Upper Intermediate Unit 9 Audio Script
UNIT 9 Recording 1
1 a) I remembered to set the alarm before I left the building.
1 b) I remember thinking the building seemed very quiet.
2 a) I forgot to phone for tickets for the Coldplay concert.
2 b) I’ll never forget seeing Coldplay in concert for the first time.
3 a) Henri stopped to drink some coffee to keep himself awake.
3 b) Then he stopped driving because he still felt tired.
UNIT 9 Recording 2
Conversation 1
L = Lise J = Jeff
L: So what happened was, I was sitting in a café and this young couple – they looked like tourists – asked me to take a photo of them. And I took their photo, and they thanked me and left and then I looked at my seat and realised my handbag had gone, with my mobile, wallet, credit card, keys, everything.
J: No! What did you do?
L: Well, there was a guy on the next table and he saw I was really upset and I explained about the bag and he asked me which bank I was with and he said he worked for that bank and gave me a phone number and let me use his mobile to phone them and stop my credit card.
J: And you believed him?
L: Yeah, I mean I was in a real panic. I was really grateful for his help. Anyway, I phoned the number and talked to a woman from ‘the bank’ and gave her my name and address and my account number.
J: She sounded genuine?
L: Yeah, completely. I could hear the sounds of the call centre behind her. And she asked me to key in my PIN on the phone and she said they’d stop my card.
J: Wow. So it was a double scam. They got your bag and your bank account details?
L: Yeah, unfortunately. Of course, the guy could get my PIN from his phone.
J: So who actually took your bag?
L: Well, it must have been stolen when I wasn’t looking.
J: Right.
L: So it can’t have been the young couple because I was looking at them all the time I was taking the photo. Their job was just to distract me.
J: Was it the guy at the next table, then?
L: I think so. He must have taken my bag when I wasn’t looking. Then he could have hidden it in his case or he might have given it to another member of the gang.
J: And then he gave you a fake number.
L: Yeah, and they must have used a recording of a call centre so that it sounded like the real bank.
Conversation 2
D = Dan I = Ingrid
D: I was badly tricked a few years ago when I was working in a jewellery shop.
I: You never told me about that. What happened?
D: Well, this woman came in and was looking at necklaces. She was young, attractive, well-dressed, and then a guy came in shortly afterwards and he was just looking around. But then the woman went to pay for a very expensive necklace that she’d picked out, and when she was counting out the money onto the counter, the guy grabbed her, flashed his police ID and said he was arresting her for paying with counterfeit money.
I: No! Wow!
D: So he took the cash and the necklace as evidence, wrote down his contact details, and promised me he’d bring the necklace back by the end of the day. I didn’t suspect anything. Then he took the woman away, presumably to book her at the police station.
I: And he didn’t come back?
D: No, and stupid me, I didn’t even begin to suspect anything until it was closing time, so then I phoned the police and they had no idea what I was talking about. That was it, end of story.
I: How much was the necklace worth?
D: £600. And my boss took it out of my salary. That’s why I quit.
I: So the police ID must have been a fake.
D: That’s right. I just didn’t check it.
I: And wait a second, was the woman a real customer?
D: No, the woman must have been working with the guy. She couldn’t have been a real customer, or she wouldn’t have gone with him ...
I: But she might have had fake money.
D: I really don’t think so.
I: Talk about an ingenious scam …
UNIT 9 Recording 3
must have
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UNIT 9 Recording 4
1 He must have taken my bag when I wasn’t looking.
2 It can’t have been the young couple because I was looking at them all the time.
3 He could have hidden it in his case or he might have given it to another member of the gang.
4 Well, it must have been stolen when I wasn’t looking.
5 The woman must have been working with the guy.
6 She couldn’t have been a real customer.
UNIT 9 Recording 5
P = Police officer A = Alain
P: Hello, police. Can I help you?
A: Yes, I’d like to report a crime. I’ve been robbed.
P: I’m very sorry to hear that, sir. OK, I’ll need to take a statement.
A: A statement?
P: To write down some details, if that’s all right.
A: Yes, sure.
P: Could you give me your name please, sir?
A: Alain Girard.
P: Right. That’s Girard with a J?
A: No, G, and it’s Alain spelled A-l-a-i-n.
P: Right, Mr Girard. Could you tell me exactly when the incident happened?
A: Just now. About an hour ago.
P: Could you be more precise?
A: Excuse me?
P: Could you give me the exact time?
A: I think at 2.50 or 2.55.
P: That’s about 2.50 on the seventh of June. And where did it happen?
A: Park Avenue.
P: Can you pinpoint the exact location?
A: Pinpoint?
P: Tell me exactly where.
A: Oh. It was near the entrance to the park. Just about fifty metres inside.
P: OK. Could you tell me what happened?
A: I was walking out of the park, and a man was running towards me and he hit into me hard –
P: He collided with you?
A: Yes and he said ‘sorry’ and something else, then before I realised what had happened, he had run on. It was only about thirty seconds later that I realised my wallet had gone and that he must have taken it when he hit me, collided with me.
P: But did it cross your mind that it wasn’t just an accident?
A: No, it never occurred to me that he’d done it on purpose.
P: Did you run after him?
A: No, my mind just went blank and I stood there not knowing what to do.
P: But you were OK? Not hurt?
A: No, just very shocked.
P: OK. Could you tell me exactly what your wallet looked like and what was in it?
A: It’s brown, leather and it has my credit card and about 250 euros and –
P: Hold on a minute, credit card … about 250 euros, yes?
A: And a photo of my girlfriend.
P: OK. So you saw the man. Can you give me a description?
A: Erm, about twenty, white, quite tall. And he was wearing a sweater, grey colour with a … you know … erm, something you put over ...
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