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Being the Mayor

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BBC Learning EnglishLondon LifeBeing the MayorJackie:  Hello, this is London Life with me, Jackie Dalton. Today we're going tofind out about one particular life in London and that's the daily life of Ken1 Livingstone, the city's mayor. What’s it like being in charge of one of the biggest cities in the world? Does he enjoy it? First he's going to describe how his day starts out. As you listen to him, try to answer these questions: how does he get to work and what does he do on the way?
  Ken LivingstoneWhen I wake up, I have two small children, so the first hour of the day is revolved2 around getting them dressed and fed and then I get off to work and I come in on the tube and so I get that 40 minutes time reading papers.
  Jackie:  Ken goes to work on London's underground public transport system – the tube and on the way, he reads newspapers. He spoke3 quite quickly there, so don't worry if you didn't get those answers. We'll listen to that clip4 again.
  Ken LivingstoneWhen I wake up, I have two small children and so the first hour of the day is revolved around getting them dressed and fed and then I get off to work and I come in on the tube and so I get that 40 minutes time reading papers.
  Jackie:  So that's the journey to work. What about once he's in the office, what does he spend most of his time doing?
  Ken LivingstoneOnce I get in the building, it's just wall-to-wall meetings, the meetings just go on endlessly. I get very little time to read or do anything, just people come through the door, one after the other with problems. And I only ever know what's going wrong, no- one comes to me and says 'This is all going right.'
  Jackie:  Ken says he has wall-to-wall meetings, which means lots and lots of meetings one after another all day. He says people only ever come to see him with problems; no-one comes to tell him if everything is going well. Listen again.
  Ken LivingstoneOnce I get in the building, it's just wall-to-wall meetings, the meetings just go on endlessly. I get very little time to read or do anything, just people come through the door, one after the other with problems. And I only ever know what's going wrong, no- one comes to me and says 'This is all going right.'
  Jackie:  Despite the wall-to-wall meetings where he has to listen to people's problems, Ken Livingstone still thinks he's got a pretty good job. He says it’s more fun to be the mayor of a city than the leader of a country. Why is that?
  Ken LivingstoneTo be the mayor of a great world city is one of the best jobs in the world. When I met Mayor Giuliani when he was mayor of New York, he was loving it, even when things were going wrong, it's still an amazing job. 'Cos if you're a president or prime ministerof a country, you live in a bubble, security protects you and you don't get out and about much, except in organised visits. If you're the mayor a city, you actually live in the city, you travel in the city, you understand it.
  Jackie:  Ken Livingstone certainly does like his job! He says he thinks it's good to be the mayor of a city because you can really live in it. If you're apresident or prime minister, you're surrounded by security all the time and, Ken says, you live in a bubble, which means you don’t have real contact with the outside world. Listen again:
  Ken LivingstoneTo be the mayor of a great world city is one of the best jobs in the world. When I met Mayor Giuliani when he was mayor of New York, he was loving it, even when things were going wrong, it's still an amazing job. 'Cos if you're a president or prime minister of a country, you live in a bubble, security protects you and you don't get out and about much, except in organised visits. If you're the mayor a city, you actually live in the city, you travel in the city, you understand it.
  BBC Learning EnglishJackie:  What does Ken like least about his job? Listen to find out.
  Ken LivingstoneI suppose I like least the generally negative drip, drip, drip of hostility5 from the British media. Quite unlike the media in Europe or America or China, everything's wrong, things are only ever getting worse.
  Jackie:  What bothers Ken most is the hostility – or aggression6 and unfriendliness of the British media, which always makes it seem like everything isgoing wrong. Listen again to make sure you understood that.
  Ken LivingstoneI suppose I like least the generally negative drip, drip, drip of hostility from the British media. Quite unlike the media in Europe or America or China, everything's wrong, things are only ever getting worse.
  Jackie:  Finally, Ken is going to tell us about his proudest achievement in politics– his proudest achievement the thing he has done which he is most pleased about. What is his proudest achievement?
  Ken LivingstoneMy proudest achievement in politics in the congestion7 charge, because everybody thought it wouldn't work and it actually worked better than I'd hoped it would and, I mean, you always have your hopes, but you always fall short. This was the first time something actually was better than I hoped it would be.
  Jackie:  Ken's proudest achievement is the congestion charge. This is a sum of money which drivers have to pay whenever they travel in the city centre. The aim of the congestion charge was to reduce pollution and traffic.
  Ken thinks his project has worked well, better than expected. Listen again.
  Ken LivingstoneMy proudest achievement in politics in the congestion charge, because everybody thought it wouldn't work and it actually worked better than I'd hoped it would and, I mean, you always have your hopes, but you always fall short. This was the first time something actually was better than I hoped it would be.
  Jackie:  That's all for this week. Keep practising your English online with bbclearningenglish.com

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1 ken k3WxV     
n.视野,知识领域
参考例句:
  • Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
  • Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.
2 revolved b63ebb9b9e407e169395c5fc58399fe6     
v.(使)旋转( revolve的过去式和过去分词 );细想
参考例句:
  • The fan revolved slowly. 电扇缓慢地转动着。
  • The wheel revolved on its centre. 轮子绕中心转动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 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。
4 clip dqBza     
n.夹子,别针,弹夹,片断;vt.夹住,修剪
参考例句:
  • May I clip out the report on my performance?我能把报道我的文章剪下来吗?
  • She fastened the papers together with a paper clip.她用曲别针把文件别在一起。
5 hostility hdyzQ     
n.敌对,敌意;抵制[pl.]交战,战争
参考例句:
  • There is open hostility between the two leaders.两位领导人表现出公开的敌意。
  • His hostility to your plan is well known.他对你的计划所持的敌意是众所周知的。
6 aggression WKjyF     
n.进攻,侵略,侵犯,侵害
参考例句:
  • So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结,就不必惧怕外来侵略。
  • Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。
7 congestion pYmy3     
n.阻塞,消化不良
参考例句:
  • The congestion in the city gets even worse during the summer.夏天城市交通阻塞尤为严重。
  • Parking near the school causes severe traffic congestion.在学校附近泊车会引起严重的交通堵塞。
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