MAY 28th, 2018 Listening Practice
HIRO: 1. Can\'t you find 2. an apartment? SAM: No, 1 3. can\'t The 4. rent you have to pay is too high. HIRO: You know, I have a friend who 5. could try to get you an apartment. SAM:You do? HIRO: Yeah. He used to be a 6. real estate salesperson. SAM: Well, I don\'t 7. want your friend 8. to spend a lot of time on it HIRO: No problem. I\'ll 9. tell him 10. that you\'re new in town. SAM: Great. 11. Thank him in advance for me, okay? HIRO: Sure. Tell me 12. what you\'re looking for. Do you want a furnished or unfurnished apartment? SAM: I don\'t know. Don\'t you think a 13. furnished apartment would be expensive? HIRO: *Kant *cha find an apartment? SAM: No, I *kant. The rent *cha *hafta pay is too high. HIRO: *Ya know, I have a friend who could try *da *git *cha an apartment SAM: *Ya do? HIRO: Yeah. He *useta be a real estate salesperson. SAM: Well, I don\'t want *cher friend *ta spend a lot *a time on it. HIRO: No problem. I\'ll tell *\'im that *cher new in town. SAM: Great. Thank *\'im in
MAY 27th, 2018 Listening Practice
TONY: I 1. don\'t know what classes to 2. take next 3. semester. LISA: Well, 4. what are you 5. thinking of taking? TONY: I 6. don\'t know. The problem 7. is that I\'m 8. going to be working afternoons. LISA: Are you 9. going to be working all semester? TONY: I 10. don\'t know right now. LISA: 11. What do you want to do when you finish school? TONY: That\'s another problem. I 12. don\'t know. LISA: Do you 13. want to talk with a 14. counselor? TONY: I don\'t know. 15. What do you think? LISA: If you don\'t know what to do, you have to talk to somebody. TONY: I *donno what classes *ta take next semester. LISA: Well, *whaddaya *thinkin\' *a *takin\'? TONY: I *donno. The problem is that I\'m *gonna be *workin\' afternoons. LISA: Are *ya *gonna be *workin\' all semester? TONY: I *donno right now. LISA: *Whaddaya *wanna do when *ya finish school? TONY: That\'s another problem. I *donno. LISA: Do *ya *wanna talk with a counselor? TONY: I *donno. *Whaddaya think? LISA: If *ya *donno what *ta do, *ya *hafta talk *ta somebody.
李嘉诚2004年长江商学院演讲全文：奉献的艺术
（建立自我，追求无我） 多谢大家常称赞我是一个成功的企业家，对于这些支持、鼓励，我内心是感激的。 很多时传媒访问我，都会问及如何可以做一个成功的商人，其实我很害怕被人这样定位。我首先是一个人，再而是一个商人。 每个人一生中都要扮演很多不同的角色；也许，最关键的成功方法就是寻找到导航人生的坐标。没有原则的人，会飘流不定，有正确的坐标，我们做什么角色都可以保持真我，挥洒自如，有不同程度的成就，活得更快乐更精彩。
MAY 26th, 2018 Listening Practice
JULIE: I 1. want to make a 2. reservation for Tuesday, April 6. RESERVATIONS: We have a 3. single room and a 4. double room available for the sixth. JULIE: Does the 5. double have a 6. refrigerator and an 7. extra bed? RESERVATIONS: It has a refrigerator, and we can get you a 8. rollaway bed. JULIE: Is it 9. quiet? And is there a 10. charge for children under three? RESERVATIONS: Yes, it\'s very quiet, 11. and there\'s no charge for children. JULIE: Great. I\'ll take it. There\'ll be four people: myself, my husband, 12. and two children. RESERVATIONS: Fine. I\'ll need your name 13. and a 14. credit card number to hold that room. JULIE: My name is Julie Kim, K-I-M, and my credit card number is 453.... RESERVATIONS: Excuse me. An airplane 15. flew overhead, 16. and I couldn\'t hear. What\'s your... JULIE: I *wanna make a reservation *fer Tuesday, April 6. RESERVATIONS: We have a single room *\'n\' a double room available *fer the sixth. JULIE: Does the double have a refrigerator *\'n\' an extra bed? RESERVATIONS: It has a refrigerator, *\'n\' we *kin *git *ya a rollaway bed. JULIE: Is it quiet? *\'N\' is