usually travel around with friends. Text 4
M:What are you doing with that phone book?
W:I would like to fly to Atlanta for a few days.My boss told me to make the arrangements,and he’ll pay me back.I’m looking for a travel agent.
M:Honestly,travel websites all offer much more competitive prices. Text 5
W:Did you hear the news?Germany won the World Cup. M:It’s all the same to me.You know I don’t like soccer.
W:Why not?The World Cup is even more popular than the Olympics.The whole world watches it. Text 6
W:Hi,Mark,you look pale today.What’s wrong with you? M:Well,I’ve got just finished a small operation. W:Oh,I am sorry to hear that.Do you feel better now?
M:Much better.I’ve took the medicine which the doctor asked me to take.
W:Thank god!you had better mind your own health next time.By the way,is the doctor professional?
M:Oh maybe,he looks professional.
W:Jesus,I have heard that the doctors are not professional in some hospitals in our city,which makes many patients upset.Many hospitals are not strict with their doctors. M:I hope I am lucky.I went to the North Wall hospital. W:Oh that is a good one.How do you know that hospital. M:The ads of course.
W:Got it.I have saw their ads many times. M:I think the ads really help them a lot. Text 7
W:What are you doing,Peter? M:I am preparing a party.
W:A party?What party?Your birthday party?
M:Of course not.My birthday is in November,do you forget?It’s the company’s party.The general
manager would like to invite some well-known scientists,bankers and professors from universities to the party.These people are very important to the development of the company. W:Have you finished all the preparation?
M:Finished?You must be joking.I have just begun.I still need to get a lot more information,and I’ll have to write many invitation letters. W:Can I help you?
M:Would you?That would be very nice.Let me tell you what to do first. Text 8
W:The exams finally comes to an end!I have made all the arrangements for my winter vacation. M:What is your plan?
W:Well,my family and I are planning to go to England.We’ve been talking about going there for years.
M:Wow!That does sound exciting.
W:How about you?What are you going to do?
M:I don’t know where to go.In fact,I intend to get a part-time job to save a little money for next year.
W:That sounds all right.
M:You know,I really want to buy a new computer next term,so I have to save as much money as possible.
W:Why don’t you ask your parents for some money?
M:I’d rather my parents didn’t pay for it.I’d feel better about it if I bought it with my own money. W:It’s good to be independent.Sounds like you have a great goal this winter. Text 9
W:Uh,where are you planning to go?
M:We’re going to the new club,right?Oh,man!I am eager to get out on the dance floor and... W:Ha!You’re not seriously going out like that,are you?
M:Hey,you’re just messing around with me,aren’t you?Yeah,I know I look good!Just let me get my jacket...
W:Jason,you look ridiculous!Your jeans are too tight,and they look like they were washed too many times...back in the 80s!And what is the reason why are you wearing that funny hat?
M:What?You’ve never heard about the New York Yankees?
W:I’m a huge baseball fan.I know who the Yankees are!But why are you wearing that hat backwards?What are you,ten years old?And that jacket looks like a dead animal. Text 10
Americans spend nearly $ 7 billion on Halloween.Mostly on candy,and mostly on
chocolate.But even milk chocolate has a dark side.Most chocolate today comes from West Africa,where small landholders grow more than three million tons of the fruit of the cocoa tree.To turn that fruit into chocolate requires labor-and much of that labor is performed by children.More than 100,000 children in Ivory Coast and Ghana help produce more than half of the world’s cocoa,according to the US State Department.Worse,at least 10,000 of these kids are likely treated as slaves.The cocoa industry,including giants such as Hershey’s or Cad-bury,promised in 2001 to end such child labor in the cocoa gardens.But the deadline for voluntary compliance has been continually pushed back and the current goal is to ensure that some 50 percent of farms are child-labor free.Fair Trade certified chocolate can help,as well as ensure that African farmers profit from the cocoa trade.
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