【正文】 W: Excuse me, Professor. I have a question. I39。s your new online class, Bill? Is it everything you had hoped for? M: It39。Unit 1 Short conversation 1. W: I saw an ad on the Inter about online language studies. M: Me too. I saw an ad for, Click Here for Language Learning. Q: What do the man and the woman have in mon? 2. M: You have to be 18 years old to enter some online language classes. W: Really? I had no idea that there was a minimum age required for some classes. Q: What did the woman NOT know about online language classes before? 3. M: Unlike regular classes, online classes can be taken at your home. W: That39。s everything and more, Susan. You should give it a try! W: Oh, really? What39。m worried about my English skills. I get good marks on tests, but I don39。m afraid I don39。m worried that I39。d really like to get out with my friends. Q: What does the young man want to do? 2. W: Honestly, I don39。t think they39。 problems? 8. W: Dad, I39。t watch cartoons all day! Q: Why does the girl39。s what I39。t know. Maybe I39。ll think about it later attitude, gently remind him that now is the time to start preparing. If your teen imagines himself a rock star, try to keep an open mind — you may think it39。t push her away. Q: Why does the little sister need the man more? 5. W: My mother never plained about hard work in front of the family. M: Wow, that39。s why I love her so much. Q: Why does the woman love her mother? 8. W: Hey, I heard you spend your evenings at the home for the elderly. M: Some evenings. I39。t think so. The student was clearly bothered by something pretty big. I don39。ve received your application to enter our school, but I39。s the only real parent I have. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 1. What was the man expecting to find out? 2. How will the university let the man know whether he is accepted or not? 3. Who did the man leave off of his form? 4. What do the people at the university feel it necessary to do? 5. Why is the man39。t have many problems. There are people in this world who are caring. I suppose it is good that our world has such people, because they help others. Still, I try not to learn anything from these good people. Goodness, after all, has a price. My friend is one of those good people. He once saved a child from a fire. He was the right man at the right time. The child was lucky. My friend was there and not me. Because I would39。t fill it all out. In the place where we request family information, you wrote that you have a mother and a younger sister. M: Uhhuh. W: Well, you didn39。d like to tell you about it. Looking at me now, you might not guess that I was not very popular when I started my university studies. I was thin and didn39。t have time. Q: How does the man feel about going to the home for the elderly? 9. W: You are the first person to extend help when I needed it. M: Don39。s mother never plain about? 6. W: You39。s idea, you should talk about what he39。t take it to heart, OK? What do you know about your grandpa? M: I know he worked hard. W: That39。t know what39。m sorry, but I just don39。ll be back late. M: Him again? I wish you wouldn39。t the woman get a piercing in her nose? 6. W: What bugs you most about your daughter39。s music. M: Leave him alone about it. After all, your mother didn39。s native language? 5. What does the professor want to tell Winnie? Passage The biggest problem most people face in learning English is their own fear. They worry that they won39。t use. So your active vocabulary in your native language is much smaller than your passive vocabulary. And I guess that you are not worried about that. W: No, I39。m learning a lot. M: Not exactly a question is it, Winnie? But it39。t bother you so much. W: That sounds great! I took a class with someone who would make me feel small whenever I made a mistake. He would tell me how stupid I was and intimidate me so that I never wanted to participate. M: Not a problem in the virtual classroom. How would you like to sign up? I think that you could start on the third of next month. W: I don39。s great! I always like it when a teacher does that. Q: What did the man39。t have time to travel to school. W: Yes, but it also has its own challenges. Q: What does the woman have to say about online learning? 9. M: Virtual classrooms are changing how students study! W: They sure are! And I, for one, am very excited about it. Q: According to the man, what is happening to students because of virtual classrooms? 10. M: What advice did your professor give you? W: He said that taking an online class would help me learn. Q: What did the woman39。t shown up. However, we began sharing information and talking about the new class. Unlike me, all of the other students were new to the online class. I told them about my experiences and my thoughts. Then I noticed something. There were 27 people in the forum. This was strange because I know there were only 26 people in the class. Hey, I wrote, which one of you is the teacher? The teacher made herself known at last. She said that she wan