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JOHN BROWN: Sorry. It’s ANNI and her surname is spelt R-E-A. Q21

MARY COLLINS: Good start! OK... REA. And age is easy. You’re both 16. What have you called the design? Keep it short. Q22 JOHN BROWN: What about jigsaw puzzle design for visually handicapped?

MARY COLLINS: Too long. Just say blind puzzle, that’ll do. Q23 JOHN BROWN: OK.

MARY COLLINS: Right now, size of equipment?

JOHN BROWN: I’ve got it noted down here. . . urn, yes, length, sorry, width is 20 cm. MARY COLLINS: OK.

JOHN BROWN: Length is 50 cm, and then the depth is.. . well, it’s very little. MARY COLLINS: What would you say? I think you can be approximate. JOHN BROWN: I’d say 2.5 cm. MARY COLLINS: And the electricity supply? Is it mains operated? JOHN BROWN: No it isn’t, it’s actually battery. MARY COLLINS: OK, write battery.

JOHN BROWN: Fine, OK. It’s the next bit that I’m really not sure what to put.

MARY COLLINS: Well, special features means; what is really new about this, you know, suitable for the group you made it for.

JOHN BROWN: Well, it’s safe for children. Q24 MARY COLLINS: That’s fine. Put that in.

JOHN BROWN: OK, and of course we think it’s educational. Q25 MARY COLLINS: There you are, you’ve done it. Anything else?

JOHN BROWN: Well, I think the price is good. Q26 MARY COLLINS: That’s probably the most important factor. JOHN BROWN: OK. . . cheap price.

MARY COLLINS: Which brings us on to the next bit. What’s the cost?

JOHN BROWN: Well, the pieces we made out of old wood. . . they cost, ooh, $5.

MARY COLLINS: And the electrics? Q27 JOHN BROWN: They were more expensive. . . say, $9.50. Brilliant. Q28 Now what do they mean by other comments?

MARY COLLINS: It’s just a chance for you to say anything about the equipment,and problems you envisage. JOHN BROWN: Well, we would really like help with making plastic instead of wooden pieces.

MARY COLLINS: Well, put something like, need help to make plastic pieces. Q29 JOHN BROWN: OK. And the other thing is, we’d like to develop a range of sizes.

MARY COLLINS: That’s fine, then, just put that. And the last bit is, when will you send the equipment? JOHN BROWN: Well, we’ve got a lot of work on at the moment and we want to get it as good as we can. MARY COLLINS: Well, say 25 June? JOHN BROWN: Can’t we make it later?

MARY COLLINS: Well, the last date is 1 July. Why not say that? Q30 JOHN BROWN: OK, that’s what I’ll put. MARY COLLINS: So that’s the lot!

JOHN BROWN: That’s brilliant. Thanks very much, Mrs Collins. I’ll send it off straightaway. MARY COLLINS: Glad to be of help. Very best of luck to you both. JOHN BROWN: Thanks, bye. MARY COLLINS: Bye.

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PAULA: Today I’d like to introduce Ted Hunter, who used to rear sheep and poultry but who is here to

tell us about a rather unusual type of livestock that he’s been concentrating on in the last few years.

Ted Hunter is a member of the Domesticated Ostrich Farming Association, and is here to tell us about the possibilities of breeding and rearing these birds here in this country.

TED: Thank you, Paula. When you look at international restaurant menus and supermarkets they all tend to feature the same range of meats--beef, lamb, chicken, pork, that sort of thing, But people are always interested in something different and we’re now finding that farming can bring new types of meat to our tables. The kangaroo is one animal that’s now being farmed for its meat and eaten outside Australia, where it comes from. It looks and tastes rather like rabbit, though it’s slightly darker in colour, Q31 but it is rather tough, so that’s a problem for some people. Q32 Crocodiles are also being farmed for their meat. This is rather like chicken, pale and tender, and it’s getting quite fashionable. Some people also find it’s rather fatty, but I think it mnakcs a really tasty sandwich. Now a third type of meat becoming increasingly available, and the one that I think is by far the nicest of the three, is ostrich, which most people say has a similar taste and texture to beef. Q33 However, it’s much better for you than beef, as we’ll see later.

Most people think of ostriches as wild animals, but in fact ostriches have been farmed in SouthAfrica since around 1860. At first they were produced for their feathers. In Africa they were used for tribal ceremonial dressand they were also exported to Europe and America where they were made into ladies’ fans Q34 and used for decorating hats. Later, feather fans and big, decorated hats went out of fashion but ostriches were still bred, this time for their hide. This can be treated to.produce about half a square metre of leather very delicate, fine stuff of very good quality. Q35 At the same time, some of the meat was used for biltong--the air-dried strips of meat popular in South Africa as a sort of fast food. Q36 However, recently there’s been more and more interest in the development of ostrich farming in other parts of the world, and more people are recognising its value as a food source. Ostrich meat is slightly higher in protein than beef- and much lower in fats and cholesterol. It tastes good too. Q37 A series of European taste tests found that 82% of people prefer ostrich to beef. And one ostrich produces a lot of meat--from around 30 to 50 kg, mostly from the hindquarters of the bird.

Farmed ostriches don’t need African climates, and in fact ostrich farming is now becoming well

established in other parts of the world, However, setting up an ostrich farm isn’t something to embark on lightly. Mature breeding birds are very expenive--a fertilised ostrich egg isn’t cheap so you need quite a bit of capital to begin with, Then the farmer aieeds special equipment such as incubators for the eggs. Q38 The young chicks are very dependent on human minders, and need a lot of attention from the people loking after them. In addition, ostriches can’t be intensively farmed--they need space and exercise. Q39 But in spite of this they make good farming sense. A cow produces only one calf a year whereas a female ostrich can lay an egg every other day. And because the farmers can use incubators and hatched chicks are nourished well and protected from danger, the failure rate on farms is very Low indeed and almost all the fertilised eggs will hatch out into chicks which will in turn reach maturity. Q40 This is very different from the situation in the wild, where the vast majority of chicks will die or be killed

before they grow up into mature ostriches. So it’s possible, once the initial outlay has been made, for the farmer to be looking at very good profit margins indeed.

Ostrich farming is still in its early days outside Africa but we hope that ostrich meat will be freely available soon and before Long will be as cheap as beef. \\

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SARAH: John, i’ve just had some good news. Susan has had her baby. JOHN: Do you know when she had it?

SARAH: Yesterday. The tenth of August. Example JOHN: Oh, my father was born on August the tenth. Give me the details and I’ll make a note for everyone at work. SARAH: OK.

JOHN: Well, was it a boy or a girl? SARAH: It’s a boy.

JOHN: And what are they going to call him?

SARA H: Tom. Torn Lightfoot. It sounds quite good, don’t you think? JOHN: Yes, that has quite a good ring to it.

SARAH: You know he’s quite a big baby. He weighed four and a quarter kilos when he was born. QI JOHN: That does sound big, four and a quarter kilos.

SARA H: And he’s long too, forty-six centimetres. Q2 JOHN: Mmrnm. Tall parents. He’ll grow up to be over two metres, I’d say.

SARAH: With masses of black hair, curly black hair. You know, we should go and visit them in hospital. What about tomorrow afternoon at around 1pm? JOHN: Yes, OK.

SARAH: Where should we meet?. . . Ah, I could come and pick you up at your house, if you like. JOHN: Yes, that would be wonderful. My car is still off the road. SARAH: Just refresh my memory. What’s the address again? JOHN: It’s 15 Chesterfield Road, Paddington. SARAH: It’s next to the library, isn’t it?

JOHN: Not exactly. It’s next to a bank. The state Bank actually. The library is opposite us, on the corner. SARAH: That’s right, and there’s a garage on the other street corner. I remember now. Q3-Q4 Q5 JOHN: So, you’ll pick me tip at a quarter to one and we’ll be there at one easily. SARAH: Now what should we take? We must take them something.

JOHN: I always think flowers are good to take to someone in hospital, don’t you?

SARAH: Well, not really. Everyone always brings flowers and they don’t last. I think it’s much better to take a pot plant, so she can take it home with her.

JOHN: Yes, but then she has to remember to water it. What about a big box of chocolates?

SARAH: OK, chocolates sound fine. We should get something for the baby too. What do you think? Q6 JOHN: Yes, you’re right. What do you think of something like baby shampoo or talcum powder? SARAH: Or we could get a little hat, or something like that. JOHN: We don’t know the size, or the right colour, do we?

SARAH: I think we should get something they wouldn’t normally buy. What about a soft toy of some sort? JOHN: Yes, a soft toy. Q7 SARAH: What about a teddy bear?

JOHN: I could get one early tomorrow at the market and I could probably get The chocolates there too. Q8-Q9 SARAH: Good.

JOHN: So you’ll pick me up at a quarter to one at my place and I’ll make sure that I’ve got the presents. SARAH: You must remember how much you paid for the gifts, so I can pay you back for half. If they’re going to be from both of us, I would like to go shares.

JOHN: OK. I’d say the chocolates would be about $15 for something nice and not too small and

the toy would be around $35 or so, I’d think. Q10 SARAH: Good, that’ll be fine. About $25 each then. Good, I’ll pick you up then on Sunday at twelve forty-five. JOHN: OK.

SARAH: See you then. Bye.

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PRESENTER: Good evening. Tonight’s show comes to you from the Good Home Exhibition in Duke’s Court, where we’ve been trying out some of the latest gadgets on show here and getting our resident expert-- Liz Shearer -- to tell us which ones are worth buying and which will die, a death.

LIZ SHEARER: Well, hello. Yes, John, I’ve been investigating four new household gadgets and sorting out the advantages and disadvantages and then really deciding what are `Must buys’, what are`Maybe buys’

and what are `Never buys’. Let’s start with this vacuum flask for keeping drinks hot.

Well . . . I felt this had quite a lot going for it, most of all is the fact that it contains no glass and Q11 is therefore unbreakable to all intents and purposes. It’s made of stainless steel which is guaranteed for 20 years . . . hope that’s long enough.. . and it’s true what the manufacturer claims--

that it does maintain heat for 18 hours. Q12 So that’s pretty good. On the down side, it really works out to be quite expensive and,

much more surprisingly, it unfortunately leaves a strange taste. . . Q13 you know when you’ve drunk from it. . . so all in all,

my recommendation would be it’s got plenty of advantages, but it is rather expensive so I’d say you should maybe buy it.

Moving on to a natty little device. . . the Whistle Key Holder. Basically this is where you whistle and the key holder gives off a high pitched noise and flashes light so you can find it. One advantage of this model is that it also has a small light. You press the button and this means you can find keyholes easily.

I also felt the small size was a real advantage. On theweaker side, I did find thc noise unpleasant. Q14 Which I’m sure the designers could have done something about.

And I found that it didn’t work through metal, so it’s mainly useful for finding in coat pockets, cushions, Q15 etc. But taken as a whole I thought it was a masterpiece of design and would highly recommend it. Q16 The third gizmo is called the Army Flashlight because it was developed initially for military use. It works by squeezing the handle to generate the power.

Its advantages are that it can be used for outside activities, and also . . . and this is one of the surprising features . . . it does work underwater. Q17 My main objection to it though was although it did work in these conditions, Q18 this model gave off a weak light, So my recommendation I’m afraid would have to be to avoid this one. Q19 The decoy camera was last on my list. This is a fake video camera which you fix to your wall to scare off

burglars. The advantage of this model is something which makes it look very realistic. . . its flashing light. Q20 On the down side, it was quite difficult to fix to the wall. However, burglary is such a major problem these days that it is worth the effort, so this gets my strong recommendation. PRESENTER: OK. Thanks for that, Liz.

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BRYSON: Well, Amina, thanks for letting me have your draft in such good time.

AMINA: Oh, that’s alright. I was just very anxious to hear what you think of it. You can see that I decided to change the topic--I had been interested in looking at Barings Factory. BRYSON: Oh, I think the hospital was a much better choice.

In fact. . . well.. . I have to say that I thought it was good. Q21 AMINA: Oh?

BRYSON: There’s still lots of work to be done... AMINA: Oh yes. . . of course.

BRYSON: But there’s plenty of good ideas. It opens well and the first chapter is fine but the middle section really stood out for me. . . most interesting. Q22

AMlNA: That’s amazing because I really didn’t find it a bit easy to write... Q23 BRYSON: How long did you work on the whole thing?

AMINA: Well, I spent about two or three weeks reading and doing general research and then I dashed the writing off very quickly . . . so about four weeks in all.

BRYSON: Well, that’s about par for the course. You’ve got a while yet to make the changes. AMINA: Oh right. . . no problem..

BRYSON: Right. Let’s have a look at my notes here. OK. Starting with section headings the broad divisions are good but you’ll have to re-do the actual headings. Exampk I’ve made some suggestions in the margins

AMINA: OK. Thanks.

BRYSON: Now, this information on local housing. . . I can see why you put it there but it really isn’t relevant to the approach you’ve taken. Q24 AMINA: I think I see what you mean.

BRYSON: Now.. . what did I say about the interviews?

AMINA: I worked very hard on those. I really thought they were valuable.

BRYSON: They are, Amina, but they’re very complex and rather unclear at the moment.

You’re going to have to spend a bit of time making the data a lot clearer. Q25 AMINA: OK. . . as long as I don’t have to remove them altogether... BRYSON: No, don’t worry.

AMLNA: What about the chronology. . . the list of dates? I wasn’t sure whether I should rewrite those. BRYSON: My advice on that is to take them out. I feel it makes the whole piece appear too simplistic. Q26 AMINA: OK, if it’ll help. -

BRYSON: Now, there are a couple of other books I’d like you to look at. Have you got a pen? Right. . . Approaches to Local History by John Mervis... AMINA: Right...

BRYSON: And then I think you need to think about ways of representing interview data.

Have a look at Sight and Sound by Kate Oakwell. Q27 AMINA: Sight and Sound.

BRYSON: Then you know I’m going away on holiday next week... AMLNA: Yes.

BRYSON: So when you’ve made the changes I suggest you show the work to your Support Tutor. Q28 AMINA: Support Tutor. . . right...

BRYSON: Then you do the proof reading... Q29 AMINA: Proof reading. . . uh-huh. When by, do you think?

BRYSON: I’d aim for 29 June and after that you should get it laser printed .. . but be careful because the computer centre closes on 10 July. Q30 AMINA: And then I hand it in to...?

BRYSON: Oh, the Faculty Office as usual.

AMINA: OK, that’s fine. I think I’m all set now! Thanks very much for all your help. BRYSON: A pleasure. See you when I get back. AMINA: Yep. Thanks, Dr Bryson. Bye. BRYSON: Bye.

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Good afternoon. I’m Paula Bundell and I am giving you the lectures on Environmental Noise this term. Today we are going to look into the effects of noise on a planned housing estate in a particularly difficult part of the new Manchester Park area.

This site is not as bad as some I have researched in the past. The Blacktown airport is closed from 6pm to 7am and this is a great advantage to the site. The only noise after dark is from the highway and

the traffic is somewhat reduced between 7.3Opm and 5.3Oam. Q31 So, the people most affected by the noise will be, I expect, housewives. Q32 By the time most of the students and workers have arrived back home in the evening during the week the noise will have abated to a fairly large extent. The weekends are still a problem of course,

but the traffic is certainly reduced on Saturdays to a large extent and even more so on Sundays. Q33 Of course modifications to houses will be necessary at a site like this and they come at a significant cost to the developer and home buyer. The modifications I am about to outline will add about $25,000 to the price of a newly-built house, That will still mean a cheaper house than in a less noisy and more desirable area. Q34 A bit of background would not go astray. I understand that you are all familiar with the proposed

development site at Manchester Park.

It’s a particularly difficult one in terms of noise with the highway along the eastern perimeter and the Blacktown airport not 3 kilometres away to the north.

Of course, those nearest the highway will be the worst hit, with heavy traffic noise as well as the noise from the light planes overhead. As you all know, the normal noise threshold for private housing is 55 decibels. At this site the levels have been recorded as high as 67 decibels. Q35 The construction of the houses has to be somewhat modified from houses in most areas. In the houses on the highway and in the noisiest areas of this site there will be a need for specialised double glazing and special acoustic seals will have to be fitted to the doors, Example All exterior doors in this especially noisy pocket will have to be solid core wood doors with hinges. Every house built on this site, not just those adjacent to the highway or nearest to the airport, will require high density insulation materials in the roof.

Not only will all the roofs need insulating, the exterior walls will be required to be double brick.

All ceilings will require double thickness plaster board to be used in the construction. Q36 In the noisiest areas mechanical ventilation will have to be installed in the exterior walls. Q37 In those areas with sealed windows it will be necessary to fit fans with absorbers to cut out the noise in those particular houses.

Air conditioning units could also be fitted in the ceilings of such houses but this is substantially more expensive than fans, and may not be needed on this site. Q38 Coming back now to the double glazing I mentioned before. Specialised double glazing requires a larger air gap between the inner and outer glass than normal double glazing. The gap must be at least 7 centimetres. The thickness of the glass is also a factor, 8 millimetres on the outside and 6 on the inside pane. Q39 It is essential that the glass be thicker on the outside than on the inside arid that the gap between the panes of glass be a minimum of 7 centimetres.

Obviously, the noise factor will have to be taken into consideration with the layout of the houses. Living areas will have to be designed at the back of the houses away from the highway.

Bedrooms and living rooms will have to be built towards the back, and for those houses closest to the highway two layers of plasterboard will be needed for the interior bedroom walls. Those rooms constructed at the front of the houses should be garages, laundries, kitchens, bathrooms and dining rooms. Q40 I have come to the conclusion that this development should go ahead, but with various acoustic modifications according to the position of the block in relation to the highway and intersection.

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