Text A Part I Pre-reading Listen to a song named “Big Yellow Taxi”sung by singer Amy Grant

Listen to a short passage carefully and then answer the following questions on page

1. First listen to and then talk about cloning issues 2. Read about the ethical issue of cloning 3. Write about why cloning should or should not be banned 4. Practice reading skills: propositional meaning 5. Practice translating skills: conversion 6. Learn and practice paragraph development by space 7. Learn to write a call for papers 8. Visit Culture Salon about the history and method of cloning

1. Listen and talk about the problem of drug abuse 2. Read about the disastrous effects of Ecstasy 3. Write about the risks of taking drugs or other harmful substance 4. Practice reading skills: text cohesive devices 5. Practice translating skills: translation of “it” 6. Learn and practice paragraph development by cause and effect 7. Learn to write a public warning message

1) To listen to and then talk about business successes 2) To read about brand names 3) To write about a brand-name product 4) To practice reading skills: conceptual meaning 5) To learn and practice paragraph development by process 6) To practice Translating skills: Omission 7) To Learn to write advertisements 8) To visit Culture Salon about brand-name products

1) provide some clues to what makes a Nobel Prize Winner. 2) give guidance to learners to listen and talk about famous person. 3) provide students with new words and expressions 4) learn how to analyze word formation 5) ask learners to write in a chronological sequence

1. Listen and talk about travel 2. Read about what can be learnt from traveling 3. Write an introduction to your home town 4. Practice reading skills: pragmatic meaning 5. Practice translating skills: synthesis 6. Learn and practice paragraph development by comparison and contrast 7. Learn to write a trip itinerary

1. first listen to and then talk about environmental problems 2. read about an interview of a group of exports on environmental problems 3. write about what we should do to protect our Earth 4. practice reading skills: word attack strategies 5. practice translating skills: extension 6. learn and practice sentence functions 7. learn how to write a letter of invitation to an symposium, forum or conference 8. visit Culture Salon about our environment

1. First listen to and then talk about lifelong education 2. Read about why and how people pursue continuing education 3. Write about various ways of learning 4. Practice reading skills: contextual meaning 5. Practice translating skills: splitting 6. Learn and practice paragraph development by example 7. Learn to write an online program introduction 8. Visit Culture Salon about the concepts and practice of lifelong education

A. Listen to the recording two or three times then think over the following questions: