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Second Edition 3 VIDEO SCRIPTS Listening & Speaking Unit 1: Identity
BERNARD SIQUIEROS: I think from the
NARRATOR: It is thought that 97 million VR NARRATOR:
beginning the focus of this facility was
headsets will have been sold by the year 2020.
This is Arizona, in the United
preservation, an education about the
This VR equipment costs approximately 800
States. Every year the people of a Native
history and culture, and that has been our
U.S. dollars per unit. Well, whereve r this man
American tribe called Tohono O’odham from
primary focus, is a facility that will teach tribal
is, it sure looks like he’s having fun trying out
northern Mexico and southern Arizona come
members that are here with us today and
all of that expensive VR equipment!
together to celebrate their identity, culture,
those that are yet to come about our history and traditions. Unit 3: Thought and our culture.
Young and old meet to parade through the
NARRATOR: How good is your memory?
town in traditional clothes, dance, sing, and Unit 2: Design
Would you like to be better at remembering
play percussion instruments. The tribe is
NARRATOR: These people might think that
English vocabulary, grammar, or important
working hard to keep their native language
they are at a theme park, but back in the real
numbers? The people at this event in
and traditions alive in the modern world.
world they are at the Mobile World Congress,
China are taking part in the World Memory
There is even a local radio station which
or MWC – an annual technology conference
Championships, a three-day competition
broadcasts modern and traditional music, as
held in Barcelona, Spain. Some of the world’s
with participants aged anywhere from 9 to
well as stories and language lessons. What
biggest manufacturers of VR technology come
74. This is one challenge where you need to
do members of the community have to say
to this event to demonstrate their games and remember playing cards.
about keeping their identity and culture alive? headsets.
NARRATOR: These competitors are just
DJ: The best thing is the elders that are
ANTONIO MUÑOZ: Today at MWC we are
having fun with a speed cup game in between
reminded, they are remembering things and
presenting as well some of the new features
tests, but in the competition, things are taken
then they get to tell the younger generations
and functionality that comes with the new much more seriously.
about the stories, so it’s very favorable.
HMD (head-mounted display), which include
NARRATOR: Everyone has a different
ROBERTA TEKLA: I believe we need our
a front-facing camera that will allow you
technique for remembering the numbers
culture and we need to teach our young and
to introduce some new safety features, like
and some people train for months before the
to keep the traditions going because that’s
blending the real and the virtual world. Our competition.
what keeps our self-identity of who we are.
HMD, our headset, is connected to the PC and NARRATOR:
So that then we are able to go out and tell Wang Feng has just broken a
we run the games through the PC platforms. people who we are.
new world record for remembering numbers.
NARRATOR: You can see the collection of How did he do it?
NARRATOR: There is a community college in
technology, or “kit” that you need to take part
Tohono O’odham where the local children go.
WANG FENG: I have spent three months
in the VR world. Here, we have the VR headset,
The chairwoman of the tribe, or T.O. people,
preparing for this championship. And each
the controls, and two square boxes. Antonio
believes it is important for children to learn
day I spend five to six hours practicing.
Muñoz explains what the technology does. about the tribe’s identity.
Actually, each year, I spend two to three
ANTONIO MUÑOZ: There’s a lot of
months preparing for competitions.
CHAIRWOMAN: We want our young people
technology going on in that kit. As part of the NARRATOR:
to learn and to lay a foundation for our own
What benefits are there for brain
default sales kit we provide two base stations
identity. When they leave the reservation and
training, or having a good memory? Dominic
that will fully track the user within the room.
they travel throughout the world people want
O’Brien, the eight times World Memory
We provide two fully tracked controllers and
to know, Who are you?, and you can get on Champion explains.
then also the HMD that includes a camera, a
the Internet and learn who the T.O. people are
microphone, super high quality lenses, and
DOMINIC O’BRIEN: I think it’s made me
but it’s best if we learn it ourselves before we
also a very high-resolution display.
more creative, it’s opened up my brain. You leave.
need to have a good memory to win this, you
NARRATOR: Why do people, of all ages, want
NARRATOR: The College President explains
also need to be able to concentrate, so there
to spend so much money on VR? Isn’t it just
the students’ futures living in a modern world.
are so many benefits once you start exploring
“gimmicky” – an expensive gadget or toy with
your imagination, your creativity.
COLLEGE PRESIDENT: They have big
no real value? Antonio Muñoz and Rob Kerr, NARRATOR:
dreams, they want to get into economic
a technology and mobiles expert, give their Tony Buzan is an expert on
development and we will help them become points of view.
brain training, memory, and helping the brain
successful in economic development by ANTONIO MUÑOZ:
use its enormous potential. He explains how So, there’s actually a lot offering that education. memory works.
of technology coming in that kit and we feel NARRATOR: TONY BUZAN:
There is also a Cultural Center
actually what we are providing the user is When the brain is bored
and Museum that plays a big part in the definitely worth every dollar.
it tunes out, switches off, goes to sleep,
community and plays an extremely important ROB KERR:
shuts down. And we’ve been taught not to VR could be seen by some as
role in keeping the traditional values alive.
daydream. We’ve been taught not to make
gimmicky unless you try it and when you try
The Project Administrator for the museum,
imaginative comments in class. We’ve been
it you know that there’s something there. You
Bernard Siquieros, explains the importance of
taught to be quiet, sit down, shut up. Whereas
know that it’s bringing something special into
the center to teach people about identity.
what the memory needs is imagination and
people’s lives, traveling distances you would
the ability to make links and association. never do yourself .
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Tobe humorous, to be happy. Then it learns Unit 5: Movement Unit 6: Disease and then it functions.
NARRATOR: New Year’s Eve in Times Square,
NARRATOR: How can bees and their honey
NARRATOR: Perhaps some of the tips and
New York City. As it begins to get dark some
help cure diseases and treat wounds? For
advice you have heard will help you with your
people are making their way home, while
thousands of years, natural, fresh honey has memory …
others are gathering in big crowds in the
been used against infections, but once it’s
middle of the city for a special event. It is
processed to be eaten, it loses all of its “good Unit 4: Fire
thought that around one million people,
bacteria”. Now, researchers in Sweden have
NARRATOR: As the sun rises in Chile, the
including lots of security, gather in Times
taken processed honey and mixed it with
agricultural workers are greeted by another
Square on December 31st to celebrate the
“good bacteria” from the bees’ stomach to
day of forest fires. The forest fires burned
end of one year and welcome in the next. create a medicine.
for four days, then spread to land where
Some people even wait for hours before
For years, bees have been dying out, and
grapes are produced. Juana Canales is an
midnight. Kim Austen has come from Texas…
originally, this medicine was used to help
agricultural worker. She cannot believe the
protect them against disease in their hives –
KIM AUSTIN: It does, it brings everyone
damage that the fires have caused. their homes that we see here.
together, we wanted the party atmosphere,
JUANA CANALES: The 2010 earthquake was
However, the medicine has since been
we are here, we’ve made lots of friends, we
nothing compared to this. We were scared
used to cure chronic wounds in horses that
have seven hours and fifteen minutes to go,
with the earthquake, but we’ve never seen
had proven resistant to normal treatment.
and we’re going to stick it out. anything as bad as the fire.
A scientist from Lund University, Sweden,
WILLY HOOPER: To be around all these
NARRATOR: A heat wave, together with
explains how the honey is used.
friendly people, this is a great place to be.
strong winds in the previous days, spread the
ALEJANDRA VASQUEZ: It’s actually the living
Don’t sit at home, watching TV – come here!
flames. The fires have already consumed over
bacteria that is the key ingredient in that. We
NARRATOR: But isn’t the wait cold?
126,000 hectares of land. Susana Molina also
can take this old medicine into a new level,
WILLY HOOPER: It doesn’t matter. It’s not
lives in the fire-damaged area.
in which we can standardize, for instance, a
cold, it’s like 60 degrees out here, you don’t
SUSANA MOLINA: The fire came and burnt
mixture of honey with this bacteria in a high feel it.
concentration and viable and then put it back
all my fields. I have four hectares and they
NARRATOR: Neither the cold weather nor
and try to mimic, as I said, this natural, fresh
were all burnt, everything except my house.
long distances can keep the crowds away.
honey and put it into chronic wounds.
NARRATOR: Although you can still see some
Some tourists have come all the way from
green grapes left on the vines, it will not be
NARRATOR: In laboratory conditions, the
France and Kyrgyzstan to be here and the
possible to save the harvest this year.
medicine has also proven effective against
closer we get to midnight, the more excited
difficult-to-treat infections in humans, and
FELIPE ZUNIGA: It has been a catastrophe the crowd becomes.
the team is hopeful that it could provide an
from the point of view that it is not only direct
NICOLAS: We came from France, for two alternative to antibiotics.
damage to the land that has totally burnt, but
weeks for New York, and we like it, and I guess
Researcher Dr Tobias Olofsson explains how
also to the grapes. It’s not possible to save
we have a good night, so it’s really fun.
the mixture contains many different active anything.
substances to create the new “wonder drug”.
BAKAI MADYBAEV: The feeling to be in the
NARRATOR: Chile’s President, Michelle
middle of the whole world, here with one
DR OLOFSSON: This bacteria that we have
Bachelet, has declared a state of emergency
million more people, that’s why we are here,
found, these 13 different lactic acid bacteria,
in some areas and says it’s the worst forest
just to feel that we are in the middle of the
they produce so many different products, so
fires that Chile has ever seen.
whole world, and New York, … that’s why we
many new antibiotics and other compounds
FELIPE ZUNIGA: At present we have lots of
came here, just because of this feeling.
that together are very hard to build up any
properties and hectares of land affected. resistance against.
NARRATOR: The crowd is waiting to see
NARRATOR: How did the forest fires start?
the Times Square Ball - which drops from
NARRATOR: So, the new medicine, created
The forestry service reported that the fires
a building at midnight. This represents the
from the honey and bacteria from bees has
were caused by humans, but they won’t say if
beginning of a brand new year and is when
been a big success. You could say that this
they were started intentionally. However they
the crowd will really start to celebrate.
news has created quite a buzz in the world of
started, it’s a tragedy for everyone affected. medicine!
ZAINAB CONTEH: I am looking for the big
Perhaps a new day will bring new hope. ball to drop.
NARRATOR: It won’t be until the early hours
of the morning until the crowd disperses and the people go home.
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NARRATOR: This is a wildlife center in
NARRATOR: There is an expression in English
NARRATOR: Researchers at Imperial College,
Nairobi, Kenya, where baby elephants are
that says crime doesn’t pay, and this was true
London, claim that not only is noise from
taken to be cared for when they have no
for one gang of criminals that tried to rob a
aircraft annoying, but it can also have a
parents. When babies have no parents, they bank in Vietnam.
negative impact on your health. A study of 3.6 are called “orphans”.
You would normally think of bank robbers
million people living near Heathrow airport
Elephants’ long teeth, or tusks, are made of
being dressed in masks and carrying bags of
suggests that local residents were far more
ivory. Ivory is extremely valuable to some
money, but this was not the case for those
likely to suffer from heart disease and strokes
cultures and people pay a lot of money for it.
who tried to steal from the Vietnamese bank,
than the rest of the population.
This means that people are killing the adult
TP Bank. These days it’s more common for
ANNA HANSELL: In the highest noise levels,
elephants who have the biggest tusks and
criminals to use computers to steal money.
so these were the areas generally speaking babies are left as orphans.
The head of the IT department of Vietnam’s
closer to Heathrow, we found around a 10
state bank spoke to news reporters to explain
EDWIN LUSICHI: The numbers of orphans
to 20 percent increased risk of both hospital what happened.
we are getting in the nursery have increased,
admissions and deaths from heart disease
right now we’ve got 23 orphans. There was a
LÊ MẠNH HÙNG: We checked activities going and stroke
time we had 38 orphans and so the numbers
on across bank accounts and found a strange
JOHN STEWART: Sometimes it’s people who
are increasing every now and then and this is
transaction that did not originally come
are woken up every morning when the first
because of the levels of poaching.
from TP Bank. It seems to have come from a
plane comes in at five thirty, they can’t sleep,
request to transfer money to an account in
NARRATOR: ‘Poaching’ means killing
they’re stressed out. Other times, it’s people Slovenia.
animals illegally. Edwin explains how
during the day saying that this constant noise
poaching can lead to extinction.
NARRATOR: So, what happened? Criminals
is really getting on their nerves.
tried to hack into TP Bank using an online
EDWIN LUSICHI: Currently in Africa, every 15
NARRATOR: But is this what everyone feels money transfer system.
minutes an elephant is gone. You can tell how about living near Heathrow?
They were going to steal approximately $1.36
long it will take before we lose everything. I
RESIDENT: I mean, I’m 70 now and I’ve lived
million by moving the money electronically
believe in 10 years, maximum 15 years, there
here and near here, all my life, and I’m still
from the bank in Vietnam to a bank in
will be no more elephants if the current rate going strong.
Slovenia. It was such a large amount of
is going on and so a lot needs to be done in
RESIDENT: It’s no noises, you can hear
money that the bank’s online security systems
terms of education. People need to know
nothing here, it’s no problem, you know.
were alerted and the security systems
why these animals are important, why these
performed an automatic check in seconds to
NARRATOR: How does aircraft noise
animals need to be protected and how these
see if the transfer seemed normal.
compare with other things that are bad for animals are important to us. your health? LÊ MẠNH HÙNG: NARRATOR: TP Bank immediately Today is World Elephant Day
stopped all transactions for that amount of
ANNA HANSELL: Stopping smoking is going
when keepers can show elephants to visitors
money and made sure that the money was
to be, you know, much more important
and explain why elephants need to be
returned. TP Bank also informed and reported
for your health, or if you’ve got high blood
protected. The keepers give the elephants
the cybercrime to Vietnamese authorities, the
pressure or high cholesterol, making sure
milk: without their care the babies would die.
Central Bank, and Interpol to coordinate an
that’s treated properly … Environmental
If all the elephants died and there were no investigation into the crime.
noise is something that potentially most
more left they would become extinct.
NARRATOR: When cybercrimes of this
of the population are exposed to and, you
NARRATOR: Edwin is not the only person
know, if we can reduce the noise levels
size take place, across different countries,
worried about the increasing number of
that’s certainly good for the people who get
the international police, Interpol, has to be
orphaned elephants. The CEO of Wildlife annoyed by noise.
alerted to the danger in case other banks are
Direct is also passionate about the survival of
affected. Luckily, no other banks in Vietnam elephants.
were attacked on that day and people could
PAULA KAHUMBU: We are losing about go about their business.
35,000 elephants every year in Africa. At that
rate they will be gone within 10 years and
poachers are targeting the adults. Now these
are long-lived animals, they live ‘til their
80s. When you take out the adults you are
removing the knowledge base of generations
and you are left with gangs of youngsters.
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NARRATOR: This is a drone. In recent years,
drones seem to have taken over in popularity
from traditional remote-controlled airplanes.
Apart from flying them as hobbies, drones can
have many uses and are still being developed
to improve how they are constructed.
A new species of drone is being investigated.
With its black wings and front fans looking like
eyes, can you guess which animal this drone is based on?
This new drone has been inspired by the
wings of a bat. Look at how its wings are
separated in different parts and made of very thin skin.
PROFESSOR GANAPATHISUBRAMANI: The
unique aspect of a bat-wing is that it’s made
of muscles, and when it starts to flap the wing,
what it can do is the wing can actually deform
and change shape. And the change in shape
could make it more efficient and make it fly better.
NARRATOR: The drone’s designer shows how
the rubber wings of the drone are thin and
flexible like the wings of a bat. He explains how his design works:
DESIGNER: The wings inflate with air, and
air can also flow over the wings and lift the
drone. Like a hovercraft in water, the drone
lifts up slowly when it takes off. The front of
the drone is flexible and can move around to
make it go quicker once it is in the air.
NARRATOR: The researchers built this drone
to see if it could fly over water and other
surfaces. They hope that in the future, the new
bat-wing design will mean that drones can fly
for longer and can be used to go places where other drones cannot go.
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