M If only you hadn’t spent so much money on your vacation! W You’re right. But I really had a happy vacation.
M O, maybe you can move into elly’s house and share that with her for a couple of months. W That’s a good idea. But I don’t want to bother you too much. M No trouble at all.
W How much should I pay for the rent? M About 400 yuan a month.
W Great. That’s one-third less than it was when I first rented a house. Tet 8
W Ecuse me. I’m with the airport office. I’m doing a survey. Can I as you some questions? M Sure. Go ahead.
W How do you feel about the arrival area? Were you happy with it? M Yes, but it’s a long way from the gate to Immigration.
W Oh, I’m sorry about that. Well, how about Immigration? How long did it tae you to get through?
M Oh, it’s really quic — it too me only about 3 or 4 minutes.
W Oh, good. O, then, I saw you bought some duty-free items. Were you happy with the prices? M Well, I thought they were a little high. W A little high? Compared to...? M That in the States.
W I see. Well, how about the general appearance of the airport? M Oh, ecellent. It’s about the cleanest airport I’ve ever been in. W So, all in all it is clean and efficient?
M Yes. Oh, I’ve got to go. Here comes my suitcase. Tet 9
W Right, perhaps you could tell me something about how you got interested in environmental science, and what eperience you have in the subject.
M Well, I’ve always been attracted by plants and animals, and then last year a cousin of mine, Mie, invited me to Brail. He’s the head of a project there ran by a European organiation. The organiation’s aim is to help groups of villages set up their own schools and medical centers. They also encourage agriculture and the setting up of businesses to sell local products. Anyway, it was during my stay I really began to understand the impact of climate change. I wanted to learn more about this, so I decided to tae this course.
W And since you’ve been bac, have you done anything to develop your interest in the area?
M Yes, I’ve read a boo about energy saving. And I was particularly interested in how the Netherlands had begun to overcome the problem. The government has introduced some really interesting projects on energy saving in cities. There’s also a recycling project, which is saving a huge amount of our natural resources. What’s needed now, though, is to epand wor lie this across the world.
W Before we finish, have you got any questions about the course here at the college? M Well, no, than you for asing. Tet 10
Bac to the news. Last Friday a storm hit two villages destroying fourteen houses. Seven others were so badly damaged that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broen
windows. One person was illed, and nine were badly injured and taen to hospital. A number of other people received small injuries. Altogether over two hundred were left homeless as a result of the storm.
A farmer said the storm began early in the morning and lasted over an hour. He was in the itchen with his wife and his children when they heard a loud noise. A few minutes later their house fell down on top of them. They managed to climb out but then he saw that one of his children was missing. He went bac inside and found him safe but very frightened.
A woman said that her husband had just left for wor when she noticed that her house was shaing. She rushed outside immediately with her children. There was no time for her to tae anything out. A few minutes later, the roof came down. Soldiers went to the sea to help the people in trouble.
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