Girl: No, I haven’t. She’s a modern-day novelist, isn’t she? Boy: She is, and she’s really popular. Her books have been
translated into a lot of different languages, including English. Girl: That’s lucky for you since you don’t speak Spanish!
professor’s office now. Girl: Good ideas. Now I need to decide on my topic ...
Listening 2
Matsui Bashō Robert Burns Anna Akhmatova
Listening 2
A | Read the questions. Then listen to three talks about three poets and answer the questions.
Unit 5 A World of Words
Further Listening
Listening 3
Andersen’s “Little Mermaid” is about the daughter of the Sea King, and she must wait to get married until her older sisters have been married—and she has a lot of older sisters! When it’s finally her
Listening 1
Answer Keys 1. F (He’s also interested in fiction, possibly the novels of
Isabel Allende.) 2. T 3. F (She suggests that he talk to the professor.) 4. T 5. F (She said the professor mentioned literary criticism.)
turn, she goes to the __s__u_r_f_a_c_e___ of the sea, rescues the prince from _d__ro__w__n_i_n_g___, and falls in love. She’s not human, however. In fact—she has a tail, so __m__a_r_r_i_a_g_e__t_o____ the prince seems unlikely. It _t_u_r_n__s__o_u__t that in order for the mermaid to become
The _f_a_i_r_y______ tale doesn’t end the way you might expect. The
prince does get married, but to a human princess, and the little
mermaid becomes a __s_p_i_r_it_____, one of the “daughters of the air”, as a reward for her good __d_e_e__d_s______ as a mermaid.
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Listening 1
Boy: Very funny. The problem is—I haven’t read any of her books either, and I don’t think I have enough time before the paper is due.
human, the prince must love her with all his heart and marry her,
and she must __g__iv_e__u__p______ her beautiful mermaid voice in
order to lose the tail.
1. What is haiku? ___B_a__s_h_ō__is__f_a_m_o__u_s__fo_r__h_i_s_h_a_i_k_u_,_s__h_o_r_t_p_o_e__m_s__w__ith
Girl: Didn’t the professor say something about books of can just read about Allende.
Boy: I’d still have to do a lot of reading. Girl: Well, sure—it’s a research paper. Boy: I think I’ll go with the poet, and I think I’ll go to the
Listening 1
Girl: Have you decided what your research paper is going to be about?
Boy: Not yet. I’m interested in Akhmatova’s poetry, but I don’t know much about it.
Girl: Maybe the professor can recommend some good sources of information. Yesterday she said we could go to her office for help any time today.
Boy: But I’m also interested in fiction. Have you read anything by Isabel Allende?