- First, speak your Chinese name and your "seat number" and "test number" aloud (make these numbers up).
- Next, read the first six items aloud, corresponding to part 1 of the oral exam:
- Come into the kitchen and fix yourself a sandwich.
- The computer has been broken for about a week.
- Tilly, please type these reports for me, will you?
- The mule deer lives in the forests of North America.
- Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
- In the evening, Tommy went back to the supermarket to try again with the manager. He knew that if he could get a job as bag boy there, his money troubles would soon be over and he could buy that ring for Florence. Then they could get married and have a beautiful family. What a happy time that would be! Yes, he thought to himself, let me try once more. Let me do it for Florence!
- Next, listen to this audio file, which contain parts 2 and 3 of the oral exam.
Thanks! We will discuss these in class and get some more practice on Saturday, as well as introducing some English idioms.
Chris