Unit 1
Chen Huan: Do you know if Sally Maxwell has arrived?
Receptionist: That's Miss Maxwell.
Chen Huan: Hi, are you Sally?
Sally: Yes, that's right. This is my friend Lingling. I asked your secretary whether she could come or not.
Chen Huan: Oh, yes. Hi Lingling. Ok, I'm going to ask you some personal questions, and record your answers. Ok. here goes… Sally, welcome to China!
Sally: Thank you.
Chen Huan: Can you tell me where you are from?
Sally: Yes, I'm from London. I'm here with some classmates. In fact, I'm studying Chinese.
Chen Huan: And I've heard that you play in your school orchestra ?
Sally: Yes, our last public concert will be here on Starsearch in a couple of months, But I don't know who will come.
Chen Huan: Can I ask you if you miss the UK, or your relation?
Sally: Yes, I miss my parents, but I have some close friends here.
Chen Huan: I know that foreigners find China very different from their own countries .what does it feel like?
Sally: It's a very exciting place. But I don't like the word "foreigner." My visit here is all about making friends.
Chen Huan: OK, Sally, Thank you. And good luck with the concert … (They stop.) That was great! So this recording will be part of the programme. By the way, why don't you bring all your friends for a visit to Radio Beijing? Maybe sometime next week?
Lingling & Sally: OK, thanks!
Unit 2
A beautiful smile
When I was 13 years old a boy gave me an important gift .It was a smile.
It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn't talk to anyone about my problem, and I didn't want my parents to worry about me.
Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn't know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me and, without a word, smiled.
Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.
That smile changed my life. I started to talk with the other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
One day, I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn't remember smiling at me.
It doesn't matter because all the dark days have gone. Now I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.