Hitchens (British accent, medium difficulty) full transcript
Click me to go to the practice test page on scribie website. Actually say anything in Austria. He wasn't even accused of saying and he was accused of, perhaps, planning to say something that violated an Austrian law that says, "Only one version of the history of the Second World War may be taught in our brave little Tyrolean Republic." The republic that gave us Kurt Waldheim as secretary-general of the United Nations, a man wanted in several countries for war crimes. The country that gave... That has Jörg Haider, the leader of its own fascist party, in the cabinet, that sent David Irving to jail. You know the two things that have made Austria famous, given its reputation, by any chance, just while I've got you? I hope there are some Austrians here to be upset by it. [laughter] Well, a pity if not. But the two great achievements of Austria are to have convinced the world that Hitler was German and Beethoven was Viennese. [laughter] Now, to this ...
