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UNIT 08 Audioscript Edited
UNIT 08 Audioscript Edited
UNIT 08 Audioscript Edited
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Student’s Book Audioscript
Unit 8
Page 94, Understand from context
Interview One
A: Welcome to Focus on the Arts. I’m Paul Green and we’re broadcasting today from
beautiful downtown San Francisco, where we’re asking people about their favorite
artists. Excuse me, sir! Sir? Excuse me.
B: Yes?
A: I’m Paul Green from Focus on the Arts. I wonder if I could ask for one minute of
your time to tell us if you have a favorite movie director.
B: My favorite director? Sure. That would be Ang Lee, from Taiwan. I find his work
really fascinating.
A: In what way?
B: Well, for one thing, all his films are really different from each other.
A: How so?
B: Some of his best movies are in Chinese, like Eat Drink Man Woman,
Crouching Tiger / Hidden Dragon . . . And he also makes great movies in
English that are set in England or the U.S. and they really explore the
culture in those countries.
A: Mm-hmm.
B: Some of his movies are really artistic and others are very commercial. I think he’s
not afraid to try new things. I like that.
A: Great. Thank you so much. And your name is?
B: Burt. Burt Hildegard.
A: Well, thank you so much for your time.
Interview Two
A: Let’s find someone else . . . Oh, there’s a woman over here taking pictures.
Ma’am? Excuse me, ma’am? Would you be willing to talk with us?
B: Me? I’m in a little bit of a hurry, but . . . Well, OK. I guess.
A: Great. Well, first of all, can I get your name?
B: Susan. Susan Wallach.
A: Hi Susan. I couldn’t help but notice that you’re a photographer.
B: Well, not professionally.
A: I’m wondering if you have a favorite photographer.
B: A favorite photographer? That would definitely be Henri Cartier-Bresson, the
French photographer. He was a real twentieth-century artist. I think he died a few
years ago.
[Interview continued on the next page]