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IMAN: G r e e kl s l a n dH o l i d a y sc, a n I h e l py o u ?
\ / or v A N: Ye s , I h o p e s o . I h a v e a fri endw ho' sj ust come back from C orfu and she' s
r e c o m m e n d e sdo m e a p a r t m e n t si n A r i l a s .S h e t h o u g h t h e y m i g h tb e o n
y o u rl i s t .
r v A N: A ri i a s ,Ari l a s ,l e t m e s e e . Can you gi ve me the names?
wor \ , 4A N: Y e s ,th e fi rs t' sR o s e Ga rd e nA partments.l ' d l i ke to go w i th anotherfri end
i n th e l a s tw e e k o f Oc to b e r.
N/ A N: l Ve l l ,w e ' v e g o t a l o v e l ys tudi ofl at avai l abl eat that ti me. l ' m sure you' d
e n j o yth e e n te rta i n me npt r ogrammetheretoo, w i th Greekdanci ngi n the E xampl e
re s ta u ra n t.
woM A N: A n d th e c o s t fo r e a c h o f u s?
lv r A N: L219.
woM A N: T h a t s o u n d sv e ry re a s o n a bi e!l ' m j ust j otti ngdow n some notes.N ow the
s e c o n do n e s h e me n ti o n e dw as cal l edB l ue B ay.
M A N: B l u e B a y ? Ye s , i n fa c t th a t' svery popul arand i t has some speci al
fe a tu re s .
woN4A N: Really?
r v A N: T h e m a i n a ttra c ti o ni s th e l a rgesw i mmi ngpool w i th sal t w ater.
wor v r A N: Mu c h h e a l th i e r,I u n d e rs ta nd.
MAN: Q1
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e n e rg e ti c .
woN, 4A N: l s i t mu c h m o re e x p e n s i v ethan the fi rstone?
l' 4A N: L e t me j u s t c h e c k .I th i n k a t the ti me you w ant to go i t' s around€260 - no
t275 to be exact.
woN/ A N: R i g h t,l ' v e g o t th a t. N o w th ere are j ust tw b more apartmentsto ask you
a b o u t .U m , l c a n ' t r e a dm y o w n w r i t i n gS! o m e t h i n tgo d o w i t h s u n . . .
S u n s h i n ei.s i t ?
N4AN: I t h i n ky o u m e a n tt h e S u n s h a d eA p a r t m e n t sT. h e y ' r eo n a m o u n t a i n s i d e . Q2
vvoruAN: Any specialfeatures?
r \ 4A N: Ye s ,e a c h ro o m h a s i ts o w n sun terraceand there are sharedbarbecue
facilities.
wor uA N: So u n d sl o v e l y !
I \ I A N: Y e s , i t i s ra th e rw e l l -e q u i p ped. l t al so provi desw ater' sports- i t has i ts
o w n b e a c h .T h e re a re fa c i l i ti esfor w ater-ski i ng.
woN, 4A N: A n y k i te -s u rfi n g My ? fri e n d ' squi te keen.
t v A N: N o t a t th e h o te lb u t l ' m s u re you' l lfi nd some i n A ri l as.There' sal so
s a te l l i teT V i n th e a p a rtments.
wor \ 4A N: An d h o w m u c h i s th a t o n e ?
MAN: [ 4 9 0 w i t ht w o s h a r i n g .
woMAN. You mean f245 each?
r v lA N: I' m a fra i dn o t! Ea c h p e rs o nhas to pay that amountand there must be at
l e a s ttw o i n a n a p a rtm e n t.
woMAN: I d o n ' tt h i n kt h a t w o u l db e w i t h i no u r b u d g e t ,u n f o r t u n a t e lAy n. d t h e l a s t
o n e s o u n d sa b i t e x p e n s i v et o o - t h e G r a n d !
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woMAN:
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P a rk .W e l c o me ,S i mo n .N ow , perhapsyou can begi nby tel l i ngus a l i ttl e
b i t a b o u t h o w i t a l l s ta rte d.
M A N: We l l ,d u ri n gth e 1 9 7 0 s ,m y w i fe, Li z and I had j ust acqui redB 0 acresof
s h e e p -fa rmi n g
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l a n d ,a n d we deci dedto settl edow n and have chi l dren.
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u p a n e n o rmo u sn e tw o rko f mi ni aturerai l w aytrack.I beganto devel op
l a rg e r-s c a l em o d e l so f l o c omoti vesbut w e di dn' tthi nkanythi ngmore of
t u n ti lI w e n t o n a tri p to a t heme park near B i rmi nghamand deci dedw e_ Q11
c o u l dd o a mu c h b e tte rj o b ! S o w e set up a smal lone oursel vesbasedon
th e mi n i a tu rera i l w a ya n d we openedto the publ i cfor j ust a monththat Q12
y e a r. 1 9 8 4- i n J u l y - o u r dri estmonth- becauseour chi l drensai d they
d i d n ' tw a n t o u r g u e s tsto h ave a mi serabl e,w et vi si t.I deal tw i th P ark
ru s i n e s sa n d L i z c a rri e do n w i th the farm w ork.
It s o o n b e c a m ec l e a rth a t w e w ere onto a w i nner.W e beganto extend
th e ra i l w a ytra c k a n d l a y i t among more i nteresti ngl andscapeby pl anti ng
tre e s ,w h i c h i n tu rn a ttra c t edmore w i l dl i fe,and by maki ngcutti ngsthrough
th e ro c k .
\o w a d a y s , w e ' re o p e n a l l year roundand w e' re pl easedto say that
W i n ri d g ei s o n e o f th e m o s t popul arvi si torattracti onsi n the area - w i th
5 0 ,0 0 0v i s i to rsa y e a r - a mi l l i onand a hal fpeopl ehave been throughour Q13
d o o rss i n c ew e o p e n e d .
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S E C T I O N3
ruroR: A h C a r o l i n e. . . c o m e o n i n . S i t d o w n .
cARoLrNE. Thanks.
r ur oR: S o h o w ' sth e d i s s e rta ti onpl anni nggoi ng?
cARoLTNE: W e l l D r S c h u l r n a n nl ',m s t i l lh a v i n ga l o t o f t r o u b l ed e c i d i n go n a t i t l e .
r ur oR: We l l ,th a t' sp e rfe c tl yn o rmalat thi s stage.A nd thi s i s w hat your tutori al s
w i l l h e l py o u t o d o .
c A RoLT N E : R i g h t.
r ur oR: Wh a t w e ' l l d o i s j o t d o w n some poi ntsthat mi ghthel p you i n your deci si on.
F i rs to f a l l , y o u h a v e c h o senyour generaltopi c area,haven' tyou?
c A RoLT N E : Y e s , i t' sth e fi s h i n gi n d u stry Q21
r ur oR: Oh y e s , th a t w a s o n e o f the areasyou menti oned.N ow ,v' ' rhat aspectsof
th e c o u rs ea re y o u g o o d at?
c A RoLT N E : W e l l , I th i n k I' m c o p i n gwel l w i th stati sti cs,and l ' m neverbored by i t. Q22
r ur oR: Go o d .An y th i n ge l s e ?
c A RoLT N E : W e l l , I fo u n d c o mp u te rm odel l i ngfasci nati ng- | have no probl em
fo l l o w i n gw h a t' sb e i n gtaught,w hereasqui tea few of my cl assmatesfi nd
i t d i ffi c u l t.
r ur oR: We l l ,th a t' sv e ry g o o d . Do you thi nkthese mi ght be areasyou coul dbri ng
rn toy o u r d i s s e rta ti o n ?
cARoLTNE: O h y e s , i f p o s s i b l el.t ' sj u s t t h a t I ' m h a v i n gd i f f i c u l ttyh i n k i n gh o w I c a n d o
th a t.Yo u s e e I fe e l I d o n' t have suffi ci entbackgroundi nformati on.
r ur oR: I s e e . W e l l ,d o y o u ta k e notes?
c A RoLr N E . l ' m v e ry w e a k a t n o te -taki ng. My teachersal w aysused to say that. Q23
r ur oR: We l l , I th i n ky o u re a l l yneed to w ork on these w eaknessesbeforeyou go
a n y fu rth e r.
c A RoLT N E : W h a t d o y o u s u g g e s t?
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ruroR: They'llbe a good source of referencebut the problem is they are Q2B
s o me ti m e sto o g e n e ra l .
c A RoLT NE : Ye s ,th a t' sw h a t l ' v e fo u n d .
r ur oR: Oth e rth a n th a t I w o u l d s trongl yadvi sequi tesi mpl ei deasl i ke usi nga
c a rd i n d e x .
c A RoLT NE : W e l l ,y e s , l ' v e n e v e rd o n e that before.
ruroR: lt's simple,but it reallyworks becauseyou have to get pointsdown in a small
space.Anotherthing I alwaysadviseis don'tjust take your notesand forget
aboutthem. Read eveMhing threetimes- that'llreallyfix them in your mind. Q29
c A RoLT NE : Ye s , I c a n s e e i t' dta k e d i s ci pl i nebut ...
r ur oR: e s ta b l i s hg o o d s tudyski l l sat thi s stagethey' l lbe w i th you al l
[" r' l ,,l l J " u
c A RoLT NE : Oh y e s , I c o mp l e te l ya g re e.l t' sj ust that I don' tseem to be abl e to
d i s c i p l i n em y s e l f.I n e e d to tal k thi ngsover.
r ur oR: We l l ,w e ' l l b e c o n ti n u i n gth esetutori al sof course.Let' sarrangenext
n o n th ' s n o w . L e t' ss e e , I c a n see you vi rtual l yany ti me duri ngthe w eek
starting 22nd January.
cARoLTNE: What about Ihe 24tn?l'm free in the afternoon.
r ur oR. So rry ,I' m b o o k e dth e n . W hat aboutthe fol l ow i ngday?
c A RoLT NE : T h u rs d a y ?| c a n m a k e th e m orni ng.
r ur oR. F i n e ,w e ' l l g o fo r th e 2 5 u th en. Q30
c A RoLT NE : T h a t' sg re a t,th a n k s .
S E C T I O N4
G ood m or nin g .In th e l a s tfe w l e c tu re sI' v e been tal ki ngaboutthe hi storyof domesti c
buildingc ons tru c ti o nBu . t to d a y I w a n t to b e gi n l ooki ngat some contemporary,
ex per im ent adl e s i g n sfo r h o u s i n g .So , l ' m g oi ngto startw i th a housew hi ch i s constructed
m or e or les s u n d e rth e g ro u n d .A n d o n e o f th e i nteresti ngthi ngsaboutthi s proj ecti s that
the owners- both professionalsbut not architects- wanted to be closelyinvolved,so
they decidedto managethe projectthemselves.Their chief aim was to create somewhere Q37
t hat was as e n v i ro n m e n ta l l y -fri e n da lsyp o s s i bl e.B ut at the same ti me they w antedto l i ve
s om ewher ep e a c e fu -l th e y ' db o th g ro w n u p i n a ruralarea and di sl i kedurbanl i fe.
S o t he f ir s tt h i n g th e y d i d w a s to l o o k fo r a s i te.A nd they found a di susedstonequarryi n
a beaut if ulare a .T h e p ri c ew a s re l a ti v e l yl o w,and they l i kedthe i dea of recycl i ngthe l and, Q32
as it wer e.A s i t w a s , th e q u a rryw a s a n u g l y bl oton the l andscape,and i t w asn' tproducti ve
any longer ,ei th e r.
T hey c ons ult e dv a ri o u sa rc h i te c tsa n d l o o k e dat a numberof desi gnsbeforefi nal l y
dec idingon o n e .As l ' v e s a i d ,i t w a s a d e s i gnfor a sort of undergroundhouse,and i t w as
built into the earth itself,with two storeys.The north,east and west sides were set in the
ear t h,and on l y th e s l o p i n g ,s o u th -fa c i n g s i de w as exposedto l i ght.That w as made of a Q33
doublelay ero f v e ry s tro n gg l a s s .T h e rew e r e al so photovol taiti c l esfi xedto the top and
bot t omof t his s l o p i n gw a l l .T h e s e a re ti l e sth at are desi gnedto storeenergyfrom the sun.
A nd t he walls h a d a l a y e ro f fo a m a ro u n dth em too. to i ncreasethe i nsul ati on . Q34
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I n addit io n th
, e s p e c i a lti l e so n th e o u ts i deconvertenergyfrom the sun and generate
. fa c t, a nd i t' s possi bl ethat i n futurethe house may even
s om e of t h e h o u s e ' se l e c tri c i tyIn Q36
gener at ea n e l e c tri c i tys u rp l u s ,a n d th a t the ow nersw i l l be abl e to sel l sorneto the nati onal
grid.
A s well as th a t,w h e re v e rp o s s i b l e re , c ycl edmateri al shave been used. For exampl e,the Q37
f loor sar e ma d e o f re c l a i me dw o o d .An d the ow nershaven' tboughta si ngl ei tem of new
f ur nit ur e- th e y j u s t k e p tw h a t th e y a l re adyhad.A nd then there' sthe systemfor deal i ng Q3S
wit h t he w a s te p ro d u c e di n th e h o u s e .T hi s i s deal tw i th organi cal l y- i t' s puri fi edby bei ng
f ilt er edt hro u g hre e d b e d s w h i c h h a v e b e en pl antedfor that purposei n the garden.S o the
oc c upantso f th e h o u s ew o n ' t p o l l u teth e l and or use any damagi ngchemi cal s.
I t ' st r ue t h a t th e a c tu a lc o n s tru c ti o n
o f the housew as harmfulto the envi ronment,mai nl y Q39
bec aus et h e y h a d to u s e m a s s i v ea mo untsof concrete- one of the bi ggestsources
of c ar bond i o x i d ei n ma n u fa c tu ri n gAn . d , as you know ,thi s i s very damagi ngto the
env ir onm e n t.In to ta l ,th e h o u s ec o n s tru cti onhas rel eased70 tons of carbondi oxi dei nto
t he air . No w th a t' sa fri g h te n i n gth o u g h t.H ow ever,once the i ni ti al' debt'has been cl eared- Q40
and it ' s be e n c a l c u l a te dth a t th i s w i l l o n l y take fi fteenyears- thi s undergroundhousew on' t
c os t any t h i n g- e n v i ro n m e n ta l lIyme a n - becauseunl i keordi naryhouses,i t i s run i n a w ay
t hat is c om p l e te l ye n v i ro n m e n ta l lfri y e n dl y.
S o , e c o - h o u s i n lgi k et h i s i s l i k e l yt o b e c o m em u c h m o r e . . .
S E C T I O N1
woM A N: C a n I h e l py o u ?
r v A N: Ye s , I' v ej u s t m o v e dto t hi s area w i th my w i fe and chi l drenand l ' d l i keto
k n o w w h e re w e c a n a l l regi sterw i th a doctorat a H eal thC entre.
wolvAN: Okay.Well, there's DoctorGreen at The Harvey Clinic.We always Example
re c o mme n dh e r fo r b a bi es,becauseshe' svery good w i th them and she Q1
r u n sa s p e c i a cl l i n i c .
I V A N: Oh ... a c tu a l l ym y y o u n gestchi l d i s fi ve,so that w oul dn' tbe any good for
US.
woM A N: R i g h t.
N/ A N: l s th e re a n y w h e ree l s e I coul dtry?
woM A N: Y e s ,th e E s h c o lH e a l thP racti cei s the next one on mv l i st. Q2
M A N: H o w d o y o u s p e l lth a t?
woN/ A N: E-S -H -C -O-LA. n d i t' s D octorFul l er,w ho has soace on hi s l i st.The cl i ni c
o n l y o p e n e da y e a r a g o , so the faci l i ti esare al l very modern.
r v A N: T h a t s o u n d sg o o d .
woM A N. A n d i t' s p a rti c u l a rlgy o od i f you' rebusy duri ngthe day, becausethey al so Q3
d o a p p o i n tm e n tsi n th e eveni ng.They' recl osedon S aturday,though.
T h e o n l y o th e r p l a c eo n the l i st i s the H eal thC entreon S hore Lane.Y ou
c a n re g i s te rw i th D o c to rGorml ey,that' sG-O-R -M-L-E -YH. e' s new there, Q4
5 u t th e c e n treh a s a v e r y good reputati on.
M A N: Oh y e s , I th i n k I k n o w the road.That w oul d be the best one. Thanks.
C o u l dy o u te l l me , w i l l al l thei r servi cesbe free?
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