2003年10月13日，中宣部、中央文明办、团中央、教育部、全国少工委联合举办的“民族精神代代传”活动正式启动。民族精神的核心是（    ）

A: Hello, I'm Barry Lai, a reporter with TV News. Would you mind ____a few questions about the events of this afternoon?

B: Not at all

A: All right then. ____were you when the birds landed?

B: I was shopping in Central.

A: How many birds do you think there were?

B: I'd say there were about 1,000 birds in all.

A: Can you tell me what ____looked like?

B: They were small brown and green birds.

A: And what did they do, exactly?

B: Well, they ____and landed in Statue Square. They stayed there for about 15 minutes before flying off again.

A: How did people react?

B: Oh, everyone was amazed. Traffic stopped ____and the police had to be called.

A: OK. Thanks very much for talking to me.