TAPE TRANSCRIPTS FOR ENGLISH 9
 UNIT 1: A visit from a pen pal
Tim: Are you hungry, Carlo? Carlo: Yes.
Tim: Okay. Let’s go to a restaurant downtown. If we go through the park, we can catch a bus on Ocean Drive.
Carlo: That’s fine. I really like walking in the park. You’re lucky to have a place like this close to your home. It’ s so
beautiful with all the trees an flowers and a pond in the middle.
Tim: Carlo! Be careful. You’re walking on the grass. The park keeper is growing some more-you’ll kill the new grass!
Carlo: Oh, sorry. I didn’t see the sign. Tim: Come on. It’s time we caught the bus.
Carlo: Is that our bus, Tim? Tim: No. That’s a 103 bus. We want the number 130.
Carlo: Where are we going to eat? Tim: It’s up to you. There’s a new Mexican restaurant in town.
Carlo: Oh, no. I can eat Mexican food at home. I love American food. I’d rather eat hamburgers.
Tim: Okay. I know exactly where we need to go!
 UNIT 2: Clothing
Announcer (on Public Announcement)
Attention please. Here is a special announcement. A little girl is reported missing. She was lost seen 20
minutes ago near the main entrance to the Car Fair. Her name’s Mary and she is 3 years old. She has short dark
hair. She’s wearing shorts- blue shorts and a long-sleeved white blouse.

She’s wearing a pair of shoes- brown
shoes. She’s may be carrying a large doll. If you see Mary, please bring her to the Information Desk. Her father’s
waiting for her there. Thank you.
 UNIT 3: A trip to the countryside
At 6.30 in the morning, the bus collected Ba and his family from their home. After picking everyone up,
the bus continued north on Highway Number 1. It crossed the Dragon Bridge and stopped at the gas station to get
some more fuel. Then, it left the highway and turned left onto a smaller road westward. This road ran between
green paddy fields, so the people on the bus could see a lot of cows and buffaloes. The road ended before a big
store beside a pond. Instead of turning left towards a small airport, the bus went the opposite direction. It didn’t
stay on that road for very long, but turned left onto a rod which went through a small bamboo forest. Finally, the
bus dropped everyone off at the parking lot ten meters from a big old banyan tree. It parked there and waited for
people to come back in the evening.
 Unit 4: Learning a foreign language

Chau’s father: Excellent! And when did television become commercially viable, can you guess?
Chau: In the 1940s?
Chau’s father: No. it was in the 1950s
Chau: When did the Internet become a major force in journalism?
Chau’s father: In the mid- and late 1990s
Chau: Thank you, Dad. Now I can answer all the questions for my assignment.
 Unit 6: The environment
Our oceans are becoming extremely polluted. Most of this pollution comes from the land, which means it
comes from people. Firstly, there is raw sewage, which is pumped directly into the sea. Many countries, both
developed and developing, are guilty of doing this. Secondly, ships drop about 6 million tons of garbage into the
sea each year. Thirdly, there are oil spills from ships. A ship has an accident and oil leaks from vessel. This is not
only pollutes the water, but it also kills marine life. Next, there are waste materials from factories. Without proper
regulations, factory owners let the waste run directly into the rivers, which then leads to the sea. And finally, oil is
washed from the land. This can be the result of carelessness or deliberate dumping of waste.

 Unit 7: Saving energy
Are you looking for a cheap, clean, effective source of power that doesn’t cause pollution or
waste natural resource? Look no further than solar energy from our sun . At present, most of our electricity comes
from the use of coal, gas, oil, or nuclear power. This power could be provided by the sun. One percent of the solar
energy that reaches the Earth is enough to provide power for total population.
Many countries are already using solar energy. Solar panels are placed on the roof of a house and the
Sun’s energy is used to heat water. The energy can be stored for number of days, so on cloudy days you can use
solar energy too.
Sweden has an advanced solar energy program. There, all buildings will be heated by solar energy and
cars will use solar power instead of gas by the year 2015.
 Unit 8: Celebrations
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne,
We’ll take a cup of kindness yet for auld lang syne.

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