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ext 3 W: Before we begin today’s lecture, I want to invite Dr. Kathleen White to talk about the plan for the afternoon. M: Prof. Brookings, I just talked to Dr. White. She said she would be a little late today because she got stuck in traffic. W: Oh, thank you, Dr. Mildens. In that case, I’ll begin the lecture now. Text 4 W: Your jacket is quite beautiful in color, isn’t it? M: Yes. And I bought it for half price at a sale. It cost me only $ 12. W: Wow, that’s cheap. Text 5 W: I really hate it when people smoke around me! M: So do I! I can’t understand why people smoke. It’s said that smoking cigarettes costs billions of dollars every year. W: The good news is that measures will be taken to forbid people from smoking cigarettes in public places. Text 6 W: Did you have a nice weekend, Charlie? M: Not really. I went camping with my family. W: That sounds fun! M: It wasn’t. Camping is so boring. I didn’t have any service on my phone, so I couldn’t check Face book or Twitter the whole weekend! W: That doesn’t sound like a big deal. Didn’t you enjoy hiking or swimming with your family? M: Not really. I enjoyed taking pictures of us fishing, but I couldn’t even post them until we got back on Monday W: Hmm... It sounds to me like you need to learn how to enjoy life without sharing every moment on social media. Text 7 M: Have you seen that new circus in town? It is supposed to be really funny! W: I didn’t know there was one in town. Aren’t you a little old to be going to those types of things? M: You are never too old for the circus! Come on, Jill. You should go with me. W: I don’t know, Todd. It could be really boring. The show is meant for small children. M: Don’t be silly! We will have so much fun. I promise! W: How can you be so sure? I can’t even remember the last time I went to a circus. M: My point exactly! Don’ you think it would be nice to just have some simple fun and get away from the office world for once? W: Well, I guess I’ll go. Only on one condition, though. M: What’s that? W: You’re paying! Text 8 M: When was the last time you rode that thing? W: I think it’s been almost ten years. I dragged it out of my garage just now. M: Well, it looks pretty old and worn out, but I guess it should be OK to ride. W: If you say so—you’re the expert. Didn’t you use to work as a bike mechanic? M: Yeah, just for two years while I was in university, but that was five years ago. Anyway, where do you want to ride? W: I don’t know. Maybe we could ride to Regent’s Park. How long would that take? M: About 45 minutes from here. We could also just go to Victoria Park instead. That would be about 15 minutes. W: OK, let’s go there. M: Great! Then let’s go... So, how does the bike feel? W: It’s OK, I guess. But I think I need to stop. I’m to tired. M: You’re kidding me. We’ve been riding for, like, one minute. W: Sorry, I guess I’m out of shape. Maybe we can go some place closer than Victoria Park. M: OK, let’s go to London Fields, then—it’s only five minutes away. Text 9 M: I don’t know what I’m going to do if I lose my job. W: Don’t worry. I don’t think you’re going to lose your job over one mistake. M: It was a rather big mistake. When you work as an investment adviser, one small mistake can cost the pany millions. W: But it wasn’t just you who were involved, right? You were only doing what your boss told you to do. M: That’s true, but my boss is dishonest. He said it was pletely my fault. W: Let’s think about what it that really happens. M: I can live on my savings for about 3 months. But I really don’t want to live that kind of life. W: Well, when is your contract on your apartment up? M: Next month. W: If you really lose your job, you needn’t rent that apartment. I think you can share a room with my brother for free until you find another job. M: That’s very kind of you but I hope that won’t happen. Text 10 This summer I took part in a really interesting project. It’s called OneDay Cleanup and its aim is to clear the world’s natural environments of rubbish. I heard about its work from my neighbors who used to take part some years ago. I thought it would be fun and persuaded a couple of my cousins to e along with me. But it wouldn’t matter if you took part on your own. You’d soon make friends with other people there. Most of the people there were teenagers. We were a very international group in my team. Over half of the people there were from Australia, like me, but there were also people from China, Thailand and the USA. Most teams were working on the south coast of the country, but mine was working on the east. We had to pick up all the rubbish that we could find on the seaside. It has all made me realize how important it is for everyone to be aware of the environment. I’m determined now to get my family to recycle as much as possible. It’ll be worth it if we can make our seas safer for all those beautiful sea animals. So, if you’d like to join me taking part in this Day next year, it’ll be on January 11th. The focus on that day will be on getting rubbish out of rivers. There’ll be a day later in the year on cleaning up woodlands.