were called out to help the local Narrator: She makes all kinds of things that people can’t find in
fire department with a fire at a farm. They spent seven hours at the local shops.
the farm, using the skills they learnt while training. Christine: I quite like to make things that are from retro
Lizzie and Oda’s training for the Mountain Rescue Team began video games as well. So I’ve got quite a few Pac-Mans, and
with a lesson on determination. They also learnt practical skills … Pokémon’s and things like that. I’m trying to create things
and even had a little fun! that are a bit unusual.
The fire crew did a great job, and only left when the fire was Narrator: By bringing young people with great ideas together,
under control. It was a long day and the boys are tired, but the market has created a new place of interest for everyone
they can be proud of their work. Lizzie and Oda still have a lot living in Stockport, as well as business opportunities for
of work to do before they can be useful to the local Mountain creative young people.
Rescue Team – but today they took their first step. If the Teenage Market started in your town, what would
Oda: I tried and I was kind of proud of myself that I did it. you sell?
Narrator: These activities are very important at Gordonstoun.
Housemaster (Philip Schonken): One of the core elements of
our curriculum is service. That students are trained up to offer
Unit 5
themselves as a service to the community. Narrator:  People tell stories. People were telling stories at
Narrator: With this unusual programme, students learn skills for the very beginning of human history. And we are still telling
life … and have a lot of fun. stories today. We tell stories to teach lessons, stories to
remember events, stories to entertain … And since the very
beginning, we wanted to make our stories as fun as possible.
Unit 4 So we tried to bring them to life, making them real. When
Narrator:  Welcome to the Teenage Market. It’s run by we look at the drawings humans made thousands of years
teenagers for teenagers. Joe and Tom started the Teenage ago, we learn about their lives. And we see how they chose
Market in their hometown of Stockport. to represent their lives – how they chose to explain, through
images, the events that were important to them: like hunting,
Joe: We created the Teenage Market because we loved the idea
or rain-making rituals. Some of the images were very real, but
of giving young people a free platform to be creative and to
they could never capture more than a single moment, frozen
also make some money at the same time.
in time. And as time passing is central to storytelling, theatre
Narrator: The market is open for business on Saturdays and was the next natural step.
Sundays, and Joe and Tom want it to happen all over the UK. More than two thousand years ago, theatre brought stories
Tom: We really hope other towns feel inspired to run the closer to people, making them more real. Many centuries
Teenage Market. later, in Shakespeare’s time, theatre was still a popular way of
Narrator: Young people can enjoy shopping – and selling. Like telling stories. The actors, their clothes, the set and the props
Lucy, who sells her own paintings there. made people’s experience of the stories more exciting. But live
Lucy: Hi, I’m Lucy Shaw, I’m sixteen and I’m an artist. theatre has a limited audience, so people continued to look for
Narrator: Painting is more than a hobby. At first, Lucy sold her other ways to tell stories. They needed moving images. Finally,
art to friends and family. cinema was invented.
Lucy: I started to realise how much I loved it and how much, Technology is always improving, and today storytellers can
actually, other people loved it. work with many different tools: They can create still images,
put on live performances and use video in different ways.
Narrator: But at the market, she gets money for selling her
Virtual reality allows us to combine live experiences and video
paintings to people she doesn’t know – and it feels good.
in a unique way – you can go swimming in real water and have
Lucy: Having people buy my work and own my work is probably
virtual dolphins all around you!
the most rewarding thing about it.
Marijke Sjollema: It’s such a great experience. And we wanted
Narrator: Matt also makes money at the market.
everyone in the world to be able to experience this.
Matt: I’m fourteen years old and I run my own business called
Narrator: Virtual reality brings stories closer to real life – so
Crazy Face Urban Streetwear.
close, it’s becoming more difficult to know when something is
Narrator: His business is selling clothes he has designed. Selling real, and when it isn’t.
to people at the market is exciting for Matt, too.
Matt: It’s a really nice feeling just selling it to people – what
you’ve designed – and knowing that it’ll be in someone’s
house. It’s quite a good feeling.
Narrator: Matt thinks that being here is better than selling his
clothes on the internet.

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Unit 6 Unit 7
Narrator: Travelling is a great adventure … Narrator:  Freestyle football. What can you do with a football
Jordan: We’re here. without touching it with your hands? It’s popular around the
Gwenyth: I’m still not sure that it’s real yet. world. But it’s different from country to country. In South
Narrator: … and this group of young people have just arrived in Africa, it’s all about the music. The dancing. The beat. There
the Bahamas. For the next few weeks they will spend a holiday are many different cultures in South Africa, and freestylers
together, exploring the ocean as a diving team. They will visit can connect with all of them through their music.
different islands in the Caribbean sea – an adventure they will Oscar Derosmoriente: I believe that it makes us unique
never forget. After practising their scuba diving skills in the freestylers ’cause we include culture into freestyle. So we tend
Bahamas, the team is ready to visit the next island on their to do our own culture while juggling the ball. If there is a Zulu
trip. They’re going to the island of Aruba. They’ll be exploring person watching in the crowd and then you do the Zulu
the sea here by submarine. They can use the submarine to go dance, that person will love the sport and the culture at the
very deep under the water. same time.
Steward: Ready? Are you ready? Narrator: In Japan, it’s all about the detail. It’s about doing the
Narrator: As the submarine goes deeper, the team sees a huge trick just right, in perfect time. The ALEG-Re crew take it one
coral reef. step further and … synchronise their moves. If it’s hard for
one person to get it right, doing it together makes it even
Boy: Look at all these fish …
harder.
Koumbie: Oh is that a queen—?
Narrator: In Italy, European Champion Laura Biondo prefers
Girl 2: It’s not a stoplight parrotfish. different tricks to the guys.
Girl 3: It’s definitely the queen parrotfish. Laura Biondo: Lately I’ve been trying to put a more feminine
Koumbie: Oh we just saw the queen parrotfish. And I think it touch in what tricks are, you know, and, ’cause, some tricks for
might be the first time I’ve seen one. guys are easier ’cause maybe they have more strength.
Girl 4: It’s different from being out scuba diving because you Narrator: Laura may not be as strong as the guys, but she uses
can actually talk to each other. her gymnastics skills to create her tricks. These skills, together
Jordan: Woah, look at that one! with her patience and dedication, have made her a champion.
Various children: Whoa, what is that? It’s huge! Wow! Laura Biondo: Have patience – it takes a lot of time to learn
Joshua: The head was about that big, and I guess we were really a trick – and never give up.
lucky to see it because they’re a night animal. Narrator: Meanwhile, in the UK, Abbas is looking towards the
Narrator: The team saw coral reef in the Bahamas. But like future of the sport.
many coral reef around the world, it was dying. By using a Abbas Farid: In the past I tried to imagine, in five years’ time
submarine, they can go deeper, and see coral that is full of life what would freestyle look like? In ten years’ time, what would
and colour. it look like? I would think that a lot of guys would be doing
Various children: Oh look, wow, a hawksbill turtle! Ooh! Where? a lot of acrobatic moves, they’ll be doing all these flips and
I can see it! Wow! everything and then I thought to myself: ‘Well, hold on, why
Narrator: There is so much to see from the submarine, but can’t I be that person?’
the team needs to move on to the next adventure. They are Narrator: So Abbas began using moves from other sports like
going to the British Virgin Islands to take a boat in search freestyle running, martial arts and gymnastics.
of treasure. Narrator: Personal abilities and cultural experience help these
Various children: There it is! Woah. athletes build their own style. But despite their differences,
Joshua: Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go. football freestylers around the world have a lot in common,
Steward: How are you doing? and a lot they can learn from one another.
Girls: We’re so excited!
Joshua: Man, this is huge! Unit 8
Narrator: The journey on this boat is half of the fun! Finally, they
Narrator:  Mountains are one of the Earth’s last wild spaces. They
reach Treasure Island. Many years ago, pirates kept treasure
are impressive … and beautiful. When people want to get away
here inside the island caves. So the team will dive into the
from everyday life in towns and cities and get closer to nature,
deepest cave to see what they can find. It’s so dark, the team
they often go to the mountains. So many people are going
can’t see without lights. They’re surprised to find the caves
to some mountain areas to relax that they can become as
are full of fish! The team is feeling brave for diving in the
crowded as towns or cities. Tourism puts pressure on mountain
deep caves.
environments and has changed some of them forever.
Koumbie: Yeah, but it was great because it wasn’t small enough There are some interesting ideas from around the world that
to be scary – like claustrophobic or anything – but it was small are good for visitors and nature. Nepal is a small country but
enough for it to actually have like a ‘woah’ factor. it is home to the Himalayas – the highest mountains in the
Narrator: They are happy, even if they didn’t find any pirate world. Here an ecotourism project has been a great success
treasure! The trip has been an amazing learning experience. with visitors. They get close to big birds of prey like vultures.
Captain: Pull that piece of string. Scott: We need to feed him during the flight. And we need
Narrator: And there are still a lot of adventures to come. you to prepare some food. Try and take one piece of meat at
a time – you’ve got lots of food in there.

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Narrator: Then tourists can fly with the vultures. It’s a unique Woman: Welcome to Mission Control.
experience. This new activity has been given a new name – Narrator: It’s almost time for Tim’s dinner.
parahawking. There aren’t many vultures left in Nepal. The Heston Blumenthal: Hi Tim, how are you?
parahawking project has brought new birds back to the Tim Peake: Hello Heston, it’s great to hear you. I am doing
mountains. It is a good result for tourists and for wildlife. fantastic, thanks.
Narrator: On the other side of the world, in the Rocky Heston Blumenthal: Dressed for dinner. Fantastic. Just have
Mountains in Canada, another project is also bringing animals a little taste of that.
back to mountain areas. Inside these boxes are wild North
Tim Peake: That tastes fantastic, Heston. You know, the flavours
American buffalo. The buffalo, also called bison, have travelled
are absolutely wonderful.
for many hundreds of kilometres to reach their new home in
the mountains. There have been no buffalo in this area for Heston Blumenthal: That’s fantastic. I am so pleased and just …
over a hundred years. They were all hunted. Now this small yeah, I’m very relieved.
group will be free to live in the Rocky Mountains again. It is Space station: Station, this is Houston ACR. Thank you, that
also important for local people. The buffalo were a part of concludes our event. Thank you, European Space Agency.
their lives and culture. Heston Blumenthal: Whew! Wh-houston!
Henry Holloway: It makes us feel good and makes us feel part Narrator: Heston’s dinner shows that food for astronauts does
of us has returned back to the country. not have to taste bad. Maybe one day we will travel much
Narrator: This is a new project for the area and the bison might further in space – to Mars, perhaps. And if astronauts are
be a surprise for some visitors. away from Earth for years, they will certainly need healthy
Karsten Heuer: If you’re walking or biking along a trail and you and tasty food!
come around the corner and there’s a group of bison there
you may want to consider (about) turning around or coming
up with another route plan! To what extent are we as humans
willing to make room for wildness?
Narrator: But wild places, like mountains, are better when they
are wild – so these projects are good for everyone.

Unit 9
Narrator:  Space travel. The ultimate adventure. If you go into
space, you will see and do amazing things. If you go into
space you will also eat terrible food. Astronauts must eat in
‘zero gravity’. Space food has to last for a long time. There is
nothing fresh like a sandwich or an apple. Astronauts can get
very bored of space food.
Heston Blumenthal is a celebrity chef. He wants to improve
space food. His challenge is to make a special meal for the
British astronaut, Tim Peake. Tim will eat the meal on the
International Space Station.
Heston Blumenthal: These explorers, like Tim – they have got to
get good food.
Narrator: To start, Heston tries normal space food. He chooses
pasta with cheese. It comes in a tin.
Heston Blumenthal: It’s like baby food. You can make that food
taste a lot better, an awful lot better.
Narrator: Heston wants to know what it is like to eat without
gravity. He can’t travel into space to do this … but he can fly
in a special plane. The passengers feel weightless, just like in
space. Heston has twenty seconds for his test.
Heston Blumenthal: I didn’t realise that actually it’s not
that easy.
Narrator: Back home Heston gets to work. His space food must
not weigh too much, must be easy to eat in zero gravity …
and most of all it must taste good. Heston decides to cook
beef for Tim Peake’s special dinner.
Heston Blumenthal: Some potatoes, some of these
mushrooms …
Narrator: He prepares the food in a tin to keep it safe on its
journey into space.
Heston Blumenthal: Here is what I hope will be the most
luxurious food ever served in space.
Narrator: As the dinner makes its journey to the Space Station,
Heston travels to Germany.

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