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Janie: I’m just about to start working on
TASK 4 a project to design a shop
window display using only
Presenter: What’s the most environmentally
recycled clothes and textiles. The
unfriendly thing you do? Maybe
point is for people to see how
you think it’s travelling on holiday
great recycled clothing can look
by aeroplane, or eating too much
so they think twice about
red meat? What if it’s your fast
throwing stuff away.
fashion habit? The fashion Presenter: Will I be able to go and see the
industry is reportedly the second
shop window display?
largest global polluter after oil.
Janie: Yes, it’s due to go on display to the
Here, in the studio today, we
public at the beginning of next
have three students, Erin, Janie
week.
and Mark, who have been taking
Presenter: Fabulous. And Mark, tell us about
part in a national project,
your project.
sponsored by a major fashion
Mark: Well, I’ve been concentrating on
retailer, to help people
educating other students about
understand some of the issues
sustainable fabrics. Most people
around fast fashion. So guys, can really aren’t sure about what kind
you tell me a bit about what
of fabrics are best for the planet.
you’ve been doing?
For example, cotton is a natural
Erin: Well, I love wearing denim –
fabric, which sounds good, but it
jeans, jackets, skirts. I have a LOT
does need a lot of water to grow
of denim in my wardrobe, but I
it. It’s complicated. So I’m
didn’t realise how bad it is for the
planning to get an expert to come
environment. It’s because of all
in and talk to the whole school
the chemicals that are involved in
about the topic. For example,
making it dark blue. So, I’m she’ll be explaining how to
hoping to set up a small business understand the labels on clothes,
recycling and customising denim.
so you can make the best choices.
I’ve got a lot of old pairs of jeans
I’m meeting her next week to
and I’m going to turn them into
finalise the plans.
pairs of shorts, add some
Erin: When’s the talk going to be,
decoration and so on and re-sell
Mark?
them.
Mark: It’s on the 22nd. It starts at 7 p.m.
Presenter: That sounds cool. Will you be
in the auditorium.
selling them at street markets or
Erin: OK, I’ll be there.
…
Presenter: Great stuff. It’s really good to
Erin: I’m thinking of selling them
hear that all this is happening …
online once I have enough items
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to sell.
Presenter: Great. My daughter would love
something like that. Send me the TASK 7 Part 1
details when you’re ready to start
selling and I’ll take a look. What James: It’s Bella’s birthday tomorrow and I
about you, Janie? What have you haven’t got a present yet. Could you
been doing? help me?

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Ellie: Well, well, well… A university student shops shut. They’ll know exactly
is seeking help from his little sister. what she likes. Hurry …
That’s new.
James: Stop that, please! Are you going to
help me or not? TASK 7 Part 2
Ellie: Fine. What’s up?
James: As I was saying, I have no idea what Ellie: How was the birthday?
to get Bella for her birthday. You’re a James: Oh, a bit of a disaster actually. I
girl. Any thoughts on that? Clothes, should have listened to your advice,
maybe? but I didn’t. I got a bracelet. I
Ellie: You definitely shouldn’t buy clothes thought it was such a bargain – 15
unless you know the correct size. It's euros for a gold bracelet. I ought to
much too easy to get it wrong, too have asked if it was real gold.
small or too large. Also, it might not Ellie: You should have realised you
be the right colour or style. couldn’t get real gold for 15 euros.
James: Oh, right, not clothes. How about But anyway, didn’t she like it?
jewellery? A nice ring? James: She’s allergic to metal – she can only
Ellie: A ring? You need to be careful with wear real gold. She put it on and got
that because a ring tends to have a big rash on her arm. We had to go
special meaning. to the doctor’s.
James: Hm. A bracelet? Ellie: Oh dear, did you have to take the
Ellie: Yes, with a bracelet you needn’t bracelet back?
worry about seeming too serious. But James: Yes, but I needn’t have bothered.
it must be something really nice. They refused to exchange it because
Something she’ll be proud to wear. I didn’t have the receipt. Here you
How much do you want to spend? are – you can have it.
James: I don’t know – no more than twenty Ellie: Ooh, thanks!
euros.
Ellie: Right – you ought to forget jewellery. TASK 11
What’s she into?
James: Music. I could get concert tickets. Alice: What are you doing?
Ellie: That’s good – but you ought to avoid Robert: I’m trying to find some information
buying them for too far ahead. You on the Internet for my art project.
may split up and then it would be a I’ve got to do an essay about artists
waste of money. who raise ethical issues through their
James: Oh yeah. I know – perfume! work.
Ellie: Do you know what she likes? Alice: Ooh, that sounds interesting. I did a
James: No. similar module on my degree. You
Ellie: Well you ought to! should write about street artists like
James: I could get her the same as Mum Banksy who make statements about
wears. society through graffiti.
Ellie: No! You mustn’t do that! That’s a Robert: I don’t know much about him. Do
really bad idea! Mums and young you?
girls don’t wear the same perfume. Alice: Quite a bit, yeah. I used to think he
James: Why? Mum’s perfume’s nice. Oh was American because he’s done a
dear, this is more difficult than I lot of work in New York, but it turns
thought. I wish I had more time. out that he’s actually British. He’s
Should I get a voucher or is that been doing street art for twenty-five
boring? years, but I’ve no idea how old he
Ellie: It’s boring. You’d better ask her was when he started. Actually, it’s
friends for some ideas before the amazing how he’s managed to stay
so enigmatic, but apparently his

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friends are really loyal and the underlying message is, but his art
committed to helping him remain really makes you think, doesn’t it?
anonymous. I don’t know much Alice: Yes, that’s right. The meaning isn’t
about his background – nobody does always obvious, but I know he’s a
– but I can tell you about his murals strong believer in fairness and
and his painting techniques if you equality – that’s why he’s a good
like. subject for your essay. This one has a
Robert: Yes, that would be good. clear message – he often uses his art
Alice: OK, he started off with traditional to make statements about the
painting onto walls and then later he treatment of animals.
started using stencils and spray cans Robert: It’s so clever – you think the leopard
to speed up the painting process. is escaping from a cage but then you
When you want your identity to realise it’s a bar-code. What does
remain a secret you don’t want to that mean?
hang around the streets too long Alice: I’m not sure, but as I said, it makes
doing something illegal! I mean, he is you think. That’s his aim.
committing an offence.
Robert: Yeah, I suppose he is. Right, let me TASK 12
just finish writing that down. OK, so
what’s he trying to achieve with all Presenter: And here with us today we have
this – what does he believe in? Lily Strike, who works as a
Alice: Well, he’s quite political – he calls volunteer co-ordinator for the
himself an activist and he’s against charity Helping Hand. Lily, is it
authority in general. He has strong easy to find volunteers? Aren’t
beliefs about people and the way we we all too busy to do very much?
live our lives. Some of his art draws Lily: Actually, you’d be surprised how
our attention to the state of the many people volunteer.
environment and pollution, like this According to recent statistics,
mural of a boy catching snowflakes around 38% of people in the UK
in his mouth – only if you look volunteer at least once a year.
closer, it’s not snowflakes, but ash. Obviously, these people want to
He painted it on a garage in an do something to help others, but
industrial town in Wales. they’re also helping themselves.
Robert: Yikes. So what other issues is he Presenter: In what way?
most interested in? Lily: For a lot of people, it’s a way to
Alice: He’s anti-war, so some of his murals meet others and maybe make
aim to raise awareness of the new friends. A lot of volunteering
stupidity of war. Look, I’ll show you involves working in a team, and
on this website about him. so, as well as meeting people, you
Robert: Ah, right. I like the one of the get a chance to develop the skills
protestor who’s about to throw a required to work closely with
bouquet of flowers. others. And if you’re shy,
Alice: Yes, that’s a good one and it’s quite volunteering can be a good way
obvious what it’s about – it stands to get to know people because
for peaceful protest. Banksy also unlike, say, meeting people at a
does a lot of paintings of children party, you have a job to do
and animals. His most popular image together so the conversation
is a girl with a red heart-shaped flows more naturally.
balloon. Presenter: I would imagine learning new skills
Robert: Oh yes, I love that one. But it’s a bit is a big benefit of volunteering?
sad – the balloon is floating away Lily: Absolutely. You can learn soft
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problem-solving or project Orleans, located along the Mississippi river in

planning as part of the process. the southern state of Louisiana, in the United
For example, if you were working States of America is certainly one of the music
with elderly people, you would capitals of the world, and it’s well-known for a
become much more comfortable variety of musical styles. But New Orleans is
about interacting with people of still probably most famous for its jazz. Jelly
different ages. Or, if you were Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong; some of the
working in a charity shop, you greatest jazz players in the world came from
would learn about customer there, and Jelly Roll claimed, with some
service and dealing with the justification, to have invented jazz right there
public. You might even get some in the city.
training in more specific skills. For
example, you might learn how to Rhythm and blues, usually referred to simply
do the accounts, or how to build as R&B, is also closely associated with New
or make something. Orleans. New Orleans style R&B has a strong
Presenter: So you’d gain some skills that you rhythmic beat that really gives you the urge to
could put on your CV? get up and dance! Fats Domino is probably the
Lily: Yes, definitely. You might also get most famous New Orleans R&B musician, and
some experience within an area the moving and soulful Blueberry Hill was a
that you hope to build a career massive international hit in 1956 for Domino,
in when you’re a bit older. For easily becoming his most famous recording.
example, you might learn quite a Many people consider Fats Domino to be the
bit about organising events. So father of rock and roll, which developed out of
volunteering can definitely teach rhythm and blues.
you a lot, but there are also a lot
of other benefits that might not Both jazz and blues have their roots in West
be so obvious. For example, did African music. At first, these kinds of music
you know that volunteering has were considered somewhat shocking, and not
been shown to reduce the really respectable, but later performers such
effects of stress and anxiety, and as Louis Armstrong, did a lot to change
that it can help with depression attitudes. This may partly have been because
too? We know that being helpful his style of jazz was a bit slower and more
to others stimulates the brain to mellow. In 1949, Armstrong was the first jazz
produce ‘feel good’ chemicals, so musician to be shown on the cover of Time
volunteering makes you happier. magazine, a significant indication that jazz had
Connecting with others, and become acceptable in wider society.
doing something meaningful is
pretty powerful.
Presenter: I must admit, I hadn’t really Africa was not the only country to have an
thought about it in that way … impact on the music and culture of New
Lily: And you don’t need to have a lot Orleans. Originally founded by the French in
of spare time – you could just 1718, New Orleans was taken over by the
volunteer once a year, or once Spanish in 1793, before being sold, just a few
every few months. There’s years later, in 1803, to the United States for
something to suit everyone. the sum of $15 million – less than three cents
[fading] an acre, so quite a bargain! This mixture of
cultures is very much reflected in the music.
TASK 18 For example, the musical form zydeco [ZY-dih-
koh] came out of this – a blend of blues,
Presenter: [as music fades out] And that rhythm and blues, Creole music and the music
was Terry Devine King with “Swing that shoe”, of the indigenous people of the area. Zydeco
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exhilarating speed. The music is also musical styles, such as call and response,
characterised by the use of the accordion and where the main speaker or singer will ask for
the washboard, rather than the trumpets and regular responses from the listeners,
piano of jazz and rhythm and blues. something again rooted in African traditions,
and now part of the New Orleans style.
The city, known as ‘the Big Easy’, loves an
excuse to party, and there are several New Orleans is still recovering, many years
important celebrations throughout the year, later, from the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina in
but probably none as big as Mardi Gras, a 2005, when nearly 2,000 people died and
carnival parade where you can hear all the thousands more were evacuated from their
different types of music that New Orleans has homes. The population is still significantly
to offer: brass bands, rhythm and blues, all lower than it was pre-2005, but ‘bounce’ has
different styles of jazz, zydeco and many, been seen as a key part of putting New Orleans
many more. back on the map, and reaffirming belief and
pride in the city. It seems that whatever
All this might have given you the impression happens, New Orleans will always bounce
that the music of New Orleans is all about the back.
past. Certainly there are strong traditions, but
New Orleans is also famous for its hip-hop and
rap artists such as L’il Wayne, Mystikal and
Soulja Slim. The city even has its own local
genre of hip-hop, known as ‘bounce’, which
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