Listening: At School
This is Lisa’s daily schedule.
She goes to school five days a week.
She gets up at 6:30.
She gets dressed between 6:30 and 6:40.
At 6:45 she eats breakfast.
After breakfast she brushes her teeth.
She leaves for school at 7:00.
It takes between 40 and 50 minutes to go to school.
Sometimes she takes the subway.
Sometimes she takes a bus.
She usually gets to school around 7:45.
Her first class begins at 8:00.
At 12:00 she has lunch with her friends.
After lunch she has classes until 2:50.
She leaves school around 3:00.
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Listening: After School
After school she goes home.
She usually gets home around 3:45.
When she gets home, she cleans her room.
Then, at 4:00, she sits down at the piano and begins to practice.
She usually practices for about 45 minutes, until around4:45.
But sometimes she practices for an hour.
After practicing, she does some homework.
She does homework until dinner time, which is at 6:00.
After dinner, she washes the dishes.
Then she goes to her room and starts doing her homework.
From 7:00 until around 9:00, she does her homework.
She also talks with her friends on the phone.
Sometimes they work on their homework together.
Sometimes she has a lot of homework.
On those nights she does homework until 9:30 or later.
After finishing her homework, she likes to read.
Lisa loves to read good books in bed.
She usually reads until around 10:30.
She usually goes to bed between 10:00 and 10:45.
Sometimes she goes to sleep right away.
Sometimes she can’t sleep, so she listens to some piano music.
She’s usually sleeping by 11:00.
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Vocabulary: Jobs & Places
A bus driver.
A bus driver drives a bus.
A fisherman.
A fisherman catches fish.
Policemen.
Policemen catch people who drive too fast.
A farmer.
A farmer grows food such as rice and tomatoes.
A thief.
A thief steals things such as purses and wallet.
Businesspeople.
Businesspeople often work in office buildings.
A coffee shop.
You can have coffee and some food in a coffee shop.
A cinema.
You can see a movie in a cinema.
A department store.
You can buy clothes and many other things in a department store.
A supermarket.
You can buy food, toothpaste (['tuθpest] 牙膏) and shampoo in a supermarket.
A stadium.
You can watch sports in a stadium.
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Vocabulary: Daily Actions
Wake up.
She’s waking up.
Get dressed.
He’s getting dressed.
Brush teeth.
She’s brushing her teeth.
Take a shower.
He’s taking a shower.
Eating breakfast.
She’s eating breakfast.
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Dialogue: Tom’s Invitation
Tom: Good morning, Lisa.
Lisa: Good morning, Tom.
Tom: What are you doing today?
Lisa: Nothing, it’s Saturday, so I’m just staying home. Why?
Tom: I feel like seeing a movie. Why don’t we go to the cinema this afternoon?
Lisa: A movie?
Tom: Sure, there are several movies shown at the cinema. I can get tickets on-line.
Lisa: I don’t know, maybe.
Tom: If the movies aren’t good, we can do something else.
Lisa: Like what? It’s cold and it might rain.
Tom: We can go to the mall and get a pizza.
Lisa: Ok, I’ll ask my mom and call you back.
Tom: Great, I hope your mom says ok.
Lisa: Yes, me too, bye, Tom.
Lisa: Tom.
Tom: Hi, Lisa.
Lisa: Sorry, but I can’t go. My mom wants me to stay at home.
Tom: Why does she want you to stay at home?
Lisa: She wants me to finish my homework.
Tom: That’s too bad.
Lisa: Sorry, maybe we can see a movie next week, ok?
Tom: Sure, next week would be fine. Anyway, have a good day.
Lisa: Thanks, Tom. You too.
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Letters & Numbers: Letters, Times & Numbers
Pl
Plus
Plant
Pr
Practice
Price
Tr
A triangle
A train
Sk
A skirt ([skə:t] 裙子)
The sky
Sp
Speak
Sports
St
Stop
Stars
Sunday is the last day of the week.
Tuesday is the second day of the week.
If today is Monday tomorrow is Tuesday.
If today is Thursday the day before yesterday was Tuesday.
One minute is sixty seconds.
Thirty minutes is half an hour.
Six thirty is half past six.
Six forty-five is a quarter to seven.
January is the first month of the year.
February is the second month of the year.
Zero point one equals one tenth.
[if !supportLists]0.1 [endif]= 1/10.
Zero point zero zero one equals one one thousandth.
0.001=1/1000.
One million.
1000000.
Three hundred fifty thousand.
350000.