25. Why did
Dr. Smith choose to live in India?
A. To change
his ideas.
B. To
understand the Third World better.
C. To start
a new career there.
D. To enjoy
his retirement.
听力原文：
W：Dr. Smith, you were a political
journalist in America
and I was told that you've chosen to live here, a mountain village like this in
the Himalayan Community. Could you please tell me why you came to India
and settled down here?
M：Yes, of course. I came to India a
year ago to have a better understanding of the country. After I arrived, I had
to find a placeswheresI could live and write. Of
course there were many places for me to choose. But after some months I settled
down happily in this village because I like the countryside better and it is a
little cooler than those in the plains.
W：Have you ever thought of a typical
village as a better choice?
M：Yes, I have. Yet no such thing
exists. In fact I wasted a lot of time looking for the typical village.
Conditions vary too widely. But the villages I stayed in had much in common -
poverty, dirt, and ignorance.
W：But in spite of all this, you still
feel very happy. Is the experience in this country so important to you that you
came all the way from the United
States?
M：Well, that's also the question that
the villagers ask me. They think that I'm crazy to give up my comfortable life
in the Untied States and isolate myself from the outside world in this remote
village, like a retired old man. Why have I come? I've put aside my work as a
political journalist because my ideas have changed. I've come to believe that
what is happening in the Third World
is more important than anything else. But to understand how three - quarters of
the world's people live. And how their future might affect the rest of the
world, I feel that I first have to try and share their way of life.
W：I must say I find your view on this
issue very convincing. I'm sure when you go back to your own country you'll
find your stay here very rewarding.