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Section1

GoodMorning.YouthCouncil.Carolinespeaking.

Oh,hello,I'minterestedinstandingforelectiontotheYouthCouncil,andIwastoldtogiveyouacall.

That'sgood.CouldIhaveyourname,please?

Yes,it'sRogerBrown.

Thankyou.I'mCaroline,theYouthCounciladministrator.

SodoyouknowmuchaboutwhattheCouncildoes,Roger?

I'vetalkedtoStephanie—Ithinkshe'sthechairoftheCouncil.

That'sright.

Andshetoldmealotaboutit.

Howit'sawayforyoungpeopletodiscusslocalissues,forexample,

andmakesuggestionstothetowncouncil.That'swhatmademeinterested.

Fine.Wellletmetakedownsomeofyourdetails.

Firstofall,howoldareyou?

YouknowtheCouncilisforyoungpeopleagedfrom13to18?

I'vejustturned18.

Andwheredoyoulive,Roger?

Well,that'sabitcomplicated.

AtthemomentI'mlookingforaflattorenthere,sol'minahosteIfromMondaytoFriday.

Igobacktomyparents'placeattheweekend.

OK,sowhere'sthebestplacetosendyousomeinformationabouttheCouncil?

Oh,tomyparents'address,please.

That's17,BuckleighStreet—B-U-C-K-L-E-I-G-HStreet,Stamford,Lincolnshire,

thoughyoudon'treallyneedthecounty.

Oh,IknowStamford—it'salovelytown.Andwhat'sthepostcode?

PE97QT.

Right,thankyou.Soareyouworkinghere,orareyouastudent?

Istartedstudyingattheuniversityacoupleofweeksago,

andI'vegotapart-timejobforafewhoursaweek.

Whatdoyoudo?

Well,I'vedoneseveraldifferentthings.

I'vejustfinishedashort-termcontractasacourier,

andnowI'mworkingasawaiterinoneofthebighotels.

Uhuh.Thatcan'tleaveyoumuchtimeforstudying!

Oh,it'snottoobad.Imanagetofititallin.

Whatareyoustudying?

Myambitionistogointoparliamenteventually,somymajorsubjectispolitics.

That'spartlywhyIthinktheYouthCouncilisimportantandwanttobeapartofit.

AndIsupposeyou'realsotakingaminorsubject,aren'tyou?

Iknowalotofpeoplestudyeconomicstoo.

Ichosehistory.

Tobehonest,I'mnotfindingitasinterestingasIexpected!

OK,sowithyourstudyingandyourpart-timejob,doyouhavetimeforanyotherinterestsorhobbies?

Well,Ispendquitealotoftimecycling—botharoundtowntogettouniversityandtowork,

andalsolong-distance,fromheretoLondon,forinstance.

That'sprettyimpressive!

Anythingelse?

ForrelaxationI'malsokeenonthecinema

Iusedtogoatleastonceaweek,butIcan'tmanagetogosooftennow.

Right.Areyousureyou'llhaveenoughtimefortheYouthCouncil?

Yes,I'veworkedoutthatIcanaffordtoreducemyhoursatwork,andthatwillmakethetime.

SoisthereanyparticularaspectoftheYouthCouncil'sworkthatappealstoyou,Roger?

Well,mysisterisblind,soI'mparticularlyinterestedinworkingwithdisabledyoungpeople,

totryandimprovethequalityoftheirlives.

That'sgreat.Well,thebestwaytogetinvolvedistobenominatedbysomepeoplewhoyouknow.

Right.Canyoutellmehowtosetaboutorganisingthat?

YoushouldtalktoJeffrey,ourElectionsOfficer.

Icanarrangeameetinginthecouncilofficewithhim,ifyoulike.

Yes,please.

He'llbeherenextMonday,ifthatsuitsyou.

That'sthe14th,isn'tit?

Yes.

Icanmanagelateafternoon.

Wouldyouliketosuggestatime?

Hegenerallyleavesaround5.30.

Well,would4.30beOK?

Mylastclassfinishesat4,soI'dhaveplentyoftimetogettoyouroffice.

Right,that'sfine.Oh,andcouldIhaveaphonenumberwecancontactyouon?

Yes,mymobilenumber's07788136711.

Thankyou.Well,we'lllookforwardtoseeingyounextweek.

Thanksverymuch.Goodbye.

Bye.

Section2

Hi.Greattoseeyou!

I'mJody,andI'llbelookingafterbothofyouforthefirstmonthyou'reworkinghereattheAmershamTheatre.

I'lltellyousomethingaboutthetheatrenow,thentakeyoutomeettwooftheotherstaff.

It'sanoldbuilding,andit'sbeenmodernisedseveraltimes.

Infact,asyoucansee,we'recarryingoutamajorrefurbishmentatthemoment.

Theinteriorhasjustbeenrepainted,andwe'reabouttostartontheexteriorofthebuilding—that'llbeabigjob.

Thework'srunningoverbudget,sowe'vehadtopostponeinstallinganelevator.

Ihopeyou'rehappyrunningupanddownstairs!

Whenthetheatrewasbuilt,peopleweregenerallyslimmerandshorterthannow,andtheseatswereveryclosetogether.

We'vereplacedthemwithlargerseatswithmorelegroom.

Thismeansfewerseatsintotalbutwe'vetakentheopportunitytoinstallseatsthatcaneasilybemoved,tocreatedifferentactingspaces.

We'vealsoturnedafewstoreroomsovertootherpurposeslikeusingthemformeetings.

Wetryhardtoinvolvemembersofthepublicinthetheatre.

Onewayisbyorgnisingbackstagetourssopeoplecanbeshownroundthebuildingandlearnhowatheatreoperates.

Theseareprovingverypopular.

Whatwe'refindingisthatpeoplewanttohavelunchoracupofcoffeewhilethey'rehere,

sowe'relookingintothepossibilityofopeningacafeinduecourse.

Wehaveabookshopwhichspecialisesinbooksaboutdramaandthatattractsplentyofcustomers.

Thentherearetwolargeroomsthatwillbedecoratednextmonth,

andthey'llbeavailableforhire,forconferencesandprivatefunctions,suchasparties.

We'realsoconsideringhiringoutcostumestoamateurdramaclubs.

NowIwanttotellyouaboutourworkshops.

Werecentlystartedaprogrammeofworkshopsthatanyonecanjoin.

Eventuallyweintendtoruncoursesinacting,

butwe'rewaitinguntilwe'vegottherightpeopleinplaceastrainers.

That'sprovingmoredifficultthanwe'dexpected!

There'sabigdemandtolearnaboutthetechnicalsideofputtingonaproduction,

andourlightingworkshophasalreadystartedwithgreatsuccess.

We'regoingtostartoneonsoundnextmonth.

Anumberofpeoplehaveenquiredaboutworkshopsonmake-up,andthat'ssomethingwe'reconsideringforthefuture.

Asurprisesuccessistheworkshoponmakingpuppets

wehappentohavesomeoneworkingherewhodoesitasahobby,andsheofferedtorunaworkshop.

Itwassopopularwe'renowrunningthemeverymonth!

Now,awordaboutthelayoutofthebuilding.

Theauditorium,stageanddressingroomsfortheactorsareallbelowgroundlevel.

Hereonthegroundfloorwehavemostoftheroomsthatthepublicdoesn'tsee.

Themajorityareinternal,sotheyhavewindowsintherooftolightthem.

Standinghereinthefoyer,you'reprobablywondering

whytheboxofficeisn'there,wherethepublicwouldexpecttofindit.

Well,youmighthavenoticeditonyourwayin

althoughit'spartofthisbuilding,it'snextdoorwithseparateentrancefromtheroad.

Forthetheatremanager'sofficeyouacrossthefoyerandthroughthedoubledoors,

turnrightandit'stheroomattheendofthecorridorwiththedoorontheleft.

Thelightingboxiswherethecomputerisestagelightingisoperatedandit'satthebackofthebuilding.

Whenyou'rethroughthedoubledoorsturnleft,turnrightatthewatercooler,andrightagainattheend.

It'sthesecondroomalongthatcorridor.

Thelightingboxhasawindowintotheauditorium,whichofcourseisbelowus.

Theartisticdirector'sofficeisthroughthedoubledoorsturnright

andit'sthefirstroomyoucometoontheright-handside.

Andfinally,forthemoment,theroomwhereI'lltakeyounext—therelaxationroom.

Soifyou'dliketocomewithme...

Section3

I'vebroughtmynotesonourBiologyFieldTriptoRockyBay,Colin,

sowecanworkonourreportontheresearchwedidtogether.

OK.I'vegotminetoo.Let'slookattheaimsofthetripfirst.

Right.Whatdidyouhave?

Ijustputsomethingaboutgettingexperienceofthedifferentsortsofproceduresusedonafieldtrip.

Butweneedsomethingaboutwhatcausesdifferentorganismstochooseparticularhabitats.

Iagree.Andsomethingaboutfindingouthowtoprotectorganismsindangerofdyingout?

Inouraims?

Butweweren'treallylookingatthat.

Isupposenot.OK,nowthere'sthelistofequipmentweallhadtobringonthefieldtrip.

Whatdidtheytellustobringarulerfor?

Itwassomethingaboutmeasuringtheslopeoftheshore,

butofcoursewedidn'tneeditbecauseweweremeasuringwinddirection,andwe'dbroughtthecompassforthat...

Butnotthepieceofstringtoholdupintheair!

Didn'tMrBlakemakeafussaboutusleavingthatbehind.

Yeah.Hedoesgoon.Anywayitwaseasytogetonefromanotherofthestudents.

Now,thenextsection'stheprocedure.Isentyouthedraftofthat.

Yeah.Itwasclear,butIdon'tthinkweneedallthesedetailsofwhattimeweleft

andwhattimewegotbackandhowwedividedupdifferentresearchtasks.

OK.I'lllookatthatagain.

Thenwehavetodescribeourmethodofinvestigationindetail.

Solet'sbeginwithhowwemeasuredwavespeedIwassurprisedhowstraightforwardthatwas.

I'dexpectedustohavesomesortofhigh-techdevicenotjuststandthereandcountthenumberofwavesperminute.

Notveryprecise,butIsupposeitwasgoodenough.

Butthewaywemeasuredtheamountofsaltwasinteresting.

Inthewaterfromtherockpools?

Yeah,oh,Iwantedtocheckthechemicalsweusedinthelabwhenweanalysedthosesamples

wasitpotassiumchromateandsilvernitrate?

That'sright.

OK.Andweneedthemapoftheseashore.Youjustleftthattome.

AndIhadtodoitwhilethetidewaslow,wellthatwasOK,

buttheplaceIstarteditfromwasdownonthebeach

thenIrealisedIshouldhavegoneuphighertogetbettervisibility,soIhadtostartalloveragain.

ButatleastI'dgotthesquaredpaperorI'dhavehadproblemsdrawingitalltoscale.

Yeah.Itlook