【正文】 more carefully so that dangerous chemicals and bacteria don’t get into our water supply. P43 Conversation A Listen and practice. Andy: You know, there’s a factory outside town that’s pumping chemicals into the river. Carla: How can they do that? Isn’t that against the law? A: Yes, it is. But a lot of panies ignore those laws. C: That’s terrible! What can Greener World do? A: Well, on thing to do about it is to talk to the management. C: What if that doesn’t work? A: Well, then another way to stop them is to get a TV station to run a story on it. C: Yes! Companies hate bad publicity. By the way, what’s the name of this pany? A: It’s called Apex Industries. C: Oh no! My uncle is one of their top executives! C Listen to the rest of the conversation. What do Andy and Carla decide to do? Carla: Wait a minute, Before Greener World does anything, shouldn’t we make sure that we’ve got our facts straight? Andy: Absolutely. The best thing to do is to monitor the situation over the next several weeks to see what exactly is happening. C: How do we do that? A: Well, we can take pictures of the river and even take water samples to see how had the situation is. C: OK. And maybe I could talk to my uncle about it. A: Oh, no, I don’t think that’s a good idea. Not yet, anyway. C: Why not? A: I don’t think we want to say anything to anyone until we have a clearer picture of what is going on. After we’ve monitored the situation for a while, then we can decide whether we need to have a meeting with a representative of the pany to tell them what we’ve discovered. OK, Carla? C: OK. Unit 8 Learning to learn P46 2 Conversation A Listen and practice. Paula: Do you want to take a class with me at the munity college? Jason: Maybe. What are they offering? P: Well, here’s the course catalog. Take a look. J: Hmm. They’ve got a lot of language classes – Chinese, German, Japanese. Would you rather learn an Asian language or a European one? P: Um, actually, I think I’d rather take an art class. They have one on landscape photography and another on making videos. J: That sounds OK. But I think I’d prefer studying video to learning about photography. P: OH, wait. It says here that you need to provide your own video equipment. J: Oh, I’d rather not spend a lot of money. Let’s see what else they’re offering. B Listen to the rest of the conversation. What course do they decide to take? Why? Paula: Hmm. Hey, this sounds kind of interesting: the art of bonsai. Jason: What’s bonsai? P: You know, those miniature trees they grow in little tubs. It says here that they have a course on how to grow them, and on how to develop a business selling bonsais. Apparently, you can sell them for up to $500 apiece. J: Really? Wow! That does sound good. We could learn how to grow them and then maybe set up a little business. P: Yeah. We could do it out at my dad’s place. He has lots of room to grow things in his garden. J: Is the course expensive? Do you have to buy any special equipment? P: It says no special equipment is required except plant containers and some young trees. J: Let’s check it out, then. P48 Listening: A Listen to three people talking about the parttime courses they took recently. Complete the chart. 1. Linda M: So, Linda, what have you been doing with yourself? L: Not much. Oh, wait! That’s not true. I took this great dancing course last semester. M: Oh, yeah! What kind of dancing? L: We learned tap dancing and square dancing. M: Wait……why on earth would you want to learn tap dancing and square dancing? It sounds exhausting. L: Oh, just for fun. You should try taking the course. You’ll see that you learn more than just dancing. You also learn how to be more confident and how to interact better with other people. M: Hmm. I think with all that hopping around I’d be too exhausted to interact with anyone. 2. Rich W: So, how did you enjoy your cooking course? R: It was great. W: What kinds of things did you learn to cook? R: Well, it was a course on vegetarian cooking. W: I didn’t know you were a vegetarian. R: Oh, I’m not. But a lot of people are these days. So I thought it would be useful to know how to make some interesting dishes without meat for times when I invite friends over for dinner. W: Hmm. Well, I guess that makes sense. R: Oh, but we learned more than just cooking. They also taught us all kinds of useful things about…uh…the health value of different kinds of vegetables, and how to prepare them so that you don’t remove all the valuable vitamins and minerals that they contain. W: So…uh…when’s dinner? B Listen to two other people explain how they learn new words in a foreign language. What techniques do they use? First person I keep a record of new words I e across. Then I make up study cards. I write the word on one side of the card and the meaning on the other side. Oh, and I always include at least one sentence with the word in it. Then I go through the cards whenever I have some spare time – like when. I’m waiting for my clothes at the Laundromat or between classes – and study the words until I know them by heart. Every week or so, I organize the cards into categories: you know, I put all the words together that have to do with food…or work…or home…or school…whatever I can find that my new words have in mon. Second person I keep a vocabulary notebook. It’s organized alphabetically. Whenever I hear or read a new word. I write it down. Then when I have time, I look it up in my dictionary. Then I put down some key information about the word – you know, whether it’s a noun or a verb, and some examples of how it’s used. I go through the notebook and study the words as often as I can. I really believe that the only way to learn new words – even in your own language – is by memorizing them. P49 9 Ways of learning A First, discuss how you would learn to do the things in the char