【答案解析】[听力原文]
Listen to a conversation between two students,
Project
Student A: Hi, James.
Student B: Hi, Sachi.
Student A: Can we arrange a time to discuss our project on the tango?
Student B: Sure, when would you like to meet?
Student A: How about tomorrow at 3:30?
Student B: Sorry, I have basketball practice. What about Thursday at 4 in the afternoon?
Student A: Sure, that is fine. Shall we meet at the coffee shop on the corner of Robson and Bute?
Student B: Oh, I just remembered, Thursday I need to visit my grandfather. He is in the hospital as he just had surgery. What about right now? Are you free for the next hour?
Student A: Actually, yes. Shall we go to the cafeteria?
Student B: Good idea. I will buy you a coffee.
Student A: How do you think we should approach the topic of the tango?
Student B: Well, first maybe we should deal with the importance of the tango to the dance world, maybe the history of the tango and its impact on Argentina.
Student A: Yes, and tango is such an emotional dance. I think we should also discuss it as a way to mourn and as a way to escape.
Student B: It is a sad dance, but it is also very romantic, remembering love, lamenting loss.
Student A: I love to tango. It makes me forget. You focus on the music, your dance partner and forget everything else in the world.
Student B: I have seen you tango at the Forum. You are an excellent dancer. I have never learned to tango. Perhaps you could give me a lesson one day.
Student A: Sure, maybe during the fall break. But right now, we should list the topics we want to cover for the project.
Student B: Okay, let"s start with the history. Didn"t the tango start in Buenos Aires, a big immigrant city in the late 1800s?
Student A: Yes, we should also mention the bandoneon.
Student B: How do you spell that? Isn"t that the musical instrument so often used in tango music?
Student A: Yes, it"s spelled b-a-n-d-o-n-e-o-n. We should also mention Charles Gardes and Carlos Gardel, important tango musicians. Gardel was a wonderful singer.
Student B: I"m lucky to have you for a partner. You know so much already.
Student A: Yes, I have read lots about the tango. I am especially interested in it as therapy.
Student B: Really?
Student A: Yes, after the recent economic crisis in Argentina, there was a revival of the tango. People were even doing it in the malls.
Student B: I guess it is the kind of music people develop a connection with.
Student A: Yes, many people surrender to the music and get a relaxing sense of floating with their partner.
Student B: I really am getting interested in learning to tango. Do you think you might have time to give me a lesson before fall break?
Student A: We will see. I have a lot of extra things on the go so it may be difficult to make time.
Student B: I understand. Do you think you could recommend someone else who might get me off to a good start?
Student A: Actually, my cousin said he was looking for someone to get extra practice with. He"s quite passionate about dancing so I think he"ll make a great teacher.
Student B: Excellent! Give me his contact information and I"ll get started as soon as I can. Then when you have time I"ll be ready to dance circles around you.
[解析] 整体上来说这是关于探戈课题的对话。