English Recordings

A few miles from Dundalk, there are the ruins of Castle Roche. It was built by a woman called Rohesia. She wanted a castle built on a high hill overlooking all that she own. She said that any man who could build the castle to her exact specifica- tions would gain her hand in marriage and with it, half her lands. Now it wasn’t long before men were lining up to build the castle. Rohesia looked among them, and she made her choice. She selected a young man, and he built her the castle. True to her word, Rohesia married. And she took the hand of her new husband and led him up the stairs to the bridal chamber. She directed him to the great window to look out over all the lands that he now owned: of the fields, the sheep, the cattle; and marvelling on his good luck, he felt her hand on his shoulder. And as he turned to kiss her, she pushed him from the tower window. He fell plummeting to his death. Now if you go to Castle Roche, and look up at that fateful win- dow, the wind might start to sound like a shriek, you might think you feel a presence coming closer to you, perhaps the doomed bridegroom, or maybe, it’s Rohesia, the murderous widow, determined to keep her secrets at any cost.

A few miles from Dundalk, there are the ruins of Castle Roche. It was built by a woman called Rohesia. She wanted a castle built on a high hill overlooking all that she own. She said that any man who could build the castle to her exact specifica- tions would gain her hand in marriage and with it, half her lands. Now it wasn’t long before men were lining up to build the castle. Rohesia looked among them, and she made her choice. She selected a young man, and he built her the castle. True to her word, Rohesia married. And she took the hand of her new husband and led him up the stairs to the bridal chamber. She directed him to the great window to look out over all the lands that he now owned: of the fields, the sheep, the cattle; and marvelling on his good luck, he felt her hand on his shoulder. And as he turned to kiss her, she pushed him from the tower window. He fell plummeting to his death. Now if you go to Castle Roche, and look up at that fateful win- dow, the wind might start to sound like a shriek, you might think you feel a presence coming closer to you, perhaps the doomed bridegroom, or maybe, it’s Rohesia, the murderous widow, determined to keep her secrets at any cost.

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Listen and write the sentence: "My birthday is on October 30th."
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Listen and write the sentence: "My birthday is on October 30th."
Circle the word "birthday".
Underline the month.
Highlight the number.
Answer the question: "When is your birthday?"

Listen and write the sentence: "My birthday is on October 30th."
Circle the word "birthday".
Underline the month.
Highlight the number.
Answer the question: "When is your birthday?"

We are living in the Anthropocene: the Age when Human activity impacts the planet.
7.75 billion people inhabit the Earth.
Food production consumes vast tracts of land.
Half of the world’s forests have been lost.
It is essential to create a more sustainable future.
Governments should incorporate tree planting into urban development plans.

Jacqueline Fabre is an IT consultant form Lyons

• Yes, I cook every evening for my family. I often make soup or traditional French dishes like “boeuf bourguignon”, which is a kind of beef and red wine stew, and then we have cheese and salad. It may seem a lot but we don’t eat big portions. What is important for me is quality, not quantity.

• Yes, I am trying to eat less chocolate.

• I think people’s diets are getting worse and worse. It’s quite strange because we have a lot of information now about how bad fast food is for you. I am afraid it’s a problem in a lot of European countries.

• Not at home. I think most of the food I cook is healthy, but occasionally when I eat out I have something unhealthy, but it doesn’t worry me.

• Yes, definitely. For me good meals with the family make me happy!

• I’m quite traditional and I have three main meals a day. For breakfast, I like hot chocolate, and bread and butter with honey and jam. For lunch, I often eat in a restaurant with my colleagues. I usually have vegetables and meat or fish but I love pasta and rice too. In the afternoon, I have fruit with biscuits or a piece of chocolate. In the evening, I have a proper meal with my family.

Alice Freeman is a lawyer from San Francisco

• I think people are trying to improve their diets, but they are doing it the wrong way by following diets like the Atkins diet. Personally, I don’t think it’s very healthy to cut out entire groups of foods like carbohydrates.

• Not very often. I don’t have the time or talent to cook full meals. I usually heat up a frozen meal or order a takeaway.

• Sometimes I get fast food for lunch. I have to admit that I love French fries. I feel terrible about it afterwards, but I don’t do it very often.

• I usually have a bowl of cereal or toast for breakfast. For lunch I eat at a restaurant near my office. I prefer Japanese or Indian food. I usually eat rice with fish and vegetables, soup or sushi. I don’t eat meat, but I eat a lot of fish. In the evening, I just have something light at home.

• I am trying to cut down on the amount of fat I eat. I am also trying to eat more wholemeal bread.

• Not really. I enjoy certain kinds of food, but most meals are just fuel to keep me going through the day.

PART I
Speake : r One of the central themes of London's winning
bid to host thé 2012 Otympic Games was a legacy
plan that promised to rejuvenate a run-down area of
east London and inspire a génération.
The main site of thé games has been transformed
into a public space that is larger than thé country of
Monaco. Now renamed thé Queen Elizabeth Olympic
Park, thèse 2.5-square-kilometre stretch of parkland
reopened a year after thé Games completed. It is
now well-used by local people and hosts numerous
events. In its first year, thé park welcomed 3.9 million
visitors and to date over 15.2 million people hâve
corne to thé new space.