【正文】 eir own.Interviewer That sounds excellent. And what about your equipment? It39。s often made of wood, isn39。t it?Sarah Yes, and a piece of equipment is often designed for one activity only.Claudia Right. It39。s so that the child can see if they39。re getting something right or wrong.Interviewer So they don39。t need the teacher so much?Sarah That39。s right. Another Montessori principle is the importance of physical activity. Children learn by doing, so when they39。re learning to read, for example, the letters are made of sandpaper so that children can feel the shape of the letter.Interviewer Do you think there are disadvantages with Montessori methods?Claudia Yes, there are. Maria Montessori didn39。t understand how important it is for children to use their imagination. If she was alive today, she would recognize that. But still, the fact is, her methods are very successful.Unit 4 Person to person Inside viewConversation 1 Kate Oh, I must make a quick call.Jacky Hello, Jacky Gordon speaking.Kate Hello, can I speak to Abbie, please?Jacky I39。ll see if she39。s in, can you hold on?Kate Sure.Jacky Hello? She39。s out, I39。m afraid. Can I give her a message er ... or I can ask her to call you back? Kate Could you ask her to call me back? Jacky Sure. Who39。s calling? Kate Kate Santos. Jacky Kate Santos, OK. Does Abbie have your number? Kate Yes, she does. Jacky I39。ll tell her you called. Kate Thanks. Janet Abbie? I know a girl called Abbie. She reads English, doesn39。t she? Kate Yes, how do you know her? Janet She has a tutorial just after me so we chat a bit. We get on really well. Kate Yes, everyone likes Abbie. I think it39。s because she39。s really interested in people she39。s a very good listener. She should be, she works for Nightline. Janet Nightline?Kate Oh, I haven39。t told you, I39。ve joined it. Janet What is it? I39。ve never heard of it. Kate Look, I39。ve got a leaflet about it. Janet So... Kate It39。s a university helpline for students who are having problems. I39。m training to be one of the people they can call to talk to. Janet You mean, you39。re a volunteer? Kate Yes. Janet Oh, that39。s great, Kate.Conversation 2Abbie Hi, Abbie speaking.Kate Hi, Abbie, it39。s Kate Santos.Abbie Hi! I39。m sorry not to have called you back. I39。ve got a lot on at the moment. How39。s things? Kate Fine. I just wanted to let you know I won39。t be able to e to the next training session. Abbie Um ... It39。s quite an important session. Oh, can you hold on a moment. There39。s someone at the door.…Abbie Hi, I39。m sorry, look, can I call you back later?Kate Sure. What time?Abbie Is three o39。clock OK?Kate Three39。s fine.Abbie OK, I39。ll call you then. Speak soon. Kate Bye. Abbie Bye.…Kate Abbie39。s my Nightline trainer.Janet You39。re saying she39。s your Nightline trainer! But she39。s still a student. Kate Well, experienced students train new students, that39。s the way it works. Janet Oh, I see. Kate It39。s great! At the moment, she39。s training us in listening skills. Janet Listening skills? What do you mean, listening skills? Kate Um ... The ability to really listen to someone and make them feel you39。re listening. It39。s very important. Janet I39。ve never thought about that before. Kate Yes, for example, one thing you can do is listen carefully and then repeat what someone says but maybe a little differently. Janet So what you39。re saying is, repeat what someone says but maybe not the exact same words? Kate Yes. You see, when you do that, you check you39。ve understood and you show them you39。re really listening. Janet So they know you39。ve really heard them. Kate Very good, Janet. I can see you39。ve got it already! Hi,... how39。s it going?Outside viewVoiceover It39。s the most popular means of munication in the 21st century. Nobody writes letters any more, especially young people. They all use text messaging instead. Officially called SMS short message service text messaging is slow to enter, and you can only key in 160 characters. So why is it such a success? The first text message was sent in 1992, but texting only became mercially available in 1995. It has grown incredibly quickly since then. Just look at the graph. In 1999, the number of texts sent reached one billion. Over the next three years, it grew to 20 billion! So people have now sent billions of texts, and the number continues to rise. It isn39。t difficult to see why it quickly became part of youth culture.Emily I use it every day. I don39。t call a lot of people on it. I just use it for text messages because it39。s easy and quick to send things and arrange things by text.Heidi Mainly to friends. Sometimes it39。s useful to get information for work as well. You know, if people want to give you contact numbers or things like that, it39。s easier than phoning.Andy I39。ve had my mobile phone for about three years. I mostly use it for just texting my mates and arranging sort of social meetings with them. Alice I like texting. I don39。t really talk much on it except just to make arrangements but texting39。s the biggest thing I do.Male I probably text message about ten, 15 times a day.Alice Usually, I don39。t know, about ten. Ten to 15. Fifteen maybe to 20.Voiceover It isn39。t just young people who use texting. Companies use it too for advertising and promotion. For example, the Orange telephone network has run a text message promotional campaign since April 2004. People text a special number on a Wednesday and receive a discount voucher by text. They show this message to any one of 450 cinemas in Britain and get two tickets for the price of one. Why Wednesday? Wednesday has always been the worst day of the week for cinemas. Since the campaign started, cinema attendance has risen on Wednesdays by nearly ten per cent. And, of course, TV uses text message voting to decide lots of things. Texting has been one of the most successful inventions for years.Listening inPassage 1