spot dictation Sam Walton was once the richest man in America. He started

with a little dime store that grew into a 6 billion dollars (SI)_________chain called Walmart. The 67-year-old Sam Walton carried on like plain folks and didn't want any special (S2)__________. By all accounts, he's friendly, cheerful, a fine neighbor who did his best to blend in, never (S3)___________, never throwing this weight around. In churches he didn't take any (S4)__________seats, nor did he push back the queue when shopping at his own store. He would even go home to fetch his wallet when he forgot to take his money at the barber's. He wouldn't wait till next time. 

Ever since Forbes magazine pronounced him America's richest man, he's been a rich man on the run, (S5)_____________clear of reporters, dreamers, and schemers. He held firm to his folksy habits with celebrity hunters keeping following him wherever he goes. What he really cared was the success achieved by the 100,000 people who make up the Wal-Mart team. Sam laid down some Wal-Mart values: (S6)__________, hard work, long hours; get ideas into the system from the bottom up, Japanese-style; treat your people right; cut prices and (S7)__________to the bone and sleep well at night. He even set up a college (S8)_________________fund for employees' children, a disaster (S9)_____________fund to rebuild employee homes damaged by fires, floods, tornadoes, and the like. He believed in cultivating ideas and (S10)__________success. As one of his employees said, "coming into contact with Sam Walton just makes you a better person."

Useful Expressions

廉价品商店a dime store普通百姓a plain folk平民作风a folksy way人人都说by/from all accounts融洽blend in

尽可能降低价格cut prices and margins to the bone 优先认股权stock options广开思路cultivate ideas入伙，加盟come aboard与……交往come into contact with sb

s 盛气凌人throw one’s weight around爱上头版新闻的人a front-page person s 遵守，不改变 hold firm to 名人追星者 a celebrity hunter 逃避；忙个不停 on the run

Speak 1.what quotation influence your life?

Man's dearest possession is life. It is given to him but once, and he must live it so as to feel no torturing regrets for wasted years, never know the burning shame of a mean and petty past; so live that, dying, he might say: all my life , all my strength were given to the finest cause in all the world-the fight for the Liberation of Mankind.

——By Ostrovsky [Russia]

人最宝贵的东西是生命。生命对每个人来讲只有一次。一个人的生命应该这样度过：当他回首往事时，不会因虚度年华而悔恨，也不会因碌碌无为而羞耻。在临死的时候，他能够说：我的整个生命和全部精力，都已献给了世界上最壮丽的事业——为人类的解放事业而斗争。

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Translation

George was on the run since the moment he came abroad.

He was always cheerful and devoted himself heart and soul to his work.

Because of his excellent performance he was promoted to CEO.

From then on he tried hard to blend in with the workers and never threw his weight around.

He also laid down a reward system to encourage the workers to work hard.

He believed that loyalty and hard work would greatly contribute to the success of the company.

By all accounts he was an outstanding chief executive officer.

only by rewarding success can you bring out the best in your employees.

only by working at evenings and weekends was mary able to complete the report by the deadline

only when i myself became a mother did i realize the value of my parents' advice.

only after they had finished watching the football game did they begin to prepare for the math examination.

the way the man ran up to her and grabbed the bag from her hand.

the way he manages Wal-mart and the way he treats his employees

the way he talked to his old father the way the eight-year-old boy managed to

stay so calm when he faced the emergency.

Write an essay in about 200 words on the topic “The Values I Cherish”.

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Changes in the Ownership of Houses in China. You should write at least 150 words and you should base your composition on the graph and

outline below.

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Changes in the Ownership of Houses in China

It can be seen from the chart that there have been dramatic changes in the ownership of houses in China in the past 50 years. While the percentage of state-owned houses has dropped from 70% in 1950’s to 20% in 1990’s, that of private houses has soared from 30% to 80% during the same period of time.

A number of factors could account for the change in the chart, but the following are the most critical ones. First, thanks to the policy of reform and opening-up, the nation’s economy has been developing at a considerably high speed in the past decades. Therefore, people have more extra money to improve their housing. Secondly, other relevant state policies and the boom of real estate industry provide citizens with more opportunities to choose their own dwelling places. Last but not least, people have attached greater importance to their quality of life. Thus, more of them have purchased houses in their own favor.

In a word, this chart is a perfect indicator of China’s fast expanding economy and people’s rising standard of life. Although a series of problems have arisen in the process, it is reasonable for us to believe that they can be solved in the near future with effective measures taken by both the government and the public.

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Score: 14 Bicycles are very popular in China. Almost every family in the city has two

or three bicycles. During the rush hour, you can see that thousands of people -man and woman, old and young-ride their bicycles to work and study. That is why China is called "the kingdom of bicycles."

Compared with cars, bicycles are superior in many ways. First, they are cheap, convenient and easy to ride. Second, riding bicycle is good for health. Third, they bring no noise nor air pollution. Though cars are faster and more comfortable, they are too expensive. They consume plenty of oil and they pollute the air. Sometimes, it is difficult for a driver to park his car. Moreover they often cause traffic jams and accidents.

In my opinion, the future of bicycle is very promising. Since China is a developing country and has a large population, I think, riding bicycle is appropriate to Chinese present conditions. It will be an important means of transportation for quite a long time.

Score: 11 There millions of bicycles in today's China. Bicycles are very important

means of transport in people's daily lives. Because to ride a bicycle is very simple, to buy a bicycle will not cost so much money, to park a bicycle needs just a small room and to ride a bicycle does not need oil but the rider's strength, biycles are popular all over the world, especially in China.

Compared with a car, a bicycle is much cheaper. It is more suitable for China as a developing country. And a bicycle has almost caused no pollution but a car has. On the countary, a bicycle is too slow, it costs more times than a car.

I think the population of China's bicycle will be kept for the long run. Becuse it will be replaced by a car, a bus and so on in some developed areas in China, and it will be made a wide use in the developing areas in China, the number of bicycles in China will be the same as today but I believe that it's quality will be improved.

Score:8 Bicycle is an important means of transport in China. The important reason of

it is the economy of Chinese. The use of bicycle in China is widely because people in China have not high wage. They can only afford a bicycle, and they have no money to buy a car which is too expensive. So Chinese usually buy a bicycle, and use it to go to work, or go to travel and so on. The other reason is the large population of China. All these made the bicycle become the important means of transport.

The bicycle, compared to the car, is not too expensive and it is easy to learn and to use and it can save the surface of putting it. It doesn't ask to build the garage like car. This point is very important to China, because of the lack of land. It isn't too expensive, so Chinese can afford it. It doesn't need any oil, and it can't cause the polusion. All of these are the good needs compared to the car.

In the future, bicycle will be widely used. And it will be in good demand. People will produce much more modern bicycles.

Score:5 Perhaps the amount of bicycle in China is the largest in

the world. Why was it so widely used in China? I thought the answer was: the population in China is too large and the price of bicycle is much cheaper. The third answer is that the bicycle is easier in using than other transportations.

Comparing with the car, the bicycle is cheaper and it is easier in using than the car, but its speed is lower than that of the car.

The bicycle will be remained for a long time in China but in the end it will be disappeared with the improval of people's living level.

Score:2 As every body know, China a big developing country. So, the living standard

of people not very high at present people's income is not enough for they to buy cars motorcycles. And bike is easy to ride. Bicycle is cheaper be made. And I think bicycle the useful tool of transport in China now. So, it is quite porpular and wildly used in China's cities and country sides than the personal transportation — tool.

Bike is a kind of clean tools of transport. It not use gas and other energers. For this reason is not creat polution. But in fact in any way Bicycle is not advanced than car. If it is raining, the rider will suffer from wet, on the other hand, bike can not carry much goods.

According to the our country's developing rate, I firmly believe that Bicycle will replaced by car or motorcycle in that nearly future. But undoubtfully it continue the important means of transport in China for a long time.

Zen and the art of cycle maintenance | Carrie Quinlan from guardian.co.uk Books by Carrie Quinlan

If, as HG Wells said, the bicycle is a good reason to have hope for humanity, then my London neighbourhood is nirvana already

I have headed east. The exotic people and the heady mix of spices in the air have lured me, and I've moved to the sunnier, mysterious climes of E8. London Fields, to be precise. A place where all the women dress like foxy suffragettes, all the men dress like Billy Childish and a conversation about cabbage on Broadway Market manages to be impossibly cool. It is, in many ways, utterly lovely, but so far I feel like an interloper. I am not, never have been, am unlikely ever to be, cool. I'm used to not feeling stylish enough to be in a certain shop, but it's a new experience when that shop is a butcher's.

Everyone's incredibly friendly, and I'm very aware that it's not them, it's me. It's just the usual post-move acclimatisation, and I know I'm going to settle in splendidly in time. I know this for one reason. The indicator above all indicators for a place being all right.

There are bicycles everywhere. And the bicycle is the most civilising, spiritually enriching, philosophically magnificent

invention of all time. It's the psychological effect of cycling that's so beautiful. The NHS could save a fortune

on Prozac by providing Bromptons on prescription. Cycling makes me happy. You have to be aware of what's around you when you're cycling, in a way that you don't

in a car, or even walking. If your attention wanders while walking down the street, you're not going to fall off your legs. If your attention wanders while driving, certainly bad things can happen, but in the city you're relatively safe in a ton of metal, compared to the cyclist protected by a plastic hat. That'll concentrate the mind. And hurray that it does.

Plus you get to discover tiny streets and cafes you'd never see in a car, rarely on foot. It's like a spiritually enriching version of the Knowledge. And that's spiritual in the non-religious sense. After all, one of the sounder arguments for the non-existence of God is that an all-knowing, benevolent creator would have put a couple of bikes in the garden of Eden, so we'd have had them from day one. Or at least day six.

So I shall be happy in London Fields, because if, as HG Wells so rightly said, "When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race," then seeing lots of adults on bicycles means everything's going to be awesome.

On a bicycle, you are utterly in the moment; there is no past and future, only right now, and being "present" is what, ultimately, we're all after. It's Buddhist, is cycling. I find myself content, believing in the fundamental decency of the human race and the notion that everything's going to be all right. It's impossible to stay melancholy or furious on a bike. Obviously, there are times when I get angry at fellow travellers, cutting me up or stepping into the road without looking. But it passes, as it must because there's that great big lorry to think about.

On a bicycle, colours are brighter, birds sing a sweeter song. People say hello to each other on bicycles. All right, I say hello to other people on bicycles. And they pedal fractionally faster.

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The former Of the two suggestions, I prefer the formerThe latterShe offered me more money or a car and I ch

ose the latter.involveShe's been involved with animal rights for m

any years.

• appeal • The police are appealing to the public for any information

about the missing girl. （呼吁）• The ladyboy's performance in Tailand appeals to me. （吸

引）• range （范围）• 1.N.The price range is from $100 to $500.• 2. V. Dress sizes range from small to extra large.• Dress sizes range between small and extra large.• NB:• Salary scales vary between states/from state to state/ ( 不

同）

• call in: 召来• A new team of detectives were called in to conduct a fresh inquiry.• He needs to make the business work before the bank calls in the loan

• relate ： 联系• Chapter nine relates to the effects of inflation on

consumer

• relative close/distant relatives(uncle...0)

• relevant

• The point is highly relevant to this discussion.

• Unit 3

key points:

1.understand the generational gap

2. appreciate the play

3.grasp the ke language points and grammatical structures in the text.