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Part 1.
Tina: Hello... are you Professor Van Diezen?
Professor: Yes, I am. And who might you be?
Tina: Oh! Sorry, my name is Tina. I’m a freshman here. They told me I should ask you for advice in
choosing courses.
Professor: Well, that’s part of what I’m here for. Please come in and sit down. Now, what are your
questions?
Tina: I, I almost don’t know! Everything is so confusing! Like what is a “specialized course”?
Professor: Oh, easy. A specialized course is one that is compulsory, meaning it’s a requirement for
your major and regular, so you can’t place out by taking a proficiency exam.
Tina: That sounds pretty strict. Then what are all these general courses? I seem to have to take so
many.
Professor: Nothing to be alarmed over. These are courses open to all students and not directly related
to your major. The university offers these general courses to choose so that you can become a more
well-rounded individuals. For example, I see you’re a Microbiology major. So it might be a good idea
to take some literature or history courses so that you can know something besides all science.
Tina: You mean these courses are, like, for fun?
Professor: That might be one way to look at it, but don’t tell the literature professor such a thing.
Think of a general course as the opposite of a specified course. A specified course is one that pertains
directly to your major.
Tina: So can I take any Microbiology course I want?
Professor: Let’s see. Oh, those courses used to be open to Microbiology students only. The good
thing is, now it’s open to students on a flexible schedule, so it’s not only for full-time students. So the
answer is yes if you have the instructor’s permission. May I ask you why you chose Microbiology?
Tina: Well, I also like plain old Biology. You know, fullsized animals. I might even become a
veterinarian. Could I take some Biology classes?
Professor: Well, they are open to full-time students only, which I believe is what you are. I don’t
know how a freshman would get along with Microbiology, though. I mean, most of the students
presently looking into it are from off-campus.
Tina: Off-campus?
Professor: Yes, you know, people who use it in their work at hospitals, laboratories, even a police
detective. Why did you choose Microbiology, if I may ask? I don’t think you quite answered that.
Tina: Well, eventually I want to be a doctor. At least my dad tells me so.
Professor: If I may say so, young lady, you seem a little uncertain.
Still, I think that might be a good idea for a career. Of course, if you’re thinking about being either a
doctor or a vet, you should take some Medical Science classes before you even think of applying to
med school.
Tina: Great! What should I take?
Professor: There is one small problem. The new Medical Sciences building is under construction, so
there are no experimental facilities available until next year. I’m afraid you’ll have to wait. But don’t
forget to take those courses at the first opportunity!
Tina: Oh, bummer. Is there any other course you’d recommend for someone like me?
Professor: Well, since you seem to like animals, have you ever thought about looking into
Environmental Science?
Tina: No, I never really thought about it before. Is it worthwhile?
Professor: Quite! In fact, it’s the fastest-growing subject on this campus.
Part 2.
Tutor: Welcome back to the new term, Martin and Amanda. I hope you’ve had a good break and that
you’re looking forward to writing your dissertations. In this tutorial, I’d like to give you the
opportunity to ask questions on writing the dissertation, such as requirements, dates and who to see
when you need help. I know that it’s all available on the department website, but sometimes students

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just like to check or confirm information or, sometimes they need a little more detail. So, is there
anything you’d like to ask?
Martin: Is there a fixed hand in date, yet? On the website, it said that one hadn’t been decided on yet.
Tutor: I’m glad you asked that question. I just heard this morning that the deadline has been
decided and it is the 28th of May. That’s a week later than we had originally planned.
Amanda: What about the word limit? The website gave a very broad range. What was it Martin?
10,000 to 20,000 words?
Martin: I believe so, Amanda.
Tutor: Well, I believe that was a typing error. It should be ten to twelve thousand words, but feel free
to write a little more if you need to. However, make sure that your dissertation is at least 10,000 words
long, not including the contents, references and bibliography.
Amanda: Right, thank you, and we can choose any topics, we like. Can’t we?
Tutor: Any from year 3 and do remember to get your topic approved by your personal tutor. Oh,
that’s me, isn’t it? Before you start writing. I’d hate to have to tell you, your topic was unacceptable
after you’ve spent a lot of time on it.
Amanda: What would you like us to show you initially, apart from the title?
Tutor: Well, I’d like to see a basic bibliography first, along with an outline of your dissertation.
You should get that done by the end of January, this month in other words.
Martin: According to the website the research should take eight to ten weeks. So that takes us from
well, until mid-April, basically.
Tutor: Yes. You should have the research pretty much done by the time you return from the Easter
break.
Martin: It seems like a reasonable amount of time but I bet it disappears fast.
Tutor: It certainly does you’ll probably find that you need to do some extra research during the
second half of April. Ideally you’d be writing then. But very few students get all the information they
need and the personal tutors almost always need to make some further suggestions. That’s why it’s
really important to get the bulk of your research done by mid-April.
Martin: I see. If we get into trouble or can see that we’re going to get into trouble with our research,
we should obviously contact you ASAP.
Tutor: Absolutely.
Part 3.
Teacher: Now let’s move on to the next gallery … whose turn is it to tell us about the next painting?
Amanda, is it you?
Amanda: Yes, this is the one I’ve prepared.
Teacher: Good… now I’ve got one or two questions for Amanda to guide us through this painting,
so if you could all pay attention we can get started … Brian … thank you. Now, as you can see it’s a
pre-Raphaelite painting, so we’re talking 1880, 1890 … and what can you tell us about this – and
other pre-Raphaelite paintings for that matter – compared to what came before?
Amanda: Well, there was very definitely a reaction against some of the earlier concerns – for example
the pre-Raphaelites didn’t believe in the idea that it was important to be true to nature or realistic …
This is a good example – it’s by the painter Burne-Jones, completed in 1884, and it show a lot about
his philosophy of painting …
Teacher: OK. And what was it exactly?
Amanda: Well in his own words, … is it OK if I use my notes?
Teacher: Yes, of course.
Amanda: He said that a painting should be “a beautiful romantic dream of something that never was,
never will be, in a land that no-one can define or remember, only desire”
Teacher: So in other words the very opposite of realism – no practical lessons for modern industrial
societies or whatever.
Amanda: Yes, exactly; and this painting is in many ways very typical if Burne-Jones – in fact his
wife later said it was his most distinctive work, the one that really summed up what he thought.
Teacher: OK, tell us about the story it tells.

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Amanda: It’s called King Caphetua and the Beggar Maid, and it’s based on an old legend from early
medieval times about a King who falls in love with a beggar girl, and finds that his love for her is
greater than all his wealth and power.
Teacher: Was it a well-known story?
Amanda: Yes, most people knew it well, but only through reading Tennyson’s poetry, in which he
wrote about it, rather than from the original story.
Teacher: So it’s another example of what we were talking about earlier – the link between the
romantic movement in literature and the movements in art … do go on.
Amanda: In the painting, the artist imagines the King sitting at the girl’s feet, gazing at her in
adoration. Burne-Jones said he was determined that the King should look like a king and the beggar
should look like a Queen, and he had certain details such as the crown and the maid’s dress specially
made for him so that he could capture the detail. The setting has echoes of 15th century Italian art,
particualrly Manteggna and Crivelli, and it’s all elaborately decorated with highly wrought textures
and jewel-like colours. If you look at the clothing, you can see what I mean. The two characters in
the background have got these rich flowing clothes, and there’s the same richness in the King’s
flowing cloak.
Teacher: So what is he trying to tell us about here … what about these anemones … do they have
any particular significance do you think?
Amanda: Yes, the maid is holding a bunch of anemones, and if you look closely, you can see that
some of them have fallen on the steps by the King. The flowers are a symbol of unrequited love, and
there’s a lot of personal feeling in this painting, as there is in much of his work. At the time he was
doing this, Burne-Jones had met and fallen in love with a girl called Frances Graham, and the painting
shows his feeling about losing the woman he loved.
Teacher: Are there any other themes that the audience in 1884 would have recognized apart from on
this personal level?
Amanda: Yes, to the general public it would have had a completely different meaning, which they
would have recognized quite easily – they would interpret the painting as being about the rejection
of worldly wealth and the elevation of love above everything else.
Teacher: Yes, absolutely … and that was a message that was very close to Burne-Jones’s heart and
was very relevant for late Victorian Britain … Well thank you Amanda, and now we’ll move on to
the next artist …
Part 4.
Let’s start with the breaking news now, and that is that at least 36 people have been killed in a fire at
a high-rise residential complex in Hong Kong. We now know that more than 200 others are missing.
Well, let’s take you live to the scene now, and you can see the flames that have spread across all eight
blocks of this development in the northern Tai Po district. Among those killed, that we know about
so far, is a firefighter. Thousands of residents have been evacuated to shelters, and it’s unclear yet
what exactly has caused this blaze.
Well, with me now in the studios is our correspondent, Graeme Satchel, who’s across the story.
Graeme, what more do we know?
Well, Miam, this is a terrible story that we’ve been following for the last sort of 10 hours or so now.
It’s a tragedy that has developed and got significantly worse over that time. The latest update that we
had was from the city leader in Hong Kong, who gave us the terrible news that the death toll has
risen to 36 and that 279 people remain unaccounted for.
The first news of this broke late afternoon Hong Kong time, around 3:00, when we first got reports
of a fire in this very densely populated part of Hong Kong. There are eight tower blocks with nearly
2,000 flats, so you can see how densely populated it is. They’re old; they were built in the 1980s, and
they were undergoing renovation. So they were covered in a bamboo scaffolding, and eyewitnesses
say that it was the scaffolding that initially caught fire. The bamboo on the outside of the building
spread very, very quickly.
Firefighters have been trying to tackle the blaze all day, but it has spread from one tower to another,
and we think that now there are seven buildings in total that have been affected. Three, we think, are
just about under control, but four are still on fire. It’s difficult to say where this goes now, but the

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likelihood is that this will get much worse before it gets better. The news coming out of Hong Kong
has been terrible and, I think, will continue to be terrible.
Graeme, thank you very much indeed for that. Graeme Satchel there, who’s across the story. These
are live pictures that we are continuing to watch. You can see there it’s 2 in the morning local time,
and firefighters - more than 700, as Graeme said-have been trying to tackle this blaze for many,
many hours indeed.
As I mentioned earlier, we know that at least one firefighter, a 37-year-old, died fighting the blaze,
and the government earlier today paid tribute to that firefighter, describing him as “dedicated and
gallant.”
Now, we also know, from a local councillor who has spoken to the BBC, that residents are asking for
help from local authorities after losing contact with their relatives and friends. Remember, this is a
complex that houses over four and a half thousand people, and we know that over 200 are unaccounted
for. They are effectively missing; we don’t know what has happened to them.
So, as Graeme mentioned, this is just going to get worse, and we, of course, will try to bring you as
much information as we can on this breaking news story as and when we get it.

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