Unit 2.7, Exercise 1, page 50.0:01
Speaker A When I was 15, I heard a brilliant song on the radio.0:06
I couldn't understand how anyone could set such amazing words to equally amazing music.0:12
It really made me want to become a songwriter.0:19
As things turned out, I entered the banking industry.0:23
So last year, I threw in the towel, stopped my job and moved to the country to follow my dream.0:31
It's the best decision I ever made.0:37
Speaker B I was never what you call a couch potato.0:42
I always played a lively game of squash with the boys from the office.0:47
Then I had a mild heart attack.0:51
I had to completely change my diet, but the doctor still allowed me to do some running.0:54
I decided to run to raise money for research into heart disease.0:58
That meant training gradually in stages.1:03
The day I finally managed to complete the 20 kilometer run was one of the proudest in my life.1:06
Speaker C When I first walked through the doors and saw all those strange faces and unknown rooms and corridors, I felt my knees knocking.1:13
I really thought I was going to faint.1:23
Why did dad have to accept that promotion?1:26
Why did we have to leave the town I had grown up in for the past 12 years?1:29
I knew the answers to both questions.1:34
My father wanted to make a better life for me and my mum.1:37
I took a deep breath and promised myself to make the best of it.1:40
Speaker D Kim and I had always been best mates.1:46
We went through everything together.1:51
First day at school, first heartbreaks, even entering the same university.1:54
It wasn't until we both got married to our different partners that we fell out.2:00
I told her she was ruining her kids by spoiling them.2:05
After that, we stopped speaking.2:09
It was only after coming across a hilarious old photo of the two of us that I realised what an idiot I had been.2:12
I phoned Kim up to apologise and she was overjoyed.2:19
Speaker E I had bad asthma as a young child.2:26
I couldn't join in with other children in normal outdoor activities like swimming and running.2:31
I was always known as the kid who couldn't breathe right.2:37
And that made me feel really bad.2:40
Gradually, however, I started to grow out of my asthma.2:43
When I was about 14, an athletics coach took me under his wing and my confidence began to grow.2:47
With his support, I began to feel I could accomplish anything I wanted.2:54
That was a great feeling.2:59
Speaker F I've been working for the same company for about 15 years.3:03
I've got quite a good position and the job is interesting.3:09
A couple of years ago, I was offered a promotion and to everyone's surprise, I turned it down.3:13
The pay would have been better, of course, and that was quite tempting.3:18
But in the end, I realized I just didn't want the extra responsibility.3:22
It would have meant travelling on business trips, too.3:27
And I didn't want to be away from my family either.3:29
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