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Now turn to part three, questions 14 to 19.
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You will hear a man talking about Tanya Perry's life.
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For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space.
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You now have 20 seconds to look at part three.
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Now we are ready to start.
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Listen carefully.
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You will hear the recording twice.
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Hello and welcome.
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We're spending the first part of today's programme talking about Tanya Perry.
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And with me today is Ray Potter, her friend and colleague for many years.
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Yes, well, I've known Tanya for nearly 20 years.
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Not many people know that she was born in London in 1948.
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In 1952, her parents moved with Tanya and her brother to the North West.
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They lived in various places before finally coming to Manchester in 1956.
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Tania spent a very happy period at school.
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In fact, she was in the same class as Jack Peters, the famous poet.
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David Thompson, the artist, was also at the school, a couple of years below her, I think.
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So it was an interesting time for Tania, who actually began to write short stories while she was at school.
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One of her stories appeared in the school magazine.
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I have a copy here.
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It's extraordinary.
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You can see a lot of her ideas starting to grow.
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When Tanya left school, she didn't go to university, as Jack Peters did, but got a job immediately.
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She was never interested in university life life, what she wanted was to be part of the real world,
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to meet different people and get more experience of life.
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So in the early 1970s, she became a waitress, working in what was then one of the most popular cafes in Manchester.
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She was writing at night, and in 1975, she had her first play performed at the Edinburgh Festival accessible.
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She gave up her day job the following year to be able to write full -time.
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Several of her plays were performed, including one at the Court Theatre in London.
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This was where she met film director
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Robin Newgate, who she later married.
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Robin introduced her to the film world, and in 1979 she wrote the story which later became the film
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City Life, which which Robin directed.
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It won the prize for best foreign film at an important French film festival in 1984.
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Tania could have moved to Hollywood then, but she was still married to the theatre, and to Robin, so she decided to stay here.
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Now she has twenty -four plays in print, eighteen in translation, which makes her work very widely known all over the world.
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Now, listen again.
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Hello and welcome.
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We're spending the first part of today's programme talking about Tanya Perry.
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And with me today is Ray Potter, her friend and colleague for many years.
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Yes, well, I've known Tanya for nearly 20 years.
42
Not many people know that she was born in London in 1948.
43
In 1952, her parents moved with Tania and her brother to the North West.
44
They lived in various places before finally coming to Manchester in 1956.
45
Tania spent a very happy period at school.
46
In fact, she was in the same class as Jack Peters, the famous poet.
47
David Thompson, the artist, was also at the school, a couple of years below her, I think.
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So it was an interesting time for Tanya, who actually began to write short stories while she was at school.
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One of her stories appeared in the school magazine.
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I have a copy here.
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It's extraordinary.
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You can see a lot of her ideas starting to grow.
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When Tanya left school, she didn't go to university, as Jack Peters did, but got a job immediately.
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She was never interested in university life.
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What she wanted.. was to be part of the real world, to meet different people and get more experience of life.
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So in the early 1970s she became a waitress, working in what was then one of the most popular cafes in Manchester.
57
She was writing at night, and in 1975 she had her first play performed at the Edinburgh Festival.
58
She gave up her day job the following year to be able to write full time.
59
Several of her plays were performed, including one at the Court Theatre in London.
60
This was where she met film director
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Robin Newgate, who she later married.
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Robin introduced her to the film world, and in 1979 she wrote the story which later became the film
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City Life, which Robin directed.
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It won the prize for best foreign film at an important French Film Festival in 1984.
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Tanya could have moved to Hollywood then, but she was still married to the theatre, and to Robin, so she decided to stay here.
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Now she has 24 plays in print, 18 in translation, which makes her work very widely known all over the world.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Listening B1, PET 2, Test 4, Part 3”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Tanya, film, Robin, Tania, Peters. This video has 66 sentences and 795 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:15. The speaker talks at a steady 127 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 90% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
translation noun/tɹænzˈleɪʃən/The conversion of text from one language to another.
introduce verb/ˌɪntɹəˈdus/To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
extraordinary adjective/ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/Out of the ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
poet noun/ˈpoʊ.ət/A person who writes poems.
cafe noun/ˌkæˈfeɪ/A convenience store, originally one that sold coffee and similar basic items.
colleague noun/ˈkɒliːɡ/A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.
waitress noun/ˈweɪ.tɹɪs/A female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar.
carefully adverb/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/With care; attentively, circumspectly.
accessible adjective/əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/Easy of access or approach.
perform verb/pəˈfɔːm/To do (something); to execute.
prize noun/ˈpɹaɪ̯z/That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
programme noun/ˈpɹoʊˌɡɹæm/UK, New Zealand, and India standard spelling of program.
print verb/pɹɪnt/To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.
widely adverb/ˈwaɪdli/In a wide manner; across a wide area.
twenty noun/ˈtwɛnti/ [-ɛɾ̃i]The numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29).

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
give up verbTo surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does itwas born · were performed
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowI've known
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thingtranslation, which makes
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the pastwas writing

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as didn't, I've, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • Long words — get the stress right: extraordinary /ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/, accessible /əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/, twenty /ˈtwɛnti/ [-ɛɾ̃i]

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like translation, introduce, extraordinary.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →