Narrator: Listen to two students discussing a flight demonstra
tion.
Student 1 : That was a fascinating flight we saw. Now we have to write up the report for the school newspaper.
Student 2: Okay. Well, we should start with the name of the designer of the plane.
Student 1 � Right. I'll just write that down. The designer was Steve Wilson, and the pilot's name was Joe Apple
wood. What about the names of the passengers? Did you get those?
Student 2: No, but there were two of them, we can just put that.
We don't need their names.
Student 1 : We should say something about the design of the plane, like the size of the propeller. How big was it?
Student 2: I'm not sure. It was big, but I couldn't say the exact size.
Student 1 : Well, we should say something about it. What about the speed of rotation? How fast did that propeller move?
Student 2: I don't know. If we'd had a chance to confer with the pilot, we could've found out. But he left too quickly.
Student .1 : Okay, so we can't include that information. We'll have to write more about the flight. It was a really prolonged flight.
Student 2: Yeah, he was cruising up there for at least thirty min
utes, a lot longer than I expected. So write that down.
And what a flexible machine. It handled the turns really well.
Student l : Yeah, especially considering the weather conditions.
It was so windy and cloudy, there must have been some turbulence.
Student 2: There probably was. We'll put that in the report, too.
k Unit 10: Inventions-The Transatlantic Cable
Narrator: Listen to a tour guide at a museum.
Tour Guide:
Welcome to the City Museum of Invention. We'll begin our tour with a brtef oveiView of the history of the museum. This museum first opened it� doors in 1985, the result of years of effort by the mayor and others in our city. In 1 975, the city's mayor first got the idea to start a museum about inventions. After he got several experts interested. he set out to rally the necessary funds. In 1 976, several events were held to raise the requisite amount of money to begin construction of a building to house the museum.
They had almost raised enough money when there was an unex
pected setback. A family that had promised a large percentage of the needed funds inexplicably withdrew their offer. It was toward the end of 1 977 that this large gift was lost. Although there was an inquiry. it was never made clear why the funds were with
drawn. Plans for the museum were put aside for five or six years.
But a group of interested people renewed the efforts. and by 1 982 they had rallied enough monetary support to go ahead with the plans. That year, construction on the building began. In just under three years. the museum was completed, the result of the perseverance of a number of dedicated people. The museum con
tinues to be a popular part of our city's culture. Although every
thing in the museum follows the theme of inventions. the vartety of the exhibits will appeal to visitors of disparate interests. Our most popular exhibit. which is all about cable 1V. was first opened in 1 998.
Track 1 Introduction
Unit 1 : Natural World
Track 2 Environmental Impacts of Logging
Track 3 Bird Migration Track 4 Plant Life In the
Taklimakan
Unit 2: Leisure Time
Track 5 Peripheral Vision In Sports
Track 6 History of the Circus Track 7 Uses of Leisure Time
Unit 3: Transportation
Track 8 First Headlamps
Track 9 Major Subways of Europe Track 1 0 Electric Cars Around
the Globe
Unit 4: Culture
Track 1 1 Origins of Writing Track 1 2 Hula Dancing in
Hawaiian Culture Track 1 3 The Art of Mime
Unit 5: Health
Track 1 4 Nurse Migration
Track 1 5 Aerobic Exercise and Brain Health
Track 1 6 How Drugs Are Studied
Unit 6: Tourism
Track 1 7 Hiking the Inca Trail Track 1 8 What Is Ecotourlsm?
Track 19 Learning Vacations
Unit 7: Business
Track 20 What Makes a Small Business Successful?
Track 2 1 Track 22
Brand Loyalty
Global Outsourcing
Unit 8: Society
Track 23 Social Networking
Track 24 Why Are Women Leaving Science Careers?
Track 25 Wheelchair-Accessibility Issues
Unit 9: Education
Track 26 Learning Styles
Track 27 The Homeschool Option Track 28 Educating the Gifted
Unit 1 0: Inventions
Track 29 The Development of the Lightbulb
Track 30 The Invention of
Variable-Pitch Propellers Track 3 1 The Transatlantic Cable
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