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A BRIT IN THE USA REPORTS
Some days ago I was sitting in my New York flat watching the CBS Sunday Morning
News, probably the most prestigious and serious news show on commercial TV in America.
Its entertainment section featured a long interview with Susan Boyle, a Scottish woman
who won the Britain’s Got Talent show. The interview was remarkable. 8.1. It was
rather so because it carried subtitles in English so that Americans could understand her!
It’s true that some British accents are impenetrable to many foreign ears, sometimes even
hard to understand in other parts of the UK. 8.2. Obviously, CBS thought otherwise.
I suspect this may be the start of a trend. Some British movies now carry subtitles
in America when there are strong regional accents. I’ve even heard some English southerners
demand subtitles when certain Scottish trade unionists are on TV.
The diversity of British voices is one of our glories, but if you can’t be understood even by
other English-speaking countries, then clearly there is a problem. 8.3. For example,
Princess Anne had a tough time being understood when she visited some teenagers in New
York during her visit to the States.
I have appeared regularly on US TV for almost three decades now, and fortunately, no US
broadcaster has yet found it necessary to use subtitles. 8.4. In matters of the heart it’s
dangerous to be misunderstood.
www.bbc.co.uk
A. Even I struggled to understand some folk when I was back in the Glasgow region recently.
B. I should add that some Americans also find very upper-class British accents hard
to understand.
C. CBS explained that her Scottish accent was ‘a little difficult’ to understand.
D. Just to be sure, however, I think I’ll take an interpreter to my Valentine’s Day lunch.
E. Not because of anything that was said, though.
F. But I wouldn’t have thought Ms Boyle’s accent that hard to decipher among her fellow
Brits or even Americans.
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Official CKE answer key found in corpus at arkusze/jezyk-angielski-2011-maj-matura-rozszerzona-odpowiedzi (covers both Arkusz I and Arkusz II; matura.lol's automatic pairing missed it); transcript at .../jezyk-angielski-2011-maj-matura-rozszerzona-transkrypcja. 'A Brit in the USA' missing-sentence gap-fill: 8.1 (after 'The interview was remarkable.', before 'It was rather so because it carried subtitles...') -> E (Not because of anything that was said, though.). 8.2 (after mention that British accents can be impenetrable even within the UK, before 'Obviously, CBS thought otherwise.') -> F (But I wouldn't have thought Ms Boyle's accent that hard to decipher among her fellow Brits or even Americans.). 8.3 (after 'if you can't be understood... there is a problem.', before the Princess Anne example) -> B (I should add that some Americans also find very upper-class British accents hard to understand.). 8.4 (after 'no US broadcaster has yet found it necessary to use subtitles.', before 'In matters of the heart it's dangerous to be misunderstood.') -> D (Just to be sure, however, I think I'll take an interpreter to my Valentine's Day lunch.). (A 'Even I struggled to understand...' and C 'CBS explained that her Scottish accent was...' are the extra, unused sentences.)
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