Kate You're looking a bit down, Janet. What's up? Janet Well... I'm finding studying at Oxford quite hard. Kate You're telling me! There's so much work! Janet It's not the amount of work-but everything's so different. In China, (1) we have large classes, we don't have tutorials. And (2) , our teacher tells us what we should do. So I'm not used to asking questions or discussing things. (3) . Kate You have to memorize a lot, don't you? Janet Yes, but I'm good at that. Kate You're lucky. There's so much to remember studying law! (4) sometimes, I really do. Janet Yes, well, we've been trained to do that. But we don't have so much training in critical thinking. Kate What do you mean by critical thinking? Janet Let me think... I think it's giving your opinion and then justifying it. Kate Yes, I suppose that’s what our teachers have always encouraged us to do. Janet I am (5) , I suppose. Kate Hey! How about this? Let's pretend I'm your tutor. I'll make a statement. (6) to examine it and then ask questions. Janet OK. Kate: (7) learning a second language. Go on, ask a question! Janet Why do you say that? Kate That's what the research tells us. (8) . Janet Can you give an example of some research? Kate Um... No! Look, I'm starving and I can't think at all when I'm hangry.