III. Listening In Task 1: Is GDP really so important ? Script Joan: It seems like a miracle that Chinas GDP has been growing so fast. The growth last year was over eight percent again. Vincent: Excuse me, it just slipped my mind. What does GDP stand...
Uint9 II. Basic Listening Practice 1.Script M: Third World countries must improve their economies if they want to raise their citizens standard of living. W: But how can they do that when developed countries control world trade? Q: Which of the follo...
News Report Bioinformatics Script Its a complex name for a complex subject. Bioinformatics is the key to figuring out the wealth of information in the human genome project. Researchers have nearly mapped out all of the 30,000 genes that make up human...
Task3: A Drunkards Argument Script Heres drunkards argument in favor of heavy drinking. We would learn more about human bihavior if we paid closer attention to the laws at work in the animal kingdom. Only the fittest survive is a law that is apparent...
Task 2: Is it moral to clone humans? Script Laura: Did you hear about that peculiar cult that claimed to have created the worlds first human clone? Ian: Yeah, I did! They also said that it was aliens that created life on earth over 25,000 years ago....
VI. Further Listening and Speaking Task1: Confident enough to control your fate? Script Some people are born with the belief that they are masters of their own lives. Others feel they are at the mercy of fate. New research shows that part of those fe...
V. Lets Talk Script Correspondent: In the U.S. what percentage of people support biotech crops? And do those who support biotech crops also eat biotech foods? What percentage of food on the market has genetically modified ingredients? Professor: U.S....
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MODEL3 Is it interfering with nature? Script Nora: Some religious groups are opposed to genetic research. They believe its interfering with nature. John: I know. But nature can be pretty hard-nosed too, so we often need to interfere with herwe build...
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