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Listen to the programme and answer the questions below.

1. Where does the tour take place?

2. Whose ghost do most people see?

3. What happened to Richard and Edward?

 

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Tour Guide: Welcome to our tour, Ghosts of the Tower of London, everyone. The Tower has stood on this ground since 1066, and throughout its history it has been used as a prison... which may be why today, some people say this is one of the scariest places on earth. There are many tales of ghosts here. The ghost most people see is Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, who was beheaded on Tower Green in 1536. A headless female figure in a white dress has often been seen close to where she was executed, near Queen's House.

The Tower was also the scene of disappearance of two princes — Edward, 12, and Richard, 9, who were murdered in 1483. When their father, King Edward IV, died, his brother Richard took the boys to the Tower for their protection... but they disappeared. Nearly two hundred years later, in 1674, workmen found a chest beneath the stairway of the White Tower that contained the skeletons of two young children — recently proved by DNA testing to be the two princes.

Lady Jane Grey was just seventeen when she was executed on the 12th February 1554, after only nine days as queen to Henry VIII. Her ghost is said to appear on the anniversary of her death on the Salt Tower.

Now, let's go further into the Tower and see if we can find any of these ghosts.

 

 

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Listen to the radio programme and answer the questions below.

1. What books did Laura Reddington write trying to make a living?

2. What kind of story did she find one day?

3. Why does Laura think about all the details before writing a book?

 

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PR: My guest today is the novelist Laura Reddington, whose novel, The Lost Dream was an international best-seller. Laura, did you always want to write?

L: I've always been interested in books. I always thought it would be wonderful to be a writer and this was an ambition.

PR: How did you start writing?

L: Well, my first thought was that I needed to make a living, so I tried romantic fiction — without success, though. I thought it would be easy money.

PR: How did you get the idea for your book?

L: I was looking through my books one day when I found the story of a man who thought he'd found a new planet. I realised this was going on at about the same time as a famous murder case in London. So I thought I could mix the two stories together to make a sort of a detective novel.

PR: How long did it take you to write the book?

L: Well, that book took two years to write. I know some people can sit down and just write, and until they've finished they don't know how it will end. But for me, it's all about planning, when I worked out all the details, I concentrate on the actual writing.

 

 

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Listen to the radio programme and answer the questions below.

1. What does Sonia do?

2. What are the problems of unhealthy eating?

3. Why is eating fruit and vegetables healthy?

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Mike: Good morning! I'm Mike Martin. Today's topic is how to live a better and healthier life. Joining us here in the studio we have expert Sonia Tarrington.

Sonia: Hi, Mike. Glad to be here.

Mike: Sonia, your job title is Nutritionist. Now, what on earth do you do?

Sonia: Well, a nutritionist is basically a food scientist... that means I examine the effect food has on our bodies.

Mike: Hm. So you mean you find out what is in, say, an apple, that makes it a healthy food to eat?

Sonia: More or less, Mike. You see, unhealthy eating causes all kinds of health problems such as being fat and even heart disease. We hope to show people how to eat themselves to better health.

Mike: Eat yourself to better health? Can you give poor people like me any details here, Sonia?

Sonia: Sure. The best thing you can probably do is add one extra vegetable to your main meal.

Mike: Great advice. And what about fish? My mom always made us eat fish on Fridays. Was she right?

Sonia: Your mom was right, Mike. At least once or twice a week you should eat fish, it's full of vitamins, and very easy to digest.

Mike: So, are you telling us that eating healthy things will make us live longer?

Sonia: The statistics suggest yes. You'll live a longer and healthier life. In fact, some research shows that eating more fruit and vegetables can reduce your risk of cancer by as much as 20 %.

Mike: Amazing! Well, we'll be back with Sonia...

 

 

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