书面表达：

Chinese Dream

“Chinese Dream” has become a hot topic among Chinese people. According to a recent survey by CCTV, different groups of people have different dreams.

Urban residents dream of having easy access to modern transportation so that life will be easier and more convenient. Besides, they hope to enjoy a better living environment and more public facilities. As for the farmers, they hope that they can enjoy good and affordable medical care and their children can receive a good education.

As far as I am concerned, my dream is to be enrolled by a good university and be a talent who can make contributions to my country. Besides, I dream there to be practical reforms in education so that high school students have enough time to sleep and exercise.

听力原文：

1. M: Alice, I want to buy you a watch. Which one do you like?

W: I like the red one, Dad.

2. W: Excuse me, but when I bought these pencils a minute ago I think I gave you a ten-dollar bill, and you only gave me two dollars in change.

M: Oh, no, madam, you gave me a five-dollar bill. I’m sure I’m right because there’re no tens in my cash drawer.

3. M: Can you give me some information about the trip to San Francisco?

W: I’m sorry, sir. But we have much information about the trip to Los Angeles, New York and New Orleans.

4. W: What happened to you? Were you in a car accident?

M: No, I broke my leg while skating during my vacation.

W: Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. As for me, I just spent the holiday swimming, diving, and playing tennis.

5. M: Miss, may I ask you when you are open in the morning?

W: We open at 8:30 in the morning.

M: That’s good. And how late are you open?

W: We don’t close until 9:00 at night.

6. W: Why don’t we buy a car, dear?

M: I have been thinking about it for a long time. I think it necessary for us to buy one. We live so far away from my company.

W: Yes. With a car, you wouldn’t have to catch a bus to work. It can save a lot of time.

M: Sure, but we don’t have enough money at present.

W: Why not borrow some from the bank? I think we won’t have to borrow so much now.

M: Well, let’s go down town and have a look.

7. W: Can I help you, sir?

M: I’m looking for something for my sister’s birthday. She’s going to be 20 next month.

W: I see. Here are some beautiful dresses for young girls.

M: I like the blue one. How much is it?

W: One hundred and fifty-eight.

M: Oh, I’m not prepared to pay that much. How much is that short red dress over there?

W: Eighty-five fifty.

M: That sounds good. Let me see. Size 8. Do you have a bigger size?

W: I’m afraid that’s the only one we have left. But we have bigger sizes in green.

M: Sorry, that’s the color she doesn’t like.

8. W: There are pills for everything now, aren’t there?

M: Almost everything. There are pills for colds and pills for headaches.

W: There are pills for seasickness and pills for airsickness.

M: Those are the same, aren’t they? Being sick on a ship is like being sick on a plane, isn’t it?

W: I suppose so. There are pills to make you sleepy.

M: And there are pills to keep you awake.

W: But they’re bad for your health, aren’t they?

M: That’s right.

W: There is a pill to make you hungry, isn’t there?

M: I don’t know. But there are pills to keep you from being hungry. They’re for people who want to lose weight.

W: There’s a pill for almost everything, isn’t there?

M: But there aren’t any pills to learn languages, are there?

9. M: Come in. Please take a seat.

W: Thank you.

M: I’m Paul Adams, Branch Manager.

W: Katie Thomas. Pleased to meet you.

M: I take it you’re looking for temporary office work.

W: That’s right.

M: How old are you, Katie?

W: I’m eighteen.

M: That’s rather young. What experience have you had?

W: Well, I’ve just left school, actually, and I’m looking for a job between now and when I go to college.

M: It doesn’t sound as though we can help, Katie. You see, our clients are very demanding—especially when it comes to the new office technology.

W: Oh, that’s no problem. I took extra classes in office skills at school.

M: Oh, perhaps you’d like to outline what you’ve been doing?

W: I started by learning keyboard skills. Then I went to learn about word processing.

M: Good. You seem qualified from the technical point of view. But how well do you think you’ll get along with people in an office?

W: I think I’m quite adaptable. I belonged to the drama society, as well as working on the school magazine. And I played a bit of sport. So I’m used to working as part of a team.

M: Sounds promising. Let’s see… There’s a request from Johnson’s Imports for “a bright youngster…”

10. W: Attention, please, ladies and gentlemen. Our bus is approaching Cambridge, Massachusetts, where we’ll be stopping to eat. We’ll have our lunch in the garden of a restaurant overlooking a small park that has a very interesting history. This park was built for a famous tree. Legend has it that General George Washington took command of the Continental Army here in 1775 under its very branches. It was almost 100 years later, in 1864, that the city of Cambridge celebrated the event that made it famous, and from then on the tree was called Washington Elm.

With the passing of years, the tree lost its beauty and was finally destroyed in a storm at the end of the 20th century.

But that’s not the end of the story… the remains of the tree were cut down and the rings of growth were counted to find out how old it was. Well, it seems that if Washington had accepted the command of the army under this tree, he must have done so on his knees! It couldn’t have been more than three or four years old in 1775. Well, enjoy your lunch, folks. Watch your step as you leave the bus.