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News1Adevicethatweighslessthanonekilogramispartofamissionthatwillallowscientiststodeliverfourthgenerationor4Gmobilecoveragetothemoonin2019。Ifsuccessful，thetinydevicewillprovidethemoonwithitsfirstevermobilephonenetwork。Thelunarnetworkwillsupporthighdefinitionstreamingofvideoanddatabetweenthemoonandearth。Thenetworkispartofamissiontothemoon。Thisisaprojectwiththegoaloflandingthefirstprivatelypaidformissiontothemoon。The4GmissionissettolaunchfromCapeCanaveralintheUnitedStatesonaspaceXFalcon9rocketin2019。Missiontothemoonintendstoestablishandtestthefirstelementsofacommunicationsnetworkonthemoon。Thescientistsworkingontheprojectoptedtobuilda4Gratherthanafifthgenerationor5Gnetwork。Thisisbecausefifthgenerationnetworksarestillintestingandtrialphases。Thismeansthata5Gnetworkmaynotyetbestableenoughtoworkonthemoon‘ssurfaceQuestion1：Whatarescientistsplanningtodo?Question2：Whydidscientistschoosetosetupa4Gnetworkintheirmission?News2It‘srespondedtoafireWednesdaynightatanabandonedmallinHeywood。Thefirewasreportedat9：26pmatanoldshoppingcenteronMichiganAvenuenearSt。Mary’sChurch。Sixfireengines，twotrucksandtwochiefsrespondedtothescene。Crewshadthefireundercontrolinabout45minutesandmanagedtocontainthefiretoitspointoforigin。Thereweresomepeopleinsidethebuildingwhenthefirebrokeoutbuttherewerenoreportsofanyinjuries。Fireinvestigatorshaverespondedtothescenebuthavenotyetdeterminedthecauseofthefire。Firefighterswillremainonthesceneuntillaterthismorningtoensurethatthefiredoesn‘tstartupagain。Theshoppingmallhadnotbeeninusesince2002。In2014CityHalldevelopedaplantoknockdownthebuildingandreplaceitwithaffordablehousing。Howevertheplanwasdroppedduetolackoffunds。Question3：Whatdoesthenewsitemsayaboutthefire?Question4：WhathadCityHallplannedtodo?News3PotatochipsinJapanarebeingsoldfor6Xtheirnormalprice。Thisisafterthecountry‘smainmanufacturerstoppedsalesduetoapotatoshortage。Stormsandfloodsanditsmainpotatogrowingregionlastyearcausedtheworstharvestandmorethan3decades。LocalmediareportssuggestCalbeeanditsmainrivalKoike-yaarehaltingalmost50products。“Wedon‘tknowwhenwe’llbeabletorestart”，acompanyspokesmansaid。Snackloversarepanicbuyingandmanysupermarketshelvesarebare。JapaneselawslimittheamountofimportedpotatoesthatcanbeusedinJapanesemadeproducts。Japansaysfearofdiseaseisitsmainreasontoblockfreshimports。ItstillonlyallowspotatoesfromselectedUSstates。ThisisonlyatcertaintimesandonconditionthattheyareprocessedatfactoriesbasednearJapaneseports。Butglobalwarminghasraisedthepossibilitythatdomesticproducecouldbeseriouslyaffectedbyrareweathereventsmoreoften。Question5：WhatproblemisJapanfacing?Question6：WhydoesJapanlimittheimportofpotatoes?Question7：WhatmightaffectJapanesedomesticproduce?Conversation1M：Mr。Brown‘slecturesaresoboring。W：Yes，heisnotaveryexcitingspeaker。Butthesubjectisinteresting。M：Duringeveryoneofhislectures，ItrytolistenIreallytry。Butafterabout10minutesmymindbeginstowanderandIloseconcentration。ButIseethatyouseemtobeOK。Howdoyoustayfocusedthroughtheentirehour?W：Well，whatIdoiskeepmypenmoving。M：Whatdoyoumean?W：It‘samethodofactiveconcentrationIreadabout。Oneofthemosteffectivewaystoconcentrateistowritethingsdown。Butithastobedonebyhand，nottypingonakeyboard。Youseewritingbyhandforcesyoutoactuallyengagewithwhatyou’relearninginamorephysicalway。M：Doyoureviewyournotesafterwardsthen?W：Sometimesbutthat‘snotimportant。MynotesmayormaynotbeusefulbutthepointisthatbywritingdownwhatMr。BrandsaysIcanfollowhislineofthinkingmoreeasily。Infact，sometimesIdrawalittletoo。M：Youdrawinclassandthathelpsmepayattention?W：Yes，honestlyitworksforme。Ijustdrawlittlelinesandnonsensereally。ItwasalsointhatarticleIread。Itcankeepthemindactive，preventgettingboredandhelptoconcentrate。Againthepointistolistenhardwhilekeepingthepenmoving。IfI‘mathomeandIneedtostudywhatIdoisreadoutloud。Ithasasimilareffecttowritingbyhand。Ithelpsmemorizeinformationinaphysicalway。Question8。WhatdoesthemanthinkofMr。Brown‘slectures?Question9。WhatdoesthewomandoduringMr。Brown‘slectures?Question10。Whydoesthewomandrawinclass?Question11。Whatdoesthewomansayaboutreadingoutloud?Conversation2M：Andwhereisthis?F：ThesephotosarefromtheTajMahalinIndia。Wewentthereabouttenyearsagoforourhoneymoon。M：Wasitromantic。F：Yeah。TheTajMahalwasaveryromanticplace。TheguidetoldusthereisafamouslovestorybehindthisbuildingthatallIndianslearninschool。Ithinkitwasduringthe1600andtheprincessatthattimediedwhilegivingbirthtoher14thchild。TheEmperorlovedtheprincesssomuchandwassosadwhenshediedthatheorderedthepalacetobebuiltinherhonor。M：Wow!Thatsoundsveryromantic。Itlooksamazing。F：Yesit‘sgorgeous。It’salsolargerinreallifethanitlooksinthephotos。Thebuildingisverytallandtherearegardensinawallarounditall。It‘sallbuiltinthiswhitestoneandsomewallsofthebuildingaredecoratedwithjewels。M：Itmusthavebeenverycrowdedwhenyouwerethere。F：Yesit‘saveryfamoustouristdestination。Sotherearethousandsofvisitorseveryday。M：WastherestofIndiacrowded?F：Yes，verycrowdedinmanycities。Itwassometimessocrowdedthatitwasdifficulttowalkalongthestreetsespeciallythroughbusymarkets。Andtherearesomanycars。Trafficwasterriblebutthepeople