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1、学 海 无 涯 Unit 1 Dr Zhang What s so funny Lisa Lisa Ha ha I ve just read an article about a Scottish tourist who had his passport stolen in New Zealand by a parrot Dr Zhang A parrot A bird That s impossible Are you pulling my leg Lisa No I am dead serious it s a true story Dr Zhang What happened Lisa
2、According to the article the Scottish tourist had put his passport in a little bright bag But the brightness of the bag drew the attention of a parrot which swooped down grabbed it and flew away Dr Zhang Oh my The poor tourist What s he going to do Lisa Well he can t travel home In fact he will now
3、have to spend an extra six weeks in New Zealand Dr Zhang Six weeks Lisa Yeah The article says that s how long it will take him to get his passport renewed Dr Zhang How inconvenient Lisa Indeed That s why when I travel I always keep important documents in a safe in my hotel room I would never lose an
4、 ID card or passport 学 海 无 涯 Lisa Tina I am in a panic I can t find my ID card I ve lost it Tina It s probably just misplaced I am sure it will turn up Lisa No it won t I ve looked everywhere for it it s nowhere to be found I think I somehow threw the card out with the rubbish I did a big house clea
5、n on Sunday and may have gotten a bit careless Oh my what have I done Tina Lisa take it easy it s not the end of the world You ll just have to get it replaced Lisa How Will I be fined Tina No of course not It s a simple two step process I had to do it last year The first thing is to report the card
6、lost or stolen to your local police station Lisa That s fairly straightforward Then what Tina Take a copy of the police report to the Public Security Bureau opposite the National Library They will issue a new card immediately Lisa That s it Tina That s it Lisa So I ll have a new card by the end of t
7、he week 学 海 无 涯 Tina Yep It s no big deal really Lisa You re a star Thanks for the help Tina No worries Unit2 Jack Eric I hope I meet the woman of my dreams sooner rather than later I want to settle down and have a family before I am thirty Eric Well I ve always thought that you and Rachel would mak
8、e a wonderful couple Jack Rachel She d never go for me Eric I wouldn t be so sure You should see the way she looks at you What year were you born in Jack What year was I born in What s that got to do with anything Eric Lots The year you were born says a great deal about your personality and who you
9、would be compatible with as a mate Jack You re kidding right Eric No I am perfectly serious Jack I was born in 1985 学 海 无 涯 Eric That s the year of the ox That makes sense because you re down to earth caring and loyal just like ox people Are you aware that Rachel was born in 1987 Jack Yes I am but w
10、hat s your point Eric That s the year of the rabbit Rabbit people are usually sweet natured sociable and romantic Jack Just like Rachel Eric You know it is said that an ideal match for a rabbit is an ox Cindy Lisa you re such an extroverted person while I am much more introverted You re outgoing whe
11、reas I am soft spoken You re very social while I am very reserved What do you think it is that makes our personalities so different After all we re sisters Lisa I think it all has to do with the nature versus nurture debate Cindy Nature versus nurture Lisa Yes some scientists think that people are b
12、orn with their personalities That s the nature theory of human behavior Other scientists claim that the environment people grow up in shapes their personalities That s the nurture theory of human behavior 学 海 无 涯 Cindy Hm Interesting I tend to think that the environment determines a person s charact
13、er I guess that means I subscribe to the nurture theory Lisa Me too I suppose that s why we are so different We went to different schools you played sports while I studied music and we hung out with different types of friends Cindy Nonetheless I do think nature plays a role in shaping personality to
14、o After all we re both intelligent talented in what we do and very caring towards others These are probably all traits that we inherited Lisa Maybe I am no expert The important thing to me is that we get along so well enjoy being together and love each other Cindy You re right I couldn t ask for a b
15、etter sister Unit3 Tina This is Tina Lin from HTN news and we are with Rachel Wu today a student of Feminist Studies Rachel would you say that there is true equality in our society between men and women Rachel That s a good question On the whole in most areas I believe we can speak about real equali
16、ty between men and women and that is a very clear sign of social progress However the wage gap is still a significant problem women still earn a lot less money than men who have the same jobs Tina Can you give us a specific example of discriminatory wage practices based on sex 学 海 无 涯 Rachel Most certainly Research shows that male health professionals such as doctors and administrators earn twice as much as female workers doing the same jobs full time Tina Twice as much That must be an extreme c
