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Audioscript for MegaGoal 6

Unit 1
Page 7, Listening

The play this set in Verona, Italy

in the 14 century.
It begins with a sword fight
between the Capulets and the
Montagues, two families who
have been enemies for many
years. After breaking up the
fight, the prince of Verona gives
a warning. He says that if there
is another public fight between
the families, the people involved
will be sentenced to death. After
the fight, Romeo and his cousin
Benvolio attend a Capulet ball
in disguise. Romeo believes he
is in love with a woman named
Rosalind. But Benvolio wants his
cousin to meet other women.
At the party, Romeo meets a
young Capulet woman named
Juliet and instantly falls in love.
After the party, Romeo sneaks
into the Capulet courtyard and
sees Juliet on her balcony. He
overhears Juliet vowing her love
to him, in spite of the feud
between their families. Romeo
reveals himself and the two
proclaim their love for one
another.
The following day, Romeo and
Juliet are married in secret by
Friar Lawrence. Later, Juliet's
cousin Tybalt kills Mercutio. A
furious and grieving Romeo then
kills Tybalt. Romeo is exiled
from Verona to avoid being
executed. Friar Lawrence
promises to straighten things out
while Romeo is gone.

In the meantime, Juliets

parents, not knowing about her
marriage to Romeo, tell Juliet
that they have chosen a man
for her to marry in just a few
days. Juliet refuses. When her
parents insist, Juliet asks Friar
Lawrence for help. The Friar
gives Juliet a potion to take the
night before the wedding to
make her appear to be dead.
He promises to explain the
situation to Romeo, who will
then come for her.
The night before the wedding,
Juliet takes the potion. When
she is discovered and assumed
to be dead, she is placed in
the family's underground burial
place. News of her supposed
death reaches Romeo. Although
Friar Lawrence had sent a letter
to Romeo, the letter never did
reach him. So Romeo believes
that Juliet really is dead. He
rushes to Juliets tomb and, in
his grief, drinks a vial of poison.
A few moments later, Juliet
wakes to find Romeo dead. In
her grief, she kills herself. After
the deaths of Romeo and Juliet,
their families finally agree to
end their feud.

Unit 2

Page 15, Listening

The first way in which goods

were bought was not with
money. Instead, people used to
trade something of value that
they possessed for something
they needed. The most common
things to trade with were cattle

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and crops, like corn and wheat.
So, for example, if you were a
farmer, you might trade your
corn with a butcher for meat.
The butcher might trade his
meat with a shoemaker for
shoes. This kind of trade was
called bartering. Bartering began
as far back as 9000 B.C.E.
However, there was a problem
with bartering. What if someone
had something to trade but no
one wanted or needed it? Or
what if people could not agree
on what was a fair trade? To
solve this problem, the first kind
of money came about around
1200 B.C.E. in China, where
people would use special shells
called cowrie shells to purchase
goods. These shells were the
most widely and longest used
form of money in history. In
some parts of Africa these
shells were used until the
middle of the 1900s.
The earliest metal coins were
produced in China around 1000
B.C.E. The coins were made
out of an inexpensive metal and
had holes in them so that they
could be put together to make
a chain. The earliest coins
made of valuable metals were
silver coins produced in Turkey
around 500 B.C.E. Coins made
of silver, bronze, and gold were
soon being used by the Greeks,
Romans, and Persians. By 800
C.E., the first paper money had
appeared in China. This form of
money eventually became
common around the world.

At one point, people probably

thought cowrie shells were
going to be used forever. Thats
what many of us think about
coins and paper money now.
But money is likely to continue
to change. In fact, a new kind
of money is already being
exchanged over the Internet.
This money, called electronic
money or digital cash, functions
like real cash, except its not on
paper. The money in a bank
account is converted to a digital
code, which can be used to
make purchases. While digital
cash is very new, it is expected
to become common in the years
ahead.

Unit 3

Page 23, Listening

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Since the early 17 century,

newspapers have had the same
general format. The news has
been printed in ink on paper.
Then the newspapers have
been circulated to a particular
area. However, the Internet
brought great change to the
newspaper industry. To stay
competitive, it became important
to have an online presence.
Today most major newspapers
around the world have an online
version of their print paper.
Online newspapers present
some important advantages. For
example, they can present upto-the-minute news, instead of
having to wait to print the next
edition of the paper. An
advantage to the reader is that
most online news sources are
free.

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However, it seems almost
certain that there are further
changes ahead for the way
newspapers are presented and
sold. Most people in the
newspaper industry feel that the
next step will be electronic
newspapers. Electronic
newspapers would use
technology related to todays
electronic book readers. Like
these readers, e-newspapers
would use e-ink. Like a
computer screen, e-ink has the
ability to instantly refresh and
change images. However, e-ink
uses paper instead of a
computer screen, so e-ink
images look more like the
images in actual books and
newspapers.
The electronic newspaper will
have the look and feel of a
print newspaper in other ways
as well. It will be as large as
the typical print newspaper, with
a lightweight, portable screen
that is flexible enough to be
rolled or folded like a
newspaper.
The e-newspaper will combine
these advantages of print
newspapers with the advantages
of online media, such as
constant and instant updates,
interactivity, and video capability.
Replacing print newspapers with
e-newspapers will mean that
newspaper companies would no
longer have the enormous costs
of printing, manufacturing, and
delivering newspapers. This will
mean tremendous savings. One

newspaper publisher predicts,

By 2030 we will have shifted
to an electronic format, and we
will have stopped printing paper
newspapers completely. When
that day comes, newspapers are
going to go back to being the
most important source of news
for the public

Unit 4

Page 37, Listening

Hello and welcome to Should

You See It?your two-minute
weekly movie review. Tonight Ill
be reviewing two very different
films.
The first is the long-awaited
Superhero 3. I have to begin by
saying that I am a huge fan of
the Superhero 1 and 2 movies,
and like so many of you
listening tonight, I couldnt wait
for this latest sequel. But Im
sorry to say, it doesnt live up
to expectations.
Whats particularly frustrating is
that this movie had so much
going for it. The special effects
were incredible, the action
scenes were amazing, and the
acting was quite good. So many
aspects of the movie were well
done, yet it just doesnt come
together.
The biggest problem is that the
story is incredibly confusing.
Within 10 minutes, the plot
became so complex that I
couldnt figure out what was
going on. After a while, I grew
so frustrated that I just gave up.
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even the amazing special effects
became tiring, and the movie
felt endless. By the time it did
end, I felt like Id been sitting in
that theater for a year. Im sorry
to say, I can only give this
movie two out of four stars, and
I think Im being generous.
Now, for a complete change of
pace, lets look at Friendship to
Love, a Brazilian film that cost
just $200,000 to make.
Compare that to Superhero 3s
$2 million price tag!
This quiet gem of a movie is
about two young misfits who fall
in love in spite of many
obstacles. As the two slowly get
to know each other, they also
learn about themselves. The
young newcomers in the starring
roles bring both warmth and
honesty
to their characters. The beautiful
story and the wonderful
characters will stay with you
long after you leave the theater.
My only complaint about this
movie is that it wasnt long
enough! This touching and
humorous movie is one of the
best films Ive seen all year.
Theres no doubt about it: This
is a four-star movie.

Unit 5

Page 45, Listening

Good morning and welcome to

the class Advertising 101. You
are here today because you
want to learn the secrets behind
how advertisers sell to
consumers. As you become
more familiar with the
techniques advertisers use to
sell their products, you will

notice that these same

approaches pop up again and
again, selling everything from
toothpaste to tires and life
insurance to laundry detergent.
Let's take a look at some of
these techniques.
Endorsements are one of the
most popular types of
advertising techniques. This
technique shows a famous
person promoting the product.
Because viewers admire and
want to be like the person, they
may want to use the product.
Here is an example: Im
famous for my smile. But I owe
that smile to Sparkle Bright
toothpaste.
Another popular advertising
technique is called the
Bandwagon Technique. To jump
on the bandwagon is an idiom
that means to join something
simply because it is fashionable.
So when advertisements use
this technique, they try to make
viewers believe that they will be
part of the popular crowd if they
use the product. Listen to an
example: More and more
people are switching to the
refreshment of Dew Top cola.
Don't you want to be one of
them?
The Anti-Bandwagon Technique
takes the opposite approach. It
encourages consumers to feel
that if they buy a certain
product, they will show their
individuality and be recognized
as someone special. When

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youre ready to break away
from the pack, theres Indigo
jeans. Think for yourself. Indigo
jeans.
Emotional appeal is a technique
in which the advertiser tries to
get the viewer to respond to the
commercial with some kind of
strong emotion. The advertiser
wants the consumer to
associate the product with the
emotion. Listen to two examples
of emotional appeal:
Even though my mama and I
live miles apart, she is always
in my heart. Thats why Im
sending her a Caremark card.
Because when you send
Caremark, you send love.

Imagine if your home was

burglarized in the middle of the
night. What would you do? How
would you keep your family
safe? Luckily, with Safe Home
alarm systems, you never have
to worry about the safety of
your family and your home.
Unit 6
Page 53, Listening

Ken: Good morning and

welcome to A.M. Chat.
Im your host, Ken Larder,
and today were talking
with Karen Shields, the
author of Men and
Women: Driving Each
Other Crazy, a fascinating
new book about the
sometimes mysterious
differences between men
and women. Karen, good
morning, and welcome to
the show.

Karen:
Thanks, Ken. Glad
to be here.
Ken: Karen, I want to begin by
asking you about one of
the major issues the book
focuses on: The difference
between the male and
female approach to
navigating while driving.
Can you tell us a little bit
about this?
Karen:
Yes, Id be happy
to. It's long been
suspected that men and
women have different
ways of finding their way
to a destination. Studies
have confirmed these
differences are very real.
They reveal that men tend
to have a better sense of
direction, also called
spatial awareness.
Ken: So, this means that men
are better drivers, doesnt
it?
Karen:
Certainly not.
Women simply navigate
using a different strategy.
Women tend to use
landmarks and other visual
information to aid them in
finding their way to a
specific destination. Men
arent nearly as successful
using this landmark-based
strategy.
Ken: So then it seems neither
gender has the advantage,
do they?
Karen:
Well, the strategy
men use does give them
an advantage when driving
in new areas or when
having to change direction
after making a wrong turn.
Ken: I remember hearing that
women usually have lower

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car insurance premiums
than men. Thats true,
isnt it?
Karen:
Yes, it is.
Ken: That seems strange,
doesnt it?
Karen:
Not really. While
men tend to have a better
sense of direction, they
also tend to take greater
risks, and get into more
accidents. Women are
more cautious drivers, and
so get into fewer
accidents. So men have
their strengths, and
women do too. Each
gender deserves to be
given credit for what they
do well.
Ken: So each gender is the
better driver in their own
way, arent they?
Karen:
Exactly!

Unit 7

Page 67, Listening

And in other news tonight, we

have two stories of people
making very silly mistakes.
In the first story, a man,
attempting to solve a problem,
creates a much bigger problem.
Joshua Mullen of Mobile,
Alabama, was alarmed when he
saw a swarm of bees in his
shed. At first he wasnt sure
how to get rid of them. Then
he had an idea. But it was an
idea that he should have
thought twice about.

Mullen dumped a can of

gasoline onto a pile of rags in
the shed, and then walked
away. He thought the smell
might get rid of the bees. But
the pilot light of a hot water
heater in the shed set the gas
fumes on fire. In moments, the
shed went up in flames, causing
$80,000 worth of damage. The
fire did get rid of the bees, but
in Mullens words, Looking
back at all this, there might
have been a better way. The
really silly part of this story is
that Mullen is a mechanic who
has received training in handling
gasoline safely in order to avoid
starting fires. He should have
known better.
The second story involves a
man who wanted to come up
with a unique way to propose
to his girlfriend. Twenty-eightyear-old Alec Bell of East
London wanted to surprise his
girlfriend, Emma. So he had a
florist put a $10,000 diamond
ring inside a helium balloon.
Bell said, I had been planning
the proposal for ages. I thought
I would give Emma a pin so I
could literally pop the question
He couldnt have known that he
was the one in for a surprise.
When Bell left the shop, a
strong wind pulled the balloon
from his hand. The balloon
floated into the sky. Bell said, I
just watched as it went farther
and farther up in the air. I felt
like such an idiot. It cost a
fortune, and I knew my girlfriend
would kill me Bell spent two
hours chasing the balloon in his

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car, but eventually lost sight of
it and had to give up. He must
have had fun explaining what
had happened to his girlfriend!

Unit 8

Page 75, Listening

Alicia Smith and Jenna Greer

are identical twins who, at birth,
were adopted by different
families. Incredibly, they grew up
just 15 miles apart from one
another, with each believing that
she was an only child. Some
would say that the story of their
recent accidental reunion was
coincidence. Some would say it
was fate. Upon graduating from
high school, each of the hazeleyed, dark-haired girls chose to
study psychology at universities
only a mile apart. While
attending university, Jenna kept
noticing that strangers would
wave and say hello to her.
Meanwhile, Alicias friends
complained that she sometimes
didnt wave back at them when
they saw her on the street.
Listen to the young women tell
the story of how they
discovered one another.
th
Alicia:On my 20 birthday, I had
a birthday party in my
dorm. A friend of Jennas
came to the party. She
was shocked by how
much I looked like a
friend of hers. Of course
that friend was Jenna.
She kept telling me that I
had to meet this friend.
She showed me a picture
of Jenna and gave me
her email address.
Jenna:
After exchanging a
couple of emails and
talking to our parents, we
discovered that we were

sisters. So we made plans

to meet at a local caf.
Alicia:The first meeting was
really emotional. I thought
my heart was going to
thump out of my chest. It
was strange seeing my
face on someone elses
body. And as soon as we
started talking, we both
noticed how similar our
accents and mannerisms
were.
Jenna:
As we got to know
each other, we found out
that wed lived lives that
were, in many ways,
incredibly similar. Its
uncanny how much we
have in common. Both of
us have been dancing
since we were five, we
both played woodwind
instruments, we both
planned to be
veterinarians, and we both
had volunteered at animal
shelters.
Alicia:But I think the spookiest
thing of all is that we
even have the same
recurring dream. One time
when Jenna and I were
talking, she described the
same dream that Ive had
since I was a child. I was
so freaked out that I
dropped the phone.
Jenna:
I really believe that
it was fate that brought us
together. I think it was
supposed to happen now.
Not when were older, or
when we were younger
and wouldnt have
understood. This way we
can enjoy each other for
the rest of our lives.

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Unit 9
Page 83, Listening

New fad diets that promise

quick results with little effort
appear all the time. Some of
these diets that have appeared
through the years have been
truly strange and silly. One
recent fad diet that was popular
with Hollywood stars was the
baby food diet. This diet
suggests that a few tiny jars of
baby food should replace one
or two meals each day. While
exchanging adult meals for
small jars of food may result in
weight loss, this diet has clear
drawbacks. Aside from the fact
that baby food has a texture
and taste that is unappealing to
adults, the small portions are
not enough to keep an adult
healthy. Replacing meals with
baby food results in a significant
drop in calories that can leave
the dieter feeling weak and
dizzy.
Perhaps one of the strangest
recent fad diets is the cotton
ball diet. As its name suggests,
people on this diet eat cotton
balls. The idea is that cotton
balls are low in calories and
very filling, so the dieter would
not have an appetite for other,
fattening foods. Obviously this is
a completely ridiculous diet.
Aside from the fact that cotton
balls have no taste and a
terrible texture, this diet can be
dangerous.
It doesnt provide any of the
vitamins and nutrients a person
needs to survive. In addition, it
can lead to digestive problems.

One fad diet that has come in

and out of fashion since the
1970s is the cabbage soup diet.
While this diet isnt guaranteed
to result in weight loss, it is
guaranteed to make the dieter
miserable. On this restrictive
diet, the only food that you can
eat any time is cabbage soup,
a food that is filling and low in
calories. In addition to this
bland soup, you can only eat
certain food groups on certain
days. For example, aside from
the soup, on the first day, you
can only eat fruit. On the
second day, you can only eat
vegetables. Because this diet is
so restrictive, it is difficult to
stick with. Its not surprising that
common side effects include
mood swings and low energy
levels.
There seems to be no limit to
what people have been willing
to try in order to lose weight!

Unit 10
Page 97, Listening

Ryan: Did you hear what

happened with David and
Jake yesterday?
Abby: No. What?
Ryan: They got into a lot of
trouble. Apparently, David
and Sophia were kissing
in the auditorium.
Abby: Isnt Sophia dating Jake?
Ryan: Yes! And Jake walked in
on them. Jake yelled at
David and they started
fighting. They were so

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loud that half the school
heard them fighting.
Abby: Wow. So what do you
think is going to happen?
Ryan: Someone said that they
heard the principal say
that David and Jake were
going to be suspended.
Abby: Wow.
Ryan: Dont tell anyone what I
told you.
Abby: I wont.
Abby: Hey, Pam. Did you hear
the news about David and
Jake?
Pam: No! Whats going on?
Abby: Well, yesterday Jake saw
David and Sophia kissing.
Jake was furious. He and
David started fighting.
They beat each other up
pretty badly.
Pam: I cant believe it. David is
a friend of mine and Ive
never seen him act that
way.
Abby: What can I say? Im just
telling you the facts. Oh,
and then David and Jake
had to stay late to see
the principal. Theyre
going to be suspended.
Pam: That must be why I didnt
see David after school
yesterday!
Pam: Hey, David! What are you
doing here?
I heard about all the
trouble you got into
yesterday.

David:
What are you talking
about?
Pam: I heard about Jake seeing
you and Sophia kissing,
and the fight you and
Jake got into, and how
youre going to be
suspended.
David:
Dont you know that
expression, Dont believe
everything you hear?
Pam: Huh? But didnt all that
happen?
David:
Yes. But it was all
for the play.
Pam: The play?
David:
Romeo and Juliet.
Im playing Romeo, and
Sophia is playing Juliet. I
have a fight scene with
David. We had to stay
late to rehearse yesterday
and the principal watched.

Unit 11

Page 105, Listening

Taizo: You know one of the

things that I find most
difficult about acquiring a
new language?
I feel like sometimes I
use the wrong word. Then
I end up expressing
something different than
what I meant to say.
Kim: I know what you mean.
Just last Friday my
English teacher asked me
what I was going to do
that night. I said, Im
preparing dinner for
several ghosts tonight My
teachers eyes widened
and
I could tell she was trying
to hold back a Iaugh.
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said ghosts instead of
guests!
Diego:
Oh, weve all had
that kind of thing happen.
Last year I was studying
abroad. During the
summer, my mother came
out to visit for a few
weeks. I was telling a
classmate about meeting
my mother at the airport
and I said, My mother
gave me a big hog: My
classmate looked
surprised, and she said,
Is that a traditional gift in
your country? That's
when I realized that I had
said hog instead of hug!
Taizo: Sometimes its not a
matter of using the wrong
word. Sometimes the word
can be right, but the way
it's used can be wrong.
One time I told a friend,
While I was walking to
your house, a big shower
suddenly fell on me My
friend said, Ouch! That
must have hurt! I thought
about it for a moment and
realized my mistake. Of
course I had meant to
say,
I got caught in a sudden
shower.
Claudia:
Sometimes even a
simple thing like spelling
something wrong can lead
to disaster. One time a
friend tried a piece of
cake I had baked. He
loved it, and even though
he had never baked
anything before, he asked
me for the recipe. The
following week he told me
he had baked the cake

and it was terrible. I

looked at the recipe Id
given him and realized
that I had written, Add
two cups of flour. But
instead of spelling flour FL-O-U-R, I had spelled it
F-L-O-W-E-R. And he had
actually added flowers!

Unit 12

Page 113, Listening

David
The most important thing I have
ever lost was my four-month-old
puppy, Max. Max is always
getting into trouble. He loves
chewing up my shoes and
barking at the lawnmower. Hes
also notorious for chasing every
bird or squirrel he sees. So we
put up a fence around our
backyard to keep him in. One
day Max somehow managed to
open the gate. By the time I
came outside to check on him,
he was gone. I spent an hour
looking for him around the
neighborhood, but couldn't find
him. When I got home, I had
an idea. I started up my
lawnmower. Within minutes, Max
came running into the yard!
I never want to lose Max again,
so after talking to my
veterinarian, we had a small
computer chip put inside Max.
Now, if he ever runs away or
gets lost,
I know Ill be able to find him
again.
Mariella
The most important thing I ever
lost was my cell phone. It was
expensive, and it had an MP3
player with all my music

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downloaded onto it. But most
importantly, I had all my photos
from my sisters wedding on it.
One day I lost my phone at the
beach, and didnt realize it until
the next day. I was worried that
it might be buried in the sand
or damaged by water, so I gave
up hope of finding it.
I spoke with my sister that night
and told her about having lost
the phone.
The next day, my sister called
me at home and told me she
had my cell phone! She said a
man had found it on the beach.
While looking for clues as to
who owned the phone, he came
across the photos of the
wedding. One photo showed a
bridesmaid whose face looked
familiar to him. It was a woman
in one of his classes. He
brought the phone to class and
showed it to the classmate. The
classmate was my sisters best
friend, Donna! The man gave
the phone to Donna, who gave
it to my sister. From now on,
Im going to attach my phone
to my pants with a string. That
way I know it will never fall out
of my pocket again.