What to Do When Family Has Different Political Views
Міністерство освіти і науки, молоді та спорту УкраїниСумський державний університет
3256 Методичні вказівки
щодо організації навчання аудіювання
з дисципліни «Англійська мова»
для студентів немовних спеціальностей
денної форми навчання
Частина 2
Суми
Сумський державний університет
2012
Методичні вказівки щодо організації навчання аудіювання з дисципліни «Англійська мова» / укладачі: С. Г. Золотова, С. В. Міхно. – Суми : Сумський державний університет, 2012. – Частина ii. – 38 с.
Кафедра іноземних мов
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Chore i. Impairment TO THE Environment
Earlier you listen:
Exercise one. Reply the post-obit questions:
1. What pollution problems do we experience in our world today?
2. Tin y'all call back of any areas about where you lot live that take been spoilt past new buildings?
Exercise 2. Look at the Joni Mitchell song. Match these words to their definitions.
1) pave; a) nightclub;
2) parking lot; b) lively and fashionable;
iii) swinging; c) comprehend in concrete;
4) hot spot. d) car park.
The primal: 1) c; 2) d; iii) b; iv) a.
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Joni Mitchell, 1969
In this song, Joni Mitchell, a folk-influenced American vocaliser, protests nigh various forms of damage to the environment. Some people consider the song to be about Hawaii, where an enormous pink hotel dominates the waterfront in Honolulu.
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They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a bazaar
And a swinging hot spot.
Don't it always seem to go
That y'all don't know what y'all've got till it's gone.
They paved paradise
And put upwards a parking lot.
II
They took all the trees,
Put them in a tree museum,
And they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see them.
Don't it always seem to become
That you don't know what you've got till it'south gone.
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot.
3
Hey, farmer, farmer,
Put away that Ddt now,
Give me spots on my apples,
But leave me the birds and the bees.
Delight!
Don't information technology always seem to go
That you don't know what yous've got till it'south gone.
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot.
Four
Late last night
I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Took away my former man.
Don't it e'er seem to become
That you don't know what yous've got till it'due south gone.
They paved paradise
And put upwardly a parking lot.
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot.
Listening:
Exercise 1. Listen to the Joni Mitchell vocal. Which two lines of the song summarize its chief message?
The key:
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till information technology'south gone.
Practice 2. Match these topics to the verses (1–4) of Big Yellow Taxi. Students quickly scan the lyrics to the Joni Mitchell vocal and find the words in their contexts. They match the words to their meanings individually.
A. Chemicals in the environment.
B. The singer's fellow leaving her.
C. Building in places of natural dazzler.
D. Creating artificial landscapes.
Play the song again as students match the topics to the verses.
The key:
Verse ane: c. Verse ii: d. Verse 3: a. Poesy 4: b.
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Before you listen: students organize a grouping discussion using the following questions:
1. What is your favourite advertisement at the moment?
ii. Is it on the TV or the radio?
3. What's the advert for?
4. What's its story?
Listening: students listen to seven radio advertisements and complete the chart:
| What's the advert for? | Proper noun of production | Characters in the advert | Setting / place |
| a | |||
| b | |||
| c | |||
| d | |||
| e | |||
| f | |||
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Tapescript
95.8 Capital FM
DJ: OK, folks, time for a break. We'll exist dorsum before long.
a) J = John, M = Mike
M: Anyway, John, how's business?
J: Groovy. Only me and Maggie, and the computer. I'll tell you what, though. I could really use a printer. Take yous got whatever ideas?
M: Pass.
J: And a fax, and a copier. A scanner! Any suggestions?
Grand: Pass.
J: I thought yous were supposed to know well-nigh these things. A flake of an expert.
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^ Pass.
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b) J = Juliet, R = Romeo
And at present, the Soup-in-a-box Players proudly present Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare.
J: Oh, Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo? But that you were with me at present, to share the pleasures and delights of my chicken supreme.
R: She speaks. Oh, speak once again, brilliant affections.
J: For I have fried two boneless, skinless chicken breasts until they hath browned, adding one small sliced onion, i hundred grammes of mushrooms, and cooking until soft.
^ Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?
J: A goblet of white wine hath been lovingly added, and boiled, until the liquid hath been reduced by half. Then, a packet of Soup-in-a-box Cream of Chicken Soup poured in.
R: Oh, temptation! Off-white maid! Allow me taste thy dish. Has it yet simmered until the meat is as tender as my honey?
J: The dish is as warm as thy lips, dear Romeo. Five fluid ounces of unmarried cream hast been stirred in, and it awaits you.
The recipe featured in this production of the condensed works of Shakespeare is now available on the back of a box of new Soup-in-a-box Cream of Chicken Soup.
с) W = Woman, I = Inspector
W: Who'south in that location?
I: Inspector R21. Our records show you have an unlicensed television on the premises. Please open the door. You have forty seconds to comply.
If yous're still watching Goggle box without a license, be warned. In that location may come up a fourth dimension when our enquiries are no longer carried out by humans.
^ Merely my husband bought the television.
I: Xxx seconds.
Already, we're equipped with computerized records of every unlicensed dwelling house in the state.
West: He said he'd become the license.
I: Twenty seconds.
So, our 8 hundred inquiry officers will track you lot downward sooner or later, wherever y'all are.
^ Why are you picking on me?
I: Ten seconds.
Last year we caught 260,000 offenders.
W: Go away.
I: Five seconds.
So, even without robots, the hereafter looks pretty bad for license evaders.
I: Time's upwards!
Get a license. Or get a visit.
d) Southward = Sarah, Thousand = Mummy
Sarah is five, and this is her favourite play shirt. Information technology'southward pinkish, with fluffy yellow ducks. Sarah loves her play shirt.
^ Information technology's my favourite.
And she wears it to play in the garden.
Due south: Look what I've found, Mummy!
And you wash it at low temperature. And she wears it to play in the garden.
S: Mummy! Expect what I've made.
And you wash information technology. And she wears it to play in the garden.
Thousand: Sarah! What on earth ...?
And after a while, the dirt builds up, then the pinkish isn't quite as pinkish, and the xanthous ducks aren't as fluffy. New System Sudso Automatic tin can assist. Its advanced formula tin can remove ground-in clay even at low temperatures. And so the pink stays very pinkish, and the fluffy yellow ducks are happy again. Launder ...
S: Mummy! Await what I've made. ... afterwards wash ...
S: Look what I've establish, Mummy! ... after launder.
Thousand: Sarah! Don't you lot dare bring that in here!
New System Sudso Automatic. Information technology's all you could desire from a powder.
eastward) P = Presenter, M = Minister
P: I'm challenging Great britain's dispensable users to experience the boggling condolement of the Sure Grip Supreme. Today I'1000 with Stephen Hobson, Minister for Frozen Fish. Expert morning, Minister.
1000: It is.
P: And why is that?
Grand: Well, since coming to power, the policies we've put in place take enabled ordinary people to go up ...
P: Government minister, what dispensable razor do y'all employ?
1000: Tom, I hardly recollect what I choose to practice in my own dwelling house is what is important here.
P: Because the Sensor Excel'due south protective micro-fins ensure a more comfortable shave every time. Why not endeavor information technology?
M: In the fullness of time it...
P: Just try it!
G: Mmm. Mmm! Mmm!
P: Minister. Is that as close a shave as you've ever had?
M: Yep.
P: Is that it, then. What, you don't wish to expand?
Take the Sure Grip Supreme challenge. One shave, and we bet you don't go back to disposables. Sure Grip – you're never unsure with Certain Grip!
f) D = Girl, F = Begetter
D: Well, Dad. I've decided which new car I'm getting
^ It's all right for some. When I was your historic period ...
D: ... you counted yourself lucky to accept a bike, and that was second-hand.
F: Now, well, that's where you're incorrect, Miss Smartypants. I was going to say that I was twenty-two, I couldn't even take afforded to insure a new automobile.
D: Neither can I.
F: Well, don't look me ...
D: ... and I don't have to. 'Cos all new Ford Escorts at present come with 1 yr's free insurance, for anyone between eighteen and eighty. Which rules you out, anyway.
Encounter your Thames Ford dealer now, as offering ends soon. Free insurance, field of study to historic period and status.
^ Simply similar your female parent. Always accept to have the last discussion.
D: No, I don't.
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Listening: tick the five sentences which take the same meaning every bit statements in the study.
ane. Some people wrongly believe they are not influences by advertising.
2. About of u.s. like taking part in opinion surveys.
3. There is too much advertising on TV.
4. About customers know popular advertising slogans.
5. The music played in supermarkets has a marketing role.
6. The smell of fresh bread makes people buy more nutrient.
7. Supermarket customers normally purchase more than they need.
8. Very few people make shopping list.
9. If you go shopping when hungry, you'll purchase likewise much food.
10. Children adopt going shopping to going on picnic.
CD script
If you call back y'all are not 1 of those people whose buying habits are influenced past advertisements, you are most probably mistaken. The latest survey fabricated by The Consumers' Federation shows what effect modern advertizement techniques accept on the decisions of supermarket customers. 150 people were asked to fill in a short questionnaire just every bit they were leaving a Tesco supermarket after finishing their shopping.
Only 15% of the people admit they buy things because they've seen them advertised. The great majority insist they do not fifty-fifty sentry commercials on boob tube. Nevertheless, over 3 quarters had no problems matching the almost pop detergent brands with their advertising slogans. And over lx% of the washing powder in their shopping trolleys belonged to one of the three most widely advertised brands. Most people do not realise that advertising aims non only at persuading them to buy a sure brand. It's also all the techniques supermarkets utilize to make customers purchase more than than they have actually planned. The music, the smells, the arrangement of products, the reductions, all have one goal – to get as much money as possible out of our pockets. 94% of the people taking part in the survey admitted they buy betwixt ane and v things more than than is actually necessary, each time they visit a supermarket. How to avert spending too much? Hither are a few tips.
– Outset of all, always make a shopping list and stick to information technology, no thing what special offers you come across.
– Secondly, never become shopping on an empty stomach – you'll buy tons of unnecessary food. If yous really take to take children with you, agree in advance what one thing you'll buy them and don't alter your mind afterwards, when they get tired or excited.
– And, above all, limit the time spent in shops to an absolute minimum; don't care for shopping as a leisure-time action.
Do nosotros accept any chance in the boxing against the powerful advertising automobile? I doubt information technology. Nearly of us similar spending time in supermarkets, even if we don't realize it. It's become one of our favourite pastimes, something like hunting combined with a family unit picnic.
The key:
i. Nosotros hear "If yous think you are not ane of those people whose buying habits are influenced by advertisements, you lot are well-nigh probably mistaken".
4. We hear "over three quarters had no issues matching the most popular detergent brands with their advertising slogans".
6. We hear "The music, the smells, the arrangements of products, the reductions, all take one goal ... to become as much money as possible out of our pockets".
7. We hear "94% of the people taking part in the survey admitted they buy betwixt ane and 5 things more than is really across the necessary, each time they visit a supermarket".
ix. We hear "never go shopping on an empty stomach ... yous'll buy tons of unnecessary food".
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TASK 1. A PSYCHOLOGIST GIVING ADVICE TO PARENTS
Before you listen: first read the sentences A–J. Make up one's mind which five recommendations are given in the recording.
A. You decision should not only be based on your children's historic period.
B. Tell your children non to reply telephone calls.
C. Instruct your children to open up the door simply to people they know well.
D. Don't leave your children alone for more three hours.
Eastward. Teach your children to keep your house key in their school bag.
F. Don't allow your children to use the cooker.
Thousand. Teach your children what to do in example of burn down.
H. Inquire a neighbour to keep an centre on what's going on.
I. Go along alcohol out of the reach of your children.
J. Don't stress your children by telling about dangers.
CD script:
Radio presenter
Good afternoon and welcome to our programme, 'Family Tips'. Today nosotros're talking about the problems parents have in deciding when their children are old plenty to stay at home by themselves for the three or four hours between school and the time mothers become dorsum from work. We have with usa in the studio, psychologist Alex Clarke. Alex, at what historic period is it safe to give children the front end door key and what sort of things should parents discuss with their children first to ensure their condom?
Alex Clarke
It is mostly accustomed that kids betwixt 10 and thirteen are capable of taking care of themselves and their siblings, just what you lot actually need to assess is their maturity. If you're confident they can follow instructions and handle emergencies, the adjacent footstep is to establish some rules. First, have a plan of action for them to check in with you when they get dwelling house – it's important they ring you every bit soon as they arrive. And so yous should give them a call when you get out piece of work to go dwelling. You should hold what to practice when the phone rings or if someone comes to the business firm. It is best to teach them never to open the door to anyone, regardless of whether they know them or not. Then, little by little, get your children used to a new state of affairs where they are left lonely – initially for a very short time, say, about 20 minutes. Brand sure that you have a trial period in which your kids can familiarise themselves with using the business firm fundamental. Instruct them to e'er keep information technology in their schoolhouse bag and adhere a long cardinal chain that volition assistance them to detect the key easily. Make emergency numbers available by leaving them near the telephone. Leave snacks that they can eat straightaway without having to cook – using the cooker is the leading cause of accidents. Show your children where the medical kit and fire extinguishers are and teach your children how to employ them. Lock away medicines and alcoholic drinks. And don't forget to talk frequently to your children virtually all sorts of situations that might happen. You could even use office play as a technique for showing them how to deal with such situations.
The key: A; Eastward; F; 1000; I
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Listening: decide which of the sentences are true (T), and which are false (F).
1. Some people in the outback alive over 100 kilometres away from their nearest neighbours.
two. Everybody in the outback has at least a phone to keep in touch with the world.
3. I an emergency, doctors apply jeeps to go to the patient.
iv. It doesn't take the doctors more than 90 minutes to go to whatever place in the outback.
5. There are only 13 doctors for 150,000 people.
6. Children living in the outback do not go to school at all.
seven. The children in the outback can communicate with their teachers by two-way radio and post.
CD script
Welcome to "Our Neighbourhood", the program that looks at different places and conditions that people alive in. Today we're visiting the outback, a afar function of Australia far from the main population centres. Imagine you're living on a farm and your nearest neighbours are over 100 kilometres away. It certainly is very lone and isolated. And this is how it feels for many people living on farms in the outback of Australia, far away from the cities and towns. Some people are lucky plenty to have email and the Internet but many exercise non even take a telephone line. Everyone has a 2-manner radio. You can listen besides equally talk into it, and information technology is the almost of import ways of contact with other people. When someone needs a doctor urgently, they use their two-way radio to contact The Flying Doctors. That's a special medical service that covers six one thousand thousand square kilometres of Australia. The doctors wing to an emergency in a minor plane or helicopter and they say they can go far at any place within xc minutes. There are 13 flying doctor bases in Australia with thirty-eight aeroplanes and helicopters. They visit 150,000 people every year.
Another problem to solve is pedagogy. How exercise you get to school when yous're living five hundred kilometres from the nearest i? Some kids go to boarding schools, others have their lessons sent by post. But nearly outback children use their 2-manner radios twice a solar day to heed to their teachers and to communicate with them and with other outback students.
The key:
1 – T. We hear "Your nearest neighbours are over 100 kilometres away".
2 – F. We hear "Some people are lucky plenty to take email and the Net but many do not even have a telephone line".
3 – F. We hear "Doctors fly to an emergency in a small aeroplane or helicopter".
4 – T. We hear "They can get in at any place inside 90 minutes".
5 – F. We hear "There are thirteen flight doctor bases".
6 – F. Nosotros hear "Some kids go to boarding schoolhouse".
vii – T. We hear "Most outback children apply their two-mode radios to heed to their teachers' and 'others have their lessons sent past post".
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Listening: friction match speakers (A, B, C or D) to the sentences about them. Write the right letter in each box. For two boxes choose two speakers.
Which of the speakers: A, B, C or D:
ane seems to be all-time informed nearly the political situation in their country?
ii , 3 say they take an active parting political events?
iv , five are interested in international politics?
vi , 7 recollect virtually politicians are incompetent?
8 isn't interested in domestic politics?
CD script
Radio presenter
Hello anybody. In our programme, "The World around Us", we've asked four teenagers from unlike countries nearly their political views. Here'southward what they told us.
Speaker A
I'thou interested in many aspects of political life, especially international relations and the way human being rights are violated in many countries in Africa and Asia. I believe information technology's unfair the way people in the third earth have to face so many problems they just cannot cope with and, at the same time, all the economically developed countries become richer and richer. At that place'due south so much nutrient wasted in one identify and in another people are dying. I don't pay whatsoever attention to our local problems, all those conflicts between various parties. I don't vote because there is no political party worth voting for.
Speaker B
Well, what I dislike well-nigh our politicians is that they constantly criticise previous governments but they don't really do anything to improve the state of affairs. They seem to have no idea about how to dominion the land; some of the recent regulations are cool. I can't see any political choice that would run across my expectations. I'm going to vote in the general election next year considering I want to exercise what I tin can to reduce the number of unsuitable politicians in Parliament. I'm not very optimistic, though.
Speaker C
Politics is important considering it affects our life. If you want to be a responsible citizen, it'southward your obligation to participate in the political life of your country. It'due south a chance to influence the decisions that are of import. Besides, if you lot don't practise anything, you take no right to criticise anybody. I have quite strong political views. I read the papers and watch the news, I know quite a lot about the views and manifestos of various parties and try to follow what's going on both in the earth and at home. So when I vote for people to represent me, I know what I'm doing.
Speaker D
If I could vote, I'grand not sure I would do it, considering all the governments we've had have disappointed me. It makes me feel angry and powerless to see completely uneducated people condign officials and doing jobs they know aught most. What's even worse, about of them are corrupt. They don't really care about the people who chose them and their only aim is to earn as much as possible.
The key: 1 – C; ii – B or C; 3 – C or B; 4 – A or C; 5 – C or A; half dozen – B or D; 7 – D or B; viii – A.
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Listening: listen and correct the wrong notes. You will just need to change one discussion or number in each case.
WEATHER FORECAST
Northern region:
– snow expected in the evening;
– strong winds throughout the day;
– some trains cancelled later on 10 p.m.
Southern region:
– light rain throughout the mean solar day;
– temperatures between x °C and 12 °C;
– common cold current of air blowing from the east.
CD script
We'll begin the forecast with the northern region. Hither, I'm agape to say, weather won't be particularly pleasant. There's going to exist some snowfall, and that's predicted for the afternoon. To add to the sense of common cold, there'll also be strong winds blowing all 24-hour interval. In fact, the train company has warned that there could exist delays to trains afterward in the evening, particularly after ten o'clock. Turning to the southern region, things are looking a niggling better. However, it will be raining all twenty-four hours, although simply gently. Unlike the maximum temperature of x degrees in the northern region, down here in the south I think we won't see less than that, and hopefully information technology'll reach twelve. But I don't think information technology tin become above that, because there'll be quite a hard air current coming through from the west. Looking alee to the adjacent few days, however, there's probable to be...
The fundamental:
Northern region:
– snow expected in the afternoon;
– strong winds throughout the day;
– some trains delayed later on 10 p.m.
Southern region:
– light pelting throughout the day temperatures 10 °C – 12 °C;
– common cold wind blowing from the westward.
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Listening: listen. Match speakers A–D to statements ane–8. One statement is odd.
A. Tara Hastings.
B. Janice Pepper.
C. Linda Stern.
D. Vanessa Carroll.
1. She doesn't miss the luxuries that working couples without children take. _____
two. She believes family is more than of import than having a career. _____
3. She planned the career so that having children would not touch on it so much. _____
4. She thinks her partner should take given upwards his job to stay with the children so she could return to her career._____
5. Her partner had to work longer hours when she gave upwardly her job to exist with their kids. _____
6. She accepted lower salary so she could exist in a meliorate position at a smaller company. _____
seven. She is raising her children on her own as well having a task. _____
8. She didn't want to be old when her children left high school. _____
CD script
Starting a family unit early on usually means giving something upward. I asked a few women who had children early in their lives what the decision meant for them and what price they had to pay. Mind to what they told me.
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We didn't desire to exist quondam parents. Nosotros idea it would be swell to be all the same full of energy when the children finished high school. But when I left my job as a manager to be with the children, it affected me more than I'd expected. You go miserable when you lot stay at home all the time, and when y'all start losing respect for yourself, your partner loses respect for yous. On the other hand, Tim had to work extra hours to help us make ends run across, and that plainly deprived him of time to spend with the kids and as well created distance between us. Our marriage suffered, we separated, and it was really tough for both of us. Now, I'm back at work, and we're back together, just it wasn't all piece of cake.
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Having my first child at 22 meant tightening the belt. Now nosotros have iii daughters, and we're even so far from well off. We however accept to get by on dinners, we bulldoze a second-hand car, and Jason freelances as a computer specialist in addition to his regular task. 2-income couples often get used to perks like expensive cars, dinners out and overseas vacations, and then when they have children, they have to cut back. Nosotros never had that so we don't feel deprived. I didn't even try to brand a career, but then ... when you're one-time and dying, you don't think almost what you did at work, do you? And do you know what 1 wait forward to? I really promise to live long enough to see my great-grandchildren.
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I dropped out of college when I got married, and my daughter was born when I was 23. Two years later i had my second child, and shortly later that my husband and I split up. I work as an administrative assistant and raise the children on my own. The truth is I envy those couples who waited to get established. They bought homes and put some coin aside. Nosotros were always behind; nosotros started off with much less and never managed to grab upwardly. My children are a great joy to me, merely I'd propose my girl to wait until she's 28 or 30.
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Information technology's a full general problem – the best years for having children are besides the best fourth dimension for establishing a career. The just affair y'all can practise is decide what you want to achieve past a certain point in your life, and plan backwards from in that location. I was determined not to cease upwardly as a 35-yr-sometime assistant. I decided to accept a big pay cut and moved from Elle to a smaller magazine so that I could get to a college position in my job. That'll aid when I get back to work.
The key : 1 – B; 2 – B; 3 – D; 4 – is not mentioned; 5 – A; 6 – D; 7 – C; viii – A.
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Listening: mind to the interview with an elderly man. Choose the correct pick: A, B, or C, according to the information yous hear in the recording.
ane. Mr. Sinclair tells united states of america that he:
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has already celebrated his 100th birthday;
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is going to celebrate 100th altogether presently;
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cannot remember precisely when his birthday is.
ii. Mr. Sinclair has been married.
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one time;
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twice;
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iii times.
3. How many thou children does Mr. Sinclair take?
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six;
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ten;
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twelve.
iv. When he was young, Mr. Sinclair:
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worked in the open up air;
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ate a healthy diet;
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took regular practise.
five. Most of Mr. Sinclair's brothers and sisters:
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resembled their mother;
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lived for a long time;
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had health problems.
6. Mr. Sinclair believes it is of import:
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to avoid bug;
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to work hard;
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to exist optimistic.
7. Mr. Sinclair gave upwards smoking:
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at the same time as his wife;
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to please his wife;
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when his wife left him.
CD script
Radio presenter
Expert afternoon, listeners. Today, in our programme "People Around Us" Helen Crow is talking to Mr. Alistair Sinclair, a farmer from Carston who's ane hundred years old. Helen Crow Mr. Sinclair, how does information technology feel to be one hundred?
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Well, actually, I'm not one hundred nevertheless. I was born on ten September, so my birthday'south in ii weeks' time. I couldn't forget about it, everybody is making so much fuss.
Helen Crow
You lot have such a big family, how many people are coming to celebrate?
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I've had 6 children, 2 by my 2nd wife and four by my third. 4 of them are still alive and they're all coming, together with x out of my twelve grandchildren and most of my great-grandchildren. My eldest great-granddaughter's expecting a baby, so you could say there'll exist 5 generations present.
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You're in perfect shape, what practice y'all do to keep fit?
Mr. Sinclair
Present, people seem crazy about having a healthy lifestyle. When I was immature, nobody thought nigh such things. I was one of ten children in my family; we had no idea what a healthy diet was, we were happy if we had enough to eat. There was no need to take whatever do, the piece of work on the farm was difficult, and we spent all 24-hour interval outdoors. You had to be potent; I lost one brother and 1 sister quite early, but those that survived lived into onetime historic period. Nosotros all probably took after my begetter, who died at the age of 90-four. I don't think you tin can do annihilation to guarantee a long life, it just happens to you. You lot can't avert hardship, even tragedies, because that's what life is like. What you can exercise is be equally active every bit possible and have a positive mental attitude.
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Have you lot ever smoked?
Mr. Sinclair
Well, I haven't tried cigarettes, no. Just once I thought I'd look interesting with a piping, and so I tried that. But after a week or so my married woman couldn't stand up information technology, so I threw the pipage away. Actually, she left me a few months later on, merely I didn't start smoking again.
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Give thanks yous, Mr Sinclair, on behalf of our listeners I wish y'all all the best and a very happy altogether.
Mr. Sinclair
Thank you lot.
The key: 1 – b; 2 – c; three – c; 4 – a; 5 – b; 6 – c; 7 – b.
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Before you listen: read through the text below. As you listen, complete the text by writing i word in each gap i–8.
John
1. He hurt his pes when he was on a ________.
2. His doctor told him not to __________.
3. When he is ill, his favourite nutrient is ________.
Agneta
4. She broke her leg when she was ________.
5. Her farther had forgotten to organise any ________.
vi. She missed ________ when she was recovering.
David
7. He thought his sports were very ________.
8. He's not allowed to eat any ________.
CD script
David: Hi
Agneta: Hi John.
Agneta: Howdy David.
John: Hi David.
David: Did y'all hurt your foot?
Agneta: Information technology looks terrible!
John: Yes, it doesn't look good, does it? Oh, I was so stupid. I was playing with a ball, and it got stuck upwards a tree. The only way to get information technology back was to go upwardly the tree, I idea, then I got my dad's ladder, and started climbing up that, but then I slipped, and so me and the ladder came crashing down. I landed badly on my foot, and so here we are.
^ Oh dear! And is it broken? Will the damage be permanent?
Agneta: What did the md say?
John: She said it'southward not actually cleaved, and basically said I shouldn't worry – it will fully recover. In the meantime I have to do some gentle practice. Then I have to rest a lot. But it's OK, I tin watch TV a lot. And eat, too. I e'er beloved having soup when I'm not well – it'south really squeamish. Anyhow, didn't you damage your pes final year, Agneta?
Agneta: Er, my leg, not pes, only yes, information technology was horrible. It ruined my vacation. We were skiing, and I went the wrong way of a sudden somehow – I don't know, simply, scissure, that was that.
^ Awful. And I suppose the vacation was expensive...
Agneta: Yes, and to make matters worse my dad, my silly dad, hadn't remembered to renew my travel insurance, and then I wasn't insured at all. We had to pay actually large hospital bills.
John: Oh no.
David: How long were you out of action?
Agneta: I don't know, it was weeks and weeks and weeks. I hated it because I couldn't really do annihilation.
^ I wouldn't mind!
Agneta: Yes, but I couldn't fifty-fifty go for a walk, and you know how I really beloved swimming, and then information technology was completely awful non being able to go – that was the worst thing.
John: At least you've never broken annihilation, David.
David: Yeah, I'm glad most that.
Agneta: But on the other paw you had that peel matter.
John: Oh, yes, your astonishing spots.
David: Last month, yes. There were so many – they seemed funny to me, only I know my parents were worried.
Agneta: I call back I idea they were pretty strange.
^ And is it right they were part of an allergy?
David: Yes, a bad allergic reaction. So now I must never take any strawberries. Equally long as I don't, I'thousand OK.
Agneta: Ooh, that'southward not fair. Strawberries are the all-time fruit!
David: Well, I've never been crazy almost them anyhow...
The cardinal: ane – ladder; 2 – worry; 3 – soup; iv – skiing; 5 – insurance; 6 – pond; 7 – funny; eight – strawberries.
^
Before you listen: first read the statements and the possible options below. Cull the best options: a, b, or c, to complete each statement about the recording.
1. Muhammad Ali:
a) firs became famous as a rapper;
b) organised anti-racist demonstrations;
c) won three Olympic gold medals;
d) was skillful at composing poems.
2. Ali'southward first boxing autobus was:
a) a policeman in his hometown;
b) the Louisville Guild owner;
c) a television set reporter;
d) a onetime thief.
iii. Ali'southward career as an apprentice boxer:
a) lasted most 18 years;
b) ended when he was 18;
c) brought him only a few match victories;
d) didn't bring him popularity.
4. In the threescore'due south Ali:
a) served in the American army;
b) spent 5 years in prison house;
c) lost his champion's championship;
d) refused to fight in championships.
five. In retirement, Muhammad Ali:
a) stopped taking part in public activities;
b) supported his daughter's boxing career;
c) wrote for sports magazines;
d) was nonetheless very popular.
CD script
You must have heard well-nigh Muhammad Ali – probably the most famous athlete and 1 of the all-time-known people in the globe. But what do you actually know virtually his life?
He was the first three-time heavyweight battle champion of the globe. He was known for his powerful fists as well every bit for his poetry. His ability to etch rhymes on the run could easily qualify him as the first rapper. He won an Olympic gilt medal and later threw it into a river in protestation against racism in America.
Ali's interest in battle began when he was 12. He was living in a poor black neighbourhood in Louisville, together with his parents and brother Rudy. I day, when his new bicycle got stolen, Ali reported the fact to a local policeman Joe Martin. He was furious and said that he was going to vanquish up the thief. Martin was the battle passenger vehicle at the Louisville'southward Club and he also had a TV testify called "Tomorrow's Champions". Seeing Ali's decision, he suggested that the boy learned to fight. Ali passionately devoted himself to amateur boxing. He trained difficult and presently became a glory in his hometown. Within the next few years, he won 100 of his 108 matches. At 18, he became Olympic gold medallist and very soon he signed a lucrative professional contract. In the 1960s, Ali became 1 of the almost controversial figures in his country. He refused to serve in the American army in Vietnam for religious reasons and, as a result, he lost his title belt. He was too sentenced to five years in prison, but later the sentence was cancelled by the Supreme Court.
Muhammad Ali retired from boxing in 1981 and soon subsequently he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. However, he remained active in various fields and he has non been forgotten. In 1999, he was named Sportsman of the Century by one of the biggest sports magazines. In the same year, Ali's girl Laila made her debut as a boxer despite her father's earlier comments against female boxing.
The fundamental: ane – d; ii – a; 3 – b; 4 – c; five – d.
^
Before you heed: read through the notes below, and retrieve carefully about the kinds of words that you will need to write in the spaces.
Cycle training
choice of bike is the showtime affair
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having the right ________ protects y'all;
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need to develop a suitable ________;
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must have ________ to develop performance;
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learn how to ________ when not training;
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if yous don't ________ well, performance will subtract;
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endeavour to stay ________ at all times.
CD script
Cycling trainer
Good evening anybody. Now, we'll exist going through to the gym in a infinitesimal, but I'll just say a few words nigh training and race training first. There are many factors to consider. The outset matter of all is your machine. Choosing the right bike for you lot is where it all kicks off from. But no less of import than that is making sure you lot're wearing the proper wearing apparel. You need them to protect you from the elements and as well in the event of falling off your bike. OK, just it'south non all visible things that count. You tin accept the best bicycle in the world, but you won't win annihilation unless you build up the correct attitude. If y'all don't await to win, don't believe y'all're going to, then yous won't. And an integral part of this is wanting to get better – you demand ambition if you're going to go improve and stronger and faster. And you besides need a bit of intelligence to get with information technology. And then educate yourself, learn about the technical side of racing – study a bit of physics, check the details of the race course, what gear to apply where, and so on. Correct, well, the remainder of my communication concerns what you do off the bicycle – which is very important likewise. Tension tin exist a real enemy. Make certain you know how to relax in the time when you're not on I your wheel. Then you lot re-charge your batteries. Stressed out riders don't win – they only get to the doctors quicker! Related to this is diet. Y'all must swallow I properly, all the right foods and none of the wrong foods. Without the right stuff going in, your body won't give off its best. Your body is as much of a motorcar equally your bike, and so look after information technology. Don't fume, drink, stay upward late – ever keep healthy. Well, those are the nuts. Allow'south go through now and so you can see what...
The central: 1 – clothes; 2 – attitude; 3 – ambition; 4 –relax; v – eat; 6 – salubrious.
^
Before you lot mind: decide whether each statement is true (T) or false (F).
ane Anna was looking toward to seeing the motion picture.
ii Maria felt hungry during the film.
3 David thinks the pic was very long.
4 Maria says the story was very interesting.
5 Anna thinks the book is more interesting than the film.
half-dozen David is going to buy the moving picture on DVD as a nowadays to his sister.
CD script
Maria: So, Anna, what did you think of the film?
Anna: Well, Maria, when David suggested going...
David: Oh I see, blame me, is it?
Anna: Oh no, I agreed to come up, although, by and large speaking, information technology's only not my kind of film, you know, historical. Even so, it turned out pretty well, as far as I'grand concerned.
^ That's a relief, then. What about you, Maria?
Maria: Great, I guess. Really, you know, I'd forgotten to eat before nosotros went, then I kept wanting information technology to end, so I could go and get something to consume – very silly. Information technology stopped me concentrating properly – the picture seemed to go on too long.
^ And you lot, David?
David: Well, it'south true it was long, just that's considering information technology needed to exist, I think. It's a complicated story.
Maria: Hm, which doesn't make information technology a expert i, I'm agape. But the setting of the film, and the changes between locations were all practiced, and kept you involved – actually, in spite of the story, if you see what I hateful.
^ Maybe you should do what I did and so...
David: Which is...?
Anna: Read the book. I read it I suppose a twelvemonth ago and loved information technology. That was the other matter that made me want to go. But the volume is still the more interesting version. So, do try it, Maria.
^ OK, maybe I will.
David: I don't know nigh the book, though I wondered about the DVD for my sister's altogether, which is coming up soon. But she doesn't similar the small screen, so I'grand going to buy her a couple of tickets instead.
Maria: She should similar that.
Anna: Yeah.
David: Now, what about seeing if...
The key:
1 F. Anna says that information technology wasn't her "kind of picture show" – and then she wasn't looking forward to it. She had a nice time, though: "However, information technology turned out pretty well".
2 T. Maria says: "I'd forgotten to eat earlier we went, and then I kept wanting it to end, so I could go and get something to swallow".
3 T. David says: "It's true it was long, but that's because information technology needed to exist, I think. It's a complicated story".
4 F. The important thing here is to be articulate nigh exactly what Maria thought was interesting. Following on from David, she says that the story being complicated "doesn't make it a expert one". But she did like "the setting of the film" – this "kept you involved". Still, that'due south different from the story; in fact, she says the film was interesting "in spite of the story".
5 T. She'south read the book and she'south seen the film, and she says, "The book remains the more than interesting version".
6 F. The of import thing here is what he decides in the end. He does think about the DVD as a nowadays for his sis: "I wondered about the DVD for my sister'due south birthday, which is coming up soon". However, there's a problem: "She doesn't like the small screen, then I'grand going to buy her a couple of tickets instead".
^
Before you heed: read the statements below. As you heed, for each speaker 1–5, decide which opinion A–F they express. One statement is odd.
i. ___________. 3. _________. v. _________.
2. ___________. 4. _________.
A. The main thing is enjoying friends' visitor.
B. I similar to do as much exercise as possible.
C. Films and concerts are commonly fun to go to.
D. I often do more at the weekends during the winter.
East. There are lots of sport you tin watch on TV.
F. I usually do as little as possible.
CD script
Speaker i
Weekends? They're great. In fact, I spend all calendar week waiting for the weekend. Having said that, once it's arrived, I don't necessarily do annihilation particularly special with it. I might see a friend or two, particularly if there'due south some sport to sentinel, then nosotros can lookout a match together – in that location'southward always a good choice on Idiot box, isn't there?
Speaker 2
Well, I try to make the most of my weekends, especially in the summertime, when you've got more take chances to go outside. I know some people like seeing films or concerts, but information technology'southward important to me to proceed fit, so I always do plenty of running, and, say, tennis or swimming. There are unremarkably some friends around to join in.
Speaker 3
The truth is, I actually look frontward to the weekend, so when it finally arrives, most of the time I'm completely wearied. Then then when all my friends first calling upwards, "where are we going tonight" and so on, I end upward staying in, being very lazy, perchance merely watching a bit of Tv, a flick on DVD, something like that.
Speaker 4
School'south OK, it really is. I don't heed information technology at all. Only the weekends are of course much better, aren't they? You can do what you want. I never have an opinion almost what nosotros practice. I'm not that into films or anything – I just expect to see what my friends suggest. I but want to be with them, doing whatever.
The cardinal:
1 – East
The speaker says that "in that location's always a good choice ["of sport"] on Idiot box, isn't at that place?"
2 – B
The speaker says that "it's of import to me to keep fit, so I always do enough of running, and ... lawn tennis or pond".
iii – F
This speaker says, "most of the time I'g completely tired" and "and so I finish up staying in, being very lazy, maybe just watching a flake of TV, a picture show on DVD, something like that".
iv – A
The speaker says that, "I simply expect to see what my friends suggest. I just want to be with them, doing whatsoever".
5 – D
This speaker says "tends to be more than active in the winter, really".
Tip: also every bit understanding why the correct answer is the right answer in each case, you should too brand certain you understand why the incorrect answers are wrong. Do this by reading carefully through the transcript of the recording below and comparing the information to the statements in the chore.
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Listening: listen to the recording and choose the best options: a or b to complete the statements.
i. Paula'due south friend says that:
a) she has been sick;
b) she is pleased to see Paula.
2. Before the trip, Paula:
a) was enthusiastic about it;
b) wanted to go to the Lake Commune.
3. Before Marking and Paula went to Paris:
a) Paula's sister promised to expect after the children;
b) Paula arranged for somebody to expect subsequently the hamster.
four. The journey across the Channel:
a) was unpleasant for Paula;
b) was very smooth.
5. The but thing Paula liked well-nigh Paris was:
a) the shops;
b) the weather condition.
6. The render trip from Paris was:
a) an enjoyable experience;
b) earlier than planned.
CD script
Paula: Hi Meg!
Meg: Paula! It's great to encounter you lot! You look fantastic!
Paula: Oh, practice I? That's strange. I should be looking awful.
Meg: Why? Have you been ill?
Paula: No, not that. It's but that trip to Paris. Information technology was a nightmare!
^ Really? You must be joking! Don't tell me yous didn't have a good time. When you told me yous were going I was green with envy.
Paula: No wonder, I was so excited I only couldn't await to go. Now I wish we'd gone to the Lake Commune or even just stayed at home.
^ But what was and then bad about it?
Paula: Well, in the beginning everything looked all correct. Marker'southward boss gave him two weeks off without too much trouble, the children went to stay with Mark'southward mother, and Sheila – y'all know, my younger sister – promised to come over to our place to feed the hamster. So we packed our suitcases and set off.
^ Sounds all right so far.
Paula: Yes, but in Dover information technology turned out that the ferry terminal workers had gone on strike, and we had to wait over 8 hours before we could board a ferry.
Meg: Oh no!
Paula: And that was just the beginning. During the passage the conditions turned stormy, and I was terribly sea-sick all the way across the Channel.
^ Oh, poor you!
Paula: Yeah, it was horrid. Then, when we arrived in Calais, it was then late that we had to look for somewhere to spend the night.
Meg: Oh dearest!
Paula: Yes, but that's not all! On the manner to Paris the adjacent day nosotros had a puncture, so Mark had to alter the tire, the hotel where we'd booked a room turned out to be terribly noisy, it was pouring with rain well-nigh of the time, and some of the galleries I wanted to visit were closed.
^ Oh no! So what did you do, then?
Paula: Well, I ended up shopping for clothes. That'due south about the only matter I can't mutter about, but, obviously, it wasn't cheap, and then Mark got furious.
1000000: No surprise there!
Paula: Hmmm, and then in the end, we decided to shorten our stay and left after merely 10 days. You lot can imagine our return trip -1 was unhappy, Mark was mad at me because of the money, and, when we got home, the flat was flooded.
^ Flooded?
Paula: Yes, nosotros couldn't believe it! When we were away, Sheila let the hamster out of the cage for a while, and the horrid animate being bit through the fridge cable. Of course, she didn't fifty-fifty find, but when we got back, there was water all over the kitchen floor and all the food in the fridge had gone off.
^ What a nightmare.
The key:
one – c
We hear "It's great to see you!" When Meg asks Paula: "Have you been sick?", she replies "No". Before this 1000000 also says: "Yous await fantastic!" – so both other answers are wrong.
2 – a
We hear "I was so excited, I only couldn't await to become".
three – b
We hear "Sheila ... promised to come over to our place to feed the hamster".
four – b
Nosotros hear "the weather turned stormy, and I was terribly seasick all the mode across the Channel".
5 – c
We hear "I ended up shopping for clothes. That'southward nigh the only matter I can't complain about".
6 – c
We hear "nosotros decided to shorten our stay and left after simply x days". When Paula mentions that their apartment was flooded, she refers to the fridge that had cleaved down, not "a flood". When we say "a flood", we commonly mean a natural disaster, a river flood.
Tip: read through the transcript beneath carefully to come across why the wrong answers are incorrect. All of the things mentioned in these answers are in the recording, simply what you hear usually contradicts the statements about them.
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