【Listen To This 2】听力训练第六十期--04.29
《英语中级听力》是由北外编的一套听力教材，它是在学习完《英语初级听力》后的一本后续教材，难度略高于四级水平，适合想考六级的同学或听力基础较好的人士学习。
大家好，今天我们一起来学习《英语中级听力》（Listen To This 2）这套教材的lesson 14--Section 2，希望大家坚持学习，能对通过CET4、6的听力测试有所裨益。
此书共36课，一课分为3——5个部分，我们每次学习一个或两个部分，一周三次（每周2、4、6出贴）。您有什么建议可以给我留言，期待着您的宝贵意见！
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| Lesson 14
Section Two
Task 1: Bearded Lady
1. Fill in the blanks to complete the following summary.
Mrs. Clark is a ______ woman. When she was young, her parents took her to many ______ . They just told her to ______ . But when she found she was fighting a ______ she decided to let her ______ grow. At first, being stared at all day, she felt a little ______ . However, she got used to ______ in the end. Now she feels it's all right to have a ______ -foot ______ — it can keep her husband's ______ on ______ .
2. True or False Questions.
(1) Mrs. Clark started growing beard at age of 5.
(2) Her father used electric razor to shave her on Sundays.
(3) She stopped shaving when she was around fifteen.
(4) Her beard grew too fast for her to shave.
(5) Sometimes she has to wrap her beard around her waist in case she should fall over it.
(6) She has been in the circus for about thirteen years.
(7) The Ten Food Woman and the Midget are members of the circus.
(8) Mrs. Clark's beard is fifty-foot long.
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Interviewer: Tell me Mrs. Clark, how did you come to be a bearded lady?
Mrs. Clark: Well, it all began when I started growing a beard.
Interviewer: Mm ... and when was that exactly?
Mrs. Clark: Just after my fourth birthday, I believe.
Interviewer: Really? As early as that? Didn't you see a doctor?
Mrs. Clark: Oh, yes, my parents took me to dozens of specialists.
Interviewer: And what did they have to say?
Mrs. Clark: They just told me to shave.
Interviewer: That's all the advice they could give? So you started shaving?
Mrs. Clark: Well, I was too young to be allowed to use a razor, and electric razors weren't even thought of in those days, so my dad used to shave me once a week before going to church on Sundays.
Interviewer: And when did you stop shaving?
Mrs. Clark: Oh, that would have been when I was around fifteen. You see it was growing at an enormous rate, something like five inches a day, I mean you could almost see it growing, and it was so thick. I mean a razor or scissors were no use.
Interviewer: So you ... let it grow?
Mrs. Clark: Well, it was taking so much time trying to keep it down and I was just wasting my time fighting a losing battle. So I thought ... I'll just let it grow ... and that's when I came to work in the circus. I was spotted by a talent scout.
Interviewer: Do you ... ever cut your beard now?
Mrs. Clark: Oh, yes every week I chop off a few feet. I have to cut it or I fall over it if I don't remember to wrap it around my waist.
Interviewer: (Laughs) What about the circus? How did you find it at first, being stared at all day?
Mrs. Clark: Well, I must admit it was a bit unnerving at first ... what with people gaping at you as though you were a goldfish in a bowl. I used to feel like saying. 'It's all right, dear, it's not that unusual, you know. It's only a bit of extra hair. It's not another head or something.' But you get used to the pointing and laughing in the end. Don't hardly notice it any more. Even the jokes don't upset me now. It's a bit boring in fact, after thirty years, just sitting here all day being stared at. But still there's always the breaks. and then the Ten-Foot Woman and the Midget from next door come in for a cup of tea and a chat, that passes the time nicely.
Interviewer: Would you say there were any advantages to having a fifteen-foot long beard?
Mrs. Clark: Well, my husband says it keeps his toes warm on cold nights.
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