Pre-reading Activities
 
First Listening
Please listen to a short passage carefully and prepare to answer some questions.
    You are about to read an early morning exchange between a daughter and her parents. You will find how they think about the same things very differently. You will also hear how they miss connecting with or understanding each other. It is as if they are blind to what is important in each other's worlds. This puts them in separate worlds and creates the gap between the older and the younger generation. 

 
Second Listening
Discuss the following questions after the second listening:

1. What are some of the things you think the daughter and her parents might have different ideas about?
2. How can the older and the younger generation have real communication with and understand each other?