Task 1
題目：
If a foreign friend is going to visit your hometown and doesn' t know what to pack. what suggestions do you have for him?
范文：
If a foreign friend is going to visit my hometown, I'd definitely suggest him to pack two things. One of them is a map. I live in Beijing. If s a metropolitan city where one can easily get lost. For instance, there are 7 different subway lines that stretch out all around the city. When my cousin who' s born and raised in the US came to Beijing for the first time, he took the wrong subway line and ended up in a place out of nowhere and since he had no map and could not speak Chinese very well, he couldn' t ask for help. So I, d say a map is a necessity when you visit a place for the very first time. Besides that a smart phone would be a smart thing to pack too. A smart phone nowadays can solve all kinds of problems. For instance, last time when I went to Europe, I used Google translator on my phone to talk to local people. It was very convenient and a lot of fun as well.
Task 2
題目：
Some teachers let students choose topics that interest them on research papers. Others assign topics on research papers. Which one do you prefer?
范文：
I think it' s better if teachers let students choose topics that interest them on research papers for the following reasons. First of all, students will be much more motivated when writing about something they actually like. Take myself as an example, my second-grade English teacher Miss Mayim once assigned a research paper for us and she allowed us to write about whatever that interested us, so I decided to write about my favorite musical Cats. I worked very hard for it and I had more than enough motivation because I had fun learning about and writing about this musical. I gave up sleeping in during weekends and pulled all-nighters to work on this paper and I enjoyed every second of it. Secondly, students learn more when they write about things that interest them. Sometimes when teachers assign topics
on research papers, students are forced to write about things they take absolutely no interest in and they end up copying some random article on the internet. And that' s completely a waste of time and won' t help the students in any way.
Task 3
相關(guān)內(nèi)容回憶：
Student in the letter proposes that the university should create a web site for student musicians where they could find people of the same interests and post information about concerts or music-related events. The woman in the listening likes it because firstly she says that she and her friends always practice songs together, and they play rock music. But they don't happen to know a drummer who could play the drum. But now with the website, they could find one easily. Second, she says that when she goes to campus concerts, there are few people there. She thinks that's because people don't know about those concerts. So now with the website, more people will come to the concerts.
范文：
The student suggests that the university should create a special website for student musicians due to two reasons. The first reason is that it will be easier to get in touch with people who share the same interests with them. The second reason is that it will be a convenient way to post information about concerts and events. In the conversation, the woman agrees with the suggestion. In the first reason, she mentions that she started a band with some of her friends and they always practice together, but they' re missing a good drummer in the band. If there was a website like this, it would be much easier for them to find a drummer for their band. As for the second reason, the woman points out that there are few people there when she goes to campus concerts and stuff because people don' t know about these events, this website could help people stay updated about music-related events on campus.
Task 4
相關(guān)內(nèi)容回憶：
Signal redundancy means that animals will send the same message with different types of signals to inform the other animals of the same species. In the professor's example, he says that a group of deer sometimes will graze together and sometimes one of the deer would go off and eat on its own. And when this deer sees a predator like a lion approaching, it will raise its tails to inform the rest of the deer to run away from the area. But sometimes the other deer cannot see the signal. So this particular deer will also dump its foot on the found to make some noise, when other deer near the noise, they will run away.
范文：
In the lecture, the professor talks about the concept of signal redundancy which means animals will send the same message with different types of finals to inform other animals of the same species. He offers us an example to illustrate it. Deer sometimes graze together and once in a while one of the deer will go off and eat on its own. When this deer sees a predator like a lion coming, it will raise its tail as a signal to alert the other deer so that they have a chance to run away from the area. But when the other deer miss this signal, this particular deer will instead stomp on the ground to make noise. And when other deer hear this noise, they will run away to a safer area.
Task5
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Problem: a student hurt herself when playing basketball. Got a pulled muscle. But she has important games coming up. First, stop playing to let the muscle recover faster. Second do some exercise before play games?
范文：
The woman, s problem is that she got injured while playing basketball but she has an important game coming up. There are two possible solutions for him. The first one is to join the game anyway. And second solution is to take a rest and give herself some time to recover. If I were in her shoes, I’d go for the second solution
because with the proper treatment she will be able to recover pretty soon and I'm sure there are a lot of other opportunities for her in the future. I personally don' t recommend the other solution because it will definitely make her injury worse and may even cause long-term muscle injury. It' s just not worth it to give up her health for this one game. That, s why in this case I think the second solution is a much smart option.
Task 6
相關(guān)內(nèi)容回憶：
Two advantages of fire for early humans. One is to allow them to make better stone tools. For example ,they could use fire to heat the stone to a high temperature which could chip the stone to a sharp edge like a sharp blade, so the early humans could hunt more effectively. The other is to improve the early humans ,diet. For instance, raw potatoes were hard to digest. But if they used the fire to heat the potatoes, they would become much easier to digest.
范文：
In the lecture, the professor talks about two advantages fire brought for early humans. The first one is that it increased the efficiency of hunting. Fire made it possible for them to make better stone tools. For instance; they used to heat stones to a high temperature which then chipped the stones into sharp blades. These tools helped early humans hunt much more effectively than before. The second advantage is that it improved the early human1 s diet. For instance, humans used to eat raw vegetables and they were difficult to digest. But if they cooked these potatoes on fire, they could take in much more calories and their life quality was improved by fire too.
題目：
If a foreign friend is going to visit your hometown and doesn' t know what to pack. what suggestions do you have for him?
范文：
If a foreign friend is going to visit my hometown, I'd definitely suggest him to pack two things. One of them is a map. I live in Beijing. If s a metropolitan city where one can easily get lost. For instance, there are 7 different subway lines that stretch out all around the city. When my cousin who' s born and raised in the US came to Beijing for the first time, he took the wrong subway line and ended up in a place out of nowhere and since he had no map and could not speak Chinese very well, he couldn' t ask for help. So I, d say a map is a necessity when you visit a place for the very first time. Besides that a smart phone would be a smart thing to pack too. A smart phone nowadays can solve all kinds of problems. For instance, last time when I went to Europe, I used Google translator on my phone to talk to local people. It was very convenient and a lot of fun as well.
Task 2
題目：
Some teachers let students choose topics that interest them on research papers. Others assign topics on research papers. Which one do you prefer?
范文：
I think it' s better if teachers let students choose topics that interest them on research papers for the following reasons. First of all, students will be much more motivated when writing about something they actually like. Take myself as an example, my second-grade English teacher Miss Mayim once assigned a research paper for us and she allowed us to write about whatever that interested us, so I decided to write about my favorite musical Cats. I worked very hard for it and I had more than enough motivation because I had fun learning about and writing about this musical. I gave up sleeping in during weekends and pulled all-nighters to work on this paper and I enjoyed every second of it. Secondly, students learn more when they write about things that interest them. Sometimes when teachers assign topics
on research papers, students are forced to write about things they take absolutely no interest in and they end up copying some random article on the internet. And that' s completely a waste of time and won' t help the students in any way.
Task 3
相關(guān)內(nèi)容回憶：
Student in the letter proposes that the university should create a web site for student musicians where they could find people of the same interests and post information about concerts or music-related events. The woman in the listening likes it because firstly she says that she and her friends always practice songs together, and they play rock music. But they don't happen to know a drummer who could play the drum. But now with the website, they could find one easily. Second, she says that when she goes to campus concerts, there are few people there. She thinks that's because people don't know about those concerts. So now with the website, more people will come to the concerts.
范文：
The student suggests that the university should create a special website for student musicians due to two reasons. The first reason is that it will be easier to get in touch with people who share the same interests with them. The second reason is that it will be a convenient way to post information about concerts and events. In the conversation, the woman agrees with the suggestion. In the first reason, she mentions that she started a band with some of her friends and they always practice together, but they' re missing a good drummer in the band. If there was a website like this, it would be much easier for them to find a drummer for their band. As for the second reason, the woman points out that there are few people there when she goes to campus concerts and stuff because people don' t know about these events, this website could help people stay updated about music-related events on campus.
Task 4
相關(guān)內(nèi)容回憶：
Signal redundancy means that animals will send the same message with different types of signals to inform the other animals of the same species. In the professor's example, he says that a group of deer sometimes will graze together and sometimes one of the deer would go off and eat on its own. And when this deer sees a predator like a lion approaching, it will raise its tails to inform the rest of the deer to run away from the area. But sometimes the other deer cannot see the signal. So this particular deer will also dump its foot on the found to make some noise, when other deer near the noise, they will run away.
范文：
In the lecture, the professor talks about the concept of signal redundancy which means animals will send the same message with different types of finals to inform other animals of the same species. He offers us an example to illustrate it. Deer sometimes graze together and once in a while one of the deer will go off and eat on its own. When this deer sees a predator like a lion coming, it will raise its tail as a signal to alert the other deer so that they have a chance to run away from the area. But when the other deer miss this signal, this particular deer will instead stomp on the ground to make noise. And when other deer hear this noise, they will run away to a safer area.
Task5
相關(guān)內(nèi)容回憶：
Problem: a student hurt herself when playing basketball. Got a pulled muscle. But she has important games coming up. First, stop playing to let the muscle recover faster. Second do some exercise before play games?
范文：
The woman, s problem is that she got injured while playing basketball but she has an important game coming up. There are two possible solutions for him. The first one is to join the game anyway. And second solution is to take a rest and give herself some time to recover. If I were in her shoes, I’d go for the second solution
because with the proper treatment she will be able to recover pretty soon and I'm sure there are a lot of other opportunities for her in the future. I personally don' t recommend the other solution because it will definitely make her injury worse and may even cause long-term muscle injury. It' s just not worth it to give up her health for this one game. That, s why in this case I think the second solution is a much smart option.
Task 6
相關(guān)內(nèi)容回憶：
Two advantages of fire for early humans. One is to allow them to make better stone tools. For example ,they could use fire to heat the stone to a high temperature which could chip the stone to a sharp edge like a sharp blade, so the early humans could hunt more effectively. The other is to improve the early humans ,diet. For instance, raw potatoes were hard to digest. But if they used the fire to heat the potatoes, they would become much easier to digest.
范文：
In the lecture, the professor talks about two advantages fire brought for early humans. The first one is that it increased the efficiency of hunting. Fire made it possible for them to make better stone tools. For instance; they used to heat stones to a high temperature which then chipped the stones into sharp blades. These tools helped early humans hunt much more effectively than before. The second advantage is that it improved the early human1 s diet. For instance, humans used to eat raw vegetables and they were difficult to digest. But if they cooked these potatoes on fire, they could take in much more calories and their life quality was improved by fire too.