3. Read the words below. What do you remember about your first school day most of all?

flowers	6. blackboard/whiteboard
weather	7. paper cones with tasty things
school building	8. detention in a “no-talking room”
classmates	9. classroom furniture
the first teacher	10. emotions

While listening

1. Write down the names of the speakers

1._________________________

2. _________________________

3. __________________________

2. Listen to the record once more. What words from task 2 have named the speakers?

Terry ________________________________

Cathy ________________________________

James ________________________________

3. Find the sentences which you could not listen while listening

1. All necessary things are in the rooms like a desk, a bed plus they get a computer with the Internet access in the room.

2. And when she smilingly gave me my green shiny cone.

3. I also remember seeing a boy playing with Lego making a truck.

4. I entered the classroom with a solemn look, and I noticed all the children dressed in their best outfits, sitting quietly in their seats.

5. I remember feeling very proud!

6. I remember I was in class sitting at a green table with a girl who’s name I won’t mention. Now I feel very embarrassed about it.

7. I wonder why I remember these things?

8. It was a chilly September day in 1995, we lived in Richmond, Virginia.

9. Local schools are absolutely unsatisfactory.

10. My teacher picked me up, and took me back in.

11. So, she left me with my teacher.

12. So, what I really remember is being nervous and frightened and crying a lot.

13. The discipline is perfect there, I think.

14. The staff is very professional there.

15. They send marks to parents each week.

16. They will also have “foundation” subjects like technology, history, geography, music.

17. We drove up to that huge school building and my mom walked me in.

18. We were going to receive a school cone on the first day of school.

19. Without a doubt this day stayed in my mind as one of the best and sweetest in my life!

4. Whose phrases are the following? Listen to the record once more if necessary

1. Without a doubt this day stayed in my mind as one of the sweetest.

2. I picked a spot next to a friendly-looking girl.

3. I was so frightened because I didn’t know what to expect.

4. We were going to receive a paper cone on the first day of school.

5. I remember seeing a boy Lego making a truck.

6. I remember crying a lot.

7. I remember sitting at a green table with a girl.

8. Some other kids who seemed concerned played with me.

9. Good thing all I had to do for detention was to clean the whiteboard.

5. Listen to the record once more. What adjectives can characterize the condition of each speaker on the first school day?

1. Amazed

2. Embarrassed

3. Excited

4. Confused

5. Frightened

6. Shocked

7. Shy

8. Calm

9. Solemn

10. Proud

11. Relieved

12. Upset

Cathy	James	Terry