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English courses

Take a look at some of the courses we offer.

●Be Aware:Use this free English course to brush up your grammar,vocabulary,and writing skills.

●Interactive Stories:Learn a new technique for learning languages by using stories with this free English training course.

●The Business Trip:Develop your business English with this unique free business English course.

●The Water Car:A full-length interactive story English course for intermediate(中等的)level leamers.

●The Children of Kenji Takeuchi:A full-length interactive story English course for upper- intermediate level learners.

●World English:A free English course designed for topic-based discussions.

English dialogues

Follow a story in English through free English dialogues.There are three levels:

●Lower Intermediate:Hiromi’s Trip to Thailand

●Intermediate:Miyako’s Education

●Upper Intermediate:A New Life in Mosquito City

Real conversations

We provide recordings of real conversations and interviews,with transcripts(文字记录)of the conversations so you can read and listen at the same time.It is a good way to learn real English.

1.This website mainly provides users with _____________.

A.free courses on traveling abroad

B.plenty of language resources

C.interesting conversations

D.1ots of amazing stories

2.If one wants to enrich his grammar and words,he should click _____________.

A.Be Aware B.The Water Car

C.The Business Trip D.Interactive Stories

3.Which of the following is designed for intermediate level learners?

A.The Children of Kenji Takeuehi.

B.A New Life in Mosquito City

C.Hiromi’s Trip to Thailand.

D. Miyako’s Education.

4.Real conversations is a good may to learn real English because ____________.

A.you can read while listening

B.you can see a native speaker

C.you can record your own voice and listen to it

D.you can transcript every word of real speakers

The world is changing so fast that English, perhaps the most worldly of languages, is struggling to keep up.

Learners in the future are likely to be much younger. Young children are often said to be better at language learning than older learners but they also have special challenges. Young children don’t usually have the kind of instrumental motivation and determination for learning English that older learners often have. English lessons must therefore be fun and rewarding.

The reasons why people learn English are also changing. Globalization is bringing together more people than ever who speak different languages and who are turning to English as the means of communication. The English learners of the future may be less worried about sounding exactly like a native speaker and more concerned about how to use English effectively in cross-cultural communication. We may be hearing more non-native speakers in dialogues and a wider range of the “New Englishes” now used around the world.

Technology will allow English to come to you, rather than you having to go to a special place to learn English.

Learning English has always involved both pain and pleasure, private effort and social activity. Traditional learning provided take-it or leave-it mixes of these as well as of content but in future learners will be able to choose a plan which suits their cultural and psychological dispositions(性情), or their particular needs at that moment. They, rather than their teachers, will decide how, what and when they will learn.

Above all, learning English is about communication and an important benefit of learning English is being able to exchange views and make friends with people all over the world. Despite the growing independence of learners, trusted institutions and brand names will remain important.

1.Compared to older learners, young English learners .

A. are more active in learning

B. are more hard-working in learning

C. have more difficulties in learning

D. have less lasting determination in learning

2.What can we learn about the future English language?

A. British English will be more popular.

B. American English will be more popular.

C. Most people will speak standard English.

D. Many different kinds of Englishes will appear.

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Future English lessons will be more interesting.

B. Old people won’t have to learn English in the future.

C. People will pay more attention to English pronunciation.

D. Teachers will play a more important role in one’s English learning.

4. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Learning English means no pain in the future.

B. English training schools will not be popular with young people in the future.

C. English learners will become less independent in the future.

D. More attention will be paid to personal needs in English learning in the future.

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。

If you have a teenager who is going to college, you may have concerns about their ability to do so in the particular career field they have chosen. 1. Here are four steps to help you assist your child in making a successful career plan.

Identify Areas of Interest

If your teen has not yet selected a college major, ask about the kinds of careers he or she has thought about. If your teen has already selected a major, ask what he or she might like to do with a degree in that field. 2. .

3. .

Once your teen is thinking about a particular degree, encourage him or her to discover what usefulness that degree will have. At this stage you’ll want to be promoting the exploration of various majors and careers so that your teen has a good idea of what opportunities might be available to him or her.

Include a Financial Part

As your teen begins to identify a few potential majors and corresponding (相应的) careers, inquire (询问) about how much money he or she will be able to make in that career field. 4. .

Develop a Plan

5. This will necessarily involve selecting a college or university that offers the desired degree program and determining the requirements for attending that educational institution.

A. Encourage Discovery

B. Stimulate (激励) the Thought Process

C. What can you do to get your teen on the right track?

D. Learn about the jobs he or she has thought about.

E. You should help your teen in choosing the best option and making a plan.

F. You may also want to help your teen get an idea of how much salary is needed.

G. This step is designed to get them thinking about their future.

Picking a university is a tense period of asking yourself which institution is most relevant. That’s why university rankings play such a vital role in students searching for their next academic direction. Rankings are also an inescapable part of the reputation and brand image of universities. “No university website is complete without the claim to be in the top 100 for something or other,” reported the BBC. The reason is simple: Rankings help them to attract students, staff and research investment.

Currently there are numbers of university rankings, and each has its own list of criteria. But the main categories are the same: academic reputation, graduates' performance and faculty resources.

However, experts point out the ranking process isn't entirely reliable. Mark Kantrowitz, a US financial aid researcher, said university rankings were mostly just for show. He wrote in The New York Times. “It may give your parents better bragging rights, but that's about it.”

Moreover, it’s not difficult to see the limitations of university rankings. Many rankings focus on the number of times research work is cited (引用) by other researchers. It helps British and US universities to dominate global rankings because English is the favored language of academia, John O’Leary, a member of the QS academic advisory board, told The Gunrdian. Also, rankings such as QS mainly focus on the qualities of the university rather than its students. “Any university ranking is likely to help students make better decisions about where to study, but the need to balance them with other more human factors is also important,” said Phil Moss, an education and admissions consultant. “Advice from graduates or current students can be as valuable in providing a genuine insight into the experience or quality of a particular degree program. It can also add an element that rankings can never convey -- the actual emotion of a university experience.”

1.Why do universities consider rankings important?

A. Rankings make them more appealing.

B. Rankings are students’ only reference.

C. Rankings can increase their academic level.

D. Rankings help them complete their websites.

2.What does the underlined “It” in paragraph 4 refer to?

A. Academic research work.

B. The number of researches.

C. The way of ranking universities.

D. The limitation of university ranking.

3.According to John O’Leary, what helps British and US universities rank well?

A. The wide use of English in academia.

B. Their outstanding qualities.

C. Their graduates’ excellent performance.

D. The academia’s favor to them.

4.Besides ranking, what does Phil Moss suggest you should refer to if you're picking a university?

A. Investment in education.

B. Guidance from professors.

C. Information on websites.

D. Suggestions from students.

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