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AUDIOSCRIPTS - Succeed in Cambridge Proficiency

TEST 1 stop him or her actually taking drugs? Don’t start by using threats. As
I am going to give you the instructions for this test. I shall introduce each a parent you may fear drugs and everything to do with them, and it’s
tempting to pass that fear on. But this won’t help either of you.
part of the test and give you time to look at the questions. At the start of Teenagers tend to experiment with the things that frighten them.
each piece you will hear this sound: *** You will hear each piece twice. And as you’ll probably remember from your own childhood, activi-
Remember, while you are listening, write your answers on the question ties which are forbidden seem that much more attractive. Listen to
paper. You will have five minutes at the end of the test to copy your an- what your child has to say.
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swers onto the separate answer sheet. There will now be a pause. Please Encourage your child to explain their views. Only when you understand
ask any questions now, because you must not speak during the test. what your child thinks about drugs can you start to influence them.
[pause 5 seconds]
You might find your child wants nothing to do with drugs. In which
Part 1 case you’ll feel happier having cleared the air. (But be careful not to
Now open your question paper and look at Part 1. [pause 5 seconds] assume that talking about drugs once, is enough). You might find that
they see it as something glamorous and exciting; something that their
You will hear three different extracts. For Questions 1–6, choose the favourite film stars, rock stars, sports stars and TV personalities do.
answer (A, B or C) which fits best according to what you hear. There Or that what they read in magazines, what they watch on televi-
are two questions for each extract.
sion and in the cinema, make it seem that much more of an interest-
ing thing to do. All these TV programmes and magazine articles make
Extract One [pause 15 seconds] a parent’s job so much harder. But don’t despair. At least now you’ve
When my flight is finally called, I gather my books and hand lug-
gage. Since there is no one to see me off, I do not look back to see an idea of what to expect, so make sure what you’ve got to say
about drugs and the effect of drugs, makes sense.
where I have come from. Instead, I think of my husband at work 1 Firstly, you should talk about why they would even want to take
wondering if I have left yet, and my daughter at the other end won- drugs. Secondly, explain to them why they shouldn’t take them.
dering the same thing. Above all, listen, then put forward your thoughts.
As I head towards the plane, I find myself remembering yet an-
other arrival and departure. When I was a newlywed, my 91-year-old [pause 5 seconds] REPEAT EXTRACT THREE [pause 2 seconds]
grandfather died. We had been very close, and one evening, return- That is the end of Part 1. Now turn to Part 2. [pause 5 seconds]
ing from his funeral, I arrived at the airport crying. My husband of 2
only a year was waiting at the gate to take me in his arms. Because of Part 2
my tears, everyone was looking at us, but I didn’t care. Somehow the You will hear a radio report about Mensun Bound, a world-famous marine
emotion I felt seemed not at all out of place for the airport. Life archaeologist. For questions 7-15, complete the sentences with a word or
needs to be this important all the time. I wish that all the people who short phrase.
went on a journey could come back to find someone waiting for 2 You now have 45 seconds in which to look at Part 2. [pause 45 seconds]
them. I also wish they could leave with someone to see them off. I
think of my grandfather and realize that if dying is like this - a passage Mensun Bound is one of the world’s most experienced marine ar-
- then I am unafraid.
chaeologists. As director of Oxford University’s Marine Archaeologi-
cal Research and Excavation unit (MARE), he has dived on wrecks in
[pause 5 seconds] REPEAT EXTRACT ONE [pause 2 seconds]
most of the oceans of the world. But while his interest is purely sci- 7
entific, like Indiana, he has faced dangerous competitors for the 8
Extract Two [pause 15 seconds] treasures of the seas. Mensun, who also hosts the Discovery Channel’s
Interviewer: Born in Arles in the south of France on February 21, Lost Ships series, grew up in the Falklands’ capital, Port Stanley, in the
1875, Jeanne has lived through a total of 21 French presidents. When 1950s. From his bedroom, Mensun looked out on the wrecked Cape
she gave birth to her daughter at 23, electricity and the telephone Horn square-riggers that had been turned back, battered and torn
had only just been introduced. She was 43 at the end of the First apart by the fierce westerlies, to die here within sight of land. The view
World War and 70 at the end of the Second World War. from that window would determine the course of his own career.
What is the reason for your exceptional longevity Jeanne? As a teenager, Mensun Bound left the Falklands for the British 9
Jeanne: I was certainly born with genes conducive to long life. School in Montevideo. After that he decided to travel. Working in the
Eighteen of my 30 direct ancestors lived to 70 or older. My father 3 engine room of a tramp steamer plying the South Atlantic, he jumped
died at 93, my mother at 86, and my brother Francois at 97. I was al- ship in Patagonia, and hitched the eight-month journey north, arriving
ways active; a keen walker and tennis player, I have also enjoyed a footsore and penniless in New York. He got the lucky break of a 10
healthy “Mediterranean” diet. I love opera, have a curious mind and scholarship from a charitable foundation on Fifth Avenue, and ended
have kept my brain active. up with a starred degree in Ancient History. He eventually got an in-
Interviewer: But Jeanne’s real secret seems to lie in her natural
ternship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which taught him his 11
inclination to be happy. She takes a lively interest in the other resi- 4 trade, researching Greek pottery. Then, with a student visa to
dents of the retirement home and the nurses who look after her. In Britain, he enrolled in a higher degree course at Oxford, where he
February she entered the world of pop music, releasing a rap record met his wife, Joanna.
on which she tells stories of her past to a background dance beat, Today, Mensun Bound is Triton Fellow at St. Peter’s College, Oxford.
and all the proceeds are going towards a minibus for the home. Over the last twenty-five years, his work has taken him from acade-
She has had her share of ordeals - in 1934 her daughter Yvonne died mia to some of the most exciting underwater sites in the world.
suddenly of an illness at 36, and she has also lost her husband, her Wreck diving often conjures images of scuba cops and robbers. 12
son-in-law, her brothers and her only grandson, Frederic. The bad guys are the treasure hunters, the smash-and-grab mer- 13
Jeanne: There are happy and sad times in each era. I’ve lost my chants, looking for a quick buck. The good guys are Indiana Joneses.
sight, I can hardly hear, but I never complain. I make do with what I The truth is somewhere in between. “The purpose of archaeology is
have. I think about the good times of my life, and I never get bored. 4
to advance knowledge,” says Mensun, “not to collect objects for dis-
play”. Yet he recognises that “in Third World countries, archaeology 14
[pause 5 seconds] REPEAT EXTRACT TWO [pause 2 seconds]
has a whole other meaning”. Mensun’s latest quest took him to the
pirate-infested waters of the South China Sea, off Vietnam, for “the
Extract Three [pause 15 seconds] biggest thing I have ever done”. The accidental discovery of a
Has it ever crossed your mind that your child might take drugs? Or
do you merely dismiss drugs as a problem that will only ever happen wrecked junk boat by local fishermen, yielded a trove of blue-and-
white porcelain, on a par with Ming China.
to other people’s children?
In fact your child will almost certainly come into contact with 5 Of a design that would already have been familiar to Marco Polo two
drugs, regardless of background, education or upbringing. So even if centuries earlier, the junk and its contents shed totally new light on a
brilliant 15th-century Vietnamese civilisation, thought gone forever.
you can’t stop your child taking an interest in drugs, how can you
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