1College culture Unit 1 Unit 1 College culture Inside view Conversation1 Janet ：So this is the Cherwell Boathouse its lovely! And look at those people punting! It looks quite easy. Mark ：Im not so sure about that! Janet, theres something Kate and I wanted to discuss with you. Some people in college are organizing charity events this term. Weve decided to get involved. Janet ：Raising money for charity? Right. In China, people raise money for charity but students dont usually do that. Mark ：Students often do that here. Anyway, were thinking of doing sponsored punting. Janet ：Sponsored punting! Whats 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! Id love to join you! Mark ：Thats why were telling you about it. So thats decided then. Lets make a list of things we need to do. Kate ：Ill 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. Ive got one here. Kate ：That looks fine, but we must change the wording. Who wants to do that? Mark ：Ill 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! Its a very beautiful route from here, apparently. Kate ：Im with you on that. Janet ：Me too Conversation2 Janet ：Im not used to boats Woah! Mark ：Whoops! Kate ：Watch out! You nearly hit me with that thing! Mark ：Sorry! I didnt mean to. OK, were off! Kate ：Maybe I should do the punting. Mark ：Its fine. Ive got the hang of it now give me a chance. Kate ：Well, Id 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 ：Youre really good at it, Mark! This is fantastic! Its exactly how I imagined life here! Look over there isnt it lovely! 2Kate ：Yes, it is. Janet ：Kate, everythings organized, isnt it, for8 collecting the sponsorship money? Kate ：Yes, Ive arranged for people to get the money to me by next Friday if they havent paid online. Ill count it all up. Janet ：Good. Wed better have a meeting soon after that, dont you think? How much have we raised? Kate ：About 600. Janet：Fantastic! Im so enjoying this! Mark ：Hey guys, Ive got a suggestion how about moving over to the bank and we can have our picnic! Hey, look, theres Louise and Sophie! Mark ：Whoo Girls Mark! Janet ：Are you all right? Mark ：Er Of course Im all right. Kate, I think its your turn to punt! Outside view V/O Harvard University in Cambridge is one of the best universities in the world. We spoke to Alex Jude, the universitys 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, for the John F. Kennedy School of Government, so, er, we do seek very, very talented students and we have open doors for them. V/O 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, theres a good social life here if you look for it. I go to the gym, run. So thats what I do. Adam It is whatever you want it to be. Its 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, its, its a lot of what you make it. Um, we dont have fraternities here, and so, you know, thats, its obviously not as social. Theres 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 oclock. And then we, and then well go out and have fun 3maybe, 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 its, I think its a fun place to be. Int. Have you made a lot of friends? Jodie Oh, definitely. Int. ：Mm. Jodie Many. Int. What, what do you do with your friends? Jodie Um, well, I like to go to concerts. Im 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. V/O We asked the Harvard students if they use the Internet. Ashley Um, I,