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, I feel worse now. Let’s go see a doctor.Text 8M: Are these all the problems?W: No, the worst is the people — children running up and down, people chatting endlessly, and so on. So, I’d rather stay home and wait to see the films when they are shown on TV.M: Then you may see the films a bit later than other people.M: Well, I can’t stand others talking about a new film before I see it, so I prefer seeing films at the cinema as soon as they e out.Text 9M: Can I talk to you for a minute, Professor Smith?W: Sure, David. What can I do for you?M: I didn’t get to copy down all the terms you mentioned in today’s lecture, and I know they were important.W: Do you remember what parts of the lecture you had trouble with?M: Uh, not really.W: Hmm, interesting.M: What?W: David, just by looking through your notes from today and from last week’s classes, I can tell that you’ve been missing a lot of important information from my lectures. Your notes are rather inplete. M: Oh.W: What I suggest is that you copy down the key points that I put on the board at the start of each class. That way, you can follow along and keep up with the main ideas of the lecture.M: OK.W: Second, use the key points to help you fill in the details that develop each main point. Don’t worry about writing down everything I say word for word. It looks like you were trying to do that. Focus on understanding the organization of the lecture. That will help you find the most important information you should write down.M: All right. Thanks, Professor Smith.W: Oh, and one more thing: you might find it useful to shorten words and use special marks. That can save you a lot of time.Text 10It is no secret that many famous people, including Napoleon, Catherine the Great, and even the Queen of England, loved silk clothes. In the thirteenth century, Marco Polo traveled the Silk Road and brought silk to Venice. You can be sure that Italians valued this precious material greatly. Some of the designs added into their clothing were copies of paintings by Leonardo da Vinci. Today, there are no worldclass dress designers who have not used Italian cloth materials made of Chinese silk. A famous poet has said, “What diamonds do for the hand, silk does for the