新视野大学英第二听说教程3-听力原文

新视野大学英语（第二版）听说教程3听力原文

Unit3Waystowin

二、shortconversations

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W:ThePresidenthasdecidedthatthecurrenteducationsystemmustbechanged.

M:Ybah.Butthequestioniswhattochangeandhowtochangeit.I'dlikealeaderwhohas

realideasforhowthingscouldbedone!

Q:Whatcanweinferfromtheconversation?

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W:AnewlanguageschoolfromEnglandhasgottenalotofattentionbecauseofitssuccess

inteachingstudentsEnglish.

M:Isawsomethingonthenewsaboutit.Ishouldaskmyteacherwhathethinks.

Q:HowdoesthemanknowoftheEnglishlanguageschool?

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W:Mydaughter'scollegeentranceexamiscomingup,andIdon'tthinkshe'sready.

M:Ybumightwanttosendhertoatestpreparationschool,modeledontheschoolsinJapan.

Studentstheredoquitewell.

Q:Whydoesthemanrecommendthetestpreparationschool?

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W:OurschoolhasstartedofferingclassesinChinesephilosophyandreligions.

M:I'veactuallytakensomeoftheseclasses,aswellasaChinesecookingclass.AndnowI

wanttovisitChinatoseehowthepeoplelive.

Q:WhatdoesthemanwanttolearnaboutwhenhetravelstoChina?

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W:DoyouhaveanyideasforhowIcouldimprovemystudyskills?

M:Therearelotsofspecialtechniquesandevenclassesonthesubjectofstudyskills,butI

thinkyoushouldforgetaboutallofthat.Juststudymore!

Q:Whatshouldthewomando?

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W:I'vebeenthinkingalotabouthowIcouldbecomehappier.ButIdon'tknowwhattodo.

M:Well,Ithinkyoushouldgiveupontheideathatmoneybringshappiness.Trylearning

frompoor,simplefarmers.Theyalwaysseemhappy.

Q:Whatdoesthemanthinkoffarmers?

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W:Well,Ican'tseewhyyouaretravelingtoGermany.

M:Iknowyouwantmetostayhere,butmybossissendingme.I'msupposedtohavealook

atafactorythereandlearnsomethingfromit.

Q:WhyisthemantravelingtoGermany?

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W:Whenthemeetingbegins,Fdlikeyoutointroducethemethodsofnegotiationyoulearned

whileyouwereinJapan.

M:OK.Doyouhaveplanstodiscusshowthesemethodscanbeused,orcanIdothat?

Q:Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout?

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W:Whileyou'reawayinAustralia,FdlikeyoutolearnallyoucanaboutAustralianbusiness,

anythingwecanusetomakeourowncompanybetter.

M:OK,Iwill.THworkhardandmakethebestofthisopportunity.

Q:Whatistheprobablerelationshipbetweenthetwospeakers?

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W:AftertryingneweducationmethodsfromGermany,Japan,andIndia,I'mstillshockedto

findthatnothingishelpingourstudentshereimprove.

M:Maybemethodsaren'tsuccessfuloutsideoftheirowncountriesandweshouldstickto

ourlocalBritishways.

Q:Wherearethespeakers?

三、longconversation

M:Mandyhasbeenworkingreallyhardtogetintoagoodcollege.Iwonderwhetherthere's

anythingwecandotohelp.

W:Well,wecouldsendhertoajuku.

M:Awhat?ThatsoundsJapanese.

W:ItisJapanese.AjukuisaJapaneseschoolthatpreparesstudentsforthecollege

entranceexamination.

M:ThereareJapaneseschoolshereintheUnitedStates?

W:Notquite.ThereareschoolsherethatareinthestyleoftheJapaneseones.Andthey're

verysuccessfulinpreparingstudentsforbigexams.

M:Thatsoundsgood,butIdon'tthinkMandywouldwanttoleavetheschoolshe'satnow.

W:Shewouldn'tleave.Jukusareattendedinadditiontoregularschools.She'dgothere

everydayintheevening.Andshe'dalsoattendonweekends.

M:YouthinkMandywoulddothat?It'dtakealotofherfreetimeaway.

W:Ourdaughterisagoodstudent,andshewouldn'tmindtheextraworkinvolved.

M:OK,maybewecangoandvisitonefirstbeforewemakeanydecisions.Howabout

tomorrow?

1.Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout?

2.Whatdojukuschoolspreparestudentsfor?

3.Whatcanweinferfromtheconversation?

4.HowdoesthewomanfeelaboutMandy?

5.Whatistheprobablerelationshipbetweenthetwospeakers?

四、passage

YDungpeoplegotoschooltogatherinformation,becomerespectablemembersof

society,andpreparethemselveseitherforuniversitystudiesorforemployment.Anditisa

teacher'sjobtohelpstudentsaccomplishthesegoals.Butarepublicschoolteachersdoing

agoodjob?

Arecentreporthasananswer-NO.Andthedetailsaredisturbing.Forone,

researchersclaimthat57%ofallclasstimeiswasted.Duringthistime,noteachingor

learningisactuallytakingplace,asteachershavegiventhistimetostudentstodowhatever

theywish.Ifstudentswanttotalktofriendsorplaycomputergames,thatiswhattheydo.

Secondly,teachersarenealectinatheirclassesbvsometimesnotevenbeinaintheroom

withtheirstudents.Accordingtothereport,teachersspend33%ofthetimeoutsideofthe

classroomwheretheirstudentscan'tseethem.Thirdly,andprobablymostdisturbingofall,

10%to12%ofteachersaredrunkwhentheyaregivingtheirlessons.

Itisclearthatsomethingmustchangeifpublicschoolswishtohelpstudentsaccomplish

theirgoals.Anditseemsthatteachersshouldbesupervisedifimprovementsaretobe

made.

1.Whatisthispassagemainlyabout?

2.Accordingtothereport,whathappensduringoverhalfoftheclass

time?

3.Howmuchofclasstimedoteachersspendoutofthesightoftheir

students?

4.Whatdoesthespeakerfindmostdisturbing?

5.Whatisthefirststeptowardimprovingschools?

Unit4SymbolofAmerica

二、shortconversations

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W:ItusedtobethatpicturesofUncleSamwereusedjusttoencouragementojointhearmy.

Butnowyoucanseehisimageinmanyotherplacesaswell.

M:Yeah.Therearepicturesofhimallovertheplace,especiallyinadvertisements.

Q:Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout?

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W:TheStatueofLibertyrepresentsawelcomingspirittowardimmigrants,right?

M:Well,mostly.Butatfirst,itrepresentedfreedomfromslavery.Then,itstoodforthe

friendshipbetweenFranceandtheUS.Andthenevenmore.

Q:Whatcanbeinferredfromtheconversation?

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W:Inthepainting,AmericanGothic,afarmerisholdingaweapon.Why?Ishegoingtowar?

M:No!That'snotaweapon!He'sholdingatoolfordoingfarmwork!

Q:Whatmistakedidthewomanmake?

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W:I'vetraveledaroundtheUS,butIhaven'tdiscoveredanythingthatseemstorepresentit.

M:Youhaven'tbeentoWashingtonD.C.then.Ifyouhad,youwould'veseenalotofbuildings

andstatuesthathavecometorepresenttheUS.

Q:WhyshouldthewomantraveltoWashingtonD.C.?

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W:WhatdoyouthinkcomestomindwhenforeignersthinkoftheUS?

M:I'mnotsure.ButIhopetheythinkofourbeautifulforestsandnaturalwonders.Afterall,

thisiswhatIthinkof.

Q:Whatdoesthemanwishfor?

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W:IhadnoideathatAmericawassofamousforitspainters.

M:Well,therehavebeenmorethanafewgreatAmericanpainters.However,Idon'tthinkthe

USvaluesthemasmuchasitshoulddo.

Q:Accordingtotheman,whatiswrongwiththeUS?

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W:IhavetowriteareportonAmerica'sgreatestsymbol,butIdon'tknowwhatitis.

M:Well,youhavealottochoosefrom.There'stheGoldenGateBridge,theWhiteHouse,

theStatueofLibertyandsoon...butifyouaskme,Ithinkit'sthepaintingAmericanGothic.

Q:Accordingtotheman,whatisAmerica'sgreatestsymbol?

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W:Idon'tthinkAmericahasasymbolthatcompareswitheithertheEiffellowerinParisor

theGreatWallofChina.

M:Whatareyoutalkingabout?Therearemanysymbolsinthiscountry,laketheWashington

Monumentforexample,itholdsalotofimportanceforpeoplehere.

Q:WhatdoesthemanthinkoftheWashingtonMonument?

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W:Let'ssee...sofarwe'vebeentoYbsemiteNationalPark,theBlackHills,andtheHoover

Dam.What'sthenextstoponthistour?Fmgettingkindatiredofsitting.

M:Fmnotexactlysure.GivemeamomentandHIaskthebusdriver.

Q:Wherearethespeakers?

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M:I'mnotsurewhyMomandDadtookusonthistourofgreatAmericansymbols.

W:Seeingthesethingsupcloseissomuchbetterthanlearningabouttheminschool.Ithink

theyjustwantedustoenjoyourselves.

Q:Whatistheprobablerelationshipbetweenthetwospeakers?

三、longconversation

W:Pleasebecarefulasyouboardtheship.We'vehadabitofraintoday,andthedeckis

slippery.There,nowasyousettleintoyourseats,letmesharesomeinformationabout

theStatueofLiberty.Butfirst,doesanyonehaveanyquestions?

M:IhavesomequestionsabouttheStatue.

W:Couldyoupleasespeakup?

M:Isaid,IhavesomequestionsabouttheStatue!

W:Wellthen,letmehearthem.

M:Well,yousee,Fmwritingareportforschool.SoIneedsomedetails,suchashowbigthe

Statueis,whenitwasbuilt,andsoon.Mostly,Ijustneedgeneralinformation.

W:OK.YouknowthattheStatuewasbuiltinFrance,right?

M:Sure.

W:Well,theFrenchoriginallywantedtocompletetheStatueby1876,buttheyhadtrouble

gatheringfundsforit.So,itwasn'tfinisheduntil1884.ItwasthentransportedtotheUS.

It'sworthmentioningthattheStatuewassentinpieces,whichwerereassembledafter

arrivinginNewYbrk.

M:Whenwasthat?

W:In1885.

M:HowtallistheStatueofLiberty?

W:Altogether,fromthegroundtothetipofthetorch,theStatueisabout93meterstall.

M:That'sabittallerthanIthought.

W:Mynumberincludesthebasesize.Butsubtractingtheheightofthebase,theStatueis

about46meters.

1.Wherearethespeakers?

2.WhydoesthemanwantinformationabouttheStatueofLiberty?

3.WhendidtheFrenchfinishbuildingtheStatue?

4.Whatsurprisestheman?

5.Whatcanweinferfromtheconversation?

四、passage

Iamnotonlyapainter,butastudentofart.Sometimes,Idon'tquiteunderstandwhya

pieceofartissopopular,orwhyitmeanswhatitdoestopeople.SuchwasthecasewhenI

firstthoughtabouiAmericanGothic,GrantWood'sfamouspaintingoftwofarmers.

AmericanGothicwasinspiredbyatripthatWoodmadein1930.Hesawahousethat

wasbuiltinthe1870sor1880s,andhewasveryattractedtoitsstrongdesign.Hethen

madeaquicksketch,wentbacktohisstudio,andbeganhispaintingimmediately.In

additiontohissketchmadethatyear,heusedan1890photographtohelphim.

Thepaintingwasstronglycriticizedbypeoplewhothoughtitmadefunofsimplefarmers.

Iadmit,Ioncethoughtthesamething,lbme,greatpaintingsareonesthattrytounderstand

people,nottolaughatthem.AndIdidn'tlikeAmericanGothic.WhenIsawthepaintingin

person,Irecognizedthestrengthinthefacesofthefarmers.Istartedtoseethattheartist

wasexpressingthestrengthofsimpleAmericanfarmers.Thisiswhysomanypeoplesee

thepaintingasasymboloftheUS.

1.Whatdoesthespeakerhavetroubleunderstanding?

2.BythetimeWoodstartedAmericanGothic,howoldwasthe

photographheused?

3.Whydidn'tsomepeoplelikeAmericanGothic?

4.Whatdidthespeakerseewhenshesawthepaintinginperson?

5.Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage?

Unit6Defendingourselvesagainstdisasters

二、shortconversations

W:Wewerestruckbyanearthquakelastweek,stormsthisweek,andreportsshowa

tornadoisonitsway!Whatdidwedotodeservethis?

M:Deservehasnothingtodowithit.It'snature.We'vejustgottoreadyourselvesagainstit.

Q:Howdoesthemanfeel?

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W:I'mworriedourhomewon'tstanduptoanearthquakeifoneshouldcome.

M:Perhapsnot.ButIbuiltittowithstandaflood,andIthinkitshoulddothatjustfine.Afterall,

floodsareourconcerninthisregion,notearthquakes.

Q:Whatwasthemanthinkingaboutwhenhebuilthishouse?

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W:Didyouseethenews?AnearthquakehitJapantoday.

M:Oh,that'sterrible.Justaweekago,therewereearthquakesintheUSandChina.Ihope

wecanlearntoprotectourselvesfromthem.

Q:Whatistheconversationabout?

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M:Manyvotersareconcernedabouttherisingcostsoffuel.

W:Ithinkthey'rebeingalittleshortsighted.Risingfuelcostsaregoodfortheenvironment,

becausehighercostsforcepeopletoconsumelessresources.

Q:Whatcanbeinferredfromtheconversation?

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W:Isitjustmyimagination,orarethewintersnotascoldastheyusedtobe?

M:Idon'tthinkyou'reimaginingit.Manyotherpeoplearesayingthesamething.Andsome

areworriedthatit'ssignalingsomethingbadtocome.

Q:Whatdosomepeopleexpect?

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M:Ifanyoneknowsabetterenergysourcethanoil,shareyourideawiththeclass.

W:Imighthaveananswer.Windpowerisrenewable,clean,andcanbeobtainedinmore

placesthanoil.

Q:Whatcanbeinferredfromtheconversation?

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M:Ybu'retooyoungtoremember,butinthe1970stherewasaterribleenergycrisis.

W:I'vereadaboutit.Andifwewanttoavoidanotherone,andprotectwhatwehave,Ithink

wemustlearnhowtoconserveourresources.

Q:Whathasthewomanreadabout?

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W:Yau'vebeenstandinghereallday.Whatareyoudoing?

M:I'mtalkingtopeopleaboutourshrinkingforests.It'saveryimportantissue.Ifforests

aren'tprotected,wewon'thaveanytreesleft.

Q:Whatisthemandoing?

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M:Newregulationswillrequiremostfactoriestoreducewasteoutputby30to35percent.

W:Somewillonlyhavetocutwastebyonlytwoorthreepercent.Butwe'regoingtobehit

hardbythisnewlaw.We'regoingtogetitdownby50percent.

Q:Howmuchwillthespeakers'factoryhavetocutwasteby?

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W:Canyougoupstairs,gatherthenewspapersinyourroom,andbringthemdownstairs,

honey?Fmgoingtomakearuntotherecyclingplant.

M:CanIdoitafterschool?I'mreallyinahurry.

Q:Wherearethespeakers?

三、longconversation

W:Todaywe'reveryluckytohavewithusaspecialguest.SoIwantyoualltosayhelloto

OfficerMitchell.

M:Thankyou,Ms.Lewis.I'mheretotellyouaboutbeingsafeduringanearthquake,lbstart,

doesanybodyhaveanyquestions?Anybody?Anyoneatall?Wouldanyonelike...

W:OfficerMitchell,Ithinkthestudentsarealittleshy.HowaboutIaskyousomequestions?

M:Sure.That'dbefine.

W:WhatshouldIdoinanearthquake?

M:Ybushouldfindasecurelocationtowaititout,likeunderaheavytableordesk,orinan

interiorhallwaywhereyoucanbraceyourselfbetweentwowalls.Doorwaysarethe

safestplacestostand,thankstothestrongbeamsoverhead.However,watchoutfor

swingingdoors.Andstayawayfromwindows.

W:WhatifFmoutside?

M:Inthatcase,youshouldgetintoanopenarea,awayfromfallingbuildings,trees,andother

things.Andifyou'reinacrowdedpublicarea,youshouldcrouchlowwithyourhands

protectingyourheadandneck.

W:Thatsoundslikegoodadvice.ButwhatifI'mdriving?

M:Thenpullovertothesideoftheroad,stop,andwaituntilthequakehasended.

Remember,earthquakes,likesomanyotherthingsinnature,aredangerous.

1.Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout?

2.Whereistheconversationtakingplace?

3.Whereisthebestplacetostayinsideabuildingduringan

earthquake?

4.Underwhatcircumstanceshouldapersongetlowandprotecthisor

herheadduringanearthquake?

5.Whereshouldapersonstophisorhercarduringanearthquake?

四、passage

Howshouldwefeelwhentoldtheearthisgoingtodie?Shouldwefeelresponsible?

Troubled?Upset?Idon'tthinkso.I'vecometorealizethatmankindisunableto"kill"the

earth.\bs,wecanchangeit.Buttheearthhasbeenchangedbefore,andhasnotdiedyet.

Forexample,duringthepast1.65millionyears,therehavebeenfourmajor,andmany

minor,episodesofglobalcooling.Theseepisodesresultedinthesouthwardsurgeofhuge

fieldsofglacialiceinbothNorthAmericaandEurasia.Theseepisodesalsocausedgreat

migrationsofanimalsandplants.Andyet,theearthremained.

Theearthalsosurvivedgreaterchanges,onesthatcausedmassextinctionsofanimals.

Duringasix-to-eight-million-yeartimeperiodaround380millionyearsago,only300species

groupswereleftinexistence.Andstill,theearthremained.Itwould'vesurvivedifonly250or

200groupshadlived,oreven100.

Sowhatshouldwedowhenwearetoldthattheearthwilldie?Well,weprobably

shouldn'tlisten.Theearthwillsurvive.We,ontheotherhand,maynot.Andso,itisinour

bestinteresttoconserveresourcesanddefendourselvesagainstnaturaldisasters.

1.Whatisthespeakertalkingabout?

2.Whatcausedgreatmigrationsofanimalsandplants?

3.Howmanygroupsofspecieswereleftaround380millionyears

ago?

4.Whatshouldweworryaboutmost?

5.Whatshouldwedefendourselvesagainst?

Unit7GreatIGreatIGreatness!

二、shortconversations

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M:Whatareyoudoingwithtwocomputersonyourdesk?Youcan'tpossiblybeusingboth.

W:SureIcan.It'ssomethingIlearnedfromreadingaboutBillGates.AndI'vefoundthatIcan

increasemyproductivitylikethis.

Q:Whydoesthewomanusetwocomputers?

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W:What?Lateagain?\buknow,you'llneverbecomeagreatperson,likeBillGates,ifyou

don'tlearntobepunctual!

M:Well,maybeIdon'twanttobegreat.Infact,IthinkI'mOKwiththewayIam.

Q:Howdoesthemanfeel?

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M:WhenImetMichaelJordan,Icouldfeelhisenergy.Hewassopositiveandenergetic.

W:That'swhatpeoplealwayssayabouthim.Fvetriedtoduplicatethoseexactqualitiesin

mylife.And,youknowwhat?I'vegottenabetterjobbecauseofit.

Q:WhatdopeoplealwayssayaboutMichaelJordan?

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M:Somegreatmen,likeMartinLutherKing,Jr.,distinguishthemselvesbystandingupfor

what'srightandnevergivingin.

W:Vbu'reexactlyrightaboutgreatmenandaboutKing.Hewasarealhero.

Q:Whatcanbeinferredfromtheconversation?

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M:MartinLutherKing,Jr.isoftencreditedforhavingbeenagreatspeaker,butIthinkhewas

alsoagreatwriter.Don'tyouthinkso?

W:Sure.I'vereadhisbookLettersfromaBirminghamJail.It'simpressive.

Q:WhydoesthewomanmentionLettersfromaBirminghamJail?

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W:WhenacceptingtheNobelPeacePrize,Kingsaidhedidn'twanttoembarrasswhite

people,onlytogainfreedomforhisownpeople.

M:That'sverykind.AndIthinkalltrulygreatpeoplehavehadsimilarspirits.

Q:Accordingtotheman,whatiscommontotrulygreatpeople?

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M:Notallgreatpeoplearefamous-takeJackKilbyasanexample.

W:Right.Kilbyinventedthemicrochip,andreceivedtheNobelPrize.Butonlyasmallpartof

thepublicknowsofhim.It'sverysurprising.

Q:Whatisverysurprising?

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W:What'sthegreatestinventionofthelastfewhundredyears?

M:Let'ssee,thelightbulb,thecar,thephone?No,Ithinkit'sthemicrochip.Whoever

inventedthatchangedtheworldmorethananyoneelse.

Q:Accordingtotheman,whichinventionchangedtheworldthemost?

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M:You'vebeensittingthereatyourdeskallday.Don'tyouthinkyoushouldgooutsidewith

theotherstudentsforawhile?

W:Nah.IfIleavethisroom,eventogohome,Imightnotaccomplishmydreams.

Q:Whereistheconversationtakingplace?

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W:OurdaughterisgoingtobethenextMartinLutherKing,Jr.I'msureofit!

M:Well,Fmnotsosure.Butshedoesspendalotoftimefightingfortherightsofothers.And

that'senoughtomakeaparentproud.

Q:Whatistherelationshipbetweenthetwospeakers?

三、longconversation

M:I'vebeenthinkingaboutaherotomodelmylifeupon.

W:What'sthis?

M:Well,yousee,myteacheraskedeveryonetowriteareportonagreatperson.Inthe

report,wehavetogointowhatmadethepersongreatandhowwe'