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Task 3：

Now listen to two students discussing the letter. (woman) I don’t like his proposal.

(man) Why not? There are never many students there.

(woman) But that’s why I like about it, that it’s never crowded. (man) Really?

(woman) Yeah, so it’s a great place to study. I go there a lot. I’ll read a book or bring my laptop computer and work on a paper for class. It’s never very noisy. (man) You’re able to get work done there?

(woman) Absolutely! In fact, I actually prefer it to the library as a place to study, and a lot of other students do, too. We even study for our final exams there, and you can eat there while you work, something you can’t do with the library.

(man) OK, but you don’t actually like the food there, do you? I mean, he said. (woman) Well, I don’t think he’s been there recently, I mean, it’s true that it wasn’t that great in the past, but I think it’s a lot better now. (man) What’s changed?

(woman) They have a new manager and I guess she’s made some improvements in the quality of the food. I was there last week and the food was delicious. (man) Really?

(woman) Yeah, really! And the new manager has also added a lot of really healthful foods and snacks, so the food doesn’t just taste good now. It’s good for you, too. (man) Hmm, I’ll have to try the place.

The woman expresses her opinion about the student s proposal. State her opinion and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion. Task 4：

Now listen to part of a lecture on this topic in an environmental science class. (male professor)

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So, one example of this is the macaw, the great green macaw. Now, the great green macaw is a beautiful bird, a fairly large-sized parrot known for its colorful feathers, gorgeous green feathers with some read and blue feathers, too. The macaw lives in the South American rainforest, in a part of the rainforest where a lot of trees have been cut down, trees that the macaw relies on for its food and nesting. So, the macaw was in trouble.

And, of course, along with the trees, a lot of other animals were in trouble, too. Lots of birds, bats, and frogs also live in these trees. So, when the trees were cut down and cleared away, these animals also didn't have a place to live anymore and their populations drastically declined. So, what a concerned group of people in the area did was they started spreading the word about how the macaw, you know this really beautiful bird, needed help.

They made little books with information about the macaw, with pictures, full colored pictures of the macaw that showed off its beautiful feathers, and they passed out these little books, these informational brochures. They distributed them to people in schools and community centers in the area. And a lot of people responded. They contributed money, and helped the group set up some protected land, a special area where no one could cut down the trees, so the macaw would be safe. And the macaw’s population started to increase and other birds and bats and frogs came back to the area, too. Their numbers increased along with the trees.

Using the example of the macaw from the lecture, explain the concept of a flagship species. Task 5：

Listen to a conversation between two students.

(man) Hey, Amy, have you finished moving out of your dorm room yet?

(woman) Yeah, I’m all done. I moved into my new apartment off-campus yesterday. (man) How do you like it?

(woman) It’s great. There’s just one problem. (man) What’s that?

(woman) Well, I don’t have internet connection in my new apartment so I can’t use the computer to access the internet from my room. (man) And that’s really important.

(woman) Right, I need it to do research for classes, email people, stuff like that. I use it almost everyday.

(man) So are you going to pay to get it installed in the apartment?

(woman) Well, I’ve called a couple of internet companies in the area and it’s no trouble for them to send someone out to my apartment to install internet service. It’s just the cost. I have to pay every month for the service.

(man) Well, you know, there’s always the computer center on campus. The computers there have free internet access. Couldn’t you use them?

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(woman) I could. It’s just that I don’t have classes everyday, so I’d have to go campus on some days just to use the internet. And that computer center can get crowded sometimes. (man) Hmm,

(woman) So, I’m not sure what to do.

Briefly summarize the problem the speakers are discussing. Then state which solution you would recommend. Explain the reasons for your recommendation. Task 6：

Listen to part of a lecture in a literature class. (female professor)

Authors of fiction, um, short stories and novels, of course have many decisions to make when they’re writing their works. One of those decisions is how they are going to narrate or tell the story. What perspective or what point of view the story would be told from? So, authors need to choose a type of narrator, some person or voice to tell the story. And this narrator can affect the readers’ experience when they read the story.

Now, the author might choose to have an objective narrator. An objective narrator can describe what people, the characters in the story, what they do and what they say, but that’s about all. So, suppose we have a story, for example, that is about a man and woman about to take a trip. When the story is told by an objective narrator, the only information that we get as readers is what the characters say to each other, what they do. They get on the train, they sit down, they look out the window, that’s all. And this leaves questions that force the reader to interpret the events, to fill in information and decide what the characters’ conversation and actions might mean.

Another kind of narrator an author might use is an omniscient narrator. In this case, the narrator, the voice that is telling the story, knows everything, and I mean everything about the characters. So, let’s imagine our same man and woman traveling but described by an omniscient narrator. Not only do we, the readers, know what they

do and say, but we also know what they're thinking. For example, we're told that the couple is going to visit an old friend of the man's and we learn what the man is thinking that he is nervous because he hasn't seen his friend in a long time, that he is worried if his wife would like the friend. So an omniscient narrator provides more information and answers questions that the reader might have about the characters or the action.

Using the examples from the lecture, discuss two types of narrators that an author of fiction might use.

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