例题：
　　A) The apartment is better furnished.
　　B) She prefers to live in a quiet place.
　　C) It's less expensive to live in an apartment.
　　D) She finds her roommates difficult to get along with.
　　M: I hear you are moving to an apartment. Can you tell me why?
　　W: Actually, I didn't want to move. It would be more expensive to live outside the college. But I just can't bear the noise made by the people living next door.
　　Q: Why does the woman want to move?
　　住房场景：
　　1、房难找
　　2、房租太贵
　　3、房太吵
　　注：1. 口语中现在进行时表将要
　　2. must 表猜测
　　have got to do 表应该，必须
例题：
　　A) He didn't buy anything.
　　B) He got some medicine for his foot.
　　C) He was sick and couldn't go shopping.
　　D) He bought everything except the football.
　　W: Did you go shopping this afternoon?
　　M: Yes, but all I got was a sore foot.
　　Q: What does the man mean?
　　注：sore foot 脚疼
　　sore throat 嗓子疼
例题：
　　A) She didn't know her daughter could sing so well.
　　B) She sings better than her daughter.
　　C) She doesn't like her daughter.
　　D) She herself doesn't have a good voice.
　　M: I heard your daughter sing at the school concert last night. She has a lovely voice, I must say.
　　W: Thank you, but I don't know where she gets it.
　　Q: What does the woman probably mean?
例题：
　　A) He finds history books difficult to understand.
　　B) He has to read a lot of history books.
　　C) He doesn't like the history course.
　　D) He has lost his history book.
　　W: Why are you so tired and upset?
　　M: I’ve been taking the history course this term. But the trouble is that I’ll never get through the reading list.
　　Q: Why is the man worried?
　　作业：
　　1. paper 论文；newspaper 报纸；文件；纸
　　research 查询资料（library)
　　2. presentation 口头报告 = report, speech, address
　　着装正式；心里感受nervous
　　interview 面试（也需正式着装）
　　3. reading assignment 阅读作业
　　reading list 读书清单
　　对作业的评价一定是抱怨
　　写论文的步骤：
　　1、选题
　　2、查资料
　　3、打印
　　充满遗憾：
　　谈论交通--堵车；谈论车--坏掉；谈论买票--卖光；谈论接人--晚点；谈论野餐--下雨
　　写论文的困难：
　　1、题目难选
　　2、资料难查
　　3、打字困难（机房总被占）
　　typewriter（break down 坏了；ribbon 色带）, printer, laser printer, laptop.