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unit6-1.----------
Title：-1.Mother asks Helen about her hitchhiking.
Question：Why didn't Alec let Helen thumb a lift at first?
Question：Who gave them a lift in Italy?
Question：Where did Helen go?
Woman：Mother
Woman：Helen Mother：
How did your hitchhiking go? Helen：
Oh, it was all right, provided I thumbed a lift.
Alec didn't let me at first in case the drivers decided to kidnap me.
But whenever he did it, we had to wait for hours. Mother：
And didn't you have any trouble?
Your father and I were very worried. Helen：
No, you needn't have worried, really.
It's all right provided you're patient.
And people are very kind.
One couple gave us a lift in the south of Italy, near Brindisi, and they wanted to put us up at their house in case we couldn't find rooms in the youth hostel.
We got the boat to Greece from there. Mother：
You went to Greece?
You never told us you got so far! Helen：
We didn't tell you in case you got worried...
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Title：-2.Steve asks Judy to see the film.
Question：How did Steve and Judy get to know each other?
Question：What movie do they decide to see?
Question：When will they meet?
Man：Steve
Woman：Judy Steve：
Hello.
Is that Judy? Judy：
Yes.
Who's that? Steve：
Steve.
You know, we met in the pub. Judy：
Oh, of course.
Hello. Steve：
Look.
I am wondering if you'd like to go to the pictures tonight. Judy：
Well, er...
What's on? Steve：
Gone with the Wind is at the Phoenix. Judy：
I've seen that.
Rather soppy, I thought. Steve：
Er... Close Close Encounters is on too. Judy：
I don't know if I want to see that.
It doesn't sound my cup of tea. Steve：
Oh, it's not just science fiction, you know.
It's got a message.
Well, what about it? Judy：
Well...OK then. Steve：
Fine.
See you outside about half past seven. Judy：
OK.
Goodbye. Steve：
Bye.
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Title：-3.Ruth is asking her children to help her with the housework.
Question：How many children does Ruth have?
Question：What is Sam's job?
Question：Why doesn't Roy want to do his work?
Woman：Ruth
Woman：Lily
Man：Roy Ruth：
Now it's time for cleaning up our house.
We need a thorough cleaning.
Everybody gets to do something. Lily：
Mum,we should get downtown today, we can't be too late. Ruth：
If everyone gives a hand, we will make it done early.
OK, let's assign tasks now.
Sam, it's your job to clean our two bathrooms.
You need to wash the tubs, basins, both wall and floor tiles.
Roy, you should mow and water the lawn and vacuum all the rooms.
Lily and I will clean the kitchen, and I will keep an eye on the washing machine.
Jimmy, you should put your toys in order to make our house look tidy. Roy：
Can I do it some other day?
I am tired from
playing soccer yesterday. Ruth：
Sorry, you can't.
If I agree to let you do it some other day, I'll have to agree Lily to leave earlier for shopping.
If that were the case, who would be left for cleaning the house?
OK, everyone, get down to your own assignment ASAP (as soon as possible) and we will dine out at noon.
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Title：-4.The following monologue is about chess.
Question：Where was chess probably invented?
Question：What language is the word "chess" from?
Question：When is the game over?
Question：Is the Queen always the strongest piece on the board?
Woman：Mary Mary：
Chess may be one of the oldest games in the world.
An Arab traveler in India in the year 900 wrote that it was played long, long ago.
It was probably invented in India, and it has been played everywhere from Japan to Europe since 1400.
The name "chess"is interesting.
When one player is attacking the other's king, he says, in English,"check".
When the king has been caught and cannot move anywhere, he says, "check mate".
These words come from Persian.
"Shah mat"means "the king is dead".
That is when the game is over, and one player has won.
Such an old game changes very slowly.
The rules have not always been the same as they are now.
For example, at one time the queen could only move one square at a time.
Now she is the strongest piece on the board.
It would be interesting to know why this has happened!
Chess takes time and thought, but it is a game for all kinds of people.
You don't have to be a champion in order to enjoy it.
It is not always played by two people sitting at the same table.
The first time the Americans beating the Russians was in a match played by radio.
Some of the chess masters are able to play many people at the same time.
It is said that some people play chess by post.
This must make chess the slowest game in the world.
unit6-5.----------
Title：Books
Man：Mary Mary： Mary：
Perhaps no other thing has such power to lift the poor out of his poverty, the wretched out of his misery, to make the burden-bearer forget his burden, the sick his suffering, as books.
They are friends to the lonely, companions to the deserted, joy to the joyless, hope to the hopeless, good cheer to the disheartened, a helper to the helpless.
They bring light into darkness, and sunshine into shadow. Mary：
We may be poor, socially ostracized, shut out from all personal association with the great and the good, and yet be in the best society in the world, in books. Mary：
The trend of many a life for good or ill, for success or failure, has been determined by a single book.
The books which we read early in life are those which influence us most. Mary：
The greatest advantage of books does not always come from what we remember of them, but from their suggestiveness.
A good book often serves as a match to light the dormant-powder withi
n us.
There is explosive material enough in the most of us if we can only reach it.
A good book or a good friend often excites thoughts in great writers, even upon entirely different subjects.
We often find in books what we thought and felt, could we have expressed ourselves.
Indeed, we get acquainted with ourselves in books.
We discover one feature in Emerson, another lineament in Shakespeare, an expression in Homer, a glimpse of ourselves in Dante, and so on until we spell out our whole individuality.
True, we get many pleasing reflections of ourselves from friends, many mirrored deformities from our enemies, and a characteristic here and there from the world;
but in calm and unbiased way we find the most of ourselves, our strength, our weakness, our limitations, our opinions, our tastes, our harmonies and discords, our poetic and prosaic qualities, in books. Mary：
We form many of our opinions from our favorite books.
The author whom we prefer is our most potent teacher;
we look at the world throughs his eyes.
If we habitually read books that are elevating in tone, pure in style, sound in reasoning, and keen in insight, our minds develop the same characteristics.
The best books are those which stir us up most and make us the most determined to do something and be something ourselves. Mary：
Libraries are no longer a luxury, but a necessity.
A home without books and periodicals and newspapers is like a house without windows.
Children learn to read by being in the midst of books;
they unconsciously absorb knowledge by handling them.
No family can now afford to be without good reading.
"No entertainment is so cheap as reading", says Mary Wortley Montagu, "nor any pleasure so lasting".
Good books elevate the character, purify the taste, take the attractiveness out of low pleasures, and lift us upon a higher plane of thinking and living. Mary：
Whatever you read, read with enthusiasm, with energy, read with the whole mind, if you would increase your mental stature.
Learn to absorb the mental and the moral life of a book, and assimilate it into your life.
He is the best reader who consumes the most knowledge and converts it into character.
Mechanical readers remember words, the husks of things, but digest nothing.
They cram their brains but starve their minds.
If you are getting the most out of a book, you will feel a capacity for doing things which you never felt before.