Q2e Listening & Speaking 3: Unit 5 Video Transcript

Mt. Nyiragongo Transcript

Narrator: Nyiragongo is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. If Nyiragongo
erupts, there's no way to outrun1 the lava2. At over 60 mph, it can flow faster
over the ground than any other lava.

Next morning, and the lake is calmer. Dario watches another scientist approach
the lava lake to collect a sample.

The special suit he wears will deflect3 some of the incredible heat at the lake’s
edge, but nothing can protect him if he comes into direct contact with lava
itself.

Lava begins to bubble over the crater wall.

Dario: It is dangerous in my opinion, it is a little crazy. I mean, I won’t do that. He’s

very, very close. He’s just on the rim, that’s crazy. Come back, that’s too long,
come back!

Narrator: In Dario’s eyes, this scientist is taking a big risk. The Lake is becoming more
active. The lava surges over the edge. The scientist retreats4.

As the lava flow ebbs5, he collects a sample from the foot of the crater where
the lava has cooled and solidified6 into rock.

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outrun: to run faster than
2
lava: hot liquid rock that comes out of a volcano
3
deflect: to prevent something from being directed toward you
4
retreat: to move away or back
5
ebbs: moves away
6
solidify: to become solid

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Q2e Listening & Speaking 3: Unit 6 Video Transcript

TOMS Shoes Transcript

Mikosky: You like it?

Reporter: This child is getting his first pair of shoes.

Mikosky: You know, we take it for granted1 in the U.S. We have so many shoes,
and when you give some of these children a pair of shoes, I mean, it is
like a prized possession2. It's not an accessory. It's a necessity. … You
need a smaller size.

Reporter: Internet entrepreneur Blake Mikosky is on a mission.

Mikosky: Oh, this would be good. Eighteen. Okay.

Reporter: The founder of TOMS Shoes calls himself chief shoe giver. The concept is
simple. For every pair of TOMS Shoes that are sold, that's short for
tomorrow's shoes, the company donates a pair to a child in need from
New Orleans to South Africa. About 300,000 pairs are expected to be
given away by year’s end.

Mikosky: It used to make me really sad, and I used to get really, I used to cry a lot
at these things, but now, it's like, but now it's just a joy.

Reporter: Here in Ethiopia, Mikosky is helping prevent a devastating disease called

podoconiosis. As many as one million of the country's 85 million people
are afflicted with it. It causes extreme swelling of the feet and legs, so
painful that some people are unable to walk.

Mikosky: You can bet for sure that he has lived a life with, you know, great stigma3
attached to it, and that's why he brought his kids here, you know, today
to the clinic.

Reporter: Part of the problem here is that people don't understand how they get
podoconiosis. They think it might be contagious, but it's not. They
actually get it from prolonged exposure to the soil, which has got volcanic
ash in it that aggravates4 the skin. But a combination of proper footwear
and washing can treat the disease.

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take it for granted: be so accustomed to something that you no longer think about its value
2
prized possession: most valuable thing someone owns
3
stigma: feelings of disapproval about certain illnesses or behavior
4
aggravate: to make something worse

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Q2e Listening & Speaking 3: Unit 6 Video Transcript

Reporter: Iyla suffered from the disease and its stigma for years.

Speaker 1: She knows what it's like not to be loved, and now she knows love again
from other people and from God.

Reporter: People here are so desperate, once word of free shoes got out, villagers
actually forced open the gate to the clinic.

Mikosky: Load them up. Move them out.

Reporter: To give away more shoes, Mikosky has to sell more, and word is getting
out. The company has recently turned a profit.

Mikosky: I think the word social entrepreneur is a really good description of what I
am.

Reporter: And what does that mean to you?

Mikosky: That means to me is that you are, have the entrepreneurial gift and spirit
to create something out of nothing.

Reporter: So, it's still business.

Mikosky: So, it's still business, but you do it for other reasons than just to make a
profit. You do it for the social well-being and the betterment5 of whoever
you're focusing on.

5
betterment: the process of becoming or making someone or something better

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Q2e Listening & Speaking 3: Unit 7 Video Transcript

Micro Loans Help Poor Transcript

Reporter: On a March evening in Chicago, [background talk] a group of self-

employed women met Mohammad Eunice, a man who changed their
lives with a profound1 idea that turned banking logic on its head.

Eunice: Yes, please. What banks are saying is the poor are not
creditworthy.2That's a big problem, and we are trying to demonstrate
that this is not true.

Reporter: His idea was born two decades ago, half a world away in Bangladesh.
Eunice, an American-trained economist, believed his people could escape
crushing3 poverty if they could borrow even small amounts of money for
their own businesses. The problem—banks only loaned money to people
who already had lots of it.

Eunice: So, we reversed the principle. We said less you have, higher priority you
get in getting a loan. If you have nothing, you get the highest priority.

Reporter: Eunice began making very small loans, or microloans, to poor women
because he felt they were the group the mainstream banks considered
the least creditworthy. Today, the Ramen Bank of Bangladesh has over
two million borrowers and an incredible 98 percent repayment rate, and
it doesn't stop there. The concept has taken hold,4 not only in one of the
world's poorest nations, but in the poorest neighborhoods of one of the
world's wealthiest nations. Francine Brown peddles5 her own line of hats.
She's one of 500 Chicago-area women benefiting from Eunice's vision6
through the Women's Self-Employment Project. WSEP lends support and
seed money7 to women who can't otherwise get credit.

Reporter: Have you ever gone to a bank for a loan?

Brown: I filled out an application, and that's as far as I got because I didn't
qualify.

Speaker 1: Francine, this is adorable.

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profound: very great
2
creditworthy: able to be trusted to pay back money that is owed
3
crushing: bad or severe
4
taken hold: become strong
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peddles: sells goods
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vision: the ability to plan for the future with great imagination or intelligence
7
seed money: money to start a new business or project

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Q2e Listening & Speaking 3: Unit 7 Video Transcript

Brown: Oh, thank you.

Reporter: Last year, Brown cleared just $8,000 selling her designs, but she rejects
welfare,8 choosing hustle,9 hard work, and $10,000 in loans as her ticket
out of Chicago's South Side. For your first loan, what did you use as
collateral?10

Brown: My bicycle.

Speaker 2: I like this, yeah. It's beautiful. Okay. Just, can we do one of each?

Reporter: If you had not received the microloan, would you be in business?

Brown: No, I would not. Would not be in business at all.

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welfare: money the government pays regularly to people who are poor, sick, unemployed, etc.
9
hustle: sell something
10
collateral: property or something valuable that you plan to give to someone if you cannot pay back
money that you borrow

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Q2e Listening & Speaking 3: Unit 8 Video Transcript

Blind Drag Racer Has Message of Positive Thinking Transcript

Jay Blake: There's nothing like it.

Reporter: Drag racing assaults the senses.1

Jay Blake: It's just awesome.

Reporter: Screaming engines pound eardrums. Exhaust stings the eyes.

Jay Blake: When the cars go down the track, you can feel it in your gut.

Reporter: Off the track, pit crews2 scramble to prepare their dragsters for peak
performance.

Jay Blake: It's controlled chaos.

Reporter: In the middle of this mayhem3 is crew chief Jay Blake. This is his car, his
team. He's a hands-on kind of guy, not just because he's the boss, but
because he's blind.

Jay Blake: When I'm in the pit area, I don't use a stick, and I guess you might say I
don't look blind. I am, but I move around and see with my hands.

Reporter: The former truck mechanic from Cape Cod lost his sight eight years ago
when a tire exploded in his face.

Jay Blake: Surgeons worked for ten and a half hours to rebuild my face and
eventually implanted two glass eyes. So I have lost total sight, total sense
of smell, and total taste.

Reporter: But Blake retained his appetite for adrenaline and his ability to tinker.4 In
the middle of his nightmare, Blake decided to chase a childhood dream.
He bought a race car.

Jay Blake: After being that close to death, I figured, what do I have to lose?

Jim Blake: He asked me if I would drive for him. After I told him he was crazy and
nuts5 and everything, he says, “Yeah, but if I do it, will you drive?”, and I
said, “Yes, I'll drive.”

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assaults the senses: makes you feel something strongly in all your senses
2
pit crews: teams of people that work on race cars
3
mayhem: confusion
4
tinker: repair things

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Q2e Listening & Speaking 3: Unit 8 Video Transcript

Jay Blake: Where the hell did my jack go?

Reporter: So Jay and his brother Jim hit the road with the Follow a Dream team.
Their mission … win races while driving a message.

Jay Blake: You can do anything you put your mind to. You've just got to go for it.

Jim Blake: People really don't believe he is totally blind and living in darkness, and
they get inspired when they realize it.

Jay Blake: Every day you wake up, you have two choices—to have a good day or a
bad day.

Reporter: Off the track, Blake revs up6 groups around New England. On this day,
offering advice to visually impaired teens.

Jay Blake: The hardest part is not being able to see people, but when people see me
working on the car, it shocks people to the point where their eyes and
ears are opened so when I speak, they listen.

Reporter: Even his competition is blown away.7

Speaker 1: I don't think he's got to say too much to motivate. He's in there working
on that car and trying the best he can.

Reporter: Last April, this dream team won its first national race. Now, Jay Blake has
another goal—give new meaning to the phrase blinding speed.

Jay Blake: The dream is to be the fastest blind man in the world.

Reporter: Just to be clear, he means the fastest blind man behind the wheel.

Speaker 2: He can get on a little motorcycle and drive it around, do wheelies. You
know, water-ski. He won't stop at anything.

Speaker 6: This guy's just driven, you know what I mean?

Jay Blake: This is my heart, my soul, and everything else. I'm the man with a vision.8
I just don't have sight.

5
nuts: crazy
6
revs up: motivates
7
blown away: impressed by someone or something
8
vision: the ability to plan for the future with great imagination or intelligence

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