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听力教程第三册
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Unit
8 The Sound of Music
Part I
Getting ready
A quiz game
show is a type of radio or television programming
genre in which contestants, television
personalities or celebrities,
sometimes
as part of a team, play a game which involves
answering
questions or solving puzzles
usually for money and/or prizes.
A The following words will
appear in this unit. Listen carefully and
study the definitions.
1.
panel
：
a group of
specialists who give their advice or opinion about
something
2.
contender
：
a
person who takes part in a competition or tries to
win
something
3.
nomination
：
the
act of suggesting or choosing somebody as a
candidate in an election, or for a job
or an award
4.
c
inematography
：
the art or
process of making films
5.
score
：
the music
written for a film/movie or play
6.
audition
：
take
part in a practical test for performing applicants
7.
choreography
：
the
arranging or inventing of dances, especially
ballet
8.
pantom
ime
：
traditional Christmas
musical show for children
9.
scherzo
：
a short,
lively piece of music, that is often part of a
longer
piece
10.
lyrics
：
the words
of a song
Listen to the
following radio quiz game. Who are those people on
the
panel? Supply the missing
information.
Now listen
again. Put a mark beside each question. Put a tick
if it is true.
If it is false, put a
cross. Finally write down who that person is.
Audioscript::
A - Announcer M - Maxine
Q - Quizmaster L - Laura
T-Tim D-David Radio Bristol. Ladies and
gentlemen, it's time for
dead. Before I tell you the
rules, let's meet our panel for tonight. From
right to left we have that famous
sportsman and racing driver, Tim
Brown.
T:. Evening everyone. Next to Tim, is that lovely
star of the
American cinema, who is now
here in Bristol at the Opera House,
Maxine Morgan. Hi there! Next we have
novelist, David Walker. Good
evening.
And last but not least, composer and singer, Laura
Dennison.
Hello. So let's get with the
game. I have the name of a famous person --
alive or dead -- in this envelope. The
panel will try to guess who it is.
But
they can only ask questions which have a
we ready? Well, yes. Are you alive? No,
I'm not. Now Maxine, let's
have your
question. You're not alive. So you are a famous
person who
is dead. Oh, I know. Are you
a person in a book -- a fictional character
-- somebody who isn't real? No, I'm not
fictional. David, can we have
your
question? So you're a real, dead person? That's
right, I am. Good,
now we want to know
where you come from. Are you British? No, I'm
not British. Are you from Europe? No,
I'm not. T: Are you Australian?
No,
Tim, I'm not. I'm not Australian. Oh, then I know,
you're American.
You're a real American
person, but you're dead. Now let me think. Ah,
yes, are you a writer of any sort? No,
I'm not. Are you anything to do
with
peace, you know someone like Martin Luther King? A
good guess,
Laura, but I'm nothing to
do with peace. Well, that's a difficult one,
really. I think the answer is half
T: Mm, funny, half
you
famous as an entertainer of any sort, you know a
film star, or pop
singer, or an actor,
you know what I mean? Ask one question at a time,
Tim, please. The answer to your
question is
the answer. I know, I'm
right. Careful now, Maxine. Say the wrong
answer and I win the game. Are you sure
you know who I am? Yes,
you're dead,
you're famous, you're American, you are sort of
famous for
peace work. You're not an
entertainer -- you're not an American film
star. I don't think you were famous as
a soldier. I think you were a
politician, I think you died in 1963.1
think you were married to a very
beautiful woman ... I think you are
very close, Maxine. I think you are
almost there. I think you once went to
Berlin. I think you are President
John
Kennedy, President of the United States of
America. And
congratulations to you and
the panel, Maxine. Yes, you are right, the
name of the famous person in my
envelope is President Kennedy, born
in
1917 and died in 1963, on November 22nd to be
exact. Now for my
next famous person
...
Part II Slumdog
Millionaire
Slumdog
Millionaire
is a 2000 British drama
film. Set and filmed in
India, the film
tells the story of Jamal Malik, a young man from
the
Juhu slums of Mumbai who appears on
the Indian version of Who
Wants to Be a
Millionaire? and exceeds people's expectations,
thereby arousing the suspicions of
cheating. It was widely
acclaimed,
being praised for its plot, soundtrack and
directing. It
was nominated for 10
Academy Awards in 2009, winning eight,
including Best Picture, Best Director,
and Best Adapted Screenplay.
A Listen to the first news
report broadcasted when
Slumdog
Millionaire
won 10 Academy
Award nominations. Note down the
key
words in the notes column. Then complete the
storyline of the
movie.
Audioscript:
One of the strongest
contenders for the Best Picture Oscar this year is
Slumdog Millionaire
.
Set in Mumbai, India, it is
a story about destiny. Jamal Malik, a young
man from the slums, becomes a
contestant on the Indian reality show
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Based on
its American equivalent, the
Indian
show offers 20 million rupees ($$400 000) to the
winner.
Few expected this
independent production directed by filmmaker
Danny Boyle to make it to the Oscars.
But Slumdog is no longer an
underdog.
It has won viewers' hearts and gained critical
acclaim. With
ten Academy Award
nominations, it is a serious Oscar contender.
(Movie) Host: Jamal Malik, you 're
absolutely right!
Jamal
Malik is not knowledgeable. He just happens to
know the
answers to the specific
questions he's been asked. Each question is
somehow related to an event that has
defined his life.
With
their mother dead, Jamal and his brother Salim
begin to steal,
trade and sleep
wherever they can to survive.
But the defining moment in Jamal's life
is when an orphan girl named
Latika
tags along with them.
Latika is taken by gangsters and Jamal
will not rest until he sees her
again.
Years later, as a young
adult, he finds her at a gangster's house. She is
locked up, and her only pastime is the
Indian TV show Who Wants to
Be a
Millionaire? Jamal gets on the show so she can
watch him. (Movie)
Two of the
musketeers are called Athos and Porthos. What was
the
name of the third musketeer? Danny:
I'd like to phone a friend. Host:
Here
we go. Latika: Hello.
Latika answers the phone. When they
were kids, she was the third
musketeer.
Jamal and Salim were Athos and Porthos.
Director Danny Boyle's love
story is influenced by Bollywood where
everything is extreme.
Like most Indian films,
Slumdog Millionaire
offers
up all-consuming
passion, tear-jerking
drama and a happy ending. The film's dynamic
music and vivid colors enhance the
emotions. Its fairytale quality does
not undermine Danny Boyle's gritty look
at today's India, a country of
extremes
itself. (Movie) Danny: Latika.
Slumdog Millionaire
's
exuberance is contagious. We leave the theater
love-struck, exhilarated.
And, as in Jamal's case, we can't help
but root for the Oscar nominee
regardless of the odds.
Now listen to the second news report
broadcasted on the day when
Slumdog
Millionaire
finally earned 8 Oscars.
After listening, match the
awards with
the corresponding names.
Audioscript:
Slumdog Millionaire
was
expected to win big. And, it did, earning
Oscars for its cinematography, film
editing, sound mixing, and bringing
two
of the golden statuettes to composer A. R. Rahman
for his score
and an original song.
Steven Spielberg announced
the top award of the evening.
Slumdog
Millionaire
, Christian Colson,
producer.
The man
behind the movie, Danny Boyle, was named best
director.
Slumdog
Millionaire
was a collaboration between
the British filmmaker,
an Indian cast
and crew and a Hollywood distributor. Backstage,
Boyle
said joint efforts like this will
become more common.
are gonna come together. The
world's shrinking a bit in a ... in a
wonderful way and it will benefit from
it because, in ... in culture,
fusion
is a wonderful thing.
The
film is set in the slums of Mumbai and features
two professional
actors with a cast of
unknown youngsters from the Mumbai slums.
Young cast members came to Hollywood
for the Oscars.
The story
revolves around a teenager who hopes to win riches
on a quiz
show. Writer Simon Beaufoy,
who won an Oscar for his adapted
screenplay, says the story is
appropriate in a recession.
actually what it's about is,
it's a film that says there are more important
things than money. There's love and
faith and your family, and that
struck
a chord with people, I think, right
now.
Part III Karen Kain --
a Canadian ballerina
The
beautiful prima ballerina of the National Ballet
of Canada,
Karen Kain, was for five
years the partner of Rudolph Nureyev and
has danced most of the major classical
ballet roles all over the
world, since
her debut in the demanding role of Odile/Odette in
Swan Lake at the age of nineteen. She
was born in Hamilton,
Ontario, not far
from Toronto, the home of the National Ballet of
Canada. She and her husband now live in
Cabbagetown, one of the
oldest
districts in central Toronto.
In this section, you are
going to hear an interview during which
Karen Kain, a Canadian ballerina, talks
about her work and how
she first became
interested in the ballet. While listening for the
first
time, add more key words in the
left column. After the second
listening, answer the
questions.
Now
try this: listen to a more authentic version of
the interview and
then do the multiple
choice.
Audioscript:
Well, I
actually saw Celia Franka dance, and now she
founded the National Ballet of Canada.
And she was dancing in my