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PART 1- Questions& Answers ([Link].15)

PART 2 – T/F
Presenter I'm very pleased to be joined in the studio by Marjorie and
Steve Renwick, the founders of the hugely successful website 'Friends
Back Together.' Marjorie, can I start by asking you, how did the idea for
the website come about?
Marjorie Well, it was about two and a half years ago, and I was trying to
organise a school reunion. It was so difficult, you know, everyone
had moved to different parts of the country, some people had
moved abroad, lots of the girls I'd been to school with were married,
and so of course had changed their surnames and I was, well, I was
basically tearing my hair out and Steve just turned to me and said,
'This calls for the internet.' And the idea was born.
Presenter So, that was, what, two and a half years ago?
Steve Yes, but it took a while to set up, of course. We didn't actually open
for business, as it were, for about a year after that - 1
Marjorie March the sixth last year, in fact -
Steve That's right, and It proved to be the most successful website of the
year.
Presenter How many people have visited your site?
Marjorie It's actually incredible, when you think about It. We're now getting
 about a hundred and fifty thousand visitors a week. That's almost a
million each -
Steve D'you know, since we started, there must have been well over eight
million visitors. And over three quarters of them have entered their
information.
Presenter Why do you think it’s so popular?
Steve I think it fills a need. You know, you make such good friends during
your schooldays, and then, inevitably, you drift apart and, in the past, it was
just too difficult to get back in touch with them. As we found out ourselves
when Marjorie was trying to get her reunion together.
Marjorie I think it's also, you know, we're all naturally inquisitive. We're
always thinking, 'I wonder what they're up to now?' and things like
that. With Friends Back Together, you can find out how people you
used to know are getting on. And hopefully meet up with some of
them.
Presenter You've had some great successes in that department, I believe.
Steve Some lovely stories, yes. There was a couple - you
probably read about them in the press - both in their eighties,
hadn't seen each other for over fifty years, met through Friends
Back Together and got married last month. It really does make it all
worthwhile.
Presenter Wonderful. So, where do you go from here?
Marjorie Well, we're actually extremely busy running the site at the
moment. It's quite time-consuming - much more than you'd think, to
be honest - but we're planning to take a break early next year and
then -
Steve Well, let's just say we've got a couple of major projects in the
pipeline.
Presenter On the internet? Can you give us any clues?
Steve Let's just say that they will be on the internet, they will be designed
to bring people together, they will be unique, but they won't be like Friends
Back Together at all. I can’t say anymore!
Presenter Well, the very best of luck with whatever you go on to do. Thank
you so much for being here today, and thank you also for Friends
Back Together. You've brought some sunshine into a lot of people's
lives.
Marjorie and Thank you /Thank you for having US.
PART 3- MTC (First Cambridge-24NT)
Man: Today I’m talking to Marta Stanton, who runs her own ‘mobile’ restaurant. Marta, how did you
get into the restaurant business?
Marta: Well, I learnt to cook at college. I always wanted to open my own restaurant - but had no money.
So I got a job as a chef. I had all sorts of ideas for new dishes, which the staff thought would sell,
but the guy who owned the place wasn’t interested (Q7). That’s when a friend told me about the
‘mobile restaurant’ idea. It sounded great.
Man: Tell us about it.
Marta: Well, it works like this: you decide on a menu – obviously you have to be able to cook - then you 2
advertise it so people can book a meal. The most amazing thing is all the advertising’s done
through social-networking websites (Q8). People set up tables in their sitting-room, or in a city
car park, an empty factory – anywhere in fact. And because you know how many people you’re
cooking for, food doesn’t get wasted.
Man: So why was it good for you?
Marta: Well, various reasons. Like, I could buy all the ingredients without risk because you make
 customers pay in advance. The greatest advantage, though, is by having a maximum of ten
customers, I didn’t need to hire a waiter (Q9). Then, of course, I could prepare everything at
home - just take a camping gas cooker with me, plus some plates, glasses, knives and forks.
Man: Do you never run into problems?
Marta: The whole experience is fun. People watch you cook and the atmosphere’s relaxed. I did one meal
on a beach which almost went wrong because I didn’t think about the wind (Q10) blowing sand
into people’s food. Fortunately, I’d brought a large umbrella to protect myself from the sun, so I
put it around their table instead!
Man: And you sometimes use your own flat?
Marta: If the weather’s bad, people come to my home instead, but it gets very crowded (Q11). Even
though I’ve actually got enough chairs and a big table, it’s not ideal. I was worried we might
disturb the neighbours, but they’ve been alright about it. I love the temporary feel of the mobile
idea, so home’s not really what it’s about.
Man: So, what’s the future of mobile restaurants?
Marta: Well, it’s rather uncertain. Lots of new ones are popping up because it has become fashionable. I
think health inspectors will want to check them out. That doesn’t worry me, because I’m a trained
chef. But if someone got ill in a less serious one, we might all get a bad name (Q12). So I guess
inspections are a good thing.
PART 4 – GAP-FILLING ( [Link] 6TestS.4)

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