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1、1. (Dan calls Kay)Dan：Hello Kay. Its Dan. I just received the invitation to your party.Kay：Can you make it?Dan：Well, lets see. Its next Saturday night, 7:00 pm, at 201 Liberty Lane,Champaign. Right?Kay：Thats right. I hope you can come?Dan：It would be my pleasure. Can I bring anything?Kay：Just yourse

2、lf.Dan：Ok, Ill be there with bells on. Im looking forward to it. Thanks.Kay：Bye.Dan：See you then.2.George: Hi, Heather, I was wondering if youre free tomorrow night.Heather: Well, George, I guess I am. Why do you ask?George: I have just gotten a pair of pre-sale Star Wars movie tickets from a friend

3、 and I was thinking of inviting you along for the opening premie.rAre you interested?Heather: Yeah, definitely! Thanks for inviting me!George: No problem.Heather: I really wanted to watch Star wars on the opening day but the pre-sale tickets were sold out. How did you manage to get hold of em?George

4、: A friend of mine works at the corporate headquarters of Pepsi, which is a major sponsor of the movie. He was able to get the tickets for free, and then he sold me 2 for $50 a piece.Heather: You paid $50 for each ticket? Thats a huge premium over the regular price!George: Not really, considering th

5、e fact that other people are paying as high as $200 each on the black market. Besides, I knew you were really looking forward to watching Star Wars on the opening day.Heather: Wow, Im really honored you went through all this trouble just for my sake. I really appreciate that. So, what time are we go

6、ing?George: Well, lets see. The movie starts at 10 PM. We should get there at least 1 hour earlier because therell be a big line. I could pick you up at your house at 8, if thats OK with you.Heather: 8 oclock? Thats fine with me.George: Okay good.Heather: So Ill see you tomorrow at 8 then?George: Ye

7、ah. Thats great. Ill see you tomorrow night, Heather.Heather: Okay, George. Bye!George: Bye, Heather.3. Karl: Do you have time to stop for lunch?Ann: Yes, Im hungry. This restaurant has a good selection and the prices are moderate.Karl: That sounds fine with me. Lets try it.Ann: Where do you want to

8、 sit, the smoking or the nonsmoking section?Karl: I prefer nonsmoking, but the sign says to wait to be seated.Hostess: Good afternoon. How many are in your party?Ann: Just two and wed like a booth in the nonsmoking section, if you have one.Hostess: Right this way. Follow me. Will this booth be all r

9、ight?Karl: The one by the window would be better, thanks.Ann: No problem. Here are your menus. Your server will be right with you.Server: Hello, my name is Chris, and Im your server today. May I bring you something to begin with, a drink or some appetizers perhaps?Karl: No appetizer for me. Ill have

10、 a glass of water for now.Ann: Id like an iced tea, decaffeinated or herbal. What flavors do you have?Server: We have mint, peach, or raspberry.Ann: Bring me a large mint, please.Server: Will that be all, or are you ready to order?Karl: Im ready. Ill have the veggie sandwich on whole wheat. Hold the

11、 mayonnaise, please.Server: That comes with your choice of soup or a salad.Karl: What soups do you have?Server: We have potato, bean, vegetable beef, or cream of broccoli.Karl: Does the potato soup have pork in it?Server: Yes, it has pieces of ham.Karl: Well, then Ill have the cream of broccoli.Ann:

12、 Id like a hamburger on a sour dough bun with plenty of onions, please.Sever: How do you want your burger cooked, medium, or well done?Ann:Medium will be fine, thanks.Server: The burger comes with your choice of cole slaw or fries.Ann: Make it fries, and please bring ketchup with them.Server: Will t

13、hat be all?Karl: I think so. Please bring us the check when you return with our food. Were pressed for time.4.Anna: Hi Masahiro! Hows it going?Masahiro: Fine, I guess. How about you?Anna:Busy. Guess whos coming our way?Will:Hi guys! Whats up?Anna:Nothing much. We just ran into each other.Will:Thats

14、nice. So Masahiro, hows the coffee maker working?Masahiro: Actually, it doesnt work well. It was a waste of money. I guess I should have shopped around for a good one.Anna: Why dont you take it back?Masahiro: Id like to, but Ive misplaced the receipt.Will: Well, if its any consolation, my shopping w

15、asnt all that great either. I wish Id never bought Stephanie a necklace. Just last night she was telling me how she wished she had Liz Taylors new perfume.Anna: That makes three displeased shoppers. Guess what? The camera I bought and shipped to Mike just this morning is now on sale! Its a pity that

16、 I bought it then. Then again, I guess I shouldnt complain. It was a good buy, even though I didnt get the best deal on it. Anyway, Masahiro, I suggest you look for that receipt and just go to the Complaints Department and say Id like to exchange this, please. Its as simple as that. And Will, its no

17、t too late for you to ask for a refund.5.In this conversation, an international student has been asked to see her advisor. The advisor has something very important to discuss with the student.Student: You wanted to see me?Advisor: Thats right. We need to have a serious talk.Student: About what?Advis

18、or: Your attendance-or rather, lack of it.Student: OK, so Ive ditched class a few times . . .Advisor: A few times? Ive been told youve missed six out of eight times in two different classes! Thats really setting yourself up to fail.Student: Oh, come on. Those classes are really boring!Advisor: But t

19、heyre also required, so that doesnt matter. Youre about to be in big trouble.Student: Whats the big deal about missing some classes?Advisor: The big deal is that youre here on a student visa.Student: So?Advisor: So if you dont attend class regularly, you wont be a full-time student-which your visa r

20、equires. Youll be out of status.Student: What are you gonna do? Turn me in to the Immigration Police?Advisor: Oh, of course Ill have to report you if you continue missing your class, but Im going to do something else first.Student: Like what?Advisor: Like faxing your father.7.Visitor: Can you tell m

21、e how to reach the bank please?Policeman: Which bank? There are two: the Allied Irish Bank and the Bank of Ireland. Visitor: I have an AIB pass card and I want to withdraw money from the bank.Policeman: You need to go to the Allied Irish Bank which is near the local shopping centre, Dunnes Stores.Vi

22、sitor: How do I get there. I have no knowledge of this area.Policeman: Cross the road and turn left at the other side. Walk along the footpath until you reach the trafficlights. You will see a shopping centre onthe right hand side. Walk across the road and turn right after the shopping centre. Keep

23、going straight for about 100m and the bank is to your left.Visitor: It sounds very complicated. How far is it from here?Policeman: Its not so complicated. Its about five minutes walk from here. I can draw a map for you if you wish.Visitor:Oh, I would really appreciate that . By the way will I be goi

24、ng North or South ?Policeman: You will be going northwards. You are now in the the Western part of the city and the Allied Irish Bank is situated in the North East. Heres a rough sketch of the area.8.Librarian: Can I help you?Natalie: Yes. I am a bit confused. My sociology class is supposed to read

25、a chapter in a book called Sociology and the Modern Age. According to the syllabus, the book is in the library, but I havent been able to find it.Librarian: Do you have your syllabus with you? May I see it?Natalie: Yes, uhI put it in the front of my sociology notebook. Oh, here it is.Librarian: Let

26、me see. Oh yes. Your professor has placed this book on reserve. That means you cannot find it on the shelves in its usual place. You need to go to a special room called the reserve room. Its down the hall and to the right.Natalie: Im sorry - I still dont understand what you mean by on reserve.Librar

27、ian: You see, your professor wants every one in the class to read the chapter. If one student removes the book from the library, it is likely that none of the other students will have the opportunity to read it. So, your professor has insured that all students have the opportunity to read it by plac

28、ing it on reserve.Natalie: So, will I be able to find this book?Librarian: Yes, when a book is on reserve, a student can go to the reserve room and ask the reserve librarian for the book. The student can have the book for a few hours, and he or she MUST read it in the library during that time. That

29、way, the book stays in the library, and all students have a chance to read it.Natalie: Okay. Thank you. I understand now.Librarian: Will there be anything else?Natalie: No! I am on my way to the reserve room. Thanks again!9.Thinh: Hello.Jim: Oh, hi there!Thinh: Please allow me to introduce myself. M

30、y name is Thinh Nguyen and this is my wife, Lan Quong.Jim: Pleased to meet you. My name is Jim Peters. Did you just move in next door?Lan: Yes, we did. Have you lived here long?Jim: Me? I guess so. Ive lived here for about 6 years now. Have you lived in America very long?Thinh: No. Not really. When

31、we left Vietnam and came to America we lived with a cousin in Dallas for 2 years. Where do you work, Jim?Jim: I teach mathematics at Willow Springs community college. What do you do?Thinh: I am a mechanic at Allied Diesel. I repair truck engines.Jim: What about you, Lan?Lan: I am a nurses assistant

32、at Whitfield County hospital.Jim: Well, Thinh and Lan, it was good to meet you. I have to go now. Im teaching a class this evening and I need to get to the college.Thinh: It was good to meet you, too, Jim.Lan: Yes, it was good to meet you.Jim: See you around!Thinh and Lan: Good-bye, Jim!10.As the su

33、n rose over the horizon, I went out to enjoy the beauty ofthe grassland scenery. On the way, I saw a pair of red flowers blooming. They had flat petals and were incredibly full of smiling beauty. Those independent flowers seemed very vibrant. Gazing at the flowers made me think of many things.Dew li

34、ke pearls shone on the grass brightly. Rays of sun offered happiness. I stood and stared at the beautiful flowers for a long time, enjoying the bright, pleasant sunshine. Butterflies and little bees were flying about. Then some naughty children with sticks came. One child swung his stick when he saw

35、 the flowers. Many petals fell to the earth, and with them, my heart fell too.The next day, beside the road, the red flowers were brighter than the day before. The natural beauty made me gasp. It gave me an understanding of the energy of growing and youth and convinced me it couldnt be destroyed wit

36、h a heartless stick. I wanted to be like the soul of a flower.Then I saw an old woman and child coming along the road. When they reached the flowers the child quickly pluckedone. I felt great horror and thenheard the old woman say, What beautiful flowers. Dont pick them. The next day, I couldnt see

37、the flowers anymore. The grass and leaves on the ground were almost dried. I was in a world of great sorrow.11.John and Bobby joined a wholesale company togther just after graduation from college the same year. Both worked very hard. After several years, however, the boss promoted Bobby to the posit

38、ion of manager but John remained an ordinary employee. John could not take it anymore, tendered his resignation to the boss and complained the boss did not know how to delegate and did not value hard working staff, but only promoted those who flattered him.The boss knew that John worked very hard fo

39、r the years. He thought for a moment and said, Thank you for your criticism, but I have a request. I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave. Perhaps you will change your mind and take back your resignation.John agreed. The boss asked him to go and find out anyone selling wa

40、termelon in the market. John went and returned soon. He said he had found out a man selling watermelon. The boss asked how much per kg? John shook his head and went back to the market to Boss told John to wait a second, and he called Bobby to come to his office. He asked Bobby to go and find anyone

41、seling watermelon in the market. Bobby went, returned and said, boss, only one person selling watermelon. $1.2 per kg, $10 for 10kg, he has inventory of 340melons. On the table 58 melons, every melon weights about 2kg, bought from the South two days ago, they are fresh and red, good qualityask and r

42、eturned to inform the boss $1.2 per kg.12.A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men aboard were able to swim to a small, desert-like island. Not knowing what else to do, the two survivors agreed that they had no other recourse than to pray to God.However, to find out

43、whose prayers were more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island.The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the island, and he was able to eat its fruit. But the other ma

44、ns part of land remained barren.After a week, the first man became lonely and decided to pray for a wife. The next day, another ship was wrecked and the only survivor was a woman who swam to his side of the island. But on the other side of the island, there was nothing.Soon thereafter the first man

45、prayed for a house, clothes and more food. The next day, like magic, all of these things were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing.Finally, the first man prayed for a ship so that he and his wife could leave the island, and in the morning he found a ship docked at his side of the

46、island.The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island, considering the other man unworthy to receive Gods blessings since none of his prayers had been answered.As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from Heaven booming, Why are you

47、 leaving your companion on the island?”My blessings are mine alone since I was the one who prayed for them, the first man answered. His prayers were all unanswered and so he doesnt deserve anything.You are mistaken! the voice rebuked him. He had only one prayer, which I answered.If not for that, you

48、 would not have received any of my blessings.13.There once were two poor woodsmen who made a living by collecting woods in the mountain. One day, they happened to discover two large bag of cotton in the mountain and felt surprisingly happy. The cotton was light but valuable, so they carried it on th

49、eir back and went back home.When they were walking home, one of the woodsmen spotted a large bundle of cloth beside the road. So he discussed with his partner whether to discard the cotton and take the cloth instead. But his partner held a different view that since he had carried the cotton for such

50、 a long way, he would not change it with cloth because all his previous effort would turn out to be in vain.Therefore, the other woodsman abandoned the cotton and carried the cloth on his back. After walking for a while, the woodsman who carried the cloth spotted several jars of gold disseminated on

51、 the ground not far away. He felt so thrilled that he was going to be a wealthy man. So he gave up the cloth and used his carrying pole to carry two jars of gold, while his partner was still reluctant to abandon the cotton and wondering whether the gold was real or not.14.We should not hesitate too

52、much during the first half of our lives, while we should not regret at what weve done during the other half. We should seize every opportunity to find a way out in our lives, for it goes off swiftly. We should say something urgent slowly, something serious clearly, something small humorously and som

53、ething unsure cautiously. We should never say something that did not happen, something that you cannot do, something that does harm to others, and something that is disgusting. We should tell others our happiness in specific occasions and should not tell anyone our unhappiness. Do not easily say som

54、ething about others. We should follow our own heart and interest, and fulfill what we should do instead of merely paying lip service and looking forward to the future.Everyone is craving for a happy life, but owning wealth does not necessarily mean owning happiness. To truly reach happiness, we need

55、 to know how to get on with others. So we need to understand the core of happiness and achieve what we desire.Without happiness, one will feel terribly miserable, for he always insists that he has done the right thing all the time and that others often do wrong to him. He attributes every mistake to

56、 others or the environment instead of reflecting on himself, which renders him farther and farther away from happiness. A celebrity once said, “Nobody intends to make mistake. One makes mistake because of his igorance.” Therefore, if someone makes mistake, we need to care about him, forgive him and

57、enlighten him by setting a good example for him instead of losing temper, hatred to him. Othewise, we arealso ingorant like him, for we alsomake a stupid mistake that leads us farther from happiness.15.Im Special我就是我In the entire world theres nobody like me. Since the beginning of time, there has ne

58、ver been another person like me. Nobody has my smile. Nobody has my eyes, my nose, my hair, my hands, or my voice.Im special.No one can befound who hasmy handwriting. Nobody anywhere hasmy tastes for food or music or art. No one sees things just as I do. In all of time theres been no one who laughs

59、like me, no one who cries like me. And what makes me laugh and cry will never provoke identical laughters and tears from anybody else, ever. No one reacts to any situation just as I would react.Im special.I m the only one in all of creation who has my set of abilities. Oh, there will always be someb

60、ody who is better at one of the things Im good at, but no one in the universe can reach the quality of my combination of talents, ideas, abilities and feelings. Like a room full of musical instruments, some may excel alone, but none can match the symphony sound when all are played together. Im a sym

61、phony.Through all of eternity no one will ever look, talk, walk, think or do like me. Im special.Im rare.And, in all rarity there is great value. Because of my great rare value, I need not attempt to imitate others. I will accept yes, indeed, celebrate my differences. Im special.And Im beginning to

62、realize its no accident that Im special. Im beginning to see that I have been made for a very special purpose. There is a job for me that no one else can do as well as I. Out of all the billions of job applicants, only one is qualified, only one has the right combination of what it takes. That one i

63、s me. Because.Im special.16.She was dressing up in the make-up room and going to perform on the stage, when one of her friends rushed to her breathlessly and told her that her husband left for another place with another woman. Hearing the news, she just smiled frankly and did not stop making up. She

64、 made up very delicately for that show. After ten minutes, she showed on the stage and kept a charming smile as well as a steady tone as usual. She interacted with the audience and threw out quite a few of jokes that deeply pleased her audience. Returning back to the make-up room, she cleansed her makeup and still maintained calm. Her friend felt it incredible: Why she could bear when her husband fooled around with other woman while she was performing?There was another woman singer having the similar experience. When she reached the age of retirement, she suffered the change of ma