Section A,1b
Conversation 1
Girl 1: What did Marcia say?
Girl 2: She said she was having a surprise party for Lana on Friday night.
Conversation 2
Girl 1: What did Marcia say?
Girl 2: She said Lana thought she was coming to her house to study.
Conversation 3
Girl 1: What did Lana say?
Girl 2: She said was mad at Marcia
Conversation 4
Girl 1: What did Lana say?
Girl 2: She said she wasn't going to Marcia's house on Friday night.
2a, 2b
Boy: Did you see"Young Lives"last night?
Girl: No,what happened?
Boy: Well,Ben told Lana that Marcia was going to have a surprise party for her.
Girl: Really?What did Lana say?
Boy: Well,Lana was very excited.Lana told Ben that she wasn't mad at Marcia anymore,
and that she would go to Marcia's house on Friday night after all.
Girl: Oh.Then what?
Boy: Marcia called everyone and told them she wasn't going to have the party.
Girl: Oh,no!
Boy: Yeah,then Lana called Marcia and told her that she could bring some drinks and
snacks to her house on Friday night.
Girl: Oh wow...and what did Marcia say?
Boy: She told Lana she would be glad...
Section B 2a,2b
Mother:Did you get you report card today,Scott?
Scott:Uh-huh.
Mother:So,how did you do?
Scott:I did OK in some subjects.
Dad:What did your history teacher say?
Scott:He said I coould do better.
Dad:That’s not so good .How about Spanish?
Scott:Oh,Ms Mendoza said I was good at speaking.
Mother:That’s nice.
Scott:And Mr Ricardo said I was hard-working.
Dad:What does he teach a gain?
Scott:He’s my math teacher.
Dad:That excellent.How about science
Scoot:Oh,well,science is very hard.
Dad:Yes,but what did your teacher say?
Scott:Umm…she…she said I was lazy.
Mother:Oh,Scott!you’ll have to try harder at science.
3a
Dear grandma,
How’s it going?I hop that grandpa is well now.I was sorry to hear that he had a cold last week.I hope you are in good health.
Things are fine here.I finished my end-of –year exams last week and got my report card tody.I always get nervous when I see the envelop from school in the mail,but luckily I did Ok this time.I had a really hard time with science this semester,and I wasn’t surprised to find that my worst report was from my science teacher.She said I as lazy,which isn’t true.It’sjust that I find science really difficult.Another disappointing result was in history.My history teacher said I could do better.The good nwes is that my math teacher said I was hard-working.And my Spanish teacher said my listening was good
Well,that’s about all the news I have for now.Mom and Dad send their love.
Love,
Alan
SELF CHECK
1
Happen bring do well in borrow pass on
1Can you bring some music CDs to the party?
2My frend does well in English so she often helps me with my projects.
3He didn’t know what was happening outside.
4I’m so cold.Can I borrow your jacket.
5I’m seeing Sue this afternoon.Do you want me to pass on any messages?
2
My best friend is Xiao Li,but last week in school we had a big fight,and she didn’t talk to me.It all started when she asked me if she could copy my homework.
I asked he why she wanted to do that,and she said that she had forgotten to do hers.I said I didn’t think it was a good ideea for her to copy my homework.She wanted to know why I didn’t think it was a good idea.I said ti would start a bad habit and that she should do her own work.She got really mad at me and said she didn’t want to be my best friend anymore.I said that was OK and that I was sure she would get over it.And she did.Yesterday she told me she was sorry.She said it was much better if better if she did her own work.
A:Who’s your best friend?
B:My best frend is Xiao Li,but last week we had a big fight and now she isn’t talking to me.
A:How did it start?
B:．．．
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She said helping others changed her life
Teaching high school students in a poor mountain village in Gansu Province may not sound like fun to you. However, it changed the life of Yang Lei from Beijing. The Peking University graduate first went there as a volunteer on a one-year program. The program was started by the Ministry of Education and the Chinese Young pioneers. Every year they send 100 volunteers to teach in China’s rural areas.
Life in the mountains was a new experience for Yang Lei. Her village was 2,000 meters above sea level, and at first the thin air made her feel sick. The food was very simple----teachers ate porridge three times a day. Fortunately, Yang Lei’s mother agreed with her daughter’s decision. She said that both she and her husband thought this was a good idea. “Young people today need to experience different things,” she said.
Most of the pupils live in school dormitories. They work very hard. They get up at 5am and read books until 11pm. They love having the volunteer teachers there. “There is no difference between you and them,” says yang Lei. “They say that we are like big brothers or sisters to them, and they feel lucky.”
Some of the students may not be able to go to senior high school or college. Families are poor and there often isn’t money for education. “I can’t do anything about that,” says Yang lei, “but I can open up my students’ eyes to the outside world and give them a good start in life.” She said she likes being a good influence in the children’s lives.
Yang lei enjoyed her time as a volunteer very much. When her year was over, she said that she would return to the area after finish her studies. She now works as a math teacher at a high school in the city of Pingliang, Gansu province.
