CD1: Tracks 0 8 - U
Examiner:
W hat s p o rts do you play?
Candidate:
I go k ite -s u rfin g s o m e tim e s . I enjoy it because it's so e x h ila ra tin g . I c a n 't go often, th o u g h ,
because th e re 's ra re ly enough w in d w h e re I live. I m ig h t take up a n o th e r w a te r s p o rt instead.
Examiner:
W hat is th e m o s t p o p u la r s p o rt in y o u r cou ntry?
Candidate:
I'd say th e m o s t p o p u la r s p o rt is fo o tb a ll, as in m o s t c o u n trie s . M ost
people have a fa v o u rite
te a m w h o they s u p p o rt th ro u g h th ic k and th in . The te a m s are often E ng lish ones, and
M a n c h e s te r United is th e m o s t w e ll-k n o w n .
Track 10
Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Speaker 3
SpeakerU
Oh gre at, the m atch is s ta rtin g !
Oh great, the m atch is s ta rtin g .
L iv e rp o o l w on. Fantastic.
L iv e rp o o l w on! F antastic!
Tracks 11-12
See page 20 fo r text.
Track 13
Candidate:
I'd lik e to t a lk a b o u t th e m o s t e x c itin g te n n is m a tc h I've e v e r see n. It w a s a b o u t s ix y e a rs
ago ju s t o u ts id e B o rd e a u x in F rance , and it w a s th e boys' fin a l of a ju n io r c h a m p io n s h ip .
My
fa v o u rite p la y e r, a ris in g s ta r, had g o t to th e fin a l so I w a n te d to see h im . A t th e tim e ,
I d id n 't k n o w an yone e ls e w h o w a s in te re s te d in te n n is - a ll m y frie n d s p re fe rre d fo o tb a ll
- so I w e n t on m y ow n. I s e t o ff re a lly e a rly to m a k e s u re
I go t th e re on tim e , b u t I ended
up be in g to o e a rly and I had to w a it fo r tw o h o u rs fo r th e m a tc h to s ta r t. It d id n 't m a tte r,
th o u g h , be cau se th is m e a n t I g o t one of th e be st se a ts , r ig h t a t th e fr o n t in th e m id d le of
th e c o u rt - I w a s d e lig h te d a b o u t th a t.
O ther people g ra d u a lly s tarted a rriv in g , the seats fille d up, and we w aited expectantly fo r the
players. W hen
the m atch s tarted , it soon becam e c le a r th a t I w as p ra c tic a lly the only person
su p p o rtin g Jean M artin . Most people w e re th e re to su p p o rt the o th e r guy w ho had won the
previous tw o years and was the favo urite to w in th is year, too. Every tim e
P aul Fernandez won
a point, the crow d eru pted into applause but I sat silently, ge tting m ore and m ore anxious.
M a rtin lost the firs t set, but the n th e re was a d ra m a tic tu rn a ro u n d . He suddenly seem ed to find
som e s e lf-b e lie f and he s tarted to w in. That's w h a t I love about te n n is - it's
a b a ttle of the m ind
as m uch as th e body. I find it in te restin g to see how som e players m ay be high ly s k ille d but
d o n 't have the m e n ta l s tre n g th to w in. M a rtin obviously did have th is stre n g th , and Fernandez
w as slo w ly fa llin g ap art. The a tm osp he re w as e le ctric. M a rtin showed off his am azing s k ills ,
h ittin g b a ll a fte r b a ll s tra ig h t down th e line. M a rtin served fo r the
m atch - you could have
heard a pin drop. W hen he served an ace, th e crow d w e n t w ild ! A ltho ug h they had begun by
s u p p o rtin g his opponent, they had grow n to respect him fo r his cool
head and c o n tro l of the
ball. W hen he w as presented w ith the trophy, he crie d w ith joy.
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