Hello
P2
MR STAR: Hello there, everybody. We're the Stars.
STELLA: Hello. I'm Stella and I'm ten. This is my Aunt May. She's a doctor, and I want to be a doctor too.
SIMON: Hi. I'm Simon and I'm nine. This is my Uncle Fred. He's my mum's brother. He's a farmer. This is my favourite comic, Lock and Key. It's about two detectives. I want to be a detective.
SUZY: Hello. I'm Suzy. I'm six. This is my grandfather, Grandpa Star. He's funny. He knows lots of good games. I want to be funny too!
U1
P8
NARRATOR: Simon and Alex are in their Art class. They're making bowls and they can't stop. They're busy.
SIMON: Oooh. My bowl's terrible!
NARRATOR: Alex is careful and slow. His bowl's good.
NARRATOR: Stella and Lenny are in their Maths lesson. Stella's very happy because she loves Maths and thinks it's easy. Lenny doesn't think Maths is easy. He thinks it's difficult.
LENNY: I can't do this Maths problem. It's difficult.
STELLA: Come on, Lenny. You can do it. It's easy.
U1
P10
NARRATOR: ... It's 73-72. What an exciting game! Meera's got the ball and she's running with it. Meera's quick. The boy's slow.
GIRL: This is really boring. I don't like basketball.
SIMON: Hey! The school show's really exciting, Dad.
MR STAR: Yes, it is ... and it's good to see your teachers. Who are they all?
SIMON: Well, the man who's talking to Mum is my Maths teacher. He's called Mr Newton.
MR STAR: Right. Is the man who's singing your Music teacher?
SIMON: No, he's Mr Burke, our sports teacher. Miss Flower's our Music teacher. She's the woman who's wearing the long green skirt. They do the 'After school club'.
MR STAR: The 'After school club'? What's that?
SIMON: It's a new club where we can do lots of exciting things on Thursday afternoons. ... And can you guess who my Art teacher is?
MR STAR: Ooh, Simon, that's difficult. Is it the woman who's playing the guitar?
SIMON: Very funny, Dad. No, that's Mrs Robinson, our English teacher. Our Art teacher's over there. He's the one who's carrying the lorry.
MR STAR: Is his name Mr Strong? Ha haha.
SIMON: No, Dad. His name's Mr Turner.
U2
P16
SIMON: Look, this is the new activity centre which is opening in the village next to ours.
SUZY: What does 'activity centre' mean?
SIMON: It's a place where you can learn to do lots of exciting sports. Look. It's got rock climbing. I'd like to learn to climb.
STELLA: Hmm. It's not nice when it's cold, wet and raining.
SIMON: No, it's OK. They've got a climbing wall inside and outside.
SUZY: Look! There's a lake too.
SIMON: Yes, you can do water sports. You can learn to sail and fish, and you can go swimming there when it's hot.
SUZY: I don't want to sail or climb. What can I learn to do?
STELLA: Hmmm. Let's see. You can learn to skate, Suzy.
SUZY: Hmm, skating. That's exciting, but I haven't got any skates.
STELLA: That's OK. They've got skates at the centre. And they do dancing. I can learn to dance.
U2
P18
MR STAR: Hello.
GRANDPA: Hello, son. Where are you?
MR STAR: Hi, Dad. I'm inside, watching Simon and Alex. They're climbing really well. Simon's climbing quickly and he's near the top of the wall. Alex is climbing slowly and carefully. Where are you, Dad?
GRANDPA: I'm outside with Suzy. She's learning to skate.
MR STAR: How's she doing?
GRANDPA: Well, she isn't doing badly. She doesn't want to fall, so she's skating slowly.
SUZY: Look at me, Grandpa! I can skate really well now, but I'm tired. Let's go inside and watch Simon.
GRANDPA: Good idea, Suzy. See you in a minute, son. We're coming in now.
Unit 3
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2.
Listen and check.
ALEX: You weren't at school last week, Simon. Where were you?
SIMON: I was at home because I wasn't well.
ALEX: What was the matter?
SIMON: I was ill. Last Monday I had a temperature. It was 39 degrees.
ALEX: Wow. What was the matter?
SIMON: I don't know. I drank lots of water, but on Tuesday I was worse and I had a bad headache too.
ALEX: Were you better on Wednesday?
SIMON: No, I wasn't. I had a terrible cough, so I saw the doctor. He gave me some medicine.
ALEX: Were you better after you took the medicine?
SIMON: No, I wasn't. On Thursday I went to the hospital with Mum and had some tests.
ALEX: So, what was the matter?
SIMON: Er, I had a cold ..., but I wasn't ill on Friday afternoon. I was fine! I ate a big dinner ... and then I had a really good weekend!
Unit 3
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8.
Listen and check.
STELLA: I'm really tired this morning.
MEERA: Really? Why? Were you awake all night?
STELLA: No, I had a terrible dream.
MEERA: Oooh, what was your dream about?
STELLA: I was a doctor in a big hospital. I had a long white coat ... and I had lots of doctor's things, but I didn't have time to stop!
MEERA: Oh? How many people did you see?
STELLA: I saw lots. I saw a man who had a cough, but he didn't have a temperature so I gave him some medicine ... And there was a woman with a bad headache. And then, there was a girl who had a bowl on her head!
MEERA: A bowl on her head! How did you take it off?
STELLA: It was really difficult, but in the end I took it off and ... do you know who was under the bowl?
MEERA: No.
STELLA: It was Suzy!
Unit 4