General English 3 General English 3 AUDIO SCRIPTS OF GE3 Unit 1 Eat Less, Feel Better 1 A chef is making BRAISED DUCK WITH GINGER on a TV cooking show Listen and put these instructions in order MC Tod[.]
General English AUDIO SCRIPTS OF GE3 Unit 1: Eat Less, Feel Better A chef is making BRAISED DUCK WITH GINGER on a TV cooking show Listen and put these instructions in order MC: Today we’re talking about a simple but delicious meal that you can make for your family on the weekend Welcome to the show, Will So let’s get started! Will: Great! To cook braised duck with ginger, you need a whole duck, sliced ginger root, vegetable oil, cilantro leaves, fish sauce, pepper, red chilli, some salt and sugar MC: Duck, sliced ginger, vegetable oil, cilantro leaves and other spices Right? Will: Yes, here’s how you make it First, rub the duck with half the mixture of ginger and salt Then rinse and cut into pieces Heat oil and fry duck slowly until the skin looks nice and brown MC: How long should we fry the duck? Will: Fry until the skin looks nice and brown Then, add remaining ginger, fish sauce and sugar MC: What will we next? Will: Keep frying, then cover with boiling water, add chili and pepper, and simmer until duck is tender After that, remove form the heat Garnish with cilantro leaves MC: Wow, it looks delicious! Thank Will People are ordering food at a restaurant Are these statements True or False? Listen and check the correct answer Waiter: Good evening Would you like to order now, mam? Customer: Oh, yes Can I have some rice with tomato soup Waiter: Yes, would you like the special of the day? Customer: What is it? Waiter: Well, today’s special is beef steak It is served with smashed potato Customer: Great I’ll take that And, can I also have some fries please? Waiter: I’m sorry we are out of fries today Customer: Oh, OK That’s fine Waiter: Would you like some dessert? Customer: I don’t think so, but let me ask my son Oh yes, give him a banana pancake please Waiter: Thank you Your meal will be ready in 15 minutes Listen to people discussing places and foods to eat Where and what they decide to eat? Check the answer A: What you feel like eating? B: Oh, something quick We had a huge lunch at Victoria restaurant, so let’s just pick up some chicken at KFC A: B: Do you want to eat out or would you rather eat at home? We’ve eaten out a lot this week I’m happy to stay home if I don’t have to cook A: B: A: B: I’m really starving Where can we eat? Well, there always good steak on 9th Street It doesn’t sound good, though I feel like eating some young tofu OK Let’s eat at Hoa Su restaurant instead A: B: I’d like to try a seafood restaurant today what you think? Seafood sounds good I was going to suggest some fried rice, nut seafood’s a lot better A: How about some vegetarian food for dinner? B: Oh, I can’t eat that any more Let’s eat something really special Why don’t we try Sao Hom restaurant? A: What’s the special there? B: Lots of good food, but I’m sure you will love spring rolls there A: Uhm sounds yummy A: B: A: B: Where should we eat this weekend? How about Thien Tam vegetarian restaurant? Oh no, I have to cook for my family this weekend Do you want to join us? Sure Why not? Unit 2: Fly High People talking about their holidays Listen and tick the places they visited in each list below We really loved China We wanted to go to Korean too, but we didn’t have time Then we went on to Malaysia I love the cities there We finished with a week in Thailand It was all exciting Well, we started in Holland, but decided not to go to Russia So, we went to Spain instead It’s a beautiful country We didn’t go to Italy this year, but went straight on to Egypt That was a great trip I’m sorry we went to Denver It’s an ugly place But we loved San Francisco It is a very interesting city Then we went on to Chicago, where the U.S president, Obama comes from We took a flight to Washington D.C and had a couple of days there, and then found we didn’t have to go to New York We had a terrific trip to Vietnam We started in Ho Chi Minh city, and then took a train to the North But we didn’t stop to visit Hanoi We went straight on to Sapa It’s a wonderful place to walk around We wanted to go to Halong Bay, but then we decided to visit Dalat The weather was perfect there Then, we finished our trip in Cantho, the central city of the Mekong Delta We loved the local foods very much Paul, Katherine, Duy and Heidi are talking about the activities they did during their trips Listen and fill in the table Paul: Well, I did not much last summer holiday I went to Honkong There were many places to shop However, prices are too high there nowsaday But, the food was great and quite cheap It’s a wonderful placejust to walk around in and look at the modern high buildings So, I did a lot of walking and ate lots of good food Katherine: It’s a very nice place to visit if you like being outdoors The scenery is beautiful I took a bus trip around the island and sailed I also went skiing with my family Unfortunately, the water was too cold there for swimming I didn’t like the local food It was very spicy Duy: I went to Vinpearl, Nha Trang last summer There are many exciting games I tried most of them There are also very good beaches there I went swimming every morning Everything was quite cheap, I bought many souvenirs Heidi: I spent my summer in Petoskey, Michigan Believe it or not, it was cold there The temperature was from 500F to 700F That made it feel like winter I had lots of fun with water skiing, and hiking On the last day of my summer, I went canoeing with my friend’s family It was such a memorable experience UNIT 3: Spice up Your Life Person A: I used to watch a lot of TV until I realized that I had some problems such as backache So I began jogging At first, I ran about one kilometer, then three, then ten, and finally I ran a half marathon, 21 kilometers! I’ve been running for three years now and I’m getting better Person B: I live with my mom and my brother in a house that is full of toys and dolls The thing I like doing best is playing with teddy bears I’ve been collecting them seen I was little, and now I have about 200 teddy bears Person C: My favourite thing to in my free time is reading novels and poets Lately, I started writing a short story and had it published on a local newspaper That encouraged me a lot I’ve only been doing it for few months now, but I really like it And the best part is that all of my friends think that my stories are pretty and realistic Listen to the interview Match people and their hobbies MC: Anna: MC: Anna: MC: Anna: MC: Anna: Welcome to “You Can Do It!” every week in the studio, we talk to three people who can some unusual things that have taken over their lives So, let’s meet this week’s first guest Hi, my name’s Anna, and I love cooking Well, that is not unusual, but I know you know how to cook a lot of dishes That’s right I can cook about 700 dishes Wow, how did you begin cooking? My mum worked as a chief in a star hotel I spent a lot of time in her kitchen and I fell in love with cooking How long have you been in cooking career? Well, I’m 22 now, and I cooked my first dish when I was six, I think So I’ve been cooking for…16 years? MC: Nate: MC: Nate: MC: Nate: MC: Nate: MC: Nate: MC: Thank you, Anna Now, let’s welcome the second guest today, Nate Johnson Hi, how are you? Hi, Nate I’m good Thanks Can you tell us about your hobby? Well, I am passionate about stamps I collect stamps What kind of stamps you collect? Any kind I love stamps They have different meanings and histories When did you start doing this hobby? Well, I think I had the first stamp for my collection at the age of So, how many stamps have you got so far? I have 300 collections, so there are about 300 thousands approximately Oh, that is worth a lot of money, I guess MC: Phong: MC: Phong: MC: Phong: MC: Phong: OK, and now please join me to welcome a special guest from Vietnam, Phong Nguyen Hi everyone! My name’s Phong What you do, Phong? I’m an office worker I some normal office work What you like to as a hobby? You know I am into travelling When did you take up this hobby? The first trip in my life was to Ha Long Bay Oh my god, it was beautiful Then, I loved to visit places in my country and other countries Where have you been? I’ve been to many Asian countries, The United States, Brazil, Australia, but I have never visited any European countries Where you plan to travel in the future? MC: Phong: MC: Phong: MC: Frank: Friend: Frank: Friend: Frank: Friend: Frank: Friend: Frank: My friends and I are very excited about the trip across Europe Sounds very interesting Thank you, Mr Phong UNIT 4: Let’s Google I just don’t know what to spend this amount of monkey on? Buy something you really need I don’t want clothes, shoes, a cell phone, or a motorcycle I think I want an MP3 player Come on Aren’t you taking a Vietnamese conversation class? Yes, I am Have you had any problems with new words and the pronunciation? Oh my god It is very hard I can’t always pronounce correctly Then, get an electronic dictionary instead of using dictionary in the library You can use it to translate individual words or complete sentences It also helps you see the words and even listen to them and practice pronunciation Yeah, that’s a great idea Thanks, buddy Nguyen: Friend: Nguyen: Friend: OK Let’s some shopping I need to buy something for myself What you want to buy? Hmmm, a new cell phone It will help me chat with my friends in English Well, it would be true, but actually, if you want to learn English seriously, you should buy a computer Nguyen: How can the computer communicate with me? Friend: Oh my god, you’re such a country pumpkin Install some English learning softwares into your computer Then, you don’t need to find a partner to practice your English Nguyen: That sounds good, but I still want to have a cell phone Please tell me which one should I buy Friend: OK Buy M200 with a built-in digital camera It has a wireless Internet connection, so you can send images to other phones and post them on the Internet for the whole world to see Nguyen: Great! Let’s go shopping! Eliza: Friend: Eliza: Friend: Eliza: Friend: Eliza: Friend: Eliza: Friend: I hate this CD player What’s wrong with it? It usually cannot read old CDs which include my favourite songs Oh, not many people now use a CD player It is not really convenient to use Buy a new MP3 player Really? How does it work? Are you kidding me? Don’t tell me you have no idea about MP3 player Yes, I’m serious I have never even touched it Oh, OK You can use an MP3 player to download tracks from the Internet and read the lyrics of the songs you’re listening to You can also listen to your favourite radio station and see the names of the hot new artists You can use it to record your own karaoke songs For watching music videos and clips from new movies, you’re going to love the high speed Internet connection! Uhm…sounds great, but does it work with batteries? Well, you’re afraid it’s not durable? No worries! Use rechargeable batteries and charge them regularly It will work well Unit 5: Go Green! Listen to the weather report and locate where the phenomenon happened So, what the weather like in Vietnam this past year? Well, it was a typical year for weather As usual, we had a little of everything Let’s go back to the beginning of the year Early in January, we saw record low temperatures in Sapa, north of Vietnam, as cold air moved down China, and the temperatures dropped through out the mountainous areas It snowed for one week Whereas people were excited about the event, thousands of kids and students had to stay home because schools were closed those days In May, there were severe thunderstorms and tornadoes in the central highland area, a record tornadoes hit Dalat in one week Many homes were destroyed Roads were stuck and airports were closed In July, a heat wave brought record high temperatures to Hanoi, and the Southwest High temperatures caused wildfires in a total area of 500 acres of forest land The drought then continued in Hue In August, the Mekong River was pounded by hurricanes and tropical storms Winds up to 123 km/ hour caused widespread damage The steady rain brought major floods to Ho Chi Minh city and the southwestern area At that time in Hoi An, 2,000 people were evacuated from their homes and taken to emergency shelters So, all in all, it was a typical year Some good, some bad Let’s hope that this year will bring wonderful weather Ranger: Visitor 1: Ranger: Visitor 1: Ranger: Welcome to the park Are you having a good time? Yes, but it’s not very crowded So few people! It never used to be like this Yes, it gets quieter this summer Is that because the roads are closed? Exactly There was just too much traffic You know people complain about the garbage, bad smell from rivers and wild animals Visitor 2: Hmm…That seems right? What about camping? Can we camp here? Ranger: Oh yes, you can camp But you have to make a reservation in advance because the campgrounds are very popular Visitor 2: But I suppose campers are hard on the environment, too Ranger: Well, we can minimize that if people cooperate And most campers have to be sure that people keep their food in locked containers That’s a bit harder Visitor 1: Why they have to keep food locked? Ranger: Yes, unfortunately some monkeys are attracted by anything that smells or looks interesting They might rob the food that you save for lunch Visitor 2: Oh cool! Ranger: Unfortunately, this park will move to a suburban area since the city government wants to build a commercial center here Visitor 1: Really? Ranger: Yes So, you can see most of the roads have been closed Maybe, we will be completely closed by the end of this month Unit 6: New Energies Listen to people talking about their neighborhood Mark the sentences (T) True of (F) False Mai: I took a filed trip in Luong Tam village, and saw something interesting Jack: Didn’t you see farmers raise a lot of pigs and chicken around their houses? Mai: Exactly That causes bad smell and is not good for people’s health Jack: It’s right, but you know the chicken and pig’s dung is very useful for farmers Mai: Jack: Mai: Jack: Mai: Jack: I don’t know what you mean? Well, the dung can be stored in a plant which creates gas for their daily cooking That saves a lot of their money and make the cooking easier especially in the rainy season I know many people in the highlands now use some kind of solar power water heater That is much better for both environment and health Right, but the weather heater using solar power is not cheap at all The pigs’ dung can be safely used in biogas plants Then it is also used for plants and trees in the gardens My uncle says that he has to always use lot of insecticides and fertilizers for the crops even though scientists warn them not to Vegetables, rice plants can’t grow well with only pig’s dung But obviously, not only farmers but only factories make use of the gas from biogas plants Listen to Dr Zhang Ji talking about the solar cookers for rural Tibetan people Complete the following outline “Renewable Energies in Rural Areas” is a program that aims to improve the living and working condition of the rural population by promoting the utilization of renewable energies Traditionally, the only fuel available in the rural Tibetan community was either fuel wood, in the lower regions supplemented increasingly by roots of bushes, or sheep dung in the upper regions With current restrictions on wood collections, the costs in time and money, especially for poor semi-nomadic or agricultural families run high because they have to travel longer and longer distance to collect and transport wood Therefore, renewable energies are very necessary for those people There are two technologies which can help solve the problem: fuel saving cooking and heating stoves and solar cooker First, solar cooker can save fuel People can boil water during the daytime and put it in vacuum flasks in order to use for the whole day Also, using solar cookers, people can save a lot of time spent for collecting wood, and they can sell the wood as an extra income However, in winter, solar cookers can’t be used Then, fuel saving cooking and heating stoves are well-suited because they use less sheep bung or wood, produce less smoke, and function well even when the wind is turning Unit 7: The Global Village Listen to Professor Fields talking about globalization and complete the chart What a McDonald’s outlet in Japan, the hip-hop craze in Taiwan and Black Entertainment Television (BET) in the Caribbean nation of St Vincent and the Grenadines have in common? They are examples of globalization at work! Globalization means increasing the interdependence, connectivity and integration on a global level with respect to the social, cultural, political, technological, economic and ecological levels Let’s talk about its benefits and effects First of all, there are a number of advantages that globalization can bring to human beings One, goods and people are transported with more easiness and speed Two, free trades between countries increases Three, since global mass media a connect all people in the world, the cultural barriers reduce and the global village dream becomes more realistic However, globalization is not all good Firstly, the destruction of traditional ways of life may result from exposure to some of the values disseminated by the mass media That may result from in an increase in social problems such as crime and violence Second, there is a likelihood that that control of world media by a handful of corporations will limit cultural expression There is also a chance of reactions to globalization by more traditional individuals being violent in an attempt to preserve cultural heritage And, finally, environmental integrity decreases as polluting corporations take advantage of weak regulatory rules in developing countries Listen to people discussing the cultures they are from and Circle the correct answer Yadira: Shalid, where are you from? Shalid: Well, I was born in Brazil, but actually I grew up in Arabia Yadira: People say that you have many interesting customs in your culture Shalid: Right, I think my culture is quite interesting to people from other countries For example, we frequently eat our meals with hands Yadira: Really? So what you usually before eating? Shalid: Can you guess? Yadira: I think you have a shower Shalid: Well, not necessary We always have to wash our hands before and after meals Yadira: What about your culture, Eliza? Eliza: Well, in the United States, there is a popular way to celebrate the future birth of a child Yadira: What is it called? Eliza: It’s called a baby shower Yadira: What people then? Eliza: Parents receive gifts for their newborn or expected child The party is intended to help parents get items that they need for their baby, such as baby clothes Yadira: Oh, interesting Shalid: What about visiting a friend? Eliza: Well, if you want to visit your friend, you should make a call first to ensure that he or she is available at that time You know everyone is busy and privacy is highly valued in the U.S Shalid: So, you have any special customs like taking off the hats when talking to the host of a party, for instance? Eliza: I don’t think so We are pretty liberal, but it’s very common to shake hands with the host Shalid: I believe all cultures are very interesting So, understanding the cultures of people is really helpful It makes your communication go smoothly and easily Eliza: That’s definitely true