English Plus 1 Tapescripts
English Plus 1 Tapescripts
English Plus 1 Tapescripts
Unit 1 test 1.02 A Yes, I do. I grew up in Leeds, which is a very big
city. There were about 800 children in the school I
T = Tom, A = Amy went to, so you can imagine that the first day was
very scary.
T Here, give me your bag – oh, it’s heavy! Why do
M Yes, I can understand that. What did you do on your
girls always carry so many things around with them?
first day?
What have you got in it?
A Well, I don’t remember everything, but I remember
A Well, there’s my purse. I’ve always got my purse in
the teacher read us a very funny story. I enjoyed
my bag. And this is my wallet, with my ID card and
that. And I remember feeling very happy when it
my library card. I often go to the library on the way
was time to go home! How about you?
home, so I need my card. And then there’s my
M Well, I went to a very small school, in a village. I
make-up.
think there were only about a hundred children in
T Make-up?
the whole school. I remember some children were
A Yes, I’ve usually got make-up in my bag, because I
quite upset on the first day, but I wasn’t – I thought it
sometimes meet friends after school, so I want to
was all really exciting. And at the end of the day the
look nice.
teacher gave me a sweet.
T OK.
A I’ve also got my sunglasses and of course my
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Unit 4 test 1.05 twenty. And what is really surprising is that he
continued to play the piano and compose music
P = Presenter, R = Rod
even when he couldn’t hear anything at all.
P Welcome to the programme. Today, I’m talking to M Wow – that is amazing!
Rod Evans about his top three daredevils. Rod,
who’s first?
Unit 6 test 1.07
R Well, first I think is Matthew Webb. In 1875, he was
the first person to swim across the English Channel, S = Sam, L = Lydia
from England to France. What’s so amazing about
S Do you think travel will be very different in the future?
him is that he didn’t have modern clothes. His
L I don’t know. I don’t think we’ll travel by plane very
swimsuit was made of wool, and weighed three kilos
– modern swimsuits weigh only a few grams! much because planes are so bad for the planet. If
you go by plane from London to New York, it
P Amazing! And who else do you admire?
creates the same amount of pollution as one year of
R Well, I think Charles Lindbergh, who flew across the
Atlantic Ocean in 1927. That was very dangerous, driving a car.
S Yes, but I think that scientists will probably make
because his plane was only small, and there are
aeroplanes cleaner in the future. If they make cleaner
sometimes terrible storms out in the middle of the
ocean. planes, I think people will still travel a lot. I definitely
want to travel in the future. What about cars?
P Yes, very scary. And finally?
L Well, there are over 1 billion cars on the planet now,
R My third daredevil is Helen Thayer. In 1996, she
was the first woman to walk across the Sahara and scientists think that there will be 2 billion by 2030.
S That’s a lot of cars.
Desert. She walked over 6000 kilometres, and when
L Yes, and if we don’t do something now, all those
she did it, she was over 50 years old!
P Wow! cars will create even more pollution in the future.
S Well, I don’t think we’ll drive home! Let’s walk. OK?
J What, in a plane?
E Hi, Jack, where are you going?
M Yeah. Just the idea of being so high up in the air,
J I’m going to the new sports centre in town. You
not touching the ground, really scares me.
know, the one near the shopping centre. I’m going
J So, have you ever flown in a plane?
to join the basketball club.
M Well, no. I got onto a plane once, to go skiing in
E Oh, have you played basketball before?
Switzerland. But I was too scared, so I got off again.
J Well, I’ve played a bit at school, just with friends, but
J Oh, no. So you’ve never been skiing either?
I haven’t played for a team before.
M No. Are you scared of anything?
E Well, you should be careful. My brother broke his
J Well, yes. Snakes! I hate their little eyes and the
ankle while he was playing basketball, and my
way they move. Eugh!
friend Tom fell and injured his arm.
M Snakes?
J Yes, but all sports have risks. A lot of people are
J Yes. It’s strange because I’ve never seen a snake in
injured playing football or rugby.
real life, so I don’t understand why I’m so scared of
E Yes, that’s true. So, when are you playing your first
them. I’ve seen them on TV. I go out of the room when
match? I’ll come and watch you.
I see them on TV! I don’t go to hot countries on holiday
J Well, not immediately. I’m going to meet the
because there are snakes – and that’s too scary!
manager and trainer today, and I’m going to train
with the team for a few weeks. I know I must work
End-of-term test 1 1.10 hard and improve before the manager will select me
M = Matt, K = Katie