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BOOK1-Unit2-Pre-readingTask-ListeningPracticeHereisastoryabouttwofriends.Listencarefullyandseewhatitreveals.BOOK1-Unit2-Pre-readingTask-ListeningPractice1.Afterhegotslappedinthefacethemanwroteinthesand:[Today,mybestfriendslappedmeintheface].2.Afterhewassavedfromdrowninghewroteonastone:[Today,mybestfriendsavedmylife].3.Bywritinginthesand,hewantedto[forgive]hisfriendwhohadhurthim;bywritingonastone,hewantedtoforever[keepinmind/remember]thegreatfavorhisfriendhaddonehim.[Today,mybestfriendslappedmeintheface][Today,mybestfriendsavedmylife][forgive][keepinmind/remember]BOOK1-Unit2-TextA-Comprehension1.Oneofyouasksthefirstsixquestionsandtheotheranswers.Startingfromquestion7,changeroles.Whenyouhavefinished,theteachermaywanttoputsomeofthequestionstoyouforacheck.BOOK1-Unit2-TextA-Comprehension1.Whatwasthecabdriverdoingwhentheauthorwantedtotakethetaxi?[Hewasreadingaletter.]2.Didthecabdriverhaveacold?[No.]3.Whomdidthedrivertalkaboutwiththeauthor?[Thedrivertalkedabouthisfriendwiththeauthor.]4.HowlonghadthedriverandEdbeenfriends?[Theyhadbeenfriendssincechildhood.][Hewasreadingaletter.][No.][Thedrivertalkedabouthisfriendwiththeauthor.][Theyhadbeenfriendssincechildhood.]BOOK1-Unit2-TextA-Comprehension5.WhatdidthedriverandEdusetodowhentheywerekids?[Theyattendedthesameprimaryschoolandhighschool,andalwayswenttoschooltogether.]6.Howoftendidtheyseeeachotheroverthepast25or30years?Why?[Theyhadn'tseeneachothermorethanonceortwiceayearbecausethedrivermovedawayfromtheoldneighborhood.][Nowswitchroles.]7.WhathadhappenedtoOldEdbythetimethestorytookplace?[OldEdwasdead.][Theyattendedthesameprimaryschoolandhighschool,andalwayswenttoschooltogether.][Theyhadn'tseeneachothermorethanonceortwiceayearbecausethedrivermovedawayfromtheoldneighborhood.][OldEdwasdead.]BOOK1-Unit2-TextA-Comprehension8.Whydidthedriverrepeatthatheshouldhavekeptintouch?[Becausehewasveryregretful.]9.Whatdidtheauthormeanbysayingthefirstsentenceintheletterremindedhimofhimself?[Hethoughthehimselfalsoneglectedkeepingupcorrespondencewithhisfriends.]10.WhydidthedriversayhebegantheletterwithOldFriend?[Becausetheyhadbeengoodfriendsovertheyears.Theywereoldnow,andthereweren'tmanypeopleattheiragestillalive.]11.HowdidthedriverfeelaboutOldEd'sfriendshipwithhim?[Becausehewasveryregretful.][Hethoughthehimselfalsoneglectedkeepingupcorrespondencewithhisfriends.][Becausetheyhadbeengoodfriendsovertheyears.Theywereoldnow,andthereweren'tmanypeopleattheiragestillalive.]BOOK1-Unit2-TextA-Comprehension[Thedriverfeltthattheirfriendshipovertheyearshadbeenveryimportanttohim,moreimportantthanhecouldsaybecausehewasnotgoodatexpressinghisfeelings.]12.Whatdidtheauthordecidetodowhenhearrivedatthehotel?Why?[Hedecidedtowritealetteratoncebecausehedidn'twanttomakethesamemistakeasthedriverdid.][Thedriverfeltthattheirfriendshipovertheyearshadbeenveryimportanttohim,moreimportantthanhecouldsaybecausehewasnotgoodatexpressinghisfeelings.][Hedecidedtowritealetteratoncebecausehedidn'twanttomakethesamemistakeasthedriverdid.]BOOK1-Unit2-TextA-Comprehension2.TheletterTomwrotetohisfriendEdplaysaveryimportantroleinthedevelopmentofthestory.Thestoryis,toalargeextent,builtaroundtheletter.Ifyouareawareofthis,youwillfinditeasiertounderstandtheorganizationofthetext.Thefollowingquestionsaremeanttohelpyougetabetterideaofthispoint.Nowwritedownyouranswers.BOOK1-Unit2-TextA-Comprehension1)Whatdoesthestorybeginwith?[Thestorybeginswiththecabdriverreadingaletter.]2)Whathelpedstartaconversationbetweenthecabdriverandthepassenger?[TheletterTomwrotetohisfriendEd.]3)Whatwastheirconversationcenteredon?[TheirconversationwascenteredonthelifelongfriendshipbetweenthedriverandOldEd.]4)HowdidtheauthorgettolearnmoreaboutthefriendshipbetweenthedriverandEd?[Thestorybeginswiththecabdriverreadingaletter.][TheletterTomwrotetohisfriendEd.][TheirconversationwascenteredonthelifelongfriendshipbetweenthedriverandOldEd.]BOOK1-Unit2-TextA-Comprehension[Theauthorgottolearnmoreabouttheirfriendshipbyreadingtheletterhimself.][Theauthorgottolearnmoreabouttheirfriendshipbyreadingtheletterhimself.]BOOK1-Unit2-LanguageFocus-Vocabulary1.Fillinthegapswithwordsorphrasesgivenbelow.Changetheformwherenecessary.BOOK1-Unit2-LanguageFocus-Vocabulary1)Therewasnowindandtheoaktreebehindthehousewasstanding[absolutely]still.2)Ifyoudon'twanttobuyakite,youcanmakeyourownusingdirections[available]inbooksatyourlocallibrary.3)Thegirlwalkedsteadilynorth,pausing[everynowandthen]tocheckherdirection.4)Thetradeunions[areurging/urged]employerstoinvestmoremoneyinstafftraining.5)Asasailingshiphasa[destination],sowemusthaveadefinitegoalin[absolutely][available][everynowandthen][areurging/urged][destination]BOOK1-Unit2-LanguageFocus-Vocabularyourlife.6)Beforepeopleknewhowtomakeandusemetals,engineeringconstructionswere[mostly]builtofwoodorstone.7)You'llprobablyfindDaveattheschooldisco—heoften[hangsout]there.8)Ifyourhousehasbeenbrokeninto,don'ttouchanything.Callthepolice[rightaway].9)Wehadafamily[reunion]whereIsawrelativesIhadn'tseenfor20years.[mostly][hangsout][rightaway][reunion]BOOK1-Unit2-Langua