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[originaltext]W: Hello everybody. We’re sitting just outside Emma Ville in New
[originaltext]W: Hello everybody. We’re sitting just outside Emma Ville in New
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W: Hello everybody. We’re sitting just outside Emma Ville in New South Wales, Australia. And I’m just talking to Archie here. Archie, you were born near here?
M: Yes. I was horn here at Vegetable Creek Hospital.
W: Right, so Emma Ville used to be called Vegetable Creek.
M: That’s correct.
W: When did they change the name, do you know?
M: They changed the name back in 1872.
W: Right, and why was that?
M: It was because at the time the governor of New South Wales was, his wife’s name was Emma, and he came to Emma Ville and opened up the Emma Ville hospital and he called it Emma Ville, after Emma.
W: And there used to be a lot of Chinese people growing vegetables here before.
M: That’s fight. There were 3,000 Chinese at a tin mine in Emma Ville. Emma Ville used to produce 400,000 tons of tin a year. The last mine that was in Emma Ville closed down in 1988.
W: And what year were you born?
M: I was born the first of November, 1942. And I’ve worked among sheep and machinery all my life.
W: So what was it like growing up around here?
M: Quite good. I still retain my keen memory of my early events that occurred in Emma Ville, and those unforgettable days. I’d really like to do it all back over again.
W: When did you start running sheep?
M: Back in 1979.@I never had one acre of ground. I leased country then, in 1979, out in this area, and built myself the sheep farm from there.
W: Do you shear your own sheep or...?
M: No. No, I pay shearers.
选项
A、He is 48 years old now.
B、He is 56 years old now.
C、He is 64 years old now.
D、He is 70 years old now.
答案
C
解析
How old is Archie now?
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