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1、如有侵权，请联系网站删除，仅供学习与交流外研版必修五 module1 听力文本【精品文档】第 7 页TapescriptPart 1Interviewer: Hello, and welcome to todays edition of In the air. As you know every week on this programme we discuss an aspect of the way we live now, and todays topic is the language we speak English. So thats something which affects

2、 us all. The question is, whats going to happen to the way we speak English in the future? Are we all going to speak like Americans? Or will British English still exist? Later on were going to ask you to phone in and give your views on the subject, but first were going to speak to two young people,

3、one American, and one British, who have spent time on an educational exchange in the others country because we thought perhaps they would have some interesting ideas on the subject. Part 2Interviewer: Id like to speak to our American guest first. Hi, Samantha, welcome to the show, and welcome to Eng

4、land! Samantha: Thanks! Interviewer: Where are you from? Samantha: Im from Albany, in New York State. Interviewer: When did you arrive in the UK? Samantha: Two months ago, in September, at the beginning of the school term. Interviewer: How did you get to hear about the exchange? Samantha: I saw an a

5、dvertisement in my school magazine back in the states. Interviewer: Where are you attending school now? Samantha: In Leeds, in Yorkshire. Interviewer: And how are you getting on? Samantha: Im getting on just fine, now that I understand the local accent. Interviewer: So, it was difficult at first? Sa

6、mantha: Yes, because I didnt get what people were saying for a couple of days. I think that was the biggest problem I had when I arrived. Interviewer: But then you got used to it? Samantha: Yes and now it seems quite normal. In fact, in some ways the accent here, in the north of England, reminds me

7、of American English. Interviewer: How do you mean? Samantha: Well, like they say bath instead of bath, or Do you want to dance instead of dance, like they do in other parts of Britain. Interviewer: Whats been the most positive thing about the exchange so far? Samantha: Definitely the people, especia

8、lly the other students in my class. Theyre really friendly. Interviewer: Is there anything else you like about living in Britain? Samantha: Lots of things, like the music scene in Leeds, for instance. I like Leeds because theres more going on here than back home in the states. The school has a creat

9、ive music laboratory, which is really interesting. Interviewer: Ive got a question to ask you, Samantha, about the future of English. Do you think in the future everyone will speak American English? Samantha: No, why should they? Since English is spoken all over the world, I guess its only natural t

10、hat there are lots of varieties. Interviewer: So do you think youll go home speaking with a north of England accent? Samantha: Oh no, I didnt mean that! Interviewer: Well now Id like to turn to our other guest, another exchange student, thats eighteen-year-old Callum Nightingale. Callum, you recentl

11、y returned from the US. How long were you there? Callum: Ten months altogether. Interviewer: And where were you? Callum: I was in a fertile agricultural region, in a fairly small town in Mississippi. Interviewer: Thats quite a long way south, isnt it? Callum: Yes, it is. Interviewer: What was the mo

12、st difficult problem you had? Callum: I reckon it was the climate; it was hot and humid for a lot of the time. Interviewer: How did you get on with American English? Callum: Well, I didnt really have any problems with the accent. It was easy to understand, they speak rather slowly. Interviewer: But

13、did they understand you? Callum: Thats a good point. I think they did. As I was the only British person in the school they made a fuss of me. The girls all said my accent was cute. Interviewer: What was the best moment of your stay? Callum: I think it was the prom, thats the school dance at the end

14、of the year. Interviewer: I want to ask you a couple of questions about American English. Did you find that a lot of words are different? Callum: Yes, especially at school they have grades, we have years, then the names of subjects are a bit different, like civics, which basically means law and gove

15、rnment. And some sports are different football means American football, not soccer I actually played in the soccer team. Then the American word for maths is math, without the s that seems like a very small detail. But the first time I heard it, it sounded strange . but you get used to it. When I cam

16、e home my mum said I had picked up an American accent, but its worn off now I think. Interviewer: Callum, do you think that in the future everybody will speak an American variety of English? Callum: Maybe yes. I think the British will speak American English because they hear it every day now, on TV,

17、 in films and so on. Interviewer: And are you happy about that? Callum: I dont know. I suppose I dont mind, really. Everything changes sooner or later. Mary: Hi there, Im Mary Mansi. Welcome to another edition of the phone-in programme where we talk about talking: Speaking of Language. Call us with

18、your questions. The number is 0203-444-666, and calls are free. In the studio with us today is Professor Evans from the UK. Welcome, sir! Professor Evans: Thanks, good morning, Mary. Mary: How long have you studied language and the way we speak, sir? Professor Evans: Ive been interested in words and

19、 how we use them since I was a small boy. I grew up in the North of England, as you can hear from my accent. Now I live in a small town in Wales, where people speak English with a strong Welsh accent. And my wife is Australian so I hear three different English accents every day! Mary: Ok, great. Now

20、 lets go to our first caller. Good morning maam. Lili: Hi there Mary, this is Lili Wang. Im from Shanghai but my husband is American and weve just had our first baby. His name is John, and hes five months old. Mary: Congratulations! Whats your question, Lili? Lili: Thanks. My question is as I speak

21、Chinese to him, and my husband speaks English to him, will he learn both languages or will he speak Chinglish? Professor Evans: Will he speak WHAT? Lili: Chinglish it means a mixture of Chinese and English. He hears both languages every day. Professor Evans: Dont worry, Lili. In the first five years

22、 of life, children find it easy to learn two languages. Even if those languages are very different, they dont have a problem. To a baby, no language is easier or more difficult than any other. For example, they all make the same sounds at the same age. One of the first sounds all babies make is ma.

23、Ma is the word for mother in almost every language. He will probably say ma quite soon! When he is older, he will be bilingual and speak both languages perfectly and without an accent too! Lucky boy! Lili: Oh thank you, that is good news. I must go now. He needs me! Goodbye! Mary: Goodbye Lili and baby John.