It didn’t stay on that road for very long, but turned left onto a road which went through a small bamboo forest.. Finally , the bus dropped everyone off at the parking lot ten meters [r]
(1)UNIT : A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL (TAPE TRANSCRIPT)
Tim: Are you hungry, Carlo?
Carlo: Yes
Tim: Okay Let’s go to a restaurant downtown If we go through the park, we can catch a bus on Ocean Driver
Carlo: That’s fine I really like walking in the park You’re lucky to have a place like this close to your home It’s so beautiful with all the trees and flowers and a pond in the middle
Tim: Carlo! Be careful You’re walking the grass The park keeper is growing some more - you’ll kill the new grass!
Carlo: Oh, sorry, I didn’t see the sign
Tim: Come on It’s time we caught the bus
Carlo: It that our bus,Tim?
Tim: No that’s a 103 bus We want the number 130
Carlo: Where are we going to eat?
Tim: It’s up to you There’s a new Mexican restaurant in town
Carlo: Oh, no I can eat Mexican food at home I love American food I’d rather eat hamburgers
Tim: Okay I know exactly where we need to go!
UNIT 2:CLOTHING (TAPE TRANSCRIPT)
Announcer ( on Public Announcement )
Attention please Here is a special announcement A little girl is reported missing She was last seen 20 minutes ago near the main entrance to the Car Fair Her name’s Mary and she is years old She has short dark hair She’s wearing shorts - blue shorts and a long- sleeved white blouse She’s wearing a pair of shoes – brown shoes She may be carrying a large doll If you see Mary, please bring her to the Information Desk Her father’s waiting for her there Thank you
UNIT : A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE (TAPE TRANSCRIPT)
(2)UNIT : LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (TAPE TRANSCRIPT)
Host : Kate , Can I introduce you to Nga ? She’s studying English here in London
Kate : Hello , Pleased to meet you
Nga : Pleased to meet you , too
Kate : Where are you from , Nga ?
Nga : I’m from Viet Nam
Kate : Why are you studying English here ?
Nga : I need it for my job
Kate : Really ? So , what you ?
Nga : I work for a bank , an international bank in Ha Noi
Kate : Oh, I see Did you learn English at school ?
Nga : Yes , and at university , too But I’ve forget er…foreget…
Kate : Forgotten
Nga : Yes , of course I’ve forgotten a lot of it I want to improve my writing skills You know… sometimes I have to write letter in English
Kate : What about listening , Nga ?
Nga : It’s terrible This is my biggest problem People talk very quickly and I can’t understand them
Kate : Do you like studying English ?
Nga : Oh yes It’s an interesting language and it’s very useful ; and I can talk to people from all over the world… And I can understand the words of my favorite songs , too
Kate : Well That’s very good Good luck to you , Nga
UNIT : THE MEDIA (TAPE TRANSCRIPT)
Chau : Dad , I’m doing an assignment Can you help me with the information ?
Chau’s father : What is the assignment about ?
Chau : It’s about the important dates of the media Where and when did the first printed newspaper appear , Dad ?
Chau’s father : It first appeared in the 7th or 8th century AD , in China.
Chau : And when was the telegraphy invented ?
Chau’s father : Perhaps it was in the late 19 th century Do you know what two new
forms of news media appeared in the early 20 th century?
Chau : Radio and newsreels?
Chau’s father : Excellent ! And when did television become commercially viable , can you guess ?
Chau : In the 1940s ?
Chau’s father : No It was in the 1950s
Chau : When did the Internet become a major force in journalism ?
Chau’s father : In the mid-and late 1990s