Headway Advanced
Lesson 01: The best days of your life?
THE BEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE?
Interview with Mr Ian Beer, Head Master of Harrow School
I = Interviewer
B = Mr Beer […]
Lesson 02: Literature
LITERATURE
Interview with Graham Greene
I = Interviewer
G = Graham Greene […]
Lesson 03: What is normal?
WHAT IS NORMAL?
Mad Dogs and Englishmen by Noel Coward
In tropical climes there are certain times of day
When all the citizens retire […]
Lesson 04: From the cradle to the grave
FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE
Six people`s childhood memories […]
Lesson 05: War and peace
WAR AND PEACE
They
by Siegfried Sassoon
The Bishop tells us: When the boys come back
They will not be the same; for they�ll have fought
In a just cause; they lead the last attack
On Anti-Christ; their comrades� blood has bought
New right to breed an honourable race.
They have challenged Death and dared him face to face.�
�We�re none of us the […]
Lesson 06: A sense of taste
A SENSE OF TASTE
Pygmalion
Extract 2
Higgins [as he shuts the last drawer] Well, I think thats the whole show.
Pickering It�s really amazing. I hasn�t taken half of it in, you know. […]
Lesson 07: Conscience doth make cowards of us all
CONSCIENCE DOTH MAKE COWARDS OF US ALL
Interview with Joanna Bogle, of the National Viewers` and Listeners` Association
I = Interviewer
JB = Joanna Bogle […]
Lesson 08: Storytime
STORYTIME
Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf by Roald Dlahl
A soon as Wolf began to feel
That he would like a decent meal, […]
Lesson 09: A sense of place
A SENSE OF PLACE
A variety of accents
1 Hello there! I come fer (from) a large town, and it`s on a very big river, and the big river goes out to the sea, and once upon a time the place where I come fer used to build ships, and these ships went all over the world. […]
Lesson 10: Them and us
THEM AND US
A political speech
Ladies and er… Gentlemen. I would like to talk to you for a moment about the current er… situation. […]
