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SPEAKER 1:
You know,
it's funny
because when
I was a kid
I was never
really aware
of just what
an
extraordinary
woman my
Aunt Patty
is. I mean,
she's always
lived in the
same town as
us, but she
was always
away working
so I didn't
really see
too much of
her, to tell
the truth.
Not till
much later,
that is,
when she
invited me
to come out
on one of
her trips -
I guess I
must have
been
fourteen or
fifteen by
then
probably -
and it was a
real eye-opener
to see her
at work. I
mean, she
was doing
what many
people think
is a man's
job.
She'd be out
in all
weathers,
even in
these really
mountainous
seas,
but you know
she never
used to
panic - she
just got on
with the job
whatever the
danger. She
seemed to
know just
what to do
even when
things got
really rough.
She was just
totally in
her element
and she
impressed me
no end.
SPEAKER 2.
For my dad
nothing was
too much
trouble,
especially
when people
showed a bit
of interest
in what he
was up to.
You know,
when he was
working -
he's retired
now, well
more or less
anyway -
he'd be
digging away
at some
excavation
or other
and members
of the
public,
visitors,
would just
come up to
him and
start
talking to
him and
he'd drop
whatever he
was doing
and, you
know, even
if he was
tired
because he'd
been working
all day,
he'd
probably
give them a
tour of the
site and a
free lecture
on top of
that.
Personally,
I wouldn't
have that
sort of
patience.
I'm more
like my mum
in that way.
SPEAKER 3:
Yeah, yeah,
my brother's
a real
perfectionist
too. You
know, he's
been getting
this new
show ready
recently and
he's been
going to
incredible
lengths to
get this new
trick right.
Yeah, right,
yeah, like
he's been
practising
and
practising
in front of
this video
camera he's
got for
weeks, it
seems - it's
been driving
the rest of
us mad! Yeah.
You see, he
plays it
back
afterwards,
the camera I
mean, to
check you
can't see
how it's
done from
any angle.
He just
wants to
hoodwink
absolutely
everyone in
the audience
even though
they're
usually only
just kids,
so he goes
on and on
till he's
got
everything
absolutely
perfect.
SPEAKER 4:
Ivan was
really one
of my dad's
mates, but
as he was
single and a
really good
friend of
Dad's, we
counted him
as one of
the family.
And he was
incredibly
generous
with us kids
- always
came back
with some
unusual gift
or other
from his
trips. And
then he'd
sit down
with us and
help us do
our
schoolwork
and so on.
We loved him
and we loved
his
stories of
his
underwater
adventures
and the
strange
creatures
he'd seen.
He made it
sound as if
he'd been
doing
something
extremely
dangerous
and he'd
been
incredibly
brave. All
tremendously
exaggerated,
no doubt,
but we
lapped it
all up.
SPEAKER 5:
Margo was
one of my
mother's
cousins,
actually.
Personally,
I never got
to know her
well because
she was
always
traveling
here and
there - she
had so many
engagements.
I have got a
few of her
recordings
from her
younger days,
though. The
sound
quality is
not too good
now because
we've
listened to
them so many
times, but I
think her
playing
really does
reflect her
optimism and
joy.
You just
wouldn't
suspect that
she was
going blind
at the time.
What courage
in the face
of such an
affliction,
don't you
think?
FOR
QUESTIONS 1-5
choose from the list
the person who each speaker is talking about.
1.
SPEAKER 1:
2.
SPEAKER 2:
3.
SPEAKER 3:
4.
SPEAKER 4:
5.
SPEAKER 5:
FOR
QUESTIONS 6-10
choose from the list
the quality each speaker admires about the person.
