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The text that a native speaker checked my script and corrected my mistakes:
JAMES MAY - I was told to meet him, not at dunkin’ donuts (a donut shop in America), but here at Inucan airfield in California. I can hear him coming now and I suspect he won’t be arriving in a straight line. No, he’s more like a game station character, who has emerged to the real world. And that’s why his films get more than ten million hits on facetube (it’s a joke sort of thing, he does mean facebook, but he says ‘facetube’ to make himself appear stupid, because his nickname is Captain Slow).
Now, by day Ken is rally driver. But what’s special about him is the way he sharpens his skills. You see most rallyists prefer to practice in the forests of Wales or Finland. But Ken prefers to use…airports.
Thing is Mr. Block, I look at this sleepy old airfield and this hanger and I think about pre-flight checks and the problems of weather cocking (veering in the direction of the wind when in an aircraft) in cross winds when you’ve got a castoring tailwheel.
KEN BLOCK - Now, looks like a playground to me.
JAMES - In what way?
KEN BLOCK – Well there’s not so many places were you have a great mix of, er, dirt and tarmac and open areas and…
JAMES - And parked airplanes.
KEN BLOCK - Yeah, they’re nice obstacles.
JAMES - Obstacle! Do…I mean the owners of them probably don’t…do they know?
KEN - No, haha. I’m not really sure.
JAMES - Ken has devised a course surround this place. But he wants to keep details a surprise. All I know is, he will be using his specially strengthened 380 hp Subaru Impreza rally car. And today there’s a seat going spare (there is a space in the car which he intends to occupy for the drive around the course, he is just letting the viewers know what he intends to do).
I, Captain Slow (nickname), will be here with my bum on the best seats in the theatre of petrol, in the royal box of rallying. Riding shotgun with Kenny from the Block.
And I don’t even have to do pace notes because he knows the route (pace notes are notes in which the rally car driver needs to know the route of the course, like shorthand notes).
Well you do don’t you?
KEN BLOCK – Umm…
JAMES - Where are we going? Bloody hell! By the airplanes. Are you sure?
KEN BLOCK – Door! Here we go again.
JAMES - Oh God. God, that’s unbelievable. Mind the pole (be careful not to crash into the pole which was on the course). God that was nice. Where the hell we are going now? That’s a fire station.
Next stop Kens eyeball spin dryer (a manoeuvre which is like a stunt, in which you go dizzy). Tarmac session over, it was time for the dirt workout. Oh God. Whoa, hahahaha. Hahaha. Whoa.
KEN BLOCK - Oh, that’s Mr. Ricky Carmichael, a good friend of mine, er, I think he’s come to play with us.
JAMES - As it happens Ricky is the greatest dirt biker in history, a 15 times undefeated champion.
Go get him, Mr. Block! Ow! Oh, there…(swears). Whoa. Haha, hahaha. On the straights Kenny was much faster but Ricky was a genius at finding shortcuts.
Where’s he gone? Whoa. ‘On the back…’ (not sure). Kenny and Ricky wanted to play with some more planes. No! No! Goodbye viewers. ‘But those look easy too.’ (not sure)
KEN BLOCK – Haha
JAMES – He’s getting away (he’s going faster, and winning the race). God, over there, that’s a jump. That’s a very…that’s a… Jump! No!
We’re alive! That was incredible! God! Now look what you’ve done.
KEN BLOCK – I don’t even know where we are.