Narrator: The students have to practise skills – like how to meet new people.. At first, I don’t have that much self-confidence … Yeah, I wanted to ask her … Alexis: I mean it’s awkwar
Trang 1Sheku: We always come into each other’s practice rooms and
give each other comments Your … So your … If you look If you look at my wrist …
Narrator: Sheku is the family’s biggest success story He started
playing when he was six years old
Kadie: The moment he picked up the cello you could see that this
was something that he was always going to do And his focus and his passion and his seriousness about it was incredible
Narrator: Sheku practises for at least two hours every day after
school, and then on Saturdays he travels two hundred miles to London for lessons with expert teachers at the Royal Academy
of Music And all that practice has paid off – Sheku won the
2016 UK Young Musician of the Year competition But in some ways Sheku is just like any normal person his age: he goes to school and plays football with his friends And if he feels like doing even more cello practice while he’s there, he can use the sports hall Sheku practises so much because it means that he can do what he loves the most – play concerts
Sheku: It’s more the result of practice that I enjoy as opposed to
the actual practice Because I love the feeling of being able to perform to an audience That kind of motivates me to do my practice
Narrator: And in 2018 he performed in front of a very important
audience – at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle! Sheku has gone from his bedroom to the concert hall because of hours and hours of practice And all the hard work is definitely worth it
Unit 3 Narrator: These Santa Barbara Middle School students produce
their own TV news show – Teen Press For the past few years the Teen Press team have interviewed movie actors at film festivals
Boy: OK we’re live at the film festival on the red carpet – we can’t
wait and it’s really exciting
Will Smith: OK, that’s a very good question.
Narrator: They’ve interviewed some big stars! Each semester,
eight new students join Teen Press
Ella: I signed up because it seemed like an amazing opportunity
and I’d never done journalism before and it just seemed like something interesting
Narrator: The students have to practise skills – like how to meet
new people
Sofia: I’m not all that good at meeting people At first, I don’t
have that much self-confidence … Yeah, I wanted to ask her …
Alexis: I mean it’s awkward when you’re, like, you know, ‘nice to
meet you’ and you’re looking, like, straight into somebody’s eyes I mean, especially our age, we don’t, like, when we meet
a new friend, it’s not like – ‘nice to meet you.’
Narrator: The students also need to arrange interviews – which
means making lots of phone calls
Jayden: Hi, this is Jayden from the Santa Barbara Middle School
Teen Press
PA: Hi Jayden, how are you? How can I help you?
Narrator: Jayden arranges an interview with a Personal
Assistant – but it’s not easy!
Unit 1
Narrator: St Ann’s is a neighbourhood in Nottingham, England
People from other areas think St Ann’s is a bad neighbourhood,
but the teenagers who live here are proud of it
Girl: A lot of people say it’s a bad area, but I grew up here – I think
it’s a pretty good area to be honest
Narrator: St Ann’s has a good community spirit – people know
their neighbours and help each other
Nicky-Lee: Everyone watches out for each other.
Narrator: But there aren’t many activities for young people in
St Ann’s
Nicky-Lee: There’s not a lot of things to do round here.
Narrator: Olympic ice-skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean
want to change that, by helping local teenagers put on an
ice-skating show in the heart of their community
Jayne: We actually grew up in Nottingham Because I had the
opportunity to go to the ice rink that’s where it all started for
me Our idea is to build an ice rink on the estate, with a view to
putting on a show
Chris: What we need is you.
Narrator: At first, the local teenagers aren’t very interested in
Jayne and Chris’s idea – only a few volunteer But interest
grows and at the first training session hundreds of young
people attend The volunteers find out that skating can be very
difficult But, gradually, Chris and Jayne teach them how to
dance on ice with each other, in preparation for the big show
The show will happen on a specially made ice rink behind the
school Volunteer Nicky Lee hopes that the pop-up ice rink will
change the way people think about St Ann’s
Nicky-Lee: I think the pop-up ice rink will open people’s eyes and
see how good St Ann’s actually is – it’s not that bad
Narrator: The whole neighbourhood comes along to the show
And, thanks to all their practice, the kids perform very well
Friends and family are amazed by how good the show is
Woman: Absolutely amazing! Absolutely loved it!
Narrator: They have put on a great show for their community
thanks to Chris, Jayne, and their own hard work Everyone has
come together for this special occasion – and that’s what makes
St Ann’s a good place to live
Unit 2
Narrator: The Kanneh-Masons are a bit different to most families,
because all seven children are excellent musicians Their mum,
Kadie, thinks they are good because they practise a lot
Kadie: How was your day?
Sheku: Good Good, good, good, good.
Kadie: As soon as they come home from school the children in
their heads, think – well the first thing is food, then it’s music
and they just go straight to it I never have to ask them to do it
That’s just part of the structure of their lives
Narrator: And they don’t just practise in their bedrooms!
Kadie: They all practise anywhere they can, in bizarre spaces.
Aminata: I practise in there – the green bathroom I think because
I can play in front of the mirror
Narrator: Another reason the Kanneh-Masons are so successful
is because they help each other – as seventeen-year-old Sheku
explains
Trang 2Narrator: At Warminster, unlike at Bemrose, students have to
attend clubs and do activities in their spare time Brett has joined the army cadets – which he enjoys Brett thinks that the extra activities available at Warminster are a good thing
Brett: You can concentrate on this kind of stuff because, like, it’s
more practical than sitting at a desk writing about stuff I like more practical things
Narrator: In fact, Brett likes Warminster so much, that he’d like
to stay!
Brett: Everyone’s so nice, man It’s, like, better than my school
I actually really do like it here I really would like to stay
Narrator: But Nazh, another Bemrose student who is attending
Warminster for a week, isn’t so keen
Nazh: I don’t think I would be happy here I feel like if you’re going
to a private school you’re almost, like, separated from the other half of the world I’m not that kind of person that would want
to come here
Narrator: By doing the school swap, both groups of students
have learnt almost as much about themselves as they have about the diff erence between private and state schools
Unit 5 Narrator: British teenagers Joe, Faith, Sam, Alice and Ellie are
visiting Cambodia in Southeast Asia They are going to live and work with people who make some of the everyday things the children take for granted Today, they are working in a clothes factory They will be making onesies for high street shops in the UK To get paid, they need to learn quickly and do a good job, just like the eight hundred people who work in the factory every day Their fi rst challenge is the most diffi cult job in the factory – sewing cuff s on the onesies The girls are competing with the boys to see who can do the most in one hour And they need to be perfect, or the factory will reject them! Joe is
fi nding it diffi cult And so is Alice
Alice: Oh! I can’t do it.
Narrator: But she works hard and starts to do much better Alice: I did it!
Narrator: Soon it’s time to fi nd out who has done better, the boys
or the girls
Presenter: So, the girls … managed fi ft een Boys … you didn’t
even manage one Zero
Alice: Aw, boys!
Narrator: The girls win The boys’ work is so bad that the factory
rejects all of their onesies
Joe: It’s kind of embarrassing that we didn’t even do one
together as a team
Narrator: So Pat, the factory boss, gives Joe and Sam an easy job
next: ironing the onesies But the boys fi nd this diffi cult too
Joe: Sam, how are you doing?
Sam: That’s way too hot.
Joe: Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow Too hot.
Narrator: Pat is not impressed by their work.
Pat: You see this one, not good.
Sam: So, I’m ironing in creases.
Pat: You have to do it again.
Jayden: That was really nerve-wracking.
Narrator: This semester, instead of interviewing movie stars,
the students are interviewing politicians and business people,
so they need to work extra-hard on their research Nico and
Jayden are interviewing a successful businessman named
Christian George, who started out with nothing
Nico: So, people say there are no ‘rags to riches’ American dream
stories anymore What do you say to that?
Christian: There are no rags to riches? Oh, rags to riches Well,
fi rst of all, I didn’t even know English when I fi rst decided to
come to America
Nico: It’s something that really inspires me I love when people
come from something like nothing and they turn it into
something; that just … that just hits my heart
Narrator: The students also interview important politicians
like Congressman John Lewis and important business people
like Yvon Chouinard, the founder of outdoor clothing brand,
Patagonia Having conversations with these important people
boosts their confi dence
Ella: I’m taking away from Teen Press more confi dence but also a
power that you feel that you can speak to people that normally
you feel like you don’t have the authority to speak to
Narrator: Being part of Teen Press has helped Jayden, and the
seven other team members, to fi nd their own voices
Jayden: I think I learned that I actually have a story as well I don’t
think I really realised that before now I don’t think I realised I
had anything to say But I feel like aft er seeing all these diff erent
people who have something to say I feel like I have something
to say about my life and myself as well
Unit 4
Narrator: These British teenagers go to diff erent types of
schools Bemrose is a state school State schools are run by the
government Warminster is a private school Private schools
are independent, and parents pay for their children to go
there Now, for one week, Warminster and Bemrose students
are swapping schools to see how diff erent they really are …
and what they can learn from each other Brett is a Bemrose
student At Bemrose he fi nds it diffi cult to focus and he oft en
messes around in class But in class at Warminster, Brett has
to behave better Discipline in lessons is stricter – students
who talk over the teacher are immediately sent out of the
classroom Class sizes are smaller at Warminster too, usually
with only fi ft een students At Bemrose most classes have thirty
students But even though the classes are bigger, John, who
is a Warminster student attending Bemrose for the week,
thinks that teachers like Mr Thomas might be better than his
Warminster teachers
John: He’s constantly helping you, he’s walking around, he’s being
interactive It’s maths which is one my less enjoyable lessons,
but I really enjoy maths when I’m being taught by Mr Thomas,
which is a really good thing
Narrator: John also likes that at Bemrose classes fi nish at
3 o’clock so he can leave school and play Xbox At Warminster
classes don’t fi nish until 5 p.m.! When he’s at Warminster
John is a boarder – which means he sleeps at the school When
Brett goes to Warminster for the week he has to share a room
with John and two other boys And every morning at 7 a.m
a teacher wakes them up!
Teacher: [singing] … blackbird has spoken, like the fi rst bird
Morning! Wakey wakey!
Trang 3Narrator: Karisha is making a very big wedding cake.
Karisha: With a 42-inch base and standing over two metres tall it
is defi nitely for me the biggest cake that I have ever done
Narrator: Karisha’s cake has a horse carousel at the centre! The
bride and groom love how it looks, and the wedding guests like the taste of it too!
Bride: It’s really good.
Narrator: Extreme baker Molly is making a cake for a local show
It’s the main attraction so it needs to be very special As the show is in the countryside, Molly wants to make a giant cow cake First, Molly builds a wooden structure to support the weight of the cake Then she makes the cow’s body out of chocolate fudge cake It’s hard work
Molly: This bit is just a lot of work You get quite tired aft er this
bit It’s just building up and building up It’s just the weight we have to worry about, really
Narrator: Next Molly makes the skin out of icing And then she
paints the cow’s markings with food colouring, before adding the fi nal touch – the eyelashes The attention to detail makes Molly’s cow the star attraction of the show
Man: The icing is delicious The cake is very nice Absolutely
fantastic
Narrator: Extreme cake makers like Molly are like artists and bakers
And whatever the occasion, their special cakes always give the guests something to look at, talk about – and eat, of course!
Unit 8 Narrator: These eleven girls from the United States are preparing
for an amazing trip They are going to hike up a mountain in Peru! The girls are excited, but also nervous Most of them have never been abroad before Alexis is interested to see how people live in Peru
Alexis: How they live is just amazing to me It’s not even that I’m
so into travelling or anything It’s just, there’s girls around the world who do the same things as I do and just … it’s just cool to get a diff erent perspective of it
Narrator: When they arrive in Peru, the girls enjoy the new sights
and sounds They spend time at a local school, playing with the young children The children are very excited, and the girls have
a great time too
Kendal: It was really empowering to me to feel so important to
them I couldn’t even believe how happy they were over it It’s, like, really motivating and inspiring
Narrator: The next day the girls start on their trek up the
mountain They’re joined by some Peruvian girls their own age from the local school The Peruvian girls are used to the altitude, so the hike is easy for them but some of the American girls fi nd it diffi cult The altitude makes Alexis feel sick
Alexis: I feel so bad.
Group leader: Don’t feel bad – we’re all in this together.
Alexis: I was getting, like, dizzy and headaches and stomach-aches,
but like, it was more mentally, so it was mind over matter
Narrator: So, she carries on with the help of a horse! And soon,
the group reach the snow-line It’s the fi rst time many of them have ever seen snow
Eloise: Being able to travel to a new country for the fi rst time and
seeing snow there …
Eloise’s sister: Like, we’ve never seen snow before.
Narrator: The boys are much too slow – Joe has only ironed one
onesie A local worker irons 150 in the same time It’s another
failure for the boys For the fi nal task, packaging leggings, the
girls and boys are working together But they argue with each
other and do this task badly too Five regular workers at the
factory can package fi ve thousand pairs of leggings in an hour
But our team can’t even package one pair correctly At the end
of the day Pat decides which team members deserve to be
paid for their work Only one of the teenagers gets paid, Ellie,
because she did really well in the fi rst challenge Everyone else
gets nothing The group has learned that working in a clothes
factory isn’t easy … and perhaps they will think about their
time at the factory when they go shopping for new clothes
back home
Unit 6
Narrator: These ring-tailed lemurs live in a zoo in Ireland But,
unlike most zoo animals, they don’t live in a cage Instead they
live in a large forest area, which they sometimes have to share
with visitors And the lemurs enjoy their freedom They love
to climb trees, play with their friends and family, and eat the
delicious bananas that the zoo-keepers give them This year
the lemurs at the zoo have had a record fi ve babies! Kitty has
twins, Olly and Orla Olly and Orla are very lively Like all lemurs,
they love to play, jump around and climb trees By exploring, the
twins learn the skills they will need as adults But play can be
dangerous In the wild, half of all baby lemurs die before they
are one year old So, Kitty needs help to make sure the twins
are safe Catherine and Louise work at the zoo on lemur patrol
– they help Kitty look aft er Olly and Orla If the twins go too far
from their mum, Catherine and Louise bring them back to the
group with tasty food! And it’s not just the zoo-keepers who
look aft er the twins – the other mother-lemurs help Kitty too,
by babysitting for her Which means every so oft en she can take
a break to do a bit of sunbathing! And the dads help out too
Catherine: When there’s a lot of people in the park babies and
mothers tend to get separated but I’ve actually seen a male go
back, pick up the baby and take it back to its mother So, the
males do have an important role to play as well
Narrator: These lemurs might not live in the wild, but life at the
zoo can still be dangerous for babies By working together – and
with a little help from lemur patrol – the adult lemurs have
happy, healthy, curious little kids like Olly and Orla
Unit 7
Narrator: For hundreds of years, people have celebrated special
occasions with cakes But nowadays, it’s not enough for a cake
to look and taste good – it also needs to have the ‘wow-factor’
And one way to get that is by hiring one of the UK’s ‘extreme
bakers’ From chameleons to cows, carousels to sculptures,
and dinosaurs to helicopters – they can bake a cake into any
shape, for any occasion! Nastassja is creating a sculpture cake
to celebrate the opening of an art gallery It’s very diffi cult to
make – because the design has a big hole in the middle!
Nastassja: I think the artistic design on this one has defi nitely got
ahead of my cake-making skills
Narrator: But in the end she gets it right, and the cake is a huge
success – though it does confuse some people
Client: People that are here are asking about the cake, saying ’Is it
a cake? Is it not a cake? Can we eat it? Can we not eat it?’ They’re
just asking questions, so, we’re quite happy with the result
Trang 4Narrator: When they fi nally reach the top of the mountain the
girls are really happy
Alexis: Reaching the summit I think was probably the best
moment of my life
Narrator: Before going home, the group has one more site to see –
the amazing ancient city of Machu Picchu The girls have seen
a lot of new things and had many exciting adventures in Peru
They’ll remember these experiences for the rest of their lives
Unit 9
Narrator: The Ashby-Hawkins family are spending the next four
weeks going back in time – to the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and
1980s They are changing everything in their lives: from their
house to their clothes and hairstyles; and their food to their
technology For Daisy and Seth, the biggest change will be how
they spend their free time They both go on social media a lot,
and they can’t imagine life without the internet
Seth: I don’t really remember life before the internet because I’m
only twelve
Daisy: The whole ‘not being able to message my friends’ – I’m
dreading that No wi-fi – really, really dreading that
Narrator: So, the family’s fi rst week in the past – in the 1950s –
is going to be diffi cult! The family are having fun in their living
room – 1950s style! Daisy is sewing, while Seth is doing a jigsaw
puzzle
Seth: I’d normally be on, like, my phone or watching TV I haven’t
really made a lot of jigsaws since I really turned ten
Daisy: The only thing that you have to entertain yourself is
a piece of cardboard with a bit of a picture on it
Narrator: Life in the 1960s is a bit more fun and free, with
TVs arriving in most houses … trips to the fairground on
weekends … and phoneboxes in the street Unlike today,
telephone communication was not very mobile in the 1960s!
The 70s brings more activities for Daisy and Seth to do – with
swing ball, keyboards, and even the fi rst computer games!
But surprisingly, the thing they enjoy most about the 70s is
spending more time as a family: going camping and playing
games like darts
Seth: It seems that it’s just a lot more family time now that’s
being spent in the 70s So, it just seemed a lot … nicer now
I don’t know why, it just felt a lot nicer
Narrator: The 1980s brought even more fun things to do – from
arcade games to break-dancing, and home computers to
karaoke But Daisy prefers the 1970s to the 1980s
Daisy: The best decade for our family time was the 70s It was
just entertaining And you forget how funny your family are
when you’re upstairs all the time, so it’s really nice to spend
time with them and I think it really made us so much stronger
Narrator: The Ashby-Hawkins’ house has returned to the present
and they’re using their modern technology again But they
are going to keep doing one fun thing from the past: they are
going to spend more time together as a family