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6 Minute English
Movie science
6 Minute
English
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Callum:
Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English, I'm Callum Robertson and with me
today is William Kremer, hello William.
William:
Hello Callum.
Callum:
Today science in the movies. And we start with a question based on a scene
that will be familiar to many science-fiction fans.
If you were in space and
there was a big explosion, what would you hear? Would the sound be:
a: louder than on Earth?
b: quieter than on Earth?
c: there be no sound at all?
William:_Im_going_to_go_for_c:_theres_going_to_be_no_sound_at_all._Callum'>William:
I'm going to go for c: there's going to be no sound at all.
Callum:
OK, we'll find out if you're right at the end of the programme.
Well there is science in many films, not just science-fiction films. For example
picture a scene in which there is a petrol station and there is a pool of petrol, or
gasoline, on the ground and a character in the film takes a long suck on his
cigarette and he throws it into the pool of petrol.
In the movies, what happens
William?
William:
Booooom
Callum:
In the movies there is a great explosion and in real life, what happens?
