Lesson 3
Section I
Task 1: I Don’t See It That Way A. Conversation 1:
1. Choose the best answer for each of the following statements.
(1) — (2): ba
2. Give brief answers to the following questions.
(1) About 6 months ago.
(2) It is defective and has ruined 4 of the customer’s favorite cassettes. (3) 6 months. (4) 10 days ago. 3. Blank-filling.
(1) bend the rule, make an exception for, make an exception for (2) adding insult to injury, make good on (3) brought it in, hold me to, on B. Conversation 2:
1. Multiple choice. (1) — (2): ba 2. True or False Questions. (1) — (4): FTTT C. Conversation 3:
1. Give brief answers to the following questions.
(1) Single. (2) 5 years.
(3) He has been loyal to the company and worked quite hard. (4) Asking for a raise.
(5) Bob does his job adequately, but he doesn’t do it well enough to deserve a raise. (6) Take more initiative and show more enthusiasm for the job. (7) To quit his job.
(8) That’s a decision Bob will have to make for himself. Task 2: marriage Customs A. Blank-filling.
Speaker: Professor Robin Stuart Topic: Marriage customs in different parts of the world; romantic business; arranged marriage; on the day of the wedding; arranged marriages; to have a look at one another; call the whole thing off; the wedding goes ahead; several wives. Conclusion: just as much chance of bringing happiness to the husband and wife as the Western systems of choosing marriage partners. B. True or False Questions.
1 — 3: TFT
Section II
Task 1: At the Dentist’s A. Multiple Choice.
1 — 4: bacc
1 — 6: FTFFTT
B. True of False Questions.
Task 2: Hiccups
A. Give brief answers to the following questions.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
He wants her to help him stop his hiccups. 3 hours.
Everything he can think of.
She’ll give the man 5 pounds if he hiccups again.
The man has stopped hiccupping and owes Rosemary 5 pounds.
(1) — (b), (2) — (d), (3) — (e), (4) — (a), (5) — (c)
B. Identification.
Section III
Task 1: Learning to Predict
1. Answer: the Chinese then?
Reason: “What about” suggests an alternative. 2. Answer: they’ll still be hot when you get back.
Reason: The woman’s words suggest that the shop is very close to their home.
3. Hint: The woman is asking the man to buy a pack of fish and chips from a nearby shop.
Answer: there’s a queue.
Reason: The phrase “not if” suggests a condition that hinders the fulfillment of an action. 4. Answer: a good idea.
Reason: The word “yes” shows an agreement. 5. Answer: being a machine for that money.
Reason: “I wouldn’t mind” suggests that the man will do what the woman doesn’t want because of
certain attractive conditions.
6. Answer: I want to play drums.
Reason: The earlier sentence suggests that the man does not play drum for money. Consequently the
explanation must be that he enjoys playing it. Task 2: Dictation
Sleep
It’s clear that everyone needs to sleep. Most people rarely think about how and why they sleep, however. We know that if we sleep well, we feel rested. If we don’t sleep enough, we often feel tired and irritable. It seems there are two purposes of sleep: physical rest and emotional and psychological rest: We need to rest our bodies and our minds. Both are important in order for us to be healthy. Each night we alternate between two kinds of sleep: active sleep and passive sleep. The passive sleep gives our body the rest that’s needed and prepares us for active sleep, in which dreaming occurs.
Throughout the night, people alternate between passive and active sleep. The brain rests, then it becomes active, then dreaming occurs. The cycle is repeated: the brain rests, then it becomes active, then dreaming occurs. This cycle is repeated several times throughout the night~. During eight hours of sleep, people dream for a total d one and half hours on the average.
Lesson 4
Section I
Task 1: Weather Forecast A. Multiple Choice.
1 — 2: ac
B. Fill in the following chart.
British Columbia down to northern California Seattle Southern California San Diego Midwest Oklahoma City Houston Miami New York City Montreal Toronto
Task 2: The 5 O’clock News A. Fill in the following chart.
Title News anchor Name Weather Description raining sunny clear but windy sunny with strong winds Temperature 50 degrees warmer temperature 78 degrees 65 degrees 69 degrees 64 degrees 35 degrees 28 degrees 30 degrees cloudy cloudy, windy heavy rains and high winds snow flurries sunny Summary of the Report Delta has been declared a health hazard a. Drinking beer moderately is good for health. b. The war against cigarette smoking is heating up. Results of soccer games. Charles Mckay Consumer reporter Sports announcer Sarah Cooper Jerry Ryan B. Give brief answers to the following questions based on the news report.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
It was closed down by government authorities.
Testing confirmed that the town had been poisoned be the dumping of toxic chemicals in town dumps. 3 weeks ago. 200.
Headaches, stomachaches, faintness and dizziness.
Toxic wastes had leaked into the ground and contaminated the water supply.
All the residents should leave the area, until the chemical company responsible for the toxic waste can determine whether the town can be cleaned up and made safe again.
1—6: FTTFFT
C. True of False Questions.
D. Fill in the following blanks (based on the news report).
Teams Playing
(1) Mexico — France (2) Canada — Argentina (3) Italy — Haiti
(with 30 minutes left to go) Result 7 to 6 3 to 3 2 to 1
Section II
Task 1: What Do You Like for Entertainment? A. Blank-filling.
Reporter: Deborah Tyler
Interviewee: Students of the Brooklyn Academy of Dramatic Arts Major: Benny Gross —— piano Kimberley Martins —— modern dance B. Fill in the following chart about how often Benny and Kimberley go to the eight forms of artistic
entertainment.
(1) Art gallery (2) Ballet (4) Exhibition (5) Folk concert (6) Opera (7) Pop concert (8) Theatre Benny lots of times a few times photographic ones never 2 or 3 times never once or twice Kimberley lots of time almost every night sometimes those about famous people never never Madonna once yes (3) Classic concerts many times C. Rearrange the forms of artistic entertainment that Benny and Kimberley like, beginning with the form
that each one likes best.
Benny: (3)—(1)—(4)—(6)—(2)—(8) Kimberley: (2)—(4)—(1)—(7)—(3)—(8) Task 2: Are You a Heavy Smoker? A. True or False Questions. B. Multiple Choice. C. Blank-filling.
Name: Doris Bradley Sex: female Age: 32 Amount: 3 packets of 20 a week First experience:
Time: at the age of 17 Place: at a party Offered by: boyfriend, not husband Feeling; awfully grown-up Later: started smoking 2 or 3 a day and gradually increased. Experience of giving up smoking: twice
1. Time: 6 months before getting married Reason: saving up Result: only cut it down from 30 a day, still smoked a little 2. Time: when expecting a baby
1—6: TFTTFT
1—6: cbcbac
Reason: according to doctor’s advice Result: gave up completely for 7 or 8 months and took it up a couple of weeks after the baby was born, because the baby was being bottle fed. Time when she smokes most: 1. watching TV 2. reading books 3. in company 4. with friends Time when she never smokes: 1. doing the housework 2. on an empty stomach Section III
Task 1: Learning to Predict
1. Answer: They’d be exhausted at the end of each performance.
Reason: “Otherwise” suggests a result of the opposite condition. 2. Answer: I enjoyed it very much.
Reason: “Apart from that I must say” often suggests an opposite statement to earlier comments. 3. Answer: I stayed up late to finish it.
Reason: “And” suggests that the speaker would finish the book at one sit. 4. Answer: the book never really got started at all.
Reason: After an opinion of agreement, the phrase “in fact” suggests a further comment; the expression
“it’s only honest to say” usually introduces a confession- something which is probably not as good as the one mentioned.
5. Answer: I tend to skip parts that don’t really hold my interest.
Reason: “Otherwise” suggests a result of the opposite condition. 6. Answer: it was rather long.
Reason: “I must admit” suggests an agreement to the other person’s opinion. Task 2: Dictation
Books Belong to the Past Sir,
I visited my old school yesterday. It hasn’t changed in thirty years. The pupils were sitting in the same desks and reading the same books. When are schools going to move into the modern world? Books belong to the past. In our homes radio and television bring us knowledge of the world. We can see and hear the truth for ourselves. If we want entertainment most of us prefer a modern film to a classical novel. In the business world computers store information, so that we no longer need encyclopaedias and dictionaries. But in the schools teachers and pupils still use books. There should be a radio and television set in every classroom, and a library of tapes and records in every school. The children of today will rarely open a book when they leave school. The children of tomorrow won’t need to read and Write at all.
M. P. Miller London
Lesson 5
Section I
Task 1: An Unpleasant Trip