LISTENINGInterview1INT:Excuseme---you‘vejustcomeoutoftheLouvre.MAN:Yes,that’sright.WOMAN:AnddidyouseetheMonaLisa.MAN:Ofcourse.WOMAN:CanIaskyouaquestion?Canyoutellmewhysheissmiling?MAN:Well,that’snotaneasyquestiontoanswer.ButIhaveanidea.It’sbecauseyoucan’t_______________her.getawayfromWOMAN:Whatdoyoumean?MAN:Imean,whereveryouare,she’salwayslookingatyou.Shehasyou_______________.That’swhyshe’spleased.Soshe’ssmiling.Interview2WOM:Ithinkit’squietobviouswhyshe’ssmiling.It’sa_____________smileof_______________.She’s______________,basically.Shejustfoundoutthatshe’sgongtohaveababy.inherpowertypicalsatisfiedamothertobepregnantInterview3STUD:Well,I’vereadafairbitaboutthis,andapparently______________answeristhatit’sasortofjokebyLeonardo.Ifyoutakethefamousself-portraitofLeonardoasanoldman,andyou____________theMonaLisa.---youcandothatwithacomputer_________.Youputoneportraitontopofanother---youdiscoverthatthetwopicturesareverysimilar.Imeantheshapeofthehead.Infacttheeyesandthenoseandmouth_______completely.themostlikelyputitoversomehowmatchINT:YoumeanMonaLisaisreallyaself-portrait?STUD:That’sright.It’s__________________asayoungman.Interview4AC:TherearelotsoftheoriesaboutwhyMonaLisaissmiling.Mostofthemare________________.Themostcredibleofthemseemstobethetheoryabouttheyoungman.INT:Andwhat’sthat?completenonsenseaportraitoftheartistAC:Well,nobodyhaseverbeenabletosay_____________whoMonaLisais.Andthat’sbecausesheisn’tawoman.MonaLisaisreallyayoungman,probablyabout15yearsold,__________asawoman.Afterall,crossdressingwasverycommoninRenaissancetimes.JustthinkaboutShakespeare---allthefemalespartswereplayedbymaleactors.INTSothesmile…AC:It’sthemodelenjoyingthejoke---he’saboy,buteverybody’sgoingtothinkhe’sayoungwoman…withcertaintydressedupInterview5INT:CanyoutellmewhyMonaLisaissmiling?STUD:Well,actuallyIdon’tthinksheissmiling.Ithinkshe’sjustthinking,andthesmileisreallyjusta_________________ofsomeonethinkinghardaboutsomething.INT:Andwhat’sshethinkingabout?STU:Idon’tknowexactly.Butwhateveritis,it’svery________.Itlooksasifshehasthewholeworld_________________normalexpressionintenseonhershoulders.