Part 8 – Proudest Achievements分析和总结总结.docx

Part 8 –Proudest Achievements This programme was first broadcast in 1999. This is not an accurate word-for-word transcript of the programme. Muriel: My biggest achievement, which I think to myself I?m a star… I was in The Full Monty. Dick: The biggest achievement, I think, is when I joined a housing co-op as a member and we do a lot for other nationalities. Presenter: Voices of immigrants talking about their proudest achievements as immigrants living in Britain. Our first speaker, Ana Silvia Rodriguez, is from Mexico in Latin America. She came to live in Leeds in the North of England in 1979. At that time, women in Britain were becoming more and more involved in social and political issues. For example, they organised protests and support for Britain?s coal miners at a time when the government was trying to close some coal mines. This is what Ana calls ?strong feminist activity? and she got involved. Is that Ana?s proudest achievement or is there more? Talk about English . BBC Learning English Page 2 of 7 Insert 1 My proudest achievement since I?ve been in England. I suppose it?s a variety of things. One is realising that women are very powerful beings. So, there was a very strong feminist activity in the 70s in England and that really shaped me up. When women fought for disarmament I went and supported rallies and demonstrations. I recently, when there was a war in Yugoslavia. I met lots of other women and demonstrated in the streets of Leeds. So, to me that?s a big achievement, and my independence as a woman allowed me to do that. Presenter: Ana says that British women helped her realise that women were ?powerful beings? – that they have enough power to do great things. She says that the strong feminist activity of the 1970s ?shaped her up? – helped her to become the independent woman she is today. Ana has supported rallies and demonstrations, for example, going on marches for ?disarmament?- to protest against nuclear weapons. In the past, she?s taken part in