Part A: Read the dialogue and do the exercises after it.

Tom: What a lot of rubbish and waste! I just wonder how people can deal with these things every day.

Mary: Don’t worry. There are many ways of dealing with them. The other day, I heard that a big rubbish plant is being built near our town.

Tom: A rubbish plant? To produce rubbish or to deal with rubbish?

Mary: To deal with rubbish, of course.

Tom: How much rubbish can it deal with each day?

Mary: Maybe 3,000 tons, I’m not sure.

Tom: Our town will become cleaner after the plant is built.

Mary: I hope so.

1.What’s the rubbish plant for?

A.To deal with rubbish.

B.To produce rubbish.

C.To beautify the town.

2.Where’s the rubbish plant being built?

A. Out of the town.

B. Near the town.

C. In the town.

Part B: Learn the following by heart:

1.deal with sth. 处置;处置;唐塞;触及;关于：

He’s good at dealing with pressure.

他长于唐塞压力。

Have you dealt with these letters yet?

这些函件你处置了吗？

Her poems often deal with the subject of death.

她的诗一般是关于去世这一主题的。

2.the other day = a few days ago几天前:

I saw Jack the other day.

我前几天看到杰克了。

3.I hope

so.期望如此：

—- Is he coming? 他来吗？

—- I hope so. 我期望他来。

—- Did they mind? 他们有没有介意？

—- I don’t think so. 我想没有。