问答题Listen to the following passages. Each passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 12 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.
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Dining Etiquette When Dating
Be sure to make reservations if the restaurant you choose is a fancy or popular one. It is very embarrassing to show up without reservations and have to wait for a table. Also, be sure to check to see if they have a dress code and tell your date in advance what to wear. When your food arrives, proper dinning etiquette requires you to eat at a moderate pace so that you have time to talk. A good measure of how fast you should eat is to count 10 seconds between mouthfuls.
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What Is a Typical American Film?
Is there such a thing as a typical American film? Perhaps the most essential feature is the theme of the loner hero. From the earliest days of silent films until the recent extravagant science fiction films, American movie has concentrated on the role of one individual who spends his or her life combating forces of evil, and the good guy, the hero, usually wins by the end of the film. In the western movie, a typical figure is the lonesome cowboy. He wanders into a town and straightens out its troubles. Then the strong and independent hero fades off into the sunset alone.
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Children"s Hours at Home
However important we may regard school life to be, there is no denying that children spend more time at home than in the classroom. Therefore, the great influence of parents cannot be ignored by the teacher.
Too often, however, teachers" conferences with parents are devoted to petty accounts of children"s wrongdoings, complaints and suggestions for punishment and rewards at home. What is needed is more creative approaches in which the teacher plants ideas in parents" minds for the best utilization of the many hours that the child spends out of the classroom.
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Scientific Theories
In science, a theory is a reasonable explanation of observed events that are related. A theory often involves an imaginary model that helps scientists picture the way an observed event could be produced. A useful theory, in addition to explaining past observations, helps to predict events that have not as yet been observed. After a theory has been publicized, scientists design experiments to test the theory. If observations confirm the scientist"s predictions, the theory is supported. If not, the scientists must search further. There may be a fault in the experiment, or the theory may have to be revised or rejected.