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Question 2
You hear a man giving a talk on the radio about an exhibition of paintings by a British
painter called Lowry.
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M:
For Lowry, modern painting needed to represent some aspects of British life: football
matches, workers going to and from a factory. Without his pictures, you could argue that
Britain would lack an account in paint of the experiences of the ordinary 20th-century
working person. The
new exhibition,
Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life
shows how
Lowry developed his style based on his personal relationship
to the place where he
lived. The works in this exhibition demonstrate Lowry’s unique interest in street life. They
also show how he built up a cast of characters illustrating the ways in which the lives of
factory workers developed.
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Question 3
You hear a woman talking on the radio about dance as a form of exercise.
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F:
I wish I’d started going to regular dance classes years ago! I haven’t been doing them
for long, but I’ve already noticed the benefits. I’ve been swimming
fairly regularly for
years, so I do do some exercise,
but since I started dance, well I just feel different,
somehow. I spend
a lot of time in a busy office, and the stress had been getting me
down. That’s all gone, now. Our teacher says our balance will get better too, over time. I
can’t say it’s ever been
a problem for me, though.
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