1、 Thank you sir. No need to call me sir, Ms Li. Everyone calls me Stewart. Please call me Janet! OK, Janet, um, can you just sign for your keys, please?Conversation 2Kate: Hi, have you just arrived too? Yes! I guess were neighbors. My names Kate Santos. Im Janet Li. Where are you from? From New York.
2、 How about you? Im from Anshan in China. Is Janet your real name? No, its my English name. My Chinese name is Li Hui. Is Kate your full name? No, its short for Catherine. So do I call you Catherine or Kate? Everyone calls me Kate.Conversation 3Unit 2 Oh, this looks nice. Mark: Cool. Waitress: Good a
3、fternoon, table for three? Come this way. Lets have a look at the menu. Thank you. The specials are on the board. So, what sorts of food do you like, Janet? Well, I like spicy food. And Im not very fond of raw food! What would you recommend? Why dont you try the chicken curry? Thats nice and spicy.
4、Whats in it? Chicken cooked in tomatoes and onions with Indian spices. Ill try it. Do we all choose a selection of dishes to share or only one dish per person? Usually one dish per person. Or the moussaka looks good. s it made with? Its made with lamb and eggplant. Its a Greek dish. How is it cooked
5、?s baked in the oven. Mm, that sounds good too. And as a starter?s minestrone soup?s an Italian soup with vegetables and pasta. Its delicious! OK, Ill have that. Waitress? What can I get for you? Well, for the starter, can we have two minestrone soups, and for the main course, one moussaka and one c
6、urry, please. What about you, Mark?ll have the prawns with garlic and the chilli con carne. And could you bring us some water, please? OK. Thanks. s chilli con carne?s a spicy Mexican dish with beef and beans. Its very hot! That was great! Except I dont like cold water. I usually drink hot water. Ho
7、t water? We never drink hot water except with tea. Lets have a dessert. What would you like, Janet? Any suggestions? Well, why dont you try the apple strudel?s an Austrian dish. Its made with apple, pastry and spices. No, Im not so keen on pastry. .Whats a chocolate brownie?s a kind of chocolate cak
8、e. How is it made?s made with flour, eggs and butter. And lots of chocolate!ll love it. What kind of ice cream is there?ll ask . Excuse me . What flavor ice cream do you have? Strawberry, vanilla and chocolate. ll just have a fruit salad, I think. And Kate, what are you going to have? Same for me. C
9、ould you bring us two fruit salads, and a chocolate brownie? Sure.Unit 3 Hi, whatre you doing? Oh, nothing much . Well, Im just doing this quiz here in the newspaper. s have a look then. Here. Its called, How much do you know about memory?ve just done it. Do you want to have a go? OK, might as well.
10、 Im not busy. Right. Look, Ill read the statements. Then you have to answer true or false. Ready? Yea. OK. Physical exercise improves your memory. True or false? True, I suppose. It sounds like the right answer. re right; exercise does improve your memory. Next statement: 30 per cent of people have
11、a visual memory. That sounds about right. True? No, wrong, Im afraid. In fact, 60 per cent of people have a visual memory. Really? Actually, Ive got a pretty good memory. Have you? OK . Next one . When youre tired, its more difficult to remember things. s true, obviously. I cant remember a thing whe
12、n Im tired. Correct! If you do one activity for a long time, your memory will improve. m not sure . True? Actually, its false. Oh! Eating fruit and vegetables can improve your memory. I read something in The Times about that. True. True, it says here. Oh, no!ve got a lecture. Id forgotten. Id better
13、 get going! Oh, Mark! What a good memory you have!re looking a bit down, Janet. Whats up? Well . Im finding studying at Oxford quite hard. re telling me! Theres so much work!s not the amount of work, but everythings so different. In China, generally we have large classes, we dont have tutorials. And
14、 mostly, our teacher tells us what we should do. So Im not used to asking questions or discussing things. I find it difficult. You have to memorize a lot, dont you? Yes, but Im good at that. re lucky. Theres so much to remember studying law! I have difficulty sometimes, I really do. Yes, well, weve
15、been trained to do that. But we dont have so much training in critical thinking. What do you mean by critical thinking? Let me think . I think its giving your opinion and then justifying it. Yes, I suppose thats what our teachers have always encouraged us to do. I am getting better at it, I suppose.
16、 Hey! How about this?s pretend Im your tutor. Ill make a statement. Your task is to examine it and then ask questions. Everyone is capable of learning a second language. Go on, ask a question! Why do you say that?s what the research tells us. Now ask another one. Can you give an example of some rese
17、arch? Um . No! Look, Im starving and I cant think at all when Im hungry.Unit 4 Oh, I must make a quick call. . Jacky: Hello, Jacky Gordon speaking. Hello, can I speak to Abbie, please?ll see if shes in, can you hold on? Sure. . Hello? Shes out, Im afraid. Can I give her a message er . or I can ask h
18、er to call you back? Could you ask her to call me back? Sure. Whos calling? Kate Santos. Kate Santos, OK. Does Abbie have your number? Yes, she does. ll tell her you called. Abbie? I know a girl called Abbie. She reads English, doesnt she? Yes, how do you know her? She has a tutorial just after me s
19、o we chat a bit. We get on really well. Yes, everyone likes Abbie. I think its because shes really interested in people shes a very good listener. She should be, she works for Nightline. Nightline? Oh, I havent told you, Ive joined it. What is it?ve never heard of it. ve got a leaflet about it. So.
20、s a university helpline for students who are having problems. Im training to be one of the people they can call to talk to. You mean, youre a volunteer? Yes. Oh, thats great, Kate Abbie: Hi, Abbie speaking. Hi, Abbie, its Kate Santos. Hi!m sorry not to have called you back. Ive got a lot on at the m
21、oment. Hows things? Fine. I just wanted to let you know I wont be able to come to the next training session. Um . Its quite an important session. Oh, can you hold on a moment. Theres someone at the door. . Hi, Im sorry, look, can I call you back later? Sure. What time? Is three oclock OK? Threes fin
22、e. ll call you then. Speak soon. Bye. . Abbies my Nightline trainer. re saying shes your Nightline trainer! But shes still a student. Well, experienced students train new students, thats the way it works. Oh, I see. s great! At the moment, shes training us in listening skills. Listening skills? What
23、 do you mean, listening skills? Um . The ability to really listen to someone and make them feel youre listening. Its very important. ve never thought about that before. Yes, for example, one thing you can do is listen carefully and then repeat what someone says but maybe a little differently. So wha
24、t youre saying is, repeat what someone says but maybe not the exact same words. Yes. You see, when you do that, you check youve understood and you show them youre really listening. So they know youve really heard them. Very good, Janet. I can see youve got it already! Hi . hows it going?Unit 5 Conversation 1 Hi, Becky, howBecky: Good! Guys, look, can you help me with a problem? Yes, of course. The thing is, theres this girl I really like called Jenny Sparks. Shes a Fresher, really stunning, reads histo
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