Prepare 5 P１３０　 8８

Narrator: Listening Part 4.


For each question,


choose the correct answer.


You have 45 seconds to


look at the questions for Part 4.


You will hear an interview with a girl


called Ruth Leyton, who plays tennis.


Interviewer: I’m here


with prize-winning tennis player, Ruth Leyton.


Ruth,


who suggested you should start playing tennis?


Ruth: Well, my mum used to take me along with my older brother


– he had lessons with the club coach, Patrick,


and I had to sit and watch.


Ballet was my after-school activity then,


and Mum wasn’t keen for me


to take up anything else.


One day Patrick noticed I looked bored


– and asked if I’d like to have a go.


I loved it immediately.


Interviewer: What happened in those early years?


Ruth: Until I was about nine,


tennis was just something fun I did.


A friend had classes at a different club,


so sometimes we practised together.


Then a new coach arrived at my club,


who encouraged all of us under-10s


to enter competitions.


I won a lot of events that year.


Then, at 11,


I was selected to have training at the national centre,


so tennis became much more serious.


Interviewer: And you started a


different kind of training, then?


Ruth: Yeah, I’d go to the


centre after school every day.


I expected to feel exhausted


– in fact it gave me a real buzz which


helped me get my schoolwork done.


The lessons at the training centre were hard work


but I felt more enthusiastic than ever about the sport.


The only disadvantage was not


being able to spend


my evenings with my family.


Interviewer: At fifteen you took


part in an important competition.


Ruth: Yes, against players from some of


the best clubs in the country.


I knew I had a chance of winning,


though I wasn’t upset when I didn’t.


Like any sport,


tennis is really competitive and


you mustn’t give up even if you feel like it.


It was a great opportunity to look at what


techniques others were using,


which was helpful.


Interviewer: When you were sixteen,


you were unable to attend an


international competition.


Ruth: Right – I’d broken my ankle!


That sort of thing happens to everyone at some point,


so I tried to be cheerful about it.


It isn’t like you won’t recover


and get back playing again.


In fact,


it was not getting the chance to


go abroad that bothered me most!


Interviewer: What are your ambitions?


Ruth: I’ve accepted that I’ll never be number one in the world,


which is fine.


Lots of people ask me whether I’d like to become a coach


– it’s not for me.


A dream of mine which I’ve had since I was a kid


is to be in one of those sports clothes adverts


– not just to be on TV


but because it encourages interest in the sport.


Narrator: Now listen again.


Interviewer: I’m here with prize-winning tennis player, Ruth Leyton.


Ruth, who suggested you should start playing tennis?


Ruth: Well, my mum used to take me along with my older brother


– he had lessons with the club coach, Patrick,


and I had to sit and watch.


Ballet was my after-school activity then,


and Mum wasn’t keen for me


to take up anything else.


One day Patrick noticed I looked bored


– and asked if I’d like to have a go.


I loved it immediately.


Interviewer: What happened in those early years?


Ruth: Until I was about nine,


tennis was just something fun I did.


A friend had classes at a different club,


so sometimes we practised together.


Then a new coach arrived at my club,


who encouraged all of us under-10s


to enter competitions.


I won a lot of events that year.


Then, at 11,


I was selected to have training at the national centre,


so tennis became much more serious.


Interviewer: And you started a


different kind of training, then?


Ruth: Yeah, I’d go to the


centre after school every day.


I expected to feel exhausted


– in fact it gave me a real buzz which


helped me get my schoolwork done.


The lessons at the training centre were hard work


but I felt more enthusiastic than ever about sports.


The only disadvantage was not


being able to spend


my evenings with my family.


Interviewer: At fifteen you took


part in an important competition.


Ruth: Yes,


against players from some of


the best clubs in the country.


I knew I had a chance of winning,


though I wasn’t upset when I didn’t.


Like any sport,


tennis is really competitive and


you mustn’t give up even if you feel like it.


It was a great opportunity to look at what


techniques others were using,


which was helpful.


Interviewer: When you were sixteen,


you were unable to attend an


international competition.


Ruth: Right


– I’d broken my ankle!


That sort of thing happens to everyone at some point,


so I tried to be cheerful about it.


It isn’t like you won’t recover


and get back playing again.


In fact,


it was not getting the chance to


go abroad that bothered me most!


Interviewer: What are your ambitions?


Ruth: I’ve accepted that I’ll never be number one in the world,


which is fine.


Lots of people ask me whether I’d like to become a coach


– it’s not for me.


A dream of mine which I’ve had since I was a kid


is to be in one of those sports clothes adverts


– not just to be on TV


but because it encourages interest in the sport.