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3）Theywereallwearingdarksuitsandbowlerhats,carryingumbrellasandnewspapers.

4）Becauseshehadoftenreadaboutthemandseenphotographsofthem,whoalllookedasiftheywerewearingauniform.

5）No,hedidn’t.

6）HeusedtheEnglishsaying“Ittakesallkindstomakeaworld”toprovehisopinion.

B.

Ifalltheseaswereonesea,whatagreatseaitwouldbe!

Andifallthetreeswereonetree,whatagreattreeitwouldbe!

Andifthistreeweretofallinthesea,whatagreatsplashtherewouldbe!

【原文】

YesterdaymorningGretelwenttotheCity

“Oh,justlikethepoem‘IfAlltheSeasWereOneSea’,”Gretelbegantohumhappily.Ifalltheseaswereonesea,whatagreatseathatwouldbe!

Ifallthetreeswereonetree,whatagreattreethatwouldbe!

Andifthistreeweretofallinthesea,whatagreatsplashthatwouldbe!

”

Task2

1）peopleweremuchbusier

2）colderthanEngland;

minusthirtydegrees;

lastlonger

3）muchmoremountainous;

muchhigherandmuchmorerocky;

morebeautiful

4）tendtobemorecrowded

5）thehouses;

smaller

B.

1）T2）T3）F4）F5）F

JohnisBritishbuthasworkedinJapan.EtsukoisJapanesefromOsaka,butsheisstudyinginBritain.Inthefollowingpassageyouaregoingtohear,theyarecomparinglifeastheyseeitinthetwocountries.Butbeforelisteningtoit,thinkofthetwocountriesandtrytoanswerthefollowingpre-listeningquestions.

John:

IfoundthatlivinginJapan,peoplewerebusier.Theyseemtoworkthewholeday.

Etsuko:

Yes,that’sright.WeworkfromMondaythroughSaturday,eveninsummer.Youknow,summerinJapanisjusthorrible.It’svery,veryhumidandhot,andyouneedtoshowerthreetimesaday.

SoyoufinditcoolerinEngland?

Yes,that’sright.

WhereIwaslivinginJapan,intheNorth,itwasmuchcolderthanEngland,especiallyinwinter,minusthirtydegreescentigrade.DoesthewinterinOsakalastlongerthanthewinterinEngland?

No,Idon’tthinkso.December,January,February,March.

Yes.It’salittlebitshorterifanything.

EversinceIcamehere,InoticedthatthecountrysidehereinEnglandisverybeautiful.

It’smuchflatterthaninJapan.

Yes.Japanisamountainouscountryandourcitiesarefullofpeople.Therearelotsofpeopleinalimitedflatarea.

Yes,IfoundJapanmuchmoremountainousthanBritain,especiallyinthenorth.Themountainsaremuchhigherandmuchmorerocky.IfounditmorebeautifulthanBritain,Ithink.

Yes,ifyoulikemountains.

Andthereforethetownsandvillagestendtobemorecrowded.

Yes.Sobecausethecitiesaremorecrowded,thehousestendtobesmaller,don’tthey?

Yes,theyareverycompact,andwedon’thavealotofspace.Inbigcitieswehavealotoftallerbuildingsnow.

IsthisaproblembecausetherearemoreearthquakesinJapan?

Yes,that’srightand…

Task3

1）IntheUS,peopleusuallydancejusttoenjoythemselves;

theydon’tinviteotherpeopletowatchthem.

2）Usuallyeightpeopledancetogether.

3）Becausepeopleformasquareindancingwithamanandawomanoneachsideofthesquare.

4）Heusuallymakesitintoasong.

5）Theywearold-fashionedclothes.

1）F2）T3）F4）F5）T

C.

1）eightpeopleformasquare;

oneachsideofthesquare

2）whattheyshoulddo;

makesitintoasong;

singsit

3）don’thavemuchtimetothink

4）old-fashionedclothes

Rosa:

Whydon’tyouhavefolkdancesintheUnitedStates?

Mostcountrieshavespecialdancesthatthepeoplehavedoneformanyyears.Thedancerswearclothesfromtheolddays.Everyonelikestowatchthemdance.

Steve:

Wehavefolkdances,too.Alotofpeoplebelongtofolkdancinggroups.Butwhentheydance,theyusuallydoitjusttoenjoythemselves.Theydon’tinviteotherpeopletowatchthem.

Isthereafolkdancinggrouphere?

Ithinkso.Theremustbe.There’soneinalmosteverycity,andsomebigcitieshaveseveral.

Whatarethedanceslike?

Usuallyeightpeopledancetogether,fourmenandfourwomen.Whentheystart,theyformasquare,withamanandawomanoneachsideofthesquare.That’swhyit’scalledsquaredancing.Thenthere’samanwhotellsthedancerswhattheyshoulddo.Heusuallymakesitintoasong.Hesingsitwhiletheydance.

Oh,thatshouldmakethedanceseasy!

Yes,buttheyareveryfast.Theydon’thavemuchtimetothink.Iliketowatchthem,though.Thedancerswearold-fashionedclothes.Thatmakesthedancesprettytowatch.

I’dliketowat