Listening LISTENING 48 page 98
Interviewer Good morning and welcome to Radio 25’s Real Lives programme.
Today we have in the studio Keith Biggins, a local charity worker. He has just
received some amazing news. Welcome to the studio, Keith.
Keith Thanks.
Interviewer Now, Keith, you have just found out that you have won an award from the Queen.
Keith Yes! I am going to Buckingham Palace next month to collect it. I can’t believe it.
Interviewer These awards are given to people for their services to their local community. And you are getting an award for your charitable work.
Keith Yes, but I feel I don’t deserve it. There are many wonderful community and charity workers in my area.
Interviewer When did you start this type of work?
Keith I have always done work for charity. Every year I raise money for homeless people and for children from poor families. I own a family business selling beds and it has always seemed wrong to me that I sell wonderful, expensive beds in my shops, but there are so many people in our society who do not have a bed at all. And there are still a lot of children growing up in poverty, fear and danger. I think a home should be a safe place with a warm bed to sleep in.
Interviewer You retired fifteen years ago, but you are still working?
Keith Yes. My son runs the family business now. But I still do my charity work and he helps me. For example, last year we raised money for community flats for homeless people and of course, we put beds in the flats. We also gave hundreds of beds to old people’s homes and to children’s homes. And last Christmas I collected more than 3,000 presents for poor children in our community.
Interviewer You are 67 years old now. Are you going to stop work soon?
Keith I don’t think so. There’s still so much more to do.
Interviewer Well, Keith, I think you deserve your award. Congratulations!
Keith Thank you very much indeed.
1 He’s going to collect an award from the Queen.
2 It sells beds.
3 He thinks it should be a safe place with a warm bed to sleep in.
4 They raised money for homeless people.
5 He collected more than 3,000 presents for poor children in his community.
6 Yes, there is still much more to do.
Reading page 98
1 science reporter
2 reports
3 future
4 UNSA
5 almost two weeks
6 roads, schools
7 tour
Use of English page 99
1 was visiting
2 was
3 had belonged
4 was given
5 had written
6 liked
7 had been marked
8 had almost disappeared
9 gave
10 would type
Speaking page 99
Students’ own answers
Writing page 99
Students own answers
Review 1
Exercise 1 page 105
1 was
2 of
3 old
4 was
5 in
6 were
7 when
8 didn’t
9 called
10 is
Exercise 2 page 105
1 saw
2 apply for
3 finished
4 worked
5 to look
6 want
7to go
8 believe
9 am
10 spent
11 working
12 liked
13 speak
14 am learning
15 hearing
Review 2
Exercise 1 page 106
1 is as funny as
2 is usually closed
3 can’t stand
4 not into
5 in quite a big
6 was buying my ticket when
7 didn’t invite many people
8 the tallest person
9 too impatient
10 ‘re not old enough
Exercise 2 page 106
1 a ➞ an
2 the ➞ a
3 little ➞ few
4 than ➞ as
5 Story ➞ The story
6 to ➞ too
7 much ➞ many
8 the ➞ a
9 entertaininger ➞ more entertaining
10 better ➞ best
11 dentist ➞ a dentist
12 any ➞ some
13 city ➞ the city
14 jokes enough ➞ enough jokes
15 worse ➞ worst
Review 3
Exercise 1 page 107
1 appeared
2 believe
3 happened
4 waiting
5 take
6 pay
7 be
8 allows
9 opens
10 tells
Exercise 2 page 107
1 won’t
2 might
3 may
4 been
5 had
6 you
7 started
8 Have
9 met
10 may
11 I’ll call
12 gone
13 They’ll be
14 I’ve seen
Review 4
Exercise 1 page 108
1 C
2 A
3 D
4 D
5 D
6 B
7 D
8 C
9 D
10 A
Exercise 2 page 108
1 wouldn’t
2 were
3 will
4 if
5 won
6 you’d
7 wish
8 could
9 you’ll
10 needn’t
11 won’t
12 don’t
13 must
14 mustn’t
15 you
Review 5
Exercise 1 page 109
1 unsuccessful
2 shelves
3 hid
4 wrote
5 borrowed
6 funny
7 arrested
8 prison
9 successful
10 exhibitions
Exercise 2 page 109
1 were coming
2 I’ve been
3 been taken
4 was moving
5 hadn’t
6 wanted
7 had told
8 could
9 said
10 be
11 was
12 stolen
13 be caught
14 was
15 be