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W: When did you become interested in collecting stamps
M: Oh, when I was about ten years old. It’s an exciting hobby. You know, the first postage stamps were issued in Britain in 1840.
W: Really I didn’t know that. I did know that the charge for mail delivery before postage stamps was paid by either the sender or the receiver. How much was the usual charge
M: Oh, about ten cents for a short distance. But post offices were losing money with that system. Rowland hill, an Englishman, suggested using postage stamps. Here’s a picture of the first two stamps issued.
W: They both bear a picture of Queen Victoria.
[听力原文]9-10
W: When did you become interested in collecting stamps
M: Oh, when I was about ten years old. It’ s an exciting hobby. You know, the first postage stamps were is sued in Britain in 1840.
W: Really I didn’ t know that. I did know that the charge for mail delivery before the appearance of postage stamps was paid by either the sender or the receiver. How much was the usual charge
M: Oh, about ten cents for a short distance. But post offices were losing money with that system. Rowland Hill, an Englishman, suggested using postage stamps. Here’ s a picture of the first two stamps issued.
W: They both bear a picture of Queen Victoria.
[听力原文]8-10
W: When did you become interested in collecting stamps
M: Oh, when I was about ten years old. It’s an exciting hobby. You know, the first postage stamps were issued in Britain in 1840.
W: Really I didn’t know that. I did know that the charge for mail delivery before postage stamps was paid by either the sender or the receiver. How much was the usual charge
M: Oh, about ten cents for a short distance. But post offices were losing money with that system. Rowland hill, an Englishman, suggested using postage stamps. Here’s a picture of the first two stamps issued.
W: They both bear a picture of Queen Victoria.
[听力原文] 6-7
W: When did you become interested in collecting stamps
M: (6)Oh, when I was about ten years old.
W: Ten years old So you have loved it for 9 years.
M: Yeah, it’s really an exciting hobby. You know, the first postage stamps were issued in Britain in 1840.
W: Really I didn’t know that. What’s on the first postage stamps
M: Well, look, here’s a picture of the first two stamps issued.
W: (7)Oh, they both bear a picture of Queen Victoria, don’t they
M: Yes, I wish I had the originals, then I would be a wealthy man instead of a poor stamp collector.
W: But I believe collecting stamps gives you much pleasure which not all wealthy men can enjoy.
M: Yes, I do agree.
W: When did you become interested in collecting stamps
M: Oh, when I was about ten years old. It’s an exciting hobby. You know, the first postage stamps were issued in Britain in 1840.
W: Really I didn’t know that. I did know that the charge for mail delivery before the appearance of postage stamps was paid by either the sender or the receiver. How much was the usual charge
M: Oh, about ten cents for a short distance. But post offices were losing money with that system. Rowland Hill, an Englishman, suggested using postage stamps. Here’s a picture of the first two stamps issued.
W: They both bear a picture of Queen Victoria.
W: Dr Huber, when did you first become interested in physics and music
M: I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t interested in physics. When I was a child, I was very curious about the world around me. For example, I always wondered why light behaves the way it does. I found it more fun to play with a prism than to play with the kids in the neighborhood. I wasn’t very social, but I was really into figuring out how things worked. I got my own telescope when I was eight years old, and I loved to take it out at night and go star gazing. I would look at the planets and stars and wonder what was out there. When I was ten, my father bought me a book on the universe, and I just ate it up. In fact, I still have that book right here in my office.
It was the same with music. I’ve always had a natural ear for music, perfect pitch. Even as a young child, if I heard a song on the radio, I could go right to the piano and play it. When I heard a sound like
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