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1、 listen to this ：中级英语听力lesson 1Part 1”This Is Your Life” is one of the most popular programmes on British and American television. Every week a famous person is invited to a television studio, without knowing that he or she will be the subject of the programme. The compre meets the person outside th
2、e studio and says ”This is your life!” The person then meets friends and relatives from his or her past and present. Studio 4 is where the programme is recorded. The programme begins at eight o”clock. It”s 6:45 now and the director is checking the preparations with his new production assistant (PA).
3、 The subject of tonight”s show will be an actor, Jason Douglas. The compre, as usual, will be Terry Donovan. Director: Let”s just check the arrangements. We”re bringing Jason Douglas here in a studio carhe thinks he”s coming to a discussion programme! The driver has been told to arrive at exactly 7:
4、55. Now, the programme begins at eight o”clock. At that time Jason will be walking to the studio. Terry Donovan will start his introduction at 8:01, and Jason will arrive at 8:02. Terry will meet him at the studio entrance . Camera 4 will be there. Then he”ll take him to that seat. It”ll be on Camer
5、a 3. Jason will be sitting there during the whole programme. For most of the show Terry will be standing in the middle, and he”ll be on Camera 2. The guests will come through that door, talk to Terry and Jason . and then sit over there. Director: Now, is that all clear?PA: Yes . there”s just one thi
6、ng.Director: Well, what is it?PA: Who”s going to look after the guests during the show?Director: Pauline is.PA: And where will they be waiting during the show?Director: In Room 401, as usual. Pauline will be waiting with them, and she”ll be watching the show on the monitor. She”ll tell them two minu
7、tes before they enter.PA: I think that”s everything. Terry: Good evening and welcome to ”This is Your Life”. This is Terry Donovan speaking. We”re waiting for the subject of tonight”s programme. He”s one of the world”s leading actors, and he thinks he”s coming here to take part in a discussion progr
8、amme . I can hear him now . yes, here he is! Jason Douglas . This is your life! Jason: Oh, no . I don”t believe it! Not me .Terry: Yes, you! Now come over here and sit down. Jason, you were born at number 28 Balaclava Street in East Ham, London on July 2nd, 1947. You were one of six children, and yo
9、ur father was a taxi driver. Of course, your name was then Graham Smith.Terry: Now, do you know this voice? ”I remember Jason when he was two. He used to scream and shout all day.”Jason: Susan!Terry: Yes . all the way from Sydney, Australia . She flew here specially for this programme. It”s your sis
10、ter, Susan Fraser!Jason: Susan . Why didn”t you tell me . oh, this is wonderful! Terry: Yes, you haven”t seen each other for 13 years . take a seat next to him, Susan. You started school at the age of five, in 1952, and in 1958 you moved to Lane End Secondary School. Terry: Do you remember this voic
11、e? ”Smith! Stop looking out of the window!”Jason: Oh, no! It”s Mr. Hooper!Terry: Your English teacher, Mr. Stanley Hooper. Was Jason a good student, Mr. Hooper?Mr. Hooper: Eh? No, he was the worst in the class . but he was a brilliant actor, even in those days. He could imitate all the teachers?Terr
12、y: Thank you, Mr. Hooper. You can speak to Jason, later. Well, you went to the London School of Drama in 1966, and left in 1969. In 1973 you went to Hollywood.Terry: Do you know this voice? ”Hi Jason . Can you ride a horse yet?”Jason: Maria!Terry: Maria Montrose . who”s come from Hollywood to be wit
13、h you tonight.Maria: Hello, Jason . it”s great to be here. Hello, Terry. Jason and I were in a movie together in 1974. Jason had to learn to ride a horse . Well, Jason doesn”t like horses very much.Jason: Like them! I”m terrified of them!Maria: Anyway, he practised for two weeks. Then he went to the
14、 director . it was Charles Orson . and said, ”What do you want me to do?” Charles said, ”I want you to fall off the horse”. Jason was furious. He said, ”What? Fall off! I”ve been practising for two weeks . I could fall off the first day . without any practice!” Part2Interviewer: Good morning, sir. I
15、”m from radio station QRX, and I wonder if you”d mind answering a few questions for our survey today.David: Uh . sure, why not?Interviewer: What”s your name?David: Uh, my name is David George.Interviewer: David, what do you do for a living?David: I”m a professional baseball player.Interviewer: Really?David: Mm-hmm.Interviewer: That”s terrific. What do you do for fun?David: Well, I like to read the classicsyou know, Dickens, Shakespeare, . uh . books like that.Interviewer: Fabulous. And what”s the most exciting thing that”s happened to you recently?David: Just call me Dad.
