5. He thought that with an email , he would have become an office boy at Microsoft.
News Report
A Historic Settlement between the Law and Business
Script
Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman:
We hope that when the state attorney general fully reviewed the settlement, they will also agree that it?s the right way forward. Litigation is never a good thing for any industry or any company. We have said for some time that we would go the extra mile to resolve this case. That is exactly what we did in reaching this settlement.
The experience of the past the three years hs had a profound impact on me personally and on our company. We are in a fast-moving, competitive industry, but we will focus more on how our actions affect other companies.
John Ashcroft, U.S Attorney General:
Today we are announcing a strong, historical settlement reached by the Department of Justice and the Microsoft Corporation that will put an end to Microsoft?s unlawful conduct, bring effective relief to the marketplace, and ensure that consumers will have more choices in meeting their needs of computing and working with their computers. This settlement is the right result for consumers and for businesses, the right result for the economy, and the right result for government. It provides prompt, effective, certain relief for consumers and removes the uncertainty in the computer market, a critical factor in today?s economy.
Unit 6
II. Basic Listening Practice
11. Script
W: Are those cigarettes yours? I thought you quit. If you go back to it, your teeth and fingers will be nicotine-stained; your breath and clothes will smell smoky.
M: I didn?t. I swear. Ads showing diseased lungs kept me from starting again. Believe me, I?ll never again be a slave to smoking.
Q: Why didn?t the man go back to smoking?
Script
M: What?s that noise? It?s really loud! Sounds like gunshots!
W: It?s the local “youth” throwing firecrackers. Don?t go out. They?re likely to throw one at you or put one through the letterbox if you bother them.
Q: What may the young people do?
3. Script
M: I wish I had left my wallet at home. But I?m sure I put it in my back pocket.
W: Oh, no, it?s easy for a pickpocket to take it from there. You should out your money in your breast pocket.
Q: What should the man do, according to the conversation?
4. Script
M: I hate that subway station. Whenever you come our, you?re always plagued by beggars.
W: I know, but the kids really get to me. I can?t help but feel sorry for them. They look so miserable.
Q: What do the man and woman think about the young beggars?
5. Script
M: The bank call me today: they wanted to know if I spent 3,000 dollars in a furniture shop this morning! Of course I didn?t!
W: Someone must?ve made a copy of your credit card. It?s easily done. You?ll have to cancel it at once and get a new one. Hopefully, the bank will cover the damage.
Q: What does the woman recommend the man to do?
Keys: 1.C 2.C3. B 4.A 5.D
III. Listening In
Task 1: How to Solve Unemployment Problem
Script
Alan: I have a meeting with my accountant tomorrow morning. She?s preparing my income tax return, and I need to go over some of the receipts with her.
Pamela: Income tax return! Don?t you think the government just squanders our hard-earned tax on some unnecessary projects?
Alan: Sure, someone they do, but we are living pretty well and, to be honest, I don?t mind paying taxes. If I?m paying income tax, it means I?m earning would be much lower.
Pamela: If the poor would just get jobs, our taxes would be much lower.
Alan: Most people would rather work than receive charity, but the situation is complex: sometimes there are no jobs that they are trained for.
Pamela: Then they should take the needed training—upgrade their skills and knowledge to become more employable.
Alan: Training and upgrading cost money. Some government tax dollars are directed to programs that help the poor get jobs.
Pamela: But even when jobs are available, some of the unemployed don?t want to work. They would rather have a handout.
Alan: It?s partly a matter of education. Some people have to be educated to realize how much fuller their life would be if they were not dependent on charity.
Pamela: I think the government should attack unemployment by reducing the tax rate. That would put more money into people?s pockets, then they would spend more, and the spending would create more jobs for the poor.
Alan: Many people would agree with you.
Alan?s accountant is preparing his income tax return, so he needs to go over some of the receipts wit her. Pamela complains that the government just squanders people?s hard-earned tax money on some unnecessary projects. But Alan does not mind paying taxes, saying it means he is earning money, which is better than living on charity. Pamela insists that if the poor would just get jobs, taxes would bee much lower. Alan disagrees, saying most people would rather work than receive charity, but sometimes there are no jobs that they are trained for. But Pamela asserts that the jobless people should take the needed training to upgrade their skills and knowledge to become more employable. Alan believes that some of the government tax dollars are already directed to training and upgrading programs that help the poor to get jobs. When Pamela says some of the unemployed don?t want to work, preferring to have handouts, Alan points out that some people have to be educated to realize how much fuller their life would be if they ere not dependent on charity. Pamela is, however, more down-to-earth, thinking the government should attack unemployment by reducing the tax rate. That would give people more money; then, they would spend more, which would create more jobs for the poor.
Task 2: A Professional Gambler
Script
In a bar a guy told the bartender, “I?m a professional gambler; I?ve made of lots of money from gambling.”
The bartender answered, “I can hardly believe it. Your odds are fifty-fifty at best, right?”
“Well, I only bet on sure things,” said the guy.
“Like what?” asked the bartender.
The bartender thought about it, “Okay,” he said.
So the guy pulled out his false right eye and bit it, “Ah, you screwed me,” said the bartender, and paid the guy fifty dollars.
“I?ll give you another chance. I?ll bet you another fifty dollars that I can bite my left eye,” said the stranger.
The bartender thought it over again and said, “Well, I can see you?re not blind. I?ll take that bet.”
So, the guy pulled out his false teeth and bit his left eye. And the bartender had to pay him another fifty dollars.
Then the guy went to the back room to play cards with some of the locals. After many hours of drinking and card playing, he stumbles up to the bartender and said, “Bartender, I?ll give you one last chance. I?ll bet you 500 dollars that I can dump tomato juice into that whiskey bottle three foot away without spilling a drop.”
The bartender thought the guy must be drunk now, “Okay, you?re on,” he said.
The guy began dumping tomato juice all over the bartender, but no a drop fell into the whiskey bottle.
The bartender was overjoyed. Laughing, the bartender said, “Hey, pal, you owe me five hundred dollars!”
The guy said, “That?s okay. I just bet the guys in the card room1, 000 bucks each, that I could dump tomato juice all over you but you still laugh!”
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