Listening 10
UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF … Hello everyone, my name is Lam. I’m a cyclo driver in HCM City. I usually have a busy workingday. I get up at five thirty in the morning. I start work at six. My first passenger is usually an old man. I take him from District 1 to District 5. After I drop him at a cafe near HCM City College of Education, I pedal to Thai Binh Market. My next passenger is a lady who does shopping there every two days. I help her put all her purchases into the cyclo and then take her to her shop in THDao Street. At about ten thirty I ride off toward NTMKhai School. There I park my cyclo, chat with some of my fellows and wait for my third passengers. They are two school pupils, a girl and a boy. I take them home. At twelve I have lunch at a food stall near BT Market. After lunch, I park my cyclo under a tree, take a short rest and then continue my afternoon’s work.
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UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND Bob: Congratulations! You are now the Olympic Champion. Sally: Thanks. Yes, I’m very happy. B: Our readers want to know all about you. S: That’s nice! Well, ask me your questions. B: First of all, tell me something about yourself. S: Well, I was born in 1980. I got a general education at local schools and when I was 15, I joined the Star Sports Club near my home. B: Where is your home? S: In Manchester. B: I see. And do you live alone? S: No, I live with my family, my parents and two brothers. B: What do you like to do in your free time? S: Well, I don’t have much free time, but I like different sports-basketball and swimming, for example- and just sitting at home and reading. B: What sorts of books do you like? S: Oh, love stories-romantic books. B: And what do you want to be in the future? S: I want to be a sports teacher. I’m a student at college. I want to get my teacher’s diploma. B: I see. Now tell me…
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UNIT 4 : SPECIAL EDUCATION If you ask any member of the VTK Club which time of day they enjoy most, and they will all agree: their photography lesson. The VTK Club’s members come from the Nhan Chinh School for Deaf Children, Xa Dan Secondary School for Deaf and Mute Children, and the Hanoi Literature and Art Club for for Mentally Retarded Children. “Whenever we hold a camera, wandering around and taking in our surroundings through a lens, we can forget the sorrow of our disabilities,” says club member Nguyen Minh Tam. The six-month-old photography club, which comprises 19 deaf, mute or mentally retarded children, is now having its first exhibition in Hanoi. More than 50 colour photos are on display at the exhibition room featuring the beauty of daily life through the eyes of these disabled children. The subjects are simple and peaceful: old men reading books on the sides of Hoan Kiem Lake, labourers hard at work, or chickens looking for food. The children’s passion for taking pictures has stimulated them and helped them escape their sorrow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNIT 5: TECHNOLOGY AND YOU Well, I wasn’t worried when my son bought a computer. After all lots of children have parents who don’t understand computers. But when my secretary asked me for a computer in the office, I really became worried. So I decided to take some lessons in computing and my son became my teacher. He was very helpful. He invited me to sit down in front of the computer screen. I did not know what it was called. When asked him what it was, he said that it was a VDU. I still didn’t know what a VDU was, but I was too shy to ask him any more. From that moment my memory refused to learn because he told me a lot of things that I really didn’t understand at all. After a few lessons I began to feel tired. I made an excuse, saying that I had a headache. I suggested we should leave the lesson for another day. Since then I haven’t said anything about the computer to my son and my secretary. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNIT 6: AN EXCURSION
The weekend picnic I enjoyed most was just a few weeks ago. My class decided to pay a visit to the
Botanical Garden. It was a glorious Sunday. We met at the school gate on time and travelled to the Botanical Garden by bus. It was a long way to destination and we sang merrily all the way. The Botanical Garden was a very beautiful place. We make a short tour round the
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