Comprehensive Practice
Pair work : Work with your partner to complete the following dialogue , using the words and phrases in brackets . Make changes or additions where necessary . Model :
Reporter : Hello , Prof.Taft , I'm a reporter with Germany's Bild newspaper . Would you please talk about the story of your photograph appearing on a Nazi magazine ?Prof.Tait : Sure . Recently I _ presented _ the magazine to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Me morial . Its front cover carries a photograph of me as a little baby . You might find _it remarkable _ that my photograph was chosen as the image of the ideal Aryan baby when anti-Semitism _was surging _in Berlin . ( remarkable , present , surge )
Reporter : Yes , indeed . Prof.Taff , because we know , you have parents _____ ( Jewish origin ) Prof.Taft : You're right . My mom ______ in horror at the news about me appearing on the Nazi magazine , because people ______ the baby was Jewish . So she went back to the photographer to ask what had happened . He explained that there was ______ to pick the most beautiful Aryan baby and he had deliberately ( 故意地 ) ______ . ( submit , find out , exclaim , contest )
Reporter : Did the Nazis discover who you were and did they find you ?
Prof.Taft : Fortunately , no , for my family ____ Germany in 1938 . We moved first to Latvia , then _____ Paris until the Nazis _____ . We had a visa problem with the U.S. , so we stayed in Cuba before we finally came to settle in the U.S. in 1949 . ( take control of , flee , take refuge in )
Reporter : Your story sounds horrible . Are you angry at the photographer ?
Prof.Taft : No , actually as I reflect on my personal story , I'm thankful that this _____ photographer did what he did . I'm also pleased that I've added my story to the ______ revelations about how ridiculous ( 荒唐 ) the Nazis were . I do hope I've _____ the message to the world in my way . ( numerous , deliver , outstanding )