新標(biāo)準(zhǔn)大學(xué)英語視聽說教程2(聽力材料文本6-10單元)1

Kate：Yes,butCambridgewasveryclosebehind.

Anywayseeyoulater,downbytheriver.

Janet：Bye.

視聽說２聽力材料

Unit6Sportinglife

Conversation2

Insideview

Kate：Sotherulesare…theboatsfolloweachother

andtheonebehindhastobumptheone

infront…justlikethatonehasdone.

Janet：IsthatMark’sboat?

Conversation1

Kate：Areyouonyourwaytotheboathouse?

Janet：No.What’shappening?

Kate：There’sapracticeracetohelpchoosewhowill

rowinthecollegeteam.Markreally

Kate：Yes!Look,hisboatisabouttobumptheonein

front!Welldone!

wantsaplaceontheteam,sohehastorowwelltoday.

AndI’mgoingtowatch.

…

Mark：Hiyouguys!

Janet：Well,I’dliketo,butIhaveanessaytofinish.

Kate：That’stoobad!Iknowhowyoufeel.

Janet：MaybeIcancomelater?

Kate：Fantastic,Mark.Youwereamazing!

Mark：Well,wewonthepracticerace,butI’mworried

aboutgettingaplaceontheteam.Theproblemisthat

thereareatleastthreeotherpeopleontheteamwho

haverowedbefore.AndIcan’thelpthinkingthatthey

werebetterthanme.

Kate：Sure.I’mthinkingofhavinglunchinthe

boathousebar,andthenwatchingtherowingall

afternoon.

Janet：HowdoIgettotheboathouse?

Kate：It’seasy.Canyouseewhereweareonthemap?

Here,look!

Janet：Don’tworry,Mark.EverythingwillbeOK.

Mark：AndthenIhurtmykneegettingintotheboat.

Janet：Oh,I’msosorry!

Janet：OK,whichwayroundarewestanding?…Yes,

gotit!

Kate：Toobad,butit’sonlyascratch.Listenup,Janet

isright.Noneedtogetnervous,Mark.

Youwerethestrongestlookingguyintheboattoday.

Chillout!

Kate：OK,godownCatteStreet,andturnrightintothe

HighStreet.GoalongtheHighStreet

andturnleftintoStAldates.WalkalongStAldates,past

ChristChurchCollegeuntilyou

Mark：Hey,they’reputtingtheteamlistonthedoor.

Janet：Let’sgooverandsee.

gettoFollyBridge.

Mark：No,yougo!Ican’tbeartolook!

Kate：OK.

Janet：Isee.

Kate：Thenwhenyougettothebridge,crossoverthe

river…turnleftandwalkalongtheriver

bank.Keepgoingalongtheriver…Andyou’rethere!

Theboathousesareontheright,andtheHertford

CollegeBoathouseisthelastonealong.Youcan’tmiss

it.

…

Kate：Hey,Mark,greatnews!Yougotaplaceonthe

collegeteam!

Janet：Congratulations!

Kate：That’sgreat,Mark,youdeserveit.Youtrainedso

hard.

Janet：Thanks.I’mlookingforwardtoseeingthe

rowing.

Mark：Ican’tbelieveit!

Outsideview

Kate：Noproblem.Weshouldn’tmisstherowing–it’s

agreatuniversitytradition!

Interviewer：OKthenGraham,Iwonderiffirstoffyou

couldexplainalittlebitofthehistoryofTaeKwonDo.

Teacher：TaeKwonDooriginateder…about3,000

yearsagoinKorea.It’sinthe

Janet：Iknow,Markwastellingme.

Kate：LiketheboatracebetweenOxfordand

Cambridgeuniversitieseveryyear.

presentformwetrainandteachnowisformulatedin

1955byaKoreangeneral.Hewasaskedtoputa

self-defencetogetherfortheKoreanarmy.Thisishow

weteachitnow,butit’sgotoriginsgoingback

thousandsofyearsthroughoutAsiaandofcourse

obviouslythroughoutKorea.Sohowdoesit,Imean,

Janet：Ofcourse!Thegreatrivals!

Kate：TheBoatRacehasbeengoingforyears,maybe

nearly200years.

Janet：AndOxfordwonitthisyear!

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howdoesitdifferto,say,othermartialarts?TaeKwon

Doisbasicallythehandandfootmartialart.It’sa

self-defencemartialartasIsaid,originatedforthe

Koreanmartialartforthearmy.It’slegsandhands,Tae

meanstokick,KwonmeanstopunchandDomeansa

way,ormethod.

timeGraham,cheersverymuch,veryinteresting,we’ll

giveitago.

TeacherThankyouverymuchforyourday.Anytime

Chris,comealong,forafreelesson!

Listeningin

Passage1

OK.SoIcanseeoveryourshouldertherehowit’sa

prettypopularclass,whatkindofmixtureofpeopledo

yougetcomingalong?Luckilywegetallsorts,that’s

theaimoftheclass,it’sopentoeveryone,wetakeany

flexibilitylevel,anyage,anyfitnesslevel,andwe

guaranteetoimproveflexibilityandfitnessandalso

haveagoodtime.We’realsoteachingatraditional

martialartaswell,soit’safunaspectbutwithtradition

mixedinaswell.

Speaker1

AndDavidSeamanisingoalfortheEnglandteamdown

toourright…it’sdifficulttogetusedtothechangeof

teamcolourshere…I’mlookingatthewhiteshortsand

thinkingthey’reEnglishplayers,butthey’renot.Forthis

matchit’stheGermanswhoarewearingwhite.Ihope

theEnglishplayersdon’thavethesameproblem,we

don’twantthemtopasstheballtotheGermans.Now

GascoigneforEnglandpassestoMcManamanforthe

firsttime…McManamanisimmediatelysurroundedby

threeGermandefenders…h(huán)ebringstheballtothenear

sideofthepitch…stillMcManamanforEngland,

crossestheballtoPearce…Pearcetakesashot!…

savedbytheGermanZiegler,andpickedupbyInce

only25yardsawayfromtheGermangoal…goodeffort

byInce,aimsatthegoal!…andKopke,theGerman

goalkeeperpushestheballoverthetopofthegoal.Soa

cornerkickforEngland.

Sohowlonghaveyoubeeninthissportyourself?

Sixyears,andI’masecondDaninstructornow.

Whatgotyouintoitinthefirstplace?

I’vealwayswantedtodomartialart,Ilackedalittlebit

ofself-confidenceImustadmit,andmywife’suncle

wasablackbeltandIwentalongandwatched,and

thought,yeahIcoulddothat.Youknow,Ihadno

experienceofitatall,andI’veneverlookedback.So

whatdoyouthinkpeopleingeneralgetoutofit?Well

hopefully,it’sfun,aswellaslearningsomething.AsI

saidit’satraditionalmartialartaswell,soweteach

traditioninourlinework,inourpatterns…goback

thousandsofyears,alsothefunaspects,asIsaidfitness,

flexibility,makingnewfriends,getting

Speaker2AgreatshotbyInce,I’msureheknowsthat

Pearcesetthatupforhim,butKopkeputtheshotoutof

danger.

Speaker1Hedoesliketopunchtheball,thatKopkein

theGermangoal…England’sfirstcornerofthis

semi-final…Gascoignewilltakeit…

out,beatingthestressesofeveryday,dailylife.Imean

there’snothingbetterthancomingintoaclassand

smackingapad,youknow,releasingthestressesofdaily

life,sohopefullytheygetquiteabitoutofit.

HerecomesthecornerkickfromGascoigne…and

Shearer’sthereandAlanShearerscoresforEngland…

Englandhavescoredafteronlytwominutes’play…

withacornerkickbyGascoigne…aimedatthenear

post,andAlanShearerheadstheballintotheGerman

goal…It’sanabsolutedreamstartforthesemi-final…

Shearerhasgothisfifthgoalofthetournament…

Wouldyoubelieveit?It’sEnglandone,Germanynil!

Passage2

InterviewerOK,twothingsactually,whereaboutsdo

youholdyourclassesandifpeople

wereinterestedintakinguphowwouldtheygoabout

findingout?

Teacher

OK,theBytomicgroup,theyrun26Tae

KwonDoclassesinaroundthesoutheast.Theeasiest

wayoffindingoutislookonthewebsitewhichiswww.

oralternativelyyoucanringthe

officewhichis01844281888.Alltheinformationison

thewebsiteorspeaktotheoffice.LocalclubsareLong

CrendonhereonaTuesdayandThursday,Aylesburyon

SundaysandTuesdaysandPrincesRisboroughona

MondayandaWednesdayevening.

Matt：Nowit’stimeforCritic’sChoice,withnewsand

reviewsaboutthelatestfilms.Goodevening,Jack,seen

anythinggoodatthecinemathisweek?

Jack：GoodeveningMatt,yes,I’veseenoneofthebest

sportsfilmsofrecentyears.

Matt：Sportsfilms?That’snotusuallyatypeoffilm

whichappealstoyou.

InterviewerOK,wellthankyouverymuchforyour

Jack：You’reright,butthistimeit’sdifferent.I’vebeen

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toseeafilmaboutmountainclimbing,it’snotreally

yourtypicalsportsfilm.It’smoremanagainstthe

mountain.

Jack：ThedirectorisKevinMacdonald,andhetellsthe

storybycuttingfrominterviewstoshots

oftheclimbitself.Butit’sthemessageofthefilmwhich

interestsme.Yousee,intheend,theimpressionleftby

thefilmisastonishmentthatahumanbeingcoulddo

whatJoedid,whichistosurvive.

Matt：Tellusmore.

Jack：I’vebeentoseeTouchingtheVoid,whichisthe

storyofapairofmountainclimbersinthe

PeruvianAndes.

Matt：ThanksJack,thisweek’sCritic’sChoiceis

TouchingtheVoid,ongeneralreleaseinallcinemas

fromnextweek.

Matt：Isitatruestory?

Jack：Yes,itis.In1985,JoeSimpsonandSimonYates

setouttoclimbthe7,000-metreSiulaGrandemountain

inthePeruvianAndes.SimpsonandYateswereyoung,

fitandconfidenttheywouldsucceed.

Unit7Animalplanet

Insideview

Matt：Sowhathappens?

Conversation1

Jack：SimpsonandYates’styleofclimbinginvolved

movingquicklyupamountainwithveryfewsupplies

andnobasecamps,whichisrisky.Youcan’tmakeany

mistakes.

Mark：Hey,what’sacatdoingincollege?We’renot

supposedtohavecatshere.

Kate：No!Whatalovelypussycat!Iadorecats.

Mark：Ican’tstandthem.Ifindthemreallyboring.

Kate：Butshe’sgorgeous!Aren’tyou,mydarling?I

wonderwhereshe’scomefrom,maybeshe’s

wanderedinfromoutside.

Matt：IthinkIcanguesswhathappensnext.

Jack：Andsureenoughafterclimbingwellforthreeand

ahalfdays,disasterstrikes.Simpsonfallsandbreakshis

rightleg.Withnofoodorwater,theclimbersknowthey

havetoget

Mark：Actually,Iremember,Isawhertheotherday.

Maybeshebelongstosomeoneincollege–

shehasn’tgotanametagonher.

offthemountain–fast.Yatesisdeterminedtofinda

waytogethisfriendhome,andhehastolowerSimpson

downthemountain.Simpsonisinagony,butYateshas

nochoiceexcepttoignorehispartner’scriesofpain

becauseotherwisehe’lldie.Well,forawhile,thingsgo

well.ButsuddenlySimpson,attheendoftherope,fails

torespondtoYates’signal.Yatesisunabletomoveany

furtherandhasnoideawhySimpsonisnotresponding.

SoYatesholdsonwithallofhisstrength,alltooaware

thateventuallyhisstrengthwouldgiveoutandboth

wouldfall.ButwhatYatesdoesn’tknowisthathehas

loweredSimpsonovertheedgeofacrevasse.Simpson

ishanginginmid-airfromtheverticalfaceofthe

mountain.He’sunabletoclimbbackuptheropeand

he’sgotfrostbittenfingersandcan’tcommunicate

withYatesabovehim.

Kate：We’renotallowedtokeeppetsincollege.

Mark：Maybesomeone’sbreakingtherules.

Kate：Couldbe.So–isitjustcatsyouhateorall

animals?

Mark：No,Idon’thateanimals.We’vegotthreedogsat

home.

Kate：Three!

Mark：Yeah,labradors.

Kate：Oh,they’reverylovable,labradors.Soyoulike

animalsthen–apartfromcats.

Mark：Yes,Ilovethem.Thatremindsme,there’sa

programmeontonightaboutsnakes.Ireally

enjoywatchingnatureprogrammes.

Kate：SodoI,butsnakes–They’resoscary.Howcan

youlikethem?

Matt：Sowhathappens?

Mark：Ijustdo.Hey,whatarewegoingtodoaboutthis

horriblecat?

Jack：Well,Idon’twanttospoiltheendingforanyone

whohasn’tseenityet.

Kate：She’snothorrible.Ithinkshewantstocomeinto

myroom.Doyouwanttocomein?Such

asweetie!

Matt：But…

Jack：ButYateshangsontotheropeforanhour,getting

weaker.Foranyclimber,cutting

Mark：I’llsaygoodbye.Seeyoulater.You’dbetternot

keepher,Kate!

theropethatbindshimtohispartnerisunthinkable.

Matt：Soundsveryexciting.Sowhataboutthedirection

andthefilming?

Conversation2

Kate：Comein.

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Janet：Hi,Kate!Whatareyoudoingwithacatinyour

room?

Presenter：Doyoulike…no-one…anyonescaredof

wolves?

Kate：Ifoundherinthecorridor.

Kids：Yeah!!No…!!

Janet：Wherediditcomefrom?

Presenter…theoneattheback…comeherethenand

talktomeforaminute…Areyouscaredofthewolf

then?Whatdoyouthinkofdogs?Areyouscaredof

dogsaswellorisjustthewolf?

Kate：Searchme!Shedoesn’thaveanametag.

Janet：What’sthatorganizationcalledthatprotects

animals?Maybeyoushouldringthem.

Kate：Um–Ithinkit’scalledtheRSPCA?Oh,noneed.

She’llfindherwayhome.

Girl：Justthewolf.

PresenterJustthewolf.OK,sowe’llseewhatyou

thinkafterwards.What’syourname?

JanetThey’resomadaboutanimals,theBritish.

Kate：Yeah.SoareAmericans.SoamI!

Janet：It’sverydifferentinChina.

Girl：Amy.

PresenterOK,Amy.Well,Ithinkwe’regoingtogo

intothehallinaminute,sowe’llgoand…

Child：Arewegoingtoseethewolves?

Kate：Youdon’tkeepanimalsaspets,doyou?

Janet：Well,that’snotsotrueforthelast15yearsorso.

Kate：Yeah?

Child：Canweholdthem?

Janet：Yes,morepeoplearekeepingpetsnow,

especiallyincities.It’sbecausetheyget

lonely,Ithink.Sometimespeopledislikeanimals.But

that’sthesameaseverywhere,right?

Kate：Yes!Somepeoplejustdon’tlikepets.Sohowdo

youfeelaboutthem?

Child：Areweallowedtostrokethem?

Man：I’llshowyouwherewe’regoingtobe.

Presenter：Yeah,great.Canwestrokethem?Yeah,I

thinkwecan.

Part2

RogerGoodmorning.I’llnowaskyoutostayreally

quiet.Althoughthesewolvesareusedtogoinginto

schoolslikethis,they’restillquiteshyandanysudden

noise…andtheywouldn’tbeveryhappy.Asyour

headteachersaid,myname’sRogerandwe’refromthe

UKWolfConservationTrustwhichishalfwayfroma

bigtownjustabitwestofherecalledReading,halfway

betweenReadingandNewbury.Andwecallthese

animalsourlivingambassadorsforeducationand

conservation.I’mquitehappytotakeanyquestionsyou

mayhave,ifyouwanttoaskaboutwhattheyeat,ifyou

wanttoaskabouthowlongtheylive,ifyouwanttoask

anythingthatcomestoyourmind.Soputyourhandup

ifyouwanttoaskaquestion.Yes,atthebackthere.

Boy：Howlongdotheylive?

Janet：Iquitelikecats,they’reallright.Mymum’s

terrifiedofthem,shethinkstheycarry

disease.Lotsofpeopledo,they’refrightenedofcatching

rabies.

Kate：It’strue.Dogsandcatscangivepeoplerabies.

Janet：Iknow.Actually,I’mafraidofdogs,I’mreally

scaredofthem.It’stheirteeth!

Kate：Iadoredogsandcats.ButthenI’mjustcrazy

aboutanimals.Hey,Ithinkshewantsto

leave.Doyouwanttogo,baby?Thereyougo!Isn’tshe

cute?

Janet：Um…

Outsideview

Part1

PresenterOnceuponatime,Louis,along,long,long

timeago,yourgreat-great-great-greatgrandadwasa

wolf.Goon,goon…Today’sWild,yourweekly

wildlifeshowaroundOxfordshire,isallaboutthe

ancestorsofalldomesticdogs,thewolf.Andifyou’re

reallylucky,youmighthaveonecomingsoontoa

schoolnearyou.…

Roger：Incaptivity?Wellwepandertoeverywhimthat

thewolfhas,wefeedthemeveryday,we

lookafterthemwithrealcare.Theycanlivetobeat

least16yearsoldandtherearecasesofawolflivingto

be…20orjustover.

Boy：Howfastcanwolvesrun?

RogerHowfastcanwolvesrun?Well,they’renotlikea

cheetah,whichcanoutrunitsprey,bygettingupto60,

70milesanhouroververyshortdistances.Wolveshave

evolvedtobelikeahound,sotheycanrunfairlyfast,

about40milesanhourforthreeorfourmiles.Andthen

they’veusedupalltheirenergy.Andinthewild,only

Presenter：Soareyoulookingforwardtoseeingthe

wolvestoday?

Kids：Yeah!!!

Presenter：Areyou?Areyouexcited?

Kids：Yeah!!!

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aboutoneintenhuntsissuccessful.

Grace：They’recute,they’refluffy…

Presenter：Fluffy?

Boy：Um…Areyouallowedtokeepthemforpets?

RogerThey…youcan’tkeepthemliterallyasapet.

Becausealthoughtheylook…like…cuddlylapdogs,

they’renot.Thesearewhatwecallasocializedwild

animalwhichmeansthatwehand-rearthemfromabout

sevendaysold.Theyhavethatall-importantfirstweek

ofspecialmilkfromtheirmotherandthenthey’restill

blindanddeafsothefirstthingtheymayseeandhearis

ahumanbottle-feedingthem.Andbydoingthat,they

growuptobereallyfriendly,butasIsaidat

Grace：And…er…cuddly.

Presenter：Thankyouverymuch!Youcangobackto

yourclassnow…

Listeningin

Passage1

It’shardtobelievebutinAmericathereare68

milliondogownersand73millioncatowners.Inthe

UK,whichhasahumanpopulationof61million,

thereare6.8milliondogsand9.58millioncats.

Alloverthedevelopedworld,thepetpopulationis

increasing.Atthesametime,peoplearespending

moreandmoremoneyontheirpets,particularlyon

theirdogs.

theoutset,theymaylooklikepets–they’renot.These

arewildanimalswhichhavelearnttolikepeople.Soif

youhadtheminyourhouse,inaveryshorttime,they…

andthey’vedoneitinourhouseinyearsgoneby,they

willeithereatholesinyoursofa,they’llteardownyour

curtains,pullupyourcarpets.They’renotanimalsyou

wanttohavelooseinthehouseafterall.

Themostextraordinaryexampletodateisthatof

LeonaraHelmsley,achildlessAmericanbillionaire.

Whenshedied,sheleftherdog,awhiteMaltese

calledTrouble,12milliondollars.WhileHelmsley

wasalive,nothingwastoogoodforherlittledog.He

sharedherbed,wasdressedinexpensiveclothesand

woreadiamondcollar.Hismealswerepreparedbya

chefandpresentedtohimonasilvertray.

Part3

Roger

Wehave…formaqueue…aboutthere.Sayhello.She

wantstomeetyou…Youseehowshespreadherlegs

for…Shereallylikesitalot.Underneath.That’sit.

That’swhatshelikes.Youcanrubhard.Youseehow

softandthickhercoatis.

TheproblemwasthatTroubleliveduptohisname

andbitpeople.ButLeonaradidn’tmind–sheloved

himandhelovedher.Andsoafterherdeath,hegot

hisreward–alotofmoneythathedidn’tknowhe

hadandcouldn’tuseanyway.

…

Presenter：Whatwasyourname?

Girl：Amy.

Presenter：Andyou’re…?

Americanswereshockedbythisstory,butthefactis

thatmoreandmorerichAmericansareleavingtheir

dogsmoneywhentheydie–250,000dollarsisnot

unusual.InBritain,peopledon’tspendasmuch

moneyontheirdogsasAmericansbuttheydospoil

them.AtChristmas,46percentofdogscanexpectto

receivetoys,andbiscuits.Andoneintendogowners

saytheydresstheirpetupforthespecialday.

Girl：Grace.

Presenter：Grace.OK.NowAmy,youwerevery

frightenedofthewolfweren’tyou?Whenwestarted.

Whatdidyouthink…whatd’youthinknow?

Amy：Theywon’tbite.

Presenter：Theywhat?

Amy：Theywon’tbite.

Presenter：Theywon’tbite.Sod’youlikethem?…So

you’renottoofrightenedanymore.Whatdidyouthink

whenyoustrokedthewolf?

OnewomanwasinthenewsinAmericafordesigning

120outfitsforherdog,whichhasitsownwardrobe,

anda$17,000bedthatitdoesn’tactuallysleepin.Its

ownerhasaverysuccessfuldogboutiquethatsells–

yes,youguessedit–designerclothesfordogs.

Amy：Ilikedit.

Presenter：Youlikedit?Didyou?Dotheyseemabit

likedogsreally?

Presenter：Theyarecuddly?

Nowdogsmayenjoyallthisattention,butspoilt

dogscancreateproblemsfortheirowners.Dogsneed

amasterandiftheirmasteractsliketheirfriendor

parent,theystartbehavingbadly,attackingother

Presenter：Andyou’renotfrightenedanymoreofthe

wolves?Roger,you’vedoneagoodjob

here!…Andwhatdoyouthink?

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animals,anddamagingproperty–oftentheir

owner’shomes.Yet,often,thisdoesn’tmaketheir

ownerslovethemless–dogsaretheirchildren,after

all.

Yes,itwas.Butthensometimeswe’dmeetanother

whalewhilewewereonourwayout.We’dseeitsblow

–asIsaid,it’sabouttenmetreshigh–andthat’squite

somethingtosee.Andthenoneday–finally–we

managedtofilmawhalefeeding.Noneofuswillever

forgetthat.

Passage2

Interviewer：Oneofthemostexcitingcreaturesinthe

seaisthebluewhale.DanielCameronisafilm-maker

whohasbeenfilmingbluewhalesfortenyearsinthe

southAtlantic.Firstofall,telluswhyyouhavethis

fascinationwithbluewhales.

Unit8Timeoff

Insideview

Conversation1

Daniel：Well,itseemsobvioustome,really.They’re

extraordinarycreatures.They’rethelargestmammals

thathaveeverlivedonearth.They–theycanbeaslong

as33metres–that’smorethan16timestallerthana

humanbeing.Andthey’realsotheloudestanimalon

earth–thenoisetheymakeislouderthanajetplane.

I’veheardthem–very,veryloud.Andwhentheycome

tothesurfacetobreathe,theirblow–well,it’susually

abouttenmetreshigh.

Mark：Haveyougotyourticketsfortheplay?

Kate：Whatplay?

Mark：TheplaywhichOUDSareproducing.Youknow,

theplayI’minattheOxfordPlayhouse.

Kate：Oh,thatplay!Well,er…

Mark：Whataboutyou,Janet?

Janet：What’stheplaycalled?

Mark：WaitingforGodot,bySamuelBeckett.Youare

coming,aren’tyou?

Interviewer：That’samazing.

Kate：Beckett?

Daniel：AndIforgottosay,theyliveforatleast80

years.

Janet：Whynot?

Kate：Well,um,I’msureyou’llbetotallybrilliant,

Mark…butIwishIcouldunderstandtheplay.It

doesn’tmakesense.

Interviewer：Buttheirnumbersaredeclining,aren’t

they?

Daniel：Yes,well,atthestartofthe20thcenturythere

werebetween275,000and300,000bluewhalesinthe

sea.Nowthereareprobably,probablyunder5,000.

Interviewer：Andthat’sasaresultof…?

Daniel…well,ofwhaling,bothintheAtlanticandthe

Pacific.Andalso,climatechangeisbeginningtodestroy

thefoodtheyeat,krill.

Mark：Ifonlyyouweremorepatient,Kate.Beckett’sa

fascinatingwriter.You’llcomethough,won’tyou,Janet?

Youreallyoughttoseesomethinglikethisatleastonce

duringyourstayinOxford.

Janet：Well,I’mnotsure.

Mark：Oh,comeon!Please!

Janet：ButifKatedoesn’tunderstandtheplay,there’s

nowayI’llbeabletofollowit.

Interviewer：Sothey’reanendangeredspecies?

DanielYes.We’renotatallsurethey’llsurvive.That’s

partlywhyIfilmwhales–toraiseawarenessofthem

andletpeopleknowhowextraordinarytheyare.We

don’twanttolosethem.

Kate：Doyouwanttogo?

Janet：Well,Ilovegoingtothetheatre,andI’dreally

liketoseeMarkacting.Andactually,yes,IthinkI

shouldseeaplaybySamuelBeckett.

Mark：Good!Soyou’recoming,Janet.Iwishyou’d

come,too,Kate.It’sareallygoodperformance.

Kate：Well,OK,butI’monlydoingitbecauseyou’rein

it.Whenisiton?

Interviewer：Isitverydifficulttofilmthem?

Daniel：It’sverydifficult.Thethingis,weknowvery

littleaboutthemsothey’reveryhardtofind.We–we

hadaboatwith12menandoftentheweatherwassobad

thatwecouldn’tgotosea.Wehadasmallplanethatwe

usedtolocatethewhalesandtheplanewouldfindthem

alright,but,butitwouldtakehoursfortheboattoget

there,andbythetimewegotthere–thewhaleshad

gone!

Mark：NextTuesdaytoSaturday.

Janet：HowaboutgoingFridaynight?

Mark：That’sgreat.Butyou’dbettergetyourtickets

soon,becausewe’reexpectingafullhouse.

Conversation2

Interviewer：Thatmusthavebeenveryfrustrating.

Daniel

Kate：Well,whatdidyouthink?

Janet：Itwas…veryinteresting.

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Kate：Ididn’thaveacluewhatwasgoingon.

Absolutelynothinghappened!Idon’tknowwhyI

botheredcomingtoseeit.

Viewer3：Canyouseewhat’sonanotherchannel?

Viewer1：Yeah,sure.Whatchannel?

Viewer3：Uh,anythingbutthis.

Janet：IthoughtMarkwasbrilliant.

Voice-over：Thesetelevisionviewersaretryingto

decideonaprogrammetowatch,byclickingon

channels,andseeingwhat’son.Thispracticeisknown

aschannelsurfing.Inthepast,itwasnotdifficultto

decidewhattowatchonTV.Therewereonlythree

channelstochoosefrom.Cabletelevisionhaschanged

allthat.Therearesomanychannels,andsomany

differentkindsofprogrammestowatch,manyviewers

finditdifficulttodecidewhattowatch,evenwhenthey

arewatchingbythemselves.Thisbusinesstraveller

doesn’tlikeanything.Manypeoplelikeaparticulartype

ofprogramme.

Kate：Yes,Ididtoo,ofcourse…

Janet：ButIwishIhadreadtheplaybeforeIsawit.If

onlyIhadknownthestory,itmighthavebeeneasierto

followit.HowlongdoyouthinkMarkwillbe?

Janet：Iguessheneedstogetchangedfirst.Hesaid

he’djoinusassoonaspossible.

Kate：Hereheis.HiMark!

Mark：Hi,whatdidyouthink?HowwasI?

Janet：Itwas…verychallenging.

Kate：Itwasso-so.

Janet：Butyouwerebrilliant!Welldone.

Kate：Youwereawesome,Mark.Everyoneadoredyour

performance.Darling,youweretodiefor!

Mark：OK,OK,don’texaggerate.Iwasn’tthatgood!

Anyway,I’vegotsomegreatnews!

Speaker1：TVprogrammesIlikewatchingarecooking

shows,um,comedyshows.

Speaker2：Iusuallywatchdramas,murdermystery

programmes,quizzes,comedies.

Janet：Tellus!

Speaker3：Ilikewatchingtalkshows.

Speaker4：IguessofallmyfavouriteTVshowsI’d

likenewsprogrammes.

Mark：We’vestartedtalkingaboutnextterm’sOUDS

play.

Kate：What’sitgoingtobe?

Speaker5：Iliketowatchsoapoperasandnews.

Speaker6：Iliketowatc