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01 4 Woman: OK, turn left here.
Man: I can’t – the road’s closed.
1 Hi, Mark. It’s Carol. Sorry I haven’t answered your Woman: So, just carry on to the next turn and we’ll
call. Last weekend, I was on holiday in Budapest, get back to where we should be. … Not
which was great, but when I paid my hotel bill here! It’s a one-way street! Didn’t you see
with my credit card, the receptionist accidentally the sign?
charged €50,000 instead of the local currency.
Man: I saw it. I wasn’t going to turn there. Oh,
She noticed immediately, apologised, put the
no! Now we have to turn right here. How
money back on my card and charged the correct
are we going to get back to the hotel?
amount, so I didn’t think there was a problem.
When I got home, I received a message from my Woman: It’s alright. Look, there’s a petrol station.
bank saying I owed them £1,000. They charge We can turn round there, drive past the
a percentage each time you use the card abroad, so first turn that was closed and then find
they charged me when the €50,000 was deducted another road to turn into after that.
from my card and then when it was returned. I’m Man: OK, let’s see what happens.
sure I’ll get the money back, but at the moment,
I’m in debt! 5 Come to Green Kilos, the supermarket that cares
about the environment. We don’t use any single-use
2
Man: Mmm … something smells good. plastic in our shop. Whatever you want to buy, you
have to bring your own containers. Fill up your
Woman: I hope you like it. It’s chicken and
pumpkin in a coconut milk and curry shampoo and cleaning products bottles from our
sauce. refillable 10-litre tanks. We clean and refill our
containers each day and can provide sell-by dates
Man: Wow! That sounds amazing! Where’d
for you to note down for whatever you buy.
you get the idea from?
All our fruit, vegetables and dairy products come
Woman: Well, my friend was telling me that she
from local farms and are delivered daily, so you are
started to use a lot of pumpkin in her
guaranteed fresh products. Save money and save
cooking. It’s tasty and healthy for you.
the planet. Come and shop at Green Kilos today.
Man: So, did she give you the recipe?
Woman: She told me about a pumpkin curry, but 6 Girl: What are you looking at?
I wanted to make it a bit more special, so Boy: It’s a message from Emily. She’s on holiday
I searched for recipes online. I found lots in Australia, and she’s posted some photos
of recipes, so I took a few ideas from from the Cage of Death.
different ones and put them together to Girl: What’s that?
make my own original dish.
Boy: It’s a plastic box that you get into and then go
3 Girl: How was your first day at work in the under the water in the middle of a pool, where
there’s a giant five-metre-long saltwater
restaurant?
crocodile! You spend 15 minutes down there!
Boy: Not exactly how I’d expected. I thought
The crocodile can see you in the box, so it
I would be washing dishes all day, but at
comes up very close to you, hoping to get a
lunch, the manager asked me to help the
meal. I’d be scared to death, but I’m sure
waiters because there were so many
Emily loved it. She’s not afraid of anything!
customers.
Girl: That’s definitely more interesting than
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Boy: Yes, but serving food is hard work. I couldn’t
rest for even a minute. Luckily, the crowds left Presenter: M
y guest today is Colin Harris, an architect,
after an hour, and I was sent back to the who is here to tell us about an interesting
kitchen. But then I had to chop vegetables. development in Jakarta, the capital of
Talk about boring! And the chef got angry Indonesia. Before you do that, Colin, could
when I cut them too thick or too thin. I was you give our listeners some background
glad to get back to washing dishes. At least about Jakarta?
no one shouts at me there.

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Colin: es, of course. Jakarta is one of the most

Y Colin: Well, Jakarta is home to about 170 malls
populated cities in Southeast Asia, with altogether, so there are many more
a population of over ten million in the city opportunities for similar developments
itself and about 30 million in the greater elsewhere, and as I said, this will free up land
urban area. As with so many cities of its which is currently used for low-density
size, it suffers terribly from pollution and housing.
overcrowding. In 2019, it was named as Presenter: Thank you, Colin, for coming on our show
Southeast Asia’s most polluted city. today.
Air-monitoring sites found that the air
quality could only be described as good on
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rainy season.
Presenter: So, what is the government doing about Speaker 1: I love going abroad and trying new dishes,
this? but usually we go to places like Spain or Italy,
Colin: Well, city officials have recommended that and the menus are easy to understand. Last
30% of the city should be given over to year, we went to China and decided to avoid
green spaces in order to provide areas international restaurants with bilingual
where residents can escape from the menus. We can’t read Chinese, but ordering
pollution, but at the moment, the actual was easy. We just pointed at random items on
figure is only around 10%. the menu. Some were delicious and very
reasonably priced. Other times, we weren’t so
Presenter: But I understand there may be a solution to
lucky! I’m afraid I can’t tell you what we had,
this problem.
just that every evening was an adventure, and
Colin: Possibly. The idea is to build more
we had a lot of fun meeting locals and trying
high-density accommodation, or in other
to communicate with them.
words, tower blocks. However, richer
Speaker 2: I love tapas because I love trying lots of
residents who live in houses with gardens
different things. My parents are the same,
don’t want to give up their land, so it’s
and I still remember tapas meals with them
important to find somewhere they can have
from family holidays to Spain when I was
the same standard of living without
a child. We found an incredible restaurant
valuable space being wasted. Cosmo Park
where you ticked the items you wanted on
will, perhaps, be able to offer a solution.
a special form. Luckily, we had our phones
Presenter: So, what is Cosmo Park and why is it
to translate items we didn’t understand. The
special?
place was packed, and I was amazed they
Colin: Cosmo Park is a housing development of didn’t get confused with all the orders. The
78 two-storey houses. It was built ten years food was delicious, and we came away
ago and its residents love it. There are completely full for a fraction of the price of
quiet, safe streets where children can play a normal meal.
and ride their bikes. There is a real sense of
Speaker 3: Before eating out, we always check online
community because everyone knows each
reviews and are rarely disappointed. On
other, and there are facilities such as
a recent holiday, we read about a small
a swimming pool and tennis courts that the
restaurant which had an incredibly
residents can use. Although it’s ten years
inexpensive lunch menu. Unfortunately, we
old, little was known about it outside of
arrived too late to take advantage of it, but
Jakarta until earlier this year when a drone
the food was excellent, so we didn’t worry
flew overhead and photographed it. The
too much about the price. When we’d finished
photos were retweeted thousands of times,
our main course, the owner’s mother
and suddenly Cosmo Park became a big
came to our table with a homemade cake
news story.
with the word “Welcome” written on the plate
Presenter: OK, but what makes Cosmo Park different in chocolate sauce. It made a wonderful meal
from other neighbourhoods? a perfect one.
Colin: Well, it’s built on top of a shopping centre. Speaker 4: There was one meal that I’ll never forget.
Access to the neighbourhood is only It was at a self-service restaurant, but there
available to residents who have a special were several different counters with different
card to allow them to the tenth floor of the items on them and different places to pay.
mall on foot or even by car. That means it’s The staff weren’t very friendly and kept
entirely safe, and although the air can’t be shouting at us because we were in the wrong
described as clean, it’s certainly cleaner queue. We finally got what we wanted and sat
than at ground level. Also, the residents down, but it was quite embarrassing because
can access shops, restaurants and everyone was staring at us! At least we didn’t
entertainment centres without leaving pay much, although probably more than the
Cosmo Park, a great benefit during the meal was worth. The food was OK but
rainy season or when traffic congestion is certainly not as good as a home-cooked meal.
really bad.
Presenter: So, how does this help the city as a whole?

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Interviewer: Which comes out next week, I believe.
Emily: That’s right. So, at the moment, the
Interviewer: Today, we have Emily Harding with us, the company is trying to publicise the book as
author of Garden Gastronomy. Emily much as possible, and I spend my days
doesn’t try to keep her garden perfectly being interviewed on radio and television.
tidy and weed free. On the contrary, she I’m as busy as I was when I was running the
encourages all sorts of plants to grow that business, and I’m travelling much more. The
most people would dig up. Welcome, Emily. good thing, though, is that because of the
So tell us – why do you like weeds? book, I am taken to vegetarian and vegan
Emily: Well, simply, many of the weeds that grow restaurants, so at least I’m not slipping into
naturally are edible and can be used in bad eating habits again.
cooking. In fact, they’re not only edible but Interviewer: Before we say goodbye, can you tell our
often very nutritious and full of flavour. listeners something about your book?
Interviewer: When did your interest in edible weeds Emily: Of course. As well as recipes, my book
start? contains photos to make identifying the
Emily: It started when I was on holiday in Eastern different plants easier and information about
Europe. My husband and I stayed in a small which plants you need to be careful with. It’s
guest house in a village. We’d had a very important to research any plants before you
stressful year trying to run our own eat them because there are poisonous
business, so we spent the year grabbing weeds as well as edible ones.
snacks and eating takeaways at our Interviewer: Thank you, that’s a useful reminder. So,
computers. Not a very healthy lifestyle! listeners, to make sure you stay safe and
When the business finally collapsed, we healthy, buy Garden Gastronomy by Emily
had no idea what to do with our lives, so Harding, which comes out next Monday.
we booked this holiday to give ourselves
two weeks to think.
Interviewer: So, did the two weeks help?
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Emily: Definitely. From the moment we arrived, Presenter: Today, we are talking about the history of
we knew we’d be happy there. The hostess, cycling, so it’s only natural that we’ve invited
Lilya, welcomed us with some lovely our guest Aggie Simons, who comes from
home-cooked food. As we hadn’t eaten a country where there are more bicycles than
since breakfast, it was very welcome. We residents! Of course I’m talking about the
then spent the evening sitting outside, Netherlands. Welcome, Aggie. So, why is
watching the sun going down, with only cycling so popular in the Netherlands?
the sounds of insects and frogs to disturb
Aggie: Well, cycling has always been popular in the
the silence. The next morning, we went
Netherlands. The land is very flat, so it’s easy
downstairs for breakfast, and to our
to cycle even if you aren’t in great shape. The
surprise, there was a plate of flowers on
first bike path in the world was built in the
the table. They were nasturtiums.
Netherlands in 1885, when the only things
Interviewer: Nasturtiums? Can you just describe them in cyclists needed to look out for on the roads
case our listeners aren’t sure what they were horses. However, in the 1950s and 60s,
look like? with the increase of cars on the roads, less
Emily: Yes, the flowers are lovely bright colours space was given to cyclists. Then, in the early
and they have large, round leaves. On 1970s, a campaign started called Stop the
the table, though, were just the flowers. We Child Murder. It was initiated by a journalist
thought it was some kind of decoration, whose child had been killed in a road accident.
but Lilya indicated that we should eat At the same time, the price of petrol was rising
them. My husband and I thought she was rapidly, and the government decided to invest
joking. However, we did try the flowers and a huge amount of money in more bike paths
they were delicious. Over the next two and changed the law to give cyclists priority on
weeks, we had the most amazing food and roads.
herbal teas, almost all of which Lilya had Presenter: Can you give us some figures about the
grown herself. number of people who cycle?
Interviewer: So, what happened after you left Lilya’s? Aggie: We’re the only country with a total of more
Emily: Well, on the plane home, I kept thinking of than one bike per person. About 27% of all
different ideas for a new business – selling journeys in the country are made on bikes
natural foods, opening a café … lots of and, obviously, in cities that number is much
things. My husband wasn’t at all keen on greater. I think Amsterdam leads the way with
trying to set up a business after our 38% of all journeys made on a bike. There are
previous experience, but he suggested I try about 35,000 kilometres of bike paths
writing a blog about edible plants. That throughout the country, and that is in addition
seemed more realistic, so that’s what I did. to road space which is for cyclists’ use.
Fairly soon, I had a huge number of Presenter: That all sounds very impressive, but the
followers, and I was approached by a government isn’t fully satisfied, is that right?
publishing company to write a recipe book.

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Aggie: es. The government thinks that even more

Y Presenter: W hat are the main difficulties of starting
journeys could be made by bike. Over half of a business?
all car journeys are under eight kilometres in Melanie: Well, according to our research, the biggest
distance. These are the journeys the problem is creating a customer base.
government would like to reduce. Advertising costs a lot of money, and if
Presenter: Apart from the fact that people enjoy the there’s a lot of competition, the only way to
comfort of travelling by car, especially when successfully enter the market is to offer
it’s raining, are there any other reasons why an unrealistically low price. However, on
people are reluctant to cycle? a positive note, if you understand the
Aggie: Yes, unfortunately, the popularity of cycling potential of social media as a marketing
is leading to problems of congestion, not on tool, you’ll have a definite advantage over
the roads but on bike paths. They’re many people who don’t know how to take
becoming so crowded that bicycle crashes advantage of social media. Another problem
are becoming more frequent. This isn’t only is the cost of running a business. Although
because of overcrowding, though, but also a lot of small businesses are run from home
because more cyclists are becoming without the cost of rent, owners still have to
careless. Furthermore, there aren’t enough buy equipment, pay an accountant and set
safe parking places for bikes. up a professional-looking website, among
Presenter: So, is the government addressing some of other things.
these problems? Presenter: So, now after you’ve pointed out some of
Aggie: Yes. It’s expanding the bike path network the difficulties of setting up and running
and building new “superhighways” for bikes a business, can we hear something
where they’re most needed. These will allow encouraging?
up to 15 people to cycle side by side. There Melanie: Yes. There have been some amazing
are also huge multi-storey bike parks being successes by people who were able to
built, including one in Utrecht with 12,500 identify a gap in the market and exploit it
spaces. before any competition appeared. This is the
Presenter: Do you cycle here in England? real challenge – to identify a product or
Aggie: I do, but it isn’t as enjoyable as in the service that people need but isn’t being
Netherlands. There are often no bike paths, offered.
or there’s just a narrow section for bikes Presenter: Interesting. So, can you tell us about
that’s usually full of holes or parked cars. someone who has actually started with
Drivers often don’t seem to notice you and almost nothing and become a success?
get too close when overtaking cyclists. Melanie: Yes. I’ll tell you about Pierre Omidyar, who
Presenter: Well, let’s hope our government takes some worked as a computer programmer. In
tips from the Dutch. Thank you for coming, 1995, he decided to sell things from his
Aggie, and have a safe journey home. website, which he called AuctionWeb. The
Aggie: Thank you. first item he sold was a broken laser pointer.
He couldn’t believe that someone would buy
something that was broken, so he asked the
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buyer why he wanted it. It turned out that
the buyer had a collection of broken laser
Presenter: T oday, we are talking about starting pointers. Pierre realised that almost any item
a business, a trend that’s growing among could be of interest to someone in the
many workers. There are about six million world, and all he had to do was find them.
businesses in the UK, and those that have He was soon earning more from his website
an owner but no employees have the than his job.
biggest growth. These are small businesses Presenter: I haven’t actually heard of AuctionWeb. Is it
which make up 76% of all businesses. So, if still active?
you’re thinking of setting up a business of Melanie: Yes, but Pierre changed the name of the
your own, you’re not alone, and our guest, company in 1997. It’s now called eBay. Have
an accountant whose name is Melanie you ever heard of it?
Jackson, is here to give you some ideas and Presenter: OK, that’s definitely a success story. Thank
advice. Welcome, Melanie. you, Melanie. Please stay with us until after
Melanie: Thank you for having me. the news to answer listeners’ questions.
Presenter: I believe you’re going to start off with Melanie: I’d be delighted.
a word of caution to our listeners.
Melanie: Yes, I don’t want to discourage people, but
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their first year, and only around half of
these survive their first four years. In some Presenter: G
etting in shape is important to a lot of us,
cases, this might be because their owners but some people are reluctant to join a gym.
have closed them and moved onto Why is this? They may feel intimidated to
something else. Perhaps they’ve made expose their lack of physical ability or their
a fortune and no longer have to work. not-so-perfect body in a place where people
More likely, though, is that they’ve got into aspire to have the perfect body. Our guest
debt or were earning so little that it was today manages a gym, and he encourages
better to go back into salaried employment. anyone who wants to join a gym to do so.
Welcome, Jason. It’s good to have you here.
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Jason: Thank you. I’m glad to be here.

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wants to join a gym but is hesitant?

Presenter: W elcome to our programme That’s Life.
Jason: Well, I would say to try and hire a personal With us is biologist Simon Clark, who has
trainer, at least for the first few weeks. some fascinating information about an
Obviously, hiring a trainer is costly. unusual creature – the tardigrade. Welcome
However, if you don’t know how to do floor to our programme, Simon.
exercises or how to use the machines
Simon: Thank you.
correctly, you will, at best, not get much
benefit from doing them, and, at worst, Presenter: So, what can you tell us about tardigrades?
you could actually do some serious harm to Simon: Well, they were first discovered in 1773 and
yourself. In a fitness class, the instructor have fascinated scientists since their
demonstrates the various exercises, but in discovery. These millimetre-long animals,
a large class, they may not be able to see if also known as water bears and moss
you’re doing the exercise correctly. piglets, have got eight legs, a long, plump
Presenter: OK, so if you can afford it, hire a personal body and a head which looks a little like
trainer. But should people not join a gym if a baby pig.
they can’t hire a personal trainer? Presenter: And why are they interesting?
Jason: No, of course not. Even without a trainer, Simon: Well, they’re as vulnerable as any small
you can get into shape at the gym. In this creature when faced with danger or
case, though, I would say start slowly. My extreme conditions, but they have an
motto is “Less is more”. I’ll give an example amazing ability – they can go into a state
of this by talking about press-ups, or, as called cryptobiosis. Their heart rate, blood
some people call them, push-ups. People flow, breathing and so on reduce to about
whose arms aren’t strong enough tend to 0.01% of normal. They dehydrate and curl
make the mistake of going down on their up into a ball and are actually more dead
stomachs and then lifting themselves up than alive. They can remain like this for
again. By doing this, they aren’t using their years. In 2016, scientists revived two of
arm muscles properly, but they may be able these creatures that had been in this state
to do ten press-ups. In my opinion, two for over 30 years.
press-ups done correctly would be much Presenter: So, how do they come back to life?
more beneficial, and they’d soon find that Simon: They just need water. After a few hours,
their arms are getting stronger. they are back to normal and carry on as if
Presenter: OK, listeners, remember less is more. Can nothing had happened. Even more
you give us some other useful tips? extraordinary is that scientists have found
Jason: Yes, certainly. First of all, don’t have that they don’t age while they are in their
unrealistic expectations. When you see dehydrated state. Therefore, if the creatures
people in great shape, you have to are a year old when they go into it, they are
remember that they’ve probably spent hours still a year old when they are finally brought
and hours in the gym. Remain focused on back to normal.
gradually reducing your body fat, Presenter: That is unbelievable! So, is it true that there
strengthening your muscles and increasing are tardigrades on the moon?
your metabolism. Simon: The simple answer is yes and no.
I would also say that it’s important to vary Tardigrades aren’t native to the moon.
the exercises you do, both to make going However, in 2019, an Israeli spacecraft,
to the gym more fun and also to strengthen carrying, among other things, dehydrated
different muscles each time. You could also tardigrades, crashed onto the surface of the
combine going to the gym with activities moon.
such as cycling or swimming, especially if Presenter: Excuse me, but why was it carrying
your knees are giving you problems. Finally, tardigrades?
I often see people on exercise machines Simon: Well, the creatures’ dehydrated state allows
watching TV on one of the screens, and them to survive almost anything. They’ve
I think that if they can concentrate on the been tested and found to be unaffected by
programme, they aren’t really working hard temperatures from -200° to +150°
enough. I realise that it can help pass the centigrade. They can survive immense
time, but if you want to maximise your pressure, far greater than you would
workout, ignore the screens. Perhaps try experience at the bottom of the deepest
listening to music instead. ocean and a vacuum such as you find in
Presenter: Well, thank you very much, Jason. I hope space. So, taking the tardigrades in their
some of our listeners will be encouraged to dehydrated state into space would have
sign up at their local gym after this enabled scientists to carry out more
interview. experiments on them. Of course, the idea
Jason: Thank you. was for them to return, not to have an
unanticipated landing on the moon.
Presenter: So, now there may be little tardigrades
running around on the moon?

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Simon: ell, no. As I said earlier, they need water

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to revive, and there’s no water on the moon.
So, there may be dehydrated tardigrades
scattered over the moon’s surface, but until
someone finds them and brings them back
to Earth, they’ll remain in that state. At the
moment, no one knows where the spacecraft
crashed.
Presenter: Very interesting. Thank you for coming to
speak to us, Simon.
Simon: Thank you.

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