48. The purpose of the text is to           .

A. introduce an English teaching method

B. give advice on how to teach students

C. encourage teachers to keep in touch with parents

D. show us how Dorothy Peselli makes teaching plans

C

Court rules Rain pay $8M

The agents for South Korean star Rain said they are discussing with their lawyers after a US

Court ordered him to pay more than $ 8 million for calling off a concert in Honolulu in 2007,AFP reported Friday. “This is a result we would never have expected,” Jung Wook of JYP Entertainment said .“We will becide our future course of legal action with lawyers in a few day.”

Sony freezes staff pay

Japanese electronics firm Sony Corp. said Thursday it had decided to freeze its workers’salaries(薪金)for the year starting from April 1 to improve profitability, Reuters reported . The workers’ bonuses(奖金)will also be lowered to 4 months’ pay from 6 months , and managers’yearly bonuses will be dropped by 10-20%.

Newspaper goes Web-only

The New York-based Hearst Corp. declared Monday it would publish its last print edition of the 146-year-old newspaper the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Tuesday and move its operation completely online. The newspaper said delivery would be stopped to about 118,000 weekday readers. Hearst had pur the Seattle P-I up for sale since January ,but there was no buyer. It is not clear how many of the paper’s 150 employees will lose their jobs.

EU has high hopes for US message to Iran

In a videotaped message marking Nowruz-the Persian New Year , Mr.Obama said US seeks a future with Iran that includes renewed exchanges and greater opportunities for partnership and economy .

The European Union is hopeful that U.S.President Barack Obama’s message to Iran can help improve relations between Teheran and much of the world.

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said in Brussels Friday that the broadcast could help open “a new chapter”for relations with Iran. He also talked about U.S.’s ralations with Japan and Korea.