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Patti ： Oh, gosh, well, I tell you, I think Ashkenazy is just amazing. The

pianist? You know him?

Interviewer ： I know Ashkenazy.

Patti ： He is just one of my gods. Amazing.

Interviewer ： And is there any music, which has special memories for you? Patti ： Oh yes, sure. I think, all the music from my wedding. Just – oh – it just

really brings back memories of the day. We had, we had the whole congregation sang Wonderful world. You know that? You know that song?

Interviewer ： Is that Louis Armstrong?

Patti ： I see trees of green – oh, that one. Even the photographer was

weeping, I tell you.

Interviewer ： That’s Louis Armstrong. That’s great. Thank you.

Speaker 3 Gene Interviewer: What’s your favourite type of music?

Gene: Well, I’m going to have to cheat here because I have two very favourite kinds of music, both at different ends of the musical spectrum. There’s classical music, which I love, orchestral, symphonic music. And then, at the other end there’s sort of pop music, which I just grew up with and I love.

Interviewer: So, pop meaning the Beatles …?

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Gene: The Beatles – certainly, yeah, absolutely. The Beatles.

Interviewer: And do you play any musical instrument … or would you like to play one?

Gene: I never took up an instrument. I have three sisters. They all had

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piano lessons. I never got to have any piano lessons and now I really miss them, so I would like to learn the piano; but I am just too old for that.

And do you have a favourite musician? A special singer or group? Well, as, as I said, I grew up during, during the 60s and the 70s so a

lot of the groups, like Three Dog Night, Credence Clearwater Revival and, of course, the Beatles. So, a lot of those groups there …

Right. Yes. So music from the 60s and 70s? Yep.

And is there any music which has special memories for you? I have to go back to the Beatles. In 1964, it was just a few months

after Kennedy had been assassinated and suddenly, you know, the mood in the States was very low – a lot of confidence had gone out of the States and then suddenly, there was this huge revival of, of life, this huge new music coming over from Britain and so the Beatles, with I wanna hold your hand and She loves you – just fantastic. I’ll never forget it.

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Interviewer ： Great. Thank you. Passage2

Speaker 1 Interviewer: Tell me about leisure activities in the States. What kind of

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spectator and participation sports are there?

OK, well, the four most popular ones are baseball, basketball,

American football of course, and ice hockey.

Yeah, and what about – em – indoor activities, rather than sports.

The kind of things that you do inside?

Well, you could say, could say martial arts. That’s very popular. Tae

Kwon Do – that sort of thing. Bowling. And movies.

Yeah.

Watching television, of course. The average American, I think,

watches television about two and a half hours a day.

And, apart from sports, what other outdoor activities are there? Cycling, tennis, golf, walking and jogging of course and now, more and

more people are playing soccer.

Right. And what kind of cultural activities are very popular in the 19

Speaker 1 ： We all like going to concerts, I think. Er, a lot of people now are joining book clubs.

Interviewer ： Book clubs?

Speaker 1 ： To be a member of a book club, do something … Interviewer ： So just local groups … with friends? Speaker 1 ： Interviewer ：Speaker 1 ： Interviewer ：Speaker 1 ： Interviewer ：Speaker 2 Interviewer: doing?

Yes, local groups. And you discuss books?

Yes, you take a book each, each week or each month. You read it and

then you go back and discuss it. That’s very popular now.

And how about weekend and holiday activities?

Some people like hunting. I’m not one of those at all. I don’t like that.

But that’s very popular in, in the rural areas. Then, of course there’s camping and hiking, also. A lot of Americans volunteer for a wide range of causes – from raising funds to helping people who are less fortunate, tutoring students, or leading Scout troops or doing youth sports, that sort of thing.

Right, yeah.

Tell me about leisure activities and sports in Russia. What do you like 20