English Recordings

Dear selection board,

My name is Chrissie Roberts. I am 12 years old and I live in London. I’d like to take part in the comic strip competition because I love drawing, and I am very creative. I love watching films at the cinema and I have a lot of imagination. I always draw at home and at school.

My superhero is a girl. Her name is Super Helen. She is 13 years old and she lives in Australia. In real life, she has a secret identity: her name is Helen Smith, and she is a normal student in a normal school.
She has got medium-long curly red hair and brown eyes. She has glasses too. Her nose is small. She is tall. She hasn’t got freckles or dimples. She is very strong. She isn’t fat, she is slim.
She has got two superpowers: she can become elastic and she can control the weather, but she can’t fly and she can’t shoot lasers.
Super Helen is very intelligent. She is brave and friendly, but she is timid too. She isn’t lazy or rude.
She wears blue jeans, a red cape and big black shoes. She has a t-shirt with her logo: SH. She doesn’t have accessories (a sword or a hammer for example), because she doesn’t like violence.
Her enemy is Crocodile man. He is very dangerous and cruel. He can swim very fast and he has got terrible teeth. He can control water, but he isn’t very intelligent.

I include in this letter one example of my drawings.
Thank you for reading my letter,
Chrissie Roberts

Hello, I’m Paula. I’m 17 years old.
I live in Canada but I’m from South Africa.
I have a brother, Rob… he is 25 years old and he is a taxi driver.
I don’t have a sister but I have 3 cousins and they are like my best friends!
My parents are Cynthia and Gregory.
My mother is 46 years old, she is a teacher.
My father is 51 years old and he is a doctor.
I don’t have a pet but I love animals!

Definition of Terms
1 Advance
The distance traveled in the direction of the original heading measured from the
point at which a helm was first applied. The maximum advance is usually between
3 to 5 ship lengths for a merchant ship of any size going at full ahead and using full
helm.
2 Kick
It is a momentary movement, at the start of a turn, of the ship’s stern toward the
side opposite the direction of the turn.
3 Transfer
The distance of the center of gravity of the ship from the original track line
measured in the 90º to the original heading. The transfer for a turn of 90º is about
two ship lengths.
4 Tactical Diameter
It is the transfer for a turn of 180º which is almost equal to the maximum transfer. It
is usually about the same distance as the maximum advance.
5 Drift Angle
It is the angle between the tangent to the turning circle at any point and the fore
and aft line of the ship.
6 Pivot Point
It is the point about which the vessel pivots with the bow swinging inwards and the
stern swinging outwards. It is about one third (1/3) of the vessels length from
forward when going ahead. When going astern the vessel pivots about
approximately one quarter of the length from astern.
7 Final Diameter
It is the diameter of a circle traversed by a vessel after turning through 360º and
maintaining the same speed and rudder angle. This diameter is always less than
the tactical diameter. It is measured perpendicular to the original course and
between the tangents at the points where 180º and 360º of the turn have been
completed.

sense of appreciation

Interesting Facts:

Helping others lowers blood pressure.
Kindness boosts energy and strength in elderly people.
Teenagers who help others are more successful in life.
Listening to the advice of older people improves our lives.
Taking care of grandchildren increases brain function and memory.

A: Where was Donna last night? B: I’m not sure. I think she was visiting her family
I remember that night. You were wearing that red dress
Lisa was cycling to school when she saw the accident
What were you thinking about when you won the race?
A: I can’t believe you met Fran and Dave in Portugal B: It was funny. They were staying in the hotel next to ours
I wasn’t at Diana’s birthday last week; I was travelling to Rome
She was feeding her neighbours’ cat every morning while they were on holiday. Then one morning, it was gone
The neighbours were making so much noise, night after night. We had to complain eventually

We haven’t met before, have we?
She’s never said sorry for what she did
I felt the happiest I have ever felt
It was the best decision I have ever made in my life
That’s the first time I’ve seen you get angry

What’s this? What’s just happened?
Niki and John have just come back from a week in Spain
A fire has broken out at a disused hotel on the seafront
She’s broken her arm in two places

This time next week, I’ll be taking photographs with my new camera
Next week they will be flying to Australia from Saudi Arabia
She will not be working on Tuesday
We will be flying at 50.000 feets
Will you be coming to dinner?
I will be waiting for you when you get back
Next year will she still be wearing a size six?
Unfortunately, sea levels will still be rising in 20 years

The storm could get worse
You could do yoga if you want to be healthier
Could I ask you a personal question?

Would you make dinner?
I’d recommend that you try this size
When I broke my leg, I thought I would never dance again
Tom said that he would pay for the food

Tom said that he would pay for the food
You should tell him what you think
We should leave it until tomorrow; it’s late now
There should be a very big crowd at the party. Mary has so many friends

1. a group of people who wear the same uniform and they play the same sport together

2. a sport of fighting with the fists

3. someone whose job is to teach people to improve at a sport, this person doesn’t participate in the game

4. this person controls the game and makes sure the rules are followed, sometimes he/she blows the whistle

5. a sport or activity of riding a bicycle

6. a popular game played with an orange black-striped ball; a game played by two teams of five players who score points by throwing the ball through a net that hangs from a metal ring

Robots will be the future for factories, restaurants, military activity, and space operations. Factories will use robots to transport things faster, make the product faster, etc.

In our future, we will definitely have robots. We will have robots in factories, schools, stores, taking over jobs, and much more. Robots will be working and we, the human race, will be lazier.

Robots will be everywhere in the future; they will be at stores and in your house. In just everyday life everyone uses robots like TVs, phones) cars and computers. I think that robots will have human qualities [ ..] They will also be able to have the 5 senses that humans have; smell, touch, taste, hearing and eyesight. They will also be able to have emotions.

Robots will be useful, but if there are too many, they will replace humans, and we will evolve into lazy, uneducated beings. There is a perfect example, a movie named Wall-E. The people are surrounded by robots and are very lazy and fat.

This is a woman.
She is tall. She has long fair hair and white skin. She has brown eyes. She has a long nose and a small mouth.
She is very mean and malicious. She is manipulative and deceptive.
She wants to control Narnia but she doesn't want to save it.
Who is she ?

A tale as old as time about an arrogant prince who was cursed to a beast by an Enchantress. and his chance shows itself when a young maiden named Belle, offers to take her ill father's place as his prisoner. With help from the castle's enchanted staff, Belle learns to appreciate her captor and he immediately falls in love with her.
Meanwhile, she helped him to return to his normal humanity.
the acting is amazing and real that holds your attention all the way through.

I really love my job
She is a doctor
Do you live in New York?
Jay does not play the guitar
Phil plays soccer every Saturday at 10am
We read every night before we go to sleep
Peter and Harold don’t go to school anymore
Does she go out on weekends?

She’s very rich
Are they Argentinian?
The food is so good in Italy
I am not a nurse, I am a doctor
We’re at the restaurant
I’m 24 years old
He is not fifteen
How old are they?

Did you eat last night?
How was the movie last night?
They didn’t travel to Italy every summer, they travelled to Spain
As children, we played all kinds of games on the street
He fell off his bike and his friends did not take him to a doctor
She wasn’t afraid of him

I’m studying english
She isn’t cooking yet
Estados temporales ciertos en el momento en que se habla
Aren’t you working for your father?
Her mother is living with them at the moment
My wife, she’s always throwing things out
You are constantly working! You never have time for me!
We’re taking a roadtrip to Las Vegas this weekend
Aren’t you playing tennis on Saturday?

The year 2025 will be the four-hundredth anniversary of the founding of the university
I think they will postpone the match
I’m bored, I think I’ll go for a walk
Wait. I’ll open the door for you.
I promise I will do the washing up later

I shall contact you again when I have further information
We shall never forget the holiday we had in Vietnam
It’s getting late. Shall we go home?

She’s going to be a professional dancer when she grows up
I’m gonna look for a new place to live next month
It’s going to snow again soon.
Look out! He’s going to break that glass.
The bomb is going to explode!
You’re going to pick up all of those toys right now. This room is a mess!