Grade VI Video Scripts

Welcome unit Jed Oh, very funny …

Alfie Can you stand on a surfboard?
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Jed Of course I can!
Jed Hi, Grandma. We’re here in the UK. Finally! Elsa Then you can stand on a punt.
Grandma How was your flight? Jed OK. I hope you guys can swim, that’s all I can say!
Jed It was very long. 23 hours.
Grandma It’s a long way, Jed!
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Jed What time is it there? Lily Hi, Jed! How are you getting on?
Grandma It’s nine o’clock in the evening. Jed OK, thanks, Lily. What are you up to?
Jed It’s ten o’clock in the morning here. Weird! Lily I’m going to the café.
Grandma I know! … are you OK, love? Jed Can I tag along?
Jed No, I’m not OK, Grandma. I don’t like moving house. Lily Sure. How was school today?
I really don’t like leaving my school and my friends. And Jed It was… OK.
I hate leaving you! Lily Come on. I’ll buy you a milkshake.
Grandma I know, love. But you can make new friends. Jed Thanks, Lily.
Jed I hope so.
Grandma Have you got a nice bedroom? Lily Hi, Mr Clarke. This is Jed. From Australia. He’s new here.
Jed It’s big. Look. Mr Clarke Nice to meet you, Jed. How are you getting on?
Grandma You’ve got a great room there. That’s a lot of Jed Erm, good, thanks.
boxes and empty shelves! Lily Could I have a strawberry milkshake, please?
Jed I know! That’s another reason why I can’t stand Mr Clarke Of course. Same for you, Jed?
moving. Jed Actually, it’s a bit cold for milkshakes! Erm… may I
Grandma What’s the house like? have a hot chocolate, please?
Jed It’s very different. Come on, let’s have a tour. Mr Clarke No problem.
Grandma Ooh, exciting! Alfie Guys! Want to join us?
Jed So this is the living room …
Grandma Nice. It’s … Lily This is Fred. Sorry, guys, could I take this?
Jed Oh, we’ve got a visitor. There’s a girl outside the Jed Go right ahead.
front door! Lily Oops!
Grandma Interesting! How old? Fred Awesome!
Jed Not sure. I think she’s my age. Alfie Nice save, Jed!
Grandma Even better! Go and see who she is. Fred Hey, Jed, do you play football?
Jed Grandma! Jed A little bit. I play rugby usually. But I love football.
Grandma Go on! Call me back later Fred Can you play with us tomorrow morning? We need
another player.
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Jed Sure!
Lily Hey, Jed. This is Alfie and this is Elsa.
Alfie Wow. Is that your surfboard? 1e Everyday English Getting on
Jed Yes, my parents gave it to me for my 14th birthday.
Alfie Cool. When was your birthday? p.14 Exercise 1  19
Jed It was on the 22nd of April. Lily Hi, Jed! How are you getting on?
Lily Happy birthday – for last month. Jed OK, thanks, Lily. What are you up to?
Elsa So you’ll be in our year at school? Lily I’m going to the café.
Jed I guess so. Jed Can I tag along?
Jed Can you guys surf? Lily Sure. How was school today?
Alfie No, we can’t. But you obviously can. Jed It was… OK.
Jed Yes, I can. I love it. But I don’t know where I can surf in Lily Come on. I’ll buy you a milkshake.
England. Jed Thanks, Lily.
Elsa Not in Oxford. But you can surf in Cornwall.
Jed OK! How can I get to Cornwall? Lily Hi, Mr Clarke. This is Jed. From Australia. He’s new here.
Elsa You can go by train. It takes about five hours. Mr Clarke Nice to meet you, Jed. How are you getting on?
Jed Oh. Jed Erm, good, thanks.
Lily Her memory’s great for weird facts … hey, let’s show Lily Could I have a strawberry milkshake, please?
Jed an Oxford kind of water sport. Mr Clarke Of course. Same for you, Jed?
Jed What is that? Jed Actually, it’s a bit cold for milkshakes! Erm… may I
Lily That is punting. have a hot chocolate, please?
Elsa You stand at the back of the punt and push it with Mr Clarke No problem.
a pole. Alfie Guys! Want to join us?
Alfie It’s very relaxing.
Lily Well, relaxing for us. We sit in the boat and you push.

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Lily This is Fred. Sorry, guys, could I take this? Elsa Sure you are … Tell us the story.
Jed Go right ahead. Jed Well, Grandma sent me a tent. She said it was for
Lily Oops! all weather.
Fred Awesome! Alfie And we wanted to try it.
Alfie Nice save, Jed! Jed So we put it up… but someone didn’t hold it down!
Fred Hey, Jed, do you play football? Alfie Well, sorry about that, but you didn’t ask me to!
Jed A little bit. I play rugby usually. But I love football. Lily Guys, guys, it really doesn’t matter! The story!
Fred Can you play with us tomorrow morning? We need Jed Yes, well, the wind blew the tent over the wall…
another player. Lily Oh no! Into our garden?
Jed Sure! Elsa Oh no! Into Mr Grant’s garden?
Lily Oh, bad luck!
Unit 1 Lesson 1h Jed Yes, Mr Grant’s dog Albert was out, too.
Culture Link: Famous homes around the world Lily Oh, that’s a real shame. Albert isn’t very friendly.
Alfie Well, exactly! He bit it…
There are lots of famous buildings in the UK. Many of these Jed … and he didn’t let go. We pulled and pulled …
buildings are in London. The Shard is the tallest building Alfie … in the mud and rain for ages … Hey, it’s not funny!
in the UK. People live and work in this building. The views Lily No, of course it isn’t … poor you!
over London from the top are always amazing. You can see Elsa Never mind!
many of London’s famous buildings from here. There’s the Elsa So, what did you do after that?
Tower of London, an old castle next to the River Thames, Jed We put the tent back up, got the sleeping bags and
which is now a famous tourist attraction. And there went to sleep.
are the Houses of Parliament, the place where the UK’s Lily In the tent? In that weather?
government works. Some of the famous buildings in the Elsa All night? Really?
city are homes. The Queen of England lives at Buckingham Jed Oh, yes. We’re very brave, Elsa.
Palace. And not far from Buckingham Palace is another Elsa Hmm …
famous London home. This one isn’t very big, but it is Lily That is brave.
important. It’s 10 Downing Street, the home of the British Alfie Thank you, Lily.
Prime Minister. Tourists never go inside this home!
But a home doesn’t have to be famous to be an interesting
place to live. And if you’re on holiday in the UK maybe
Unit 2 Lesson 2h
you can stay in one of these unusual homes! 2,000 years Culture Link: Explorers
ago, there was a village here. The old houses were round, This is Dundee, a small city on the east coast of Scotland,
so they’re called roundhouses. And today you can stay where the River Tay meets the North Sea. Dundee is the
a short walk from this old village here at the Bodrifty home of the RRS Discovery, one of the most famous ships
Roundhouse. in recent British history. In 1900, the British government
This roundhouse is only 20 years old. But it’s the same wanted a boat that could explore Antarctica. They built
size and shape as a roundhouse in the old village. It’s the RRS Discovery, a boat with sails and steam engines.
13 metres wide and 13.1 metres tall. Inside, there’s only It was very strong, so it could sail through large blocks of
one room and there aren’t any windows. There’s a big ice. On the 6th of August 1901, Discovery left the UK. It
wooden bed, and there’s a fire in the middle of the room, arrived on the coast of Antarctica on the 8th of February
so the roundhouse is quite warm. But you have to go next 1902. Two of Britain’s most adventurous explorers, captain
door to a different building to find a modern kitchen and a Robert Falcon Scott and the third officer Ernest Shackleton,
bathroom. The Bodrifty Roundhouse is an unusual home. were on board. There were scientists, too. They wanted to
This is Trelissick Water Tower. The Tower is over 150 years learn more about the area’s plants and animals. When they
old, and it became a home in the 1970s. It’s got three arrived, this group of scientists, sailors, and explorers made
floors, and one very narrow staircase with 49 steps. There’s a camp. They built a small wooden hut in the wilderness.
just one room on each floor. At the top there’s a nice They lived and worked here all spring and summer. It was
kitchen. All the cupboards are the same round shape all going well, but, as they worked, the Antarctic ice froze
as the tower! Downstairs, on the second floor, there’s a around Discovery. The boat couldn’t move. The ship didn’t
very small living room. The bedroom is on the first floor. break, but the crew couldn’t leave. They needed to wait for
Unfortunately, you need to go outside and through the ice to melt. So they decided to walk to the South Pole.
another door to use the bathroom. The Trelissick Water They wore all their warm clothes, but the weather was
Tower is an amazing home. terrible. It was freezing and snowing. They walked 1,500
So, which home would you like to live in? kilometres in 93 days, but they didn’t reach the South Pole.
In January 1904, two ships – Morning and Terra Nova –
2e Everyday English It all went wrong! finally arrived to help them.
p.28 Exercise 1  36 After two years in the cold, the Discovery crew sailed
home. The ship arrived back in England on the 10th of
Elsa Why did you decide to camp in that weather? September 1904. The crew returned home. And soon the
Lily Yes, I didn’t sleep with the wind and the rain and I story of the expedition became famous. Captain Scott
was inside. became a national hero and his ship – the RRS Discovery
Jed Well, we’re tough. became famous, too. Today, it’s a very popular tourist
Alfie And very brave.

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attraction. So you can explore the ship and find out more Spencer? Michael Marks was a businessman. He was an
about Discovery’s incredible journey and the lives of the immigrant from Belarus and he moved to Leeds in the
amazing explorers from the past. north of England, in 1882. Two years later, in 1884, Marks
borrowed £5 and opened a small stall, here at Kirkgate
3e Everyday English Be careful! Market. A lot of other stalls were selling similar products,
p.42 Exercise 1  50 but Marks had a brilliant idea. He called his stall a ‘Penny
Bazaar’ and it sold different things, but everything was on
Harry Hey Elsa, I was thinking of looking for something for sale and the price was always a penny. Most other shops
Mum’s birthday – it’s quite soon. weren’t selling things with this discount and soon the
Elsa Ooh, yeah, you’re right, Harry. It’s best not to leave it business was very successful. Marks wanted to grow the
until the last minute … how much were you planning to business and asked Thomas Spencer to be his business
spend? partner. Thomas invested £300 … and over the twentieth
Harry Well, I’ve got £10 at home – if we buy something century, the business grew and grew. Soon they were
together, I can give it to you later. opening shops all over the country. By the end of the
Elsa OK then! Make sure you don’t forget! twentieth century, they were an important part of the
Lily Hey guys, check out this cool shop! British high street. But people’s shopping habits were
changing, and this was starting to cause some problems.
Harry Wow, what do you think of this water bottle, Elsa? The first challenge came from shopping centres. All over
Elsa Oooh, I think Mum would really like that. Be careful the UK, towns and cities were opening large centres
not to drop it, Harry! where customers could buy all kinds of things from all
Harry Right, well that was easy. Let’s buy it. kinds of stores. Shopping centres had other things, like
Elsa Let me see the price … hm … I haven’t got enough restaurants and cinemas too and many of the shops had
cash, but it looks like they’ve got a card machine. special offers, like buy one get one free or items on sale
Lily This is taking ages. Don’t forget that the bus leaves in at half-price. So, it was already difficult for Marks and
20 minutes. Spencer to compete when the second challenge arrived
Elsa It looks like they’re having problems with the card – the internet. Suddenly people could buy anything from
machine at that till. anywhere! At the same time, contactless credit and debit
Lily Elsa, why don’t you withdraw some cash from the cards were replacing cash as the most popular way to buy
cashpoint outside – it’ll be quicker. things. These changes reduced the number of customers
Elsa Good idea! in high street shops, but soon these shops were changing
Harry Make sure you get the PIN right, or the machine eats too. Many traditional high street shops now have websites
your card. where people can buy all kinds of things. For Marks
Elsa Only if you get it wrong three times. Anyway, I’ve got and Spencer, this is a big change from the small market
it written down somewhere. stall where it all started. But the way we shop is always
Lily You’re not supposed to write down your PIN, you changing and so shops like Marks and Spencer are always
know. changing, too!
Harry And don’t let anyone see your PIN.
Elsa OK, OK, there’s only the three of us here.
Lily Make sure you take your cash …
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end. Jed Hey, Lily! Elsa! Listen. I wanted to do something
Elsa And never go shopping with your best friend and Australian for you guys.
your brother! Lily That sounds good. What?
Jed A barbie.
Unit 3 Lesson 3h Lily A what?
Culture Link: Cashless societies - the past and Jed A barbecue! You know – cooking outside and all that.
Some nice food, some music…
the future
Elsa Sounds good! Can you cook?
Shopping is a big part of life in the UK. But how we shop Jed Elsa, every Aussie knows how to do a barbecue. Come
is always changing. Not long ago, we bought almost at lunchtime on Saturday.
everything in a shop. We browsed, waited in queues for Elsa The weather forecast isn’t very good.
the tills and when we got there we paid with cash. Of Jed Weather forecasts! What do they know?
course, we still do that sometimes, but we also browse
the internet or use apps too, and we often pay by credit Jed’s dad Here. Give me your umbrellas.
or debit card. In fact, shopping in the UK today is totally Lily Thank you. And here’s some potato salad.
different to shopping in the past. And one very famous Jed’s dad That’s very kind. Could you take it to the kitchen,
British business that tells this story is Marks and Spencer. please? Jed is barbecuing there.
Marks and Spencer is a popular shop that sells many Elsa Can you barbecue inside?
different things, including clothes and food. There are Jed’s dad I guess you can!
around 1,000 shops in the UK and over 400 in 56 other Lily Wow!
countries around the world. Almost everybody in the UK Elsa This looks amazing.
knows the business, but who were the real Marks and Jed Welcome! Aussie barbecue – English style!

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Jed’s mum Hi, girls! Jed, could you get drinks for Elsa and Elsa Don’t worry about that. Lily can do most of the
Lily? talking.
Jed No problem! Two special cocktails on their way! Lily Hey!
Jed’s mum Is Alfie coming? Jed Do I need a camera?
Lily Yes, he is. He went home to get something first. What Alfie Your phone should be fine, but you should edit your
are we having? videos before you upload them.
Jed Lamb burgers and snags coming up! Lily You should ask Elsa to edit them.
Elsa Snags? Jed Elsa, can you do some editing?
Jed It’s an Aussie word for sausages! Now, put some of Elsa Sure, I’ll help you with that.
everything on your plates! Jed Thanks, guys. That’s really kind of you.
Lily Happy to. I’m very impressed.
Alfie Hey, don’t laugh. I thought: the weather is English, Alfie All set, everyone? And … action!
but I can dress Australian. Jed Hi everyone in Australia. Welcome to my vlog about
my life on the opposite side of the world … the cold and
Unit 4 Lesson 4h rainy side.
Culture Link: A celebrity makes a difference Lily, Alfie, Elsa Boo!
Jed Now let me introduce my British friends. First, here’s
When you want to cook a healthy meal, you need to use Lily.
good fresh food. Where can you find this food? Well, you Lily Hi, everyone in Australia. How are you doing?
can grow your own vegetables. But it takes a long time Jed There’s Alfie, who’s filming me. And Elsa, who’s editing
and many people haven’t got the time or a big garden! these vlogs.
So, in the UK, most people buy their food from big
supermarkets. The food in these supermarkets is cheap, Jed Now, I know you’ll find this amazing, but my friends
but it’s not always healthy. Supermarkets are also full of can’t surf! But they are really nice and very kind to me. Let’s
junk food and packets of sugary snacks. And sometimes go and see where I live … Ow!
the vegetables aren’t very fresh. Supermarkets sometimes Lily Let me help you with that.
buy vegetables from other countries, and they travel a Alfie And … cut!
long way before you buy them. So, many people prefer
to buy food grown locally. And across the UK you can buy
fresh and healthy food from farmers and local people at
Unit 5 Lesson 5h
farmers’ markets. Culture Link: the rapid rise of the computer
This is a farmers market in Winchester in the south of This is Bletchley Park in the centre of England. Today, it is
England. It happens twice a month and it’s got around open to the public and it’s very popular with visitors, but in
90 stalls selling all kinds of food and drink. The market the 1940s, during the Second World War, the public didn’t
doesn’t sell any junk food. Bakers sell fresh loaves of bread. come here because it was a very big secret. The people
Farmers sell meat and a lot of different kinds of fruit and who worked here were very clever. They were scientists
vegetables. And the best thing is that all this food comes and people who could speak many different languages.
from the local area, so it didn’t travel thousands of miles to One of the cleverest people who worked at Bletchley
get here. Park was the scientist Alan Turing. These people were
This is Lyburn Farmhouse Cheesemakers. They make all codebreakers and did very important and difficult work.
this cheese at their small farm near Winchester. And you During the war, people sent important information in
can visit the farm and watch them make this delicious secret code so that other people couldn’t read it. They
cheese. They milk their own cows and then use this milk used machines to write these messages. And then they
to make their own cheese. Every morning the farm’s used another machine to help them to read them – this
cheesemakers collect the milk and separate it into two machine ‘decoded’ the secret messages. The British
parts called curds and whey. They don’t use the whey. codebreakers’ mission was to invent new machines to
When the curd is ready, the cheesemakers put it into decode messages that the Germans wrote. The secret
special containers. They don’t want any whey in it. They headquarters of the codebreakers was full of unusual
leave the cheese overnight. Then, when it’s dry, they machines and amazing inventions. This is the Enigma
move it to a storeroom and they wait until it is ready. The machine. The Germans used this machine to write
cheese gets better as it gets older. They’ve got about messages in code. The British wanted to read these
8,000 cheeses at the farm! And when it’s finally ready, the messages so Polish scientists started work on a machine
cheesemakers bring it to the market. It’s local, and it’s to decode them. Then Alan Turing and the other scientists
delicious! at Bletchley Park finished their work. They built the Bombe.
They used the Bombe to help them to decode the
5e Everyday English Offering help German secret messages very quickly.
p.70 Exercise 1  80 By 1941, there were rooms full of these machines here
at Bletchley Park. Each machine was two metres high,
Lily Jed needs our help. He wants to make a vlog. and two metres wide, and they were very noisy! But
Alfie Cool! You don’t look very excited, Jed. the Germans also had another important machine for
Jed I don’t like being in front of a camera, but it’s for family writing messages. This one was called the Lorenz. It was
and friends back home. very difficult to decode secret messages written using

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the Lorenz machine. So the scientists started building a and wildlife. The national park staff can tell you lots of
machine that was bigger and better than the Bombe. This interesting information about the canyon. Visitors can
is the machine they invented. It’s called Colossus. And this drive to the canyon’s South Rim and enjoy the famous
was the first electronic digital computer. By 1945, there views from Lipan Point. They can take photographs of
were ten Colossus computers. But at the end of the war, the Palisades, the south-eastern wall of the canyon, and
the British government destroyed all of them. The people look out at the Echo and Vermilion Cliffs. Visitors can also
who worked here in the 1940s didn’t talk about their work. see the historic buildings along the South Rim, such as
In 1975, people started to learn about Colossus. And in the Desert View Watchtower. You can explore the park on
1993, scientists started to build a new Colossus. You can foot, by bus or on a bike. You can rent a bike at the Visitor
see it here at the National Museum of Computing at Centre. Or you can take a trip on the beautiful Grand
Bletchley Park. It’s an amazing invention that started the Canyon steam train. However, the best way to see the
modern digital age. canyon is on a helicopter trip, but it’s a lot more expensive
than the bus or the train.
6e Everyday English A tour of the city People like looking at the canyon, but some visitors travel
p.70 Exercise 1  80 into the canyon. There’s so much more to see inside. The
top of the canyon is much cooler than the bottom, so as
Lily Jed needs our help. He wants to make a vlog. you go down the temperature gets hotter. At the bottom
Alfie Cool! You don’t look very excited, Jed. of the canyon is the Colorado River. On average, it’s 90
Jed I don’t like being in front of a camera, but it’s for family metres wide and 12 metres deep. Over millions of years
and friends back home. it cut through the rock here and created the canyon. In
Elsa Don’t worry about that. Lily can do most of the fact, the river is still changing the inside of the canyon
talking. today. Visitors can go rafting down the Colorado River. It’s
Lily Hey! the most exciting way to explore the canyon. The Grand
Jed Do I need a camera? Canyon isn’t the longest canyon in the world. There are
Alfie Your phone should be fine, but you should edit your others that are wider and deeper. But there are very few
videos before you upload them. places that are so spectacular.
Lily You should ask Elsa to edit them.
Jed Elsa, can you do some editing?
Elsa Sure, I’ll help you with that.
7e Everyday English What did you say?
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Lily So what do you feel like doing today?
Alfie All set, everyone? And … action! Elsa Hmm … something sporty … how about that new
Jed Hi everyone in Australia. Welcome to my vlog about sports centre? Have you been there yet?
my life on the opposite side of the world … the cold and Lily No, I haven’t. Great idea.
rainy side. Elsa What shall we do – swimming … gym… badminton?
Lily, Alfie, Elsa Boo! Lily How about squash? I’ve heard they’ve got
Jed Now let me introduce my British friends. First, here’s squash courts.
Lily. Elsa Yeah, cool. I’ve never played squash before.
Lily Hi, everyone in Australia. How are you doing? Elsa’s dad Elsa, wherever you’re going, can you take your
Jed There’s Alfie, who’s filming me. And Elsa, who’s editing brother with you, please?
these vlogs. Elsa What was that, Dad? Can you speak up, please?
Elsa’s dad I said … take … Harry … with you, please!
Jed Now, I know you’ll find this amazing, but my friends Elsa OK …!
can’t surf! But they are really nice and very kind to me. Let’s Lily Hi!
go and see where I live … Ow! Receptionist Good morning! How can I help you?
Lily Let me help you with that. Lily We’d like a squash court, please.
Alfie And … cut! Receptionist Sure. I’ll see if there’s one free. What are
your names?
Unit 6 Lesson 6h Lily Lily Potts, Elsa Parker and Harry Parker.
Culture Link: the national parks Receptionist Lily … what was that? I didn’t get your second
name. Could you repeat it, please?
There are 58 National Parks in the USA. And the Grand Lily Of course – it’s Potts.
Canyon National Park is one of the most famous and Receptionist How do you spell that? Is it with a double t?
most spectacular. The Grand Canyon National Park is in Lily Yes, that’s right – P-O-double T-S.
Arizona in the south-west of the USA. The park is nearly Harry And I’m Harry Parker – that’s P-A-R-K-E-R.
5,000 square kilometres in size. The Grand Canyon became Receptionist I’m sorry, I can’t find you on the system. Have
a national park in 1919 and it’s one of the official natural you got your membership cards with you?
wonders of the world. Elsa Er, no. We haven’t signed up yet …
It isn’t the biggest national park in the USA, but it is one Receptionist Oh, I see! No problem, just fill in these forms.
of the most popular. Around six million tourists visit the Don’t forget to write in capitals and give your contact
park every year. There are lots of things for them to see details. We’ll contact you when the cards are ready.
and do in the park. At the Grand Canyon Visitor Centre Elsa Thanks!
you can learn all about the canyon’s history, geography

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Unit 7 Lesson 7h Jed We have to put on raincoats in Australia, too … In the
winter. And I’ve got football here.
Culture Link: The national sporting awards
Lily And punting … remember?
A lot of young people enjoy playing sport. They play Jed Oh, sure …
at home, in the park or for their local teams. For most Lily Hey, do you know what you have to do? You really
children, it’s a great way to have fun and make friends. have to give a class presentation on Australia.
However, as they get older, some young people stop Jed I so don’t have to do that!
playing sport regularly and focus on other things. But Lily Alfie, tell Jed to give the class a talk.
others become even more serious about the sport they Alfie Jed, you must give the class a talk – what about?
love. This often happens at university. This is Arizona Jed Australia. Alfie, tell the girls it isn’t a good idea.
State University and sport is a big part of life here. They Alfie No way! I really think you should do it. What have you
have teams in all kinds of sports, including American got to lose?
football, soccer, baseball, basketball, tennis, volleyball Jed My cool! I’ll be embarrassed.
and golf. They’ve built stadiums, arenas, pitches, courts, Elsa You’re not that cool, Jed.
pools, golf courses and all kinds of modern facilities. Lily Come on, you can do it!
And they’ve enjoyed a lot of success! The university has Jed Well, I’ll think about it…
produced 179 Olympic athletes who have represented Lily Anyway, it’s too late. I told the teacher this morning.
42 countries. These athletes have won 60 Olympic Jed Lily!
medals, including 25 golds, 12 silvers and 23 bronzes. Jed’s mum What’s the problem? Go on. Give it a try.
University sports are very popular in the UK, too. One of Jed Oh, Mum.
the most famous universities for sport is Loughborough Jed’s mum Don’t give up now, before you start.
University. In the 2016 Summer Olympics, athletes from Jed I don’t know enough to do a presentation.
Loughborough won 12 medals, including five golds, and Jed’s mum You don’t know enough about Australia to give
in the Paralympics they won an incredible 22 medals. a presentation to your class?
And in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo over 100 athletes and Jed But they want to hear about kangaroos, spiders
coaches represented the college! One Paralympic athlete and snakes…
that trains at Loughborough is George Peasgood. He takes Jed’s mum Your grandma can help. She grew up in the
part in the triathlon, a race in running, swimming and outback.
cycling. He has won national and international triathlons Jed OK. I’ll call her later.
and has trained at Loughborough for over five years. Jed’s mum I think you should go and answer that.
Like all the athletes here, he works very hard. Today, he’s Grandma Hi Jed. Surprise!
training in the swimming pool. George is just one example Jed Grandma!
of the many athletes that have trained and studied at
Loughborough University. Universities are brilliant for Unit 8 Lesson 8h
sports. But of course, a lot of young people haven’t
had the same opportunities as students at places like Culture Link: Australia factfile
Loughborough or Arizona State. In fact, a lot of teenagers New Zealand which is also called Aotearoa, meaning ‘land
stop playing sport because of this. But this is something of the long white cloud’ in its native language, has got
the charity AccessSport wants to change. They started two main islands, the North Island and the South Island,
in 2004 and their goal was to encourage more young and hundreds of small islands. It’s not very big. It’s the
people who haven’t enjoyed the same advantages as 77th biggest country in the world. The geography of New
others to play more sport. Since then, they have raised a Zealand is amazing. It’s got a huge variety of landscapes
lot of money, which they have used to build new facilities with mountains, hot springs, glaciers, lakes and beautiful
and train local volunteers to start new teams in sports like beaches. The tallest mountain is Mount Cook, also called
BMX training, wrestling, climbing and boxing. So far, they Aoraki, on the South Island. Mount Cook is 3,724 metres
have achieved a lot of success. Last year, AccessSport gave high. The Milford Sound, a 15-kilometre-long fjord, is in the
over 6000 disadvantaged and disabled young people the southwest of the South Island. It’s a beautiful area that’s
chance to participate in community sport. And not only popular with tourists, but it also rains a lot. It’s one of the
did they work with 69 community sports clubs across the wettest places in the world.
country, they also trained 260 coaches and volunteers to New Zealand’s most famous bird is called the kiwi. This
run them. The work of AccessSport is changing the lives of brown bird is unusual because it can’t fly. But it’s the
many young sportspeople across the country. They hope national bird and people who live in New Zealand are
that these young people can go on to train at places like often called Kiwis. The coast of New Zealand is a good
Loughborough and Arizona State University. And who place to see marine wildlife such as dolphins and whales.
knows? Maybe they’ll become the next sports stars of the The first people arrived in New Zealand around 800 years
future! ago. They came from the islands of Polynesia. These
people are called Maori. Europeans arrived hundreds
8e Everyday English Go on, give it a try! of years later. In 1840, the British signed an agreement
with the Maori at a place called Waitangi and New
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Zealand became a British Colony. Today, New Zealand
Elsa Do you like living here now, Jed? has a population of around 4.5 million. The capital city is
Jed Yeah, I really like it here, even the weather. Wellington in the south of the North Island. The country’s
Elsa You don’t miss the Aussie weather?

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currency is the New Zealand dollar. Wellington isn’t the
biggest city in New Zealand – that’s Auckland in the north
of the North Island. Auckland is a beautiful city with a
population of around 1.5 million people. It’s a great place
to live. The city is between the Tasman Sea and the Hauraki
Gulf so sailing is very popular in Auckland. It’s sometimes
called ‘The City of Sails’. New Zealand isn’t a very big
country, but it’s got amazing scenery, an interesting
history, and it’s a fantastic place to live.

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