Uint I. Basic listening practice 1. Script w: Did you hear? Helen got modeling jib! Shes going to be sashaying down the catwalk M: Wow, thats great! All that walking practice really paid off. And foe once she wont be complaining about being so tall

Uint10 I. Basic listening Practice 1. Script W: Many Chinese students are too shy to say anything in a classroom M: I think they dont speak because their culture values modesty, and they dont want to appear to be showing off. Goes back to Confucius

Uint I. Basic listening Practice 1. Script M: Third World countries must improve their economies if they want to raise their W: But how can they do that when developed countries control world trade? Q: Which of the following is true?

Uint 8 I. Basic listening practice M: Scentists claim the world population has 99.5% of the same DNA w: But this doesnt tell us there is no such thing as race Q: What is true of the dna of difference races? 2. Script w: With the advent of the genetic map we know where everything is, but do we know

Five Famous Symbols of American Culture The Statue of Liberty In the mid-1870s, French artist Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was working on an enormous project called Liberty Enlightening the World, a monument celebrating US independence and the France-America alliance. At the same time, he was in love with a woman whom he had met in Canada. His mother could not approve of her son’s affection for a woman she had never met

Uint I. Basic listening practice 1. Script M: We offer all kinds of tours and excursions. do you have anything particular in W: Not really, we'd just like to see the local sights and have an English speaking guide. It would be good if they were someone local too. My husband is interested in the local stories and folklore

Into I. Basic listening practice 1. Script w: What's that? Is it a toy? Did it get chewed by a dog? M: Hey, that s my mascot! My uncle gave it to me when I was five, and it's been with me ever since. It brought me luck in all my college exams. I can t bring myself to

Inti I. Basic listening practice 1. Script M: I'm beside myself with joy. I'm so lucky. Guess what? I've won a lit of money in the lottery W: Yeah? Well, you do know that money is the root of all evil, right? Q What does the woman mean?

Uint IL. Basic Listening Practice 1. Script W: Did you see the paper today? There was an earthquake in brazil M: Yes, but it only measured 3. 5 on the Richter scale. I dont think there were any casualties

Uinta I. Basic listening practice 1. Script M: Did you pick up the paper for me today? i really want to check the job vacancies W: I know, it's over there. There's not much happen though. I had a look already Maybe you should look on the Net instead