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W: Oh, I’ m fed up with my job.
M: Hey, there is a perfect job for you in the paper today. You might be interested.
W: Oh, what is it What do they want
M: Wait a minute. Er, here it is. The European Space Agency is recruiting translators.
W: The European Space Agency
M: Well, that’s what it says. They need an English translator to work for French or German.
W: So they need a degree in French or German, I suppose. , Well, I’ve got that. What’s more, I have plenty of experience. What else are they asking for
M: Just that. A university degree and three or four years of experience as a translator in a professional environment. They also say the person should have a lively and enquiring mind, effective communication skills and the ability to work individually or as a part of the team.
W: Well, if I stay at my present job much longer, I won’t have any mind or skills left. By the way, what abou

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W: Oh, I’ m fed up with my job.
M: Hey, there is a perfect job for you in the paper today. You might be interested.
W: Oh, what is it What do they want
M: Wait a minute. Er, here it is. The European Space Agency is recruiting translators.
W: The European Space Agency
M: Well, that’s what it says. They need an English translator to work for French or German.
W: So they need a degree in French or German, I suppose. , Well, I’ve got that. What’s more, I have plenty of experience. What else are they asking for
M: Just that. A university degree and three or four years of experience as a translator in a professional environment. They also say the person should have a lively and enquiring mind, effective communication skills and the ability to work individually or as a part of the team.
W: Well, if I stay at my present job much longer, I won’t have any mind or skills left. By the way, what abou

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Directions:
Yesterday you failed to turn up for the appointment with your teacher, Professor Wang. Write him a note of apology and make a request for another meeting. You should also suggest the time for the requested meeting.
Write your letter with no less than 100 words. Write it neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter; use "Li Ming" instead. You do not need to write the address. ( 10 points)

[单项选择]In order to prevent stress from being set up in the metal, expansion joints are fitted which ______the stress by allowing the pipe to expand or contract freely.
A. reclaim
B. reconcile
C. rectify
D. relieve

[单项选择]The Future of the BBC
As a boy growing up in the 1930s in the Midlands, Norman Painting, the son of a railway-man, listened to a new radio service from the British Broadcasting Corporation. His mother hoped he would get a job as a manager at the mine, but listening to the voices from London talking about world affairs, culture and music gave him other ideas. "The radio opened a door to the world," says Mr. Painting, who went on to Oxford University on a scholarship and became an academic before later working for the BBC’s Radio 4 in its long-running soap, "The Archers".
Mr. Painting’s story helps to explain Britain’s devotion to what it calls "public-service broadcasting", and why the state has been standing by the BBC in the financing issue. The debate had raged for years over whether the BBC should still be publicly financed, especially by a license fee paid by all those with TV sets. The BBC hates the idea of losing its license fee. Rather than go commercial, it
A. The BBC’s terrestrial competitors
B. The Internet
C. The multi-channel services including digital channels, BBC3 and BBC4.
D. Newspapers and magazines.