勿点

Role-play the conversation.

A：Hi, Eric. How was your trip last week?

B：It was excellent. I visited my grandparents in the countryside.

A：Oh, nice. What did you do?

A：I went fishing every day. And I fed the chickens with my grandpa. It was so much fun.

B：Sounds good. How was the weather there?

A：It was great, and the air was so clean. I watched the stars at night. They were so beautiful.

B：Lucky you.

Unit11 Section B 短文

Read Helen's and Jim's diary entries and answer the questions.

June 15th

Today I went on a school trip. We visited the science museum and it was really interesting.

We got there so fast by train. We saw some farms and villages along the way.

At the museum, I learned a lot about robots. I didn't know they could play chess with us. It was so cool!

Then the guide taught us how to make a model robot. I took a lot of great photos, too.

After that, I went to the gift shop and bought some lovely gifts for my parents. They weren't expensive. All in all, it was an exciting day.

June 15th

I think today's school trip was terrible.

We took the train to the museum. It was so hot on the slow train. The museum was big and boring.

Everything was about robots and I'm not interested in that. The rooms were really dark and it was difficult to take photos, so I didn't take any.

There were also too many people and I couldn't really see or hear the guide. The things in the gift shop were so expensive.

I didn't like the trip at all.

Listening 3 Exam Retakes Come in. Hi, Kei.

Hi, may I talk to you now? Sure. Urm, I'm a bit worried about my exam results. Oh, are you?

Well, in Japan, if I fail the year-end examination, I can still stay in the same year. But in England, I heard that students have got to leave the university. Is it correct? Well, it depends on the circumstances. Often, if a student has been ill or had personal problems, they can take a year off-and then, redo exams and rejoin the course where they left off.

May be possible to redo a year, but it's not common. It's not common to redo a year in England? Do they automatically have to leave the university?

Not automatically. They only have to leave if they've done no work. They will get several warnings. In general, once a student is accepted-and the entry procedure is quite rigorous-the university doesn't like failures and so will hope to aware of problems before they become too serious.

It's the same with Japanese universities. But is there another alternative so that the student doesn't have to leave the university? Oh, yes. Another alternative is a non-honours degree. For example, if a student's course work is good, but examinations are poor or not taken.

Each case is judged on its merits. Generally, students with problems are warned, take resits and then either proceed or not-through mutual discussion. Repeating a year is unusual-though it may be possible to do this by transferring to another university.

OK, now I understand. Thank you for your time. Bye. Bye.

Listening 3 Introductions Mr Thomas! -ThomaOh, hello Mr Simmons. How are you?

Fine, thank you. It's good to see you again. How was your flight from Singapore? Well, too long as always. But I arrived early yesterday afternoon, so had time to relax a little.

Good. I hope you aren't too tired. This is our International Sales Director, Joan Goodhall. Joan, this is Mr Thomas, from our computer section in Singapore.

It's nice to meet you, Mr Thomas. Pleased to meet you too, Ms Goodhall.

Mike tells me he showed you and your family around London when you came to our overseas conference last year. Yes, we all had a lovely time. The kids loved it. Especially the Natural History Museum and the Tower of London. Have you ever been to Singapore?

No, but of course, I'll be going to our trade show there this December. Good. I will look forward to seeing you there and hopefully, I will have a chance to show you some Asian culture. -Well, thank you.

And of course, you too, Mr Simmons. -Thank you. I will look forward to it.