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Dashan's Adventure Dashan's Adventure Episode 1 Much Music Act one Leah: Pizza delivery. Dashan: As I was explaining to the other fellow, I'm having a problem with my modem...I've already been on hold for over two hours.... wait... don't leave me. L: so you're having some modem problems, are you? D: L: Do you mind... There you go. D: L: well, I ...it's complicated. ... D: I could really use your feedback. .. Receptionist: Just go down the hall to your right. She is at her desk. ... D: I'm really looking forward to the day today, especially to meeting Sook-Yin. Sandra...Much Music is Canada's first 24-hour satellite TV video Station. We play everything from rock to pop to alternative music. That is one of our many edit bays here Much Music. We edit shows such as the New Music and Speakers' Corner. Dashan: Oh, Speakers' Corner. I know that. That is where you can go 24 hours a day; put a coin in the machine and record a short message and say anything you like. Sandra: That is right. All for a buck. ... Well, we should get going. Sook-Yin: Ahh. The interview... you know what? I just found out they changed my schedule and I have to be on air in a minute. Well, we could co-host together on television. Dashan: Sook: We'll send you to make up. It's going to be no problem. We'll be setup. Dashan: I've never done a music video program before. Sook: I mean, what could possibly go wrong... Except I just noticed I've got this huge stain on my shirt. Could you hold this and hold down the fort? D: that is just an expression that means "to look after things until I get back. Act Two D: So, where were we? Leah: D: Right. Where did I put the tape? L: D: Right. Sorry. I'm really up to my elbow in work. I don't know if I'm coming or going. L: You should hire an assistant. D: You can say that again. L: D: Director: Cue Dashan. D: ... We broadcast a wide range of material from alternative to rap and pop and beyond right here from our studios in downtown Toronto, all across Canada and around the world. D: Thank goodness you're back. D: oh, that's not my cup of tea.-----I find lately I've been listening to a lot more classical music. But I like classical music that has more of a modern edge to it. Sook-Yin: oh, I have just the artist for you. Vanessa Mae. She's from Singapore. And she mixes that classical with modern music. you make a great emergency VJ. Sandra: You and Sook-Yin had great chemistry. You were awesome. Very natural. D: how could they apply? Sandra: Well, you'd first have to put together your demo reel and then put together a CV and you could send it to me here at Much Music World headquarters in Toronto. D: I have experience on TV and on stage and you saw me today working with Sook-Yin. She's the best. So I think I can handle it. VJ is the initials that mean video jockey. And demo reel is a " demonstration reel". Basically, it's like an audition tape of me on various television show. Dashan: So, are you happy in the pizza business? Leah: It helps pay the rent. I'm a student. Why? Dashan: Well, like you said, ---- Episode 2 A Fine Wine Act One Leah: Okay, I've thought about your offer and I've decided to take the job. D: leah, that's fantastic. L: but, there's only one other thing. I don't quite know how to say it. D: Listen, be direct. If we're going to work together, it's important that we communicate. Leah: Well, I like to be organized. And this place is a mess. D: you're right. I've had a lot on my mind lately. L: You said it was okay for me to speak my mind, right? You look terrible. D: It was my anniversary last night. I had the best of intentions, but things didn't start off very well. you see, I'd been saving this fabulous bottle of wine from my wedding. I was saving it for a special occasion. I'd kept it locked in my basement where nothing could happen to it. D: But the bottle I broke was a unique vintage. Leah: D: Vintage means the year that the wine was produced. Not to mention the special memories that it held. any way , I went to the winery determined to replace that exact bottle. Clerk: oh, I'm sorry, we haven't sold that vintage for years. D: ah, is Donald Zeraldo in? Clerk: No, he's away. He'll be back tomorrow. D: what about Debbie? Clerk: Um, Debbie's out on tour. You might be able to catch her next to the vineyard. Leah: What does ice wine taste like? D: It's very sweet and has the aroma of peaches and mangoes. Debbie: Once the grapes are esteemed and then fermented out in the first building, they would come in here to the stainless ---We're just having a tour if you'd care to join us. Dashan: sure. Debbie: Okay. So the grapes would go off into here and the wine would be finished, cleaned and clarified. And then what we're going to do now is proceed down to the underground vault. So just follow me here and we'll go down the stairs to the underground vault. Leah: what is an underground vault. D: you'll see in a sec. It's a chamber below ground that's kept very cool and dark so the wines don't spoil. Debbie: This is our underground vault with all the moist valuable and rare wines in it , including our ice wines. and just over here we have the barrels that contain our rather expensive pinot noir. all of these barrels are made in France and run about 850 dollars a barrel. So they would age here in the cool temperature and give complexity to the wines and again make them very expensive as well. I think we should taste a few. Dashan: Debbie!---Oh, no, I'm trapped. Dashan: Like the say: " Curiosity killed the cat." Leah: They really liked the material you sent them last week. Oh, this is bad. They moved our schedule up by six weeks. Dashan: That'll be tight. But I think we can pull it off. Act Two D: Okay, thank you, by. Leah: Any luck? Dashan: No, they can't give us an extension. We'll never finish in time. Leah: I'm not so sure. I've looked at your schedule and you just might be able to do it. Now, it'll mean canceling your trip to China. D: And I could combine my tow trips to Vancouver into one. This might just work. Here, let me show you the rest of the winery piece. Debbie: This is the underground vault with all of our rare wines and ice wines in here. Dashan? My goodness. What are you doing here? Dashan: I was just looking for some ice wine. Debbie: Oh, gosh. The rest of you go to the bottling line. I'll be right back. Donald's been looking all over for you. Dashan: Really? Debbie: Well, I think you'd better come with me and get a little warmer. Debbie: here's Donald here. Donald: You look terrible. What happened? Dashan: I've been fermenting. Donald: Well, Come and join me for a glass of ice wine. I taste one of the last vintages and I thought you might be interested in charging it with me. Dashan: I sure would. It's funny you should mention ice wine because that is why I'm here. Do you remember the ice wine you gave me for my wedding a few years back? Donald: Yes. Dashan: Well, I saved a bottle for a special occasion. Today, I got it out and broke it. Donald: Oh, how unfortunate. Well, I think we should be able to get a bottle from the vault here of one of the other vintages. Dashan: That's great. I need a 1989. Donald: you're kidding me. That's the great vintage. I don't have any more 1989. Dashan: That was that very rare vintage that won the award in France. It's all gone. Donald: I'm sorry. It's a special occasion? Dashan: Yeah, It's for our fifth anniversary. Donald: Ah, well. Just hand on a sec. I may have something that's maybe even more appropriate. Hang on a sec. Let me check---This a special bottle done for the dragon ball that we did last year in Toronto. Dashan: Oh, that's the Chinese New Year's celebration in Toronto. Donald: Please. Don't break this one. Don't drop it. Dashan: Okay.--I'd love to. Donald: There you go.l That's the '96 vintage. Dashan: Thank you. Ganbei. Leah: So, " All's well that ends well.." Dashan: Exactly. I managed to get the bottle home without breaking it. Any my wife and I had a terrific anniversary dinner. Leah: Congratulations. The wine looked great. Oh, I'm dying to try it. Dashan: Which reminds me. Donald was very gracious. I must remember to send him a thank you note. ------ Leah: I've booked you on a flight to Vancouver the day after tomorrow---Now tomorrow I have classes all day but I'm going to go down to the travel agent and pick up your tickets at lunchtime. Dashan: Leah, don't be silly. I'll do that. Leah: No, it's part of my new job. Besides, with the new deadline, you've got bigger fish to fry. Episode 3 The Case of the Missing Case Act One Leah: what seems s to be the problem? D: I've lost my pen again. L: It's right here. D: Thanks. You know, sometimes I think I'd lose my head if it weren't attached. Leah: Oh, don't be so hard on yourself. You've got a lot on your mind. Besides, how did you sleep last night? d: Not very well. All I can think about was the series and our new deadline. But I did come up with a good idea. I was lying in bed, wide-awake as usual and I thought---Have you seen my briefcase? Leah: Your suitcase? It's the tan one, right? Dashan: right. Soft leather. I hope I didn't leave it on the subway. It' got all my important stuff in it. Leah: Here it is. Dashan: Leah, you're a lifesaver.----Anyway, I was thinking, why don't we create website for the series. It would be perfect. Leah: Dashan: We could put pictures on it; lessons from the text. All sorts of cool things. Leah: Plus sound files, dictionaries, you name it. It would be really cool. D: But I don't know the first thing about it. L: Well, I spent most time last semester studying about the Internet and web page design. I t should be a piece of cake. I'll get on to it. So, you never did tell me about your trip to Vancouver. How did that go? Dashan: It was nightmare. You want to take a look? L: sure. Officer: Excuse me. What seems to be the problem? Dashan: My briefcase is missing. Officer: Well, jump in the car. We'll go down to the office and fill out a report. D: Officer Laurie was very helpful. He's a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police: the RCMP. The RCMP is Canada's national police force. Thanks ---hi. Officer: Gary, this is dashan. He's lost his briefcase. Can you take a report from him? Gary: Could you describe the briefcase for me, please? D: it's a tan-colored, soft case. Officer: Gary, I'm sorry to interrupt. Listen, I need you to go down to 25 Monkton Street for a break-in. I'll take the report. Gary: No problem. Officer: Can you take some information from her, please? I'll be right back. Dashan, I can use your help. Get into those ASAP. Idiom collector Act Two Leah: so, Dashan, I'm a little bit confused. I thought Mounties wore red jackets and peaked hats? D: That's their famous ceremonial uniform. Officer Laurie is wearing their day-to-day uniform. And one other thing, the RCMP don't just enforce the law, they're also active in the community. Leah: So, what happened next? This is getting exciting. D: an elderly gentleman had just gone missing--- Officer: you go that way. We'll look over here. Dashan: How about that way? Officer: Right--I don't see them anywhere. Let's try around there? Dashan: Good idea. She found him--- Officer: Such a relief. Let's find that missing case. You see anything. D: No luck yet. Officer: well, I'm going to check down there. You want to go look by the boats? d: hey, my case. What a strange dream. Leah: the whole thing was a dream. So, none of that actually happened? Dashan: I don't know. It's kind of a blur between my dream and what actually happened. I guess I was so worried about losing my briefcase, that when I finally fell asleep, that's all I could think about. D: Only she's a woman and has long, blonde hair. The officer Laurie in my dream looks like my uncle. Leah: Let me get this straight. This whole thing was a dream that we saw? Leah: so you really didn't lose your briefcase? Leah: And you really weren't an emergency policeman? D: No, but they actually have programs where people can become special constables. Just like I was. Or wasn't. I'd like to show you something. I could really use your feedback. Episode 4 Clothes Make the Man Act One Leah: Dashan, I'm looking for a stripped plastic bag? Rectangular. About this big? It has a handle in the shape of a semi-circle? Is that a yes? Leah: Yes, I'm looking for a bag that I've misplaced. Striped plastic. Rectangular. I thought I left it here. Are you sure you haven't seen it? Leah: what's with all the hand signals? D: I'm trying to come up with different hand gestures that we use in Canada but not in China. Leah: Remember that bag with the piece of fabric in it? D: The special fabric that my mother-in-law gave me? D: You mean the fabric you said I should have made into a jacket? -----I just took your advice and took it to a clothing factory downtown to have it made into a jacket. D: That's a very nice outfit. Nella: it's Ports, of course. D: It looks like something my wife would really like. Here's the material I mentioned. Nella: Okay, come over and take a look at some of the things we've been working on. Nella: Thought we would do a nice easy, relaxed shoulder line. Patch pocket detail. Two pockets. Just very easy and relaxed. D: Casual, yet classic. Nella: And when do you think you'd like to pick it up? D: How about 5 o'clock? Nella: I'll try for six. Let's get you standing over here. Get you measured up. Teresa. N: Dashan, I'm planning a trip to China to visit some friends. -- , Do you have any suggestions on what might be an appropriate gift? D: how about ice wine? you know wine is always a great fit and ice wine is something that's really distinctively Canadian. D: now, don't be surprised if your friends don't open the gift right there in front of you like we do in Canada. In China, often they prefer to put a gift aside and then open it after you've left. Nella: I'll make sure to remember that. Dashan: One of the workers walked off with it accidentally. Leah: Here I was, so concerned that I lost the fabric when, in reality, you lost the fabric. D: I guess we're cut from the same cloth. Act Two Leah: Hi, Rejean. Bonjour.. That's tremendous---I will pass the info on to Dashan--- Merci Beaucoup. That was Rejean from the Space Agency. Your trip to Montreal is all set. Leah: I thought of some more hand gestures for you. D: To beckon someone. Nella: It's like trying to find a needle in haystack. Dashan: Did I mention that Ports sends all of its designers to China for nine months each year? they want to make sure they know what the Chinese consumer is looking for so that they can design clothes for their specific tastes . D: it's nice, but it's just not me. Better call the fashion police. Nella: we would like you to accept this gift on behalf of Ports for your wife. --We had a little fabric left over. Nella: you know what they say: " Ren Zai yifu". Dashan: I think I looked quite smart in it. Leah: tend to dress more informally than their counterparts in China. Dashan: I guess so . There aren't to many " casual Fridays" in Beijing.---A lot of businesses here in Canada allow their employees to " dress down" on Fridays. It's a good way to relax at the end of a tough week and let your hair down a little. D: I was just making a joke. There is no such thing as " fashion police". I was saying that sb should be arrested for dressing so badly. D: So, who are they from? Leah: All the best. Love, Anonymous. D: Anonymous? I think somebody has a secret admirer. Episode 5 The Space Agency Leah: I hardly slept a wink last night. I've been pulling a few "all-nighters" studying for my exams. D: I remember what that was like. Listen, I still haven't heard from the repair shop. I tried to fix the laptop, but I think its toast. Three weeks? You can't fix it any sooner than that? D: you don't quite seem yourself today. L: I'm just not sleeping much. Just a little bit stressed. Anyway, how did the trip to the Space Agency go? Any major problems? D: Unfortunately, there were a few minor glitches--Major glitches, I mean. I thought all of that equipment was for simulated space flight. I had no idea some of it is actually for real. I arrived at the Canadian Space Agency full of confidence and ready to try out some of the cool machines and simulators that they use to train astronauts. Hi, I'm dashan. I'm here for my test drive. Rejean: Bonjour. I can see you've made yourself comfortable. Rejean: so, you've seen the virtual reality simulator? R: It is, eh. There is a lot more to see here at the Space Agency. So please come along. I'll show you more. Dashan, this is the space station arm that Canada is building for the International Space Station and I'll show you the training facilities for the astronauts and cosmonauts. Rejean: And this here is a full-sized replica of the space station arm. It's the next generation Canada. Dashan: it is similar to the one on the space shuttle? R: No, actually it's bigger, stronger and more versatile than the Canada. Let's see the simulator now. This is a real lifeboat, part of the system in the Space Station that we use. It's a great thing. Dashan: Can I give it a try? Rejean: and this is radarsat mission control center. This is where we control the satellite. And we can send satellite tape radar images of the surface of the earth. D: I understand that with a radar satellite, you can take images of the earth in light or in total darkness or right through cloud. D: where is the satellite dish? R: and this is the computer station for the dish. This is where we actually control the satellite dish from. R: you didn't touch the control, did you? D: like I said earlier, I thought it was just a simulator for practising. I never would have touched it if I had known it actually controlled the satellite. Leah: I've got to hand it to you. Dashan, when you make a mistake, you really make a mistake. Dashan: And luckily, it's all captured on video. Act Two Dashan: Well, I'd just activated the satellite and I was getting sunburn from all the lights that were flashing. R: oh, it's all right. I've straightened everything out. No harm done. You probably took only two or three images. Let's go. R: and this here is the man who trains astronauts and cosmonauts. Dave: what I'm working on right here is a training scenario which myself and other members of the training team are working on to prepare the cosmonauts and astronauts for robotic operation on the Space Station. I've got the space station remote. D: This computer simulation was a lot of fun. Think of it as the world's best video game. They use it to prepare astronauts for the real space shuttle. Dave: -- and some of these other elements. Dashan: So, you're moving the astronauts with the space arm? Dave: I think so. We'll just move over here to the robotics workstation simulation. Here is the mockup of the United States' laboratory module. And you can just take control and this control moves the astronaut up and down. D: i think I may have finally found my niche. D: I think I just banged his head. Oh, well, I guess I don't have the right stuff after all. Dave: well, practice makes perfect. Dashan: I enjoyed myself. I'm just sorry about taking all those extra photos with the satellite and banging the astronaut's head and breaking the egg. Man: We found a massive ice form in the extra photos that you took. We were able to warn every ship in the area. Good job. Rejean: Dashan, you didn't have to do that. You must have the right stuff after all. Leah: I'm sorry. I couldn't quite understand what the other gentleman said. His French accent was quite heavy. Leah: " right stuff" Dashan: It's just a nice compliment. It means to have integrity that you're made of " the right stuff". Between your job here and your studying you've got too much on your plate. I can hold down the fort for a few days. Episode 5 The Space Agency Act One Leah: I hardly slept a wink last night. I've been pulling a few "all-nighters" studying for my exams. D: I remember w