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Speaker 3
I know everyone says how fantastic he is and all that, but personally I just
can’t see it. I mean, there are plenty of people around who could do what he does - I
don’t think it takes anything special. I think all those things people say about how great
he is, well it’s so stupid, he doesn’t deserve it at all. Mind you, there are people like him
who seem to manage to stay at the top for ages, even though in all honesty they haven’t
got much to offer.
Speaker 4
Well, he may or may not be any good at what he does - I’m not really in a
position to know about that - but frankly you can’t expect to carry on like that in public
and be taken seriously. I mean, I’d be far too embarrassed, but he obviously doesn’t care
or he wouldn’t act like that, would he? Really, though, it’s not exactly amusing, what he
does, is it? I don’t think he ought to be allowed to get away with it - someone ought to
tell him to be quiet, very soon.
Speaker 5
I wouldn’t let that smile fool you - I mean, he’s no idiot, he knows exactly
what he’s doing, he’s got his image all worked out. It’s obvious he wants to stay at the
top for as long as he can. He’s got it all planned. That ‘everybody’s friend’ act he puts
on, he’s obviously just pretending. He must hope nobody notices, and I suppose most
people don’t. Underneath it, though, he’s incredibly ambitious, I reckon.
Part 4
You will hear part of an interview with a man who has spent some time living on a
desert island. For questions 24-30, choose the best answer A, B or C.
Interviewer:
Tony Williams’ book,
Island of Dreams,
is less like a travel book than
most I’ve read. It’s the true story of one man’s, one family’s, search for paradise. It’s an
amazing book, but it’s a book full of disappointment for a man in search of a bit of
perfection. You’re a dreamer, aren’t you, Tony? At the beginning of the book you’re
fairly innocent and fairly naive.
Tony:
Yes, I’ve always had dreams since my younger days, when I was absorbed in so
many books - my dreams have always come from books. And when I first went to the
island it was my first voyage out of Britain and I was shocked by the beauty, by the
colour. It was a strange and wonderful experience.
Interviewer:
So you went there - what were you looking for?
Tony:
I was looking for total escape, release from stress. While I was in Britain I’d
been working so many years and getting into increasing debt with electricity, gas and
there were so many bills and I had a young family and I thought I needed ... I’d been
reading about a man called Tom Nealy in the 1950s, he lived on a desert island for
several years and I was just looking to get away from society, so I decided to do that.
Interviewer:
It didn’t work though. You had to go back to Britain.
Tony:
Yes, I got to this uninhabited island with my wife Kathy. I had no sort of
financial backing and I could only afford a cheap tent... and it was very small and I had
this knife and this fishing net. I was unprepared and it was very difficult on our island.
Er... we couldn’t climb the coconut trees to get coconuts to eat, and I’m unable to swim
so we found some difficulty in fishing. If we’d had anybody to collect us, we would
have left the island after a few days. Because we were left there without any of the local
divers coming to collect us, we adjusted and we managed after the first few months.
Presenter:
But you left.
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Speaker 3 I know everyone says how fantastic he is and all that, but personally I just
can’t see it. I mean, there are plenty of people around who could do what he does - I
don’t think it takes anything special. I think all those things people say about how great
he is, well it’s so stupid, he doesn’t deserve it at all. Mind you, there are people like him
who seem to manage to stay at the top for ages, even though in all honesty they haven’t
got much to offer.
Speaker 4 Well, he may or may not be any good at what he does - I’m not really in a
position to know about that - but frankly you can’t expect to carry on like that in public
and be taken seriously. I mean, I’d be far too embarrassed, but he obviously doesn’t care
or he wouldn’t act like that, would he? Really, though, it’s not exactly amusing, what he
does, is it? I don’t think he ought to be allowed to get away with it - someone ought to
tell him to be quiet, very soon.
Speaker 5 I wouldn’t let that smile fool you - I mean, he’s no idiot, he knows exactly
what he’s doing, he’s got his image all worked out. It’s obvious he wants to stay at the
top for as long as he can. He’s got it all planned. That ‘everybody’s friend’ act he puts
on, he’s obviously just pretending. He must hope nobody notices, and I suppose most
people don’t. Underneath it, though, he’s incredibly ambitious, I reckon.
Part 4
You will hear part of an interview with a man who has spent some time living on a
desert island. For questions 24-30, choose the best answer A, B or C.
Interviewer: Tony Williams’ book, Island of Dreams, is less like a travel book than
most I’ve read. It’s the true story of one man’s, one family’s, search for paradise. It’s an
amazing book, but it’s a book full of disappointment for a man in search of a bit of
perfection. You’re a dreamer, aren’t you, Tony? At the beginning of the book you’re
fairly innocent and fairly naive.
Tony: Yes, I’ve always had dreams since my younger days, when I was absorbed in so
many books - my dreams have always come from books. And when I first went to the
island it was my first voyage out of Britain and I was shocked by the beauty, by the
colour. It was a strange and wonderful experience.
Interviewer: So you went there - what were you looking for?
Tony: I was looking for total escape, release from stress. While I was in Britain I’d
been working so many years and getting into increasing debt with electricity, gas and
there were so many bills and I had a young family and I thought I needed ... I’d been
reading about a man called Tom Nealy in the 1950s, he lived on a desert island for
several years and I was just looking to get away from society, so I decided to do that.
Interviewer: It didn’t work though. You had to go back to Britain.
Tony: Yes, I got to this uninhabited island with my wife Kathy. I had no sort of
financial backing and I could only afford a cheap tent... and it was very small and I had
this knife and this fishing net. I was unprepared and it was very difficult on our island.
Er... we couldn’t climb the coconut trees to get coconuts to eat, and I’m unable to swim
so we found some difficulty in fishing. If we’d had anybody to collect us, we would
have left the island after a few days. Because we were left there without any of the local
divers coming to collect us, we adjusted and we managed after the first few months.
Presenter: But you left.
