COMPLETE FIRST COURSEBOOK AUDIOSCRIPTS UNITS 1-5

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COMPLETE FIRST – AUDIO SCRIPTS: 
 
UNIT 1 
Track 2 
Narrator: One. You hear a woman talking to her 
brother about 
an old family photo. 
Woman: Hey! Look what I just found! 
Man: No way! When was that taken? 
Woman: About fi ft een years ago, I reckon. You 
haven’t 
changed a bit! 
Man: Very funny – I can’t believe our parents 
made us wear 
matching jumpers. We look ridiculous. 
Woman: Ah, it’s not that bad. It does help us to 
look more like 
brother and sister, I suppose, which is probably 
why 
they did it. 
Man: You’re right about that! 
Woman: It would be so much better if you weren’t 
sticking 
your tongue out, though. 
Man: Yeah, I remember Mum and Dad not being 
too 
pleased about that. 
Narrator: Two. You hear a man talking to a 
woman about the 
sale of his family home. 
Woman: So I heard your parents are selling the 
house? 
Man: Yeah, they’re downsizing. I’d already cleared 
out my 
old room and moved everything to my fl at, so I 
doubt 
I’ll get sentimental about that. The one thing I 
might 
shed a tear over is the doorframe of the kitchen. 
Our parents used to mark our heights on it every 
six 
months, and it’s quite sweet. I guess I’ll just have 
to 
take a picture. My sister, on the other hand, is 
fairly 
upset about the location of the new house. It’s only 
a 
one-hour drive to the city, but it does make it 
trickier to 
hang out with her friends who live there 
Narrator: Three. You hear a woman talking about 
her 
childhood. 
Woman: The fondest memory I have of my 
childhood is 
playing football with my dad every evening before 
bed. Normally children get bedtime stories, but 
not 
me! My dad would grab a worn-out football made 
of foam and play with me in the tiny hall of the flat. 
We’d carry on playing for ages! I can’t begin to tell 
you how many vases and other fragile objects we 
managed to break – it used to drive my mum mad! 
It was extremely effective though – I was 
exhausted 
after playing and I slept like a log. I guess I did get 
stories every now and again, but for some reason I 
found them more annoying than anything else. 
Narrator: Four. You hear a woman talking about 
her experience 
of working from home. 
Woman: I’ve been working from home for just 
over two weeks 
now. I certainly don’t miss having to commute for 
two hours every day, waking up early to catch my 
train, that sort of thing. I thought I’d be more 
easily 
distracted than working in the office, but, 
amazingly, 
my productivity has actually gone up. I’m 
conscious 
of the fact I’m spending more time on my own, 
though, so I’ve organised daily virtual coffee 
breaks 
with people in the office, just to keep in touch, 
which 
has worked out really well. 
Narrator: Five. You hear a journalist talking about 
an article he 
has written on family life. 
Man: So my article on family life has been out in 
the 
public domain for about a week now. I didn’t know 
if anyone would even read it at first, but it seems 
to 
have caused quite a stir online. Hardly surprising, I 
suppose, given the subject matter. Quite a few 
people 
have got in touch to say how helpful they found it, 
which is what I was counting on really, because a 
lot 
of the insights I gained into family life were based 
on 
other people’s accounts rather than my own. 
Narrator: Six. You hear a woman talking to her 
father about her 
new job. 
Man: So, how’s the new job? 
Woman: I can’t believe it’s been three months 
already! The 
hours are long, but that’s to be expected, really, as 
we’re working on some really important projects 
at 
the moment. 
Man: How are you getting on with your new 
colleagues? 
Woman: They’ve been really supportive and have 
helped me 
get to grips with the new systems and processes. I 
couldn’t have hoped for a nicer atmosphere in the 
office, either. I just hope I’ll get the chance to book 
some time off for a holiday when the work starts 
to 
settle down. I’ll have definitely earned it by then! 
Narrator: Seven. You hear part of a conversation 
about buying 
presents. 
Man: I’m so stressed out about having to buy all 
these 
presents. My family is way too big and it’s such a 
hassle every year. 
Woman: Tell me about it. 
Man: I guess I’ve made some progress, but I’m still 
nowhere 
near done. The most irritating bit is having to get 
stuff 
for relatives who might not even be there. There 
are 
a few people in my family who think it’s hilarious 
to 
say they’re not coming, then turn up for lunch and 
go: ‘Surprise!’ They’ve caught me off guard a few 
times, so now I have to have a few extra presents, 
just in case, to avoid it turning into an 
embarrassing 
situation. 
Narrator: Eight. You hear two friends talking 
about a 
presentation they’ve just attended. 
Woman: What did you think about the 
presentation today, 
Sam? The presenter was good, wasn’t he? 
Man: Absolutely! The data he presented was so 
surprising; 
I thought he was making it up at first. I struggled 
to 
keep up with the more complex arguments, 
though. 
They could have been clearer. 
Woman: Yeah, a lot of people have said the same. I 
personally 
thought he was quite easy to follow. And he was 
so passionate about the topic, you could see how 
interested everyone was. 
Man: I couldn’t agree more! It’s just a shame he 
ran out of 
time at the end. I had so many questions to ask 
him. 
Woman: That’s true. We can always email him, I 
guess 
 
Track 3 
Examiner: So, Irene, where are you from? 
Irene: I’m from Llanes. It’s a small town on the 
north coast 
of Spain, which becomes quite a busy tourist 
resort in 
the summer. 
Examiner: And what do you like about Llanes? 
Irene: Well, it’s a fairly quiet place in the winter, 
so it has 
quite a relaxed atmosphere, but it’s got wonderful 
beaches nearby and it’s surrounded by lovely 
countryside. Also, I’ve got lots of friends in the 
area, 
so I have a very active social life. And of course, 
most 
of my family and relations live nearby, too. 
Examiner: And you, Peter, where are you from? 
Peter: Bremen, in northern Germany. 
Examiner: And what do you like about Bremen? 
Peter: My friends, the shops, the sports centre ... 
Examiner: Do you come from a large family? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UNIT 2 
Scott: Hi everyone. My name’s Scott Kirkland. I’ve 
gone from 
being stuck in a boring office job to something far 
more fulfilling: 
travelling the world and making video blogs for a 
living. I’m here 
today to tell you how I did it. 
When I look back to how it all began, I still can’t 
quite believe it. I 
left school at eighteen and got a job as a waiter 
before becoming 
a travel assistant for a local sales company. As I sat 
there, sending 
countless emails to the sales team, watching the 
minutes and hours 
slowly tick away, I knew it was time for something 
much more 
rewarding. 
I’d always had a strong desire to go travelling, so I 
set about 
researching the best places online, as well as 
convincing my mum 
and dad that it was a good use of my savings. After 
hearing from 
a friend of mine about how great South East Asia 
was, I settled on 
Thailand. I had a cousin out there, too, who I 
arranged to meet as 
soon as I arrived to show me the ropes. The 
country had absolutely 
everything for a first-time traveller: wonderful 
food, affordable 
flights and, above all, a low cost of living. 
Making videos had always been a hobby of mine 
and, during 
the first few months, I began filming all of my 
adventures and 
putting them up on my blog three times a week. 
The very first one 
I uploaded was only viewed fifty times and not the 
one million I’d 
foolishly thought, and hoped, that it would. 
Nevertheless, I really enjoyed making them and 
persevered with 
developing something a bit more structured. I 
created a miniseries, entitled ‘Travelling for 
beginners’ – this gave the videos 
more of a purpose and transformed them from 
beingjust a messy 
collection of videos into a more informative, 
meaningful channel. 
After about three months of creating content, the 
videos started to 
gain in popularity. Even though they needed some 
work in terms of 
editing, not to mention the production quality, 
people really valued 
the tips I was passing on. This then led to bigger 
and better things. 
I was approached by a travel company to review 
one of their hotel 
resorts, Grand Paradise. In addition to a small 
reviewer fee, my 
accommodation would be paid for as part of the 
deal and I thought 
they might even cover the food, but that ended up 
coming out of 
my own pocket. They did fund all of my travel 
costs while I was 
there, though, so that was a bonus. 
From there on, everything just took off and my 
videos were racking 
up tens of thousands of hits. It wasn’t long before 
sponsors came 
knocking at my door, offering much more money 
than I’d been 
making from my review videos. I remember one 
particular firm 
offering $2,000 to wear their T-shirts in my 
videos. Initially, it made 
me far more nervous than excited. I wasn’t sure 
how my fans would 
react to the blatant advertising of corporate 
products. 
There have been lots of stand-out moments during 
my time as a 
travel vlogger, often involving eating amazing food 
and meeting 
interesting people. The most memorable, though, 
was when I was 
invited to speak at an annual travel conference in 
New York. My talk 
was attended by more than three thousand 
people, all of whom 
followed my blog. After all the views, likes and 
shares I’d had over 
the years, meeting my fans in person and signing 
autographs put 
what I’d achieved into context. 
People often ask me what the secret to my success 
has been. They 
often assume that I must have been extremely 
lucky to turn my 
hobby into a lucrative career. I understand where 
they’re coming 
from, but it’s more about believing in yourself. 
Motivation is key 
and that is what’s got me to where I am today. Be 
prepared to work 
much harder than you’ve ever done before, but, 
most importantly, 
don’t forget to have fun! 
So, are there any questions? 
 
Track 6 
1 I’ve gone from being stuck in a boring office job 
to something far 
more fulfilling: travelling the world and making 
video blogs for a 
living. 
2 I knew it was time for something much more 
rewarding. 
3 I’d always had a strong desire to go travelling, so 
I set about 
researching the best places online. 
4 Nevertheless, I really enjoyed making them and 
persevered with 
developing something a bit more structured. 
5 This then led to bigger and better things. 
6 It wasn’t long before sponsors came knocking at 
my door, offering 
much more money than I’d been making from my 
review videos. 
7 The most memorable, though, was when I was 
invited to speak at 
an annual travel conference in New York. 
8 Be prepared to work much harder than you’ve 
ever done before, 
but, most importantly, don’t forget to have fun! 
 
Track 7 
Young woman: The whole experience was 
amazing, actually. I 
mean, I’d been working really hard, studying, so I 
was feeling pretty 
tired and nervous already. So when my boyfriend 
suggested I went 
along with him, I was, like, shocked – like ‘No way!’ 
– I mean the 
thought of breaking a bone or something even 
worse just before an 
exam was terrifying. But you know, he just kept on 
at me, so for the 
sake of a bit of peace, in the end I said yes. When 
we were up there 
in the sky, I was just so scared I can’t tell you. I just 
wanted to get 
out of the plane. I felt trapped, but the only way to 
do that was to 
jump. And in fact, the jump itself was really 
thrilling. I’d love to do it 
again. And I didn’t break a thing! 
 
Track 8 
Examiner: In this part of the test, I’m going to give 
each of you 
two photographs. I’d like you to talk about your 
photographs on your own for about a minute, and 
also to answer a short question about your 
partner’s 
photographs. Marta, it’s your turn first. Here are 
your photographs. They show people doing 
different 
activities in their free time. I’d like you to compare 
the photographs, and say how you think the 
people 
can benefit from spending their free time doing 
these 
different activities. All right? 
Marta: Well, in the first photo, there are two 
women playing 
video games in their home together. They don’t 
seem to be taking the game too seriously and they 
seem to be enjoying themselves. I think they 
benefit 
from this in several ways. Firstly, they’re laughing, 
which is always good for you because it helps you 
to 
relax. At the same time, they’re having fun 
together, 
which is important because it builds up their 
social 
relationship and their friendship. Also, it’s good to 
see 
these women doing something which is 
traditionally 
seen as a male activity, because I think it helps 
break 
down social boundaries and gender stereotypes. 
In the second photo, there is a man and a woman 
canoeing in a river. They are more active than the 
people in the first photo because they’re doing a 
type 
of sport and using up more energy and getting 
fitter. 
I think they also benefit because it looks like they 
are 
just doing it as a leisure activity rather than a race, 
and so they can perhaps talk about their problems, 
relax and also enjoy their friendship. Mm, all in all, 
I 
think they get a lot from— 
Examiner: Thank you. 
Marta: —from both activities 
 
 
 
UNIT 3 
Track 10 
Narrator: Speaker 1 
Male: Last year I had a gap year and went 
travelling on my 
own. I had no experience of international travel, so 
it was an incredible opportunity. I really 
appreciated 
the chance to visit all the main European 
attractions, 
landmarks and ruins, but the places that stuck 
with me 
the most were perhaps those off the beaten track, 
such 
as the ice caves in Austria and the Diapontia 
Islands in 
Greece – they were great. I felt pretty low when it 
was all 
over and I was on my way back, though. I didn’t 
want it 
to stop. I remember looking through all the photos 
I’d 
taken and thinking how lucky I was to have such 
special 
memories. 
Narrator: Speaker 2 
Female: I’d always wanted to visit Iceland for as 
long as I could 
remember. I managed to scrape enough money 
together 
and booked a cheap hostel just on the outskirts of 
the 
capital, Reykjavik. I knew it would be beautiful 
and it 
didn’t fail to live up to my expectations. Even 
though I 
was only there for a few days, I ticked everything 
off my 
list, including seeing the Northern Lights, which 
were 
breathtaking. The only thing I regret about it, 
though, 
was not taking enough pictures of all of the places 
I’d 
visited. 
Narrator: Speaker 3 
Male: Growing up, I was fortunate enough to go on 
a wide 
variety of holidays, from ski trips in the winter to 
beach 
holidays in the summer. When I was eighteen, my 
friends and I decided to go skiing in Bulgaria. 
Given the 
fact that we were students, we booked the 
cheapest 
accommodation we could find, which turned out 
to be a 
youth hostel which we shared with fifteen other 
people. 
As I’d done a bit of skiing before, I spent the first 
few 
days giving my friends lessons. They were much 
better 
than I’d expected and by the third day, we were all 
going 
down the same slopes together. 
Narrator: Speaker 4 
Female: Most people choose exotic locations for 
their 
honeymoon, but we wanted to keep it simple – 
and 
cheap. We hopped on a low-cost flight to Berlin, 
where 
we’d first met. Everything looked the same. Or so 
we 
thought. One day, we were checking out a café in 
our old 
neighbourhood when we started to get a strange 
feeling 
that we’d been there before. As it turns out, we 
were 
sitting in what was, a few years ago, our local 
grocery 
shop! It broke my heart. We had such fond 
memories of 
it. It’s a shamethe shop went out of business, and 
this 
spoiled our holiday somewhat. 
Narrator: Speaker 5 
Male: I was pretty anxious about my last holiday. 
When I was 
a kid, my family used to travel to Ireland by ferry 
and 
I always dreaded the journey because I used to get 
terribly seasick, so I was worried it would just be 
12 days 
of that. I needn’t have worried in the end. The sea 
was 
calm and the cruise ship was so big you didn’t feel 
like 
you were at sea at all. We sunbathed in the 
morning, 
ate a big lunch, went sightseeing in the afternoon 
and 
got back at 6 pm every day. Too bad we weren’t 
able to 
see Malta. We were running behind schedule and 
they 
informed us last minute that, in order to catch up, 
we 
wouldn’t be able to stop. 
Track 11 
1 One day, we were checking out a café in our old 
neighbourhood 
when we started to get a strange feeling that we’d 
been there 
before. 
2 When I was a kid, my family used to travel to 
Ireland by ferry 
Track 12 
Miguel: Shall we start with this one? 
Antonia: OK. 
Miguel: How do you think doing a sightseeing tour 
of a city might 
be good for students? 
Antonia: I think you can learn a lot about 
architecture and history 
and things like that. 
Miguel: Yes, and you can also visit somewhere 
very different and 
learn about other cultures. 
Antonia: Right. What about this sort of activity 
holiday in the 
mountains? I think it can give young people 
exciting 
experiences and adventures – things they don’t get 
in 
their everyday lives. 
Miguel: Yes, and they learn to be more 
independent because 
they’re away from home and their families, don’t 
you think? 
Antonia: I think that’s right. Also, they learn to 
work together to 
solve problems, so it’s good for learning 
teamwork. 
Miguel: That’s an important point, because if the 
school’s 
organising the trip, it should be educational, 
shouldn’t it? 
I mean, students have got to be learning 
something. And 
the beach activity day – what about that? 
Antonia: It sounds great, doesn’t it? And I think 
just by doing 
sports and activities they don’t normally do at 
school, 
students learn something. 
Miguel: I agree. 
 
Track 13 
See page 38 of Student’s Book for audioscript. 
 
Track 14 
 
Miguel and Antonia 
Miguel: Well, Antonia, in my opinion, the best 
choice for the trip 
is the camping and walking activity in the 
mountains, 
because it’ll be an adventure for everyone, and if it 
goes 
well, everyone will enjoy it. What do you think? 
Antonia: Hmm, I think your suggestion would be 
fine if the 
weather is good, but no one will enjoy it if it rains 
all the 
time, and it’s a lot of responsibility for the teachers 
who 
are supervising the trip. I think the beach activity 
trip is 
a better option because at least the kids will be 
staying 
in a hostel if the weather turns bad. 
Irene and Nikolai 
Irene: OK, I think we should choose the theme 
park because 
all teenagers enjoy the thrill of a theme park, and 
it 
gives everyone plenty to talk about and discuss 
before 
and after they go. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UNIT 4 
 
Track 15 
I: So, Alina, you own a successful catering business 
called Anatolia. 
Why did you decide to start this business? 
A: I’ve always been a big fan of travel and food 
from different 
countries. I’d thought about starting my own 
catering business 
for a while, but it wasn’t until we moved to a small 
town on the 
south coast of England that it became a real 
possibility. It would 
have been too costly to start a business living in 
London with 
two school-age children to support. My husband 
and I probably 
would have stayed in London if he hadn’t been 
offered a more 
senior role in his company elsewhere, so it seemed 
like it was 
meant to be. 
I: It certainly sounds like it. So how did your 
business start out? 
A: Well, one weekend, while I was walking around 
the local food 
market, I quickly noticed there wasn’t much 
variety of food 
available, unlike in London. I felt a stall offering 
something 
different would be quite appealing to locals, so I 
sent in an 
application for a new market stall specialising in 
Turkish street 
food. To my surprise, the application was accepted 
in no time 
at all. I then set about developing dishes that were 
not only 
affordable for customers but would also allow me 
to earn 
enough money to make a profit. 
I: And was the menu at the market stall an instant 
success? 
A: It wasn’t an immediate hit with the locals, but 
after a few 
months I had a good number of loyal customers, 
most of 
whom were quite well-travelled and were familiar 
with Turkish 
cuisine. The great thing about market stalls is that 
you have 
direct interaction with the people buying your 
food, so I got to 
know what was missing from my current menu 
and adapted it 
accordingly. Customers said there was too much 
fast food at the 
market, so I concentrated on healthier options. 
This helped to 
bring in more business and meant that I could 
justify charging 
a little more than other food stalls around me as 
the dishes 
became more sophisticated. 
I: How did you advertise your business to more 
people? 
A: To start with, most people found out about us 
via word-ofmouth, 
which worked very well in such a small town. 
Later on, 
I placed adverts in the local paper and on the 
town’s website, 
though by that time, I already had plenty of 
customers. 
I: This then led to you starting your own private 
catering business. 
How did this come about? 
A: Well, I started by handing out fliers advertising 
my catering 
service to customers at the market. Nothing 
happened in the 
first few weeks until, one day, someone asked if I’d 
cater for their 
wedding. There were sixty guests to cater for in 
total. It meant 
getting a different licence, which I didn’t have any 
trouble with. 
I needed extra staff to support me and I quickly 
realised it was 
far from straightforward. The thing is, you’re 
hiring people for 
individual jobs, rather than full-time employment, 
which limits 
your options significantly. In the end, I had to ask 
my husband to 
help out and, fortunately, the wedding was a big 
success. But for 
the first few months in the new business, I had too 
much work 
and not enough people to help. 
I: I heard that you once catered for the Turkish 
ambassador. What 
was that like? 
A: Well, I didn’t really have time to get nervous as 
I was so focused 
on getting everything right. I discovered that 
manti, a type of 
dumpling, was the Ambassador’s favourite, so I 
served that. 
They’re notoriously difficult to make, so I was 
pleasantly 
surprised when he came into the kitchen to thank 
me personally. 
I: That’s a great story! So what does the future 
hold for you? 
A: Well, I’ll probably continue with the catering 
company for the 
time being, but eventually I’d like to set up 
something bigger. 
I’d like to encourage people to learn to make 
Turkish food 
themselves, using the right ingredients. I plan to 
try and publish 
my recipes first and then, if the book’s a success, 
open a small 
shop selling my books and ingredients to cook 
with. 
 
Track 16 
Examiner: Do you think fast food is bad for you? 
Martyna: I think it depends. I think the most 
important thing / 
is to have a balanced diet, / in other words, you 
eat 
a variety of / vegetables, / meat, / cereals and so 
on. 
I’m not sure it matters so much / how long it takes 
to prepare, / because I think fast food is / just / 
food 
which is prepared quickly. On the other hand, / if 
you 
just live on / what’s it called / junk food, / for 
instance 
hamburgers and pizzas and things like that, / then 
you probably need to cut down / and have a more 
balanced diet. 
Examiner: And Miguel, / what do you think? 
Miguel: I agree with Martyna. / I think it’s fine to 
eat fast food 
occasionally, / but you have to balance it with 
other 
thingslike / fresh fruit and / vegetables which are 
in 
season and / cut down on dairy products and fat. / 
Also I think that what you eat is only one part of a 
/ 
healthy lifestyle. 
Martyna: I agree 
 
Track 17 
Examiner: How can families benefit from eating 
together? 
Miguel: Well, / the important thing is not eating, / 
it’s spending 
time together / so that they can talk about what 
they 
have been doing during the day. / They get the 
chance 
to exchange opinions / and make plans as well, / 
because everyone can contribute / and that’s what 
makes a rich, / meaningful family life. / Children 
learn 
ideas and attitudes from their parents, / while 
parents 
keep up to date with their children / and what 
they are 
thinking and doing. 
Examiner: And Martyna, / do you agree? 
Martyna: Yes, I do. / And also I think people cook 
better / when 
they are cooking for several people / than when 
they 
are just cooking for themselves, / so as a result, / 
people who eat together / eat more healthily 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UNIT 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Track 19 
Teacher: Nikolai, what is your favourite subject at school? 
Nikolai: I find biology very interesting. That’s because I enjoy 
all science subjects a lot and if I can get good enough 
marks in my final exams, I’ll study medicine when I go 
to university. Also, I’ve got a really excellent biology 
teacher, who makes the subject much more fun. 
Teacher: And you, Martyna, how do you think you’ll use English in 
the future? 
Martyna: Well, I think English is an absolute necessity now and 
you just can’t get by without it. It’ll help me to find a job, 
and if my work involves travelling, it’ll be an essential 
skill. I’d like to work in business, and I think English is a 
really big advantage for that, too. 
Teacher: Thank you. Nikolai, can you ..