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Conversation Two

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M: Welcome to this week’s episode of Book Talk. (5) [With me today is Heidi Brown, a historian who has written five critically acclaimed books about military history.]

W: Thanks for having me, John. I’m so excited to talk about my latest book, which was published last month.

M: So this book is a novel, your first attempt at that genre. And that’s a bit of a departure for you.

W: (6) [I’d say it’s a major departure as it’s not just a work of fiction. It’s set 200 years in the future.]

M: Right. So how did that happen? You spent three decades writing about the past and focusing on the 18th and 19th centuries. And now you’re speculating about the future.

W: Well, after years of researching soldiers and chronicling their lives during battle, I just started wondering about other facets of their lives, especially their personal lives.

M: I can see that. Your novel is about soldiers, but it focuses on their relationships, especially the bonds between sons and mothers, and men and their wives.

W: Yes. (7) [That focus came about when I still intended to write another book of history. I started by researching soldiers’ actual personal lives, studying their letters home.]

M: So how did that history book become a novel?

W: Well, I realized that the historical record was incomplete, so I’d either have to leave a lot of gaps or make a lot more assumptions than a historian should.

M: But why write a novel set in the future, when your credentials are perfect for a historical novel? As a historian, any historical novel you write would have a lot of credibility.

W: (8) [I felt too constrained working with the past. Like what I wrote needed to be fact as opposed to fiction.] But writing about the future gave me more freedom to imagine, to invent.

M: Well, having read your book, I’m glad you made that choice to move into fiction.

8. What does the woman say about her writing history books?（关于她写的历史书，女士说了什么？）

解析：A。在录音中女士说到，和过去打交道限制太多，就像她写的东西必须是事实，不能虚构，由此可知，女士的历史书都是基于事实的，没有自由想象的空间，A项符合题意，为正确答案。

错项排除：录音中男士说女士作为历史学家，她写的历史小说有很大的可信度，B项与此内容相悖，故排除。C项的attract young readers在录音中无依据，故排除。录音中女士说和过去打交道限制太多，就像她写的东西必须是事实，不能虚构，也就是说她之前写的历史书都是事实，没有虚构，D项与此内容相悖，故排除。