Section B Should I Have a Gun? I own a black gun with a brown handle. It holds five bullets and stays loaded by my bed. I've always advocated gun control; the odd thing is I still do. It wasn't ignora...
Unit 7 Section A Pre-reading Activities First Listening Having ideas about a story before you read it is an important reading skill. Please listen to a very short piece of recording. Second Listening...
Section C My Moving Experience Moving is bad — in the sense of carrying furniture, equipment and hundreds of boxes out of one place and into another. This is why you hardly ever meet nomads (游牧人...
Section B The Trashman Saturday, April 7 Steve and I hauled trash for four solid hours continuously, except for about five minutes when we stopped to talk. My shoulder hurt wickedly each time I put an...
Unit 6 Section A Pre-reading Activities First Listening Having ideas about a story before you read it is an important reading skill. Please listen to a very short piece of recording. Second Listening...
Section C International Joint Efforts Against AIDS The uniting of the world around the AIDS epidemic is without prior example. As the number of AIDS cases around the world rapidly increases, nations a...
Section B The Last Dive at the Olympics I climbed the ladder, heard my dive announced, and commenced the moves that would thrust me into the air. Pushing off the diving board with my legs, I lifted my...
Unit 5 Section A Pre-reading Activities First Listening Having ideas about an essay before you read it is an important reading skill. Please listen to a short piece of recording about AIDS. Second Lis...
Section C Gestures A smile is a strong sign of a friendly and open attitude and a willingness to communicate. It is a positive, silent sign sent with the hope the other person will smile back. When yo...
Section B Body Language "I liked him the minute I saw him!" "Before she even said a word, I knew there was something funny about her." Such statements are examples of "snap judgments", opinions which...