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Part III Viewing a BBC program

1. Read the questions and the answer choices. Then watch the video clip and choose the best answer to each question. Learn the new words that will appear in it before watching.

1) Where did Joanna Lumley live as a little girl?

A. In a cold polar area.

B. In a hot and dry area.

C. In a steamy tropical area.

D. In a snowy mountainous area.

2) Why does Joanna Lumley say she feels she has come into another land?

A. Because it is full of snow queens.

B. Because it is unlike what she has dreamed.

C. Because it is very different from her own place.

D. Because it is a place with no taxis but sled dogs.

3) Where did Joanna Lumley first learn about the Northern Lights?

A. From a book.

B. From her friends.

C. From an old drawing.

D. From some beautiful old maps.

4) What does the local guide tell Joanna Lumley to do?

A. Wait patiently to see the Northern Lights.

B. Walk further down to see the Northern Lights.

C. Wait for the whole morning to see the Northern Lights.

D. Wait until the weather gets more certain to see the Northern Lights.

New words

Joanna Lumley 乔安娜·拉姆利（英国演员）

fairytale a. 童话般的；极好的

fabulously ad. 极其

long v. 渴望；极想

steamy a. 闷热潮湿的

tropical a. （国家）位于热带的

yearn v. 渴望；向往

elusive a. 难找到的；难抓住的

oil-based a. 油基的；油制的

pastel n. 蜡笔

Viking n. 北欧海盗

haunt v. 萦绕在……心头；缠绕

rippling a. 呈波状移动的

rank n. (BrE) 出租车搭乘站

Tura Christiansen 图拉·克里斯蒂安森

Tromsø 特罗姆瑟市（挪威城镇）

Kjetil Skøglie 谢蒂尔·斯科格列

pitch-black a. 漆黑的

fjord n. （尤指挪威海岸的）峡湾

Now watch again and check your answers.

参考答案

1 C 2 C 3 A 4 A

听力原文

JL = Joanna Lumley; T = Tura; KS = Kjetil Skoglie

JL: The far north. Fairytale mountains. It’s just fabulously beautiful. The land of the magical Northern Lights is somewhere I’ve longed for all my life. As a little girl I lived in the steamy heat of tropical Malaysia. I used to yearn to be cold. I’d never even seen snow. But my storybooks were full of snow queens, and now I’m entering that world. This is the journey I’ve always dreamt of making. I feel I’ve come into another world now. No people except you and us. And if we’re very lucky we might see the elusive Northern Lights. I pack up things that are going to be essential on every trip. So in here I’ve got, for instance, oil-based pastels; and I’ve got a lovely little drawing book, but I’ve got that colored pages so that you can draw in different colors; a lovely old guidebook – it’s called The Land of the Vikings. It’s got beautiful old maps. Look at that. But if it wasn’t for one item in my case, I wouldn’t be on this journey at all. This is the book: Ponny the Penguin. This is when I first heard of the Northern Lights. And there was this picture which haunted me of a sort of rippling curtain and a little tiny penguin. This is not your average taxi rank at the station. I’m in the hands of Tura Christiansen and his team of 11 sled dogs. Good morning. I’m Joanna.

T: Tura.

JL: Tura. How nice to see you, Tura.

T: Yes.

JL: These are wonderful dogs.

T: They like to … to, er …

JL: They like to run?

T: Yes.

JL: The weather near Troms? is uncertain. But local guide, Kjetil Skoglie, promises me we’ll track down the lights even if it takes till morning. I can’t see anything, Kjetil.

KS: No, it’s … it’s nothing yet. You just have to be patient.

JL: OK, so I just wait here.

KS: Yeah, you just wait here.

JL: Yeah.

KS: Good luck.

JL: Thanks, Kjetil. I stand in the pitch-black by the side of the fjord, and wait. Look, much brighter there. Oh, something’s happening there. Oh … Look up here! Look what’s happening here! Look at that! Oh … Oh! Look at this! And it just keeps changing and changing. I can’t believe I’m seeing this. It’s fantastic and it’s coming back again. I have been waiting all my life to see the Northern Lights. I’m as happy as can be. This is the most astonishing thing I have ever, ever seen.