[00:04.88]Lesson 53 1 Dialogue
[00:11.26]Jane is asking Zhou Lan for advice.She wants to improve her biology.
[00:18.42]Hello,Zhou Lan .Can I ask you for some advice?
[00:23.67]Of course.
[00:26.33]Well,I've recently started biology.
[00:30.98]I really enjoy it,but I'm tired of so much reading.
[00:36.65]I want to improve,but I don't know how.
[00:41.61]What can you suggest?
[00:44.77]Well,have you considered using the lab in your free class?
[00:49.35]I suggest you ask Mr Wu.
[00:53.19]Well,yes,I could do that. But I don't want to do anything alone.
[00:59.85]I've got an idea.Why not do a tomato expeiment?
[01:05.80]You don't need anything special.
[01:09.56]Ask Mr Wu if you can have some old boxes.
[01:14.71]Use the lab and prepare some plant food for young tomatoes.
[01:20.48]I mean powder that is made from fish,blood and bone.
[01:26.13]You must weigh it carefully.
[01:29.68]That's why you need the lab.
[01:33.15]Then grow some tomatoes in one box which has plant food in the soil
[01:39.00]and some in another box which doesn't .
[01:43.68]Then see which plants grow higher,
[01:47.83]measure them with a ruler and write down your results.
[01:53.11]Why don't you do the experiment?
[01:56.95]I'm sure you would do it really well.
[02:01.21]OK.I've got a better idea.Why don't we do it together?
[02:07.37]Lesson 54 1 Reading
[02:16.33]Read these two letters.People are asking Amy for advice.
[02:22.21]Put the correct title with each letter.
[02:26.05]1 Shall I tell? 2 How do I make new friends?
[02:33.42]A Dear Amy,
[02:37.07]Thanks for your letter.
[02:40.13]It was lovely to hear from you.
[02:43.60]You asked me if a was enjoying my new school.
[02:48.15]I'm not enjoying it at all.
[02:51.42] I thought it was going to be fun.
[02:55.07]I also thought that I would make lots of new friends.
[03:00.04]However,I find it hard.
[03:03.88]All the other students went to the same junior middle school,
[03:09.23]so they get along very well with each other.
[03:13.31]I try my best to be friendly,but they do not seem kind to me.
[03:19.37]They make fun of me because I'm shorter than anyone else.
[03:25.01]So I spend a lot of my time alone.
[03:29.16]What do you think I should do?
[03:32.51]B Dear Amy,
[03:36.48] I have a problem and I'm writing to ask you for advice.
[03:41.94]This is secret,so please don't tell anybody else.
[03:47.58] I used to get along very well with my cousin
[03:51.94]and we used to be very good friends.
[03:56.02]We were planning to spend part of the winter vacation gogether,
[04:01.06]but now I don't think I want to invite him home.
[04:06.02] Recently I've discovered that he's started to tell lies.
[04:11.79]When I told him that it was wrong to tell lies,he just laughed at me.
[04:17.54]The problem is,should tell his parents or his teacher,or should I keep quiet?
[04:25.20]he certainly isn't going to listen to me.
[04:28.85]2.Reading
[04:33.01]Now read this letter from Amy.
[04:36.77]Is it a reply to the first or the second letter?
[04:42.41]Dear Ken,
[04:45.28]Thank you for your letter.
[04:48.52]I'm sorry that you are not happy yet in your new school.
[04:53.51]It is wrong of the other children to make fun of you.
[04:58.37] First of all,don't worry about being short.
[05:03.10]It really doesn't matter.
[05:06.47]Lots of people are short.You're fine just as you are.
[05:12.11] Have you considered looking for one special friend?
[05:16.79]I suggest you choose someone who you think is kind and friendly.
[05:23.27]So why don't you look for someone who might be a special friend?
[05:28.91]And don't spend too much time alone.
[05:33.35]Lesson 55 1 Reading
[05:42.91]Read this letter from Amy.
[05:46.67]It is her reply to the other letter in Lesson 54.
[05:52.55]Dear Yang Mei,
[05:55.79] Thank you for writing to me.
[05:59.34]You are quite right;it is wrong to tell lies.
[06:04.51]It is not a good idea to spend your vacation with someone who tells lies
[06:11.57]It is better to lose a friend than to do this.
[06:16.24] Why don't you have another talk with your cousin?
[06:20.68]Why not tell him that you don't want to be friends with him
[06:25.75]unless he stops telling lies?
[06:30.01] I sugget that you don't ask him home for the vacation.
[06:35.47]Tell him why you don't want to spend it with him |