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Flatmates celebration

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Hello, I’m Callum Robertson and this is Entertainment. Next Monday, Augustth27 , in Britain is a national holiday or what we call a bank holiday and severalthousand people will be heading off to a small village in Wales which ishosting the World Bog1 Snorkelling3 Championships.
  What is this sport Bog Snorkelling? I hear you ask. Well first you have to knowwhat a bog is. A bog is an area of land in the countryside which is always softand wet. When you walk through it your feet might get stuck and it makes asquelching noise. The particular bog in question is what's known as a peat bog.
  So that's a bog. And what about the snorkelling part? Well normallysnorkelling is what you do on holiday, in the warm blue sea. Swimming withyour head underwater breathing through a plastic tube called a snorkel2.
  Bog Snorkelling then is a combination of those two things. And to learn moreabout it I spoke4 to one of the organisers and founders5 of the World BogSnorkelling Championships, Gordon Green.
  Gordon GreenWhat we’ve done is we’ve dug a trench6 in the peat bog so that it fills with a nice dirty water.
  Callum:  Gordon says that they dig a trench in the bog. A trench is a kind of an oblonghole. And when they dig this trench in the bog it fills up with dirty water whichthe competitors, the people taking part in the competition have to swim through.
  Listen again, this time listen out for how long the trench is and how far thecompetitors have to swim. Gordon uses the traditional measurement of a yard.
  A yard is about .9 of a metre, so nearly a metre.
  Gordon GreenWhat we’ve done is we’ve dug a trench in the peat bog so that it fills with a nice dirty waterand the trench is 60 yards long and the competitors have to swim two lengths of this bog sothey’re swimming 120 yards.
  Callum:  The trench is 60 yards long and the competitors have to swim two lengths,that's 120 yards which is about 110 metres. Gordon goes on to explain moreabout the rules.
  Gordon GreenBog snorkelling is a sport where you have to breathe, through a snorkel, you can use flippersand the majority do use flippers, but you have to breathe through a snorkel and you’re notallowed to do a crawl or a breast stroke, you have to keep your arms straight in front of you ordo a dog paddle.
  Callum:  The competitors aren't allowed to use any traditional swimming strokes, likefront crawl or breast stroke though they can use what we call a doggy paddle, away of swimming using your arms like a dog uses its legs when swimming.
  They have to breathe through a snorkel and they can wear flippers, or fins7, ontheir feet.
  Swimming is now not the only bog snorkelling event. If you want to you canalso try Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling. I asked Gordon to describe that.
  Gordon GreenWe’ve dug a deeper trench and we have to have a special bike. What we do is fill the framefull of lead, put water in the tyres instead of air. We’ve got lead weights on the bike and theperson that’s riding it has to wear a lead belt round his waist or her waist and also lead in arucksack so we’ve got the correct buoyancy so that when you cycle under the water you canactually do that and breathe through your snorkel. They have to then cycle underwater and it’slike cycling in treacle8, it’s very hard work and that’s become a very popular event as well.
  Callum:  So the trench for the Mountain Bike event is deeper and the contestants9 ride aspecial bike with lots of weight. They have to cycle through the bog,underwater, again, breathing through the snorkel!
  I then asked Gordon how it started, where did the idea come from to get peopCallum:  Hello, I’m Callum Robertson and welcome to this very special edition ofEntertainment.
  I’m backstage at the International Learning English Awards, the mostprestigious awards of their kind and they are just about to announce the awardfor the best Learning English Soap Opera Set In A Flat. It’s very exciting and Ithink, yes, we can go over to the main auditorium10 now to hear theannouncement.
  AnnouncerAnd the winner is(sound of envelope opening)Very exciting, I wonder who it could be!
  The Flatmates!
  (Cheers and applause)Callum:  Well that’s fantastic, the Flatmates from bbclearningenglish.com have won andcoming up to accept the award is the show’s creator Nuala O’Sullivan.
  Nuala:  Wow, what a night! Thank you, thank you everybody. It’s such a surprise, Idon’t know what to say! I’m speechless. Today is really a special day. Adouble celebration. Not only have we won this fantastic award, but today isalso our birthday!
  (Cheers and applause)Thank you, thank you. Two years ago today Michal, Tim, Alice and Helenwere introduced to the world and I don’t think any of us ever believed that wewould have come so far. But it’s all down to you. Thank you so much for yoursupport, for voting every week and sending in your comments. Without themwe wouldn’t be where we are today. And of course many thanks to the stars ofthe show, who have worked through thick and thin, though of course for theflatmates that should be thin and thinner rather than thick and thin.
  (Laughter)But seriously, thank you everyone. I’m speechless.
  (Applause)Callum: That was Flatmates creator Nuala O’Sullivan receiving her award. They’re justcoming back stage now and I’m going to try and grab a few quick words withher. Nuala, Nuala.
  Nuala:  Hello, helloCallum:  First, congratulations on the award and the second anniversary of the Flatmates,how do you feel?
  Nuala:  Proud, overwhelmed, ecstatic and just happy, happy, happy.
  Callum:  I can tell that, so, tell us how it all began?
  Nuala:  Well seriously I never fancied a life in politics but I was always rather attractedto the idea of controlling people’s lives. And then the ideal opportunity just fellinto my lap. I met Helen in a coffee shop and we got chatting. She seemedperfect and after a while I persuaded her to let me control her life and sincethen every week we’ve shown some of the things that she and her flatmateshave been getting up to.
  Callum:  I see. So what you’re saying is that the Flatmates isn’t a soap opera, it’sactually a reality show?
  Nuala:  Well, just between you and me, yes. Today we are broadcasting our 104thedition. For two years we’ve been following and control ..guiding the lives ofthe friends.
  Callum:  And what led you to choose this particular group of friends?
  Nuala:  Well I thought that was obvious.
  Callum:  Uh?
  Nuala:  Because they’re two dimensionalCallum:  Aah, they’re flatNuala:  Because they’re flat andCallum:  They’re friendsNuala:  Yes, they are flat friends. And another name for friends isCallum:  MatesNuala:  And they live togetherCallum:  In a flat.
  Nuala:  And people who share a flat are known as …Callum:  Flatmates!
  Nuala:  Exactly!
  Callum:  They're flat flatmates. You know, that really is very clever, it works on somany different levelsNuala:  You think soCallum:  YesNuala:  Thanks, thanksCallum:  You’re welcome. Nuala O’Sullivan, thank you very muchNuala:  Thank you, now I’ve got a birthday party to go to.
  Callum:  Well that’s all from this special Flatmates birthday edition of Entertainment.
  And in the unlikely event you were convinced by our special effects and maybewondering and worrying, it was an imaginary award ceremony and Nuala isn'treally a megalomaniac with flat friends, or is she …… mmmRemember you can catch a new episode in the lives of the Flatmates everyTuesday on bbclearningenglish.com and if you want to control their lives, don'tforget to vote.
  leto swim through dirty water in a field and how long has it been going.
  Gordon GreenWell it started like all these things do late a night in a pub when we’d all been drinking andwe were wanting to raise some money for a charity at the time and someone said that theydidn’t have anything in their garden but a bog and then someone else said well let’s swim in itand that’s how it came along.
  When was this?
  That was some 18 years ago now, so we’ve been running it a long time.
  Callum:  Gordon says it started 18 years ago with a plan after a night drinking in the pub!
  But it is all in for a good cause. The money that they get from the competition,you have to pay to enter and pay to go and watch, goes to support a charity.
  That's all from this edition of entertainment.

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1 bog QtfzF     
n.沼泽;室...陷入泥淖
参考例句:
  • We were able to pass him a rope before the bog sucked him under.我们终于得以在沼泽把他吞没前把绳子扔给他。
  • The path goes across an area of bog.这条小路穿过一片沼泽。
2 snorkel vFszk     
n.泳者所戴的通气管,潜水艇的吸、排气装置
参考例句:
  • With a snorkel,however,a diver can stay under water for quite a long time.潜水员携带一根通气管就可以在水下呆很长时间。
  • I did buy a mask and fins and a snorkel.我买了面镜、蛙鞋和一个呼吸管。
3 snorkelling f5ca7a694f984a349af571aca6aeaf03     
v.使用水下呼吸管潜游( snorkel的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • The planned snorkelling was cancelled due to rough waves. 原计划进行的潜泳因巨浪而被迫取消了。 来自互联网
  • Snorkelling was amazing, daily seeing reef sharks, parrot fish and sting rays. 浮潜是惊人,每天看礁鲨,鹦鹉鱼和魟鱼。 来自互联网
4 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
5 founders 863257b2606659efe292a0bf3114782c     
n.创始人( founder的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • He was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty. 他是该大学医学院的创建人之一。 来自辞典例句
  • The founders of our religion made this a cornerstone of morality. 我们宗教的创始人把这看作是道德的基石。 来自辞典例句
6 trench VJHzP     
n./v.(挖)沟,(挖)战壕
参考例句:
  • The soldiers recaptured their trench.兵士夺回了战壕。
  • The troops received orders to trench the outpost.部队接到命令在前哨周围筑壕加强防卫。
7 fins 6a19adaf8b48d5db4b49aef2b7e46ade     
[医]散热片;鱼鳍;飞边;鸭掌
参考例句:
  • The level of TNF-α positively correlated with BMI,FPG,HbA1C,TG,FINS and IRI,but not with SBP and DBP. TNF-α水平与BMI、FPG、HbA1C、TG、FINS和IRI呈显著正相关,与SBP、DBP无相关。 来自互联网
  • Fins are a feature specific to fish. 鱼鳍是鱼类特有的特征。 来自辞典例句
8 treacle yGkyP     
n.糖蜜
参考例句:
  • Blend a little milk with two tablespoons of treacle.将少许牛奶和两大汤匙糖浆混合。
  • The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweet.啜饮蜜糖的苍蝇在甜蜜中丧生。
9 contestants 6183e6ae4586949fe63bec42c8d3a422     
n.竞争者,参赛者( contestant的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries. 这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。
  • Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency. 两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 auditorium HO6yK     
n.观众席,听众席;会堂,礼堂
参考例句:
  • The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
  • The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出,伸入观众席。
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