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1. Do you think we should make reservations for dinner tonight?
I doubt we’ll need one, Lusia seems to be one of those places that is only crowded on weekends.

2. Did you realize that our meeting this afternoon was supposed to be for 2:15, not 2:30.
I’m really sorry. I think my watch has been running slow. I’m going to do something about it soon.

3. I’m really disappointed; there are a couple of required courses I have to take before I can take the history class I’m interested in.
Don’t be disappointed yet. You may be able to get special permission from the professor.

4. Do you know who won the baseball game?
They had to postpone it because of the rain. It’s been rescheduled for next week.

5. Hi, I hope you can help me, I need the 2nd edition of United States’ government for my class on Monday afternoon, but I only see the 1st edition on the shelf and I’ve already checked other book stores around here.
Yes, some one else had asked me about the book earlier. I called the warehouse and they’re shipping copies to us, we should have them Monday morning.

6. I’ll never catch up in my classes after being at sick all last week. It took me over 3 hours just to do last night’s assignment. Maybe I’ll need a tutor.
Sounds like you could use one.

7. I’m still not sure which brand of ice cream I should buy.
Oh, not that one, it’s cheaper but these other brand taste much better.

8. Losing the championship must have been a big disappointment to the players on our volleyball team.
Yeah, but they really played their hearts out. They are still champions in my book.

9. Hey, did you hear that they’re going to raise the dorm fees again.
Really? Am I glad I decide to move off campus?

10. Do you have any idea why David wants to see me tomorrow? Is he having problems with his accounting project?
Yeah, he’s been struggle with it from day one and I’m told you’re an expert on that stuff.

11. I have to borrow enough money to buy a plane ticket. My archaeology class is taking a future trip to Alaska and I may never get another chance like this.
Look, when push comes to show, the people you can rely on most are your family.

12. I’ve been in a library studying all day. What do you say to a walk around Grain Lake?
I’ve got to go to the computer lab. Can I take a ring check?

13. Hey, it was great to see you at the French club meeting yesterday. You know we could really use your help getting ready for the activity’s affair.
I don’t know. I don’t really have that much extra time.

14. Do you mind if I put on some music? It helps me relax while I’m studying.
Well, en, do you have to? I’m having a hard time concentrating on this chapter as it is.

15. I’m pretty confident the company where I worked the passed 2 summers will hire me full time after graduation.
Well, just in case that it doesn’t work out, career’s service is having a work shop on campus next Thursday on applying for a job. They have one here last year, and I know a lot of people find it helpful.

16. I washed this sweater according to the directions on the label and look what happen to it.
It could be a manufactures’ defect, we’ll exchange it for you.

17. I was wandering if you wanna to join my parents and me for dinner Friday night.
I won’t miss it for the words.

18. Thanks for lending me your history notes. They were really very helpful. Can I ask you for a few questions about it, though.
Sure, but could we make it for tomorrow. I have a report to finish before my 2 o’clock class and I’m running behind.

19. Are you going to spend your vacation in New York again this summer?
Actually I’ve got a different destination in mind this year.

20. I can’t believe how much that student who was just in here looks like you. She could be your daughter.
I know, people are always assuming that we’re related.

21. I just realize my telephone isn’t working and I’m just expecting for an important phone call in a few minutes.
Well, you can use my phone to make a call to the phone company, but it looks like there’s not much that can be done about the one you’re expecting.

22. I was in line for 2 hours today waiting to drop a class.
Not me, when I saw the line snarling around the building, I said no, I’ll just try tomorrow.

23. Could you take a look at my printer? It doesn’t seem to be working.
I can’t offer to se up this new one. Just give me a few minutes, OK?

24. Did you bring your blue and yellow sweater for me to wear at the game today. You know I like to wear school colors at these games.
Oh, I know I’ve forgot something and it’s too far to get back. Will my yellow scarf do?

25. The doctor says I’ve to cut down on fattening foods. All the ones I like..
So that explains your mood.

26. I missed the election returns on TV last night. What was the outcome?
You remember last time when C B won easily, well, this time he barely won.

27. Excuse me, I bought the wrong math book a couple of weeks ago. Here is the receipt. Can I get my money back?
Oh, I’m sorry not after 10 days, but you can still exchange it for something else.

28. I just got back from the new art gallery downtown. Have you seen their collection yet?
It’s a lot smaller than what I was expecting, but what they do have is impressive.

29. I’m sorry Bob, I wouldn’t invite you over to eat lunch with us, but we’re in the middle of working on a math problem.
Oh, I can understand. Anyway, I can tell you’re working.

30. I just wrote the speech for the election. You know, I’m running for a class president. I was wandering if you would mind looking it over.
Hey, what a friend’s for?

-Excuse me, I’ve been using this old book for a research project and I noticed that a lot of pages are turning brown and becoming brittle.
-Yes, unfortunately, that’s a common problem with books made from wood pulp.
-I suppose to make paper from wood that you have to add a lot of chemicals and acids to make it turn white.
-Exactly and it’s the acid that eventually eats away the paper.
-Oh, that actually make sense, but this book’s not even 75 years old and I’ve seen books in museum that are hundreds of years old and they’re in fine condition.
-Well, you see, books have been made from wood pulp only since 1850’s, before that they were made from materials mostly animals’ skins or C, no chemicals were added.
-It’s a shame those older wood pulp books are going to fall apart some day. Is there anything that can be done to preserve them.
-En, currently the only way to stop the books from decaying is to remove the binding and treat each page individually to remove the acid.
-That doesn’t sound very economical.
-No, it isn’t. It’s not practical to treat a large number of books with this process, so we only try to rescue the most valuable 1st edition books in our collection.
-Well, thanks for the explanation. I’d better get back to my project.
-Good luck, and I hope the old book hold long enough for you to finish it.

31. What are the speakers mainly discussing?
32. According to the man, why do modern books decay?
33. What does the man say about books published before 1950?
34. What does the man say is a drawback to the process of restoring books?
35. What will the women probably do next?

OK, as you all know, tomorrow we’re be going to the museum to see a special exhibit of screemshore carvings. So today, I’d like to take a few minutes to talk about the article on screemshore you read for today’s class. Let me start by asking exactly what is screemshore?
Well, basically it’s a kind of artwork that was done by sailors on whaling ships. When there weren’t any whales around, there might not be much for the sailors to do and they often get pretty bored. So to entertain themselves, they started carving stuff on whale bones and whale teeth.
OK, so basically the term screemshore refers to the artwork that sailors created. Usually out of whale bones and whale teeth. Can you give me an example or something that sailors might have carved.
Well, for one thing, I remember reading that they carved things that could be used around house, you know, cooking and sowing utensils, that kind of stuff.
Good.
You know, I noticed from the pictures in the article that some of the carvings have really detailed images on them, like they have some pretty sophiscated pictures of famous people and historical themes and stuff like that. And I was wandering just how they did that.
That’s a very good question and it brings us your assignment for tomorrow. While at the museum, I’d like each of you to take some notes on the various technique used in making screemshore. So that we can discuss them when we come back to class.

36. What is the purpose of the discussion?
37. From what material dose screemshore usually made?
38. According to the discussion, why did sailors begin making screemshore?
39. According to the discussion, what was done with the screemshore objects?

A lot of people think that cultural anthropology is just about studying the special and strange aspects of a society, but anthropologists are also interested in the aspects of life that seems so ordinary that the people in the society think they’re not significant. Let me give you an example, I see lots of T-shirts here in class today, but you probably don’t think of them as an important part of your culture, but anthropologists could learn a lot about the culture of the US just by studying the T shirt. For one thing, T shirts are a mark of how casual clothing has become in America. No one was quite sure where they came from, but the T shirt first become popular in this country as an under shirt for sellers in the 1940s. Then in the 1950s, it became a sign of rebellion for teenagers to wear this white under shirt by itself, not under anything. By the 1960s and 70s, T shirts have become accepted as part of the uniform views. You could even say that they came symbolized that generation’s attitude towards informality and all thing, including dress. On another aspect that anthropologists would find interesting is that T shirts are used to express personal opinions. Look around this room, you know who likes watch TV show, who went where on vacation, who belongs to what organizations on campus. All of these aspects of our culture are printed on your T shirts. OK, I want to stop for a minute and ask you to try to write down five different conclusions you could reach about American culture from just the T shirts in this classroom.

40. What is the speaker’s mainly discussing?
41. Why does the speaker use T shirts as her example?
42. Why does the speaker mention what is printed on certain T shirts?
43. What does the speaker ask the students to write down next?

Finally there is one more element to business success that we haven’t talked about. I know what you think I’m going to say, luck and you’re partially right. Good entrepreneurs know how to make their own luck and that means being in the right place at the right time with the right product. Let me give you a little example, early in this century, if you’re a traveler by train and subway and you happen to get a little thirsty in the station, where would you go for some water? There were no big soda machine at every corner or even drinking fountains, yet there were thousands of thirsty travelers out there, well, what they did was drank water out of one little tin cup that was passed from one thirsty commuter to the next. That’s right, everybody drank out of the same cup, and you can bat it didn’t get washed after every user. Will, that was the right time for the right product and there was a man who had it. His name is H M and his product was the disposable paper cup. He came up with it just as the nation was becoming concerned about their health risks associated with the tin cups. Laws were passed outlying the things; reports were published showing just what sorts of germs can be passed around from sharing them. Mr. M road that way to become the best known producers of one of the most successful paper products of all time. He originally called his product health cups, but later changed the nature, so can anyone guess what that name might be?

44. What general topic has the class been discussing?
45. In the earlier 20th century, what did train travelers do when they got thirsty?
46. What is the purpose of the professor’s story?

A number of insects rely on leaping or jumping as a way of escaping from enemies. Grosshoppers probably have the most remarkable jumping ability of all these insects. If we think of it in human terms, a grosshopper’s high jump is like a human jumping over a five story building. Imagine that a person jumping over a five story building. Well, we’ll take a look at the structure of grosshopper’s leg to see why it’s able to jump so well, but first I wanna talk about the sensory organ that tells grosshoppers when to jump in the first place. En, OK, a grosshopper has two sensory organs located at the end of its abdomen. Whenever these organs sense of change in air pressure which might be produced by an enemy approaching, and impulses transmitted to the legs, this first impulse deactivates the nerves that control normal working and sets the grasshopper’s jumping muscles into a sort of pre-jumping position. Now at this point, if the sensory organs don’t detect additional air pressure changes, the jumping muscles relax and a grosshopper goes back to its normal walking, but if the organs continue to send danger, another set of impulses put the jumping muscles in motion. The distance of the jumping is determined by just how many impulses are transmitted in the second set, the more impulse the longer the jump. OK now let’s see why the grosshopper can jump so far. Open your books at the part of that muscle structure of the grasshopper’s leg. I think it’s in chapter 9.

47. Whet does the professor mainly discuss?
48. Why does the professor mention a five story building?
49. What is the function of the sensory organs that the professor discusses?
50. According to the professor, what determines the distance of a grosshopper’s jump?