新視界大學英語視聽說教程2-Unit5

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Haveyougotyourticketsfortheplay?

Whatplay?

TheplaywhichOUDSareproducing.

Youknow,theplayI'minattheOxfordPlayhouse.

Oh,thatplay!Well,er...

Whataboutyou,Janet?

What'stheplaycalled?

WaitingforGodot,bySamuelBeckett.

Youarecoming,aren'tyou?

Beckett?Whynot?

Well,um,I'msureyou'llbetotallybrilliant,Mark...

butIwishIcouldunderstandtheplay.Itdoesn'tmakesense.

Ifonlyyouweremorepatient,Kate.

Beckett'safascinatingwriter.

You'llcomethough,won'tyou,Janet?

Youreallyoughttoseesomethinglikethis

atleastonceduringyourstayinOxford.

Well,I'mnotsure.

Oh,comeon!Please!

ButifKatedoesn'tunderstandtheplay,

there'snowayI'llbeabletofollowit.

Doyouwanttogo?

Well,Ilovegoingtothetheatre,

andI'dreallyliketoseeMarkacting.

Andactually,yes,IthinkIshouldseeaplaybySamuelBeckett.

Good!Soyou'recoming,Janet.

Iwishyou'dcome,too,Kate.

It'sareallygoodperformance.

Well,OK,butI'monlydoingitbecauseyou'reinit.

Whenisiton?

NextTuesdaytoSaturday.

HowaboutgoingFridaynight?

That'sgreat.Butyou'dbettergetyourticketssoon,

becausewe'reexpectingafullhouse.

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Well,whatdidyouthink?

Itwas...veryinteresting.

Ididn'thaveacluewhatwasgoingon.

Absolutelynothinghappened!

Idon'tknowwhyIbotheredcomingtoseeit.

IthoughtMarkwasbrilliant.

Yes,Ididtoo,ofcourse...

ButIwishIhadreadtheplaybeforeIsawit.

IfonlyIhadknownthestory,

itmighthavebeeneasiertofollowit.

HowlongdoyouthinkMarkwillbe?

Iguessheneedstogetchangedfirst.Hesaidhe'djoinusassoonaspossible.

Hereheis.Hi,Mark!

Hi,whatdidyouthink?HowwasI?

Itwas...verychallenging.

Itwasso-so.

Butyouwerebrilliant!Welldone!

Youwereawesome,Mark.

Everyoneadoredyourperformance.

Darling,youweretodiefor!

OK,OK,don'texaggerate.

Iwasn'tthatgood!Anyway,

I'vegotsomegreatnews!

Tellus!

We'vestartedtalkingaboutnextterm'sOUDSplay.

What'sitgoingtobe?

Hamlet,byWilliamShakespeare!

Great!Andwho'sgoingtoplayHamlet?

Don'ttellme.Letmeguess!

Tobeornottobe-thatistheQuestion!

Idon'tbelieveit.You'regoingtoplayHamlet?

Comeon,let'scelebrate...fromBecketttoShakespeare.

TodayOxford,tomorrow,Hollywood!

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So,whatdoyouguyswanttowatch?

Uh,Idon'tknow.What'son?

HowaboutadocumentaryontheHistoryChannel?

Ilikewatchinghistoryprogrammes.

Idon'treallylikewatchingtheHistoryChannel.

Howaboutabaseballgame?From1973?

Nothanks!Howaboutacookingshow?

Yeah,Ilovewatchingcookingshows.

What?

Ido!

Uh,Idon'tlikecookingshows.Uh,let'swatchsomemusicvideos.

Thisisawful!

Canyouseewhat'sonanotherchannel?

Yeah,sure.Whatchannel?

Uh,anythingbutthis.

Thesetelevisionviewersaretryingtodecideonaprogrammetowatch,

byclickingonchannelsandseeingwhat'son.

I'dliketogivethanksto.

Firstofall,Iwouldn'tbewhereIamtodaywithout...

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Lovelyevening!

Yes,itwouldbegoodtodosomething.

Howaboutgoingtoacountrypub?

OK,wheredoyousuggest?

WhatabouttheonejustoffthemainroadtowardsHenley?

TheKing'sHead?

That'stheone!

Yes,butthetroubleis,itgetssocrowdedatweekendsinthesummer,

especiallyiftheweatherisgood.

WhatI'dreallylikeissomewheretositonthegrasswithabeer,

andtobeabletotalkandhearwhatI'msaying.

Yes,theproblemisthatsomanyofthethings

weliketodoaredeterminedbytheclimate.

Imean,I'msuretheKing'sHeadisemptyinthewinter.

DoyouknowwhatthemostpopularleisureactivityinEnglandis?

Watchingfootball?

Fishing.

Fishing?

Apparently,morepeoplegofishingthandoanyotheractivity.

Eveninbadweather.Anditsnearlyalwaysthemenaswell.

Andtheycanbesobad-temperedifyougettooclose.

Itwouldbenicejusttogoforawalk

liketheydoinItalyandGreece,justbeforedinner,