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M: The train leaves every 30 minutes. You’re five minutes late for the 7: 30 train.
W: Oh, I have to catch the next train.
Q: When will the next train come? At 8: 35. At 8: 45. At8: 00. At8: 25.
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M: May I help you?
W: Yes, I’d like to send this letter to my family in Da Lian.
M: Did you write your return address on the envelope?
W: Yes, I did.
M: How do you want to send it?
W: I guess I’ll send it by airmail.
M: Does it have anything valuable inside?
W: Yes. I enclosed a check and some photographs.
M: Then you’d better send it by registered mail.
W: That’s good idea. Will you take care of that for me?
M: I’m sorry, miss. You’ll have to take your letter to the Window 8.
W: Thanks a lot.
M: You are welcome.
6. What was enclosed in the woman’s letter?
7. How must the letter be sent? Some bank notes. A check and some photos. An invitation card. Some pictures.
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M: I found that living in Jarjan, people were busier. They seem to work the whole day.
W: Yes, that is right. We work from Monday through Saturday, even in summer. You know, summer in Japan is just horrible. It is very, very humid and hot, and you need to take showers three times a day.
M: So you find it cooler in England?
W: Yes, that is right.
M: Several years ago when I was living in Japan, in the north, it was much colder than England, especially in winter, minus thirty degrees centigrade. Does the winter in Osaka last longer than the winter in England?
W: No, I don’t think so. December, January, February, March. . .
M: Yes. It is a little bit shorter if anything.
W: Ever since I came here, I noticed that the countryside here in England is really beautiful.
M: It is much flatter than in Japan.
W: Yes, Japan is a mountainous country and our cities are full of people. There are lots of people in a limited flat area. . .
M: Yes. I found Japan much more mountainous than Britain, especially in the north. The mountains are much higher and much more rocky. I found it more beautiful than Britain, I think.
8. What’s the weather like in summer in Japan?
9. What’s the temperature in north Japan in winter?
10. What can you infer from the conversation? Wet and cool. Dry and hot. Wet and hot. Dry and cool.
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Many people catch a cold in the springtime or fall. It makes us【T1】______: if scientists can send a man to the moon, why can’t they find a good remedy for the common cold? The answer is easy. There are hundreds of kinds of cold viruses out there. You never know which one you will get, so there isn’t a remedy for each one.
When a virus attacks your body, your body works hard to get rid of it. You feel terrible but your body is actually fighting with the virus. Your【T2】______goes up and you get a fever, but the heat of your body is killing the virus.
Different people have different remedies for colds. In America and some other countries, some people take hot【T3】______and drink warm water to feel better, others take some medicine to stop the fever and runny nose.
There is one interesting thing to note — some scientists say bodies can do an【T4】______job on their own when you have a cold, so taking medicine isn’t actually good for you. The virus stays in you longer because your body doesn’t have a way to kill it by itself.
There is a【T5】______, however, on taking medicine when you have a cold. It goes like this: it takes about one week to get over a cold if you don’t take medicine, but only seven days to get over a cold if you take medicine.Many people catch a cold in the springtime or fall. It makes us wonder: if scientists can send a man to the moon, why can’t they find a good remedy for the common cold? The answer is easy. There are hundreds of kinds of cold viruses out there. You never know which one you will get, so there isn’ta remedy for each one.
When a virus attacks your body, your body works hard to get rid of it. You feel terrible but your body is actually fighting with the virus. Your temperature goes up and you get a fever, but the heat of your body is killing the virus.
Different people have different remedies for colds. In America and some other countries, some people take hot baths and drink warm water to feel better, others take some medicine to stop the fever and runny nose.
There is one interesting thing to note—some scientists say bodies can do an amazing job on their own when you have a cold, so taking medicine isn’t actually good for you. The virus stays in you longer because your body doesn’t have a way to kill it by itself.
There is a joke, however, on taking medicine when you have a cold. It goes like this: it takes about one week to get over a cold if you don’ttake medicine, but only seven days to get over a cold if you take medicine.
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What have science and technology brought human beings? Science and technology have been bringing human beings tremendous______.Science and technology have been bringing human beings tremendous benefits. Thanks to science and technology, we now live comfortably and conveniently in houses furnished with air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines and televisions, etc. Thanks to science and technology, we can eat fresh vegetables all the year round. Thanks to science and technology, we can travel long distances in the fraction of a second on planes, trains and cars. Thanks to science and technology, we wear clothes with synthetic materials which can not easily be worn out.
However, science and technology have also brought us a lot of disasters. First, because of the many breakthroughs in the field of medicine, people are now living much longer than they used to. As a result, the population of the world is increasing, causing lots of problems. Second, because of the development of industry, lots of the wastes from factories pour into the air and rivers, causing pollution of all kinds. Third, some terrorists are using science and technology against mankind. They use biological, chemical and nuclear weapons to threaten world peace.
So it’s urgent that we find ways to solve these problems. But we should not stop the development of science and technology because of these disasters they bring, just as we should not give up eating for fear of choking. In addition, we should make some rules to regulate our actions. As long as we use science and technology in a proper way, they may bring us even more benefits.
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Only then______what“ revolution“ meant. I realized I do realize did I realize I did realize
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______in the fog, we were forced to spend two hours in the woods. To lose Losing Lost Lose
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I saw him______under a tree, thinking. sat seated seating seat
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Wouldn’t it be better if we______a car? bought had bought have bought buy
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Helen was much kinder to her youngest child than she was to the others, ______, of course, made the others unhappy. which that what who
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The reason______I’m writing to you is to tell you about a party on Saturday. because why how that
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The telephone had been ringing for five minutes before it______. answered had been answered was answering was answered
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The mother didn’t know______to blame for the broken glass as it happened while she was out. who when how what
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A few minutes earlier and we______the train. have caught had caught could have caught were to caught
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It’s strange that she didn’t mention______him at the party. to meet to meeting meeting met
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More than a dozen students in that school______(send) abroad to study medicine last year.
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We cannot judge a person simply on the______(base) of his education.
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How I wish every family______(have) a large house with a beautiful garden!
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The researchers were ______ (exhaust) after working for twenty-four hours without any rest.
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According to a recent U. S. survey, children spend up to 25 hours a week______ (watch) TV.
