STUDENT’S BOOK the radio.

They told me about their hobbies

and what they wanted to do when they
AUDIOSCRIPTS went back home.
TEACHER What did you like most?
Starter Unit JON One day I organised a visit from a band.
1 app 2 screen 3 device 4 social media
S.01
TEACHER A band played at the hospital?
5 emoji 6 video chat
JON Yeah, they gave a concert, and before
Hi, Anna! How’s it going? Are you having a good the concert they showed all the kids their
S.04
holiday? Guess where I’m calling from! Summer camp! instruments and how to play them – you
I’m having an amazing time here. During the day, we know, bass, keyboard and the drums. Then
do sports and in the evening, we sing songs by the fire. they played some of their songs. It was a
Oh, and guess what! We make our own food every day, fantastic day!
so I’m learning how to cook! I’m sure you don’t believe
me, but it’s true! Anyway, my friends are calling me. Unit 1
Speak soon! Bye! 1 calm 2 helpful 3 cheerful 4 confident 5 sensible
1.01
6 sensitive 7 ambitious 8 talented 9 sociable
1 keyboard 2 reggae 3 drums 4 fans 10 active 11 patient 12 inspiring
S.05
5 heavy metal 6 folk 7 bass 8 DJ 9 jazz 10 rap

1.02
1 When you first meet my music teacher she is very
TEACHER So, Jon, where did you work last summer? normal, there’s nothing special about her, but then
S.07
when she starts singing she’s got an amazing voice.
JON I worked as a DJ on a radio show in a
I think she could be famous one day, she sings
­children’s hospital.
so well.
TEACHER Oh wow! That’s interesting. What did
2 My cousin Alba is really popular at school. Everyone
you do?
wants to be her friend, she talks to everyone and is
JON Well, I played lots of music, usually pop really good at making new friends – she’s got more
music because that was what the kids liked. friends than anyone I know!
There was one girl who was a big rap fan,
3 My French teacher is amazing. She never gets angry
so sometimes I played rap music for her.
with us even when we get things wrong. Sometimes
TEACHER That’s nice. we take a long time to answer her questions because
JON Yeah, the kids loved it when they listened they’re difficult, but she doesn’t mind.
to a song they liked. Some of the children 4 My baby cousin is three years old. She’s always
were very ill and were upset because they happy and smiling. She laughs all the time and hardly
didn’t want to be in hospital, but the music ever cries.
on the hospital radio made them feel
5 My brother Bruno is always out doing sport. He plays
better.
football twice a week and basketball three times a
TEACHER Did you talk to people? week at the local sports centre. And he cycles to
JON Yes, I interviewed children in the hospital, school and back every day.
and their families. Some of them felt 6 People say that I usually make good decisions and
embarrassed or nervous, so they didn’t talk a lot of sense. I think about things carefully
speak to me, but most of them were really before I do something.
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1 worked 2 destroy 3 erupted 4 lived 5 talked WOMAN So now, he can only move his head?
6 graduate
JEREMY That’s right. Imagine you’re him; you used to
be really active, you used to play rugby …
1.07
Elvis Ingersoll, a 14-year-old from California, was working and suddenly, you can’t any more.
in his family’s restaurant one day when suddenly, it
WOMAN It’s difficult to imagine.
started to rain. Elvis was looking out of the window when
he saw an old man walking across the street without an JEREMY He didn’t use to need help with anything,
umbrella. Immediately, Elvis ran outside with an umbrella but after the accident he depended on other
and helped the man to cross the street. Elvis and the people to help him to eat, drink, wash …
old man didn’t know that people in the restaurant everything. Everybody took good care of
were taking videos of them while they were crossing the him, but he really wanted to do things for
street. Later, thousands of people shared videos of the himself. One day, the hospital gave him an
helpful teen and the old man online. electric wheelchair, and he even learned to
control it by moving his head. It was hard,
1 hang out – spend time relaxing but he didn’t give up.
1.08
2 takes care of – looks after WOMAN And now he paints. How does he do that
3 get on with – have a good relationship with without using his hands?
4 look up to – admire
JEREMY With his mouth. He holds a special
5 depends on – needs Emma’s help
paintbrush in his mouth and moves his head
6 deals with – manages to do
to move the brush.
7 gives up – stops trying
8 cheers me up – makes me feel happier WOMAN That’s amazing.
JEREMY I know. I think he’s really talented. He paints
1.09
WOMAN Hello, and welcome to Hero of the Day, sports stars, lions, pandas, boats. A few
where young people tell us about their years ago, he even had an art exhibition.
heroes. Today in the studio we have Jeremy.
WOMAN Really? Wow.
Hello, Jeremy.
JEREMY I really look up to Henry Fraser. His
JEREMY Hi there.
life changed completely, but he deals
WOMAN Jeremy, your hero is the artist Henry Fraser. with his situation really well and he’s
so cheerful about the future.
JEREMY That’s right.
WOMAN Well, thank you for telling us about such
WOMAN Henry Fraser didn’t use to be an artist, did
an inspiring young man, Jeremy. We’ll be
he? What did he use to be?
back tomorrow …
JEREMY He used to be a rugby player but then he
had a terrible accident.
1.10
ALEX What do you want to be when you’re older, Mia?
WOMAN What happened?
MIA I used to want to be a tennis player, but now I
JEREMY Well, when he was 17, he went on holiday to want to be a scientist.
Portugal with his friends. One day, they
ALEX Why did you change your mind?
were hanging out on the beach when Henry
decided to run and jump into the sea. He MIA I saw a really interesting programme about
used to jump into the sea all the time, but science on TV. I didn’t use to pay attention in
that day he jumped into the sea and hit science, but now I love it. What about you?
his head because the sea wasn’t very deep. ALEX I want to be an English teacher, but when I was
He became paralysed from the neck down. younger I had a different idea.
MIA Really? What was that?

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 ALEX I used to change my mind all the time. One day 2.04
Music: orchestra, lyrics, studio
I used to want to be a photographer, the next a
Both: audience, audition, part, rehearsal, show
singer, then a painter …
Theatre: scene, lines
MIA Well, we have lots of time to decide!

DANIEL Hi, Rosa! How’s it going?

1.11
JARED Hey, Sam. Can I ask you a few questions for 2.05

the school magazine? ROSA Hi, Daniel. Oh … good and bad.

SAM Sure. Go ahead. DANIEL Why? Oh, when’s your audition?

JARED First of all, who’s your hero and why? ROSA I’ve already had it!

SAM My friend, Elena. Last month she saved a little DANIEL Have you? How did it go? Have you heard
boy at the swimming pool. anything yet?

JARED Really? Can you tell us what happened? ROSA Err, yeah, I’ve just spoken to my drama
teacher.
SAM He was playing with a ball when he fell in the
water. The thing is, Elena isn’t a great swimmer, DANIEL And?
but she jumped in and pulled him out. ROSA And I got it! I got the part!
JARED Good for her! One more thing, in your opinion, DANIEL What? Juliet?
what is a hero?
ROSA Yeah, I can’t believe it.
SAM I used to think all heroes were famous. Now
I think when someone does something brave DANIEL Oh wow! That’s fantastic! So, what’s the bad
they’re a hero. news?

JARED I’m with you there. That’s all, Sam. Thanks! ROSA Well, it’s not bad news exactly … it’s just …
DANIEL What is it?
Unit 2 ROSA Well, I’ve never played a part this big before
2.01
1 contemporary dance 2 sculpture 3 filmmaking and I don’t think I can learn all the lines. I’ve
4 architecture 5 fashion design 6 illustration got to practise my first scene tomorrow and
7 street art 8 musical theatre 9 photography I don’t think I can do it.
10 gallery 11 performance 12 exhibition
DANIEL Of course you can!
ROSA That’s easy for you to say, you’re amazing at
Have you ever seen a photograph and then realised
2.03 learning lines!
it was a drawing? Perhaps you were looking at one
of Shania McDonagh’s illustrations. Shania is a young DANIEL Well, my drama teacher has given me some
Irish artist who has amazed the world of art with her really good advice.
incredible pictures. She has created several drawings ROSA Such as?
that look like photographs, with nothing more than
a pencil. The talented schoolgirl has won first prize DANIEL Well, to help you remember lines she says
in national art competitions and her pictures have you should say them out loud and think
appeared in exhibitions in Ireland. Shania hasn’t about what you are saying. Then, say them
finished her education, but in the future she wants while you’re doing something else, you
to be an artist. know, like running or cooking. And say them
in front of a mirror, so you can see how you
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thing, but how do you feel so confident in to look real. The artist van Gogh wanted to
front of an audience? show how the sky made him feel.
DANIEL Well, my teacher says focus on the audience, LUCAS Nope, sorry! I’ve just looked at it again and I
not yourself. People go to the theatre to enjoy don’t understand why he used wavy lines and
themselves and they want you to do well, so shapes.
think about them. And don’t worry about
SOFIA He used them to show how light moves.
making mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes
sometimes, but if you’re confident and enjoy LUCAS Oh, I see. And he combines lots of bright and
your performance, your audience won’t mind. dark colours.
Be positive and your audience will be too. SOFIA Right. It probably shows his mixed emotions.
ROSA Thanks, Dan, that’s really good advice, and
sorry I forgot to ask about your audition. Hello. I’m here today to give you some tips to help
2.10

DANIEL Oh, I haven’t heard yet. They still haven’t you check the information you find online is correct.
decided on the main parts, so I don’t even Remember, that there is a lot of false information on
know if I’m in the show. the internet because anyone can write things online.
Here are some questions you can think about which will
ROSA Of course you are! You’re a brilliant actor. help you decide if the information you have found is
reliable. One thing to ask is who wrote the material. Do
2.08
DANIEL Hey! Guess what? I’ve just seen my drama you know the name of the organisation that has written
teacher and … it, and is it from a well-known website? If it is, then it’s
more likely that the facts there are correct. Also, always
ROSA You got the part?
check the information with other books and websites.
DANIEL Shh! Yes, but it’s a secret. They haven’t If you can find the same facts in other material, then
told everyone yet because they still haven’t there’s more chance that the information is true. Also
chosen all the parts. think about who the information is for. When you are
ROSA So why have they already told you? looking for information for school projects, remember
there are lots of educational websites written especially
DANIEL Because they’ve decided they really want for students, so these are good places to do your
me for the part. I said at the audition I have research. Remember, too, that it is definitely not OK to
already learned all the lyrics to all the songs. copy someone else’s exact words. Always rewrite the
ROSA And have you told your parents yet? information in your own words. The last thing to do is
check the date of the information. Good websites check
DANIEL Not yet. I’ve just sent my mum a message to
and update their facts when things change! Happy
ring me but she hasn’t called yet.
researching!

LUCAS Hey, Sofia, have you done your art homework

2.09
yet?
Unit 3
3.01
1 greet 2 shake hands 3 whisper 4 wave 5 smile
SOFIA To write about the painting? No, I still haven’t 6 shout 7 gesture 8 translate 9 interpret
finished. There’s tons to say! 10 post 11 describe
LUCAS Really? What?
SOFIA I’ve seen The Starry Night. It’s amazing! It
makes me feel calm and excited at the same
time. What about you?
LUCAS Dunno, it looks like a kid’s painting. The clouds,
stars and moon are ginormous compared to the
houses. It seems a bit strange.

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3.05
For centuries, nobody could read Egyptian hieroglyphics, started, so I’ve been practising with them. We
but in 1799 archaeologists discovered a large black stone tell stories, have conversations. This morning
in the desert. They couldn’t believe how lucky they were. someone told a joke in Elvish!
On the stone there was a text written in hieroglyphics
WOMAN And you speak other languages too. In fact,
and two other languages. This meant they could finally
you could speak four before you were 16,
translate hieroglyphics. Today, you can see the Rosetta
right? English, Spanish, French and Greek.
Stone in the British Museum. Most visitors can’t read the
text (only the experts know how to do that!), but there are JAMES 
Five! German too! And I started learning
translations in different languages so you can understand Turkish at university. It’s a beautiful language.
what it says. However, if you visit, go very early in the WOMAN Now, I understand the conference organisers
morning. It’s so popular you won’t be able to see it if you have asked you to say a few words in Elvish
get there late. tonight. Have you decided what you’re going
to say yet?
3.06
WOMAN 
Hi, everyone, today we’re at the Conlang JAMES 
Yes, I wrote it before I came, and I’ve practised
Convention and we’re speaking to James. it about ten times since I got here. I think I’ll be
Hello, James. able to do it!
JAMES Hi. WOMAN You will! Before you go, can you say
WOMAN James, please tell us, what’s a conlang? ­something in Elvish for our listeners?
JAMES 
It’s an invented language, not a natural one JAMES Sure. Tenna’ telwan! That’s ‘see you later’!
like English or Italian. WOMAN Fantastic. Thank you, James.
WOMAN Why do people invent languages?
JAMES 
One reason is so people can understand 3.07
tell a joke say yes or no
each other when they don’t share a language, tell a lie say hello
or to use in books and movies about different tell a story say something in Italian
planets or the future. People have invented tell someone a secret say sorry
conlangs for hundreds of years. tell the truth

WOMAN 
You can speak Elvish, from Lord of the Rings, BEN 
How are you? I haven’t heard from you for
3.08
can’t you? How long have you studied Elvish? nearly a week.
JAMES 
I’ve studied it for about five years. I’ve loved MARIO Sorry! I’ve been so busy since I got here.
languages since I was little and I love the
Lord of the Rings, so for me, Elvish is the BEN How’s the conference?
perfect language. MARIO It’s great. There are so many cool people
WOMAN Who invented it? here speaking so many different languages.

JAMES The author of the books, J.R.R. Tolkien. BEN Have you seen much of New York?

WOMAN 
And he invented everything, didn’t he? MARIO On my first day, I saw the Empire State
Grammar, vocabulary, spelling … Building. Tomorrow I’m going to the
Museum of Modern Art. I’m really excited.
JAMES Uh-huh, even the pronunciation.
BEN 
Wow! How long have you wanted to go
WOMAN Wow. Do you speak it with lots of people? there? Years!
JAMES 
Um, to tell you the truth, not really. I’ve MARIO I know! Anyway, I’m going to get a burger
taught my parents to say hello and goodbye and fries with some friends I made last night.
and one of my friends knows a few phrases, I haven’t eaten anything since this morning.
so we can tell each other secrets. But I’ve met Catch you later!
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ASSISTANT Hello, can I help you? 4.04
1 Carbohydrates give the body most of its energy.
2 Protein helps the body to grow and be strong.
CRISTINA Erm, oh dear! I’m sorry, I can’t speak
3 Cheese, chocolate and butter contain a lot of fat.
English very well but I’m looking for
4 Fibre is in foods such as fruit. It helps food pass
… oh, what’s it called? Sorry, I can’t
through the body.
remember the word! It’s a kind of liquid.
5 Dairy products include milk and foods made from milk.
You put it on your face at the beach. You
6 Vitamins (A, B, C, etc.) are natural substances that
use it to protect your skin from the sun.
keep the body healthy.
ASSISTANT Do you mean sunblock? 7 The number of calories tells us how much energy is in
CRISTINA Yep, that’s it! Sunblock. Thank you! food.
ASSISTANT No worries, here you go. Anything else? 8 A balanced diet is a healthy mixture of different types
of food.
CRISTINA Yes. Do you have … oh, what’s the 9 Nutrition is about the food you eat and how it affects
word? They’re similar to earphones. You your health.
put them in your ears. You use them
when it’s noisy. I need them to be able
to sleep! 4.05
MAN Hello, and welcome to 21st Century World.
Tonight, Professor Sally Brewster is here to
ASSISTANT You mean earplugs? tell us how to live a long, healthy life. Good
CRISTINA Yes, thank you! Phew! Now I’ll be able to evening, Professor.
sleep! SALLY Good evening.
MAN Professor, what should we do to be healthy?
Unit 4 Let’s start with nutrition.
1 cough 2 sneeze 3 have a fever 4 relax
4.01 SALLY Well, the most important thing is to eat well.
5 go jogging 6 work out 7 get enough sleep
8 sweat 9 get stressed 10 get ill 11 warm up MAN You mean, we ought to count calories?
12 get better 13 train SALLY No, I mean, we should eat the right things,
like lots of fruit and vegetables, and we
4.03
BOY Hey, how was the game? shouldn’t have too many bad carbohydrates.
GIRL We lost. The other team were just too strong. MAN So I shouldn’t eat too much chocolate, then?
We weren’t even good enough to score one That’s a shame …
goal! We spent too much time defending and
SALLY A little chocolate is fine, but no, not too
not enough time attacking.
much, and not too many cakes!
BOY Maybe you aren’t doing enough training. You
MAN What about fat? Is it really terrible?
always lose!
SALLY Well, a balanced diet ought to include some
GIRL No, we don’t. We’ve won a few games this season.
fat, but too much fat can be bad.
BOY But if you lose too many games, you’ll be out of
MAN And we should drink eight glasses of water
the competition.
a day, shouldn’t we?
GIRL I know! We need a little luck!
SALLY Actually, no. Companies want us to buy lots
of bottles of water, so they say everybody
should drink eight glasses, but it’s not true.
Of course, we should drink when we’re
thirsty, but there’s water in other drinks,
too! Tea, for example …
MAN Ah, that’s good news. I love tea! What
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 SALLY Very, very important. These days most 4.10
ROBBY Hey, Nicole, are you feeling OK? You look
­people don’t get enough sleep at all. exhausted!
MAN And it’s important to sleep through the NICOLE I’m really stressed. I have too many exams
night, isn’t it? Without waking up? this week and not enough time to study.
SALLY Again, that’s not true. In fact, people often ROBBY You really ought to get more sleep. You
used to get up during the night. The idea that can’t do anything well without enough
we ought to sleep non-stop is a m ­ odern one. sleep.
MAN I didn’t know that! Anything else? NICOLE Tell me about it! I always get stressed before
exams. Do you have any advice?
SALLY Yes, try not to get too stressed; that’s bad for
you. A little stress is fine – it gives us energy ROBBY How about going jogging? Exercise always
to do things and solve problems. Also, two works for me!
really important things: you need good
NICOLE Jogging isn’t really my thing.
relationships – family and friends. And you
should have something you really enjoy in life. ROBBY You could just go for a walk. You definitely
shouldn’t study all night.
MAN A hobby?
NICOLE Hmm, I guess I could try.
SALLY Exactly. This can be an activity you love or a
sport you do that makes you happy. ROBBY And drink lots of water. It improves your
memory.
MAN You haven’t talked about exercise. How
much exercise should we do? NICOLE Seriously? I didn’t know that.

SALLY Well, these days everybody thinks we should ROBBY Something else I find useful is to listen to
train hard in the gym, sweating like crazy, but music with my eyes closed. It helps me
it’s better to do a few minutes of exercise relax. But make sure you listen to something
every day than to work out once a week. gentle.

MAN Well, Professor, thank you for joining us NICOLE OK, thanks. I’ll give it a shot.
today. That’s great advice for everyone.
Unit 5
4.09
New to ultra-marathons? Here are our top five tips. 5.01
1 wildlife 2 marine life 3 endangered species
1 Well, you shouldn’t try the 100 k – it’s too difficult. 4 the environment 5 the planet 6 solar power
You ought to start with the 50 k. 7 oxygen 8 carbon dioxide 9 pollution 10 energy
11 waste 12 climate change
2 You ought to train most days, but you should also
rest one day a week. On training days, you shouldn’t
DJ Thank you for coming to tell us how we can help
run too much – a few hours is fine! Add a few extra 5.05
save our planet. What will happen if climate
kilometres each time.
change doesn’t slow down?
3 You should eat well in the morning and, during the
JEN Well, we know that the ice in the polar regions is
marathon itself, drink lots of water (but you definitely
melting, so if Arctic animals like polar bears lose
shouldn’t drink too much – that’s dangerous).
their homes, they could possibly die out.
4 If there are a few hills, it’s OK to walk up them.
DJ No polar bears? Oh no!
You ought to save your energy for the end of the
ultra-marathon. JEN Unless we stop throwing away plastic, it is possible
that a lot of marine life could disappear, too.
5 Finally, you should stay positive. In 2015, 70-year-old
Bob Becker ran 469 km! If he can do it, you can! DJ That’s very sad.

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help to reduce plastic waste. Unless we reduce
GIRL It looks just like any other mountain, except it
pollution now, we will destroy our beautiful
has a hole at the top.
planet for sure.
GIRL Yes, it seems quiet now, but it’s still active, right?

5.06
1 coast 2 valley 3 stream 4 iceberg 5 waterfall GIRL Yes. No one knows when it will blow again!
6 cave 7 rainforest 8 bay 9 volcano 10 cliff GIRL When did it happen last?
GIRL About 15 years ago. It was spectacular, but it
1
5.07 caused a lot of pollution.
GIRL Shall we take a photo here?
9
BOY What?
BOY It’s so windy up here!
GIRL A photo?
BOY Yeah, but look at the view. It’s awesome!
BOY What did you say?
BOY Don’t get too close to the edge – it’s a long way
2 down!
GIRL Can you pass me the sunblock? BOY Don’t worry. Look! We’re on top of the world!
BOY Here you go. We’re going to swim in the sea. 10 [Sound of a cruise liner approaching land, the ship’s
Are you coming? siren sounding to indicate they are near.]
GIRL Yeah, let’s go and look at the fish.
TEACHER We’ve spoken about things we can do to
3 [Grinding sound of iceberg amidst general sound of 5.08
protect the environment, such as not using
polar region, wind is whistling etc.]
plastic or saving water. Your homework task
4 was to find two more unusual ways to reduce
BOY So this is where they want to build the new hotel. climate change. So, let’s hear the ideas from
each group, the crazier, the better!
GIRL There’s plenty of space and it’s really beautiful
down here between the mountains and it’s close GIRL Our group had a couple of great ideas. The
to the town. It’ll have really good views. first was to make some sunglasses for Earth.
We wear sunglasses to reflect the sun’s rays
BOY A photo? away from our eyes. So, if we built some
5 giant sunglasses for Earth, they would reflect
the sun and reduce the temperature.
GIRL Look, there’s the family of ducks.
BOY Ha ha! That sounds really funny! Can you
BOY Where?
imagine the Earth wearing sunglasses?
GIRL Over there walking next to the water. I think
GIRL The other idea we thought of was to direct
she’s going to teach them to swim!
the sun’s heat to other parts of the planet
6 and away from icebergs.
BOY It’s really cold in here. TEACHER So, how would you do that?
GIRL Yeah, and dark. GIRL Well, if we covered valleys in cold countries
with giant, dark blankets, this would attract
BOY It’s a bit scary. What if there are rats in here?
the sun’s heat. So the heat would move
BOY Or bats? away from the polar regions and this would
BOY Come on let’s go back outside! protect them.

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 TEACHER OK, interesting ideas. Now what about RITA Yeah, and I’d play music in the street. If we
Group 2? all listened to more music, we’d be much
happier.
BOY The first idea we had was to create more
clouds.
TEACHER More clouds?
Unit 6
6.01
First of all, we prepare the fresh fruit. In this case, we’re
BOY Yeah, so there would be boats off the coast using cherries. So, we remove the stones, then, press the
that would spray seawater into the air to form fruit to make a paste. Next, we add sugar and water and
more clouds. The idea is, if there were more stir the mixture. Then we need to heat the mixture, so we
clouds, they would reflect sunlight away from do this by increasing the temperature until the mixture
Earth, which would reduce the temperature boils. Once it is boiling, we pour the mixture into the
of the planet. And the other idea was a fun moulds. Then we have to place the sticks carefully inside
one … always time your shower by playing a the moulds. The next part is very important: we have to
favourite short track of music. We wouldn’t reduce the temperature. To do this, the machine dips
use so much water if we had shorter showers. the moulds into a freezing liquid to freeze the ice lollies
TEACHER Hmm. Perhaps you could make some track quickly. Then, when the lollies are completely frozen, we
lists! OK, now what about Group 3. What did pull them out of the moulds and cover them in colourful
you find? paper so they are ready to go to the shops.

GIRL Well, the first idea was to keep worms in the

kitchen. 6.02
1 remove 2 press 3 add 4 stir 5 increase 6 boil
7 pour 8 place 9 reduce 10 dip 11 freeze
TEACHER What would happen if we kept worms in the 12 pull 13 cover
kitchen?
GIRL Well, they would eat all the food we throw 1 remove 2 press 3 add 4 stir 5 increase 6 boil
6.03
away which would reduce waste. They would 7 pour 8 place 9 reduce 10 dip 11 freeze
also create compost and we could use it in 12 pull 13 cover
the rainforests to grow more trees. And the
other idea was to live in caves. Some scientists
1 it 2 leave 3 heat 4 ship
say if we lived in caves, we’d reduce the 6.04

energy we use. Underground houses use less

energy as the temperature stays the same 6.05
: /ɪ/ give, listen, six, swim
all year round, about 15 degrees and caves /i:/ extreme, free, freeze, teach, week
would be similar.
TEACHER Great ideas! Well done, everyone. So how is a mobile made? Well, first the case is created and
6.07
then the circuit board is made. This is the most important
RITA So what would you do if you could change part of the mobile, as it runs the whole system. If the circuit
5.09
anything in the world? board isn’t designed correctly, the phone won’t work. Once
the circuit board is finished, it is placed inside the case, and
OSCAR Well, the first thing to go would be all exams
other parts, such as the screen, keypad, microphone and
and homework. Can you imagine how good
speakers, are added. Finally, the phone is tested to check it
school would be if we didn’t have exams or
works before it is sold.
homework?
RITA Ha ha! Great idea! Well, I’d make all cars 1 a silk bag 2 a leather case 3 a rubber tube
6.08
electric. If we only drove electric cars, there 4 a tin can 5 a glass jar 6 a cardboard box
wouldn’t be so much pollution.
OSCAR Well, I’d give people more free time because
if people had more free time, they’d work
harder at school.
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WOMAN Welcome to Top Quiz! The best quiz show WOMAN Fantastic, Anton!!! Finally! The correct answer
on TV. Today we have Anton in the studio. is chewing gum. An American inventor,
Welcome to the show, Anton. Are you ready Thomas Adams, wanted to make rubber
to play? from chicle. Chicle comes from trees in
Mexico, but his experiments never worked.
ANTON Hi, yes I am.
However, one day, he discovered that the
WOMAN OK, today’s quiz is all about inventions. So, chicle was excellent chewing gum! Well
let’s start with the first question. Where done, Anton. You have one point!
were bagpipes invented?
ANTON Oh that’s easy. In Scotland, so Europe. 6.10
Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is located in the Pacific
WOMAN Oh … Anton, no, I’m afraid not. The musical Ocean, about 3,500 km from Chile. The small island
instrument we associate with Scotland, was first inhabited around 1,000 years ago. In 1722, the
wasn’t invented in Europe. Actually, it was island was discovered by a Dutch explorer. He found a
first invented in the Middle East and was small population of about 3,000 people and nearly 900
brought to Europe much later. OK, let’s mysterious statues around the island. The giant head
move on to question 2. Where was the statues, or Moai, were built from volcanic stone and
oldest boomerang found? were placed along the coast with their backs to the sea.
But how were these enormous statues moved around
ANTON Err, Australia? the island 1,000 years ago?
WOMAN Again, boomerangs are always associated
with Australia but the oldest boomerang ALICIA Hey Juan, I saw a video the other day of a
6.11
was discovered in Poland and is thought to great invention that was made from a balloon.
be around 30,000 years old. And did you Do you want me to show you how to make it?
know that the Egyptian king Tutankhamun
JUAN Yeah, go for it!
had a collection of boomerangs over
2,000 years ago? ALICIA Well, first of all, take a balloon, any old balloon,
any colour you like.
ANTON Er, no I didn’t know that.
JUAN OK. Then what?
WOMAN OK, question 3. It’s an easy one. Where was
the first piñata discovered? ALICIA Then blow up the balloon and hold it tightly so
that the air doesn’t escape.
ANTON Umm, Mexico.
JUAN OK, that’s easy.
WOMAN Ahh, Anton. Although the piñata is associated
with Mexico, it is believed that Marco Polo first ALICIA Once the balloon’s inflated, place it on a table
saw them in China, so many people believe in front of you and place your mobile on the
they were invented there. They say he also balloon with the screen facing upwards.
brought ice cream and pasta back to Italy from JUAN OK, I get it. What’s next?
his travels to China. Mmm, thanks, Marco! OK,
and now the last question. Which of these ALICIA Right. The next bit’s kind of tricky. Press the
objects was invented by accident? Was it the mobile down on the balloon. Don’t let go of the
biro, the can opener or chewing gum? balloon and don’t let the air out too quickly. In
the video the air came out really slowly.
ANTON Let me think, the biro and can opener
do something useful, so I think someone JUAN Hang on a sec! Let me check I’ve got this
wanted to invent them so … I’m going to right. So, push down carefully until all the air is
say … chewing gum. removed.
ALICIA Exactly. And there you have it! A mobile phone
case!
JUAN Oh, I see. Hey, that’s so cool!

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GIRL Hello, everyone. Now our group is going to 7.02
1 parade 2 costume, firework, funfair, programme,
& present our invention – it’s called ‘Recycling lantern 3 atmosphere, carnival 4 ceremony
6.13
Sounds.’ First, we decided to think about 5 decoration
different problems at school and we had a
time limit to think of ideas individually. Then, 1 /ʌ/ punctual, fun, subject
7.04
we compared our ideas and made a list of as
many ideas as possible. You can see the ideas 2 /uː/ rude, huge
in our list. For example, at school we have too 3 /juː/ unit
much homework, too many exams, too many
unhealthy snacks, not enough PE and not
OMAR 
Hey, Magda, can you help me? I’m doing a
enough recycling of plastic bottles. 7.05
project at school about festivals and I need
BOY 
Next, we chose one problem and we thought some good examples. Have you been to any
about lots of solutions. We used our imagination festivals?
and thought of ideas which were as crazy as
MAGDA 
Erm, yes, I have, Omar. Last summer I went to
possible. After that, we voted on our favourite
the Notting Hill Carnival in London.
solution. We all liked the idea of making recycling
more fun. We also liked giving prizes or rewards OMAR A carnival in London? OK, tell me about that.
for recycling, so we put the two ideas together. MAGDA 
Well, it’s a big celebration of Caribbean culture
GIRL 
Then, we discussed the design, the materials and in the city streets at the end of August.
the name of our invention. We drew a design OMAR Caribbean culture? Cool. Were there many
and the materials it is made from. It’s a musical people there?
recycling machine. It’s made from metal and the
front is made from glass so you can see all the MAGDA 
Oh, yes. It’s one of London’s most popular
plastic bottles inside the machine. It has got a hole events. The crowds are huge.
on the top to insert the bottles, and it has also got OMAR 
And what happens? What do people do?
speakers to listen to music. There is a place where
MAGDA 
They play music, they dance and they wear
each student’s individual recycling card is placed
really bright, colourful costumes.
because they collect points every time they recycle
a bottle. So there you have it! Recycling Sounds! OMAR Uh-huh. What else?
BOY Finally, we decided how our invention works. So, MAGDA 
Lots of things. There are events on the
each student is given a special card with a code. programme for adults and children, like dance
When the card is inserted in the machine, the classes and competitions. The opening
machine knows who the student is. When a plastic ceremony is really loud and fun, and on the
bottle is placed in the machine, the student can last day there’s a big parade with floats. Some
choose a song and the song is played through the of the decorations I saw were incredible.
speakers. Every time students use the machine,
OMAR 
Wait a minute, let me write this down. Events
points are collected on their card and when they
for adults and children. A parade with floats.
have enough points, they can exchange them for
Incredible decorations. What about food?
a prize like a homework-free day! Any questions?
MAGDA 
Oh, yeah. There are lots of stalls with
delicious Caribbean food, like spicy chicken
Unit 7 and goat curry! I really want to go again.
7.01
1 costume 2 decoration 3 firework 4 float The atmosphere was amazing.
5 funfair 6 programme 7 stall 8 lantern 9 parade
10 atmosphere 11 celebration 12 crowd 13 carnival OMAR Are there fireworks?

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 MAGDA Not at the Notting Hill Carnival, no, but JACKIE Different things. She sold T-shirts on a stall
London does have a big firework display at and helped people who were lost. SumFun is
the end of the summer. huge, you know – there are six main stages
and five smaller ones and Gemma said last
OMAR That’s a really good example, Magda. Thanks
year there were more than 30,000 people.
so much!
DARYL 30,000? That’s a huge crowd. Did she tell you
Today was almost a disaster. My friends and I were which bands she’d seen?
7.07
going to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, JACKIE Yes, but I don’t remember what they were
but when we got there, I realised I hadn’t brought my called. Wait! Blue Wings! That’s one I
ticket. I’d left it at home. At first, I didn’t know what to remember. They were the headliners on the
do, but then I called my mum. Luckily, she hadn’t left last day.
the house to go to work yet, so she found the ticket,
DARYL Cool.
took a photo of it, and sent me the photo. Anyway, it
was an amazing event. I’d never seen so many balloons JACKIE She sent me tons of photos while she was
before. The sky was full of them! there. Here, look, I’ll show you some.
DARYL Is that her selling T-shirts?
1 tent 2 venue 3 headliner 4 track
7.08 JACKIE Yeah, they look cool, right?
5 band member 6 encore 7 stage 8 campsite
9 gig 10 support act DARYL Wow, she looks a bit tired in that one!
JACKIE Well, it was the last day. But she has so much
7.09
JACKIE Are you doing anything exciting this summer, energy, my sister! The night she came home,
Daryl? she said she wouldn’t do it again – it was too
much work – but the next morning she said
DARYL I’m going to Morocco with my cousin. I’ve
she couldn’t wait to go back!
never been there before, but he went two
years ago and said he’d had an amazing time. DARYL Where is SumFun this year? It’s usually at a
venue in the city, isn’t it?
JACKIE Oh yeah?
JACKIE No, it’s always outside the city, in the
DARYL Yeah, he said the people were really friendly
countryside. A few years ago the organisers
and the food was delicious. He said he
said they were going to move it to the beach,
wanted to go back and he wanted me to go
but they didn’t. Anyway, I really want to
with him, so I thought, why not? What about
go, but Gemma told me not to buy a ticket
you? Any plans?
because they’re too expensive. It’s cheaper
JACKIE I’m thinking about volunteering at SumFun – to volunteer, and I think it’ll be a great
you know, that big summer music festival. experience.
DARYL Really? I didn’t know you could volunteer DARYL Well, I’d love to join you next time!
there.
JACKIE Yeah, my sister Gemma did it last year. She Mark told me he was going to Thailand next week. He
7.10
said it was really awesome. I mean, when said he was really excited and that it was the only thing
she came home, she said she’d worked he could think about. He told me he had bought his
really hard, but she also said it had been ticket last week and he’d downloaded an app to learn
a great way to make friends. She said the Thai yesterday. He said he’d packed his suitcase this
atmosphere was amazing. morning and that he’d be in Bangkok next Monday. He
DARYL What did she do there? said he was going to meet his sister there. He told me
he’d write and tell us all about it.

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JOSH Hey, Lara! What are you up to on Saturday? TIM Luiz cheated? Wow. I know he sometimes
hands his homework in late, but he never
LARA Why? Is something happening?
cheats!
JOSH 
It’s Ryan’s 17th. We’re organising a little
ANITA I know, but the problem was, this test was
celebration for him. Why don’t you join us?
really important and he didn’t revise for it at all.
LARA 
Sure, I’d love to. I’d forgotten it was his
TIM Yeah, but cheating’s really bad. You should
birthday. Where is it?
never cheat. It’s not honest.
JOSH 
It’s at my place, but don’t say anything to him.
ANITA I know, I know. That’s why I always pay
It’s a surprise.
attention to the teacher. I want to get good
LARA A surprise party? Really? grades and pass my exams.
JOSH 
Yeah, he told me once he’d never had one TIM Wait a minute, Anita. You don’t always pay
before, so I thought, ‘Why not?’ He thinks attention in class!
we’re going to a gig.
ANITA What do you mean?
LARA 
OK. I won’t say a word. What time should I be
TIM Like yesterday, for example, when we were
there?
writing that essay. You weren’t paying attention
JOSH 
It kicks off at six, but you can come when you like. then! You were looking out of the window.
LARA 
OK, I’ll be there around seven. Should I bring Probably dreaming about the weekend or
anything? something!

JOSH Why don’t you bring some snacks? ANITA I wasn’t dreaming, Tim. I was thinking.

LARA 
OK. What about a present? Should I get him TIM Alright, thinking about the weekend then!
something?
JOSH 
He said he wanted a new backpack. We can 8.06
Every year, we have a big party on the last day of term.
buy him one together if you like. We can play games or listen to music in class and the
teachers aren’t allowed to give us any work! We can
LARA Sure. Count me in. wear our own clothes instead of our uniform (although
JOSH 
Great! See you there, then! And tell your we aren’t allowed to wear any jewellery – that’s always
brother to come. The more the merrier! against the rules). We can even come in fancy dress
if we want to. There’s a competition for the best
Unit 8 costume, but the teachers aren’t allowed to tell us what
the prize is – it’s a surprise.
8.01
1 hand in homework 2 get detention 3 cheat in a test
4 get good grades 5 take an exam 6 fail an exam
7 pass an exam 8 write an essay 9 revise for a test 8.07
DENISE Hello?
10 pay attention to the teacher 11 tell somebody off HARRY Hello? Denise, can you hear me? It’s Harry.
Hello?
8.03
1 /aɪ/ bite, flight, might, ride, right, shy, why DENISE Hi, Harry! Sorry, the signal isn’t very good
2 /eɪ/ afraid, hate, may, play, snake, wait here. Let me just go outside.
HARRY Can you hear me now? How are you?
TIM Where’s Luiz? We’re going to play football.
8.04 DENISE I’m good. How’s life in Tokyo?
ANITA He’s still in class. He got detention.
HARRY I’m enjoying it, but Japanese schools are
TIM Detention? Luiz? Why? What did he do? really different from the ones at home! Have
you seen the pictures on my blog?
ANITA He cheated in the French test.
DENISE Yeah, they’re great. Can I show them to
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HARRY Of course, you can. Did you see the one of HARRY You’re right, I know.
the kids washing the windows?
DENISE Listen, Harry, I don’t want to be rude, but
DENISE Yeah, why were they doing that? Had they I must get ready for school. I have to give a
been naughty or something? presentation today.
HARRY No, no. The students here are really HARRY OK. Good luck!
well-behaved. Japanese students always
DENISE Thanks. Speak soon!
clean their schools at the end of the day.
HARRY Bye!
DENISE What? Why do they have to do that?
DENISE Bye!
HARRY They don’t have to do it. They want to.
I mean, at first I thought they’d all got
detention or something. The classes 8.08
careful – careless
finished, but everyone just stayed inside mature – childish
and started to wash the floor or put away organised – disorganised
the chairs. They clean everywhere: the well-behaved – naughty
corridors, the gym, the toilets … polite – rude

DENISE The toilets! Are they allowed to do that? Wow!

8.09
WILL So, how are you feeling, Javier? Excited?
HARRY I know! I asked one of – Denise, can you still
hear me? JAVIER Kind of. I’m a bit nervous, to be honest, Will.

DENISE Yeah, yeah, go on. WILL Don’t be. Everyone’s really friendly and
polite. But our rules might be a bit different
HARRY I asked one of the teachers to explain. She from yours – for example, we have to wear a
said the students clean the school because uniform but that’s no big deal. You’ll love it!
it’s their school, so they feel responsible for
keeping it clean. JAVIER Yeah, right! What are the rules about
phones?
DENISE Imagine that here! What about you? Do you
have to clean, too? WILL You’re not allowed to bring one to school.

HARRY No, I’m allowed to go home because I’m JAVIER How come? What happens if you do?
just visiting. But I don’t want to be rude, so I WILL You get detention.
stay and help. Anyway, you know me – I like
JAVIER Really? In my school you’re not allowed to use
to have things clean and tidy.
them in class, but we can use them at break.
DENISE Maybe these days. You used to be really What about lunch? Do you have to eat in the
untidy, remember? Your room at home was cafeteria?
a disaster!
WILL You don’t have to. You can take your own
HARRY You don’t need to tell me that. That’s why food if you want.
Mum was always telling me off.
JAVIER OK. Anything else I need to know?
DENISE Anyway, how’s your Japanese?
WILL Erm, we have to wait outside the classroom
HARRY Well, everyone’s being really nice – you for the teacher.
know, speaking slowly and repeating things
JAVIER Why’s that?
– and they say I’m getting better, but I think
they’re just being polite. I feel shy about WILL Because the teacher tells us where to sit as
making mistakes. we go in the classroom.
DENISE You mustn’t be shy, Harry. You need to JAVIER It’s a lot to get your head around.
make mistakes if you want to improve. WILL Don’t worry, you’ll be fine!

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GIRL So, everyone, this term we need to change LUCAS I’m happy with that.
the rules about PE. At the moment, everybody
GIRL Brian?
has to do PE twice a week, but some students
really don’t like it. BRIAN I’m still not sure. I mean, why do I have to work
in the library just because I don’t want to do
BRIAN Like me. I hate PE. I prefer sleeping!
PE?
GIRL We all know that, Brian! OK, does anyone have
GIRL Because we’re at school and we need to
any suggestions?
get good grades. Would you like to suggest
LUCAS How about, nobody has to do any PE at all? something else?
GIRL But we need to do some exercise. It’s not BRIAN No, not really.
healthy to do nothing at all!
GIRL OK, in that case is everyone happy to vote?
LUCAS Hmm … OK, but we can still play sports at
EVERYONE Sure/Yes/Let’s vote.
break time. I mean, if we didn’t have PE, I
would still play football every day. GIRL Right. Hands up if you vote yes to the new
rule. I vote yes. Jenine, you too? Lucas, you’re
JENINE I think …
also voting yes? Brian … No? Well, that’s three
BRIAN If we didn’t have this meeting, you’d be to one. Does everyone agree?
playing football right now!
GIRL, LUCAS, JENINE Yes.
LUCAS And you’d be sleeping right now!
GIRL Sorry, Brian!
JENINE Can I just say …
BRIAN I don’t sleep all the time! Unit 9
GIRL Come on, guys, pay attention and don’t 9.01
1 accommodation 2 tourist attraction 3 backpacking
interrupt, it’s rude. Let’s listen to each other. 4 holiday resort 5 cruise ship 6 sightseeing
Jenine, what do you want to say? 7 booking 8 destination 9 tour 10 abroad
11 trip 12 journey
JENINE Well, we could have PE once a week instead of
twice a week.
9.04
1 We offer the best places to stay during your holiday.
GIRL I’m not sure. Lots of students love PE. Once a We have everything from five-star hotels with single,
week wouldn’t be enough for them. double and family rooms, to apartments, so you feel
JENINE I see your point, so what if we have two comfortable every day you’re away.
classes of PE every week, but you don’t have 2 So from here we can see the tower. It was built
to do the second class if you don’t want to. in 1889 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the
GIRL That’s a good idea. French Revolution. It’s 324 metres high and gets
around 7 million visitors a year.
LUCAS But if we didn’t do the second class, what
would we do instead? 3
WOMAN Hi, we’re going to see the palace and
BRIAN Sleep!
museum tomorrow. Could you tell me what
GIRL Brian, please try to be helpful. How about time we need to be ready and where to
this: you don’t have to do the second class of meet?
PE, but if you don’t, you have to study or do
MAN OK. If you wait just outside the main doors
something useful in the library – you mustn’t
of the hotel at 9 am, the guide will meet you
waste time! Is everyone OK with that? Jenine?
there and take you to the coach. Have fun!
JENINE Yep. It makes sense to me.
WOMAN That’s great. We will!
GIRL Lucas?

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 4 OLIVIA And your mum?
GIRL Have you got everything?
ALFIE The complete opposite, Olivia. She wants to
BOY Yeah, my backpack’s so heavy now. get away from the city and go to a holiday
resort. She’s the type of person who just
GIRL That’s because you brought too much. I told you
wants to spend her holiday swimming and
to bring just a few things! We have to carry our
sunbathing.
backpacks all the time, even while we’re walking
in the mountains. OLIVIA And what about you?
BOY I know, but we’re travelling for three months and ALFIE Well, I’d rather go backpacking with my
going to lots of places. So, I brought clothes for friends, but as that’s an option I think I’d
all weathers. prefer the resort.
GIRL Come on, this is our train. Let’s hope we get a B
seat this time.
PETER Oh no! There’s so much traffic!
BOY Yeah! If not, at least we can sit on our backpacks. Samantha, we’re going to be late. The
plane takes off in two hours!
5 It says here that since they built the new holiday
SAMANTHA This is why I told you we needed to set
resort and renovated the old part of the town, it’s
off earlier.
become a really popular place to visit. It’s now one
of the most visited parts of the region with over PETER We did! But someone left their passport
300,000 visitors a year. I can’t wait to get there! at the hotel when we were checking out,
so we had to go back for it.

9.06
KATYA Look at this article! It says that soon SAMANTHA And whose fault was that, Peter?
passports are going to disappear! By 2030
PETER YOURS!
we won’t be showing passports to people at
the airport, robots will be checking people’s C
identity instead. LUCA So, what do you think holidays will be like in
FABIO Yeah, technology’s going to change the future, Isla?
everything in the future. I think it’s going to ISLA Well, we already live in a time when people
make everything quicker and safer. want to go away on exciting holidays, but I
KATYA I guess so, but in a few years’ time, robots think that in the future people will want to
will be doing most jobs, so there aren’t experience where they’re going before they
going to be any jobs for us! go. They’ll be able to do this with immersive
booking.
FABIO Ha ha! We’ll be sitting at home while the
robots do all the work! LUCA What’s that?
ISLA It’s a system which uses virtual reality to look
9.07
1 get away 2 been away 3 look around 4 get in around a destination before you book your
5 take off 6 set off 7 checked in 8 check out holiday.
9 get back LUCA Oh right!
ISLA I also think we’ll be travelling to space in the
A
9.08 next few years, Luca. I’d love to be a space
OLIVIA So, where are you going away on holiday, Alfie? tourist, but not like those crazy people who
ALFIE No idea! Mum and Dad just can’t decide. want to go to Mars with a one-way ticket! I
Dad wants to go to a place where he can go want a return ticket so I can get back to Earth!
sightseeing.

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 D GEMMA Oh, you know, all the usual stuff, so tons of
sightseeing. I’m really looking forward to
TIM Hey, Karen, I’ve just read an article about
seeing the Empire State Building, Statue
how we will travel in the future. Do you
of Liberty, Times Square and so on. We’re
really think there’ll be planes and trains that
going to try and get tickets to watch a
are controlled by robots?
show. Mum wants to see Cats, but I’d rather
KAREN Yeah, I do, Tim! And I think that when see Hamilton.
we check in to hotels, there won’t be any
BEN How long are you going for?
people to greet us either! We’ll control
everything on an app on our phones! GEMMA Just a week.
TIM Woah! The girl in our class whose dad works BEN It’s not fair! While you’re jetting off to New
for a technology company said that there’ll York, think of us back home. We’ll all be
be floating hotels in the future. But I don’t studying for our exams!
believe that!
GEMMA Ah, poor you! I’ll send you some photos!
KAREN Why not? I think there’ll be floating hotels,
floating cars, floating trains … floating
everything!

9.09
The other day I met a guy whose cousin is training
to be an astronaut. He told me that the place where
she is training is looking for people who want to go
into space as tourists and she is going to go. She says
the reason why she wants to go is to show people
that space travel is something which anyone can do if
they complete the training. She’s not sure when she is
leaving, but the training that she has done so far means
she is ready to set off any day now!

9.10
BEN Hey Gemma! So, when are you off to New
York?
GEMMA Hey, Ben! Hang on a sec. I’ll be with you in
a minute. Sorry, that was my sister on the
phone. What were you going on about?
BEN I was asking you when you’re going to
New York.
GEMMA We’re going in two weeks’ time. I can’t wait!
BEN I’m so jealous! New York’s on my bucket list.
Where will you be staying?
GEMMA We’re staying in a hotel. It’s right in the
middle of Manhattan!
BEN Wow! And what are you planning on doing?

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