新世纪大学英语视听说教程1;3听力原文
A group of teenagers is standing outside a hair salon in Manchester, England. Many of them have cameras and are looking in the salon window. Then want to see soccer player David Beckham. A man in the salon looks like Beckham (he has blond hair and Beckham‘s good looks). But the man in the salon isn‘t the famous soccer player. He‘s Andrew Barn-- a twenty-two–year–old hairdresser.
Barn isn‘t surprised by the teenagers. People often stop him on the street and want to take his picture. Barn is a hairdresser, but the also makes money as a Beckham double. Barn travels all over Europe as David Beckham. Newspapers often take his photo. It‘s an exciting life for the hairdresser from Manchester.
Today, many companies work with celebrity doubles. The most popular celebrity doubles look like famous athletes, pop singers, and actors. The companies pay doubles to go to parties and business meetings. Doubles are also on TV and in newspaper ads.
Why do people want to look like a celebrity? An Anna Kournikova double in the U.S. says, "I can make good money. I also make a lot of people happy.‖
Tack 1-1-OL-9
B. Listen again. Then circle True or False. If a sentence is false, make it true.
Unit 1, Lesson B
Global Viewpoints
Nick: My name is Nick Raducanu. I‘m 23 years old and I‘m from the United States. I speak English and I also speak French.
Woo Sung: My name is Woo Sung. I‘m from Seoul, Korea. I am 20 years old and I‘m a student. I speak English, Korean, and French.
Natalie: My name‘s Natalie Danglade. I‘m 25 years old. I live in the United States and I‘m a reporter at a television.
Dayanne: My name is Dayanne Leal. I am from Brazil and my first language is Portuguese. I‘m not very tall and also I‘m not very skinny. I have brown eyes and short brown hair.
Dan: My name is Dan and I‘m from the United States. I‘m 28 years old and I work at a hospital. I speak English, and Spanish and Portuguese. I‘m petty tall. I‘m about six feet. I have a muscular build and short blonde hair. I have hazel-colored eyes.
Kevin: My name is Kevin Truong. I‘m 24 years old. I have short black hair, brown eyes, and an athletic build. I have a sister named Sabrina. She is short, muscular, and tan.
Dayanne: I have a friend who looks like Antonio Banderas. He‘s tall, dark hair, brown eyes, but he‘s thin and Antonio Banderas is a little more muscular.
Woo Sung: I don‘t really look like my parents. They‘ re both short and I‘m tall. I do look like my sister. She‘s tall and thin like me.
Natalie: My daughter has curly black hair, she‘s short, light-skinned, and she‘s really cute.
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