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Task 2: What's in the bags?
A young man comes up to the border on his bicycle. He has two large bags over his shoulders. The border guard stops him and says, \bags?\
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The guard is a bit suspicious and asks the young man to open the bags for inspection. The guard empties the bags, but finds nothing in them but sand. Then he has the sand analyzed, only to discover that there is nothing but pure sand in the bags. So the young man is allowed to ride across the border with his sandbags.
A week later, the same young man presents himself at the border with his bags. The guard asks, \
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The guard does his thorough examination and discovers that the bags contain nothing but sand. He gives the sand back to the young man who then rides across the border on his bicycle with the sandbags.
This happens every week for three years. Finally, the young man no longer appears at the border crossing. Many months go by and the border guard meets the young man in an expensive café.
\says the guard, \three years you were smuggling something through my crossing station. It's driving me crazy. Just between you and me, what were you smuggling?\The young man drinks his coffee and says, \
1.B 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.C Task 3: Fighting identity theft
It is important to keep your personal information secure. Here are some ways to help you fight identity theft. After all, you don't want someone else to ruin your good credit rating and perhaps keep you from getting the loan you want to get.
The first thing you want to do is to watch how much information you give out on the Internet. For example, never put your credit card number into an email. If you do make purchases online, you need to be careful. One way to be extra careful is to only use sites that offer a high level of encryption. Another way to be extra careful is to only use one credit card for all of your Internet purchases. Make sure that credit card has a low limit.
Another thing you have to do to help you avoid ID theft is to destroy all your outgoing mail completely. Some thieves will pick up garbage, search through it, and pull out the credit card offers that you threw away because they were junk mail. Remember that a lot of your information is already there. All a thief has to do is forge your signature and mail the form back with a note that says you've changed your mailing address (to their address).
The third way to avoid identity theft is to make sure that your mailbox is safe. Have a slot in your front door for the mail to fall through. Even though that is not completely safe, it is still much safer than the post box outside your front door.
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IV. Speaking Out Model 1 Bye-bye, bully!
Se-Jin: john, do you mind if I ask you something? John: No, what is it?
Se-Jin: you seem nervous. Is that big guy still bullying you?
John: Yeah. Today he wanted me to give him some money. He even pushed me when I said no.
Se-Jin: That?s terrible! You have to talk to a teacher about this.
John: I thought about that, but I?m afraid that everyone will think I’m a coward.
Se-Jin: your safety is more important than what other people think.
John; But telling a teacher could make things worse. The big guy warned me not to .
Se-Jin: Of course he did! He doesn’t want to get into trouble. Look, if you?re still worried, tell the teacher not to mention your name when she talks to him.
John: Good idea. But I think I can deal with him on my own. SAMPLE DIALOG
A: Hi, can I talk to you for a minute? B: Sure, what is it?
A: You look worried. Are you still being bullied by that big boy in you class?
B: Yeah. Today he asked me to help him cheat in the final exam. A: That?s too bad! You have to talk with your parents about it.
B:I thought about that, but I?m afraid that other people will laugh at me if I turn to my parents for help.
A: Don?t be silly. It?s more important to protect yourself.
B: Maybe you are right. I should tell this to my parents, and they will give me some advice.
Model 2 My house has been robbed!
Operator: Colchester Police Station. Can I help you? Jane: I hope so. My house has been robbed. Operator: Where do you live? Jane: 2B Southbank Road.
Operator: When did you discover the burglary
Jane: When I got home from work. About five minutes ago. Operator: Was anything stolen?
Jane: yes. All my jewelry’s gone, and my computer too. And they wrote dirty words all over my walls.
Operator: How did they get in ? Jane: They forced the back door.
Operator: An officer will be round in about half an hour. Please don't touch anything.
SAMPLE DIALOG
A: Broadway Police Station. May I help you? B: I hope so. My house has been broken into. A: Where do you live? B: 43 Main Street.
A: When did you find out about the break-in?
B: When we got home from the theater. About two minutes ago. A: How did they break in?
B: They forced open the back door. A: Was anything stolen?
B: Yes. All my cash in the drawer, and my mobile phone too. And they broke all the glass.
A: OK, an officer will come in about 20 minutes. Please don?t leave fingerprints anywhere.
Model 3 We should create harsher sentences for bootleggers.
Jane: It’s about time that the government got tough with bootleggers. Their fake liquors have already killed several people.
Peter: Yeah, that?s too high a price to pay. It?s almost a rip-off. The bootleggers use industrial alcohol to cut costs and increase profits.
Jane: Perhaps we should cut taxes on liquor. With lower taxes, bootlegging will decrease.
Peter: But that can create a new problem. That?s not in agreement with the WTO rules.
Jane: I think through negotiation with other nations, perhaps we can cut taxes under the WTO framework.
Peter: That may be tough. Perhaps a better solution is to create harsher sentences for bootleggers.
Jane: I agree. Our country needs a special team to deal with this problem. Then we can crack down on bootlegging.
SAMPLE DIALOG
A: It?s time the government took stricter standards control on cosmetic products. The low quality cosmetics have caused various skin diseases among users.
B: Yeah, the producers use harmful ingredients to lower costs and add profits.
A: Perhaps taxes on cosmetics should be cut. With lower taxes, low quality cosmetic products will be less profitable and decrease.
B: But there is a new problem. Cutting taxes goes against the WTO rules. A: I think by negotiating with other countries we can reduce taxes.
B: That may be hard. Maybe the best idea is to take stricter standards control on cosmetic products.
A: I agree. We should have some regulations to keep a check on the production and marketing of cosmetic.
V. Let?s Talk
Texas police say they have arrested a 91-year-old man, J. L. Hunter Rountree, who is accused of robbing a bank, making him probably the oldest bank robber in U.S. history.
Police said Rountree, who was not armed, asked a teller to put money into a large envelope with the word \license number of his car, and he was arrested on a highway about 15 miles outside the city.
If he is proved guilty, Rountree will face from 10 to 20 years in prison. He told police he needed the money, and he had a complaint against banks.
Rountree left a prison in Florida, where he was the oldest prisoner in the state, about a year ago. Before that, he served a three-year sentence for a bank robbery in Florida in 1999.
In a prison interview with a journalist, Rountree said he had been a
businessman in Texas but had fallen on hard times. He said he robbed his first bank when he was about 80 because he wanted to get revenge against banks. \liked banks since,\have.\
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VI. Further Listening and Speaking Task 1: Describing a Robbery
Detective: Okay, Ms. Brown, just calm down. Could you start from the beginning and tell me what happened?
Janet: Well, let?s see. I was sitting at the table near the window when two men rushed in and told everyone to freeze.
Detective: Can you describe the man？
Janet: One was tall and with a long coat on. The other was shorter in a red jacket.
Detective: After they burst in what did they do?
Janet: Well. The tall one pointed his gun at the clerk and told him to open the cash register. The short one was watching the rest of us. The clerk hesitated a minute and just then the restaurant manger came out of his office. That surprised the thieves.
Detective: Yeah, let?s see… The manger?s name is Mr. Jackson. I guess he had the key to the safe?