[originaltext]M: So you arrived just on time!W: Yes. So let’s begin discussing

M: So you arrived just on time!
W: Yes. So let’s begin discussing what we should do with our group homework?
M: Yes, it says we have to investigate some aspects of the city entertainments.
W: Yeah, we have to design a questionnaire of a sort, and include it in our homework. Am I right?
M: Yes. And we have to write an essay and do a presentation before the whole class.
W: Is it an essay? I thought it was a report.
M: Let me check. Yes, you’re right. It’s a group report and everybody must contribute to it.
W: How long does it have to be? 2000 words, isn’t it?
M: Let me see. The report has to be between 2000 and 2 500 words. We have to be responsible for each part of the report individually, but we do the presentation and the investigation as a group.
W: So, have you got any ideas about what our investigation will concern?
M: I know one of the other groups is looking at the city library.
W: Yes, and one group’s doing the gyms.
M: Urn, those ideas are quite enlightening (启迪的). Can we follow their ideas?
W: I don’t think so. But I was wondering about investigating the movies instead.
M: The movies?
W: Yes, we could look at whether people prefer watching movies as their main entertainment for their leisure time, and we could also look at the facilities (设备，设施) in the cinemas.
M: Sounds like a good idea! We could focus on the cinemas located in those shopping malls and find out other amenities (生活设施，便利设施) attached to them.
W: OK. That makes our investigation easy to complete. So, how should we go about the investigation then?
M: Well, we could make some questionnaires. I can ask the people who visit cinemas regularly and the other two members in our group can do a questionnaire for car drivers.
W: Shouldn’t we write the questionnaires together rather than individually?
M: Yes, that’s what I meant. We can write the questionnaires together, but each of us can be responsible for carrying out the questionnaires individually. Is it okay?
W: Sure.
M: We should use some quantitative (定量的) data too to make our paper academic. You could count how many people watch movies on weekends and I can collect data on how many of them spend money on related amenities.
W: And we should take some photos and videos while we’re collecting the data. They’ll make our presentation vivid.
M: It sounds good. Okay, well, let’s collect our ideas and think about these questions then.
6. What are the two speakers mainly discussing?
7. Which of the following details about the group homework is INCORRECT?
8. What does the woman suggest investigating?
9. What does the woman think of focusing on investigating cinemas in the shopping malls?
10. Why does the man suggest including some quantitative data in their homework?