Like many Sami people, Elle’s family own lots of reindeer.. Narrator: The reindeer decide to leave, and then Elle and her family follow.. Elle: Yes – it seems like it’s a good calf yea
Trang 1Virginia: We spent many afternoons in Christian’s company Bill: None of that now No, don’t you dare!
Virginia: Ace’s relationship with Christian had a unique expression
to it
Bill: Christian’s intended stay of a few weeks turned into four
months before, at last, we had definite news His future was decided This was the moment that Ace and John dreading most It was time to say goodbye to their old friend Christian
Virginia: Ace and John made their way from England It was
almost a year since they’d last seen Christian
Narrator: Christian was now a wild lion, the leader of a pride Ace
and John didn’t know if he would remember them They went
to him anyway …
Unit 3 Narrator: Elle lives in Norway – she is Sami Like many Sami
people, Elle’s family own lots of reindeer Their lives are based around the animals Some Norwegians think that Sami people still live in tents! But actually, for most of the year they live in normal houses
Elle: We joke with them that we don’t have cars and that we drive
only reindeers But we are just normal people
Inga: Not so normal.
Elle: OK not so normal But we are still normal.
Narrator: In Spring, Elle’s life is different to other Norwegians Elle
and her family follow their reindeer on a three-week migration across Norway It’s very cold on the journey – so Elle and her cousin are packing their warm winter clothes
Elle: This is reindeer skin – it’s very warm and much better than
this kind of clothes
Narrator: The reindeer decide to leave, and then Elle and her
family follow The migration route goes past a frozen lake –
so Elle and Inga stop to do some ice fishing Inga isn’t very successful …
Elle: Check it out Inga!
Narrator: But Elle catches a big fish Finally, after 250 km, the
herd of reindeer reaches the coast Now there’s just one last bit
of the journey to do The summer feeding grounds are on an island – so the reindeer have to travel on a boat! They get across safely – and now Elle and her family will leave the herd to spend the summer eating grass and giving birth to baby reindeer
Narrator: Autumn soon arrives and Elle and her family return to
the reindeer’s summer island to prepare them for the journey back home Elle must help herd the animals together again – and catch the calves so they can be counted They hope to have
a lot of baby reindeer!
Elle: Yes – it seems like it’s a good calf year so we have to see –
is it true
Narrator: There’s no boat for the journey this time – so the
reindeer must swim across to the mainland And then the reindeers’ long migration back home begins – with Elle and her family watching every move One day Elle must decide whether she wants to continue being a traditional Sami herder – or choose a different way of life But for now, she is happy simply
to enjoy time with her family … and her reindeer!
Unit 1
Narrator: Spending your free time upside down, is probably not
what you are planning for the weekend But for this group of
young people, unusual activities are a way of life This is Trenton
Circus Squad, in New Jersey, USA The Squad – or team – was
set up in a historic factory in 2015 as a place for young people
to make new friends, learn new skills, and face their fears
Tiffany: It’s our chance to escape our, um, our bubble, our little
bubble that we live in It’s our best opportunity we have to
make so many good friendships that we have here with other
Trenton Squad members … who may be our same age but
come from different schools, different backgrounds
Narrator: Members are between six and 18 years old, and
everybody is given a purple Trenton t-shirt Older members
teach the younger ones, supporting them as they learn
everything from acrobatics, … to spinning plates, … or walking
on balls Trust is important to developing impressive tricks and
routines, so the young people here build strong friendships
very quickly Janaeya’s friends in the Squad have become an
important part of her life
Janaeya: If I have problems, like, at like home or school, I can tell
them because they’re like family And, like, they won’t bring you
down about it They won’t laugh at you They will help you, like,
they will help you out with it
Narrator: And being in the Squad has made Brandon a more
positive person
Brandon: It will help meeting new people and learning, you know,
about different types of people It will help me into expecting
the best in everybody, I guess
Narrator: Having a fun and supportive network like this makes
everybody feel happier and more confident This is useful –
because they also perform to the public
Zoe Brookes: Performance is an essential part of what our
teenagers experience When they join after the first couple of
weeks we expect them to get comfortable performing
Narrator: Performing so quickly may seem scary, but members
are encouraged to pick an activity they are confident with, so
that everybody enjoys the show The atmosphere is so much
fun that after watching a performance, new people always
want to join them Whether it’s passing plates, or passing on
advice … it’s clear that for the members of Trenton Circus
Squad, this Squad is for life, and not just the weekend
Unit 2
Narrator: Ace and John have a very special friend His name
is Christian In the 1970s Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers
made a documentary … where they captured the story of this
unusual friendship
Virginia: The young lion, we discovered, belonged to Ace and
John, two Australians who worked at the shop It seems they
bought him when quite small from a big department store in
London’s expensive Knightsbridge area that sells everything
and anything
Bill: Every morning very early, Christian was escorted to his blue
limousine, a furniture van, and chauffeured down the King’s
Road There was no doubt Ace and John had a problem that
was growing every day
Virginia: The alternatives: A zoo? A game park? Or … back to
Africa? Where his ancestors came from some four of five
generations ago We felt, at this stage, we could only deal with
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Students: I’m fi lming now This is the camera Hello.
Tom: In my list of priorities sport's number one and school’s
probably number two
Trianna: I love school I mean, I don’t love school … I mean, I like,
I don’t … I love school, yeah
Alex: I’ve been building this trailer as my project.
Charlie: Getting my license would kind of push me a little bit
closer to being a man
Kayla: I’ve just rearranged my desk as you can see …
Trianna: This is my fi rst ever video diary.
Shianna: This is how I’m feeling, this is what I’m thinking.
Chelsea: We have two assignments due on the same day, how is
that legal?
Alfi e: Let’s get out of here before I get in trouble.
Narrator: These teenagers all live in Australia They have agreed
to share their experiences for a whole school year
Shianna: We’ve started year twelve.
Narrator: They are excited about some of their school work But
it can become very stressful
Angela: Why do we have to study every single day, every single
hour, you know, no time to relax
Narrator: So the key is fi nding the right balance … and carefully
choosing what to do with your time
Ezra: Having a best friend is a completely diff erent to … Dude,
stop I saw that I don’t know it’s sort of like, a relationship you
don’t get … what are you doing?!
Narrator: To Alex and his friend Ezra, friendship and fun is a huge
part of Year 12 life
Narrator: Angela lives in Sydney with her mum, her dad and her
two brothers Angela’s experience of Year 12 is totally diff erent
Her family help to her cope with the pressures of school life
Angela: When I am loved I feel invincible, I feel powerful.
Narrator: And this year, Angela has decided to make sport her
priority
Angela: I am a taekwondo black belt.
Narrator: Taekwondo is a big part of Angela’s life It helped her
a lot when she fi rst moved to Australia from China
Angela: Taekwondo helped me be who I am now I lacked
confi dence because I couldn’t speak English and everyone
made fun of me about it and everything
Narrator: Angela is very good and competes internationally But
choosing taekwondo means missing out on other things
Angela: So, I have to take time off from school, I am leaving on
the 18th of June
Narrator: When she travels …
Angela: We’re in Auckland, New Zealand!
Narrator: … she has to leave her family and friends behind and
face lots of homework when she returns But she believes it’s
the right choice
Angela: I got silver and bronze I came home with an international
medal, so yes, it was worth it
Narrator: So fi nding the right balance will allow these teens to
make the most of their Year 12 experience
Unit 5 Narrator: Maurice started dancing when he was young.
Maurice: My friends went and told my teacher that I was a
dancer I showed her and she told me that I should try out for Baltimore School for the Arts My name is Maurice Mouzon I’m
a twelft h grader at Baltimore School for the Arts
Narrator: Baltimore School for the Arts is a very special kind of
high school Students are chosen by audition They don’t have
to show their subject grades at all to gain a place At the school, students take all the standard subjects including maths, English and science But school also off ers special arts training: dance, music, visual arts, fi lm and theatre
Chris Ford: My name is Chris Ford and I’m the director of
the Baltimore School for the Arts Students when they’re passionate about something, they become passionate about theatre, or visual arts or something like that, it’s easy to spread that passion out into other activities like geometry or English literature
Narrator: Passion pushes students to work harder and perform
well in all subjects But most still prefer the arts Mateen’s main passion is his music
Mateen: My family isn’t in the arts I’m the only person who really
does like classical music I’m the only person who, like, takes lessons … and goes to a school like this My name’s Mateen Milan, I’m in the twelft h grade and I go to Baltimore School for the Arts
Narrator: Most of the students at the school are interested in
a professional career in the arts They know there is a lot of competition, and they sometimes have their doubts
Mateen: I fi nd myself maybe once or twice a week questioning
myself Do I really want to do this? Am I actually good at what
I do?
Narrator: The chance to excel at their craft by working hard at
what they love is what makes the special training at the school
so important
Katherine Fisher: (I feel that) the majority of students here at
the school know that they for sure are going to dedicate their lives to their craft in one way or another My name is Katherine Helen Fisher, I am a director, choreographer and producer
Maurice: Kate Fisher, she’s, an alumni from the school, and she’s
here teaching us how to use our bodies more and to just, like, feel the music
Narrator: Katherine was a student at the school herself She is
now a teacher and a professional artist Her experience helps her to understand the students
Maurice: I’m still trying to fi gure out what I want to do with my
life but right now my main focus is dance
Narrator: The school year is over and Maurice and Mateen have
earned places at prestigious arts universities for next year
Mateen: At this point I’ve understood that music is something
that I love It’s my passion, it’s what I do, and no one can take that from me and I can’t wait to see where that takes me in life
Narrator: For Mateen, his time at school has taught him a great
lesson for life: spend time doing things that make you happy
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Narrator: At 2,200 metres, the Humber Bridge is one of the
longest suspension bridges in the world It’s an engineering
masterpiece But up here, hidden among the concrete and the
metal is an engineering miracle; the spider’s web Unchanged
in over 100 million years, it’s one of nature’s most successful
designs Researchers the world over are trying to discover its
microscopic secrets To study spiders, fi rst you have to catch
one … We now have our spider Let’s take a closer look at the
thread This spider can produce over 700 metres of silk in one
continuous thread Each spider can produce several diff erent
types of silk: from sticky sheets, to an incredibly strong single
thread If this thread were as thick as a pencil, it could pull an
ocean liner The secret of the web lies in the water droplets at
every junction – inside each droplet, strands of web are tightly
curled Scientists believe that when a fl y hits the web, these
strands unravel, allowing the web to stretch without breaking
We’ve already learned from some of the spider’s tricks: now we
are using the microscopic secrets of the natural world to design
completely new manmade structures
Unit 7
Narrator: Homes come in all shapes and sizes They can be built
in all sorts of locations Some can even move to diff erent
locations If you look at some of these you might think they
were a fantasy, but they are all real homes They show how
designers meet the challenge of building homes in diff erent
locations and spaces Many cities around the world have
growing populations If designers don’t come up with new
ideas, then there might not be enough homes for everyone
The big challenge is to create ways of living in smaller spaces
Luckily some designers are enjoying the challenge of designing
homes for smaller spaces Let’s take a look at some …
Narrator: Traditional homes have diff erent rooms for diff erent
purposes … here a single space has multiple uses … the sitting
area becomes the bedroom … a dining table rises out from
a fl oor
Man: There’s your desk and when you want a second bed it comes
straight out like that
Narrator: Some of these ideas are not new but the designer has
made saving space very stylish It is not just furniture that can
move or have more than one purpose The whole apartment
rotates Why? Because that makes use of the space in every
dimension All at the touch of button
Man: Everyone buys a house thinking how big is it, what’s the
square foot Now we’re talking cubic feet or metres because
now we’re giving it a three-dimensional space instead of just
fl oor space So, fl oors can become walls that then can become
ceilings depending on which way round the rotating house is
Narrator: This is not a home for an untidy person Most things
in the home need to be fi xed down – from the furniture to the
knives and forks! Hong Kong Living costs are some of the most
expensive in the world It is diffi cult for young people to fi nd
homes they can aff ord The Pitstop is designed to meet the
challenge of creating homes young people can aff ord and enjoy
They are small The designers use every bit of space but also
consider the residents’ lifestyle
Derek: My favourite feature of this fl at is the openable bookcase,
not just the bookcase is openable, but it actually functions
as an …
Yannis: Operable boundary.
Derek: Operable boundary.
Narrator: Just a minute, what did they say … ? ‘Operable
boundary’? What does that mean? Well, it means not having
a fi xed wall separating the inside space from the outside
Derek: Operable boundary between the interior and exterior of
the fl at By merging the private space and the public space we can actually share a common area with our neighbourhood or
we can invite guests to come play with us
Narrator: It means the apartment does not need space for a
large number of people to meet inside When the residents want to meet a group of friends they can literally have an open house
But sometimes the joy of a good home is just being in your own space, however large or small
Unit 8 Narrator: Skiing can be a lot of fun The clean cold air, the
speed and the excitement make it a popular winter sport For beginners, it’s all about not falling over … but once you can handle the basics, how do you know you are getting better? How do you measure your daily progress? Kit and Ed are 17 In their free time, they like doing sports and they both love skiing They are also not bad at numbers They decided numbers might be the key to an even better skiing experience And they began designing an app City boys, they enjoyed using apps to measure and compare information while running and cycling around London
Kit: It was basically competing against each other in specifi c
tracks around London that really made us think, ‘Well hang on, why doesn’t this happen for skiing?’
Narrator: So they got to work First, they needed to work out
what data people wanted when skiing and snowboarding
Ed: People are really interested in the data that they’re
accumulating during these sports They want to see the speed that they hit when they went over that jump, they want to see the vertical distance, the altitude, all that kind of information that previously they’ve not even been aware of
Narrator: Once they had the right questions, they had to work on
the answers They came up with a simple design and wrote the code They also raised money and made deals with ski resorts, making the app free for users Susanne has downloaded the app on her phone … and uses it when she’s out on the slopes
It tells her the maximum speed she reached on the run, and her total average speed
Susanne: It’s like extra fun Snowboarding is already fun but
having an app like this you can measure your speed and stuff like that It’s great because normally it is already cool snowboarding, but measuring your speed gives extra fun
Narrator: The app also measures distance, elapsed time and
altitude Giving the user an overall view of the session
Ferenc: I think it is cool Before I was going down a very steep
part and I was going quite fast and I was wondering exactly how fast I really was
Narrator: The numbers and statistics help people improve, or
compete against friends, making the overall experience even more enjoyable Users are happy, so Ed and Kit are too, but they continue to work to improve the app Who thought maths could be this much fun?
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Narrator: Shakespeare’s Globe One of London’s most famous
buildings, it has an interesting history The original Globe
Theatre was built in 1599 for William Shakespeare’s theatre
company The Theatre was based in Southwark, just south of
the River Thames, and had performances almost every day But
it didn’t last long On June 29th, 1613, during a performance
of Henry VIII, a cannon shot went wrong, and the theatre roof
caught fi re The company and the audience ran into the street
But within an hour the theatre had burned to the ground The
modern building, named Shakespeare’s Globe, opened in 1997
and has been popular with audiences ever since It’s
world-famous for showing Shakespeare’s plays, but today, people
are practising for something a little diff erent These singers
are getting ready for the Globe’s Concert for Winter Jadzia
is a student here on work experience For the past week she’s
worked in diff erent roles around the theatre, from managing
the front desk, to guiding the audience to their seats
Jadzia: So today, with The Concert for Winter, I’m in Assistant
Stage Management And I’m like opening doors, making
everyone goes on, like scheduling, everything, and making sure
everyone’s okay and happy, but yeah, it’s loads of fun Busy,
but fun
Narrator: She’s worked on school shows before, but nothing as
big as this
Jadzia: Going into a working theatre is amazing, and it’s a step
from a school theatre to a big, live, open theatre
Narrator: The Concert for Winter takes place every year, bringing
together people from the neighbourhood All the singers live
nearby, and all ages are accepted
Patrick Spottiswoode: It’s a wonderful celebration of Southwark
talent and we have children as young as two, and children as
young as 96
Narrator: For Jadzia, helping to put the concert together
completes the journey she started when she was a child
Jadzia: Considering I used to come here when I was younger, so,
from primary school, and then coming here to work here, it’s
great It just gives me a view of what I used to see like when
I was younger and then coming behind scenes on how that
works … Loads of appreciation for it!
Narrator: The performance may only happen once a year but for
everyone that takes part working side by side as neighbours will
be something they remember for a long time Thank you and
goodnight!