How to Keep Fit

Lesson 18 How to Keep Fit Text A Ten years ago I used to be very fit. T cycled to work and I got a lot of exercise at the weekends. I used to play tennis a lot and go for long walks. In those days I d

Why Go to School?

Lesson 19 Why Go to School? Text A MATTHEW: Lesley, you're a teacher. How does the English school system work? LESLEY: Um, well, first of all most children start school at the age of five and they can

What Does Friendship Mean to You?

Lesson 20 What Does Friendship Mean to You? Text A Mr Brooks, Martin, Robert and Jean are being interviewed on subject of friendship. Mr BROOKS: I consider friendship to be one of the most important t

Juvenile Delinquency

Lesson 17 Juvenile Delinquency Text A Jennifer got off the bus from the university and began walking towards the flat she shared with two other students. On her way she had to buy some food and stoppe

Is It an Ideal Career?

Lesson 27 Is It an Ideal Career? Text A I am not an extreme feminist. I am not an extreme anything. However, I am a firm believer in equality and freedom. I think we are all entitled to the same right

Who Did It?

Lesson 30 Who Did It? Text A Inspector Chester of Scotland Yard soon arrived on the scene of the crime. When the newspapermen saw him getting out of the car they immediately realised that matters were

Never Give up the Hope of Living

Lesson 35 Never Give up the Hope of Living Text A In this recorded conversation with a friend, Alison Willson described her reactions to the news that she was going to die of cancer. The conversation

Isn't It Good to Speak a Foreign Language?

Lesson 34 Isn't It Good to Speak a Foreign Language? Text A

All For a Son

Lesson 23 All For a Son Text A The desire for a son and heir is common to all mankind. In our country, especially, to have as many male descendents as possible has always been regarded as the greatest

Want to Kill Yourself ?

Lesson 24 Want to Kill Yourself ? Text A I wonder whether smoking is as harmful as doctors make us believe it to be? Some of the things they say are really hair-raising, and even if only half of what

Don't They Feel Ashamed of Themselves?

Lesson 25 Don't They Feel Ashamed of Themselves? Text A We were at the terminus and as a bus had just left, there were only the two of us.

There Are Two Sides to Everything

Lesson 26 There Are Two Sides to Everything Text A I had a most exasperating and frustrating experience with the hospital today: But Granny had it much worse. First she was the victim of an accident a

The Voices of Time

Lesson 29 The Voices of Time Text A Time talks. It speaks more plainly than words. Time communicates in many ways. Consider the different parts of the day, for example. The time of the day when someth

Why Are They So Unlucky?

Lesson 21 Why Are They So Unlucky? Text A I wonder why so many shop-assistants are so foultempered? Inspite of so many

Thieves Beware : People See You

Lesson 33 Thieves Beware : People See You Text A Each year car theft costs us about ￡300 million, and burglary sets us back by another ￡150 million. Yet the police reckon that one car in five is l

Do You Know Your Own Character?

Lesson 32 Do You Know Your Own Character? Text A THE OX You're a hard and conscientiou's worker if you were born in the year of the Ox and you set about everything in a methodical and determined manne

Thoughts on the Spring Festival

Lesson 31 Thoughts on the Spring Festival Text A My first Spring Festival in north China was a bit of a shock. Where was the spring? There was snow on the ground and ice on the Summer Palace lake and

Tell Us About Your Hobbies

Lesson 22 Tell Us About Your Hobbies Text A JOHN: What I like most, I suppose, is the fact that it's so unusual. I mean, when I tell people what I do,they just look at me usually as if I'm mad.Maybe I

The Perfect Match

Lesson 28 The Perfect Match Text A I walked into the office and shook hands with a smiling man named Mr Bleaucher. He was dressed very well, compared to me. He shuffled a pile of papers like they were

How to Improve Your Study Habits

Lesson 16 How to Improve Your Study Habits Text A Maybe you are an average student with an average intellect.You pass most of your subjects. You occasionally get good grades, but they are usually just