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, I never! What I need is a mobile to stop me missing important calls. I missed three yesterday because my mobile was switched off. ZJ: You can have that too. There’s a new mobile ing out soon that will turn itself on when important calls e through. RB: Are you sure? If that’s the case, that’s the one for me! Thank you, Zhang Jie, I think I’ll wait for that one. Goodbye. ZJ: Goodbye. WorkbookListening Task WHAT CAN IT BE? Ellie Smith (ES) is discussing with one of her friends Tang Ling (TL), what this invention by Leonardo might be. Listen again and fill in the blanks. ES: Look at this drawing! What do you think this is supposed to be? TL: I don’t know! It doesn’t say, but let’s see if we can work out what it is. ES: OK. Now let’s see. It looks a bit like a tent but has four wheels underneath. TL: You’re right, but when you look at the second picture with the wheels, you can see that it had a floor to stand on and wheels below that. Do you think it was a roundabout for children? ES: Good thinking. But the way that he placed the wheels shows that it must have been for going forwards and backwards, not round and round. No, I don’t think it was a roundabout. TL: Let’s look at it