M: Yeah, what day? I’d like to talk to them and drop my resume. ?
15. W:There must be a thunderstorm in some place because the picture isn’t very sharp and the
sound isn’t very clear. ?
M: I think you’re right, they said on the radio last night that a storm was coming in from the mountains and the morning paper forecast heavy rain.?
16. W:The party will start at 6:30 but there are a lot of preparations to make and I need your help.
Can I expect you at 5:00? ?
M: I’ll be there around 5:30, all being well that is.?
17. W:Excuse me, I’m enrolled to take Professor Lee’s literature course 102 and I hear some
changes have been made. ?
M: Yes, the class has been moved to the north building. Also it is now Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 to 4pm. Instead of being held on Monday and Friday from 2 to 3pm. What changes! ?
W: Professor Lee will still be teaching the class, right??
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST?
News Item One (18-19)?
A court in Zimbabwe is due to deliver its verdict today in a trial of a journalist who works for the British newspaper The Guaidian. The trial is seen as a test case for the country’s strict new media laws. Andrew Meldrum, an American
who’s lived in Zimbabwe for over twenty years is accused of publishing an untrue story and faces up to two years in prison if found guilty. A dozen other journalists have also been charged with offenses relating to the new laws. In court Mr. Meldrum’s defense argued that his story was published in Britain. It was beyond the jurisdiction of Zimbabwean laws.?
News Item Two (20-21)?
Kuala Lumpur-Afghanistan will play soccer at the Asian games. Mongolia’s withdrawal has given the war?torn nation a confidence boost. The Asian Football
Confederation (AFC) announced in a statement yesterday that Afghanistan would play in the under-twenty-three tournament at the games in Bussan. Afghanistan’s
first match will be against Iran on September 28. The group’s other teams are Qatar and Lebanon. Afghanistan was a founding member of the confederation in the 1950s, before entering long periods of war and factional fighting. The country’s
chaos was largely ended after US?led forces overthrew the Taliban regime last year in response to the September 11th terrorist attacks in the United States.
During the Soccer World Cup in June, the President of Afghanistan’s Football Aociation (AFA), Abdul Aleem-Kohistani said he hoped his country would be able to take part in the Asian games.?
News Item Three (22-23)