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She is one of China's fifty most successful business leaders and she has been described as being bigger than Oprah. Well known to one billion viewers, Yang Lan is among China's most popular TV personalities. Born in Beijing in 1968, Yang Lan began he
MAIN CHARACTERS: Eliza Doolittle (E): a poor flower girl who is ambitious to improve herself Professor Higgins (H): an expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a person's English decides his/her position in society Colonel Pickering (CP): a
[00:19.70]Unit One Making a difference Listening [00:26.36]Who were the famous scientist described on the tape? [00:30.93]1.This one is one of the greatest scientist of all times. [00:37.59]Even her name tells you that she likes science. [00:42.84]A
Read the following descriptions of accidents and decide what the rescuers did wrong. ACCIDENT We saw the car hit the truck. It flew into the air and landed on its side. We stopped and ran straight to the car. Petrol was coming from the car and a sma
In 1972, the United Nations held a meeting in Stockholm, Sweden to share ideas about ways to take better care of the earth. At the Stockholm summit, representatives from more than one hundred countries discussed some of the most important problems fa
Why read, and sometimes even write poetry? That question is not difficult to answer if we change the word poetry to songs. I sing when I feel good. When I sing my favourite songs, I feel even better. Sometimes when I am listening to music and to the
The island of Ireland lies west of Britain and is the westernmost island of the British Isles. Although a small country, it has an amazing history of over 5,000 years. Few places on the planet are as packed with history as Ireland. Everywhere you loo
The numbers are frightening: in 2002 more than 40 million people in the world were living with HIV or AIDS. Of these, about 3 million were children and more than 11 million were between 15 and 24. Since the first case was discovered in 1981, nearly 2
I will never forget that Tuesday afternoon in the doctor's office. I had been feeling sick for a long time and my mum had taken me to hospital to have me examined. Two weeks ago, Dr Richards asked me a great many questions and took samples of my bloo
Xiaohua is 12 and lives in a province in South China. She is a happy girl who smiles a lot and likes to talk to her friends after school. People who see Xiaohua would never guess that she is one of millions of children in the world living and dying
JULES VERNE:THE FATHER OF SCIENCE FICTION Jules Verne was born in 1828, in France. His father sent him to Paris to study law, but instead Verne developed his love for the theatre. To make a living, Verne had to write and sell stories. He spent many
SOUTH OF THE BORDER A growing number of Chinese are beginning to spend their holidays in foreign countries. In addition to visiting traditional tourist spots in Europe and America, these travellers are also exploring new destinations closer to home.
DESTINATIONS Every now and then, we get the itch to travel. This phenomenon, sometimes called wanderlust, may explain why people spend so much money on trips to interesting places. Should you feel the urge to pack your bags and explore what the worl
MR CAVORS FLYING MACHINE When I first met Mr Cavor, he was about to finish building the machine in which he planned to travel to the moon. As it had neither wings nor an engine, I was amazed and asked him how his machine could fly. The secret lay in
I HAVE A DREAM In the summer of 1963 Martin Luther King, Jr gave a speech to thousands of black people who marched on Washington DC, the capital of the USA. His speech -- I Have a Dream -- made him famous all over the world. At that time in the sout
Read the following situation and act out the dialogue. Before Bassanio and Portia got married, Portia gave him a ring and made him promise to keep it all his life. Losing it, selling it or giving it away would be the end of her love for him. After t
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (2) (Shylock advances towards Antonio and prepares to use his knife.) P: Wait! There is something else. Antonio has promised to give you a pound of his flesh. But he has not promised to give you any of his blood. If you let on
DISABLES? NOT ME ! I know people are trying to help, but I wish they wouldn't treat me as if I were a child. Zhong Xiaowen is sixteen and a middle school student in Northern China. She is one of the best students in her class and she won an award fo
THE KING OF STONEHENGE On May 3, 2002, archaeologists in England found a grave of a man dating back to around 2300 BC. When he died, the man was about 40 years old. He was buried on his left side with his face to the north. The tests on his teeth sh
ROOTS OF CHINESE CULTURE Jinsha Village near Chengdu, in southwest Sichuan province, became famous all over China in 2001. Construction workers from a local company were building roads there. On February 8, they found ivory and jade in the mud. Soon