Unit1Conversation1Porter:Goodafternoon.Janet:Goodafternoon.Porter:Newstudent?Janet:Yes.Porter:WelcometoHertfordCollege.Janet:Thankyou.Porter:CanIhaveyourfamilyname,please?Janet:Yes,it'sLi.Porter:Er,L-doubleE?Janet:No,L-I.Porter:Andwhat'syourfirstname,MsLi?Janet:Janet.Porter:JanetLi...ahyes,thereyouare.Hereareyourkeys.Janet:Where'smyroom?Porter:You'reinstaircase6room5.Janet:WhoamIsharingwith?Porter:Nobody.Youhaveyourownroom.Er...there'saMsSantosintheroomnexttoyou.Janet:Oh.Myownroom?InChinaweusuallyhaveseveralpeopleinadormitory.Porter:Well,hereyoudon'thavetosharewithanyone.Janet:Thankyousir.Porter:Noneedtocallmesir,MsLi.EveryonecallsmeStewart.Janet:PleasecallmeJanet!Porter:OK,Janet,um,canyoujustsignforyourkeys,please?Conversation2Kate:Hi,haveyoujustarrivedtoo?Janet:Yes!Kate:Iguesswe’reneighbors.Myname’sKateSantos.Janet:I’mJanetLi.Whereareyoufrom?Kate:FromNewYork.Howaboutyou?Janet:I’mfromAnshaninChina.Kate:IsJanetyourrealname?Janet:No,it’smyEnglishname.MyChinesenameisLiHui.IsKateyourfullname?Kate:No,it’sshortforCatherine.Janet:SodoIcallyouCatherineorKate?Kate:EveryonecallsmeKate.Conversation3Unit2Conversation1Kate:Oh,thislooksnice.Mark:Cool.Waitress:Goodafternoon,tableforthree?Comethisway.Mark:Let'shavealookatthemenu.Mark:Thankyou.Janet:Thankyou.Waitress:Thespecialsareontheboard.Kate:So,whatsortsoffooddoyoulike,Janet?Janet:Well,Ilikespicyfood.AndI'mnotveryfondofrawfood!Whatwouldyourecommend?Mark:Whydon'tyoutrythechickencurry?That'sniceandspicy.Janet:What'sinit?Mark:ChickencookedintomatoesandonionswithIndianspices.Janet:I'lltryit.Doweallchooseaselectionofdishestoshareoronlyonedishperperson?Mark:Usuallyonedishperperson.Kate:Orthemoussakalooksgood.Janet:What'sitmadewith?Kate:It'smadewithlambandeggplant.It'saGreekdish.Janet:Howisitcooked?Kate:It'sbakedintheoven.Janet:Mm,thatsoundsgoodtoo.Kate:Andasastarter?Janet:What'sminestronesoup?Mark:It'sanItaliansoupwithvegetablesandpasta.It'sdelicious!Janet:OK,I'llhavethat.Kate:Waitress?Waitress:WhatcanIgetforyou?Kate:Well,forthestarter,canwehavetwominestronesoups,andforthemaincourse,onemoussakaandonecurry,please.Whataboutyou,Mark?Mark:I'llhavetheprawnswithgarlicandthechilliconcarne.Andcouldyoubringussomewater,please?Waitress:OK.Mark:Thankyou.Waitress:Thanks.Janet:What'schilliconcarne?Mark:It'saspicyMexicandishwithbeefandbeans.It'sveryhot!Conversation2Janet:Thatwasgreat!ExceptIdon'tlikecoldwater.Iusuallydrinkhotwater.Kate:Hotwater?Weneverdrinkhotwaterexceptwithtea.Let'shaveadessert.Whatwouldyoulike,Janet?Janet:Anysuggestions?Kate:Well,whydon'tyoutrytheapplestrudel?It'sanAustriandish.It'smadewithapple,pastryandspices.Janet:No,I'mnotsokeenonpastry....What'sachocolatebrownie?Mark:It'sakindofchocolatecake.Janet:Howisitmade?Kate:It'smadewithflour,eggsandbutter...Mark:Andlotsofchocolate!Kate:You'llloveit.Janet:Whatkindoficecreamisthere?Kate:I'llask...Excuseme...Whatflavoricecreamdoyouhave?Waitress:Strawberry,vanillaandchocolate.Janet:I'lljusthaveafruitsalad,Ithink.Mark:AndKate,whatareyougoingtohave?Kate:Sameforme.Mark:Couldyoubringustwofruitsalads,andachocolatebrownie?Waitress:Sure.Unit3Conversation1Mark:Hi,what'reyoudoing?Janet:Oh,nothingmuch...Well,I'mjustdoingthisquizhereinthenewspaper.Mark:Let'shavealookthen.Janet:Here.It'scalled,Howmuchdoyouknowaboutmemory?I'vejustdoneit.Doyouwanttohaveago?Mark:OK,mightaswell.I'mnotbusy.Janet:Right.Look,I'llreadthestatements.Thenyouhavetoanswertrueorfalse.Ready?Mark:Yea.Janet:OK.Physicalexerciseimprovesyourmemory.Trueorfalse?Mark:True,Isuppose.Itsoundsliketherightanswer.Janet:You'reright;exercisedoesimproveyourmemory.Nextstatement:30percentofpeoplehaveavisualmemory.Mark:Thatsoundsaboutright.True?Janet:No,wrong,I'mafraid.Infact,60percentofpeoplehaveavisualmemory.Mark:Really?Actually,I'vegotaprettygoodmemory.Janet:Haveyou?OK...Nextone...Whenyou'retired,it'smoredifficulttorememberthings.Mark:That'strue,obviously.Ican'trememberathingwhenI'mtired.Janet:Correct!Ifyoudooneactivityforalongtime,yourmemorywillimprove.Mark:I'mnotsure...True?Janet:Actually,it'sfalse.Mark:Oh!Janet:Eatingfruitandvegetablescanimproveyourmemory.Mark:IreadsomethinginTheTimesaboutthat.True.Janet:True,itsayshere.Mark:Oh,no!I'vegotalecture.I'dforgotten.I'dbettergetgoing!Janet:Oh,Mark!Whatagoodmemoryyouhave!Conversation2Kate:You'relookingabitdown,Janet.What'sup?Janet:Well...I'mfindingstudyingatOxfordquitehard.Kate:You'retellingme!There'ssomuchwork!Janet:It'snottheamountofwork,buteverything'ssodifferent.InChina,generallywehavelargeclasses,wedon'thavetutorials.Andmostly,ourteachertellsuswhatweshoulddo.SoI'mnotusedtoaskingquestionsordiscussingthings.Ifinditdifficult.Kate:Youhavetomemorizealot,don'tyou?Janet:Yes,butI'mgoodatthat.Kate:You'relucky.There'ssomuchtorememberstudyinglaw!Ihavedifficultysometimes,Ireallydo.Janet:Yes,well,we'vebeentrainedtodothat.Butwedon'thavesomuchtrainingincriticalthinking.Kate:Whatdoyoumeanbycriticalthinking?Janet:Letmethink...Ithinkit'sgivingyouropinionandthenjustifyingit.Kate:Yes,Isupposethat'swhatourteachershavealwaysencouragedustodo.Janet:Iamgettingbet