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Unit1LifeisalearningcurveListeningtotheworldSharingScriptsH=Hina;W1=Woman1,etc.;M1=Man1,etc.Part1H:Ihaveafull-timejobbutIlikelearningnewthingsinmysparetime.Atthemoment,ImstudyingSpanish.ImenjoyingitbutImfindingitquitedifficult.Todaywereaskingpeopleaboutlearningnewthings.Part2W1:Imlearningtospeakanotherlanguage,actually.ImlearningFrench.Imalsolearning,er,todrive.W2:Imlearningtoplaygolfatthemoment.Um,myhusbandandmysonplaygolf,andwhenwegoonholiday,IfeelthatIwanttobeabletoplaywiththem.W3:ImlearningtospeakSpanish.W4:IamlearningArabic.M1:Well,Ivebeenlearningtoplaytheguitarforabout50yearsnow.Anditsaconstantprocess,sostilllearningbits,yes.W5:Imlearningyogaatthemoment,andImfindingitquitehard.M2:ThecoursesImtakingare,aretrainingcoursesforleadership,er,negotiation,(and)evaluation.M3:ImlearningSwahili.W6:Atthemoment,Imlearningtopaintanddrawineveningclassesforadults.W7:Imstudyingpart-timeafterwork.M4:Iveer,justlearnedhowtoer,doalotofkayaking.W8:Iamlearninghowtodesignawebsiteatthemoment.W9:Iminachoirsosinging,Iguess,isprettymuchtheonlythingImdoingatthemoment.M5:Atthemoment,Imtakingupanewinstrument.ItsatraditionalinstrumentfromZimbabwe,anditscalledthembira.Er,letmeshowyou.Part3H:Whatsthemostdifficultthingyouveeverlearned?M5:Patience,Ithink.W4:Arabic.M2:Courage.W3:Learningalanguageisparticularlydifficultformyself(me),soprobablylearningtheSpanish.W6:ThemostdifficultthingIhaveeverlearnedisMandarinChinese.IdiditineveningclassesafewyearsagoandIfounditreally,reallydifficult.W5:Probablycapoeira,whichisaBraziliandance,martialart,fightthing.Itsacombinationofallofthesethings.Andyes,thatwasverydifficultbecausetherewerelotsofunusualbodymovementstolearn.W1:Learningtodrivewasthemostdifficultthing.M3:Well,IlearnedsomeSanskrit,andthatsgotum,ninecases,twomorethanLatin.Itsquitedifficultbymoststandards.M4:IthinkIfoundFrenchveryhardatschool.W2:Um,Ilearnedtoplaythetrumpetatschool.Thatwasprettydifficult.Er...andmaybelearningtodrive.Ihatedlearningtodrive.ListeningScriptsP=presenter;S=SallyP:Hi.YourelisteningtoAsktheExpertandintodaysprogramweretalkingaboutlanguagesandhowtolearnalanguage.OurexperttodayisSallyParker,whoisateacher.HiSally.S:Hello.P:Sally,ourfirstquestiontodayisfromAndy.Hesays,IvejuststartedlearningEnglish.MyproblemisthatImtoofrightenedtospeak.Mygrammarisnotverygood,soImworriedaboutsayingthewrongthing.HaveyougotanyadviceforAndy?S:OK.Well,thefirstthingisIthinkAndyshouldpracticespeakingtohimself.P:Speakingtohimself?Imnotsurethatsagoodidea.S:Iknowitsoundssilly,buttalkingtoyourselfinaforeignlanguageisareallygoodwaytopractice.Youdonthavetofeelembarrassed,becausenobodycanhearyou.Youcantalktoyourselfaboutanythingyoulikewhatyouhadforbreakfast,whereyouregoingfortheweekendanything.Andthemoreyoudoit,themoreyouwillgetusedtohearingyourownvoiceandyourpronunciation,soyouwontfeelsofrightenedintheclassroom.Andyshouldtryit.P:Hm,Isupposeso.Anythingelse?Whatabouthisgrammar?S:HehasonlyjuststartedlearningEnglish,soheisgoingtomakelotsofmistakes,butthatsnotaproblem.Thatshowhelllearn.Andyshouldntworryaboutmakingmistakes.P:Youreright.SoAndy,trytalkingtoyourself,anddontworryaboutmakingmistakes.OurnextproblemcomesfromOliviainBrazil.Sheisworriedaboutpronunciation.Shesays,TheproblemisIcantunderstandnativespeakers.TheyspeaksofastandIcantunderstandtheirpronunciation.SoSally,anyideasforOlivia?S:Well,firstofallitsagoodideaforhertopracticeherlisteningskills.SheshouldlistentoEnglishasmuchaspossibletogetusedtohowitsounds.Listentothenews,listentopodcasts,(and)watchEnglishtelevision.P:OKthatsagoodidea.S:Andanotherthingsheshoulddoistofocusonlisteningandreadingatthesametime.IfyoulistentosomethingontheInternet,youcanoftenreadthetranscript.Ifyoulistenandreadatthesametime,itllhelpyouseewhatthewordssoundlikeandhowthewordssoundwhenanativespeakeristalking.P:Great.Thankyou,Sally.Well,huh,Imafraidthatsallwehavetimefortoday,butnextweekwellbeViewingScriptsN=Narrator;I=IanDeary;W1=Woman1,etc.;M1=Man1,etc.N:RecentresearchintothehistoryofIQtestsinScotlandsuggestsyourIQscoremightpredict,toanextentatleast,yourhealthandevenyourlifeexpectancy.W1:Youhave45minutestodothetest,OK?M1:OK.N:BillandDavinaare79yearsold.Thisisthesecondtimetheyvedonethistest.Thefirsttimewasin1932,whenevery11-year-oldinScotlandwasputthroughanintelligencetest.ItstheonlytimethiskindofmasstestinghaseverbeendoneintheUK.TheresultswererediscoveredrecentlyinanEdinburghbasement.Ifyouwanttoknowhowourintelligencechangesaswegetolder,theseresultsareapotentialgoldmine.I:Webroughthundredsofpeoplebackandwegotthemtosittheexactsametestthattheyhadsatwhentheywereaged11.Now,thesepeoplearenow79or80yearsold.Wegavethesameinstructions.Wegavethesametest.Andwegavethesametimelimit.M2:ItwasalittlestickierthanIthoughtitwouldbe.M3:Iwalkedthroughitquitehappily,quitehonestly.W2:IfeltImusthavebeenverybrightat11ifIsatthatexamandpassed.N:Thereweresomeintriguingresults.Almosteveryonehadabetterscoreat80thantheydidat11.Butsomehadgonefrombeingjustaveragelyintelligenttoamuchhigherlevel.I:Now,thatswhatreallydrivesourresearch.Wereinterestedin:Whyhavethosepeop