UNIT3 II. Listening Skills

1.      M: Will you love and keep him in sickness and in health, as long as you both shall live?

W: I will.

Q: Who is the woman?

 

2.      W: Mike, wake up1 It is time to go to school. Hurry up or you’re going to be late! M: Don’t worry. I can sleep all day long. Did you forget today is Martin Luther King’s birthday?

Q: Who is the woman most likely to be?

 

3.      M: Could I see your driver’s license and registration, please?

W: What’s the matter, officer?

Q: Who is the man?

 

4.      M: I’d like to ask you about the research paper you assigned that we have to do by the end of the semester.

 W: ok. What would you like to know?

Q: Who is the woman most likely to be?

 

5.      W: I’ve cleaned the windows, mopped the floors, and folded the laundry. Is there anything else that you would like me to do before I cal lit a day?

M: Did you do the living room yet?

Q: Who is the woman most likely to be?

 

 1.B 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.A

 

III. Listening In

Task 1: Don’t be a chicken!

Gilbert: Hey, Henry, is Sarah coming with us?

Henry: Yes. Why?

Gilbert: Nothing. I’m just asking.

Henry: Just asking? But why is your face flaming red? Ah-huh, someone has a crush on Sarah, doesn’t he?

Gilbert: Who has a crush?!

Henry: Come on, Gilbert, don’t be such a chicken. If you like her, just go and tell her. Maybe she likes you.

Gilbert: But I don’t have the guts to ask her out.

Henry: What are you so afraid of? 

Gilbert: I’d totally die if she turned me down.

Henry: But that’s better than keeping everything to yourself. You’ve got to let her know. Come on! You’ve got to take a chance!

Gilbert: I don’t know… Well, maybe you’re right, but how am I going to tell her I like her?

 

Task 2: Dating in America

Before marriage, younger Americans date each other, that is, they often go out together. Casual dating usually begins in the early teens, and in the late teens a pattern of steady dating develops. There is a great possibility that one goes to a dance with one person, to a football game with another, and to a picnic with a third. Sometimes two couples go out together. This is known as “double dating.” Group dating is also popular among young people. Large groups of boys and girls may go around together. Young people may go out together for a long time, which is, in effect, a public statement of their intention to marry. Men and women go out together a great deal, especially those in cities. This is “adult dating.” They ski together, dine together, either at restaurants or in each other’s homes. The American dating system is a rather casual one. Often young Americans who hardly know each other go out on dates. It is also acceptable for them to arrange a “blind date”, that is, a date between two young people who have not met before.

 

 

Task 3: An  American Wedding

American weddings are not always the same. I’d like to show you pictures of my wedding. When we got engaged, an announcement was published in the newspaper. The announcement typically includes the names of the bride, the bridegroom and their parents and the wedding is expected to be held. About a month before the wedding, we sent out wedding invitations to relatives and friends. This is the church where we had the wedding. My father gave me to my future husband. Then the minister started the wedding ceremony. He greeted the guests, and talked about the meaning of marriage. Next, we exchanged vows and gave each other rings. This is the main part of the wedding. After the vows, the minister prayed for us. Then the minister declared us husband and wife, and we kissed each other. Here is my sister, who was a bridesmaid. This is the bouquet I carried. Traditionally, the unmarried women gather after the wedding, and the bride throws her bouquet to them. The one who catches it will, according to tradition, be the next one to get married. At the reception, we cut the wedding cake and fed each other bites of the cake. Then we toasted each other with champagne. Finally the reception was over, and the minister signed the marriage certificate and we were legally married.

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V. Let’s Talk

Online dating

Online dating is a dating system which allows people to make contact and communication with each other over the Internet, usually with the objective of developing a romantic relationship. Online dating services usually provide matchmaking over the Internet through the use of personal computers or cell phones.

Online dating sites generally requires applicants to provide personal information before they can search the database for other individuals using criteria they set, such as age, gender, race, religion and location. Most sites allow members to upload photos of themselves and browse those of others. Sites may offer additional services, such as online chatting, telephone chatting, and message boards.

Some sites provide free registration, but may offer services which require a monthly fee. For example, they may offer full access to profiles, but provide additional services for pay, such as putting paying users’ profiles at the top of the list, making their profiles appear several times in different places in the search results and giving them a more advanced search engine to work with. In one real example, free users may only search for persons of specified age, gender and city, while subscribers may also search for such information as height, weight and interests. Other dating sites depend on advertising for their income. In recent years such sites have become increasing popular.

Key: BBCDA

 

VI. Furthering Listening and Speaking

Task 1: Finding the Right Type of Girl

Keith: Hey, Peter! You’ve been in the room all night. Get out and dance with someone like that babe over there.

Peter: No way, Keith! She’s the intellectual type. My pickup line just won’t work with her.

Keith: Oh, come on, man! What kind of girl do you like?

Peter: I want a girl that gentle and mild, and that babe is not the right type.

Keith: Times are changing, and you’ll never find a woman that will shine your shoes and fill your beer mug all the time. Wake up.

Peter: Oh really? I still prefer women that stay home, cook, clean, and take care of the kids.

Keith: Okay, then what will you do after you get home from work?

Peter: Hmm. Eat, watch TV, and throw our the trash.

Keith: Wit, wait, wait. I can’t believe my ears. You’ll never find a wife.

1.B 2.D 3.C 4.A

 

Task 2: He thinks I’m God.

A young woman brings home her fiancé to meet her parents. After dinner, her mother tells her father to find out about the young man’s plans. The father invites the fiancé to his study for a drink. “So what are your plans?” the father asks the young man. “I am a Bible student,” he replies. “A Bible student. Hmm.” The father says. “Good, but what will you do to provide my daughter with a nice house such as she’s accustomed to?” “I will study,”: the young man replies, “and God will provide for us.” “And how will you buy her a beautiful engagement ring such as she deserves?” asks the father. “I will concentrate on my studies,” the Youngman replies, “and God will provide for us.” “And children?” asks the father. “How will you support children?” “Don’t worry, sir. God will provide,” replies the fiancé. The conversation goes on like this, and each time the father questions him, the young man insists that God will provide. Later, the mother asks, “How did it go, honey?” The father answers, “He had no job and no plans, but the good news is he thinks I’m God.”

 

Task 3: Wedding Vows

Before the wedding, the groom went up the minister with an unusual offer. “Look, I’ll give you $100 if you’ll change the wedding vows. When you get to the part where I’m expected to promise to ‘love, respect and obey her,’ ‘giving up all others,’ and ‘be true to her forever,’ I’d be happy if you’d just leave that part out.” He gave the minister the cash and walked away with a light heart. The wedding day arrived, and the bride and groom reached that part of the ceremony where they would make vows to each other. When it was time for the groom’s vows, the minister looked the young man in the eye and said, “Will you promise to kneel before her, obey her every command and wish, serve her breakfast in bed every morning of your life and make a vow before God and your lovely wife that you will never even look at another woman, as long as you both shall live?” The groom was shocked, but in spite of himself, he said in a low voice, “Yes, I will.” Then the groom whispered to the minister, “I thought we had a deal.” The minister put the $100 into his hand and whispered back, “She made me a much better offer.”

 

1.F 2.F 3.T 4.T 5.F