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第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What does the man want to do?
A. Have breakfast.
B. Take a walk.
C. Call his office.
2. What was George doing last night?
A. Having a meeting.
B. Flying home.
C. Working on a project.
3. Why does the man suggest going to the park?
A. It's big. B. It's quiet. C. It's new.
4. How does the woman sound?
A. Annoyed. B. Pleased. C. Puzzled.
5. Where is the man's table?
A. Near the door.
B. By the window.
C. In the corner.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What are the speakers going to do tonight?
A. Eat out. B. Go shopping. C. Do sports.
7. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Boss and secretary.
B. Hostess and guest.
C. Husband and wife.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Why does the woman think July is the best time to move?
A. Their business is slow.
B. The weather is favorable.
C. It's easy to hire people.
9. How will they handle the moving?
A. Finish it all at once.
B. Have the sales section go first.
C. Do one department at a time.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What did Peter learn from his grandfather?
A. How to appreciate art works.
B. How to deal with artists.
C. How to run a museum.
11. What did Peter do in Chicago?
A. He studied at a college.
B. He served in the army.
C. He worked in a gallery.
12. Whose works did Peter like best?
A. Rembrandt's. B. Botticelli's. C. Rubens'.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At a library.
B. In a law firm.
C. On a train.
14. By what time did John plan to finish his term paper?
A. March. B. August. C. October.
15. Why did John quit his part-time job?
A. He had to catch up with his study.
B. He was offered a better one.
C. He got tired of it.
16. What is Susan's attitude to John's problem?
A. Carefree. B. Understanding. C. Forgiving.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What did the speaker do before the year 2012?
A. A fitness coach.
B. A chess player.
C. A marathon runner.
18. Why was the 2016 Olympics important for the speaker?
A. He was motivated by Bolt.
B. He broke a world record.
C. He won fifth place.
19. Which is the hardest for the speaker?
A. Getting over an injury.
B. Doing strength training.
C. Representing Botswana.
20. What is the speaker mainly talking about?
A. His plan to go for the gold.
B. His experience on the track.
C. His love for his home country.

听力答案：

1-5: BCBAC 6-10: ACACA
11-15: ACCBA 16-20: BBCAB

原文

Text 1
M: Jenny, you can just drop me here.
W: But we are two streets away from the office.
M: It's fine. I had a big breakfast, and feel like a bit of walk.

Text 2
W: Hello, George. You look tired. Didn't sleep well last night?
M: No, not at all. I had to work flat out to meet the project deadline. Now I'm really feeling a bit run-down.

Text 3
W: John, can't we go someplace and talk? It's so noisy in here.
M: Well, there is a small park across the street. It's usually not crowded at this time of day.

Text 4
W: We've got to do something about the neighbor's dog.
M: Why? Has he been into your flower garden again?
W: The flower garden, the garbage can and yesterday he started digging holes in the yard.

Text 5
M: Hello, we have a reservation in the name of Mr. Johns. Is there any table by the window?
W: Sorry, we've got this corner table for you. It's quiet here, not close to the door.

Text 6
W: Dave, don't forget we are invited out to dinner tonight.
M: Oh yeah. I almost forgot. What time?
W: 7:30. We should leave the house by 6:30. You know how bad the traffic is that time of night.
M: It's informal, isn't it?
W: Yeah. You can wear your new sports jacket, the one I got you as an anniversary gift.
M: Okay. Well, I've got to go. I'll try to get home a little earlier today.
W: Good.

Text 7
M: We need to decide exactly when we're going to move. Any suggestions?
W: I think July would be the best time. Our sales are always down that month.We could move all the office equipment at a weekend—do everything at once.
M: I think a weekend's too short. Maybe we should do it department by department.
W: What do you mean?
M: Well, each week a different department will move. That way, there will always be people here to handle customer inquiries, phone calls, and so on.
W: Hmm, that's a good idea.

Text 8
W: So, Mr. Peter Sayles, I've been curious to know what were the early connections in your life that led you into the art field.
M: My grandfather was an art dealer in Munich. They had a great museum in Munich. He took me to the museum. And I responded very strongly to what I saw on the walls there. I learned about art from him. I learned about looking at art from him. I think that's what really got me started. Then, many years later, after I got out of the army, I went to study art history at the University of Chicago.
W: Tell us more about your experiences of looking at art with your grandfather.
M: Well, we looked at the famous paintings by the great artists like Rembrandt,Botticelli and Albrecht Dürer. Rubens' paintings were my favorites. Yes, I remember these things. This was when I was between 10 and 15. When I was 14, I was so anxious to see more art that a friend of mine and I bicycled across the Alps to see Venice. That was a big adventure.

Text 9
W: Hi, John! Haven't seen you for ages!
M: Hi, Susan! Fancy meeting you here on the train!
W: How is your college life?
M: What can I say? I've survived.
W: What happened?
M: Well, early last March I started doing a part-time job in a law firm. A few weeks before I had started writing my term paper. I thought I could finish it by August.
W: That was a pretty good idea trying to have some work experience.
M: For the first three weeks, you know, I tried. I got up early and worked for an hour on my paper before going to work. But work was so fun, I met tons of new people and soon I couldn't find even a minute for my paper. So, I had to quit my part-time job and finally finished my paper in October.
W: Well, it's never too late to mend. It's kind of hard to find a balance between what you have to do and what you want to do.
M: Yeah, it's really important for me to balance study and work. And I think I should learn to exercise some self-control.

Text 10
Being an athlete is very fun, painful and exciting. Every time I come to the track, I feel like I'm out of this place. This is Botswana National Stadium.This is where I train. When I saw Usa in Bolt running in 2012 London Olympics, I was amazed. Just watching him run got me motivated. I quit being a chess player and started to run. I went to the 2016 Olympics, and went to the finals at the age of 18. And, wow, I finished fifth. It was a dream come true to me, but I still wanted more. The training is super hard, but the hardest part for me is that I got an injury—an injury which may take me out for years. For a period of time, as a young athlete, I didn't know what to do. I lost focus. But now, I'm back on the track. I really want to be there at the Olympics, and do what I did before, do much, much greater. I don't care about the gold. I don't care about the silver. I want to do my best. You know, take everything and show it to the world.

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

原文

Chapter 4: Marius

Nine years pass, Valjean and Cosette are living in the Rue Plumet in Paris,in a house with a big garden.
It is a quiet street and nobody comes there.
This pleases Valjean, because he is still afraid of Inspector Javert.
Cosette is now a young woman.
She is tall with golden brown hair.
She is beautiful, but there are many beautiful faces in the world.
The wonderful thing about Cosette's face is her smile, a slow warm gentle smile like sunlight after rain.
And now, we must meet Marius and his young friend Gavroche.
Marius is a student, a young man with many ideas but no money.
Paris is full of young men like this.
Marius has a grandfather, his father is dead,
But he does not talk to him, their political ideas are very different.
At 17, he leaves home with 30 francs, his watch and a small bag of clothes.
Now five years older, he lives with other students, and they talk all night about books and ideas, politics and government, life and death.
All students are like this.
They live for ideas and do a little work here and there when they need to.
Gavroche is a child of the Paris streets.
He is 11 or 12 years old, and wears a man's trousers and a woman's shirt.
A kind woman gave these clothes to him.
He lives on the streets, knows everybody,goes everywhere, and enjoys life.
Well, why not? He knows no other life, only this one.
Marius loved walking through the streets and gardens of Paris, and he often walked in the Luxembourg Garden.
One day in the garden, he saw a man with a young girl.
The man was about 60, and the girl, Marius thought, was about 17.
He did not see her eyes, but he saw her golden-brown hair and her slow gentle smile.
He walked past them once and did not look back, but he came to the Luxembourg the next day, and the day after that.
And for the next five days, the man and the girl were always there.
He could not stop looking at the girl.
He wanted very much to see that smile, smile again.
On the seventh day, the girl turned her head and looked at Marius.
She looked into his eyes across the garden, and that look went like a bullet from a gun into Marius's heart.
There were no words, but at once Marius knew, and the girl knew this was love.
Life stopped for Marius then.
He spent hours in the Luxembourg.
And every time he saw her, the sun came out and all the birds in the garden began singing.
But the man began to look at Marius too, and his face was not friendly.
Marius was afraid and he went to Gavroche.
“Gavroche, please, you must help me.”
“Why? What's the matter? Monsieur Marius.”
“There's a girl, Gavroche. She walks in the Luxembourg every day. I want you to follow her home, and tell me the address.”
“Why don't you follow her? I am busy.” said Gavroche.
“I'm afraid to,” said Marius, “her father,grandfather, I don't know, is watching me. He doesn't like me.”
“Why is this important? Monsieur Marius.” Gavroche said.
“He had a big smile on his face. Because I'min love,” shouted Marius, “Please, Gavroche, do it.”
Gavroche ran away laughing.
Two days later, he came to Marius's rooms,Rue plume.
He said, “House at the end of the street,hard to find, you need to look for it.”
Spring came and Cosette began to go out into the garden at Rue Plume.
She was usually alone.
Her old servant Toussaint was always in the kitchen, and Father Jean Valjean was in his room reading.
Cosette was sad.
She remembered the young man in the Luxembourg Garden, but Father no longer wanted to go there.
But that evening, in the Rue Plume Garden something very wonderful happened.
She heard a voice, a man's voice.
She looked round and it was him.
“I'm so sorry,” he said, “please don't be afraid. I just wanted to… You remember the Luxembourg Garden? I saw you therefor the first time, I can't forget you day and night, I think about you. Please don't be afraid, you see, I love you. It just happened to me, I can't stop it. Don't be afraid, please.”
Cosette listened to this wonderful river of words and then held out her hand to him.
He took her hand, and she pulled it to her and put it against her heart.
“Then, you love me?”he said.
“Of course, you know that.”
A kiss, no words.
They did not need words.
Later words came, the story of his life, the story of her life, everything between lovers, everything is interesting.
When they were done with words,Cosette put her head on Marius's shoulder and asked, “what is your name?”
“My name is Marius, and yours?”
“Cosette.”
Every evening, they met secretly in the garden at Rue Plume.
A kiss, a gentle laugh, whispered words of love.
It was the spring and summer of their young lives.
But around them, outside their garden, there was change.
There were angry people, there were police and soldiers on the streets of Paris.
And one day, Jean Valjean said to Cosette, “My dearest child, we live in dangerous times. We must leave France and go to England.”
Cosette looked at him with frightened eyes.
“Must we go, father?” She said.
Valjean watched her face.
“We must,” he said, “Get ready to leave very soon.”
There was a change in Cosette.
Valjean remembered the young man in the Luxembourg Garden and he looked at Cosette's beautiful young face.
He was afraid, afraid of losing his dear daughter.
That evening in the Rue Plume Garden, there were many unhappy tears.
“But you must follow us to England,” cried Cosette.
“How can I do that?” cried Marius, “I have no money, no passport. Even England to me is like the moon.”
They held hands in the moonlight.
“Listen, I have an idea,” Marius said slowly,“Wait two days, perhaps.”
“Two days?” cried Cosette, “How can I live two days without you?”

翻译

第四章：马吕斯

九年过去了，冉阿让和珂赛特住在巴黎的普吕梅街，那是一栋带大花园的房子。
这是一条安静的街道，鲜有人至。
这让冉阿让感到安心，因为他依然对沙威警长心存畏惧。
如今的珂赛特已经长成了一个年轻女子。
她身材高挑，留着一头金棕色的头发。
她很美，但这世上美丽的容颜并不少见。
珂赛特脸上最动人的，是她的微笑——那是一种缓慢、温暖、轻柔的微笑，宛如雨后初晴的阳光。
现在，我们该认识一下马吕斯和他的年轻朋友加夫罗什了。
马吕斯是个学生，一个满脑子想法却身无分文的年轻人。
巴黎满大街都是这样的年轻人。
马吕斯有个祖父，他的父亲已经去世了。
但他和祖父互不说话，因为他们的政治理念截然不同。
十七岁那年，他带着30法郎、一块怀表和一小包衣服离家出走。
如今五年过去了，他和一群学生住在一起，他们整夜整夜地谈论书籍与思想、政治与政府、生与死。
所有的学生都是这样。
他们为理想而活，只在缺钱的时候才偶尔去打点零工。
加夫罗什是个在巴黎街头长大的野孩子。
他十一二岁，穿着一条男人的裤子和一件女人的衬衫。
这是一位好心的女士给他的衣服。
他风餐露宿，认识所有人，哪儿都敢去，而且非常享受这样的生活。
是啊，为什么不呢？除了这种生活，他什么也没经历过。
马吕斯喜欢漫步在巴黎的街道和花园里，他经常去卢森堡公园散步。
有一天在公园里，他看见一个男人带着一个小姑娘。
那个男人大概六十岁，马吕斯心想，那女孩大概十七岁。
他没看清她的眼睛，但他看到了她金棕色的头发和那缓慢轻柔的微笑。
他从他们身边走过，没有回头。但第二天、第三天，他又来到了卢森堡公园。
在接下来的五天里，那个男人和女孩总是出现在那里。
他无法控制自己的目光，总是忍不住看向那个女孩。
他多么渴望能再次看到那个微笑。
到了第七天，女孩转过头，看向了马吕斯。
她隔着花园望向他的眼睛，那目光就像子弹一样，直击马吕斯的心脏。
没有只言片语，但就在那一瞬间，马吕斯明白了，女孩也明白了——这就是爱情。
那一刻，马吕斯的世界仿佛静止了。
他在卢森堡公园里度过了好几个小时。
每一次看到她，他都觉得阳光洒满了大地，花园里的鸟儿都在为他歌唱。
但是，那个男人也开始注意到了马吕斯，而且眼神并不友善。
马吕斯害怕了，他去找加夫罗什。
“加夫罗什，求求你，你必须帮帮我。”
“怎么了？出什么事了，马吕斯先生？”
“有个女孩，加夫罗什。她每天都去卢森堡公园散步。我想让你跟着她回家，告诉我她的地址。”
“你自己怎么不跟着？我很忙的。”加夫罗什说。
“我不敢，”马吕斯说，“她父亲，或者祖父，我搞不清楚，一直在盯着我。他不喜欢我。”
“这有什么关系吗，马吕斯先生？”加夫罗什说。
“因为我恋爱了啊！”马吕斯大喊道，“求你了，加夫罗什，帮帮我吧。”
加夫罗什大笑着跑开了。
两天后，他来到了马吕斯在普吕梅街的住处。
他说：“街道尽头的那栋房子，很难找，你得仔细留意。”
春天来了，珂赛特开始走到普吕梅街的花园里。
她通常是一个人。
老女仆杜桑总在厨房里忙碌，而冉阿让父亲则在自己的房间里看书。
珂赛特感到有些忧伤。
她想念卢森堡公园里的那个年轻人，但父亲已经不想再去那里了。
然而，那天傍晚，在普吕梅街的花园里，一件奇妙的事情发生了。
她听到了一个声音，一个男人的声音。
她回过头，正是他。
“万分抱歉，”他说，“请别害怕。我只是想……你还记得卢森堡公园吗？我在那里第一次见到你，从此日夜都无法将你忘记，脑海里全是你。请别害怕，你看，我爱你。这感情就这样发生了，我无法阻挡。请别害怕。”
珂赛特听着这如河水般倾泻而出的动人话语，然后向他伸出了手。
他握住她的手，她却将他的手拉向自己，紧紧贴在自己的心口。
“那么，你爱我？”他问。
“当然，你是知道的。”
一个吻，无需言语。
他们不需要任何言语。
后来，他们终于开口了，讲述彼此的人生故事。恋人之间的一切，都是那么有趣。
当话语说尽，珂赛特把头靠在马吕斯的肩上，轻声问：“你叫什么名字？”
“我叫马吕斯。你呢？”
“珂赛特。”
从此，每天傍晚，他们都在普吕梅街的花园里秘密相会。
一个吻，一声轻柔的笑，几句耳鬓厮磨的情话。
这是他们青春岁月里的春天与盛夏。
但在他们周围，在花园之外，世界正在发生剧变。
人们群情激愤，巴黎的街道上到处是警察和士兵。
有一天，冉阿让对珂赛特说：“我最亲爱的孩子，我们正身处危险的时代。我们必须离开法国，去英国。”
珂赛特用惊恐的眼神看着他。
“我们必须走吗，父亲？”她说。
冉阿让注视着她。
“我们必须走，”他说，“准备一下，我们很快就要动身了。”
珂赛特变了。
冉阿让想起了卢森堡公园里的那个年轻人，他端详着珂赛特年轻美丽的脸庞。
他害怕了，他害怕失去自己心爱的女儿。
那天傍晚，在普吕梅街的花园里，充满了悲伤的泪水。
“但你必须跟着我们去英国啊！”珂赛特哭喊道。
“我怎么去得了？”马吕斯也哭喊道，“我没有钱，也没有护照。对我来说，去英国简直就像去月球一样遥远。”
他们在月光下紧紧牵着手。
“听着，我有个主意，”马吕斯缓缓地说，“等两天，也许只要两天。”
“两天？”珂赛特哭喊道，“没有你，我该怎么熬过这两天？”

136.
I would appreciate it if you could find time to see Mr. Fukuoka, or to introduce him to one of your associates.
如果你能抽出时间去见福冈先生，或者把他介绍给你的一位同事，我将非常感谢。

137.
If we let our reasoning power be overshadowed by our emotions, we would be barking up the wrong tree all the time.
如果我们的情绪一直驾驭在理智推理之上，我们就会找错方向。

138.
We look back on days gone by, if not always with affections, at any rate with a kind of wistfulness.
我们回顾过去的日子时，即使没有感情，也有几分惆怅。

139.
I didn't want to go, but she had been so kind to me that I couldn't but accept the invitation.
我不想去，但她对我太好了，我不得不接受邀请。

140.
He seems like a softy on the surface, but at the core he's got an iron will that makes him an extremely tough negotiator.
他表面上看起来像一个温柔的人，但在本质上，他意志坚定，是一个非常强硬的谈判者。

听前提示
一、每期提供10个单词，每个单词都会有2-3个例句，方便理解记忆。
二、每个单词和句子都会重复5遍，其中第2遍为慢速，有助于识别。
三、本材料的整体难度较低，可以用来听力磨耳朵和单词查漏补缺。

Day 168

1671.
Pin
n.钉；别针v.钉住，别住

Give me a pin, please.
请给我一个别针。
She pinned a rose to her dress.
她把一朵玫瑰花别在衣服上。

1672.
Pink
n.粉红色a.粉红色的

I have a pink ruler.
我有一把粉红色的尺子。
My favorite color is pink.
我最喜欢的颜色是粉红色。
Who is the girl in the pink dress?
穿粉色连衣裙的女孩是谁？

1673.
Pity
v.可怜，惋惜n.憾事，怜悯

What a pity!
真可惜！
I don't need your pity.
我不需要你的怜悯。
It's a pity that you can't come.
遗憾的是你不能来。

1674.
Place
n.地方；地位v.安排；放置

There is no place like home.
没有像家一样的地方。
Please put it back in its place.
请把它放回原处。
The conference will take place annually.
该会议将每年举行一次。

1675.
Plain
a.坦率；平凡n.平原，旷野

Let me make it plain to you.
让我向你说清楚。
Let me say it in plain English: you're fired.
让我用简单的英语说：你被解雇了。

1676.
Plan
n.计划，规划；平面图v.计划

Please show me your detailed plan.
请告诉我你的详细计划。
Everything proceeds according to plan.
一切都按计划进行。

1677.
Plane
n.飞机；平面，水平面

We got onto the plane.
我们上了飞机。
Can I carry this on the plane?
我能把这个带上飞机吗？
What time is your plane scheduled to take off?
你的飞机预定什么时候起飞？

1678.
Planet
n.行星

Our planet, Earth, is always in motion.
我们的星球，地球，总是在运动。
Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System.
木星是太阳系中最大的行星。
He thinks being a father is What planet is he on?
他认为当父亲很容易。他是在哪个星球？

1679.
Plant
n.植物，作物v.栽种，播种

When did you plant this tree?
你什么时候种这棵树的?
We need to plant some more trees here.
我们需要在这里再种几棵树。
This kind of plant grows only in the tropical regions.
这种植物仅在热带地区生长。

1680.
Plastic
n.塑料，塑料制品a.可塑的

This toy is made of plastic.
这个玩具是用塑料制成的。
This plastic chair is very cheap.
这把塑料椅子很便宜。

2022年八省联考英语听力

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仪读一遍。

1．How will the guests goto the airport？
A．By car． B．By bus． C．By taxi．
2．How long will the manstay if his wife comes？
A．4 nights． B．6 nights． C．8 nights．
3．Who is in charge of the project？
A．Dan． B．Gary． C．Mary．
4．What does the man say about the restaurant？
A．The waiters were noisy．
B．The food was not his thing．
C．The atmosphere was friendly．
5．What language does Mr．Black speak best？
A．Chinese． B．French． C．Spanish．

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有儿个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6．What will the speaker shave to do？
A．Send figures to Mr．Jones．
B．Draw up the budget for next year．
C．Organize an advertising campaign on Thursday．
7．What docs the woman ask the man to do？
A．Wait for her in his office．
B．Go to Mr．Jones' workplace．
C．Make a phone call to Mr．Jones．

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8．What is John doing？
A．Doing a fun project．
B．Emptying the cupboard．
C．Donating unwanted things．
9．What is “free cycling”？
A．A way of recycling． B．A kind of old junk． C．A travel website．
10．What does John want now？
A．A gorilla arm． B．A microphone． C．A bicycle．

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11．What are the speakers discussing？
A．The man's house．
B．The effects of global warming．
C．The man's job．
12．What is always nice according to the man？
A．He lives by the sea．
B．Animals can get more food．
C．Green can be seen all year round．
13．What could farmers grow before？
A．Grass． B．Vegetables． C．Trees．

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14．Where does the man most probably work？
A．At an airport． B．At a hotel． C．At a travel agency．
15．Which airport is the best choice for the woman？
A．Reagan National． B．Dulles． C．Baltimore-Washington．
16．Why is the woman going to Washington DC？
A．To visit a friend． B．To meet the man． C．To go sightseeing．

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17．When docs the speaker usually go to a movie with friends？
A．On weekends． B．On weekdays． C．On vacation．
18．How docs the speaker learn about a movie？
A．By seeing it himself．
B．By checking the film reviews．
C．By talking to his friends．
19．What might the speaker do if the tickets are sold out？
A．Steal in without a ticket．
B．Go back home and watch TV．
C．Buy a ticket for the next show．
20．What does the speaker like to do while watching a movie？
A．Eat popcorn． B．Talk to others． C．Put his feet up．

听力答案：
1-5CCCAC 6-10 BCBAC
11-15BAABA 16-20 CABCA

听力材料

(Text 1)
M:The guests are leaving for New York tonight. But there will be no bus then.We need someone to get them to the airport on time.
W:I'd be happy to, but my car is under repair now.
M:In that case, we have to call a taxi.

(Text 2)
M:My secretary made a reservation for me for the 14th of January
W:For how many nights?
M:Six. But if my wife comes, I'll stay for two more nights.

(Text 3)
M: I heard you were going to attend the meeting on Wednesday, Mary. I didn't know you would go.
W:Yes, Gary. I am responsible for the project now. I took Dan's place since he had to be on sick leave.

(Text 4)
W:Are you satisfied with the restaurant?
M:Well, I have to say it's not my thing. The food was fine, but the restaurant was too crowded and the waiters kept shouting all the time. I thought they should be working in a quieter and friendlier way.

(Text 5)
W:Mr. Black is very good at Spanish and now he is beginning to study French.
M:Yeah.And he also knows something of Chinese.

(Text 6)
W:Has Mr. Jones sent you the figures for next year's advertising campaign yet?
M:No. I haven't received anything from him. If we don't get those figures by tomorrow morning, we won't be able to draw up next year's budget on time.
W: We have to set the budget before Thursday, so maybe you should call him and find out what happened.
M: I think I will. If I don't hear from him by four,I'll try calling his office

(Text 7)
W:Are you OK, John?
M:Yeah, just clearing out this cupboard, Emilly. It's full of old junk
W:Ooh, what a lot of stuff. Is that a... gorilla arm?
M:Yes! Ah... that was a fun project.
W:Interesting.
M:Ooh, this is the microphone I recorded my first masterpiece with. A bit dusty.I wonder if it still works. Or maybe I should sell it. Who would buy it?
W:Why don't you free cycle it?
M:Oh, that's a good idea. I can exchange a microphone for a bicycle, right?
W:No. You give it away. You give it to someone for free. It's another way of recycling. There are websites that help match you to people who want these things.
M:Free...recycle. Freecycle. Yes,I like the idea. But I would like a free bicycle even more.

(Text 8)
W:So, Eric, how is life in Greenland these days?
M:Oh, you know. Winters are long. I live on the coast, though, so I get to seethe ocean every day. That's always nice.
W: I heard that winters in Greenland are somewhat shorter than they used to be ---global warming, I guess?
M:Yes, that's true. They're calling it "the greening of Greenland".
W:The"greening"? What does that mean?
M:Well,the average temperature in Greenland is rising twice as fast as in other places. So now I have a few trees near my house. Trees didn't use to exist in Greenland, you know! Neither did vegetables. So it's amazing! Besides, farmers can grow more grass for their animals.

(Text 9)
W:Hello, this is Tina. I haven't booked my flight to Washington DC yet, but I was wondering if you have any advice on how to best get to you from the airport?
M:Yes, well, if you're flying. Reagan National is the closest. You can take the underground right from there. Dulles is further away and a taxi is probably the easiest. And then Baltimore-Washington Airport connects to a train that you can take right into the main train station in town.
W:OK, cool,I think Reagan should be the best. And do you pretty centrally lie in Washington DC? Like, next to all the sights and everything? My friend asked me to stay in her house, but I don't think it would be very convenient.
M:Yep. Were in the Dupont Circle area, pretty central to Washington DC. You can walk down to the White House. The underground is right around the corner.
W:Do you include breakfast?
M:Yes,madam,and we also offer dinner if you like.
W:OK.That sounds good. Thank you. I'm going to think about it and once I've got everything booked, I'll give you a call.
M:OK.Have a good day.

(Text 10)
I really enjoy going to the movies with my friends on most weekends. I usually check the movie listings in the newspaper or online to see what is playing. I also check the movie reviews because I don't want to see a bad movie. I like to arrive early at the movie theater so l don't have to stand in line too long to buy tickets. Sometimes, the movie we want to see is sold out, so we might buy a ticket for a later showing. At the theater, I sometimes buy popcorn and a drink. The prices are sometimes high, but I like chewing something during a movie. I usually like to sit in an aisle seat somewhere in the middle of the theater. I think you can see the movie better instead of straining your neck if you are unfortunate enough to sit in the front rows. One thing I don't like is when other people talk during the movie, put their feet up on the back of my seat, or bring crying babies to the theater. Everyone should be able to enjoy the movie.