funding to do so. Our funding comes from three sources: the local council, com m unity donations and
the to u ris t board. Whereas in the past the to u ris t board put in the m ajority of funding, now public
donations count fo r sixty-five per cent of a ll to ta l funds! In fact, our funding is so healthy now; there
are plans to expand the scheme.
Track 39
Guide:
At the moment, we only have yellow plaques fo r a ll the famous people, but we are aiming to produce
different coloured plaques so that people can do specific walks. For example, if thev are interested in
famous sports personalities thev can do a to u r following the red plaques - the colour we are aiming
to use fo r these people. We are looking at introducing grey, w hite and green plaques as w ell. We are
thinking of using grey plagues to signify people who have done im portant w ork w ithin the government
and white plagues fo r those who have done good w orks in the com m unity. Lastly, our green plaques we
think w ill be very popular, these w ill be fo r painters and scu lp to rs, leaving our yellow ones fo r w riters,
actors and other people of note. We do hope you enjoy looking at the plaques around the city. We have
guide books on sale in the gift shop where you can find a ll the plaques. These are priced at $11.99.
CD 2
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Track 02
John:
Mary:
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Mary:
John:
Hi, James. How's your alternative energy research project going?
To be honest, I'm a bit confused about how to do the research fo r a ll the different energy types.
Well, the firs t thing to do is to make sure you focus your question, otherw ise y o u 'll have too much to
read and you w o n 't be able to select the key argum ents.
So how do I do that?
S tart w ith the general topic of alternative energy and then keep asking questions u n til you've
narrowed the topic down to one p a rtic u la r area. Then, when you have your question, make a lis t of
the reading you w ill need. This lis t should be general to give you some background, but rem em ber
y o u 'll need to focus on the issues related to the question, so the reading list should also be specific
to the actual energy source you’ve chosen, w he th er it’s wind o r s o la r or wave power.
And then s ta rt reading?
Absolutely. You need to sta rt straig ht away, but don’t forget to make notes as you read, otherw ise
you w on ’t be able to keep tra ck of ideas fo r fu tu re reference purposes.
Yes, that makes sense. I th in k th a t’s my main problem - I d on 't reca ll where I've read different ideas
so I can't find them again later. And my frien ds have w arned me that not recording ideas in a system
can really hinder vour progress.
Your frien ds are rig h t - it ’s a comm on problem am ongst students. You need a system. Anyway, once
you’ve done the reading and made a ll your notes, you need to organise them so th a t you can analyse
and th in k about w hat you’ve read.
But I prefer to ju s t s ta rt w ritin g and then go back and look at my notes later.
Hmm ... I w ouldn’t recommend it. I think you need to give yourself more tim e to digest the m aterial and
arrange it into some kind of system ready for analysis in term s of relevance to vour research Question.
Well, th a t’s a great help. Thank you, Professor Jenkins.
You're welcome. Come and see me again if you have any m ore problem s.
Hi, Mary. How are you?
I'm fine, thanks, John. How's your essay going?
Not so good, actually. Would you be able to help me w ith it?
Of course. What do you w ant to know?
Well, ju s t the type of inform ation you're going to w rite about. I w on 't copy you - I ju s t w ant some
ideas to get me started.
Well, M r Jones advised us to focus on ju s t two o r three fo rm s of n o n -tra d itio n a l energy fo r our
evaluation so I th in k I’m going to choose so la r - it's fa irly easy to evaluate.
Are you going to explain both the positive and negative aspects?
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