[originaltext]M: Obviously from Seattle, there are many famous people. W: Ah,

M: Obviously from Seattle, there are many famous people.
W: Ah, yes, from Seattle. We have Jimmy Hendrix.
M: Wow! I love Jimmy Hendrix.
W:(9)Yeah, he is a very famous musician, and we have Ms statues on the street in Seattle and he’s quite the star in Seattle. But he’s no longer around unfortunately.
M: I know, really unfortunate. What an unfortunate death.
W: Yes.
M: Any other famous Americans?
W": Well, there are plenty of famous Americans. Somebody in America who recently won the Nobel Peace Prize and his name as most of everybody listening probably already knows is Barack Obama.
M: Oh, really, I heard that. I read that in the newspaper this morning.
W: Yeah, it’s pretty amazing. He’s the President of the United States. He’s been so only for nine months, so it’s quite early to give the Nobel Peace Prize for not really having done anything yet, his slanderers say.(10)But his supporters are really happy. It’s a big prize. But it’s also a lot of pressure for one man in America to hold. He has to hold up to the pressure.
M: Is there any famous sports people?
W: Well, one person I can think of that’s very famous in America recently is Michael Phelps. He is a young twenty-something guy who is probably the best swimmer in history.
M: Oh, Ian Thorpe is.
W: He recently won many gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He probably won the most. He broke the record for having won the most. I believe it was eight gold medals for a swimming competition.
M:(11)I think Ian Thorpe only won six in one Olympics-Michael Phelps takes it out.
9. What do we learn about Jimmy Hendrix? A)He is a famous writer of lyrics.
10. What do Obama’s supporters think of his winning Nobel Prize?
11. What do we learn about Ian Thorpe from the conversation?