Presentations: The Top Course Unit 187
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Repeat each line after the speaker.
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Start with Part A Slow reading then Part A Normal speed. Then go on to Part B.
Unit 187 Part A |
| 1 Well, there was very definitely a reaction against some of the earlier concerns – 2 for example the pre- Raphaelites didn't believe in the idea … 3 that it was important to be true to nature or realistic . 4 So, in other words the very opposite of realism – 5 no practical lessons for modern industrial societies or whatever. 6 In fact his wife later said it was his most distinctive work; 7 the one that really summed up what he thought. 8 It's called King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid, 9 and it's based on an old legend from early medieval times … 10 about a king who falls in love with a beggar girl, 11 and finds that his love for her is greater than all his wealth and power. 12 Most people knew it well, but only through reading Tennyson's poetry, 13 in which he wrote about it, rather than from the original story. |
Unit 187 Part B |
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14 So it's another example of what we were talking about earlier – |
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