Tree climbing: Part 2

Tree climbing: Part 2 NB: This is not an accurate word-for-word transcript Dan: Hello and welcome to this weeks 6 Minute English. Im Dan Walker Smith and today, for the second part of our tree climbing programme（节目,计划）, Im joined by Kate.

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