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Lesson Seventeen

　　WORD LIST;

　　announcement 通知 few 很少 a few 几个，几件

　　thing 东西 tomorrow 明天 will（助动词）

　　current 现时的 affair 事务 current affairs 时事

　　daily 日报 speak 讲 说话 situation 情况，形势

　　Africa 非洲 shall 助动词 discuss 讨论

　　political 政治的 essay论文 ，短论 practice实践，练习

　　note 笔记，便条 make notes 记笔记 while 当---时

　　if 如果 question问题 slip小片，纸片

　　paper纸 a slip of paper 一个纸条 hand 交，递

　　hand in 交来，呈交 before 在---前 answer 回答

　　more 更多的；另加的 one more thing还有一件事

　　team 队 match 比赛 basket-ball 篮球

　　cheer 欢呼，喝彩 That’s all 讲话结束时用语

　　today 今天 paragraph 段 translate 翻译

　　into 进入，成为 oral 口头的 ask 问

　　each 每一个 each other 互相 listening 听（录音）

　　tonight 今晚

　　TEXT

　　AN ANNOUNCEMENT

　　Comrades, I have a few things to tell you. Tomorrow afternoon

　　there will be a report on current affairs by a comrade from the People’s

　　Daily. He will speak about the situation in Africa. In the evening we will

　　discuss his report.

　　For this week’s political study we will read Chairman Mao’s essay On Practice.

　　Please make notes while you read. If you have any questions,.write them on a slip

　　of paper and hand them in before Friday . the techer will answer them in class

　　next week.

　　One more thing: the day after tomorrow our class team will have a basket-ball match with Class Three. Lie’s all go and cheer for them.

　　That’s all. Thank you .

　　DIALOGUE

　　HOMEWORK FOR TODAY

　　What’s our homework for today?

　　We’ll copy the first two paragraphs of the text and also

　　translate some sentences into English.

　　What shall we do for oral practice?

　　We’ll ask each other questions on the text.

　　Shall we have listening tonight?

　　No, not tonight . We’ll have it tomorrrow evening.