MODEL2 The Chinese are working miracles. Script Susan: Hey, John! John: Hey! Look at this headline! Chinas foreign trade should reach $1 trillion this year! Susan: Are you sure the figure is correct? How can they keep up such rapid growth for so many...
Now Your Turn Task 1 SAMPLE DIALOG Pamela: Still reading about how the bubbles going to burst in the real estate market? Simon: Yeah, and this is an interesting article, though what it says may not be true. I think the market is going to be stable. P...
IV. Speaking Out MODEL 1 Shop till you drop. Susan: Still reading about how the bubbles going to burst in the U.S. economy? John: Yeah, and this is an interesting article called, Shop Till You Drop. Susan: The rhyme between shop and drop is cathy, bu...
Task3: Doha Round Script Rich and poor nations struck an historic deal on Sunday to cut billions of dollars in farm subsidies, create more open industrial markets, and resume world trade talks that could boost global growth. After five days of negoti...
Task 2: A Cheap Parking Lot Script Before going to Europe on business, a woman drove her new Rolls-Royce to a (S1) downtown bank in New York City and went in to ask for a (S2) loan of $5,000. The bank officer said the bank would need some kind of (S3...
III. Listening In Task 1: Is GDP really so important ? Script Joan: It seems like a miracle that Chinas GDP has been growing so fast. The growth last year was over eight percent again. Vincent: Excuse me, it just slipped my mind. What does GDP stand...
Uint9 II. Basic Listening Practice 1.Script M: Third World countries must improve their economies if they want to raise their citizens standard of living. W: But how can they do that when developed countries control world trade? Q: Which of the follo...
News Report Bioinformatics Script Its a complex name for a complex subject. Bioinformatics is the key to figuring out the wealth of information in the human genome project. Researchers have nearly mapped out all of the 30,000 genes that make up human...
Task3: A Drunkards Argument Script Heres drunkards argument in favor of heavy drinking. We would learn more about human bihavior if we paid closer attention to the laws at work in the animal kingdom. Only the fittest survive is a law that is apparent...
Task 2: Is it moral to clone humans? Script Laura: Did you hear about that peculiar cult that claimed to have created the worlds first human clone? Ian: Yeah, I did! They also said that it was aliens that created life on earth over 25,000 years ago....
