6. T Thai is easy to learn. It may be hard for some people, but it’s not hard for him. Script
Cindy: What the heck is that? Dave: It’s a Thai magazine. Cindy: Thai? You can read Thai? Dave: Well, a little. Cindy: How?
Dave: I went to Thailand last summer and I lived with a Thai friend and his family. I had such a great experience I want to go back. Cindy: Why? What was your experience like?
Dave: Well, I started to learn some Thai?and practiced talking with people and ordering in restaurants and everybody was so nice? you know, Thailand is called the Land of the Smiles?they even smiled when I made a mistake speaking the language. The people were beautiful. Everything was beautiful. It changed my life.
Cindy: But I’ve always heard that Thai was impossible to learn.
Dave: Maybe for some people but not for me. I mean it is totally different from English. The writing system is different, they use different tones, every- thing is different, but I really want to learn it. I want to understand more when I go back.
Cindy: I wish I felt that way about learning French. Maybe I should study another language.
Dave: No, Cindy, it’s not the language, you’ve just got to get into it Unit 6 What do you like about him?
Vocabulary Task Answers/script
1. Steve is great! He’s sweet and he has a good sense of humor.
2. I like people who are funny, because I like to laugh. I don’t care for people who are too serious
3. Sure, Jana is very honest; it’s too bad she’s also kind of selfish. 4. Brad is a little odd, but I like that he’s so outgoing and talkative. 5. Cindy is so cute! I just love how sensitive and shy she is.
Listening Task 1 First Listening Answers
1. honest, a sense of humor 2. outgoing, talkative
3. a little bit odd, like to have fun 4. kind of shy, sensitive 2 Second Listening Answers
They don’t like people who are: 1. selfish
2. shy or quiet 3. too serious
4. loud and talk too much Script
1. Paul: Lisa, what sort of people do you like to hang out with?
Lisa: Well, I like people who are honest and have a sense of humor. I think honesty is very important among friends. Oh, and they can’t be selfish. I don’t get along with selfish people.
2. Mark: You know, I like most people, but there are certain things I look for in a friend.
Francine: Yeah, like what?
Mark: Oh, you know, people who are out going and talkative. I love having long conversations on the phone. 3. Francine: This might sound weird, Lisa, but I like people that are a little bit odd.
Lisa: Why? What do you enjoy about odd people? Francine: You know, they’re different and like to have fun doing off-the-wall stuff. They have to like having fun and not be too serious. 4. Jane: Stuart, what kind of people do you like? Stuart: What kind of people do I like?
Jane: Yes, what kind of people do you get along with?
Stuart: Hmm. Gook question. I guess I like people who are kind of shy and sensitive. I don’t really get along with people who are loud and talk too much.
Jane: Yeah, you’re kind of a sensitive person yourself. Stuart: Oh?
Real World Listening 1 Predict Answer
He’s sensitive. 2 Get the main ideas
Answers
1. They went to a romantic movie. 2. He cried.
3. She thought he was sensitive.
4. Jeremy said he cries at movies, too. Script
Sheri: Hey, I went out with the neatest guy over the weekend! Jeremy: Yeah, what’s he like? Tall? Handsome? Sheri: Not really.
Jeremy: Dress nice? Drive a nice car? Sheri: Not especially.
Jeremy: Then he must be buff. Does he work out a lot?
Sheri: No?but he has a nice smile?dimples. I like dimples. He’s kind of cute.
Jeremy: And that’s what you like about him?
Sheri: No, it’s more than that. He’s sensitive. Jeremy: Sensitive? How can you tell?
Sheri: Well, we went to this really romantic movie, and there was this really sad part, and, and he?cried. Jeremy: He cried?
Sheri: Yeah, he just cried and he didn’t try to hide it or anything. It was so sweet.
Jeremy: Oh?you like that, huh? Well, I cry at movies. Too! Unit 7 I really take after my Dad
Vocabulary Task Answers
1. brother’s daughter = niece 2. Dad’s new wife = stepmother
3. uncle and aunt’s children = cousins 4. sister’s new husband = brother-in-law 5. my mother’s two girls = my half-sisters 6. brother’s three boys = nephews 7. made her our legal child = adopted Script
1. My niece is so cute. She’s only two but she can sing 10 songs 2. I get along okay with my stepmother. She’s actually pretty nice. 3. When I was little, I used to go to camp with my cousins. They were like my brothers and sisters.
4. everybody had a great time at my sister’s wedding. My brother-in-law was
even dancing on the tables. 5. After my mother remarried, she and Robert had two girls – my half-sisters. But we feel like one family and I call them my sisters.
6. I’m not in a hurry to have kids yet. I spend a lot of time with my nephews and I know they can be a handful.
7. We are so happy to have Lena. We adopted her when she was just three months old.
Listening Task 1 First Listening Answers
1. The man in front of him is his father. 2. Angie is his stepmother. 3. Tara is his half-sister.
4. Jake is Steve’s older brother. 5. The woman to the right of Jake is Steve’s sister-in-law. Cristina is Steve’s niece.
2 Second Listening Answers
Tara – c. likes to read and play piano Jake – a. looks like Steve’s father His mother – d. lives in California Cristina – b. Was adopted Script
1. Sylvia: When was this picture taken? You look so young! Steve: Oh, that was when I was still in high school. Sylvia: Is that your mom and dad?
Steve: Well, yeah, that’s my dad, but that’s not my real mom. She’s my stepmother. My real mother lives in California.
2. Sylvia: So, who is this next to you? Is that your sister?
Steve: Yeah, that’s my half-sister, Tara. She’s great. We’re a lot alike. Sylvia: In what way?
Steve: Well, we both like reading books, and we both like playing the piano. 3. Sylvia: And who’s this next to your stepmother? Steve: That’s Jake, my older brother.
Sylvia: Wow, he looks a lot like your father.
Steve: Yeah, people say he looks more like my father than the rest of us. 4. Sylvia: That must be Jake’s wife next to him. And your niece? Steve: Yep, that’s little Cristina.
Sylvia: Wow, she?she doesn’t really look like either of her parents, does
she?
Steve: No, she doesn’t. Actually she was adopted. But she does take after Jake in a lot of ways.
Real World Listening 1 Predict Answer
M has beautiful eyes F loves surfing
F enjoys dangerous activities F likes snowboarding 2 Get the main ideas Answers
1. Jane looks like her mother. They both have beautiful eyes.
2. Jane acts like her father. They both ride motorcycles, surf and skydive. 3. Jane is proud that she takes after her father. Script
Nate: Are these your parents?
Jane: Yeah, that’s my whole family.
Nate: Oh. You look a lot like your mom?especially your eyes. Very deep, beautiful eyes.
Jane: Oh, thank you?
Nate: And the same figure?same shape.
Jane: Uhh, hey, I don’t want to hear that. I may look like my mom, but I really take after my dad. Nate: Really, in what way?
Jane: We’re both very adventurous. My dad was, like into motorcycles when he was younger?and he was in one of those. You know, motorcycle clubs. Nate: You mean, like a motorcycle gang? Jane: Yeah?but that was before he was married. I’ve been riding a motorcycle myself since I was 17. Nate: You? No way!
Jane: Yeah, I’ve always done stuff like that. Nate: Really, like what else?
Jane: Well, surfing, snowboarding?My dad and I even went skydiving once. We didn’t tell my mom, though. She would have killed us! Unit 8 where the heck am I?