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1Unit7-Conversation1Mark:Hi!Kate:Hi,Janet!Haveyoubeenwaitinglong?Janet:Notatall.WhatdidyouthinkofHero?Kate:Itwasbrilliant,thanksforsuggestingit.Janet:Well,itwasnominatedforanOscar,youknow.Kate:Thatfigures.It'sabeautifulfilm.Mark:Yes.Thecostumes,andscenerywereamazing,Kate:I'dlovetoknowmoreabouttheemperor,hewascool.Whowashe?Janet:QinShiHuang—it'ssaidhewasthefirstemperorinthehistoryofChina—heunifiedChina.Kate:Didhe?When?Janet:Er...221BC.Mark:Aslongagoasthat!Waitress:Higuys!WhatcanIgetyou?Kate:Yes,I'llhaveacoke,thanks.Mark:Er...Justacoffee.Waitress:Sure.Mark:Tellusmore...Janet:Um...Well,beforethat,thereweresevenbigstatesandtheyhadbeenfightingeachotherformanyyears.Mark:Right.Janet:It'scalledtheWarringStatesPeriod.Anyway—Qinwaskingofthelargeststateandhedefeatedthesixotherstates,oneafteranother.Ittookhimtenyearstoconquerthem,eachwithadifferentstrategy.Mark:Whatkindofmanwashe?Janet:Well,hewasbrilliant,obviously.Andalsowise.Hehadthishugearmy—theywereverypowerful.Afterhisarmyhadattackedthefirststate,thenextstatesurrenderedwithoutmuchfight.Theyweresoterrified.Kate:Wow!Janet:Whatelse?Thearmyleaderswereveryclever,theyusedarivertofloodacity.Mark:Thatcan'thavebeeneasy.Janet:Yes,anyway,afterconqueringthelaststate,QinmadehimselfEmperorofthewholeofChina.Mark:WashetheemperorwhocreatedtheTerracottaWarriors?Janet:That'sright.Hewassoafraidofdeaththathewantedthemtoguardhimintheafterlife.Unit7-Conversation2Becky:OK.Kate:Thankyou.Mark:Thanks.Kate:SogoonaboutEmperorQin.It'sreallyinteresting.Janet:Itis,isn'tit?Well,soheunifiedChinaandthatwasanincredibleachievement.Butasaresult,hugenumbersofsoldierswerekilled.Kate:Abouthowmany?Janet:Oh,Idon'tknow,somethinglike500,000men?Kate:Thatishuge.Mark:SohowdotheChineseseeQin?Janet:He'sseenasthegreatestemperorinChinesehistory.Mark:Why?BecauseheunifiedChina?That'saverygoodreason,mindyou.Janet:Notonlythat.Thethingis,asaresultoftheunification,hedidmanyamazingthings.HebuiltroadsallacrossChina,hestandardizedwriting...andalsothemoneysystem.Oh,andthesystemformeasuringandweighingthingsaswell.Mark:SohewasagreatleaderforChina.Janet:Yes,hewas,buthewasalsoverycruel.Mark:Yes,butmostemperorswerecruel,weren'tthey?Kate:WellIguessthat'strue.You'reright.Mark:Sodidhehaveenemies?Janet:Ofcourse,Ithinkallgreatemperorshavesomeenemies.Somepeoplehatedhimsomuchtheytriedtokillhim!Mark:WashetheemperorwhobuilttheGreatWallofChina?Janet:HebuiltthefirstGreatWall.Yousee,tribesfromthenorthwerealwaystryingtoinvadesohebuiltahugewallacrossChinatostopthem.Hundredsofthousandsofmendiedbuildingit.Kate:It'ssosad—allthosethousandsofpeopledying.Mark:Butthen...that'swar,isn'tit?Unit7-OutsideviewOnthe25thofAprileachyear,AustraliaandNewZealandcelebrateAnzacDay,whentheycommemorateallthemembersoftheAustralianandNewZealandArmyCorpswhodiedinactionduringtheFirstandSecondWorldWars,andineveryarmedconflictsincethen.We'reherenowattheAustralianWarMemorialatthestartofthedawnservice.TheyshallgrownotoldAswethatareleftgrowoldAgeshallnotwearythemnortheyearscondemnAtthegoingdownofthesunandinthemorningWewillrememberthem.Lestweforget.Aversefromthepoem.OdetoRemembrancebyLaurenceBinyon,isrecitedduringtheceremony.InsidetheHallofMemoryistheTomboftheUnknownSoldier.Thisisthegraveofasoliderwhoseidentityisnotknownanditrepresentsallthosesoldierswhodiedinbattlebutwerenotidentified.Twenty-fouryearsaftertheravagesofWorldWarI,warcametothemainlandofAustraliawhereairraidskilledhundredsofservicepersonnelandcivilians.InMalaya,KoreaandVietnam,weansweredthecallaswehaveinAfghanistanandIraq.Throughitalltheoneunshakabletruthhasbeenasteadfastness,bomofthetraditionsoftheAustralianservicemen.Today,Australia'sspecialday,theyrememberinEastTimor,onBougainville,inAfghanistanandIraq,ontheislandofCrete,atGallipoli,theyalongwithus,remember.AnzacDayisapublicholidayinAustralia.Itisoneofthe2mostimportantnationaldaysoftheyearandcertainlythemostsolemnone.CommemorationservicesareheldinallthemajorcitiesinAustraliaandhugecrowdsattendtopaytheirrespectstothosewhodied.ServicemenandwomenfromallthearmedservicesinAustraliamarchinprocession.TheyfoughtintheSecondWorldWarandotherconflictssincethenthathavehappenedaroundtheworld.Themeninthetrucksareallwearingdecorations.They'reveteransfromtheSecondWorldWar,andperhapsafewlastsurvivorsfromtheFirstWorldWar.AftertheParadetheveteranswillgatherinapuborclubtotalkandsharememories.ThisveteranfoughtintheSecondWorldWarinWesternAustralia.InterviewerAndwhatdoesAnzacDaymeantoyou?VeteranWell,itmeansrememberingnotonlythosewhodidn'tgohomebutthe,thefactthatyoukeepintouchwithalotofyour...friends.Unit7-ListeninginNewsreportUSuniversitiesareexperiencingasteadyincreaseintheenrolmentofstudentveteranswithmanytroopsreturninghomefromwarsinIraqandAfghanistan.MorethanonemillionstudentveteransareusingtheirPost-9/11GIBillbenefitstoearnauniversitydegreeorcertificate.ThePost-9/11GIBillisaneducationbenefitprogrammeforindividualswhoservedonactivedutyafter10September,2001.thescholarshipcoversstudy-relatedexpensesincludingtuition,fees,booksandhousing.VeteranscanusetheGIBillatcolleges,universitie