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Unit 21

Famous People

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Track 22

Listening 1

1

A: Hey, Lisa, are you free Thursday night? Some friends and I are going to see the new Halle Berry movie. Would you like to come along?

B: Oh, I’d love to go! She’s so beautiful. Didn’t she win a bunch of beauty pageants when she was younger?

A: Yeah, she did. And she’s so talented, too. She’s the first African American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress.

B: Yeah! That was really exciting.

2

A: Would you hand me that book on the table?

B: Sure. Here you go. What’s it about?

A: It’s about Gandhi.

B: Oh, yeah? He helped India become independent, right?

A: Right. It’s interesting stuff. He inspired so many people. But did you know he started out as a lawyer?

B: No, I had no idea. So when did he become such an important leader in India?

A: Not until he was in his 40s.

3

A: You look tired today, Nick. Here. Have a cup of coffee.

B: Thanks. Could you pass me the cream?

I was up all night reading the new Stephen King novel.

A: He’s the one who writes those horror stories, right?

B: That’s right.

A: And haven’t they made a lot of his books into movies?

B: Yeah, like Carrie and The Shining. They’re really good, and the books are even better.

And really scary, too. This new book is giving me nightmares.

4

A: How’s it going, Amy?

B: Oh, all right. I’m writing a research paper on Leonardo da Vinci, so I’ve been spending a lot of time in the library.

A: Isn’t he the one who painted the Mona lisa?

B: Yeah. He also did a lot of other great paintings. And he was a scientist and an inventor, too!

5

A: Hey, Josh! Is that a Bob poster?

B: Yeah. Do you like his music?

A: I sure do. He made reggae music famous all over the world. I love that song of his called “No Woman No Cry.”

Have you heard that one?

B: Yeah. I downloaded a great version of it just last week. Do you want to hear it?

6

A: Hey, Jen, do you know where Albert Einstein was from?

I need it for this crossword puzzle I’m doing.

B: Well, he’s from Germany, originally. That’s where he discovered the Theory of Relativity. It completely changed the study of physics.

A: Yeah, I know. I somehow thought he was American.

B: No, but he lived in the United States for a long time. He taught science at Princeton University.