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El ro.ro Telephonist One moment, p ease. l'm sorry, the up when it entered the atmosphere. But not all of it
California dreaming ne's engaged. Would you lke to hold? was destroyed. Large pleces were scaliered across
Ray Porter Yes, OK. l'll hang on, the lndian Ocean. Australia was hit by some
Al the leaves are brown,
Telephonist l'm sorry to keep you, l'm afraid the fragments. Fortunately nobody was hurt. A lot of
And the sky is qrey.
line's still busy. the pieces were found by Austrailan farmers. The
l've been for a waLk
Ray Porter Well, can I eave a message for her? p;eces we,e sold lor very ] gh prces.
On a winter's day.
Telephonist Just one moment, please. l'm just
l'd be safe and warm El tz.z
puttlng you through to her secretary,
lf I was in LA. 1 A Peter and I are getting married.
Man Hello, Sales Depaftment.
California dreaming
Ray Porter Hello. Could i leave a message for B Congratulatlonsl When's the happy day?
On such a winter's day, 2 A l've got an lntervlew for a job today.
Kathy Seaton, please?
Stopped into a church Man l'm sotry. I think you've got the wrong B Good luckl 1'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
I passed along the way, extension. .lust one moment, please. 3 A lohn can't play today t seems he's had an
We , I got down on my knees Telephonist Hello.Switchboard. accident,
And I began to pray. Man Could you transfer this call to Kathy Seaton B Oh dear. t's nothing serlous, I hope.
You know the preacher likes the cold, please? 4 A Did you know Tony and Rosie have split up?
He knows l'm gonna stay. Telephonist R ght, l'm just putting you through B Oh, really? When did that happen?
Cal fornia dreaming now. 5 A I won the go d medal in the race.
On such a wlnter's day. Secretary Hello, extension 233, Kathy Seaton's B Wel donel I knew you could do it.
6 A l'm expecting a baby,
offic-^.
All the leaves are brown, B That's wonderful newsl When's it due?
Ray Porter Hello. My name's Ray Porter. Could
And the sky is grey. 7 A I'm afrald I failed my driving test,
leave a message for Kathy, please?
l've been for a walk
Secretary Cerlainly, Vlr Porter. B Oh well, never mlnd. Better luck next t mel
On a winter's day. 8 A Have you heard? Sue had her baby on
Ray Porter Could you tell her that l'm going to
1f I didn't tell her Saturday.
be in London next Tuesday? Can we get
I cou d leave today. B Oh wonderfull Was it a boy or a gir?
together for a meal?
Californla dreaming 9 A Happy Birthday, lYummyl
Secretary Oh, l'm sorry, Mr Porter, but Mrs
On such a winter's day. B Thank you very much. How sweet of you.
Seaton is going to be in Japan a I next week.
El tt.r Mr Porter? Mr Porter? Strange. He's hung up. El tz.s
Presenter The atest plctures of a member of the El tr.e Pure gold is rare, lt's been used for over 6,000
royal fam ly have shocked many people, The
I Woman The most difficult event for me was the years, but there are still only about 1 1 O,OO0 tons in
photographer was lason Sau . He's a member of
Wall. We had to climb this huge wall. lt's over 1O ihe world. lt is usually mixed with other metals, The
the paparazzl and he's with me now. How did
metres high. That was bad enough, but then after propodion of gold is shown ln carats. Pure gold is
you get these photographs?
I 0 seconds two of the G adiators followed us up 24 carat and the cheapest is 9 carat. The word corot
Jason Saul t wasn't easy. I couldn't get close to
the wall. They had to try and pull us off the wall comes from the Greek word, kerotlon, which means a
the house, so I had to use a very long lens. I carob seed. These seeds were used to weigh gold
before we got to the top, Scorplo was chasing
was hiding ln a tree. I could see the who e and d amonds.
me and Jet was chasing the other contender. l
house from there but it wasn't veru comfodable
told myself: don't look down. I knew that if I Most gold today is found in South Africa (61 2 tons a
and it was cold, too.
looked down and saw Scorpio, that would be the year) and North America (459 tons a year), About
Presenter How lonq did you have to wait? A3qa of it is used for jewellery. Of the rest about 9%
end. So I had to climb and climb and ignore this
Jason Saul Only a couple of days. For other
Gladiator behind me. But I did it. I reached the is used by industry, about 6% is used for coins and
photos l've had to wait for several days, but this
top of the wall and I got ten points for that. The ZVo is made lnto gold teeth. Gold is usually found in
time lwas lucky, very small pieces or'nuggets'. The largest nugget,
other girl wasn't so lucky. Jet caught her and
Presenter Some people say that you shouldn't do
pulled her off the wall. the Holtermann Nugget, was found in 1 872 in
this, because it isn't fair to the royal family, Australia, lt weighed 214 kilograms.
2 Man I remember Hang Tough the best. I was
Jason Saul lt's parl of public life. lf you enloy the The argest reserves of gold are he d in the USA in
against Saracen. He's rea ly good at this event. ln
good things, you have to accept the problems.
Hang Tough there's a platform each side of the the Federa Reserue Bank and Fort Knox, The second
And ]f you don't want photos like this in the
arena. I was on one and Saracen was on the biggest stores are held by the Bank of England and
magazines, you have to be more careful. They
other one, Between us there were sixty rlngs the Bank of France. Not all of this gold belongs to
didn't have to do it by the window.
about 1 2 feet off the ground, Anyway I had to the governments of these countries. A lot of it is
Presenter Are you golng to try to get more
swing across the arena and get to Saracen's owned by companies, other governments, and
photos?
piatform, He had to try and stop me. Well, I was lndividuas. When go d is bought and sold, it isn't
Jason Saul Wel, I won't be able to use the same usually moved. Only the names on a piece of paper
about halfway across when he caught me, He put
tree again, They've chopped it down. So l'l have are changed. The gold itself stays in the bank.
hls legs round me, but he dldn't pull me down. I
to find somewhere else. Or maybe l'll use the
hung on for the whole minute and so I scored The first gold coins were used in Turkey in 670 BC,
money from these photos to buy a longer lens.
five po nts. That was the longest minute of my But gold has always been accepted as money
Then I' be able to take pictures from further
whole life and l'm sure my arms were longer anywhere ln the world. Sai ors, for example, used to
away and lwon't have to sit in an uncomfodable
aftemards, But ldid it. lscored five points wear a gold earing. lf they were shipwrecked, they
tree. could pay to get home again. Gold is still given to
against Saracen. And that felt really greatl
El rr.z 3 Man Ah yesl Duel. That was the shortest event ri tarT pi ors for rhe same reasor.
for me. I was on a platform and Trojan was on People have always been fascinated by god. How
Ray Porter Oh, I must phone Kathy Seaton and
tell her that I'm going to be in London next another platform. Now Tro]an s blg, and I mean many crimes have been commilred and how many
big with a capital B. We , we both had a big stick lives have been lost for it? The gold of the Pharaohs
week. Now where's the number? Ah, here we
are Nuffield Electronics, 0171 453 8972. called a pugil stlck - and we had to knock each ws stolen from their tombs in the BTramids. The
other off the platform or stay on the platlorm for lnca and Aztec empires were destroyed for gold.
Telephonist Good morning. Nuffield Electronics.
lzly name's Tracy. How may I help you? 60 seconds. 60 seconds! I didn't last six seconds. Hundreds of men died in the jungles of South
Trojan swung his stick and whoompf ) was on the America as they searched for the golden city of
Ray Porter Oh, good morning Could I have
floor, lncredible. Eldorado, n 1 849 thousands of people left the r
extension 233, please?
homes to join the California Gold Rush. Many were
Telephonist One moment, please, i'm sorry, Etr tz.t
caller, there's no reply, kil ed by Indians, outlaws and disease.
ln 1973 a 75-tonne space statlon caled Skylab
Ray Porter Oh, OK. I'll try again later, El te.t
was launched by the USA. Three crews of three
Ray Porter Well, let's try Kathy again. astronauts were sent to Skylab, but at the end of V\ielL, let's see, ln 1973, I'd finlshed school, but I
Telephonist Good afternoon. Nuffield Electronics. I 974, lt was abandoned, Skylob stayed in space hadn't left home by then, l'd seen the Beatles of
My name's Tracy. How may I help you? unti 1 979. Then it fell out of its orbit and headed course - on the TV and n concert, too. And my
Ray Porter Could I speak to Kathy Seaton, please? towards the Eadh, A lot of the space stat on burnt hair was still lovely and fair. lt hadn't turned greyl
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