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UNIT3Track4-3-2Conversation1Woman1:Whatareyouwatching?Woman2:Oh,justthenews.Woman1:CanIchangethechannel?Woman2:Injustaminute.Iwanttoseetheendofthisreport.Woman1:Ididn'tknowyouwereinterestedinthenews.Woman2:Well,it'sChristianeAmanpour.She'sreallygreat.SheusuallyreportsfromLondon--thecitywhereshewasborn.Woman1:Idon'tknowher.Woman2:She'saninternationalcorrespondent.Shegoestosomereallydangerousplaces.Whenthere'sawar,she'susuallythere.Woman1:Soundsscary.Woman2:Yeah.And--getthis--she'sawifeandmother,too.Woman1:That'sveryimpressive!Conversation2Man1:That'sastrange--lookingbook.Whatisit?Man2:It'sthewritingsandphotosofDanEldon.Hewasaphotojournalist.Man1:Aphotojournalist?Man2:Yeah.Aphotographerandajournalist.HewasborninLondonin1970.Thebooktellsallabouthislifeandhisdangerousadventures.Man1:Well,thebookcertainlylooksinteresting.Hashewrittenanythingelse?Man2:Hewroteabookwhenhewasyounger.Unfortunately,hewon'tbewritinganythingelse--hewaskilled.Man1:Hedied?Man2:Yeah.It'sreallysad.Hewasonly22.HewaskilledwhileworkinginAfrica.Track4-3-4Joe:Whatareyoureading,Maria?Maria:TheDailyNews.Joe:TheNews?Ugh!That’saterriblepaper.Maria:Oh,Joe,it’snotsobad.Joe:Notsobad?Lookatthatheadlineonthefrontpage!It’ssosensational.Maria:Well,they’vegotgreatcomics.Ican’tlivewithoutmycomics.Joe:Iknow.Butthenewscoverageissopoor,...especiallytheinternationalnews.It’sajoke,really.Maria:I’mnotsointerestedintheinternationalnews.Besides,theyhavesomanyothergoodfeatures.Joe:Likewhat?Maria:Like…thedailyhoroscope,forexample.Iloveit.Joe:That’snotagoodreasontobuyanewspaper…forthehoroscope!Maria:Look,thenewspaperonlycosts50cents.Whatsoyouexpect?Joe:Goodpoint.Maria:Besidesthehoroscope,Ialsoliketheentertainmentnews.Iliketoreadaboutthestarsandtheirloveaffairs.Joe:Well,youcankeepTheDailyNews.I’mgoingtostickwithTheTimes.Track4-3-6Amy:John,I’venevernoticethisoldphotoofyourfamilybefore.John:Mymotherjustfounditintheattic.Shedecidedtohangitup.Amy:It’sanicepictureofyourfamily.John：Ithinkit’sembarrassing.AndIlookstupid.Amy:Well,youcould‘vecombedyourhair…it’saniceshot,though.Lookathowyoungyouare!Howoldwereyouinthephoto?John:Eight…nowait,I’djustturnednine.Amy:Iguessthesetwopeopleareyourparents.John:Yep.Theyweremarriedwhenthatpicturewastaken.Nowthey’redivorced.Amy:Oh.Whatdotheydo?John:Myfather’sretired.Momworksinahospital.Amy:Whataretheirnames?John：Well,myfather’snameisJoseph.MymotherisOlivia---shewasnamedafterapopularactress.Amy:Howgreat!Ihaveanauntwiththesamename.IlovethenameOlivia…Who’sthatguy?John:Whichone?Amy:Theguystandingbehindyou.Isthatyourbrother,Tom?John:No,that'smyUncleRandy.He’sonlytwoyearsolderthanmybrother.Amy:He’scute.Iloveaguywithamoustache.John:Um,sorry,buthe’smarriednow.Hiswifejusthadababy.Amy:Iwasjustmakingacomment…Sotheotheryoungguymustbeyourbrother.John:Yes.That’sTom.Amy:Howoldisheinthepicture?John:Let’ssee…he’snineyearsolderthanme…sohewould‘vebeen18then.Amy:Andthere’syourlittlesister,Tina.She’ssocute!John:Yeah.She’stwoyearsyoungerthanme.It’shardtobelieveshe’sinhighschoolnow!Track4-3-81.AbankrobberyinVirginia,USA,wasstoppedwhentherobberandthebanktellercouldn’treachanagreement.Therobberpushedaholdupnoteunderthewindow,butthetellerlookedatit,said,”Ican’treadthis,”andgaveitback.Therobberpushedthenotethroughasecondtime.Thetellercrumpledthenoteupandthrewitattherobber.Hepickeditupandwalkedoutofthebank.2.Aprofessionalicehockeyplayerwillmisstherestofthisseason’sgamesbecauseheinjuredhimself.NationalHockeyLeaguegoalieJean-LouisBlanchardwentontheinjuredlistafterhefellandseriouslyhurthisback.HewaswalkingoutofarestaurantinOttawa,Canada,whenheslippedonsomeice.3.ThefirstinternationalcamelbeautycontestwasheldlastweekinAlxa,inwesternChina.Morethan100dressed-upcamelsenteredthecontest.Thejudgesexaminedthemforshinyhair,tallhumps,andbeautifulcostumes.Unlikehumanbeautycontests,though,therewerenointerviewswiththecontestants.4.PoliceinSheffield,England,arresteda41-year-oldmanforstealingfivecars.GrahamOwenswenttocardealersandsaidhewantedtobuyacar,andborrowedacartotest-drive.Eachtime,hedrovethecararound,thencleaneditinsideandwasheditoutside---beforeleavingitatthesideoftheroad,andwalkinghome.P49Track4-3-101.NuttynewsLuluisakangaroo.For10yearsshehaslivedwiththeRichardsfamily.Luluwasadoptedbythefamilyaftertheyfoundhernexttoherdeadmother.Mr.KenRichardsisafarmer.Hewasworkingonhisfarmwhenaheavytreebranchsuddenlyfellontopofhim.LulustoodnexttoMr.Richards’body.Shestartedbarkinganddidn’tleaveMr.Richards’side.I’veneverheardLulubarklikethat---shesoundedlikeadog.Shebarkedandbarkedandshedidn’tstop,“saidCeleste,Mr.Richards’daughter.After15minutes,theRichardsfamilywenttoinvestigate.TheyfoundKenonthegroundandhewasunconscious.“Luluisahero,“saidCeleste.“Shesavedmyfather.”Mr.Middleton,anexpertveterinarian,saidthatLulu’sstoryisrare.“Ihaveneverseenakangarooactlikethat.MaybeluluhelpedKenRichardsbecausetheRichardsfamilyistheonlyfamilyshehaseverknown.”LuluhasalwaysfollowedKenaroundthefarm.She’saloyal,friendly,andveryintelligentkangaroo.AfterKenleavesthehospital,heisplanningtogoeverywherewithLulu.2.NuttynewsAp