THINK LEVEL 2 Basic

SKILLS TESTS ANSWER KEY

UNIT 1 UNIT 4
1 1
1V 2D 3J 4J 5D 6V 7J 2 Try to stop reading horrible messages.
3 Don’t answer messages from bullies.
2 4 Talk to other people about the situation.
1T 2F 3F 4T 5F 6T 7T 8F
5 Don’t use the internet for a short period.
3 6 Different ways of spending time with friends.
1 Scott’s 2 serious 3 charming 4 quiet 7 Be nice to other people.
5 was hurt 6 doesn’t want 7 other sports 8 Choose who you want to share your time with.

4 2
1A 2B 3A 4A 5B 6A 7B 8A 1T 2F 3T 4F 5F 6T 7F 8T

3
UNIT 2 1M 2M 3R 4R 5M 6R 7R

1 4
1 People are more successful than any other species on Earth. 1 under 2 stupid 3 ignore 4 worst
2 Humans are artistic and inventive. 5 energy 6 delete 7 email address 8 won
3 We first started to communicate many years ago.
4 It is not only humans that can communicate with each other.
5 Learning to share information about other people was an
UNIT 5
important change.
6 We learned to think of ourselves as part of a large society.
1
1B 2B 3A 4A 5B 6B 7A
7 Our ability to imagine things comes from our ability to gossip.
8 Brain size is linked to the ability to gossip.
2
2 1F 2F 3T 4T 5F 6T 7F 8F
1T 2T 3F 4F 5T 6F 7F 8T
3
3 1e 2a 3h 4g 5b 6f 7d
1 do her homework 2 friend 3 give her money for
4 read an article 5 relationships 6 housework
4
1A 2B 3B 4B 5B 6A 7B 8A
7 do her homework

4
1 speak 2 money 3 kitchen 4 time
UNIT 6
5 parents 6 problems 7 housework 8 wrong
1
1 is 2 70 3 toothpaste 4 plastic
UNIT 3 5 plastic 6 Bangladesh 7 education

1 2
1A 2B 3B 4C 5A 6A 7C 1F 2F 3T 4T 5T 6F 7F 8T

2 3
1F 2F 3T 4F 5F 6F 7T 8T 1 didn’t come 2 big 3 helicopter 4 Arctic 5 24
6 sleep 7 plane 8 recycle their rubbish
3
2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 4
1 relatives 2 mountain 3 June 4 three
4 5 ground 6 walk 7 cars
1 second 2 scary 3 30 4 two 5 50
6 wasn’t 7 a cake 8 third

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 UNIT 7 UNIT 10
1 1
1 technology 2 fashion 3 food 4 entertainment 2 One deaf woman had never heard her family speak.
5 fashion 6 travel 7 entertainment 3 A successful operation helped a woman to hear things for
the first time.
2 4 The first words someone said made their partner very happy.
1F 2T 3F 4F 5F 6T 7T 8T 5 One woman, who could not see, had a baby.
6 New technology helped a woman see her child for the first
3 time.
2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 7 Being able to see two people made someone very happy.
8 Sometimes, paying a lot for something can be a good thing.
4
1 room 2 guests 3 happy 4 glasses 5 computer
2
6 escape 7 a key 8 invitations
1F 2T 3F 4F 5T 6T 7F 8F

5 3
1 invitation 2 like 3 afraid 4 let 5 late 6 have
2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10
7 before 8 having 9 better 10 permission
4
6 1 twenty 2 chocolate 3 exercise 4 thank you
1 wait 2 Neither 3 going 4 won’t 5 will
5 home 6 sleep 7 doctor 8 money
6 Are 7 shouldn’t

UNIT 11
UNIT 8
1
1 1A 2A 3B 4B 5A 6B 7A
1 Anna 2 Barbara 3 Ivan 4 Anna
5 Barbara 6 Barbara 7 Ivan 8 Ivan 2
1F 2F 3T 4F 5F 6T 7F 8T
2
1T 2F 3F 4T 5T 6F 7F 3
1 his home 2 London 3 his daughter 4 continue
3 reporting 5 didn’t play 6 funny 7 enjoys
1B 2B 3G 4B 5G 6B 7B 8B
4
4 1B 2A 3A 4B 5A 6B 7B 8A
1 bridge 2 classrooms 3 maths 4 toy 5 thirty
6 train 7 drive
UNIT 12
6
1E 2D 3C 4F 5B 6A 1
2 women in Switzerland couldn’t vote
UNIT 9 3 women couldn’t always borrow money
4 women couldn’t always run in races
5 women couldn’t always watch sports events
1
6 women couldn’t perform in theatres
1 87% 2 79% 3 62% 4 59% 5 90%
7 travelling fast was thought to be dangerous for women
6 54% 7 48% 8 44%
8 women couldn’t travel into space
2
1T 2T 3F 4F 5F 6T 7F
2
1 credit 2 car 3 marathon 4 Olympics
3 5 boy 6 train 7 astronauts 8 rights
2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10
3
4 1 three 2 paper 3 easy 4 scientist
1 football 2 electricity 3 son 4 journalist 5 test 6 intelligent 7 communicate 8 code
5 video 6 Spain 7 match
4
1c 2a 3e 4b 5f 6g 7d

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 WRITING AND SPEAKING ASSESSMENT SCALES

The following Assessment Scales are taken from the Cambridge English Language Assessment Handbook for Cambridge English: Preliminary for
Schools. They are a useful tool for assessing your students’ performance in the Speaking and Writing sections of the Think Skills Tests.

SPEAKING
Marking
The Speaking section of each Think Skills Test should be marked out of a total of 20.

Students should be awarded a maximum of five points for each of the following four criteria:
• Grammar and Vocabulary • Discourse Management • Pronunciation • Interactive Communication
B1 Grammar and Vocabulary Discourse Management Pronunciation Interactive Communication
5 • Shows a good degree of control of • P roduces extended stretches of language • Is intelligible. • Initiates and responds
simple grammatical forms, and attempts despite some hesitation. • Intonation is generally appropriately.
some complex grammatical forms. •C  ontributions are relevant despite some appropriate. • Maintains and develops the
• Uses a range of appropriate vocabulary repetition. • Sentence and word stress is interaction and negotiates
to give and exchange views on familiar •U  ses a range of cohesive devices. generally accurately placed. towards an outcome with very
topics. little support.
• Individual sounds are generally
articulated clearly.
4 Performance shares features of Bands 3 and 5.
3 • Shows a good degree of control of • Produces responses which are extended • Is mostly intelligible, and has • Initiates and responds
simple grammatical forms. beyond short phrases, despite hesitation. some control of phonological appropriately.
• Uses a range of appropriate vocabulary • Contributions are mostly relevant, but features at both utterance and • Keeps the interaction going
when talking about familiar topics. there may be some repetition. word levels. with very little prompting and
• Uses basic cohesive devices. support.

2 Performance shares features of Bands 1 and 3.

1 • Shows sufficient control of simple • Produces responses which are characterised • Is mostly intelligible, despite • Maintains simple exchanges,
grammatical forms. by short phrases and frequent hesitation. limited control of phonological despite some difficulty.
• Uses a limited range of appropriate • Repeats information or digresses from the features. • Requires prompting and
vocabulary to talk about familiar topics. topic. support.
0 Performance below Band 1.

WRITING
Marking
The Writing sections of the Think Skills Tests should be marked out of 20. Use the Assessment Scale to award a mark from 1 to 5 for each
descriptor.

Students should be awarded a maximum of five points for each of the following four criteria:
• Content • Communicative Achievement • Organisation • Language
B1 Content Communicative Achievement Organisation Language
5 • All content is relevant to the •U
 ses the conventions of • Text is generally • Uses a range of everyday vocabulary appropriately, with
task. the communicative task to well organised and occasional inappropriate use of less common lexis.
• Target reader is fully informed. hold the target reader’s coherent, using a • Uses a range of simple and some complex grammatical forms
attention and communicate variety of linking words with a good degree of control.
straightforward ideas. and cohesive devices.
• Errors do not impede communication.
4 Performance shares features of Bands 3 and 5.
3 • Minor irrelevances and/or •U
 ses the conventions of • Text is connected and • Uses everyday vocabulary generally appropriately, while
omissions may be present. the communicative task in coherent, using basic occasionally overusing certain lexis.
• Target reader is on the whole generally appropriate ways to linking words and a • Uses simple grammatical forms with a good degree of control.
informed. communicate straightforward limited number of
• While errors are noticeable, meaning can still be determined.
ideas. cohesive devices.
2 Performance shares features of Bands 1 and 3.
1 • Irrelevances and • Produces text that • Text is connected using • Uses basic vocabulary reasonably appropriately.
misinterpretation of task may communicates simple ideas in basic, high-frequency • Uses simple grammatical forms with some degree of control.
be present. simple ways. linking words.
• Errors may impede meaning at times.
• Target reader is minimally
informed.
0 • Content is totally irrelevant. Performance below Band 1.
• Target reader is not informed.

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 AUDIOSCRIPTS
SKILLS TEST 1 Boy I know. But she’s been really brave, and I’ve
already helped her to do other sports. Her
Track 01 leg has become much better recently.
Girl Hey Scott. Thanks for inviting me to your
Girl Hmm, yes, she sounds like an interesting
party last weekend. I really enjoyed it.
person!
Boy Great! I’m really glad you came, Paula.
Boy Yes, and she’s really positive about the future.
Girl Me too. Your friends are really cool people. She’s just had this bad experience, and …
Oh, and the cake was delicious. Who made it?
Girl Well, maybe I can meet her again soon.
Boy Thanks! My older sister, Olivia. She’s a
Boy Sure!
talented cook. By the way, did you speak with
her? I think you and Olivia have lots of things
in common. SKILLS TEST 2
Girl I didn’t, no. Why do you ask? She seemed a Track 02
bit … different. I mean, she’s a bit serious, isn’t Ben Hi, Anna, what’s the problem?
she?
Anna Oh, Ben, I’ve just got a text from my dad and
Boy Actually she’s really funny, when you get to he told me that my History homework has to
know her. be in tomorrow. I completely forgot about it.
Girl Yeah? She didn’t seem so nice – I mean, all the Ben Ah yes, I see.
other people in your family are really friendly.
Your younger brother, Simon, for example, he Anna And I’ve just had a big argument with
seemed very cheerful. Everyone thought the Veronica. She always says stupid things. So I’m
same. never going to speak to her again.
Boy Well, maybe not everyone. Simon’s the most Ben Yes, I see.
confident person in our family. He’s good at Anna And I’ve just spoken to my mum. I need
being charming at parties. But I’m not sure money to go to the cinema tomorrow,
how friendly he really is. He’s usually in his because I haven’t got any. But she said ‘no’!
room, playing video games, and if I need help Can you believe it?! Because the kitchen is in
from someone, he usually disappears! a big mess, because I cooked a big breakfast
Girl Well, I’m not saying your sister isn’t nice. It’s for myself this morning, and now she’s angry
just that she seemed very quiet. with me. My parents are so …
Boy: Yeah, I know. But she’s not boring. Actually, Ben I see.
I really admire her. She’s the most positive Anna Why are you always saying ‘I see’?
person I know, even though she had some
bad news about a year ago. Ben Well, I’ve just read an article. It’s about all the
things that teenagers should learn, but don’t.
Girl Oh really? What?
Anna Like what? What’s this got to do with all my
Boy Well, she always wanted to be a cyclist, and problems?
she trained really hard for years. Everyone
said she was seriously talented, and might Ben Well, you know how we concentrate on lots of
even become a famous sportswoman. But, she stuff in school, like Geography, or Science or
had an accident and really hurt herself. History?
Girl Oh no, what happened? Anna Oh … don’t talk to me about History …
Boy It was a crash, and she hurt her leg quite Ben But there are things we don’t concentrate on.
badly, and the doctors told her to stop cycling For example, the article said that when you’re
for a while. Now, she’s just found out that she a teenager, you should learn how to use
won’t be able to enter any more competitions time. You know, when we have to do things,
for a long time. Actually, she’s been too scared and how much time we have, and what is
to go on a bike since the accident. important to do now, and what isn’t.
Girl That’s too bad. Anna Like remembering when our homework needs
to be in …

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 Ben Yeah. Usually, we wait for our parents to tell Emma Well, there was a long competition. It took about
us. Lots of teenagers don’t learn that. three weeks, and it happened two months
Anna What else did the article say? before the show actually started. On the show,
you saw ten of us, all trying to be the best, and
Ben Lots of things. Like teenagers should learn make better food. But what you didn’t see was
about money. Lots of teens just get money there were many more people before the show,
from their parents, so they don’t really know which made things a lot more difficult! There
how to use it. And … Teenagers often have were 50 of us, and we all had to cook something
problems with other people. Maybe we have in front of the judges.
fights with people we know… but we don’t
know how to make things better. Interviewer Why?

Anna I suppose you’re right. Mum’s always telling Emma Because there wasn’t as much time. We only
me I should learn to do housework. We don’t had a short time minutes to make something
learn that in school. interesting from some very simple ingredients – I
think it was eggs, some fruit, but no sugar … It
Ben Well, maybe housework isn’t the most wasn’t something we did easily!
important thing, but we don’t learn about
life’s ups and downs, or what to do when our Interviewer So, out of all of those people, they chose you,
life goes wrong. and you were the second best! Well done. My
other question is … This show … how ‘real’ was
Anna Yeah. Just History and stuff … Maybe I should it?
read that article, and not do my homework
…? Emma Ha,ha, it was completely real. What people saw
was the same as what really happened. Another
Ben No! Do your homework, and then I’ll give you contestant, Ben, took some bread out of the
the article! oven, it was so hot, he dropped it on the floor?
Interviewer It was a cake, wasn’t it? And it made a terrible
SKILLS TEST 3 mess!
Track 03 Emma Oh yes, you’re right! He was easily the best chef,
Interviewer Every week on the show, we interview a young and everyone thought he could be first, but he
person who has done something unusual or ended in third place. So, that was completely
extraordinary. Today, we’re lucky enough to real. They didn’t quickly ask him to make another
have Emma Sanders, who many of you will know one, and that’s how he lost, and I came in
from the hit TV talent show, Junior Master Cook. second!
Emma, hi. Interviewer I see. Well, I want to ask you about what you
Emma Hello, thanks for inviting me! cooked, but first, let’s listen to some music …
Interviewer You’re welcome! Now, you didn’t actually win
Junior Master Cook, did you? SKILLS TEST 4
Emma No, I didn’t. I came second place, behind the Track 04
winner. Rita Hi, do you want to do something today?
Interviewer So, tell us, what was it like taking part in Mark What? Just a minute. Sorry, what did you say?
something like this?
Rita Do you want to do something today?
Emma Well, I wasn’t as good as the person who
won first prize but that doesn’t mean it was Mark Just a minute. This person is so annoying.
disappointing. It was great, but I have to say, I’ve Rita What person? Is everything OK?
never done anything as scary as that before! Mark Yeah. I’m just …
Interviewer Oh yeah? In what way? Rita Are you writing to someone on your phone?
Emma Yeah. Imagine trying to make something perfect Mark Yeah. It’s my blog.
in 30 minutes, competing against 10 other
people, with cameras and millions of people Rita What about your blog?
watching you. And you don’t know what it will Mark A person wrote a comment under my blog,
be like until you open the oven door, and see it and I wrote an answer. Now he, or maybe it’s a
… she, is writing lots more comments.
Interviewer I imagine that is quite hard. But you did really Rita What kind of comment?
well. The judges liked your work. Can you tell Mark I’m stupid, everything I write is wrong, I know
us … how did you get on the show in the first nothing about anything. That kind of thing.
place?

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 Rita It sounds like a troll. so they can download it and listen to it on
Mark A troll? their phones, and they really like my stuff. I’ve
been telling people for ages that my dream
Rita Yes. Someone who leaves annoying messages is to be famous and most of my friends think
on the internet. They just want to cause I’ve got a good chance! Basically, I think it’s
trouble. You ought to ignore him. It’s probably important for as many people to hear your
a ‘him’. music as possible, so that people can find out
Mark I don’t want to ignore him. He’s really rude. who you are, and how talented you are. So,
Rita Yes, but the more you write to him, the more I’ve been posting my songs online, and some
he’ll write back. Soon, your blog will just be of them are really popular. One of them has
full of his comments. And that’s what he wants: had over a thousand listens so far. My other
to make trouble. dream is to get over a million listens one day,
or to maybe release a single.
Mark Ha! He’s just written a comment: ‘Your blog is
the worst blog on the net’! OK, what should I Laura Music is one of the biggest things in my life. I
answer …? have always loved going to gigs and hearing
live music. I’ve been writing my own songs
Rita Nothing! Do you want some advice? Don’t at home recently. Well, I’ve got some really
feed the troll! big plans, and there’s one dream I want to
Mark What do you mean? follow. But … I’m not going to tell you what it
Rita Don’t argue with him. The troll only wants is! I don’t want anyone to find out. I think the
you to be angry. He only wants to take away best way for your dreams to come true is to
your time and energy. And now, he’s winning, keep them secret, and not tell anyone else.
because you’re spending your time thinking That’s because when you tell your friends
about him. You should ignore him. your plans, they start to congratulate you,
with ‘oh wow, great idea’, or ‘yeah, go for it,
Mark But I want to win the argument. He should you’re amazing’. And then you start to think
know that I’m smarter than him! you’ve already achieved something or won
Rita Take my advice: you can’t. something, but actually, all you’ve been doing
Mark Maybe you’re right. I should delete his is talking about it. So, I’ve been working really
messages. hard, and practising every day. And if – or
when – my dream comes true, I’ll be the first
Rita Or, you should do something with your blog to tell you about it! All I will say is that there’s
… Do something so anyone who posts a a big competition next month, and … That’s
comment needs to key in a password and all I’m saying!
their email address. Then, you’ll know who is
posting.
Mark That’s really good advice. OK. I’m writing to
SKILLS TEST 6
the troll … I’m going to make a new system, Track 06
and he won’t be able to comment anymore! Reporter Hello, good afternoon. I’m here in Iceland,
Yes! I win! in a park in the capital city of Reykjavik. I’m
Rita Well, maybe! You ought to be careful about here because of a music festival – it’s a pretty
who you communicate with on the internet. unusual festival. Let’s hear more about it from
There are a lot of strange people out there! one of the people visiting it. Hi, what’s your
name?
Girl Hi. I’m Helena.
SKILLS TEST 5
Track 05 Reporter And why did you come all the way here to
Iceland for a music festival?
John I’ve been interested in music since I was a little
kid. I started out playing the drums when I was Girl Well, I came here to see relatives. But now
two years old! But I also play keyboards – I’ve I’m here, I really want to go! It’s a big festival,
been doing that for about 9 or 10 years now. one of the best international music festivals.
And I’ve been learning to play the saxophone There are lots of great bands. They do lots of
recently. I’ve got one at home. I write my own cool stuff here – you can go and watch a band
music, and I’ve got different sound-recording playing a gig inside a mountain! Actually, it
equipment at home so I can record it and used to be a volcano, 4,000 years ago.
play it back. I want to become a professional Reporter Wow! Are you going? How do people get in
musician one day and I want to be on the there?
radio! I send my music to all my school friends,

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 Girl By helicopter. And unfortunately, only 20 Matthew Hmm. Yes, but I like parties, and I’d love to
people can get tickets, so no. But despite all have a DJ, or something like that.
the cool stuff, this festival is special because Ursula DJs are even more expensive, aren’t they?
it’s one of the most environmentally friendly The problem with parties is drawing up the
festivals in the world. guest list. You have so many friends, and it’s
Reporter OK, why? really difficult to say some people can come,
Girl Well, the first thing is that the festival is in the but other people can’t. And then, organizing
middle of June. And of course, in Iceland in food and drink is really hard. Everybody likes
the winter, the sun never comes up. But right different food, and it’s just difficult to make
now, it’s up for 24 hours. everyone happy, isn’t it? And I’m not very
good at organizing things.
Reporter Of course, yes. Iceland is near the Arctic, isn’t
it? Matthew Hmm. Neither am I. OK, let’s think of
something completely different. I know! I was
Girl Yes, and it’s light all day long, so that saves a reading about these games you can play in
lot of energy on lights! teams. Basically, people stand in a room and
Reporter That’s amazing. But if people don’t sleep, wear virtual reality glasses – you know, you
they’ll be really tired! How long is the festival? put them on and you see a whole different
Girl It’s for three days. And after that, everyone world in front of you – and you play in a big
feels really strange. It’s difficult to sleep! And computer game together.
the other thing is that this festival uses special Ursula Er … I’m not sure everyone would like that.
energy to power everything. And wearing virtual reality glasses? Don’t you
Reporter From the sun? want to see your guests and talk with them?
It’s better than playing computer games!
Girl From under the ground. In Iceland, it’s very
hot under the ground. So the water and the Matthew Yes, you’re right.
rock is hot. And they can use that to make Ursula OK, but have you heard of escape rooms?
energy for everything at the festival. Matthew No?
Reporter Cool! But … if people come to this festival, Ursula It’s another type of game. You’re locked in a
they will need to fly. Is that true? And they room with your friends. And you have a short
might leave lots of litter behind. amount of time to get out again.
Girl Well, yes. It’s not easy to get to Iceland Matthew And how do you do that?
unless you fly. So most people do that. So,
the people who organise the festival ask the Ursula Inside the room are lots of games and puzzles.
guests to walk or use public transport when Every time you complete a game, you get
they are in Reykjavik, and not to use cars. closer to finding a key or a code, which you
And to recycle their rubbish, not just throw it use to get out of the room. But you have
away. And they do. It’s not always easy to be to work with your friends, help each other.
environmentally friendly, but you can do lots I’ve heard it’s fun. I think it would be really
of small, positive things. interesting.

Reporter Well, that’s good. Helena, thanks very much Matthew Hmm. So do I. And I wouldn’t have to draw up
for talking to us! a big guest list, or send out lots of invitations.
I could just have about five or six people, who
really like playing games like that.
SKILLS TEST 7 Ursula OK, so let’s do that!
Track 07
Matthew OK, Ursula, so it’s my birthday next weekend. SKILLS TEST 8
You haven’t forgotten about it, have you?
Track 08
Ursula No, because you tell me about it every
time I see you, Matthew! Are you planning Boy Oh, it’s raining.
anything? Girl Oh no. Not again.
Matthew I was thinking about a party. Maybe hire a Boy Yes. When I was younger, I used to think my
room. What do you think? mother could stop the rain, just by shouting
Ursula Yeah, we could do that. But hiring a room is ‘stop’!
expensive, isn’t it? And we had a party for Girl Why did you think that? No-one can do that,
your last birthday. And so did I. It might be can they?
nice to do something a bit different this year.

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 Boy Because when she was driving, and it was SKILLS TEST 9
raining, she did it a lot. She used to say ‘stop’
Track 09
and the rain really did stop for a few seconds.
Presenter
Girl Really? How?
In today’s podcast, I want to focus on a talented man
Boy Well, I didn’t realise that every time she did
who has experienced many difficulties in life, but who has
it, she was driving under a bridge. I only
recently been given a second chance. His name is Osama
understood what was happening when I was
Abdul Mohsen, and his home country of Syria has been
about seven.
destroyed by years of war. Millions of Syrians have had to
Girl I used to think that my teachers lived in their leave the country, because it became too dangerous to
classrooms. I was really surprised one day, stay. Abdul Mohsen and his family were among them.
when I was walking down the street with my
They had a good life in Syria, and Abdul Mohsen had
mum, and I saw my maths teacher coming
a very successful career, working as a football coach. He
towards me. I couldn’t understand how it was
taught professional footballers in Syria’s first-division team,
possible.
Al-Fotuwa.
Boy I used to think that I could show people things
This came to an end during the war, of course. Abdul
using a phone. I remember getting a new toy,
Mohsen’s house in Syria was destroyed. The town where
and I phoned my grandmother and tried to
he lived became impossible to live in, with no water or
show it to her.
electricity. Even the schools were destroyed, so he and his
Girl But you can do that. children had no choice, except to leave.
Boy Now you can, yes, but it didn’t use to be In the next few months, Abdul Mohsen and his son
possible. travelled to Greece on a dangerous boat, and decided to
Girl It’s not just children, though. I read that when continue towards Germany, hoping to find a new home.
they invented the first phones, a lot of people They just wanted somewhere safe to stay, but they didn’t
didn’t like them. They couldn’t understand have an easy time. In Hungary, a journalist kicked Abdul
how a little voice was inside the phone. Mohsen to the ground while he was carrying his seven-
year-old boy. This was filmed by cameras, and a video of
Boy Yes, and I saw a programme about trains.
the event went viral. Millions of people saw him, including
People used to think that if you travelled
some people working for a Spanish footballing academy.
more than 30 miles an hour, you would die!
When the Spanish school found out that Abdul
Girl Because the human body can’t go faster than
Mohsen was a famous footballing coach, they found a
30 miles an hour?
way to contact him. He was offered the chance to come to
Boy Yes! And there was another programme about Spain and continue his footballing career.
cinema. One of the first movies, about 100
Abdul Mohsen said ‘yes’ straight away, and took a train
years ago, showed a train coming towards the
to Madrid to begin his new life. He was welcomed as a
audience. And the people in the audience
hero, meeting Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.
were so scared, they ran out of the cinema!
Abdul Mohsen’s young son even entered the Santiago
They thought it was real! They couldn’t
Bernabeu stadium before an important match.
understand what they were watching.
Girl Funny. Maybe people have always been afraid
of new technology. What are you scared of
now? Because, in the future, people will look
back at us, and think how funny we were.
Boy I would be afraid if computers became too
intelligent. Robots so intelligent that they can
drive cars, or think better than we can. Maybe
computers will control everything. Maybe
they will even control the weather …
Girl It would be good if we had a computer to
stop this rain!

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Track 10 Track 11
Girl Speaker
Hello everyone. Thank you for coming. I’m going to In today’s podcast, I’m going to be talking about a
talk today about health and work. No, I don’t mean how journalist called Robert Kelly who accidentally became
to sit at your desk, or use a computer properly. That’s famous when he was giving a news report about a political
important, but I want to talk about something else. I read situation in South Korea. Usually, we imagine that giving
that between 20 and 40 percent of workers really don’t news reports is only dangerous when the journalist is
like their jobs. That’s a lot. And, as we all know, when you reporting from a war zone, or something like that. But as
don’t like what you’re doing, your health can get worse Robert Kelly showed, even reporting from your own home
and worse. can be risky!
So, the official title of my talk is ‘Four signs why you Robert was giving his report via a webcam over the
need to give in your notice!’. Here is the first sign. One. internet in his home, talking to a TV presenter in London.
You start to eat bad food. For many people, as soon as Everything looked very serious, and professional. Then,
they feel unhappy, they want to eat something to make suddenly, behind Robert, a door opened, and a little girl
them feel better. After a horrible day at work, they came in. She was wearing a bright yellow jumper, and
feel they can come home and do something nice for started dancing and smiling behind him. The presenter in
themselves, for example, eat a big bar of chocolate. And London tried to warn Robert what was happening, but
then another bar. They stop making healthy food for Robert continued with his report, and when the little girl
themselves, because it doesn’t make them happy straight came up to him to play, he gently pushed her away.
away. And this is very bad, because the body doesn’t get And then, another little baby came into a room
the vitamins it needs. And unless you have good food, you behind Robert’s back! The baby was closely followed by
don’t have energy, and you won’t take regular exercise. a very nervous woman – Robert’s wife – who was trying
Two. You feel that no-one likes you. It’s not always a to control the situation. She tried to persuade the two
problem to work long hours. If you work a lot, and other children, who just wanted to dance and play, to get out of
people like what you do, and you can see that you’re the room. After a few seconds, she managed to take them
doing a good job, then you’ll feel happy. But if you work out of the room. All the time, Robert didn’t stop talking to
a lot, and other people don’t say thank you, or you don’t the presenter, looking seriously at the camera.
know if you’re successful or not, then that can be really The clip of Robert’s report went viral, and millions of
bad. You start feeling sad, and tired all the time. Worse, people watched it online. Most people thought it was
you start to worry if you are good, or not. This can make funny – but it made others angry. They said that Robert
you really ill. was wrong to continue with his report and that it was bad
Three. You don’t relax enough. So, if you’re worrying that he didn’t play with his children. Others said that he
about your work, you will take your problems home with didn’t encourage his daughter to sit with him, or invite her
you. You won’t be able to stop thinking about work. And to take part in the report. Instead, he allowed his wife to
this means you might have problems when you go to bed deal with the children in the background. After all, like any
at night. You won’t sleep well. And unless you get enough children, Robert’s daughters just wanted to play.
sleep, you won’t be healthy. Sleep and good food are the Finally, after Robert had become an internet star, he
two most important things our bodies need. gave another report – this time about himself. With his
And last but not least … four. You need to see a doctor wife and children in front of the webcam, he told his
a lot. This is my last point. People who hate what they do interviewer how hilarious the event had been, and how all
are often ill. If you have lots of colds, or you need to make his friends had made fun of him. Robert said that he loved
lots of appointments to see a doctor, then maybe it’s working from home, as it allowed him to spend more time
because you’re unhappy. If you’re unhappy for a very long with his family. However, now he wants to make sure he
time, this can cause more serious health problems when has a lock for his office door!
you’re older.
So, it’s not enough to just earn a lot of money. Your
friends might think you have the best job in the world, but
unless you like what you’re doing, you might get sick!

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Track 12
Sally
I want to talk to you today about a simple, but
interesting game called the ‘Imitation game’. First of all, I
will explain the rules. Then, I’d like to tell you why it’s really
important.
Here are the rules. It’s very simple to play it. You just
need three players. You need at least one girl or one boy
in the team. And how do you play? Well, you can play this
game over the internet, by email, if you want. But in the
past, people played it with pens and pieces of paper.
Before you start, you need to name the players A, B and
C. But, make sure that Player C can’t see Players A and B.
Player C isn’t allowed to know who is who. First, Player C
has to write questions for A and B, to find out who is the
girl and who is the boy. Then, Players A and B write the
answers and send them back to Player C. Player A should
try to fool Player C, but Player B should try to help Player
C. Player C can’t break the rules by asking ‘Are you a girl or
boy?’. Finally, Player C tries to guess which player (A or B)
is the girl, and which one is the boy, just by looking at the
written messages.
Well, the ‘imitation game’ is a simple one, but it’s also
a very important one. If people hadn’t played it, we
wouldn’t have had an important development in the
history of computers. In 1950, a very clever scientist called
Alan Turing encouraged people to change the game so
that player A was not a girl or a boy, but a computer.
Player B was a real person. But Player C needed to ask
questions to find out who was the real person, and who
was the computer. This is now called the ‘Turing Test’.
Turing said that when a computer could fool someone
into thinking it was a real person, then it would show that
computers were as intelligent as people. He also said that
computers would be able to do this by the year 2000. But,
it hasn’t happened yet!
It’s possible that, one day, computers will think and
communicate just like humans. Or maybe better! Some
people warn that this could happen soon, and I agree.
Computers are much more intelligent now than they used
to be in the 1950s. They can even break into people’s
emails or bank accounts. That’s why you often have to
type in a special code on websites, to prove that you are
not a machine!

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