The trip to England includes:

　　• travel by train to and from any railway station in Germany

　　• room and full board with a guest family for one week

　　• language course in small groups

　　• two trips to London

　　• large choice of sports and entertainment

　　Interested ? All you have to do is to answer the following question:When was Charles Dickens born ?

　　So, take the chance and send your answer by 1 May to :Free Fun “Rochester” e-mail:free4fun@netlight.com.

　　The two winners will be contacted directly before 5 May. Good luck !

　　26.What will the winner win according to the passage ?

　　27.Where is Charles Dickens’ home ?

　　28.What does the candidate have to know if he/she wants to win the prize ?

　　Passage Two

　　For many years now we have been referring to English as a gobal language, as the language of communication and technology, because it is used as a means of communication between, for example, a German scientist and an Italian politician.

　　Very soon English will be the second language of all the people in the world. This is happening while I am speaking to you . English will be a compulsory subject on every school curriculum throughout the world.

　　And what exactly does all of this mean for native speakers of English? Well , we are already in a minority. The widely used English won’t be British English or American English. It’ll be Majority English in the future. As more and more people speak English, it makes sense that they will become more competent. They will start to control more of the English resources being produced and to have a say in what should or shouldn’t be included in dictionaries and language books. This might seem far fetched but it is already starting to happen.

　　So native English speakers will be no longer competitive, since we will be the only people in the world who speak just one language. Because, there won’t be much of a reason for native English speakers to learn a second lauguage.

　　All of you native English speakers out there, whether you’re planning to visit Eastern Europe or the Himalayas, one thing you won’t have to worry about is the language !

　29. Why has English been referred to as global language ?

　　30.What will be the widely used English in the future ?

　　31.Why will native English speakers be no longer competitive ?

　　Passage Three

　　You may have heard recently about what is being called the return of political cinema, following recent releases such as The Constant Gardener. So today I’m going to look at what political cinema is, and the history of political film making in Hollywood.

　　First of all, what do I mean by political cinema ? The terms refer to films that make people aware of political or social situations. For example, the film Hotel Rwanda caused many people to take notice of the political situation in Rwanda for perhaps the first time.

　　For many, the most prosperous period of political film making was the 1970s. Watergate, the Vietnam War, and famous actors with social consciences such as Jane Fonda, Robert Redford and Warren Beatty, made for a number of political films. Think of All the President’s Men, which detailed the corruption in Watergate.