Listening Tape Script 2002

2002 AS Use of English Listening Test – Tape Script Announcer:

Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination, Use of English Section A Listening Test 2002. Instructions to Candidates. You should have on your desk a Question-Answer Book. Do not open it until you are told to do so, I repeat, do not open the Question-Answer Book until you are told to do so. Now write your Candidate Number, Centre Number and Seat Number in the boxes provided on your Question-Answer Book. (15 seconds pause)

You are reminded that all examination materials will be played ONCE only. The test is divided into two parts: Part 1 and Part 2. You should use a pencil to write your answers for both parts. At the end of the examination, when you are told to stop, put down your pencil and close your Question-Answer Book. You may not leave the examination room until you are instructed to do so at the end of the examination session. No one may leave early. Put your hand up now if you have any difficulties. It is not possible to handle complaints after you have taken the test. (10 seconds pause) Now look at your Question-Answer Book. Check that your Question-Answer Book has no missing pages. Look for the words ‘End of Test’ on the last page. (10 seconds pause) The test is about to begin. Keep your earphones on until you are told to take them off. Now look at page 1 of your Question-Answer Book. (5 seconds pause) Introduction. Situation. You work for an entertainment company which is planning to develop a theme park in Hong Kong. As part of the research phase for the development project, you have been sent to a movie theme park in Europe where you will be taken on a special tour.

The tour is divided into two parts. In the first part the tour guides will provide some general information about the park, and in the second part the tour will visit a number of the attractions. Your boss in Hong Kong has asked you to take careful notes during the tour so that you can report back to her. Part 1 In this part, you will hear the tour guides give some general information about the theme park. You will have 5 minutes to familiarize yourself with the note-headings for Part 1 before the tour begins. At the end of Part 1, you will have 5 minutes to tidy up your answers. (5 minutes of Greensleeves) Pat: Hi everybody. How’s it going? My name’s Pat Garrett and this is my assistant, Lara Kidd. Lara:

Hi there.

Pat:

We’re your guides for today and we’d like to welcome you all to our wonderful, fantastic, unbelievable Global Studios theme park. I’m sure you’re all familiar with our symbol by now you can see it up there on the gates – the image of the world caught in the lens of a camera is a famous one all over the planet – just don’t get it confused with the one for 21st Century Global Studios, who, are, well, notorious for making rip-off versions of our movies and have very inferior theme parks. Their symbol has the world at the base of a camera. We’re suing them at the moment, incidentally. Okay. Now I realize that you people are here because you’re planning to set up your own theme park in Hong Kong, but there’s no reason why we shouldn’t have some fun as well. Agreed?

Bonnie: Sure. Clyde: Yeah. Lara:

And listen, if you have any questions, don’t be afraid to just butt in and ask. I have a question for you first though, and that is, exactly how did you find out about this place? I guess you must have seen something about us on the TV, huh?

Bonnie: No, actually, I saw an advertisement on a DVD. I was watching a movie at home and there was a promotional trailer on the disc. Lara:

And is that the only place you’ve seen ads for us?

Bonnie: Well, no. I also found the park web-site on the Internet. I was surfing for places we could visit and do research. Lara: Clyde:

Pat:

Great. Web-sites are a must these days. How about you, Clyde, same thing? I read an article in a magazine. I can’t remember which one it was, maybe Empire or Premiere. But also some friends told me about the Park. They came last year and said they had a great time. Of course they did. Everybody does. And there’s nothing like good word of mouth. That’s something you’ve got to think about, you know - good advertising is crucial when you’ve finally got your park up and running. Now, allow me to give you a little basic advice about putting your message across. Tip number one is, target all your audience.

Bonnie: What do you mean by that? Pat:

Clyde: Pat:

I mean you must appeal to both adults and children. The grown-ups won’t come if they think they’re going to get bored and ignored, and the kids aren’t going to come on their own. The next thing you’ve got to remember is, be expensive. Show them the money. To be more specific, spend a lot on advertising, make your advertisements colourful and big and dazzle the TV viewer or reader with reds, greens, blues and yellows. Look at 21st Century Global. They still think in black and white, and you could cover their ads with a postage stamp. That’s why nobody goes there and everyone comes here. Okay. Next thing is, be comprehensive. Comprehensive? In what way? Advertise everywhere, you know, use every medium you can. Advertise on billboards, the sides of buses, litter the streets with leaflets. Hire a light aircraft and fly a banner through the sky. You know, not everyone reads newspapers and magazines, some spend all day watching TV or vegging out on the Net. The last thing about advertising is, make your ads memorable. How can you do this? Well, use a shocking image – the dinosaur from Triassic Park, for example.

Bonnie: Oh yes, I’d recognize that anywhere. That’s great advice, Pat. Thanks a lot. Clyde: Pat:

Catchphrases are important too, aren’t they? You bet, and I’m sure you all remember the one for our park: ‘My magical day in the movies’ that’s in the movies, not at the movies, by the way. What’s 21st Century Global’s catchphrase?

Bonnie: Oh, you mean the other studios. Do they have one? Pat:

Sure they do, but no one remembers it, so I rest my case.

Lara:

Right. It’s 10 o’clock, so we’ll start the tour in a moment. Good to see you all got here on time by the way. What does that tell you, you think?

Bonnie: The Park is easy to get to. Lara:

That’s fact. There’s a lot of things you have to consider when planning where to build a theme park. One of the first things you have to make sure of is good public transport – we’ve got trains, buses, even boats to this park. Why’s that important? Well, public transport is usually cheapvisitors don’t want to spend too much getting to the place and if they do spend a lot, it means they have less to spend when they get here. Public transport also eases traffic congestion. Nothing worse than being stuck in your car on a hot day waiting to get in. A third factor is less parking space is needed in the Park. This kind of real estate sells at a premium, so what you don’t want is an excess of parking lots-

Pat:

Yeah, like they have at 21st Century Global. Visitors there have been known to take an hour or more to find their vehicles. Some have never been seen again.

Lara:

The next thing you need to think about is good facilities and utilities. The infrastructure, that’s the facilities and utilities, must be well developed. This is important because, for a start, you need a good supply of electricity. Theme park rides use up a lot of juice, I can tell you. Also, park facilities always require a lot of water – millions of gallons of the stuff – for the rides, the restaurants, the restrooms, you name it. A third thing is, plenty of hotel accommodation is needed. Folks have to stay somewhere overnight if they’re coming from far a field and the more places they have to choose from, the better. Finally, you need to think about location. A good location is important for two main reasons. For a start, the scenery must be pretty. I mean pretty scenery like we’ve got here – trees, grassy hills, a lake – but you also want somewhere where waste disposal is easy. Visitors generate a hell of a lot of rubbish every day and you’ve got to be able to get rid of it quickly and efficiently.

Pat:

Okay now, let’s have a lock at the map over here and I’ll show you which rides we’re going to hit today, as well as where we’re going to have lunch. We call a lot of the attractions ‘rides’ because they involve some sort of bus or boat trip. We haven’t got time to do them all today because I want to end up on The Studio Backlot this afternoon where we can see how they make movies. I think three attractions will be more than enough for a morning. Our favourite attractions are the Lava! Lava! ride, and Dracula’s Castle and, then of course, there’s Triassic Park: that’s must. So, what do you say, shall we do those three?

Clyde: Yeah, they sound great. Pat:

Okay. If we do these three we should start with the one nearest to the entrance and finish with the one furthest away. I think we’ll skip Pouncing Lion, Silent Serpent City because I guess you’ve seen

enough martial arts. Where you folks come from. There’s Shark Beach too, but that one’s under renovation right now. We had a terrible storm last month and the shark got washed away. After the third attraction, we’ll have lunch. There’s and oriental restaurant in the Park but, as we won’t have much time, I think we should stick with something simple – how does a hot-dog sound to you? Bonnie: Sounds great. Hey, Lara. I notice people have different coloured tickets. What’s that all about. Lara:

Well, Bonnie, we have different kinds of tickets suitable for different kinds of visitor. If you look at the display at the ticket booth, you can see that ticket A is your basic one-day ticket which lets you on three out of five rides – that’s usually enough for families making a day trip and that’s the kind we’ve got too. Then we’ve got your all-inclusive day ticket for adult only which allows you to get into all the rides including Dracula’s Castle – that one is just too scary for kids. If you’ve got more time to spend, there’s a special two-day ticket. Most package tourists from overseas go for this one. In fact, they fly in, visit the park and fly straight out after day two. Oh, and there’s the Wedding Special – that’s for folks who only want to take The Love Boat ride. We have an ordained minister who’ll perform the marriage ceremony on board.

Bonnie: How romantic. Pat:

It sure is, and I should know because I married my wife on board The Love Boat…yes, erm, my first wife, that is.

Lara:

I should add that there’s also a discounted ticket for school outings; the price depends on the number of students included, and I guess that about covers the lot.

Pat:

Okay. Now run your ticket through the turnstile here, grab yourselves a Brochure and, oh. Let’s just stop a moment and take a look at this information board. It’s the latest in hi-tech display equipment. You can’t call yourself a top-grade theme park without a system like this.

Bonnie: But it doesn’t seem to be working. Pat:

Well, it’s new, things sometimes take a while to, you know, work out the bugs. Anyway, what you basically have in the top left hand corner is, er, general information, you know, opening times, closing times, stuff like that. And in the space below the general information, there’s the weather forecast.

Clyde: Which I guess is ‘poor visibility’ today. Pat:

Very funny…that’s very funny Clyde. So down the central column here you have the attractions. The list starts with Lava! Lava! and finishes with The Love Boat.

Bonnie: And to the right of that I guess it tells…it tells you how many people are there at the moment. Pat:

Well, indirectly, I suppose, but that’s not the main purpose. At the top here it should actually say ‘waiting time’ – that’s to give visitors an idea of how long they’ll have to wait if they want to see an attraction. Then there’s one other section below the list of attractions and the waiting time which is for special messages.

Clyde: And I suppose today’s special message says ‘Repair man needed!’ Pat: Lara:

That may be so, Clyde. Oh, what a sense of humour! Hey, c’mon everybody, let’s grab that park bus over there. (A bell rings) Everyone aboard? Fantastic. Now, park transportation is something you Have to plan too, don’t forget. A good system means a bus or a tram or whatever you’ve got every three minutes or so. You see, the first thing is, you have to keep people moving. Don’t let them shuffle.

Clyde: Why’s that? Isn’t it good for them to get some exercise? Lara:

People have come here for fun, Clyde, not exercise. The second reason why we need frequent transport is you’ve got to help people with special needs. I mean elderly people or disabled folk. If you have overcrowded buses, that’s a big problem for them.

Bonnie: I suppose this kind of transportation also protects you from bad weather, doesn’t it? Lara: That’s just what I was going to say next. If it suddenly starts raining, you can easily hop on a bus. Clyde: Hey, is this Lava! Lava!? Pat:

Yup. You can see the volcano from here. What a sight! Okay, this is where we get off.

Bonnie: Oh no, look at the queue. We’ll be here forever! Pat:

That’s one of the problems with popular attractions like these. As park planners, you have to prepare for big queues all the time. You must create enough waiting space for a start – plenty of room for people to breathe and keep cool. And at various points you should notify them of the waiting time, you know, when they get to a certain point there’s a sign that says ‘Only 15 minutes more. Be patient!’ – that kind of thing. Something else you can do is provide refreshments nearby – maybe a soft drinks stall or somewhere you can buy ice creams from. Oh, and I almost forgot, you should

entertain the visitors while they wait too. We have video screens up outside some of our attractions showing movie trailers, and there’re performers dressed up as famous characters who stroll around the park. Visitor 1: Hey, fella. Do you work here? Pat:

I do indeed. How can I be of assistance, Mr.…?

Visitor 1: Hackenbacker, Burt Hackenbacker the third. Well, now, me and my kids, the little Hackenbackers, have been standing here now for almost an hour. I reckon that volcano in there is going to be extinct by the time we get to see it. And listen, if that fool in the mouse suit comes by me one more time. I swear I’m going to – Pat:

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, well, er, look, excuse me, sir, I have VIPs to attend to. Let’s just make our way to the head of the queue and see if we can get things moving. A good morning to you sir and, er, huh, have a nice day…well, I do apologize for some of our visitors, though of course we can’t be held responsible for their lack of manners. Okay, okay. Let’s move right on through here, but before we take the ride – it’s a little bus, by the way. Like the one we just got out – you’d better make a note of the rules and regulations. You’ll need similar ones in your park once you’ve got your rides set up. Most of them are restrictions on certain visitors. The first regulation is, no person under 46 inches is allowed.

Bonnie: Under 46 inches? Why’s that, Pat? Pat:

Well, because if you’re too small, you can slip out. Some kids slipped out of the safety seats on the Avalanche ride at 21st Century Global last year. They got buried under a mountain of polystyrene snow. Took several hours to dig them out. Well, next rule is, no person with a heart condition allowed. By heart condition we mean anyone who’s had bypass surgery or who’s got a pacemaker installed. The reason for this is, sudden shocks may cause a heart attack and our rides are full of shocks, that’s what it’s all about. I guess you could say the only ride you’re allowed on with a heart condition is The Love Boat, if you know what I mean.

Clyde: That’s very funny, Pat…very funny. Pat:

Well, last thing is, no people who suffer from motion sickness are allowed on the ride. The ride – is pretty rough in places so you must have a strong stomach and a good sense of balance. You don’t want to mess up the ride every time it goes round.

Bonnie: Better finish your ice cream, Clyde. Clyde: Mmm. Okay, I’m all set to go. Lava! Lava! here we come.

Announcer: That’s the end of Part 1. You now have 5 minutes to tidy up what you’ve written. (5 minutes of Greensleeves) TONE Part 2 In this part, you will hear about some of the park’s attractions. You’ll have 3 minutes to familiarize yourself with the note headings for Part 2 before the tour continues. At the end of Part 2, you will have 10 minutes to tidy up your answers. (3 minutes of Greensleeves) TONE Lara:

Whoa! What a ride! So what do you think of Lava! Lava!, guys?

Bonnie:

Hot stuff!

Clyde:

I lava-d it!

Bonnie:

Help! I’m on Fire!

Lara:

Don’t worry, that’s dry ice. It looks like smoke, but it’s harmless. Bonnie what was that question you asked me before? I couldn’t hear you.

Bonnie:

Oh yes, what’s the secret of a good ride, Lara? What qualities are necessary?

Lara:

Well, a lot of things go into making a good ride, but the secret, or key, if you like, is you must make it a total experience. By a total experience, I mean you have to appeal to sight, sound, smell and touch sensations. To give you an idea, what do you remember about the sensations in Lava! Lava!?

Bonnie:

Erm, let me think. Oh yes, I remember seeing a shower of fire. It was fantastic. I’ve never seen anything like it before.

Clyde:

And there was a noise like thunder – it actually made me shake it was so loud.

Bonnie:

Oh, and there was a terrible smell of rotten eggs, you know, the smell of sulphur.

Clyde:

Yeah, you’re right, that was a terrible smell. I thought –

Lara:

Hey, nobody’s mentioned touch yet. Remember anything about that?

Bonnie:

There was a hot cloud of ask right at the end. You could feel it on yours skin.

Lara:

That’s it, that’s the one that makes it all seem so real, if you ask me (Pause). Okay, folks, here comes the bus. Let’s hop on. (A bell rings)

Clyde:

It looks like a lot of money was spent an Lava! Lava! Pat. Does the ride make a profit?

Pat:

Profit? You bet. In fact, it’s our most profitable ride. In it’s first year, we had around fifteen thousand people taking the ride each day and this year we’re up to twenty – a rise of five thousand. So, nearly seven million people ride it each year. Although it cost nine hundred thousand dollars just for the special effects, we started making money an the ride a long time ago. Speaking of expensive rides, we’ve just arrived at the most expensive one in the world. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to Triassic Park! Prepare to get prehistoric!

Bonnie:

Wow, look at the gates. They’re huge.

Pat:

Yup! Just flash your special privilege badges and we can skip to the front of the queue here.

Clyde:

Hey, Pat, these people look like they’ve been waiting a long time. I hope the ride is worth it. That reminds me, something I’ve been meaning to ask is how long do rides normally take?

Pat:

Well, Triassic Park is about five and a half minutes long altogether, but it’s not the length that’s important, Clyde; it’s the content. A lot of thought has gone into making the content exciting and imaginative. You get some idea of this from the six-minute dinosaur pre-show before the ride begins.

Clyde:

A pre-show?

Pat:

Uh-huh. First off all, there’s a computer graphics presentation. It’s just like the presentation in the movie – animated computer graphics of the dinosaurs in the Park. It’s state-of-the-art. Following that, there’s an introduction to the Park guides - that’s the team of Triassic Park guides. They’re a specially-trained team who’ll point out the creatures to you and tell you when to keep hidden. Right at the end of the pre-show there’s a safety demonstration. Safety is, of course, a very important concern of ours. Bonnie, don’t be shy. You’ve got another question?

Bonnie:

Are there lots of different species of dinosaurs in the Park?

Pat:

Sure, er, we’ve got big ones, little ones, meat-eaters and vegetarians – a whole range of different species.

Bonnie:

Stegosauruses are my favourite. There must be one of those in the Park. They have triangular spines on their backs, and a large head with horns.

Pat:

Stegos? Sure. We’re got those. But the star of the show is, of course, the T-Rex. That’s the really big meat-eater that stands on two legs – the king of the dinosaurs. In Triassic Park you get really close to one of those.

Clyde:

What about the smaller meat-eaters, the other ones that run on two legs. Have you got those too?

Pat:

The raptors. Yep, we’ve got raptors alright. You’d better keep well inside the boat when you see those guys. We also have some winged dinosaurs, you know, pterodactyls – the terror of the skies. What we don’t have in the Park are brontosauruses, the giant dinosaurs with the long tails and the long necks – not even the best engineers in the world can build a convincing one of those, I mean one that can move, that is. In fact, we don’t have any four-legged species other than your favourites, the stegos. If you want to see cheap dinosaurs, you’ll have to go to 21 st Century Global and their Dino World – it’s so decrepit it looks like it was built in the Triassic era. Anyway, now, let’s see what those visitors over there have to say about the ride. Excuse me madam, what’s your name?

Visitor2:

Myra Hackenbacker and these are my kids, the little Hackenbackers.

Pat:

What a coincidence, we just met another family with the same name.

Visitor 2: Oh, that’ll be Burt, my husband. He looks after the girls, and I look after the boys. We have to keep them apart or they’d fight like cats and dogs. Pat:

So Mrs. Hackenbacker, what do you remember about Triassic Park?

Visitor 2: It’s awesome. The first thing that happens is, a little boat picks you up. Getting on was pretty frightening for me, because, well, I don’t have sea-legs, if you know what I mean. So I guess I was kind of nervous right from the start, especially as you can hear the dinosaurs calling in the jungle. There are sreeches, roars, all kinds of noises coming out of the trees. Then the boat floats down a river. It’s pretty low-moving at first, but, as you’re floating along, these little dinosaurs spit at you from the river banks. Clyde:

Spit at you? That sounds disgusting.

Visitor 2: Well, it is, but it’s hilarious at the same time. We just couldn’t stop laughing. Everyone gets so wet. Bonnie:

What happens next?

Visitor 2: Well, the boat sails through a cave. It’s a very dark and narrow cave and you can hear this flapping sound. Suddenly, some dinosaur birds – I can never pronounce the names of them – anyway, these dinosaur birds dive at you from a rock ledge. They dive so close you can touch them, and the noise they make…. They scared the life out of the kids, but they didn’t do anything for me. I thought they looked a bit rubbery, not very believable. Clyde:

So that wasn’t the most exciting part then?

Visitor 2: No, no, that was still to come. After the dino dive-bombing the boat drifts across a small lake. Everything is perfectly quiet, the water in the lake is green and still, then suddenly, oh my god, these two T-Rexes attack the boat – what monsters! Bonnie:

You mean they appear out of the forest?

Visitor 2: No, they attack from under the water. Clyde:

Wow! T-Rex torpedoes!

Visitor 2: Well, I can tell you, it blew me out of the water. I screamed till I turned blue, I swear. Never had a surprise like that before. No sir. Bonnie:

And how does the ride end?

Visitor 2: The boat shoots over a waterfall. It’s not a very big waterfall, but it’s pretty steep. At the bottom, some dinosaurs shake their tails at you. They’re four-legged things with tails as thick as tree trunks. By that time I have to say I wasn’t feeling too good, my stomach was beginning to play up, what with the way the boat was moving and the shocks and all. But just after that, the ride ends. Clyde:

So, would you recommend the ride?

Visitor 2: Recommend it? Sure. I’d call it the ride of a lifetime. Well, maybe I should say, a prehistoric lifetime. There was one disappointment, though. Pat:

Oh?

Visitor 2: All the little Hackenbackers are still here. I was hoping the dinosaurs might snack on one or two of them. Come on your little bunch of raptors, let’s go and get some lunch. Pat:

Well, another happy customer. Let’s – (A mobile phone rings) Just a moment. That’s my mobile… Pat Garrett speaking. What can I do for you ……yep … … …yep fantastic, we’ll get over there right away. Thanks for calling Okay folks, a change of plan. That was The Studio Backlot supervisor on the phone and he says a famous movie director’s just arrived there. I think we should head over there right now and do Triassic Park later. We don’t get a visit from a famous director every day, you know.

Bonnie:

Who is it?

Pat:

Well, none other than Sir Albert Hatchcock, the master of suspense.

Clyde:

The master of suspense? Never heard of him.

Pat:

And you call yourself a movie fan, Clyde? Come along now, or we’ll miss him. The Studio Backlot’s quite a way from here. (A bell rings) Okay folks, it’s The Studio Backlot, and there he is, the grand master himself. Come along, I’ll introduce you. I’ve met him before, he’s sure to remember me. Sir Hatchcock, Sir Hatchcock?

Sir Albert: Quiet on the set there! I say, who the devil are you? Pat:

It’s Pat Garret, sir, the Public Relations director. We met a few years ago in this very same place. My assistant and I have a couple of visitors from Hong Kong here who’re very keen to ask you some questions.

Sir Albert: Is that so? Well, you’d better be quick, I have several scenes to shoot this afternoon. Bonnie:

Sir Albert:

Sir Albert, it’s a real honour to meet you, sir. One of the most impressive things about your films is the camera work, so I was wondering if you could tell me, what are your favourite camera shots? My favourite camers shots – well, I, I’ve got plenty of those. Well, well, first of all, er, there’s the panning shot, erm, sometimes call widescreen, but, I used that in my film South by

Southeast, I don’t know if you’ve seen that one. Erm, and what, what that does is, is it gives you…you get a real sense of scale. It’s, it’s when you shoot in, er, a very wide landscape and, and in this film there’s a scene with a man running across a cornfield and he’s chased by, by an aeroplane, and you get a real felling that, you know, that he’s lost in that cornfield, but that, that’s, that’s the panning shot. Erm, another of my favourites is the tracking shot and that’s when the camera’s on a little platform on a sort of a, like a little mini rail track, if you like. Erm, and, er, I used that one in a film called Strangers on a Plane – and that was about, erm, a couple of hijackers – very topical now, of course. What, what I did was I had the camera going up and down the aisle and what I like about the tracking shot is, it, it, it copies human movement, it, it copies it very accurately and you really feel like you’re on that plane. Erm, what else can I think…well, there’s, there is of course the old extreme close-up, I use that rather a lot. That’s that’s when look at, you know, somebody’s face very close up, maybe even just a part of the face. Erm, I had a lot of those types of shots in my film of the sixties, Nutter, erm, very famous, and what I would do there is close in perhaps on the victim’s face or maybe on the murderer’s face and I, I find that the close-up, it really captures real emotion, that’s what I like about it, real emotion, say terror, or, or, even love, or, or whatever. That’s, that’s the extreme close-up. The, the, the other shot that I’m particularly fond of is the dolly shot. Now, a dolly is, is a sort of a platform an a crane, and er, you can move up and down, the camera can, can go up into the sky or come back down again, and, er, I used it in my film, erm, I’ve forgotten the title now, oh, of course, The Gentlemen Vanishes, that’s the one. And there I have the camera come down on the dolly from high up on a building side down into a crowd where we close in an a man who’s got a gun in his pocket and you can see him just fingering the gun. Erm, I think, I think that sort of shot – a dolly shot – it, it conveys a feeling of power, if you like. The, the, the viewer feels some power, they feel they can see everything that’s going on. Anyway, that, that, that’s some of my favourite shots. Lara:

Thanks for sparing the time to talk to us, Sir Albert.

Bonnie:

Yeah. Perhaps you could come and visit the studio backlot in our theme park in Hong Kong once we’ve got it set up.

Sir Albert:

Yes, but that depends on which studios you represent. I can’t be seen to be favouring rival production companies, you know.

Bonnie:

Well, we, er, we’re from 21st Century Global Studios. Erm, you may heard of them. We’ve

just bought out Global Studios actually. Haven’t you heard the news? Pat:

What? I don’t believe it. Doesn’t anybody tell me anything around here?

Lara:

How come we’re always the last to know?

Sir Albert:

Pat:

21st Century Global? Splendid company. I made some of my best early pictures with them. Now, do forgive me, I must get on with my work. Quiet on the set, please, and action!

now, erm, Bonnie and, er, Clyde. Let’s go get some lunch and then we’ll make our way back to Triassic Park. Now, hey, what I was saying about 21 st Century Global, it was all just a kind of a joke if you know what I mean. Actually, over the years they’ve made some mighty fine pictures and their theme parks, well (3 seconds pause)