Tapescript

Interviewer: Welcome to Spotlight. Today's interview is with the famous balloonist, Steve Fosssett. Welcome, Steve.

Steve: Hello.

Interviewer: So when did you first become interested in balloons, Steve?

Steve: I started becoming interested in balloons quite late in life. It was in my late thirties.

Interviewer: How long have you been a balloonist?

Steve: For ten years.

Interviewer: You've only just recently managed to achieve your dream of flying around the world, at the age of fifty-eight, haven't you?

Steve: Yes. I have, finally. That was the sixth time I tried.

Interviewer: I also know that you're quite a good swimmer too. Would you like to tell us something about that?

Steve: Sure. I swam across the English Channel between France and England in nineteen eighty-five.

Interviewer: And you've broken fourteen world records too. How do you do it?

Steve: Just the usual hard work and practice, like everything in life.

Interviewer: Thank you, Steve. That's all we've got time for today. Goodbye.

Answers

(1)30s/thirties (2)10/ten (3)58/fifty-eight (4)6th/sixth

(5)1985/nineteen eighty-five (6)14/fourteen Step1: finding a speaker for your school

Listen to the headmaster to fill in the note. The headmaster wants a person to speak to the school. He will talk about what kind of person he needs. Listen carefully and complete an advertisement with what you have heard.

1. Listen to the tape and fill in the note sheet in Part A on page 53.

Tapescript

Headmaster:

I have been thinking about what kind of speaker we should invite to the school. I want you to look for someone young enough that students can relate to him or her. It does not matter if the person is a man or a woman, but they should be no older than thirty-five. But, they do need to be old enough to have done something exciting or important, so they should be at least eighteen years old. So, older than eighteen but younger than thirty-five, and if they have some experience as a speaker already, that would be helpful. I think I'd also prefer to have someone who is Chinese, so the students can really understand his or her experiences. Yes, a Chinese person is preferred, but he or she must be able to speak both English and Putonghua. Now, there are certain things you need to look for. We can't pay travel money or for a stay in a hotel, so we need someone who is from Nanjing. This person will need to be here sometime between the thirtieth of May and the second of June. It doesn't matter which day, as long as it's between those dates, and he or she can speak for three hours, from ten a.m. until one p.m. The speech should last for two hours and there should be one hour kept for questions and answers with the students. Hmm, what else? The only other thing I can think of is what the person is like. The person we choose must be friendly and outgoing and happy to spend time talking with the students at our school.

　　Now, if you can write up an advertisement for me, that would be really helpful, Thanks!