学 海 无 涯 Unit 1 Conversation 1 Janet So this is the Cherwell Boathouse it s lovely And look at those people punting It looks quite easy Mark I m not so sure about that Janet there s something Kate and I wanted to discuss with you Some people in college are organizing charity events this term We ve decided to get involved Janet Raising money for charity Right In China people raise money for charity but students don t usually do that Mark Students often do that here Anyway we re thinking of doing sponsored punting Janet Sponsored punting What s that Kate Sponsoring is when people pay you to do something like run a long distance So people would be sponsoring students to punt Janet What a great idea I d love to join you Mark That s why we re telling you about it So that s decided then Let s make a list of things we need to do Kate I ll do that One of the first things we should do is choose the charity Mark Yes And choose a day for the event And we need to design the sponsorship form I ve got one here Kate That looks fine but we must change the wording Who wants to do that Mark I ll do that What have we got so far Kate Choose a charity Also a day for the event Change the wording on the sponsorship form Um We have to decide where the punt will start from Mark Cherwell Boathouse no question It s a very beautiful route from here apparently Kate I m with you on that Janet Metoo Unit 1 Conversation 2 Janet I m not used to boats Woah Mark Whoops Kate Watch out You nearly hit me with that thing Mark Sorry I didn t mean to OK we re off Kate Maybe I should do the punting Mark It s fine I ve got the hang of it now give me a chance Kate Well I d like to have a go Mark Supposing I do the first hour Then you can take over for a while if you want to Kate Yes great Janet You re really good at it Mark This is fantastic It s exactly how I imagined life here Look over there isn t it lovely Kate Yes it is Janet Kate everything s organized isn t it for collecting the sponsorship money Kate Yes I ve arranged for people to get the money to me by next Friday if they haven t paid online I ll count it all up Janet Good We d better have a meeting soon after that don t you think How much have we raised Kate About 600 学 海 无 涯 1 Janet Fantastic I m so enjoying this Mark Hey guys I ve got a suggestion how about moving over to the bank and we can have our picnic Hey look there s Louise and Sophie Mark Whoo Girls Mark Janet Are you all right Mark Er Of course I m all right Kate I think it s your turn to punt Unit 1 Outside View Voice over Harvard University in Cambridge is one of the best universities in the world We spoke to Alex Jude the university s Head of Communications He explained that Harvard looks for the best and most talented students from around the world Alex Harvard actually seeks students from around the world the best students that we can find to study chemistry or study literature or study government or business Our business school is particularly well known around the world as is the medical school and law school so um and and the Kennedy School of Government or the John F Kennedy School of Government so er we do seek very very talented students and we have open doors for them Voice over We asked five students at Harvard to tell us what kind of social life they have Ashley Um well relaxing is a little hard to do around here but basically I mean I still I I live nearby anyway so I see a lot of my friends and Um there s a good social life here if you look for it I go to the gym run So that s what I do Adam It s it s whatever you want it to be It s good If you wanna go out party do anything you can If you wanna sit in your room and study all night like my friend over here you can also do that Brian Socially like you said it s it s a lot of what you make it Um we don t have fraternities here and so you know that s it s obviously not as social There s not as many parties as there would be on another campus Um but on a Friday or Saturday night there there there will be a party Usually we end up studying until about 10 o clock And then we and then we ll go out and have fun maybe or just watch a movie with friends or you know whatever is going on for the night Jodie Not everyone would agree with me obviously but it s I think it s a fun place to be Interviewer Have you made a lot of friends Jodie Oh definitely Interviewer Mm Jodie Many Interviewer What what do you do with your friends Jodie 学 海 无 涯 Um well I like to go to concerts I m in three music groups so I have lots of rehearsals during the week for that Um just do you know some fun things on the weekend