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Writing
综合写作：
阅读：Phoenicians sail around Africa is not true.
理由一：Simple technique,航海技术不够先进到让他们穿过赤道到达非洲南端
理由二：Egyptian rulers were not interested in exploration beyond their lands.
理由三：Made-up story,古代人很喜欢编故事，很有可能腓尼基人的航海故事也是人们编造出来而非历史事实
听力：不赞成reading的说法
理由一：It is true that the technique was simple, but scientists made it to sail around Africa merely by the ships that they recreated by using the exact same techniques and materials at the Phoenician time.
理由二：埃及国王们的确普遍是不喜欢探索外面的世界，但是Necho II was very interested in water transportation. 他开发建了canals等等。 因此有可能他支持海外航海，因为他wanted to find new trade partners
理由三：在腓尼基人的航海故事中有着关于Sun's position的详细记载： After 12 o'clock，they found the sun was in the north when they were at the Southern Hemisphere，在南半球看到太阳在北部，这对于在北半球的古代人来是说是很难编出来的， difficult for them to make up.
独立写作：
Do you think classmates or colleagues should work on projects in person or by e-mails. Why?
Do you think classmates or colleagues should work on projects in person or by e-mails. Why?
With the convenience of e-mail today, many people have gone from working on projects in person to collaborating over e-mail. Is this a positive change? I do not think so.
First of all, while working via e-mail may be convenient for when meeting in person is difficult, e-mails are not conducive to some aspects of collaboration. Group brainstorming, for example, works much better when everybody can voice their ideas in person. Brainstorming is a fast and dynamic process. Ideas are quickly generated and discarded. A brainstorming session might normally take an hour to conduct in person, but the process could drag on for several days over e-mail. Plus, not everybody checks their e-mail consistently, so some people might miss out on parts of the brainstorming process.
Second of all, e-mail conveys tone and body language very poorly. Misunderstandings can arise more easily when only using e-mail to collaborate. I remember working on a school project once with classmates I wasn’t close with. We all lived very far apart, so e-mail became our main means of communication. However, because we didn’t really take the time to get to know each other in person, there was a lot of miscommunication. For example, people quickly became annoyed at the group leader because his e-mails sounded like orders. In reality he was a reasonable guy, but he didn’t know any of us so he wanted to be clear and direct about everybody’s responsibilities. If we had simply talked things over in person this never would have been an issue.
Granted, today e-mail is a necessary tool in almost any group project. It makes collaborating much more flexible, because groups can stay in touch even when they aren’t assembled in one place. But e-mail can’t replace working together face-to-face. At best, it can serve as a supplementary tool to keep people updated on projects. Whether it’s brainstorming ideas or rehearsing a presentation, large parts of the collaborative process benefit from having everyone physically present. Not to mention, some people absorb information best when they see and hear explanations. We would never suggest, for example, that teachers teach by sending e-mails instead of lecturing in classrooms. So e-mail may not be the most effective way for people to exchange information during projects.
E-mail is a wonderful invention that has changed the way people communicate. However, in some areas of life, it will never be as effective as face-to-face communication. When working on projects, it is still better to collaborate in person.
(编辑：suyan)