【正文】 keeper: Hullo. Housekeeper. Mrs. Bates: Oh, hullo. This is ... I39。ll find them in your wardrobe. They39。 my father was SwissFrench Swiss and my mother was American, so, of course, we spoke both languages at home and I grew up bilingual. Then, of course, I learnt German at school in Switzerland that39。t perfect, but I had a boyfriend from Uruguay* while I was there, so my Spanish also became pretty good! Interviewer: And then what did you do? Suzanne: When I was 25 I came back to Switzerland, went to an interpreters39。 I was very upset and I decided to take a long break. I went to Japan on holiday, got a job and stayed for two years, which was when I learnt Japanese. Interviewer: That39。m going to learn more Oriental languages. It was such a challenge learning Japanese it39。d love to learn Thai. And then, perhaps an Indian language. Whatever, I want to be fluent in another three or four languages before 45. Exercise Directions: Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). 9. T 10. F Part 2 Passage The Clyde River Running through one of Britain39。s survey was the first to show they39。s eback is also a sign of big improvements to water quality. Like sea trout, which have also reappeared in the Clyde system in recent years, salmon are very sensitive to environmental conditions and require cool, welloxygenated* water to thrive. The decline of Glasgow39。s great manufacturing centers. The mills and factories that lined the Clyde made steel, textiles and chemicals, tanned leather and even produced candy and brewed alcohol. When the factories began to close in the second half of the 20th century, workingclass Glasgow, Scotland39。s depth and navigability helped make Glasgow an important center for importing tobacco, sugar and cotton from the Americas starting in the 1600s. And the city became a center of British shipbuilding and one of the country39。s northeast coast is likely to bear the brunt of warmer ocean temperatures.A major concern has been the bleaching of coral, where the sensitive marine organisms wither under environmental stress caused by increased water temperature, pollution or sedimentation. An unexpected discovery at the southern end of the reef has provided some rare good news for researchers.Researchers found that coral in the Keppel Islands off Queensland, which was damaged by bleaching in 2006 and then smothered by seaweed that overgrew the reef, has managed to repair itself.Experts say to see reefs bounce back from mass coral bleaching in less than a decade is highly unusual.Like other coral systems, the Great Barrier Reef is facing a range of environmental threats. Scientists say their capacity to recovery from damage inflicted by warmer waters, for example, will be critical to its future health.The Great Barrier Reef is one of Australia39。s Edinburgh Castle, the Bird39。 That39。s research could lead to squareshapes something she thinks the tomato industry might like. Square tomatoes fit into packages better. And, overall, square tomatoes might be easier to work with than the mon round tomatoes.So far money for her research has e from the National Science Foundation not big ag.Designer fruit shapes are gaining popularity. People have been crossbreeding tomatoes to make the shapes they want for a long time. But this is not the same thing.Dick Alford is a chef and professor of hospitality management at the University of Akron [Ohio].The difference between what his brother and lots of other folks have been doing and what van der Knaap is doing is the difference between crossbreeding and locating a specific gene that affects the shape of tomatoes.Chef Alford watches students as they cut yellow crookneck squash and carrots.They39。 If we could get square carrots, it would be great. If you could get a tomato as long as a cucumber, where you could get 20 or 30 slices out of them, it would be great.In a country that loves hamburgers, Van der Knaap has heard that request before. But the long, thin tomato hasn39。ll get those square carrots.”Exercise A Prelistening Question(open)Exercise B Sentence DictationDirections: Listen to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence three times. 1. what if you could alter the familiar shape? Would a square tomato still be a tomato?2. Scientists are learning how to change the shape of fruits and vegetables so they can be harvested or processed more efficiently, or maybe just to reduce waste in the kitchen.3. People have been crossbreeding tomatoes to make the shapes they want for a long time. But this is not the same thing.4. If you could get a tomato as long as a cucumber, where you could get 20 or 30 slices out of it, it would be great.5. Once we know all the genes responsible for making different shapes in tomatoes, we39。ll have a better idea of what controls the shape of other crops, such peppers, cucumbers and gourds. And maybe then we3