P. 6 Aaron These guys, our friends, hiked out.
Like, they
Lesson C, Ex. 16 (CD I , Track 7) skied down. We were pretty far into the park
and high up.
Bryan Yeah. And all of a sudden, we hear this noise.
Juan And I look over at Bryan, and I see his face is Woman Right.
white, and he's starting to run fast.
Aaron So they skied down and hiked out to, um, to
the trail head. Got in their car and drove to
Bryan Well, yeah. I mean, it was a weird noise.
Juan So, I'm thinking, "Wait a minute. What town, you know.
happened to our plan to stick together?" So I
Woman Wow. The guy was really lucky.
start to run with him. Aaron Yeah.
Bryan Yeah, we're running through the trees, scared Woman Do you still keep in touch with him?
to death. It was hilarious! It was just like in a Aaron I do. Yeah.
movie.
Woman Really?
Aaron Yeah.
Woman Is he still skiing o r . . . ?
P- 7 Aaron He's . . .Well, not yet. (laughing)
Lesson C, Ex. 36 (CD I , Track 8) Woman No? How long ago was that? About a year or
Aaron This one time, uh, some friends and I were two ago?
skiing up in Idaho. . . Aaron No, that was about three, . . . four months
Woman Uh-huh. ago.
Aaron . . . and a friend of mine fell twelve hundred Woman Oh, really. Now, does he have any broken
feet down this mountain. bones?
Woman Twelve hundred feet? Aaron No. That was amazing - he didn't break
Aaron Yeah. anything.
Woman No kidding. Woman You mean he didn't have any. . . ? He just
Aaron Yeah, he was just tumbling down. Looked had a few bumps on his head and nothing
like a rag doll. He was unconscious, more?
bouncing off cliffs that dropped ten, fifteen Aaron Yeah, but, well, he was in the intensive care
feet at a time, you know. unit for about five days just being under
Woman Ooh. observation. He hurt his neck, but it was OK.
Aaron He finally got down to the bottom and Woman Wow. I can't believe he didn't break any
slid out about three hundred yards on the limbs.
snow. . . . Aaron Yeah. He was lucky. He's fine now.
Woman Uh-huh.
Aaron And we all thought he was dead. Like, P. 9
we were looking down at him. He wasn't Lesson D, EX. 2A (CD 1 , Track 9)
moving, so we had to ski down to him.
I thought he was dead. So it was pretty
Woman Lance Armstrong was born in Texas in
1971. As a high school student, he was very
scary. But anyway, we got to him. He was
athletic. He was especially good at running,
unconscious. After a couple of minutes, we
swimming, and cycling. By the age of 13, he
kind of shook him and stuff, and he woke up.
was competing in junior triathlons, and he
Woman Uh-huh.
became a professional triathlete when he
Aaron He was, like, coughing, and he's got two
was just 16 years old.
bumps on his head about this big. His one
eye was closed shut. However, he soon found that he loved
Woman Wow. You know, it's a miracle he survived cycling more than swimming and running,
that. so he decided to concentrate on his cycling.
Aaron It is a miracle. And so, um, I stayed with This is the sport he became famous for.
him, and two other guys skied down, and a As an athlete, Lance always showed great
rescue team came about four hours later and ambition and determination to succeed. He
took him out. Flew him to the hospital in a says that he gets this aspect of his character
helicopter. not from any cycling friends or particular
Woman No kidding. coach but from his mother, who showed the
Aaron Yeah. I mean, it was a big deal. It definitely same determination in building her career
gave me a new perspective on life. within a large communications corporation.
Woman Oh, yeah. Wow. . . .How did you guys get a In 1990, Lance Armstrong joined the U.S.
hold of the rescue team? national cycling team, and in 1992 he turned
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professional. Thirteen years later, he retired a forty percent chance of survival. This was
from professional cycling after winning his biggest challenge ever.
the 2005 Tour de France race. The Tour de But Lance never gave up hope for a full
France is one of the most famous cycling recovery. He underwent treatment with the
races in the world. same determination that he put into cycling,
At the beginning of his professional career, and two years later, in 1998, he returned to
Lance won many races in the U.S. and racing. In 1999, he won the Tour de France
internationally - and he lost a few, too. He race, and he went on to win this race seven
finished 14th at the 1992 Olympic Games in times in seven years, more times than any
Barcelona. But as he continued to win, he other cyclist.
started to attract the attention of the sports Lance Armstrong has also founded a charity
media and quickly built a name for himself. and raised millions of dollars to help other
Lance's brilliant career almost came to an people with cancer. He is a great athlete,
end in 1996, when a doctor told him he was a great survivor, and a truly great human
seriously ill with cancer. He was given only being.
p. 17 Woman So, do you think you'll get rid of your CDs
Lesson C, EX. 3A (CD 1,Track 17) after you've loaded them all?
Jason I buy a lot of CDs. Out of everything that Jason Oh, no. I need them for backup. And besides,
I own, uh, I guess I own more CDs than some of them were gifts, and some remind
anything else. Yeah. me of things that happened in my life. I'm
kind of attached to them, I guess.
Woman Now, is there any particular type of music
that you like? Anything special? Woman So, you wouldn't throw them away?
Jason I listen to everything. I'm really big into Jason No. They're my collection. And who knows -
sound tracks from movies but also heavy they might be worth something in the
future!
rock. And I recently bought a couple of jazz
CDs, and I have. . . I have a lot of CDs. I have
about six hundred of them, but I have a CD p. 17
player that holds a hundred and ten discs Lesson C, EX. 3B (CD 1, Track 18)
that you can just kind of load in a n d . . . 1. Jason I listen to everything. I'm really big into sound
Woman You have a CD player that holds a hundred tracks from movies but also heavy rock. And I
and ten CDs? recently bought a couple of jazz CDs . . .
Jason Yeah. It's like a juke box. It's so cool. 2. Jason I have a lot of CDs. I have about six hundred of
Woman
Jason
Oh, my gosh.
You can get CD players that hold more, but
them.. .
3. Jason I have a CD player that holds a hundred and
my parents thought, you know, a hundred
ten discs that you can just kind of load in. You
and ten. . .
can get CD players that hold more, but my
Woman Yeah, that's enough! Now, with a hundred
parents thought, you know, a hundred and
and ten CDs in your CD player, how do you
ten. . .
know what you're going to hear?
Jason They have this cool little sort of photo album 4. Jason They have this cool little sort of photo album
thing that you put the liner notes in, and so thing that you put the liner notes in, and so
it's like a little catalog. You just flip through, it's like a little catalog. You just flip through,
and they're numbered, so you say, "Oh, and they're numbered, so you say, "Oh, James
James Taylor is disc number sixty-six," and Taylor is disc number sixty-six." You punch
then you.. . in sixty-six on your player and hit "play," and
Woman You put in sixty-six and hit "play"? it goes and retrieves sixty-six and takes it
Jason You punch in sixty-six on your player and hit back. . .
"play," and it goes and retrieves sixty-six and
takes it back a n d . . . p. 19
Woman It's a juke box! Lesson D, Ex, 2A, 2 B (CD I, Tracks 19,20)
Jason Yeah. It's totally a juke box. It's really cool. 1. Charlie I have pretty ordinary taste in things, I
Woman Now, if you're so interested in music, don't think. I mean, I'm not really into keeping up
you have like an MP3 player or something? with the latest trends or anything. I'm not
Jason Actually, I bought one a few weeks ago, and one of those people that goes through the
that's cool, too. I've been copying my CDs men's magazines to see what's in, or what
onto it - I've done like around three hundred next season's stuff is going to be. Or trying to
of them so far. keep up with what other guys are wearing. I
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