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Interviewer: I might not know her by name, but chances are you have seen her work. Especially if you look through glossy magazines or watch MTV, at least sometimes. Jane Dickson is a celebrity hairstylist who has worked on some of the biggest names of showbusiness. Hello, Jane.

Jane: Hello!

Interviewer: Jane, are you proud of working with the stars?

Jane: Who wouldn’t? My top list includes Whitney Huston, Regina Kean and others. My work has also appeared in "Vouge", "People" and so on. Whitney is my favorite client. And I’m pleased to know that I’ve prepared her for her most successful comebacks on the stage. The fact is, I am ambitious, and have so many more plans to had.

Interviewer: That sounds very impressive. How long have you been working in the hairfashion industry?

Jane: I’m the ten year veteran of the beauty industry and believe me, it’s glamorous and hard at the same time. My job is a lot like psychologist job. A perfect hairstyle gives a client a sense of balance they desperately need. If you change your hairstyle  — you change your life. I also must provide some ingenuity for a new transformation.

Interviewer: What’s your every days like?

Jane: I teach a lot. I love to mentor a young professionals. As a beauty educator teaching across the country. In addition, I’m a passionate advocate for women’s welfare. Working with varies nonprofit organizations. So, it’s not that I’m like that all the time. In fact, I’d love some more of it.

Interviewer: What’s the most rewarding part of your celebrity hairstylist career?

Jane: The most rewarding part about being a celebrity stylist is bringing out the inner beauty, transforming attitudes and looks. It’s a blessing being able to travel the world and live out my passion. Plus, you get to stay on top of all the latest trends.

Interviewer: I’m sure, listeners would like a piece of advice from you. What styles are in fashion this year?

Jane: Fall is upon us and cool natural colours like various auburns, ambers and chocolate browns are always nice for the winter. And long full-⁠body curls are a great textured look. Styles with flare and color are show-⁠suppers and a great look for a holidays.

Interviewer: One more point: sometimes women look the hair magazines and want to achieve a certain look that are celebrity has, but find that it’s hard to do without extensions. Can you explain why extensions are such a huge part of celebrity looks?

Jane: Extensions accentuate the style, giving it the fullness or extralength necessary to create the desired look. So, celebrities use the extensions for the same reasons any women out there might.

Interviewer: All right. As far as taking care of hair, what are some simple thing anyone can do to pamper her hair on a daily bases?

Jane: I would recommend brushing your hair daily, buying a good daily shampoo and using a silk scarf at bedtime to keep you hair smooth and silky. It will first to both men and women basically. You also shouldn’t expose your hair to rain or smell.

Interviewer: OK. The pro has spoken. Thanks so much, Jane.

Jane: My pleasure.

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Presenter: Hello everybody and welcome to our program "Five minutes with the star". Today we have a well-⁠known actor Greg Jones. Hello, Greg! So nice to see you today. Thanks for coming.

Greg: Hi everybody! It’s mi pleasure to be here with all of you today.

Presenter: So, your acting career is on another height at the moment. To what do you attribute this?

Greg: I think having a happy home really helps. It took a long time for me to archive that. I used to put a lot of pressure on myself and accomplished things: make money, gain experience. And I wasn’t a proper father and husband when I was younger. I learned a lot from my fallers in the past. Now, with my wife Dina I’ve been able to realize what really matters and devote myself to her and to raising our daughter Merlin.

Presenter: I see. And you keep in close touch with your older children?

Greg: Yes. Actually, Dina is the person who gets everyone together. She doesn’t have any resent of my previous marriage. She got anointment with my first wife and it’s been really wonderful for me to see her be very open and want everybody to appreciate that.

Presenter: Is it tough to raise a young daughter in your 60s?

Greg: Absolutely not! I have more time, I understand more about being a father and watching her grow-⁠up has been one of the greatest pleasures of my life. She is an amazing girl. Very bright, very spirited. It’s the first time when I’ve been really able to be a kind of father that I wanted to be, but because of my career ambitions I never allow myself a chance to spent that kind of time with my older children.

Presenter: Speaking about your career, what was your first big ambition?

Greg: Well, when I was younger, I wanted to become a jazz musician, which got somehow sided when I was dropped into the army. After that, it took a long time for me to get any good acting roles until I started to doing westerns. It took many years, even after I became quite famous, for me to understand what I really wanted to do.

Presenter: That’s interesting. And you have any thoughts of retiring?

Greg: Age is just a state of mind. And I’m lucky as retirement isn’t in force for actors and directors. I planed on not working after I was 39. But here I am at 69 and enjoy working on today and I’ve ever done. I think I shall go on while I have all these strength and energy.

Presenter: Do you feel you’ve learned any lessons about life that you would like to share with us?

Greg: Life really goes the way you plan it. There are good things and bad things that happen to you all the time. And you have to be able to admit that, deal with it and move on! When I was younger, I was angry at the world, always full of ambitions, but now, finally, I’ve been able to relax.

Presenter: Ok, and my final question: what do you see as your biggest accomplishment?

Greg: Well, my life now is exactly how I hoped it could be 20 years ago. Lots of things are important: my 4 children, professional success. But I’d say finding a good partner in life is true happiness for me.

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Presenter: Hello everybody. I’m really happy to greet our new listeners today as well as our faithful audience. We continue to speak about different jobs and right now in our studio we have Nigel our pilot in training. Hello, Nigel!

Nigel: Hi, it’s great to be here.

Presenter: Thank you, Nigel. Well, first I’d like to find out how you keep to be a pilot in training and perhaps you can tell me about what lies ahead for you.

Nigel: Well, I grew up in a poor family in Manchester and I left school early. I wasted years before I realized that flying was what I wanted to do. From that moment and on worked really hard toward the day I would be a real pilot flying domestic routes here in UK. When I achieve that I’ll be happy. I have no real ambition to make transatlantic flights and to fly any big time international roots.

Presenter: I guess, that’s an unusual background for a pilot. So, how did you get started?

Nigel: First I competed my high school education. While I was studying at school and at night I also started learning to fly. I had to work two jobs as well, just to afford it, but I wanted a commercial pilot’s license and I would have run through a brick wall to get there. I had to log 250 hours and all sorts of conditions, learn to do all the maneuvers and then do a written test. I then had to do a flight test.

Presenter: So, if that all you had to do to become a pilot?

Nigel: Oh no, you also need an instrument rating for your air craft type.

Presenter: What is that exactly?

Nigel: An instrument rating is about showing that you can fly by instruments alone. When the weather is really poor and you can’t see a thing. To do this you need to do ground training and then pass another flight test. I’m happy to say that I’ve just got my reading last week. And besides you also have to pass a medical test to show that you are fit to fly. Fortunately I’ve done this successfully too.

Presenter: And what’s left to do before you can fallow your dreams, Nigel?

Nigel: I still need to get experience. First, I’ve mainly flown single engine aircraft while I’ve been learning and I need to get some hours flying mutual engine planes. The days of getting hired just because you’ve got a license a long gone. You know, most successful pilot applicance at major airlines have thousands of hours of fly experience.

Presenter: So, is that just time in the air they want?

Nigel: Oh no, there’s more. Much more. The three main factors are the type of aircraft you flown the amount and complexity of flying you’ve done and which crew position you’ve held. But original or commuter airlines may not need as much. I work for Peanuts that’s what it takes for me to get my first flying job. Of course there is a lot of water to flown under the river before I get there. But I can say my training period has been really exciting, I’ve met lots of different people and learned so much.

Presenter: Well, Nigel. With the determination that you have, I’ve got no doubts, you gonna make it as a pilot. And I bet you end up doing exactly what you planed.

Nigel: Thanks, I hope so.

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Presenter: Our program about extreme sports is on and today we’re going to learn about scuba diving. Our expert is Barbara Green who owns a diving school.

Barbara: Hello everybody.

Presenter: Barbara, what’s the difference between diving and scuba diving?

Barbara: The word scuba stands for a self contained underwater breathing apparatus. That’s the basic difference. Knowing how to scuba dive opens up an entire underwater world of corral, fish and other creatures. You can even say hello to a shark! That’s a joke though.

Presenter: People say when they trying scuba diving they’ll never forget it. Is that true?

Barbara: Imagine swimming in clear blue waters as you look at brightly colored fish and striking shapes of coral organisms. The underwater world is quite, except the sound of your breathing. Can you ever forget it? Would you like to go back and see it again?

Presenter: I guess, that’s the answer to my question. I heard scuba diving needs a lot of… stuff and can be expensive.

Barbara: Scuba diving requires several pieces of important equipment which can be relatively expensive. Scuba-⁠divers must wear a mask in order to see underwater. Te mask creates an air space that protects the eyes and nose. Divers wears scuba fins on their feet. Without them it’s impossible to move easily and quickly through the water. Any divers also wear a wet suit to stay warm underwater.

Presenter: Is scuba diving dangerous?

Barbara: Basically, no. But the ocean demands respect. Divers wear a BCD or buoyancy control devise to control how much they float or sink. A pressure gage devise tells divers how much air is left in the air tank. Or a dive computer can calculate how much air is left as well as the diver’s depth and the length of time, they can stay underwater. Scuba divers breathe with the regulator which brings air to the mouth when they inhale. The regulator is attached to the air tank that is placed on the diver’s back. There’s also an extra regulator called an octopus. It’s used in case of the emergency situations.

Presenter: I know the compression sickness is a great problem for divers.

Barbara: You are right. It is a major concern for divers. The deeper the diver goes, the more pressure the surrounding water puts on the volume on the air what is inside his or her lungs. And the deeper a dive the more nutrition gas goes into the divers blood.

Presenter: Do you teach it in your school?

Barbara: Of course. To learn how to use all this equipment it helps to go to dive school. Becoming a certified diver requires thee serious of lessons. New divers must learn about the physics and safety of diving. And practice the diving skills first in the closed water area and then in actual beginners dives. Several organizations offer official diving certifications.

Presenter: New people dive alone, far from the instructor?

Barbara: Another important aspect for diving is having a body system. Having a diving partner you can watch one another and help if there is an accident.

Presenter: Any final comment from you?

Barbara: One important diving rule: is to never touch any of the sea life. This rule is to protect both diver and the underwater environment. For example there is a reason fire coral received his name  — he causes a painful burning feeling if touched. The diver can also be cut by touching the sharp pieces of coral. It may seem hard like stone, but it’s actually a very fragile organism. It can be damaged if divers touch or stand on it. To protect the beautiful coral reefs divers must treat them with care. Sorry to say tourists often forget about that.

Presenter: Thank you.

Presenter: Today in our studio we have a Brazilian-⁠born actress Alice Jones, who made her film debut at the age of 18 in the Oscar-⁠nominated "City of God". Good afternoon, Alice!

Alice Jones: Good afternoon. It’s a pleasure to be here. Thank you for inviting me.

Presenter: Your biggest achievements are connected with Hollywood and even your surname now is English. Do you still have any connections in Brazil?

Alice Jones: Well, my roots certainly remain firmly in Brazil. I own a production company in São Paolo, the city in which I was raised. Many of my family members are in the film and television industry, and my aunt and mother are both actresses there and my sister is a producer.

Presenter: What inspired you to become an actress?

Alice Jones: I can’t say I’ve always been interested in stardom. Once as a teenager I saw a performance at a theatre, and I loved the play. For me, it changed my perspective on acting and theater. I was 14, and I was enchanted; I completely fell in love. Then I finished school in São Paolo and started attending a university for the performing arts. When I got the invitation to come to an audition, I remember exactly when they told me who was going to be in the film. These were the same actors as in that play. I thought it was written in the stars.

Presenter: Are you currently into any project?

Alice Jones: I am. It is based on a novel by a wonderful Spanish writer. I read the book eight years ago. A really good friend of mine gave me the book, and she said, "You need to read this book because it’s a beautiful, strong story about this woman. Maybe she’s a nice character for you to play, so just read it". Years went by, and now they want to make a version of it in Spanish, and I was happy when they called me because I always thought it was such a beautiful character for a woman to play. When they called me, I couldn’t believe that eight years after I read the book and fell in love with the character, they came to me. It was very special.

Presenter: As far as I remember, it’s not the first time you’ve worked on a book you love.

Alice Jones: So true! One of my films, "Blindness", is also based on one of my favourite books, so when they invited me, I had the same feeling. For "Queen of the South", again, my main reason to sign up for it was the character and the book, because that was a role I really wanted to play. So right after I got cast, I went straight to the book and made notes, getting all the little details about what people say about her, who she is, what type of woman she is in the world that she’s born into, how she manages to survive  — all that. I was just trying to honor the book and have a better understanding of it.

Presenter: How do you prepare for your roles?

Alice Jones: I have an acting coach that helps me. He works with me on preparing  — running lines and having ideas and developing different ways of approaching characters. When it’s a story, based on a book, I basically work off the book. The book is my main source of material.

Presenter: I think now you’ve worked more in English than in Portuguese. Is it still difficult for you to work in another language that’s not Portuguese?

Alice Jones: Even now, it’s still a challenge. Because I’m so close to my family and friends and I always speak Portuguese, my heart and mind go to Portuguese. Once I’m on the set, after three or four months doing the series working hard every day and only speaking English, it becomes easier. Your mindset is there and you’re dreaming in English. But it is hard; in a way you keep translating from one language to another.

Presenter: Thank you, Alice.