【正文】 t it?Interviewee: Well, we, we, we. . . It39。ve got to get that balance right. It39。s still adddrop.Jenny: What39。s that? Harrison: Changing from class to class to find out which is best. Jenny: Have you had this teacher before? I39。s going to be terribly (4)difficult for us next year.Hostess: Given the cuts that the (5)government announced a couple of weeks ago, and the numbers that we know in terms of applications, where are you going to draw that line? Are you going to have to look at cutting intake in order to maintain the (6)quality of the courses?Intewiewee: We39。s important in this country that we remember that students aren39。re feeling. So I think this is reasonable to ask universities if we are to ensure that we can continue to send more young people to university and we remain mitted to that.Host: And briefly, what about these twoyear degrees? This is a reduction in standards, isn39。s been a surge in the number of over 25s applying, and we take many people who are over (3)25. But we39。 Harrison: No. Usually no one does much on the first day because it39。ve heard he is really good. Harrison: He39。re trying not to (7)cut intake at the moment. But what it means is we39。t just the classic 18 to 21yearold undergraduates. We want mature students. We want more parttime students and over the last few years we39。re, they39。s a really difficult balance to strike, actually maintaining the (1)quality but making sure as many (2)young people as possible and older people as wellthere39。ve bought the books for this biology class. Jenny: Yeah. I think everyone had to before class started. 39。s good if you39。re going to have to be (8)extracautious in the number of offers we make, because we simply cannot (9) afford to go over our quota of the number of places that we can offer. Because if we do, it means that we could be fined, or we just simply haven39。ve been growing the number of foundation degree, twoyear degrees that ensure that transition into high university and high level skills. That39。s a lot more than one percent that they39。ll never know when these will e in handy in the corporate world.Moreover, you can choose an education that includes many fields of study. If you are taking a heavy load of careerrelated courses, you may prefer electives that are not directly related to your major. If you receive a wellrounded education, some employers believe that you have better potential. For example, if you have courses in science along with your business degree, you could possibly win a job over someone who majored purely in business with no outside electives.Finally, you can also select a challenging elective course. Part of getting an education is learning how to learn, and elective courses should help you achieve this goal. You need not to memorize all the information from each class, but you should get a better understanding of the world. So, pick elective courses that challenge your belief system and make you look at the world in a different way. For instance, you can consider a philosophy elective if you have been told that you are a little narrowminded.Key (1) extra training (2) chemistry (3) accounting (4) many fields of study (5) better potential (6) business degree (7) challenging (8) how to learn (9) better understanding (10) narrowmindedTask3: How to Get Straight A’sScriptIt is interesting to note how straight A students achieve academic excellence. Here, according to education experts and students themselves are the secrets of superachievers.First, they know how to set priorities. Top students allow no intrusions on study time. Once the books are open or the puter is turned on, phone calls go unanswered, TV shows unwatched, snacks ignored. Study is business, and business es before recreation.Also, good students can study anywhere and everywhere. Claudia Hill, an Arizona State University business professor recalls a crosscountry runner who w