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Part III Viewing a BBC program

1. Read the statements. Then watch the video clip and fill in the blanks. Learn the new words that will appear in it before watching.

1) This is the story of how The Zimmers, with________of nearly 3,000 took the rock world by storm.

2) Many old people in Britain were lonely and________, cast aside by society.

 Eighty-two-year-old Joan had been________since a bad fall three years ago. She only left the flat for going to the doctor’s or the dentist’s but not for pleasure.

 Ninety-nine-year-old Winnie was a serial care-home mover. She just couldn’t find one that________. over the last decade, she’d moved care homes .

 Ninety-year-old Alf was facing the________of his local bingo club, which meant there would be nowhere to________his friends. It’s so difficult to find new friends at his age.

3) To get cast-aside old people heard again, pensioners were encouraged to form the band The Zimmers. They came together at the world-famous Abbey Road Studios, to record a cover version of The Who’s “My Generation”.

4) When the video was made________, it proved a sensation.________People watched it in the first few days.

New words

The Zimmers 英国乐队名

episode n. （电视连续剧或广播连载节目中的）一集

Abbey Road Studios 艾比路录音室（世界著名录音室，位于伦敦）

The Who “谁人”乐队（英国最著名的摇滚乐队之一）

My Generation 《我这一代》（“谁人”乐队的代表作）

hurray interj. （表示激动与高兴的呼喊声）好哇

the charts (plural) n. （流行歌曲每周）排行榜

serial a. 连续的

care home n. （照料老人或病人的）护理院

boredom n. 无聊；乏味；厌倦

bingo n. 宾戈游戏

sensation n. 引起轰动的人（事）

Now watch again and check your answers.

1) a combined age

2) forgotten; stuck indoors; felt right; 16 times; closure; meet

3) 40

4) available online; Two million

听力原文

P&F = Phillip Scholfield and Fern Britton; JL = Jay Leno; GN = Graham Norton;

TS = Tim Samuels; G = George Clooney; J = Joan; W = Winnie; A = Alf

P&F: The Zimmers! Hurray!

JL: The Zimmers!

GN: The Zimmers!

TS: Who’d have thought it would come to this? When 40 isolated old people formed a rock band. This is the story of how The Zimmers, with a combined age of nearly 3,000 took the rock world by storm. And even took their message all the way to Hollywood.

G: Congratulations, you guys. Hello. Hi, I’m George. How are you? I hear you’re all over the charts.

TS: Four months ago, we set about making a film about what it’s like being old in Britain today. We found many who were lonely and forgotten, cast aside by society.

J: Hello.

TS: Hello, Joan. I’m Tim. Eighty-two-year-old Joan had been stuck indoors since a bad fall three years ago.

J: When I have left the flat, it’s only ever for something like that, the doctor’s, the dentist … you know, not … I haven’t been for pleasure.

TS: Nighty-nine-year-old Winnie was a serial care-home mover. She just couldn’t find one that felt right. Over the last decade, she’d moved care homes 16 times. Boredom drove Winnie from her last home. How do you feel about leaving this place?

W: Nothing but joy.

TS: And 90-year-old Alf was facing the closure of his local bingo club, which meant there would be nowhere to meet his friends.

A: I’m gonna lose these people, when that closes, it’s because I’ve gotta, I’ve gotta find new friends. And at our ages, it’s so difficult.

TS: So, we thought we would try and get these cast-aside old people heard again. And what better way than record a charity single, and try and storm the charts. All we had to do was convince them we were serious. Eventually, 40 pensioners took a leap of faith and came together at the world-famous Abbey Road Studios, to record a cover version of The Who’s “My Generation”. The name of their band, The Zimmers.

TS: It was a day when people made friends, and came alive again.

W: I’ve never kissed a 101-year-old yet.

TS: What’s more, it looked like we might even have a decent single on our hands. And when we made the video available online, it proved a sensation. Two million people watched it in the first few days.