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Why?

Why?

Open Ended

We always speak to people with a purpose. For example, borrowing a pen, asking someone to go to the toilet with you, etc.

What is the strangest reason for which you or your classmate has spoken to a teacher?

between a student and a professor

and one simple question

1-15

We begin with a conversation

Open Ended

When you are in university, you might need to go to the professor because ... ?

Multiple Choice

Why does the student visit the professor?

• To inquire as to Professor Smith's whereabouts

• To ask about some different graduate schools

• To request a favour from the professor

• To submit a letter of recommendation to the professor

Open Ended

So, the student wants to ask the professor to ...

Open Ended

But the professor asks why he didn't ...

Open Ended

And the student said that the professor was

Open Ended

Pretend that you wanted to take a day off school for your own thing.

How would you talk to your teacher about this?

Write 2 or 3 sentences

Like listening for main idea

and unlike our custom in China, the purpose of a conversation normally comes at the beginning, and is followed by details of reason and explanations later in the talk.

The details can always help you make sense o the purpose.

Tips

and vice versa

between two collage students

1-18

Conversation

Open Ended

Think about lunch time at school, what kind of stuff do you talk about with your classmates?

Open Ended

Have you ever helped your classmates with their study?

What subject are you good at?

Open Ended

Imagine you are good enough to tutor some new students younger than you and make some money, will you be willing to put in the time?

Open Ended

Tutor means ...?

Multiple Choice

People waiting tables in a restaurant often make only minimum wage as this type of labour can be replaced easily by someone else.

Wage is closest in meaning to ...?

• happiness

• trouble

• money

• food

Open Ended

A teacher builds up reputation by word of mouth.

who else?

Poll

Back in school I majored in Teaching English.

What do you want to major in when you go to uni?

• Mathematics

• Gaming

• Information Technology

• Medicine

• Finance

Multiple Choice

And because I majored in Teaching English, I'm capable of teaching English well.

be capable of is closest in meaning to ...

• be able to

• like

• dislike

• try to

There are three questions

Listen and take notes

Multiple Choice

1. Why does the man ask the woman so many questions about tutoring?

• He needs a tutor

• He is interested in being a tutor

• He wants to spend more time with her

• She wants him to be a tutor

Multiple Choice

2. How is the woman more qualified than the man to tutor math?

• She has a car and therefore does not have to rely on public transit

• She has more university degrees than he has

• She used to be a school teacher

• She has more knowledge of math than he does

Multiple Choice

3. Listen again to part of the conversation. Then answer the question. What does the woman mean when she says this?

• She thinks the pay for the job is too low

• She needs another job

• She likes high-paying jobs

• She would rather have a full-time job

The notes will be shown later.

Listen again and complete the notes

Look at your notes

Good luck

30 seconds

Multiple Choice

The study of triangles is called ...?

• Algebra

• Trigonometry

• Statistics

• Calculus

Between a professor and a student

1-16

Conversation

Open Ended

Life isn't a bed of roses.

What problems do you think you might encounter in university?

Open Ended

Will you consider working part-time during your uni years? Why?

Poll

What percentage of university students work during university years, do you think?

• 10%

• 25%

• 40%

• 55%

• 70%

Poll

What kind of difficulty is most likely to make a university student withdraw form a course?

• not enough playing time

• not enough working time to make money

• course is too difficult and time-consuming

• issue with the course professor

• change of career plan

Poll

When you run into difficulties in your study, who do you think is the best person to consult?

• parents

• head teacher

• best friend

• teacher for the subject

• classmate who's good at it

Open Ended

How does your school help students in need with their study or life on campus?

Are there activities available free of charge?

There are three questions

Listen and take notes

Multiple Choice

1. Why does the student visit the professor?

• She is upset with her grade in history class

• She wants more information about the final examination

• She is thinking about withdrawing from his course

• She would like to rewrite her paper

Multiple Choice

2. How dod HIT tutors help the undergraduate students?

• They summarise the textbooks and give information on exams

• They provide reports for the students

• They do the projects for the students

• They teach them in advance

Multiple Choice

3. What is the likely outcome of this conversation?

• The student will drop the course

• The student will give up her part-time job

• The student will stay enrolled in the class

• Thee student will become an HIT tutor

The notes will be shown later.

Listen again and complete the notes

Look at your notes

Good luck

30 seconds

Open Ended

What happens if you drop out from a course in universities in China?

In Geology

Really should take notes

1-21

A lecture

Poll

Which is closer to your idea of a catastrophe?

Something that is really bad and causes a great deal of destruction.

• Eruption of Fuji

• 3% of population killed by a virus

• your game deleted

• Snowing in Beijing for 3 months

Multiple Choice

An earthquake can lead to a series of consequences except ...

• unemployment

• displacement of population

• higher temperature in atmosphere

• Tsunamis

There are three questions

Listen and take notes

Multiple Choice

1. Why did the professor discuss seismic waves?

• To illustrate their history

• To explain the causes of earthquakes

• To explain why they are so dangerous

• To illustrate the differences between various types of seismic waves

Multiple Select

2. According to the lecture, which of the following describes surface waves? Choose 2 answers

• They are the fastest kind of seismic waves

• They travel at half the speed of P waves

• They are the most destructive type of seismic waves

• They move at or near Earth's surface

Multiple Choice

3. What can be inferred from the lecture?

• All earthquakes are dangerous

• Not all earthquakes are dangerous

• Earthquakes with body waves are the most dangerous

• Earthquakes can be caused by sound waves

The notes will be shown later.

Listen again and complete the notes

Look at your notes

Good luck

30 seconds

Earthquake Preparedness

who knows

Just in case

in astronomy

2-04

A lecture

Multiple Choice

1. Why did the professor mention how the Nile supplied the plains with water and rich soil?

• To show why the original Egyptian calendar was important

• To show why the Egyptians needed another calendar

• To show why the Egyptians needed a third calendar

• To show that most Egyptians were farmers

Multiple Choice

2. Why were the first two calendars NOT in sync?

• The Egyptians did not understand mathematics

• One calendar was a few hours shorter than the other

• They Egyptians did not have computers

• One calendar was a few days shorter than the other

Multiple Choice

3. Listen again to part of the lecture. Then answer the questions.

How did the original calendar become a more accurate predictor?

• The Egyptians calculated the duration of the Nile's flood

• They Egyptians stopped using it to predict floods

• They Egyptians began to use it only for predicting floods

• The Egyptians started to use the stars to help with their predictions

Multiple Choice

4. What aspect of calendars does the professor mainly discuss?

• The similarities between the Chinese and Egyptian calendars

• The uses of the different calendars kept by the Egyptians

• The manner in which the Egyptians calculated days and months

• The development of the Egyptian lunar calendar

Multiple Select

5. According to the professor, what did the Egyptians use their calendars for? Choose two answers

• Noting when to begin their days

• For farming purposes

• For predicting various weather changes

• for keeping track of the reigns of all previous rulers

Multiple Choice

6. What is the professor's opinion of the Egyptian calendar based on star movements?

• He thinks it was rather bizarre

• He believes it was practical

• He considers it too complicated

• He thinks it was unnecessary

A trip to Tunguska

Integrated writing

Poll

Take a quick look at the article

Choose the right template and complete your summary.

Poll

Summary time.

Send together with your homework

It certainly helps when there are more details

3 minutes is quite long

My summary

and practice on note-taking

and send together with homework this week

be ware of the structure of the speech

Listen to the lecture