Aims to develop students' ability to understand spoken English through recordings of spontaneous edited at each level. There is a wide range of voices and speaking styles on the cassettes and the books provide pre-listening extension activities. have you got what it takes to be a...?; a bit of a nightmare - bad dreams thinking it out; how do you...? - do the shopping? journey?; national anthems - a rousing tune crime and punishment - a morbid interest? crime; memorable parties - what I enjoy most about parties is... party!; babies sisters; brief encounters - I couldn't take my eyes off him the hole - town rivalries childhood memories learning to drive to deal with it; flirting with danger - we've had some near misses not inherently dangerous but...; feet and walking - my poor feet walking stories; cridit cards - I use mine for... cards; friends and friendship - I value it above everything else and keeping friends; learning languages - English sort of had to pick it up...; a multicultural world - mixed marriages distant relatives; Ngarrindjeri - Aboriginal people in Australia feels like to be black.