Activity 3　Listen and read.

Tony: Hi,Lingling. What are you doing?

托尼：嗨，玲玲。你在做什么？

Lingling: I'm entering a competition.

玲玲：我在报名参加一个比赛。

Tony:What kind of competition?

托尼：什么类型的比赛？

Lingling:A speaking competition．

玲玲：一个演讲比赛。

Tony：Great．It'll help you improve your speaking. And maybe you will win a prize.

托尼：太好了。它将帮助你提高你的口语水平。或许你还会获奖。

Lingling: The first prize is "My dream holiday".

玲玲：一等奖是“我的梦想假日”。

Tony：Have you ever won any prizes before?

托尼：你以前曾获过奖吗？

Lingling：No，I haven't．I've always wanted to go on a dream holiday．But I can't afford it. The plane tickets are too expensive．

玲玲：不，我没有。我一直以来都想有一个梦想中的假期，但我负担不起，机票太贵了。

Tony：Well，good luck! I've also entered lots of speaking competitions，but haven't won any prizes．I've stopped trying now．

托尼：哦，祝你好运！我也参加过许多演讲比赛，但没有获过奖。现在我已不弄尝试了。

Lingling：That's a pity．Have you ever thought about other kinds of competitions?

玲玲：太可惜了。你考虑过参加其他种类的比赛吗？

Tony:What do you mean?

托尼：你的意思是？

Lingling：Look! Here's a writing competition: Around the World in 80 Days．To win it，you need to write a short story about a place you've visited．

玲玲：看！这里有一个写作大赛：八十天环游地球。要赢得这个大赛，你需要就你参观过的地方篇短文。

Tony: That sounds wonderful，but I haven't travelled much. How can I write about？

托尼：那听起来很好，但我去的地方不多。我怎么写呢？

Lingling：Don't worry. It doesn't need fo be true! You can make it up．

玲玲：不用担心。那不需要真实！你可以编写（一个故事）。

Tony:You're right．I'll try．I hope I will win，then I will invite you to come with me．

托尼：你说的对，我试一试。我希望我能获奖，那么我会邀请你和我一起去旅行。

Lingling：Sorry! The first prize is only the book called Around the World in 80 Days!

玲玲：不好意思！一等奖只是一本名叫《八十天环游地球》的书！