while he was in prison. Who is your favorite American writer, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, or Jack London?

　　M：Jack London. He was born of a poor family in San Francisco in 1876. He left school at fourteen, and became a sailor, a hunter, and an explorer. In 1897 he went to the Klondike in Canada. London found adventures that he put into his most famous stories and novels. London continued to travel until a few years before his death in 1916. Now I’m reading his story “Love of Life”. I’m sure you will like his works.

　　W：Great! Can you lend it to me after you finish it?

　　M：No problem.

　　Text 7.

　　M：Hello, can I help you?

　　W：Yes, I’d like to go on a sailing holiday this summer in Italy.

　　M：Have you been sailing before?

　　W：No. I wanted to go to Sweden last year, but I didn’t have enough money.

　　M：Well it is quite expensive. Sailing holidays start at about three hundred pounds.

　　W：Yes, my friends went in August last year. They paid four hundred and fifty pounds each. The most I can pay is three hundred and eighty pounds.

　　M：Well, that should be enough. Would you like to be by the sea or a lake?

　　W：Well, I’d prefer a lake in the mountains.

　　M：Okay. The Aqua Centre in north Italy will be best for you. That costs ￡370.

　　W：Okay. Can I pay by credit card? I haven’t got my cheque book.

　　M：Yes, that’s fine.

　　Text 8.

　　W：And how did you find Cambridge when you first arrived?

　　M：Well. I like it here. I think the city is very beautiful.

　　W：What about your accommodation? Was that OK?

　　M：Yes, OK. At first I stayed with a family for three months. They were very kind to me but they had three young children and I found it difficult to study.

　　W：Right. I see.

　　M：So after three months I moved out and now I live with two other students in a student house. It’s much cheaper and we like it there.

　　W：Good, and what about your studies? What are you studying?

　　M：I’m doing Computing.

　　W：Computing. I see. Um, apart from the language difficulties, how have you found the course?

　　M：Well, the main difficulty for me is getting time on the computers in the computer room. It’s always busy and this makes it very hard to do my practical work.

　　W：Can you reserve time in the computer room?

　　M：No, … but it would certainly help if we could reserve computer time.

　　W：Yes, I’ll look into that and see if something can be done to improve things over there.

　　Text 9.

　　W：Okay, Mr. Taylor, let’s go ahead and begin. First of all, tell me about your last job.

　　M：Well, as stated on my resume, I worked for five years at Hi Tech Computers.

　　W：Okay. Hi Tech. And what do you know about computer networks and operating systems including DOS, Windows, Macintosh OS, and UNLX?

　　M：Umm … well … I did come in contact with computers every night at my last job.

　　W：Hum! … And how about web site authoring skills? [Oh]. We are looking for someone to create and manage our company’s web site which would include the development, configuration, and use of CGI scripts.