1. Do you think we should make reservations for dinner tonight?
I doubt we’ll need one, Lusia seems to be one of those places that is only crowded on weekends.
2. Did you realize that our meeting this afternoon was supposed to be for 2:15, not 2:30.
I’m really sorry. I think my watch has been running slow. I’m going to do something about it soon.
3. I’m really disappointed; there are a couple of required courses I have to take before I can take the history class
I’m interested in.
Don’t be disappointed yet. You may be able to get special permission from the professor.
4. Do you know who won the baseball game?
They had to postpone it because of the rain. It’s been rescheduled for next week.
5. Hi, I hope you can help me, I need the 2
nd
edition of United States’ government for my class on Monday
afternoon, but I only see the 1
st
edition on the shelf and I’ve already checked other book stores around here.
Yes, some one else had asked me about the book earlier. I called the warehouse and they’re shipping copies to
us, we should have them Moccnday morning.
6. I’ll never catch up in my classes after being at sick all last week. It took me over 3 hours just to do last night’s
assignment. Maybe I’ll need a tutor.
Sounds like you could use one.
7. I’m still not sure which brand of ice cream I should buy.
Oh, not that one, it’s cheaper but these other brand taste much better.
8. Losing the championship must have been a big disappointment to the players on our volleyball team.
Yeah, but they really played their hearts out. They are still champions in my book.
9. Hey, did you hear that they’re going to raise the dorm fees again.
Really? Am I glad I decide to move off campus?
10. Do you have any idea why David wants to see me tomorrow? Is he having problems with his accounting
project?
Yeah, he’s been struggle with it from day one and I’m told you’re an expert on that stuff.
11. I have to borrow enough money to buy a plane ticket. My archaeology class is taking a future trip to Alaska
and I may never get another chance like this.

I can’t offer to se up this new one. Just give me a few minutes, OK?
24. Did you bring your blue and yellow sweater for me to wear at the game today. You know I like to wear school
colors at these games.
Oh, I know I’ve forgot something and it’s too fatigual to get back. Will my yellow scarf do?
25. The doctor says I’ve to cut down on fattening foods. All the ones I like..
So that explains your mood.
26. I missed the election returns on TV last night. What was the outcome?
You remember last time when C B won easily, well, this time he barely won.
27. Excuse me, I bought the wrong math book a couple of weeks ago. Here is the receipt. Can I get my money
back?
Oh, I’m sorry not after 10 days, but you can still exchange it for something else.
28. I just got back from the new art gallery downtown. Have you seen their collection yet?
It’s a lot smaller than what I was expecting, but what they do have is impressive.
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29. I’m sorry Bob, I wouldn’t invite you over to eat lunch with us, but we’re in the middle of working on a math
problem.
Oh, I can understand. Anyway, I can tell you’re working.
30. I just wrote the speech for the election. You know, I’m running for a class president. I was wandering if you
would mind looking it over.
Hey, what a friend’s for?
-Excuse me, I’ve been using this old book for a research project and I noticed that a lot of pages are turning
brown and becoming brittle.
-Yes, unfortunately, that’s a common problem with books made from wood pulp.
-I suppose to make paper from wood that you have to add a lot of chemicals and acids to make it turn white.
-Exactly and it’s the acid that eventually eats away the paper.
-Oh, that actually make sense, but this book’s not even 75 years old and I’ve seen books in museum that are
hundreds of years old and they’re in fine condition.
-Well, you see, books have been made from wood pulp only since 1850’s, before that they were made from
materials mostly animals’ skins or C, no chemicals were added.
-It’s a shame those older wood pulp books are going to fall apart some day. Is there anything that can be done

That’s a very good question and it brings us your assignment for tomorrow. While at the museum, I’d like
each of you to take some notes on the various technique used in making screemshore. So that we can discuss them
when we come back to class.
36. What is the purpose of the discussion?
37. From what material dose screemshore usually made?
38. According to the discussion, why did sailors begin making screemshore?
39. According to the discussion, what was done with the screemshore objects?
A lot of people think that cultural anthropology is just about studying the special and strange aspects of a society,
but anthropologists are also interested in the aspects of life that seems so ordinary that the people in the society
think they’re not significant. Let me give you an example, I see lots of T-shirts here in class today, but you
probably don’t think of them as an important part of your culture, but anthropologists could learn a lot about the
culture of the US just by studying the T shirt. For one thing, T shirts are a mark of how casual clothing has become
in America. No one was quite sure where they came from, but the T shirt first become popular in this country as an
under shirt for sellers in the 1940s. Then in the 1950s, it became a sign of rebellion for teenagers to wear this white
under shirt by itself, not under anything. By the 1960s and 70s, T shirts have become accepted as part of the
uniform views. You could even say that they came symbolized that generation’s attitude towards informality and all
thing, including dress. On another aspect that anthropologists would find interesting is that T shirts are used to
express personal opinions. Look around this room, you know who likes watch TV show, who went where on
vacation, who belongs to what organizations on campus. All of these aspects of our culture are printed on your T
shirts. OK, I want to stop for a minute and ask you to try to write down five different conclusions you could reach
about American culture from just the T shirts in this classroom.
40. What is the speaker’s mainly discussing?
41. Why does the speaker use T shirts as her example?
42. Why does the speaker mention what is printed on certain T shirts?
43. What does the speaker ask the students to write down next?
Finally there is one more element to business success that we haven’t talked about. I know what you think I’m
going to say, luck and you’re partially right. Good entrepreneurs know how to make their own luck and that means
being in the right place at the right time with the right product. Let me give you a little example, early in this
century, if you’re a traveler by train and subway and you happen to get a little thirsty in the station, where would
you go for some water? There were no big soda machine at every corner or even drinking fountains, yet there were

50. According to the professor, what determines the distance of a grosshopper’s jump?
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