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14. (d) Now "Tommy" - TALK TO "Pamela"

Tommy: OK. Shall we begin?
Pamela: Yes. Sure. I think they do make very good programmes, don't you?
Tommy: Oh, yeah, I do. Well I think they all make nice programmes ... Well, perhaps not the one about elderly people. I'm not sure that's a very catching subject. I mean, when you're young it's a bit difficult to even picture yourself getting old. Well, what do you know about being old when you are only seventeen?
Pamela: If I don't misunderstand you, you think that a programme on the older population would be a bore for young people because it's outside their range of experience. I don't quite agree with you there. Certainly many young people have lived with older family members or in close contact with them.
Tommy: Yes, I think you're right, although personally speaking, I'd rather see a show on entertainment or interesting stuff like what cars are going to be like in the future. Or if we will be able to break new world records or how the things we use for sport can make us better athletes.
Pamela: So what I understand by that is you feel the young generation is eager to learn about new developments in sports equipment technology so they can improve their performance. I suppose that would make an exciting programme, but not everyone likes sport, you know.
Tommy: You're right on that point. My sister and her boyfriend are examples of that. They dislike watching sports programmes on TV, but fashion and the cinema attract almost everyone. I mean, we all wear clothes and most of us go to the cinema we have to be kind of interested in fashion and films and sometimes what actors wear lead the fashion.
Pamela: So you think that, although not everybody is aware of it, we all inevitably take an interest in fashion and films.
Tommy: Yes, that's right. I mean I wouldn't want you to think I am always reading fashion magazines and going to the cinema, but I usually follow the latest fashion.
Pamela: And do you think many important changes will take place over this new century?
Tommy: Well, I'm not sure. We'd all hope and would be very pleased to see the end of wars and poverty, and of course a real end to environmental damage, but I don't think it's a question of sudden change, but we have to go through what we've already started with optimistic changes. Now. Just a follow up on what you were saying, I also feel that a lot of changes that have already been implemented, on a small scale, need to be advanced and extended worldwide. I believe the perfect example is the way people refuse the introduction of genetically modified food. It just proves that common people can say no, to scientific discoveries.
Pamela: Well, I generally agree but I must say that I think genetically modified foods could very well help a lot of people in developing nations. You know if the companies that produced the seeds hadn't been so selfish in the past, lots of people in those countries might not have died of starvation. I think people in rich countries often want to hinder poorer countries advancing, and it's very greedy. For example, Europeans spent centuries cutting down the trees in their forests, but now we want people in poor countries not to do exactly what we did ourselves.
Tommy: Yes, that attitude really makes one feel sick. In addition to what you just said, I think there's a lot of greediness and hypocrisy in 1st world countries and that's definitely something I'd like to see eliminated or at least diminished as this century advances. I think it's already starting to happen.

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14. (e) WRITE the missing words & READ aloud - click on the hand


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Oir WMA 14. (f) ANSWER THE QUESTIONS & READ aloud - click on the ear to listen to the questions - click on the book to do the activity

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