Speaker 1: I____ this interview for a job, up on the twenty-seventh floor of a big office block. It was after six and a lot of people ____ already ____. I got in the lift and ____ the button. At first, I ____ that it sort of shook but it ____ to go down. Then there was this horrible sound of twisting metal and it ____ to a stop. I was stuck between the twelfth and thirteenth floors! To begin with, I was determined not to panic. There was an emergency button, which I ____ for ages. Next, I ____ a phone, but when I ____ the receiver, it was dead. At this point, I completely ____ to pieces. I ____ and ____, I ____ on the doors, but nobody ____. Eventually, I ____ to the floor and ____ like a child. In the end, it was a good four hours before the night porter ____ what ____ and called the Fire Brigade. I’____ in one since. Speaker 2: Somehow I ____ to sort out their problem, this fear they have of flying. First, we talk as a group, and one by one they tell me about particular times when they____ and what ____. Nine times out of ten they ____ regular, problem-free flights, just like the hundreds I ____ myself. You see, most of their worries are only in their imagination. I also ____ drama and role play to teach them how to deal with other people’s fears, because through that they sometimes ____ their own problem, or ____ it less seriously than before. Finally, but only if I think it’s still necessary, we ____ up in a plane. My passenger is accompanied by an actor, who plays the part of the nervous first-time traveller. I sit a few rows behind and it’s wonderful to watch my ‘student’ staying calm, offering advice to this stranger. I____ yet. Speaker 3: On the phone Son: Mum, it’s me. Look, I know you must be really angry and I’m very sorry, we ____ to get lost out on the hills, but ... Woman: Oh Tom, it’s so good to hear your voice! We____ worried stiff since the police ____ round – we were sure this phone call ____ bad news. I mean, it____ three days! Are you really OK? Son: Yeah. Helen____ a few bruises from her fall, and we ____ much in three days obviously, but other than that, yeah, we____ fine. Woman: Well, that’s something. Your dad is still absolutely furious with you, of course. When do you think you’ll be able to get home? Son: The day after tomorrow, all being well. We … Speaker 4: It was late at night and I was in the living room watching television on my own. Funnily enough, I ____ a horror movie – it ____ very scary though! Well, I ____ I heard a noise upstairs. So I ____ off the TV, held my breath and listened. And then, there was this horrific crash. My first thought was – it’s a burglar. I was scared stiff but I knew I had to go up there. I remember I ____ up an umbrella – goodness knows what I would have done with it! Anyway, I ____ up the stairs and the first thing I saw was a bookcase on its side, with hundreds of books on the floor. Then I ____ this whimpering sound, coming from underneath the pile of books. It was the next-door neighbour’s cat I____! While I ____ away the books, I ____ something else. A live frog! That’s when I was absolutely petrified! It sort of ____ out at me. Speaker 5: Hi, Julie. If your phone’s switched off, I guess you must be celebrating! Wow! This must feel as good as the day you ____ from university! No, even better than that! Anyway, just to say you____ me a very proud dad! I’m absolutely delighted for you. You____ so hard to achieve your goal and you thoroughly deserve what they____ you. I can’t wait to see your novel in the shops – when will it be coming out, do you know? It’s funny, isn’t it, all those writing competitions you ____ in for as a child and you never ____ a thing, but you never ____ up, ____ you? Well, as I said, I am really, really proud of you. Speak soon. Love you. Speaker 6: We ____ in a small house in the countryside at the time. The house was in the middle of nowhere and it was quite a long journey back from the university each evening, so I____ myself a small motorbike. Anyway, on one particular evening I was on my way home when a really thick fog ____ down. I didn’t know where I was and I ____ very uneasy. I ____ on – rather slowly – but ____ see anything I recognised. At one point the road ____ round, but because of the fog I didn’t see this and ____ straight on ... and hit a wall. The impact ____ me off the bike and I ____ up underneath it, with my leg ____. I ____ for help but of course there ____ no one about. I realised that I ____ to get up and carry on – or stay there all night. So I ____ myself out from under the bike, ____ back on and somehow ____ home, where my friends all ____ one look at me and called an ambulance. I ____ seven stitches and they ____ me in for observation. Speaker 7: Interviewer: Malcolm Jarvis, you ____ recently ____ single-handedly around the world. At one stage, you were shipwrecked all alone in the middle of the ocean, clinging on to your damaged yacht. Weren’t you terrified? MJ: Not at the time. I suppose I ____ too busy trying to survive. Interviewer: You mean finding things to eat? MJ: More basic than hunger! First, I had to get myself out of the sea. Sharks ____ a problem there. I ____ to pull myself back into the yacht but it ____ in a lot of water. So I ____ a bit of time sorting that out. Interviewer: And then ____ you ____ keep yourself warm? MJ: Only for a while. I ____ myself in whatever I could find, including the sails, but by the second day I was in a really bad way because I couldn’t feel my fingers and toes, they were completely numb. That was the most dreadful time. It was just as well they ____ me when they did. Speaker 8: We ____ all in the main room ____ what to do that day. The others ____ at a map on the table, but I ____ by the back window. About six of them burst in, ____ guns and ____ things in a dialect we ____. I knew they ____ me over by the open window. They ____ John and Gary. Ruth ____ to the doorway but they got her too. In the meantime, I ____ to throw myself safely outside and ____ underneath the house – because of the rainy season, all the houses there are raised above the ground on wooden stilts. I kept totally still. I remember watching a beetle on a leaf, staring at it and hoping that they wouldn’t find me. Finally, when I realised that they____, I ran inside and radioed for help. My friends ____ so lucky. They were held as hostages for over three months.

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