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        <mattext texttype="text/html">An easier news report about "The Simpsons", to warm you up for the more difficult stuff from TV comedies and to introduce you to the topic of the pathway.</mattext>
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        <mattext label="heading" texttype="text/html">Celebrating the Simpsons</mattext>
        <mattext label="instructions" texttype="text/html">"The Simpsons" is one of the most popular comedy television series. Here is a news story from BBC in connection with it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the sentences on the next screen, then watch the video and &lt;b&gt;fill in the gaps&lt;/b&gt;. (Video length: 2'43".)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;img vspace="0" hspace="3" border="0" align="texttop" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_f7_vgiYMQJw/S-Fw8gg7MLI/AAAAAAAAAGA/Gad26FCsSzs/s128/pista.jpg" /&gt;Put the mouse on the &lt;b&gt;small hint buttons&lt;/b&gt; next to each gap if you need &lt;b&gt;help&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;img vspace="0" hspace="3" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_f7_vgiYMQJw/S-FlTHUCRuI/AAAAAAAAAEo/oyTeMAfpI34/s128/fbck.JPG"/&gt; When you have finished, click on the &lt;b&gt;feedback&lt;/b&gt; button for information about the &lt;b&gt;language and cultural references in the video&lt;/b&gt;.</mattext>
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            <cuepoint sec="0.4" texttype="text/html">This week saw the 20th anniversary of the first episode of “The Simpsons” on American television.</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="5.8" texttype="text/html">Since then, it’s become one of the best-known shows on the small screen, seen in more than 50 countries and winning countless awards.</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="12.3" texttype="text/html">Here’s our entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba.</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="15.3" texttype="text/html">“The Simpsons…” &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It’s undoubtedly a TV institution –</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="22.5" texttype="text/html">– when it began two decades ago.</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="27" texttype="text/html">“One day you’ll learn to move like your old man.” &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“Not if I can help it.”</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="31.2" texttype="text/html">Few could have predicted its astonishing success and the millions who have followed the antics of the Simpson family –</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="38.2" texttype="text/html">“I am so smart! &lt;br&gt;I am so smart! &lt;br&gt;S-M-R-T! &lt;br&gt;I mean, S-M-A-R-T!”</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="44.8" texttype="text/html">– as well as those of Springfield’s other inhabitants.</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="47.6" texttype="text/html">“Them immigants &lt;i&gt;[sic]&lt;/i&gt;! They want all the benefits of living in Springfield, but they ain’t even bothered to learn themselves the language!”</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="54.5" texttype="text/html">“Yeah, those are exactly my sentimonies.”</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="57.3" texttype="text/html">“The key things that have kept ‘The Simpsons’ fresh for all of us I think are first of all The Simpsons themselves, this family, you know; we all can identify with them.</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="64.5" texttype="text/html">"Secondly, because they’ve always had a kind of edge. They’ve always, as it were, poked a sharp stick at American dreams and aspirations and pretentions.”</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="72.5" texttype="text/html">Its enduring popularity has attracted appearances from celebrities from all walks of life.</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="78.3" texttype="text/html">“Wow, Paul McCartney!”</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="81.3" texttype="text/html">“Stephen Hawking!” &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“The world’s smartest man!”</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="85" texttype="text/html">Physicists, politicians, even Simon Cowell has been a guest on the show.</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="90.2" texttype="text/html">“That’s my baby, jerk!”</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="92.8" texttype="text/html">“Aw! You call that a punch? I felt it, but it was like, ‘So what?’”</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="97" texttype="text/html">Ricky Gervais, who’s also written for “The Simpsons”, says 20 years is a huge achievement.</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="102.7" texttype="text/html">“&lt;i&gt;[I did twelve episodes and the office next door let the matter lie down?]&lt;/i&gt;</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="107.1" texttype="text/html">"But there are four hundred or something. I mean, incredible. I mean, it’s like an art factory.</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="111.6" texttype="text/html">"They churn out, but it’s brilliant, you know – and people say, ‘Oh, that one’s not as good as that one’, ...</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="116.8" texttype="text/html">"...but, you know, every Simpsons episode is probably the best thing on telly that week."</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="121.5" texttype="text/html">The show’s definitely dealt with criticism, even from the highest level.</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="126" texttype="text/html">“We are going to keep on trying to strengthen the American family to make American families a lot more like the Waltons and a lot less like the Simpsons.”</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="135.9" texttype="text/html">“Uh?” &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“Hey, we’re just like the Waltons! We’re praying for an end to the Depression too!”</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="140.3" texttype="text/html">And by keeping the programme consistently funny –</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="143.7" texttype="text/html">“Great heavens! It’s one of those nude female fire stations!”</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="152" texttype="text/html">– it shows no sign of slowing down, and could even keep going for another 20 years.</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="157.8" texttype="text/html">Lizo Mzimba, BBC News.</cuepoint>
            <cuepoint sec="160.3" texttype="text/html">&lt;i&gt;From &lt;/i&gt;This Week&lt;i&gt;, BBC World News, 16 January 2010.&lt;/i&gt;</cuepoint>
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        <mattext texttype="text/html">"The Simpsons"' first episode was broadcast on the Fox TV channel on December 17, 1989; the news report was broadcast in January 2010. Curiously enough, the Simpsons have remained the same age for the whole period!</mattext>
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        <mattext texttype="text/html">"During the episode &lt;i&gt;["Homer Goes to College"]&lt;/i&gt;, Homer sings 'I am so smart! S-M-R-T... I mean S-M-A-R-T!' while he lights his old diploma on fire. During the recording session, Dan Castellaneta &lt;i&gt;[Homer Simpson's voice]&lt;/i&gt; was singing the song and accidentally misspelled 'smart'. The writers decided that it was much funnier that way, because it seemed like something Homer Simpson would do, so they left the joke in. The song has since become a fan favorite." (From "Homer Goes to College", &lt;i&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/i&gt;, http://en.wikipedia.org/)</mattext>
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