Welcome to your first class. We will start class with a casual conversation. Next we will have a short vocabulary exercise. I will also introduce the collocations book. Our reading this week is about the university entrance exam in China. I will include a short piece of listening material. Just listen and watch. I will ask you questions about it in class.

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