English Recordings

Emile: What theatre do you want to choose?
Mei lee: I think Alamo drafthouse would be perfect! I heard so many good reviews about it!
What time would you like to watch the movie?
Emile: I don't know, but I'd prefer it to be the weekend.
ML: I'm not available this weekend but after school would work better for me.
Emile: Okay, no problem!
ML: Okay! So , what day?
Emile: Friday ?
ML: Yeah Friday works for me! So where do you want to go ?: Downtown Brooklyn or Lower Manhattan?
Emile: I would prefer Downtown Brooklyn.
ML: Okay, that works great! Where do you want to sit?
Emile :Well, I don't want to be too close to the screen but not too far, so I would say row 2 or 3.
ML: Yep! 3 rd row works better.
Emile: and on the side, like seat 3 and 4.
ML: Great!How much is the ticket?
Emile: It's $ 9.50
ML: Okay! I'll pay and you'll reimburse me.
Emile: Sounds good to me!

-What are my wishes for 2023?
-Well , first of all , I dream of a peaceful world ,let's hope that all the conflicts all around the world will come to an end this year , I wish that the war will end in Ukraine.
-I also wish that the governments will give efficient solutions to the economic crisis ,in particular the inflation caused by rising food and energy prices.
-Let's just hope that there will be more and more faster actions to brake the threat that is facing us nowadays, whether we call it climate change or global warming.
-Finally, now that the COVID-19 restrictions are lifted in China,this swift has led to soaring infections and fears of new rising cases in the rest of the world , so all we can wish for ourselves and our dear ones is good health and a pandemic-free world.
I hope 2023 will be a prosperous and happy new year for all of us. No matter what days await us , together we will make this new year beautiful.

(1st dialogue : please don't read that:)! )

- Hello ?! Hey Andie!
- Hi Jenny, what's up ?
-Look! I'd like to go to the cinema. The new Avatar is out. Would you like to join?
-Well, it depends! What time is the movie?
-In 30 minutes sharp!
-Oh! I'm sorry I can't , I'm not available!
-Oh ..... What are you doing?
- Mom and I are painting my room at the moment and we won't be finished by then....
-Okay ! Too bad. Another time!
-Sure, next time! Have a good one!

(2nd dialogue : please don't read that:)! ) :

- Hey Grace! How are you ?
- Hey, what's up?
- Look! I'd like to go to the theatre. Would you like to join?
- O sure!! I love to go to the cinema ! What movie would you like to go watch?
- Avatar 2. I'm a big fan of this universe!
- Oh, me too!!!!! The landscapes and the colors are so amazing !
- Yeah, that's right! So...are you available ? The film starts at 3:30, in 30 minutes!!! What are you doing at the moment, Grace ?
- right now I'm doing my homework but I can continue later, no problem!
- Fantastic!
- Okay, I'll be ready!
-Okay, see you then !

Victorian times correspond to the time Queen Victoria was on the throne. At that time, there was no electricity, instead, people used gas lamps or candles for light. There were no cars and people walked, travelled by boat or train or used horses to go from one place to another.
Britain managed to build a huge empire during the Victorian period. It was also a time of tremendous change in the lives of British people. In 1837 most people lived in villages and worked on the land.
By 1901, most people lived in towns and worked in offices, shops and factories.
During Queen Victoria’s reign, Britain became the most powerful and richest country in the world, with the largest empire that had ever existed, ruling a quarter of the world's population. Towns and cities got piped water, gas and, by the end of the century, electricity. The number of people living in Britain more than doubled from 16 million to 37 million. New towns appeared, changing the ways people lived and worked. Because of railways, people could travel easily around the country for the first time. At the beginning of the Victorian period crossing the Atlantic took up to eight weeks. By 1901 it took about a week.

character n°1 : Hey Emile, I would like to go to the cinema. Do you want to come with me?
Emile: What movie would you like to go watch?
Character n°1 : I don't really know.... I think I would like to see The Lego Movie.
Emile: What is the movie about?
character n°1: It's about a Lego man who saves the world from a bad guy
emile: Oh nooo! It sounds ridiculous. I think I would go for No Time to Die ! It's an action movie and it's the latest James Bond movie!
character n°1: Well.... I'm not a big fan of action . I would go for Yes Day.
Emile: oh? What is it about?
character n°1 : It's about kids who make the rules for 24 hours.
Emile: Oh great! That sounds fun ! Okay, that works for me!

he can go through walls.
she can predict the future.
he can lift heavy objects.
he can become invisible.
he can change his appearance.
they can teletransport.
he can shoot spider webs.
he can camouflage his body.
he can freeze her enemies.
she can breeze underwater.
he can time-travel.

Ambition

Topic: Some think that ambition is a good quality. Is it important to be ambitious? Is it a positive or negative characteristic?

Model answer:

The rise of the one percent and accumulated capital has led many people today to question the basic value of raw ambition. In my opinion, though ambition has historical importance, it is a largely negative trait for most of society today.

Ambition’s value lies in pushing forward human progress. Some of the best evidence of this comes from advances in science. Galileo was a determined astronomer, willing to doubt ingrained dogma in order to propagate his heretical view and we owe the basis of our understanding of the planetary system to him. A more recent example would be discoveries like penicillin and vaccines in the 20th century that were all the result of highly ambitious, driven individuals whose legacies endure to this day. Without their aspirations, human civilisation would have stagnated.

However, ambition for its own sake hurts society. When ambition is severed from passion and ethics, it becomes the raw engine of political and economic greed. A good example of this would be the rampant speculation fueling Wall Street. Most employees at large brokerage firms are ambitious in terms of moving up the ladder and making more money for their clients but have little concern for the consequences of their actions. Reckless investment spurred on by greed was one of the underlying causes of the sub-prime mortgage scandal that led to a global financial crisis in 2008 during which millions of homeowners and investors lost their retirement savings. Unchecked, ambition will always tend towards excess and society will always be left to reckon with the aftermath.

In conclusion, ambition is a crucial drive behind human civilisation but it is not a positive force on its own. It is important for parents and educators to serve as good role models to inspire children to check ambition with conscience.

The point in time when only THE prepared will survive.

We live in a delicate balance

In an uncertain world

When disaster strikes, the time to prepare has already passed. Prepare.

The Princess of Wales meets a lot of different people during her official visits all over the world. Her husband, William, is crazy about helicopters. One day he landed his helicopter in their garden! Catherine thinks he is silly. Catherine and William have three children. Their son George loves playing with his sister Charlotte and his brother Louis. Do they realise that their grandfather is the King of England? The family lives at Kensington Palace, its rooms are spacious and luxurious. "Our family is very happy here in London", Catherine says.

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The United Kingdom
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