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Passage dictation (上外沈金伯) 1．What a Firefighters Job Is Like The damage that a fire can cause is obvious / and this is why the firefighters jobs are so important. / Firefighters are usually the first ones responding to any type of emergency and perform many tasks,/ which include putting out burning buildings, / helping out with medical emergencies, vehicle accidents and many other incidents. / They must make sure their equipment is clean / and all the items they use are in proper working order. / Keeping their skills up to date is necessary. / Therefore, they will be continually trained with new equipment and techniques. / Because of the extreme conditions / and also the stress associated with the emergency situations that arise, / the firefighters definitely need to stay in shape for the work they must do. / They will stay in the fire station while on duty. / Unless they need to work on the trucks or respond to a call, / they can eat, sleep, shower and watch TV at the fire station, just like at home. (160 words) 2. Aliens For a long time, aliens have often been in the news. / They have always been surrounded by mystery / and interest of people all around the world. / People have claimed to have been abducted by aliens. / Some have claimed to have actually seen them. / But is there a sound proof that can prove aliens to be real? / Alien sightings have mostly been accompanied by sightings of lights in the night sky. / Some of them have also believed that / the lights came from the spaceships used by the aliens. / Disk-like objects traveling across the sky / have often been taken as aliens vehicles. / At times, people have found blood or hair at the locations / where aliens were sighted. / Researchers say alien sightings could have probably been a result of human imagination accompanied by fear, / and some of these sightings might have been a result of certain astronomical phenomena. (145 words) 3. Computer Eyeglasses As computers become a more and more vital part