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Unit 1 Treasure Pleasure

Summary

Services and facilities in Canadian communities are either run by a local government or organized by the people themselves. Government-run ones include libraries, recreation centers, swimming pools, skating rinks, tennis courts, gymnasiums, programs and lessons, etc. On the other hand, people may help organize clubs and special-interest groups including singing clubs, neighborhood watch programs, and community theaters. Taking part in community activities can help people(a) meet other people, (b) have a stronger community spirit , (c) and make their communities a safer and better place to live.

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Canadians have many kinds of services and facilities in their communities. For example, local government may operate libraries or recreation centers, which are funded by taxes and cost little for residents to use. Facilities include swimming pools, skating rinks, tennis courts, and gymnasiums. Programs and lessons are offered to both children and adults.

In addition to government-run programs, people organize clubs and special-interest groups in their community. There may be singing clubs, neighborhood watch programs, and community theater.

Joining such clubs and using local facilities are good ways to meet other people living in the community. This approach is especially important since today’s lifestyles can make it difficult to get to know your neighbors. For instance, because many people spend long hours working far from home, they do not have as many opportunities to talk to their friends and neighbors.

However, Canadian society may see more socialization among neighbors in the future. More people run home-based businesses. When people know their neighbors, they have a stronger community spirit and neighborhoods are safer and better place to live.

Unit 7 What‘s On

Summary

During a panel discussion on television commercials, the participants clearly present their views. Angela, the first speaker, finds TV commercials annoying, because they interrupt the programs and the format is usually silly. Edward, the male speaker, is upset/sad because television commercials are used by many well-known people to make money and ordinary people are often persuaded into buying the products (they advertise). The last participant, Sheila, however, holds a different view. She believes that apart from being interesting and amusing, TV commercials pay for the programs as well.

Tapecript

Presenter: Thank you. So that’s the question, Angela, perhaps you’d like to start…

Angela: Well…er…on the whole I find television commercials extremely annoying. I mean, you’re watching a film on television perhaps, and suddenly you’re interrupted by these stupid commercials with a slly format witch have nothing to do with the film you’re watching, and they completely destroy your concentration. That really irritates me.

Presenter: Edward.

Edward:Well, I must say I agree with Angela. I get particularly upset when I see these hordes of well-known people appearing in commercials, seemingly just to make a lot of monry and pretending to believe in the product they’re adverting. It upsets me. And that’s what depresses me more than anything else, its…the ordinary members of the public actually believing what these commercials tell them. I think it’s very sad.

Presenter: Sheila, do commercials have that sort of effects on you?

Sheila: Well, its’obvious that Edward’s offended because he hasn’t been asked to appear in a commercial. I couldn’t disagree more actually. You see, it’s trye that not all commercials are good but a lot of them are very interesting and very amusing and some of them are evern more interesting than the programs. And of course there is a very important point about commercials whether you like them or not --- is that the thing is, they do pay for the programs. And without the commercials we wouldn’t have the programs at all, so I think that Angela and Edward are both being terribly one-sided and