PAU Anglès 2008 · Juny · Sèrie 2 · Part 3 · Listening comprehension

MICHAEL PALIN: THE “TRAVELLING COMEDIAN” In this radio programme you are going to hear some new words. Read and listen to them. Make sure you know what they mean: scholar: acadèmic / académico engage: atraure / atraer abuse: maltractar / maltratar Ready? Now read the questions on the next page. Read them carefully before listening to the radio programme. PRESENTER: Welcome to “Celebrities”, our weekly interview programme. In today’s programme Mary Smith interviews Michael Palin, a famous actor well-known for his comedy roles as part of the Monty Python team, but also for his being an explorer. He is one of Britain’s most loved comedians and travellers. From an interview in “Outlook” (BBC Radio - World Service). Adapted [Now listen to the rest of the interview.] QUESTIONS Choose the best answer according to the recording. Only ONE answer is correct. [0.25 points each correct answer. Wrong answers will be penalized by deducting 0.08 points. There is no penalty for unanswered questions.] A emplenar pel corrector/a No Correcta Incorrecta contestada 1. When Michael was a child he… I often travelled across Europe by plane. I often had the chance to visit his family in the north of England. I watched TV programmes about travels because magazines were very expensive. I he had no opportunities to travel. 2. Michael’s great-grandfather… I enjoyed travelling as a means of getting away. I wrote a book published by Oxford University about his trips to the Alps. I preferred landscapes and mountains to people. I was a great traveller of Irish origin. 3. While working as an actor with the Monty Python, Michael travelled a lot but… I he only went to boring places like New York. I didn’t have the feeling that he was really travelling. I he was not interested in the places he went to. I the only places he liked were the television studios they went to. 4. According to Michael, being a comedian allows you to… I be free and do whatever you want. I understand why people need to be free. I look at the world as an outsider. I understand why people do terrible things. 5. According to Michael, humour is very important when travelling because… I it can bring you closer to people. I people will help you if they see you act like an idiot. I it can help you learn a foreign language. I it will help you understand other cultures. 6. At first Michael was very worried about the round-the-world trip proposed by the BBC because… I the BBC was responsible for the organization and he didn’t trust them. I he thought it was impossible for a camera to follow him everywhere. I he thought it was not possible to get round the world in 80 days. I he had to improvise the interviews with the people he met during the trip. 7. Michael thinks that our society should… I interfere to stop other countries from abusing the environment. I not learn lessons from the way people live in other countries. I not impose our way of life on other countries. I understand why other countries abuse the environment. 8. According to Michael a lesson to be learnt from the poorest people is that… I we produce too much waste because we have much more than we need. I we recycle too many plastic bottles because we drink too much water. I it is a waste of time to recycle plastic bottles. I plastic bottles should not be thrown away in Africa.