Intermediate Unit 4 BBC interviews script

V = Val S = Susan B = Barry P = Paul Ph = Phillippe Phi = Phil

E = Elizabeth L = Luke F = Fawn
V: Hi. I’m a producer at the BBC and I really enjoy my job. I’m not sure it’s
my dream job, because I’ve always wanted to be in a successful band,
but it’s pretty good. Today, I’m going to be talking to people about
dream jobs. What do you do?
S: I’m a school teacher.
B: I am a minister with the Salvation Army.
P: I’m a stand-up comedian.
Ph: I make French horns – the musical instrument – and I repair other
brass instruments.
Phi: I’m an architectural technologist and I design and build houses.
E: I finished my degree in education and I will be teaching history and
math.
L: I’m a student.
F: I’m a student nurse.
V: What did you dream of doing, or being, when you were younger?
S: I’ve always wanted to be a teacher. My dad was a teacher; my brother
is a teacher.
P: I wanted to be a footballer. That’s what I wanted to do. I wanted to play
for Liverpool or Arsenal, and I was quite good, but not good enough.
Ph: When I was a child, I dreamt of being a professional cellist and
performing to whatever audience I could, within orchestras or on my
own as a soloist.
Phi: I always wanted to build things and design houses. And so now it’s part
of my everyday life and it’s kind of good.
E: When I was a child, most of the time I wanted to teach. For a while I
wanted to be a paediatrician – so, a doctor for children.
F: I wanted to be a vet. And then a solicitor.
L: As a child, I used to play a lot of guitar. So, I dreamt of becoming,
starting a band and becoming a world-famous guitarist.

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 Intermediate Unit 4 BBC interviews script

B: When I was younger, I loved sports and I envisioned some kind of a

career in sports – professionally, perhaps. Later on, I was thinking of
business, in the business realm and finally I came away with serving
people: that was my dream job and I get to do that through the
Salvation Army.
V: Would you describe your job as a dream job?
P: Yeah, it is a dream job, especially when it goes well.
S: Every day is a different day and we do different things every day, so
yeah, I would say it was a dream job, really, yeah.
Ph: To be working within the music industry, for me, is a dream. And I’m
working with a lot of professional musicians and I see it as it’s helping
me achieve my overall dream. So, yes.
F: I would say nursing can be hard work, but it is a dream job because
you get quite a lot of satisfaction, job satisfaction.
Phi: Yes, definitely. I feel that it allows me to be creative and I get to do
what I always wanted to do.
V: Are you ambitious?
Phi: Yes, I am ambitious. I like to take control and make things happen for
myself and in this profession I get to do a lot of things like that.
E: I like to think I am. I’m living in Paris right now and that was always a
dream of mine.
S: I was once, I think, but not so much now. I’m more ambitious for myself
now, in developing my own art rather than developing other people’s
art.
F: I want to get quite high up in my job. I want to be on good money and
live in a nice house.

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