II. Listening Skills Making Calculations 1. W: It sounds expensive. Why did they charge you so much for repairing the computer? M: Well, its $25 for labor to start with. A new modern cost another 50 bucks. On top of that I needed a new battery, and it cost $17

Inti I. Basic listening practice 1. Script W: Ok. It's your turn to pay the bill. I paid last time M: What? You have a selective memory. You tried to pay last turn, but your credit card failed; so I ended up paying! It's definitely your turn Q: What is true according to the conversation? 2. Script

According to a survey and my own observation young people today are more consumeristic and less idealistic. The college students'major objective \is to be financially well off.\ Less important than ever is developing a meaningful philosophy of life. It is true that we need to be financially comfortable, but we also need to feel we have perspective on the world beyond the confines of our occupation It is the duty of educational institutions to help people get a better understanding

A. Based on the information in the story, we can safely come to a lesson that everybody needs a happy life, and this happiness can play an important role in keeping our life active and meaningful. As a matter of fact, it should become our goal of life to be happy. Without happiness, many people will feel that life is empty and worthless.  B. If we read this story carefully, it is not hard for us to arrive at a lesson that everybody needs a happy life, and this happiness can play an important role in keeping our life active and meaningful. …

Intensive Study There's a Lot More to Life than a Job Para.1 It has often been remarked that the saddest thing about youth is that it is wasted on the young. Para. 2 Reading a survey report on first-year college students, I recalled the regret, \If only knew then what know now

Useful Information Advantage of reading books. The old saying: \To open a book is always helpful.\clearly shows us how good it is to read a book. Reading is a good thing, but we must pay great attention t the choice of books. It's true that we can derive benefits from good books. As a matter of fact, books

Directions: People in all countries enjoy gifts. Sometimes the meaning are different in different cultures. Listen to the following dialogues and look at the pictures below. If it is not a proper gift in a certain country for an ordinary friend, cross out (×) the picture and check (√) the correct reason why it is a proper gift

Dyspnea is defined as an awareness of difficulty in breathing It is therefore a symptom, usually described by the patient as \shortness of breath,\whether the sensation is due to actual difficulty in breathing or is essentially an awareness of hyperventilation. If the symptom becomes striking, it always companies with dilatation of nares, cyanosis, use of accessory muscles of respiration and abnormalities of respiratory rate, depth or rhythm

Definition: Dyspnea is defined as an awareness of difficulty in breathing It is therefore a symptom, usually described by the patient as \short of breath,\ whether the sensation is due to actual difficulty in breathing or is essentially an awareness of hyperventilation. If the symptom becomes striking, it always companies with dilatation of nares, cyanosis, use of accessory muscles of respiration and abnormalities of respiratory rate, depth or rhythm

To present and practice English as it is used both in the explanation of modern machines and the processes they carry out. It also covers describing the operations needed to get machines to work and to show others how to undertake certain business operations Back