【英语听和读】获奖感言

 Callum: Hello, I’m Callum Robertson and welcome to this very special edition of

Entertainment.

I’m backstage at the International Learning English Awards, the most

prestigious¹ awards of their kind and they are just about to announce the award

for the best Learning English Soap Opera Set In A Flat. It’s very exciting and I

think, yes, we can go over to the main auditorium² now to hear the

announcement.

Announcer

And the winner is

(sound of envelope opening)

Very exciting, I wonder who it could be!

The Flatmates!

(Cheers and applause)

Callum: Well that’s fantastic, the Flatmates from bbclearningenglish.com have won and

coming up to accept the award is the show’s creator Nuala O’Sullivan.

Nuala: Wow, what a night! Thank you, thank you everybody. It’s such a surprise, I

don’t know what to say! I’m speechless. Today is really a special day. A

double celebration. Not only have we won this fantastic award, but today is

also our birthday!

(Cheers and applause) 

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Thank you, thank you. Two years ago today Michal, Tim, Alice and Helen

were introduced to the world and I don’t think any of us ever believed that we

would have come so far. But it’s all down to you. Thank you so much for your

support, for voting every week and sending in your comments. Without them

we wouldn’t be where we are today. And of course many thanks to the stars of

the show, who have worked through thick and thin, though of course for the

flatmates that should be thin and thinner rather than thick and thin.

(Laughter)

But seriously, thank you everyone. I’m speechless.

(Applause)

Callum: That was Flatmates creator Nuala O’Sullivan receiving her award. They’re just

coming back stage now and I’m going to try and grab a few quick words with

her. Nuala, Nuala.

Nuala: Hello, hello

Callum: First, congratulations on the award and the second anniversary of the Flatmates,

how do you feel?

Nuala: Proud, overwhelmed, ecstatic and just happy, happy, happy.

Callum: I can tell that, so, tell us how it all began?

Nuala: Well seriously I never fancied a life in politics but I was always rather attracted

to the idea of controlling people’s lives. And then the ideal opportunity just fell

into my lap. I met Helen in a coffee shop and we got chatting. She seemed

perfect and after a while I persuaded her to let me control her life and since 

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then every week we’ve shown some of the things that she and her flatmates

have been getting up to.

Callum: I see. So what you’re saying is that the Flatmates isn’t a soap opera, it’s

actually a reality show?

Nuala: Well, just between you and me, yes. Today we are broadcasting our 104th

edition. For two years we’ve been following and control ..guiding the lives of

the friends.

Callum: And what led you to choose this particular group of friends?

Nuala: Well I thought that was obvious.

Callum: Uh?

Nuala: Because they’re two dimensional

Callum: Aah, they’re flat

Nuala: Because they’re flat and

Callum: They’re friends

Nuala: Yes, they are flat friends. And another name for friends is

Callum: Mates

Nuala: And they live together 

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Callum: In a flat.

Nuala: And people who share a flat are known as …

Callum: Flatmates!

Nuala: Exactly!

Callum: They're flat flatmates. You know, that really is very clever, it works on so

many different levels

Nuala: You think so

Callum: Yes

Nuala: Thanks, thanks

Callum: You’re welcome. Nuala O’Sullivan, thank you very much

Nuala: Thank you, now I’ve got a birthday party to go to.

Callum: Well that’s all from this special Flatmates birthday edition of Entertainment.

And in the unlikely event you were convinced by our special effects and maybe

wondering and worrying, it was an imaginary award ceremony and Nuala isn't

really a megalomaniac with flat friends, or is she …… mmm

Remember you can catch a new episode in the lives of the Flatmates every

Tuesday on bbclearningenglish.com and if you want to control their lives, don't

forget to vote. 

1 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

2 auditorium   

n.观众席，听众席；会堂，礼堂

参考例句：

• The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
• The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。