TEXTS FOR LISTENING COMPREHENSION STUDENT’S BOOK
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Stella I have to get up at seven even though I would really prefer to sleep much later. I don’t usually have time for breakfast in the morning because I have to catch a bus at half past seven. The bus is usually completely packed and it really makes me envy my schoolmates who don’t have to ride the bus to school. When I get home after school I like to relax for some time and then I start my homework. Before I know it, the afternoon has gone and it is evening. After I help clean up after dinner, I watch a film or music programme on TV or spend some time on the Internet. Sometimes I like to go downtown to see a movie or to go to a concert with my friends. About every other day I have a date with my boyfriend. Peter Everybody has a daily routine, but mine is really interesting. Every morning I get up at half past seven and have a shower. At eight o’clock I have my favourite breakfast – two eggs with bacon and orange juice. After breakfast I go for a walk with my dog in the park. After this I go home to relax, listen to music and the news. At two o’clock I go to the swimming pool and teach little children how to swim. When I get back home, I have lunch. After this I go shopping for food for my dog. At six o’clock I study French on a French course. I’m twenty years old so after dinner I hang out with my friends and we chat and have fun. Helen My day starts in the ordinary way. I make my bed, brush my teeth, take a shower, have breakfast, put on my school uniform... and then go to school. When I arrive at school, I collect my Tablet PC from the Learning Centre. My school has a great number of computers. Then I go to my Tutor Room for Registration at 8:30. The attendance of every child attending school each morning and afternoon is recorded in a special book. Then we listen to announcements to see what special things are happening at school that day or week. At about 8:50 we leave the Tutor Room to go to our First Period. Every day I have a different lesson during the first period: Humanities, Maths, Drama and Music or French. Each period lasts for 50 minutes.
brought him world-wide fame, he doesn’t want to be remembered only as James Bond. Thomas Sean Connery’s early life was worlds away from that of the character which made him a star. His family was so poor that Connery left school at an early age to take various part-time jobs. At the age of 16, he joined the Navy but left due to health problems. Finally he found himself in the world of films, but playing only small roles at first. However, in 1962 two producers saw a potential Bond in Connery for their adaptation of Ian Fleming’s novel Dr No. The film was a huge hit and Connery became a star. He played the role of the Secret Agent 007 in six films over the next decade. Goldfinger with its glamorous locations, beautiful women and exciting action really started the Bond craze, and Connery found himself part of it. Unfortunately, the public was unwilling to accept him in anything else and his other films all sank without a trace. After long negotiations, Connery agreed to do one more Bond film, Diamonds Are Forever in 1971. He donated his entire fee for that film to a charity he had set up to help educate poor Scottish children. Other actors took part in the next Bond films and Connery slowly started building a reputation as a good actor who was more than just James Bond. He returned to the Bond role one last time in Never Say Never Again in 1983. After that, he appeared in The Name of the Rose and other hits, including Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and The Hunt for Red October.
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My Daily Routine
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Sean Connery as James Bond 164
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According to the latest survey, for the British Sean Connery is the best Bond ever. Although this role
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Chasing tornadoes: More than just a thrill
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Chasing tornadoes is a business like any other. I think that when I first started, the idea of chasing storms for a living didn’t even cross my mind. I just thought about chasing when I had the time and money to buy gas, maybe going out of state once or twice a year. It was a hobby that didn’t make money, it spent it. At first I went chasing for a couple of weeks in May, but now I spend a few months every year chasing tornadoes. I am now doing serious tornado research in the hope of helping to develop tornado warning systems for people and I’m also working on tornado education and safety. But my research isn’t making money, it costs money. Some researchers are making a full-time living from studying tornadoes, but again, they work all year on the research, and only chase part-time. That means most of their year is spent at desks, in front of computers, working hard on their research and not chasing tornadoes all
