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  1. 1 Nice to meet you!
  2. 2 What to wear
  3. 3 Like this, like that
  4. 4 The daily grind
  5. 5 Christmas every day
  6. 6 Great achievers
  7. 7 The Titanic
  8. 8 Travel
  9. 9 The big wedding
  10. 10 Sunny's job hunt
  11. 11 The bucket list
  12. 12 Moving and migration
  13. 13 Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
  14. 14 New Year, New Project
  15. 15 From Handel to Hendrix
  16. 16 What's the weather like?
  17. 17 The Digital Revolution
  18. 18 A detective story
  19. 19 A place to live
  20. 20 The Cult of Celebrity
  21. 21 Welcome to your new job
  22. 22 Beyond the planets
  23. 23 Great expectations!
  24. 24 Eco-tourism
  25. 25 Moving house
  26. 26 It must be love
  27. 27 Job hunting success... and failure
  28. 28 Speeding into the future
  29. 29 Lost arts
  30. 30 Tales of survival

Session 5

Set sail for adventure

The Race Episode 2: Will it be plain sailing for Phil in his 80 day challenge? Plus, find out what you've learnt from unit 2 in our weekly quiz.

 

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Drama

The Race: Episode 2 - Phil's Audio Diary

Phil: The RaceThis week, Phil sets off on his round the world challenge. You can hear a summary of what happens here but if you don't want to know what happens, listen to the whole of episode 2 first on the next page.

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Dear Diary,

I have accepted this silly challenge to sail around the world in 80 days.

I am on the yacht called Mermaid and I am not alone. My office assistant and good friend, Pete, has joined me. I have given him the nickname 'Passepartout' because he goes everywhere with me! He's a good sailor too.

But there is a problem. I have discovered a leak in the yacht and we must head for port before we sink.

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You can download The Race - audio diary from our Unit 2 downloads page. (size 1MB)

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Session Vocabulary

  • seasick
    feeling ill, vomiting or feeling you are going to vomit or be sick because of the movement of the ship or boat you are travelling in

    stern
    the back end of a ship or boat

    galley
    the kitchen in a ship, boat or plane

    berths
    beds in a ship, boat or train

    plain sailing
    an expression that means a job or task is going well, easily, without problems 

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