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Upper Intermediate

Unit 9 Audio Script

CD 2 Track 29

M = Man, W = Woman

M: Did I tell you about this really funny lawyer story that a friend of mine sent me on email the other day?

W: No, go on.

M: Well … the way it goes is that … there’s this lawyer in the US … North Carolina or somewhere … and he buys this box of really rare and very, very expensive cigars.

W: OK.

M: And because they’re so expensive he decides to insure them … against fire, amongst other things.

W: Fair enough.

M: Yes … except that, within a month, the lawyer made a claim against the insurance company, having smoked his complete collection of these fantastic cigars! You know, without having paid the premium … he hadn’t even made his first payment to the insurance company … he made a claim against them.

W: What on earth for?

M: Well, in his claim, the lawyer stated that the cigars were lost in a series of small fires.

W: How ridiculous!

M: And unsurprisingly, the insurance company refused to pay for the obvious reason that the man had smoked the cigars in the normal way. But then, the lawyer sued the insurance company ... and won! When he gave his decision, the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim appeared ridiculous but … concluded that the lawyer had a policy from the company in which it said that the cigars could be insured against fire, without defining exactly what did or did not count as ‘fire’. And so the company would have to pay the claim.

W: No! You’re kidding!

M: But that’s not all! You see, the insurance company wanted to sort the claim out quickly so they accepted the decision and paid fifteen

thousand dollars to the lawyer for his loss of the valuable cigars in the ‘fires’. But now comes the best part!

W: Go on … I can’t wait …

M: Then … after cashing the cheque, the lawyer was arrested! The insurance company had him charged with twenty-four counts of arson! With his own insurance claim and evidence from the previous case being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of deliberately burning his insured property and so – can you believe it? – he was sentenced to twenty-four months in jail and a twenty-four thousand dollar fine.

W: No! Is that really true?

M: Cross my heart! My friend said he got it from a real newspaper.

W: How amazing!

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CD 2 Track 31

M = Man, W = Woman

M: Well, what do you think?

W: Hmm, it’s a hard one, I don’t know, erm, well, the park ranger sounds quite sure. He must have a good reason to be so sure.

M: He might not be certain who it was. I mean, he says he knows who was lying, but he doesn’t say that was definitely the person who committed the crime.

W: True, but they probably are. So, who then?

M: OK, well, the brothers, Jan and Marek, they were rather tongue-tied it says … that’s a bit suspicious. But they had been hiking for two days, and then they’d spent the whole day fishing, so they couldn’t have committed the crime.

W: What do you mean? It might be a big lie! You’re too trusting. If you want to be a detective, you’ve got to spot clues, not just believe everything you hear!

M: Well, OK, I don’t know. They might have done it, I suppose, but I’m not sure. What clues are there? He says that he asked them if they had fished in the rain. Do you think that’s significant?

W: Yes probably, but it sounds a bit dodgy, and you can’t prove anything. Let’s think about the next lot of suspects, Adam and Jean. They’re a middle-aged, well-dressed couple, it says.

M: OK, well, as you say, a middle-aged couple, they must be innocent, don’t you think? I mean, they can’t be guilty. A middle-aged couple wouldn’t do that sort of thing. You know, they can’t have stolen food, and vandalised a park ranger’s cabin. Surely, they wouldn’t do that!

W: What?! There you go again! That is so prejudiced! You haven’t got any idea what they would or wouldn’t do just because of their age, honestly! You’ve got to look at proper clues, not just prejudices and things people say.

M: Proper clues? Well, what clues are there here then?

W: OK, well, they said they took shelter in a small cave when it started raining. I suppose that’s possible …

M: Yes, and they set up camp the previous night. I can’t see anything wrong with that.

W: No. OK, what about the last people, Lara and Pia?

M: Well, they sound very suspicious to me. Oh, no, wait, I shouldn’t judge too quickly!

W: That’s right. OK, they do sound a bit suspicious. I mean, firstly they parked in the wrong place … but that doesn’t prove anything really.

M: No, but having a brand-new campervan, not in their name, that’s a bit strange.

W: Hmm, true it is a bit weird, but they do offer an explanation, and also their friend’s phone number. Oh, I don’t know. I’m sure it’s really obvious. We’re probably missing something really simple. Either that or it’s something really far-fetched and we’ll never get it.

M: Mmm. Are there any other details that we’ve missed? It’s all in the detail, you know, when you’re a detective!

W: Oh, I see, you’re a professional now, are you?!

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1

When you were a child, were you ever caught red-handed doing something you shouldn’t?

2

In what situations have you found yourself tongue-tied?

3

Between what ages is someone ‘middle-aged’ do you think?

4

What things do you have in your house which are colour-coded?

5

How often do you get things gift-wrapped professionally in shops?

6

Has anyone ever told you a story that was really far-fetched?

CD 2 Track 33

M = Man, W = Woman

W: Did you see these photos in the paper?

M: Mmm?

W: Basically, they are pictures of a burglar … He broke into someone’s house and he’s in the middle of stealing that person’s computer equipment. He was caught completely red-handed because they managed to take pictures of him in the middle of the crime.

M: Really? So, how did they manage to do that?

CD 2 Track 34

M = Man, W = Woman

M: Really? So, how did they manage to do that?

W: I’m not sure, I suppose they must have fixed up some kind of security camera.

M: What … inside their own house?

W: Yeah. Let’s see … mmm … actually it says here that the householder had been burgled before so he set up a webcam which would start recording as soon as it detected movement in the room.

M: Hmm, that’s a good idea. But the burglar can’t have realised that he was being filmed, otherwise wouldn’t he just steal the camera too?

W: Well, it says that he did take the computer and the camera, but that the homeowner had already thought of that.

M: Oh? So what did he do?

W: Well, the particularly clever thing in this case was that even though the burglar stole the computer and webcam, the images had already been sent via the Internet to a private email address.

M: Oh, that’s very good, he really was caught red-handed!

CD 2 Track 35

I = Interviewer, S = Sherlock

I: Mr Sherlock Holmes, I must ask you first … how is it that you have the same name as Sherlock Holmes, the great detective from London?

S: Please, call me Holmes – that’s what my friends and family call me. Well, you see, my parents were great fans of the original Conan Doyle stories. They were the kind of parents who would spend hours reading to me … and my father, especially, would spend hours reading the Sherlock Holmes adventures to me – even as a child.

I: Really!?

S: Yes … and when I was born, they discussed a number of first names. They wanted to give their son a name that was uncommon – but also that represented something special. They didn’t take long to decide on Sherlock Holmes as he was their favourite literary figure – and they knew no one would forget me once they’d heard my name. And boy, were they right!

I: So, how do people in general react when you introduce yourself to them?

S: Well, I get all kinds of reactions, really – everything from the usual ‘Where’s Dr Watson?’ type comments to people just thinking I’m being funny.

I: I can imagine. And do you mind?

S: No, not at all. I’m a pretty easy-going person and I’ve never minded … no. I think the best reaction was when I was in San Francisco one time. I went into an electronic store to buy a TV. The clerk behind the counter was a young lady about eighteen or so. After noticing the name on my credit card, she stared at it for about ten full seconds. Then, she slowly lifted her face to look at me and she said, in all sincerity, ‘I didn’t know you were real! Wait ’til I tell my friends I saw the real Sherlock Holmes!’

I: No!

S: Yes! It may sound far-fetched, but it’s absolutely true … You could have knocked her over with a feather. The expression on her face was as if she’d seen a ghost. It was very amusing.

I: Given your name, do you feel that you have any special talent or ability to solve mysteries in everyday life?

S: Well, I will say that having such a name does mean that people often turn to me if anything unusual happens. For example, if I’m watching TV with a friend or family member and a magician comes on and does some kind of trick – all eyes turn to me to explain how it’s done.

I: Really? How funny!

CD 2 Track 36

J = Jane, S = Stefan

J: So what do we have to decide?

S: We have to decide which of these crimes is the least serious and which is the most serious.

J: Right, OK. Mm.

S: So, why don't we start by talking about them individually perhaps, first?

J: Yes that's a good idea. OK, erm, right shall we … shall we start with Paolo?

S: Let's go for it, yeah. Any thoughts?

J: I think this is quite a serious crime – hacking into somebody's bank account. Erm, for me that would rate quite highly on the scale of being one of the most serious crimes … and I haven't seen the others yet, but …

S: And it's not mitigated at all by the fact that he's unemployed? The man's desperate?

J: Not really, not in my opinion. No.

S: And I suppose thousands of euros' worth I suppose …

J: I'd like to suspend judgement until we've gone through the, you know, the other three.

S: So, moving on to Jenny who's thirty-five and married with two children. Sounds like it's gonna make a difference.

J: Well, if she's married then she's obviously got a husband who supports them.

S: Well presumably. I guess we don't know.

J: So why is she shoplifting, that's the … that's the question, erm …

S: Kleptomania perhaps, erm …

J: Shall we … shall we come back to this one? Let's come back to this one later.

S: Erm, yeah that's, ah … I'm mildly dubious. Akio.

J: Akio.

S: Erm, a graffiti artist, a young graffiti artist. Well …

J: For me this is not really a crime.

S: Really? Not at all?

J: No.

S: But the … depending on the type of graffiti, I suppose.

J: Oh I suppose, so if it's offensive, then that's a different matter.

S: His graffiti apparently is well done and quite artistic but, ah, beauty in the eye of the beholder and what not, so …

J: Mm, it is art though.

S: You think all graffiti is art?

J: Not all graffiti, not the offensive graffiti but if it's as it says here, erm, well done and quite artistic it can actually lift the urban environment.

S: Interesting.

J: So for me that's probably going to be one of the least crimes.

S: Yeah I probably … yeah I think I'd be inclined to agree. So Teresa, the successful doctor, erm, this to me, erm …

J: She's been spe … speeding every day, my goodness.

S: Doesn't … ah. I guess in a thirty, forty, forty-five in a thirty zone I guess is pretty significant. It's certainly irresponsible, but …

J: Well, it depends. I mean if she's going to an emergency case then, then I'd say it's quite alright for her to do … to speed. However, it does say every day.

S: Yeah.

J: Or most days, most days. So I'm sure she doesn't have emergencies most days.

S: Yeah, yeah. Maybe you need a little more context perhaps, but … bom, bom, bom, bom, boh … I mean doctors generally aren't responding to emergencies in their own cars are they?

J: No.

S: So, to me it seems pretty irresponsible, whether it's a terrible crime? Yeah. So …

J: Oh let's come back to that one later. I'd like to go back to, um, Jenny.

M: Uhuh. OK, erm, Jenny so we're thinking isn't too bad, then?

J: No.

S: Maybe the least, and then after that I would probably say, ah, Akio is the least … oh so probably Akio is the least offensive … we would say followed by Jenny?

J: It really … it really depends doesn't it on people's opinion, I mean for me Akio is the least offensive, followed by Jenny. Erm …

S: Followed by … Teresa.

J: Teresa possibly.

S: And then probably Paolo …

J: I think Paolo is the most serious crime.

S: Probably no great excuses for what he's done. Erm, good.

J: So what else do we have to decide? I think we've agreed on everything.

S: I think that's it. Yeah.

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