【正文】 : I heard a bang on my way to class this morning. M: Some guy brought a gun to school and tried to shoot someone. W: You39。s the one. W: He never stops amazing me. M: He was definitely the right person at the right time. After he hit the student and grabbed the gun, he talked to the boy about his problems. While I was on the phone with the police and the parents, he was holding the student. If I was not mistaken, I thought the student was crying. W: Did the teacher help the boy solve his problems? M: I don39。t think problems like that can be solved so quickly. But, when the police came to take him away, our teacher told him that he would see him again. Passage The friendship and sympathy of a special person changed my life, and I39。t look very handsome with my glasses. In fact, my classmates still laughed at me, just as they did in high school. One day, when I was leaving the science building, someone ran past me and knocked the books out of my hands. I was feeling sad and lonely. But then, someone else approached me and helped me pick up my books. That day, I made my first university friend. Suddenly, life improved. I helped him with his studies. And he helped me with everything else. He taught me how to dress right, how to talk to girls, and above all, how to be social. Homework Long conversation M: Hello? W: Hello. I39。ll send that information by mail. But that isn39。m calling. M: What can I do for you? W: We39。m afraid that you didn39。t mention anything about your father. M: Is it necessary? W: Yes. I39。t around to help me in my growing up. W: I39。s fine. My mother taught me the value of being honest, working hard, and being kind. She did this while working two jobs. W: She sounds great. M: She is. And she39。s mother the only real parent he has? Passage Being nasty and impatient has advantages. For example, since I am not nice, I tend to get what I want. People listen to me, and I don39。ve been reluctant to help. In fact, I probably wouldn39。ve saved myself from being hurt or unfortable. But sometimes I wonder whether my friend has the better life. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the passage you have just heard. 1. What does the speaker think about being nasty and impatient? 2. Why is it good that the world has caring people? 3. Why does the speaker NOT want to be good? 4. How would the speaker have responded to the fire? 5. What does the speaker wonder about? VOA Millions of American children attend summer camp. Most summer camps teach swimming and sports. But some are designed to teach special skills. One of these is Concordia Language Villages Camp in the State of Minnesota. Campers there learn to speak a foreign language without the use of books or teachers. The counselors speak the language all the time and show the campers what to do. The campers learn the language by watching and hearing the words. One student at the German camp said she experienced what it would be like to be in Germany. Colleges and universities anize other learning camps. Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois offers a weeklong experience called Summer Wings Camp. The camp is held at the Southern Illinois Airport. Campers learn about the history of flight and experience what an airplane pilot does. At Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, students can take part in a twoweek camp that teaches astronomy. They observe sunspots, for example, and study the motion of plas and stars. The Pennsylvania State University offers many summer programs. One camp this summer taught about what it is like to be a weather expert or meteorologist. Students at Weather Camp learned how tornadoes form. And they learned how to present weather information on television. Another Penn. State summer program was Nursing Camp. Students in this program took part in different emergency situations and learned how to treat injuries. The students carried out firstaid skills on lifelike dolls in a laboratory. They also learned cardiopulmonary resuscitation, how to start a heart that has stopped beating. And they learned how to help people in a medical emergency. Another skills camp is anized by businesses. Camp CEO is a oneweek program in the State of Arizona for 50 teenage girls. At the camp, they link with successful businesswomen who are chief executive officers (CEO) in different industries. The girls build a business. They also take part in a special outdoor exercise to develop munication and trust. Officials at Camp CEO say the experience is unlike any other kind of camp operating today. Unit 4 Short conversation Long conversation Passage Homework Long conversation Passage VOA Unit 5 Short conversation Long conversation Passage Homework Long conversation Passage VOA Unit 6 Short conversation Long conversation Passage Homework Long conversation Passage VOA Unit 7 Short conversation Long conversation Passage Homework Long conversation Passage VOA