【文章內容簡介】 ot work too hard.W: You’re right. American education begins to get very petitive in college.M: [20] And for foreign students, the huge amount of highlevel reading and writing that is expected proved to be quite difficult. From all the research that’s been done on how to learn a language, it’s clear that most foreign students have never read enough English to develop a vocabulary equal to that of native speakers.W: That’s true enough! Many foreign students never get interested in reading English for fun. They are only interested in learning grammar. But tell me, why is your English so good?M: Ever since I was a kid, I’ve read a lot of American storybooks. My mother worked in a library in Stockholm. She was always borrowing English books and magazines for my brother and me.W: Well, that explains your excellent English. OK, let’s go on. How long does it take for a college student to get a BA or a BS?M: After fours years of study, students receive either a bachelor of arts or a bachelor of science degree. But just like high school, many students flunk out of college because of their poor grades.W: And why do some students get poor grades?M: [21] Poor grades can be due to medical problems, too many hours spent working a part time job, partying often, or simply not having the attitude and skills needed to perform well in a college classroom.W: Thank you, Victor, for giving me so much information about the American education.Conversation Two【聽力原文】W: Hi, Li Hua. What are you doing this semester?M: [22] Oh, I’m still learning English. [23] I have to do some more semester before I can start m teal studies at the university. W: You make it sound like prison. How are the classes?M: They’re all right, I guess. I don’t know. It seems like they never tell us what we really need to know.W: What do you mean?M: Look, when I study mathematics, for instance, we start with definitions. Then we have problems and some equations and processes to learn. You go to class, you keep up, you do the homework, and you know it. You pass exams. But English class is quite different. First of all, they don’t want to teach us all the rules. They tell us on rule. Fine. We use that rule, but soon it won’t work. It’s more plicated or there are a lot of exceptions or something. Sometimes I think the teachers don’t know the rules either.W: [24] But you don’t learn a language from the rules, anyway. You have to use it.M: Yes. That’s something else they tell us. But why can’t we just go to class, study, and do our homework? That’s what I know how to do.W: Look at this way, can you learn to play soccer by sitting at home and reading about soccer?M: No, of co