sweetness, all at the same time. It was the strangest feeling I’ve ever had.

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Interviewer: So what's your first memory of school, Kevin?

Kevin: I was really looking forward to school, I remember that, I just

couldn't wait. Yeah, Johnny, my brother, was a year older than me and he seemed so grown-up, with his red blazer and smart shoes. And I wanted to go to school and be grown-up too. I don't remember much of the first day actually, apart from this little boy lying on the floor and screaming and screaming and me thinking what a baby he was.

Interviewer: Right! What about you, Eva?

Eva: I just have this one memory of this coat rack with（遭受……痛苦） all

our coats. And I was looking for my peg which had a little picture of an elephant next to it. I remember I was crying because I wanted to go home and I couldn't get my coat on. I was crying so much and then the teacher came and helped me.

Interviewer: OK, so what about your first best friend at school?

Kevin: Oh, yeah, well, Steve, I remember him, because he's still my best

friend!

Interviewer: Still your best friend! Eva: That's so great!

Kevin: Yeah, we didn't know each other before we started school but we

became really good friends and so did our mums. Our families ended up going on holiday together and that kind of thing. But we used to fight a lot, Steve and I, and the teachers used to get very cross with us. But we were just having fun. Interviewer: Cool! And what about you, Eva?

Eva: My best friend was a girl called Robina. She had short blond hair, I

remember I thought she looks like an angel. We sat next to each other and held hands and played fairies in the playground. She left in Year 3 and I cried for days.

Interviewer: Oh, how sad! So what about the day you left school? How

was that?

Eva: I had a lot of mixed feelings, I remember walking home with this

amazing feeling of freedom, you know, no more rules, no more

bossy teachers. But I also felt pretty sad, because I'd had some good times. I was in a group of girls who were so supportive of each other.

Kevin: I couldn't wait to leave, I was counting the days.I just wanted to get

a job, get a life, earn some cash. The day I left, I went out to celebrate with a couple of my mates and--had a very good time!

Unit 3

? Inside view

Janet: So where are we now? Andy: This is the West End. It's famous for cinemas and theatres. I used to work in a theatre near here. Janet: Really? What did you do? Andy: I moved the scenery between acts in the play. If I'm not mistaken, I worked on Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw. Janet: If I remember correctly, that was made into a musical film, wasn't it? My Fair Lady? I remember seeing it on TV. Andy: Oh, it's Joe. Hey! ... yes, we're on our way. I don't think we're that late ... Chill out, Joe, we'll be there. Andy: Anyway, come on, we'd better get a move on. Janet: How far is it from here? Andy: It's not far, maybe five minutes' walk, but Joe gets cross if I'm late. Joe: Hello Janet, hello Andy. Late as usual! Andy: Actually, by my watch, I'm bang on time. Joe: Well, let's get on with it. This is Toby Jenkins, the theatre critic. Toby: Nice to meet you. Are you ready to start? Andy: Hang on a minute! Janet, can you check the sound level? Can you hear me OK, Janet? Janet? Janet: Hi Andy, I can't hear you. What's up? Andy: Can you hear me now? Janet: Ouch! Yes, that's much louder. Joe: Let's stop wasting time, please! Just get on with the interview, will you? Andy: And we've got Toby Jenkins here with us today, who has just been to see the latest show at The Hippodrome, La Clique. So, La Clique is slightly different from the usual shows we see here in the West End these days. Can you tell me something about it, Toby? Toby: Yes, it's a kind of cabaret, with a series of variety acts set in a kind of circus（马戏团）. It's very contemporary, extremely well produced and huge fun. Andy: Tell me more about the acts. Toby: Well, there are stunts performed on a high wire, and puppets. There's a sword swallower and juggler, and a rubber man who manages to pass his whole body through a tennis racquet(球拍) Andy: It sounds very unusual. Toby: Yes, for the West End today, but not so unusual for 30 or more years ago. Andy: So it's family entertainment, then? Toby: Ah, no. I'm afraid it's pretty adult. But very funny and very stylish. Andy: Did you get that OK, Janet? Joe: Let me have a listen ... Janet: Oh no, did I do something wrong? Joe: Well, it's just that I can't hear anything. Let's try again ... Andy: Did you remember to keep an eye on the sound levels? That meter, there! Janet: Oh no, I clean forgot. Andy: It's OK. We'll just do another take. Joe: Come on you two. Hurry up! Janet: I'm so sorry. It slipped my mind. Joe: You'll forget your own head one day. Sorry about this, Toby. From the top, please! Andy: And we've got Toby Jenkins here with us today ? Outside View

The Mona Lisa, the most famous painting in the world, was trully revolutionary even in its time. While he was painting the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci broke all the rules, even his own. In spite of the fact that Leonardo and other aritists believed that women should only be portrayed with eyes gazing slightly down. Leonodo painted the Mona Lisa looking directly at the viewer. The position of her body is another innovation. While her face looks straight ahead, her body is slight turned, a pose that creates a sense of movement and tension. In another break from tradition, the Mona Lisa is not wearing any jewellery or adorments. Finally, backgrounds in portraits usually indicated a real place but the landscape in Leonardo’s portrait seems almost imaginary.

A: One of the things I like to do is, um, think about her face and why, what is she trying, why, what is she trying to say with her face and I used to think that her face told more than one story. For instance, if I covered up one side of her face, it seemed like she might be a little sad or resevered, almost secretive.

S:Her eyes are, they’re kind of looking at us or around us, through us perhaps. I think with that painting she is the viewer and we are the subject in a way. And she has this look that she knows something that we don’t know.

A: And then when I covered up that side and looked at the other side, she seemed happier, um, more satisfied. And together, it created sort of the mystery about her that, um, made interpreting her face very enigmatic.

S:There’s speculation that the Mona Lisa is a self-portrait of Leonardo and I, I believe that it is, there, there, the features do line up between the Mona Lisa and sketches of Leonardo.

Scott McMahon and Anne Pfaff are both portrait artists. They believe that portraits can tell a story and make people think, just as the Mona Lisa has done for so many years.

A: When I was young, um, I was always interested in, um, reading books about people and, and the dynamics(动力学), different kinds of relationships they had and so when I became a painter it was natural for me to be interested in painting people and looking for similar kinds of stories to tell about them that you might read in a