新标准大学英语视听说2听力材料文本及答案(13)

Do you mind if I turn it off? Janet

It’s fine, I wasn’t listening. Mark

Do you follow the news? Janet

Yeah, I do. But I don’t often listen to the radio, I mostly get my news online. Kate Do you?

Janet

Yes, I read articles from different papers. Kate

My dad does that.

Mark

Well, I’ve got used to reading real newspapers. Janet

You should try reading the news online. You get lots of different views, it’s very stimulating.

Mark

True, it is stimulating. But I’ve got into the habit of reading the papers in the JCR – in a comfortable armchair, with lots of black coffee. Kate

Don’t either of you listen to the radio? It’s a great way to wake up. Mark

Yeah, I do that. And I download podcasts. And I watch the news on telly.

Kate

You’re a news addict. We all know that. Mark

You have to be if you read PPE. You have to be really knowledgeable about current affairs. Janet You are. Kate

Well, I’m a TV addict. I spend too much time watching the soaps. I love British TV.

Janet

We’ve noticed, Kate. Are you going to watch Friends with me tonight? Kate You bet!

Outside view

Part1

Keith

I saw Robin Williams come to the patio. I made the run, jumped a couple of sawhorses, climbed up a stairway, got in front of him, and said, “Robin, do you mind if I take a picture?” He goes, “After all that, how could I stop you?”

V/O

Keith Sykes has a long career in journalism, photography, and communications. Keith

I’ve taken pictures of a lot of celebrities. Cindy Crawford. I’ve taken her picture a few times and, I, I think it’s impossible to take a bad picture of her. James Garner. I’ve photographed famous politicians. I stood in the same position for two hours to get this picture. Photographing these people is uh, an exciting thing for me. When I moved to Los Angeles in 1979 to become editor of a weekly newspaper out there, I was really excited when I started getting these invitations to come to this award show, or this benefit show. I was showing up at all these events and seeing people that I had seen on the screen and it was, uh, really, uh, a magical moment for me. Part2 Keith

The word paparazzi means “the pest” in Italian. Fellini dubbed a character who played a pesky photographer in La Dolce Vita “Paparazzo”.

The

roots

of

paparazzi

photography were in Europe after World War II. The countries were all subject to many political factions who were deciding what direction their countries would go. This