Listening Basics part 2 (2) / New Listening Basics part 2

________ 1. The stores hope to make $50 billion more each year.

________ 2. Instructor and his student are going to saw a block of wood.

________ 3. The student is wearing eye protection, hands protection and also she‘s wearing ear protection.

_______ 4. The research showed that more single women own their own homes than single men do.

_______ 5. 75% of women own their own home, either because of divorce or because of delayed marriage.

_______ 6. Some men are interested in what‘s traditionally been a man‘s job.

_______ 7. Single women can hire a professional to do some repairs.

_______ 8. Home improvement can be dangerous.

10. Hints for Gracious Living

Listen to the speaker and continue the following ideas of the New

Year‘s resolutions.

1.Superficial changes last because _____________________________, and the key to lasting changes _______________________________.

2.A place to begin is _____________________________________.

3.When we accept the situation as it is, we ____________________.

4.We don‘t admit to ourselves that there is a problem until ________

_______________________________________________________.

5. Mental picture of life is useful _____________________________

_______________________________________________________.

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6.Working on a goal ______________________________________

_______________________________________________________.

7.Practicing acceptance and detachment in daily life _____________

_______________________________________________________.

Part V. Speaking

1. On the Spot!

The following story appeared in the Los Angeles Times on August 2, 1997.

Read it with your classmates and discuss the questions that follow.

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Husband Sues Wife over Housework

Tokyo—A 33-year-old Japanese woman divorced her husband after he demanded that every day she cook him breakfast, iron his pants and clean the house. The woman worked full time, but the husband said it was the wife's job to do all the housework.

The husband, a 35-year-old public servant, filed a lawsuit demanding that the wife pay him about $38,000 because she did not live up to her end of the marriage arrangement.

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1.If you were the judge in this case, what would you decide? Do you agree with the wife or the husband? Why?

The newspaper article continues:

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Increasingly, young [Japanese] women delay marriage or even refuse to get married because of the long-established expectations that women alone should raise the children and take care of the housework. Surveys show the average age at which Japanese women marry has risen to 27, with an increasing number now deciding not to tie the knot at all.

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2.Compare the situation of Japanese women and women in other countries. Are women in other countries getting married later? Do some women refuse to get married? Why?

3. In your opinion, whose job is it to take care of children and do housework? Why?

2. Role-play

With a partner(s), act out the following situations. Each skit should end with a resolution of the problem.

a. An elderly woman wants to live alone; her married son and his wife insist that she live with them and their three children. The son and mother each give reasons for preferences.

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b. A nineteen-year-old college girl wants to move out of her parents‘ home, although she goes to a nearby college. She has a job, so she can support herself. The parents feel it is a waste of money. Each gives a reason for his or her position.

c.A young man and a young woman have been going together for eight months. The man wants to get married; the woman wants to live with him without marriage. The man tries to persuade her to get married, but she gives reasons why she would rather wait.

d.A young working woman is going to have a baby. She is single, she has a well-paid job but she wants to become a mother. Her parents are against it and insist on abortion. Each gives reasons for his or her position.

3. Opinion Survey

A. Words

Make sure you know the following words that will be used in the exercise:

responsible

a divorce

selfish

a permission

AIDS

adopted (child)

separate

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B. Choose one statement from the list below. Ask each member of the class if s/he agrees or disagrees with the statement. Take notes on each answer. Count the percentage (or the number of students) and report your findings to the class.

Example: Seven students (50%) agreed that children should live with their parents while they study at college and seven students (50%) disagreed.

a.Men and women shouldn‘t live together before marriage.

b.A woman‘s place is in the home.

c.People should not have more than two children.

d.Children are responsible for taking care of their elderly parents.

e.Children should live with their parents until they get married.

f.In the event of divorce, children should live with their mothers.

g.Married couples who don‘t want children are selfish.

h.Young people should have to get their parents‘ permission to get married.

i.Schools should teach about AIDS and sex education.

j.It‘s better for children to live with one parent than with two parents who fight all the time.

k.It‘s bad for children if their parents have different races or religions.

l.It‘s not good for a wife to earn more money than her husband.

m.It‘s better for adopted children not to find out who their real parents were.

n.Sometimes it‘s good for married couples to take separate vacations.

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C. Select one person to take notes on the board as the students present their reports. For each statement, the note taker should indicate how many students agree and disagree. When all the students have spoken, look at the results on the board. On which topics did the class mostly agree? On which was there a lot of disagreement? Which statement is the most disputable?

4. Negotiating

In pairs, role-play these situations taking turns to play A and B.

1)A. You are watching a video with your friend and not enjoying it.

•Suggest that you watch another one.

•Explain why you don't like the video you are watching.

•Persuade your friend to watch your favorite video.

•Give reasons for insisting on watching it.

•Refuse to watch anything else.

•Suggest a solution to the problem.

В. You are enjoying the video and don't really want to watch something else.

2) A. Your friend's parents want him/her to go to university. Не/she doesn't want to go.

•Find out his/her reasons for not wanting to go.

•Persuade him/her to talk it over with his/her parents.

•Warn him/her that he/she might regret his/her decision in future.

•Explain why you feel university would be the right option for him/her.

•Justify your opinion.

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CHAPTER VI

Travel and Transportation

Part I. Getting started

1. Reductions

A. There are several examples of reduced forms in the conversation you are going to hear, such as met you = metcha, kind of = kinda, lot of = lotta, ought to = otta, don’t you = doncha. Listen to these examples of long and short forms and repeat the short forms after the speaker.

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B. Listen to the reductions in the following conversation between an airline ticket agent and a customer. Write the long forms in the blanks. Customer: Hi. I _______________ ____________ make reservations for a

flight to Cairo.

Agent: When _________________ ______________ _____________

______________ leave? Customer: Tomorrow.

Agent: Tomorrow? That‘s _______________ ________________

difficult. All our flights are booked till next Monday. Customer: Oh, no! __________________ _______________ have

anything sooner? Agent: I‘m afraid not.

Customer: What am I _________________ ________________ do? Agent: You ______________ _____________ call another airline.

2. Words

Make sure you know the following words and phrases from the dialog:

Do you mind…?

That depends.

to get around (about)

a subway (underground, tube, metro)

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