Unit 4
2. Basic listening practice 1-5 CABCD
3. Listening in Task 1
(S1) typical (S2) known (S3) Generally (S4) find
(S5) apartment (S6) sole (S7) principal
(S8) Dual-earner families are the predominant type of families with children in the United States (S9) adequate day care of children is necessary for dual-earner families (S10) companies are getting involved in the arrangement of day care
Task 2 1-5 FTTFT
Task 3
1-5 AAADC
4. Speaking out Model 1
(1) I’m having a hectic time working on this report
(2) it’s been more than five years, almost six, since we were married (3) Time has gone so fast
(4) I’m this close to getting a promotion (5) What has that got to do with it (6) you have a great point
Model 2
(1) So many people in the United States get divorced (2) the divorce rate can be as high as 50 percent (3) Westerners fall head over heels in love quickly
(4) some marriages break up, but most couples stay together (5) Do people get married young
(6) Do women usually work after they get married
Model 3
(1) haven’t seen dad for ages (2) my mom’s been pretty sick (3) don’t exaggerate
(4) Never thought I was good enough for you (5) seriouly, mom’s not so bad
(6) Why not just have both our parents here for Christmas
5. Let’s talk (1) cry (2) relief (3) strong
(4) understanding (5) angry (6) left
(7) wondering (8) five (9) sad (10) stress (11) friends (12) helps (13) Christmas (14) cousins (15) presents
6. Further listening and speaking Task 1
(1) divorce her husband (2) irresponsible (3) changing jobs (4) stability (5) bills
(6) poverty line (7) apartment (8) yells at
(9) calls him names (10) half
Task 2
1-5 BCADC
Task 3
(1) the last word
(2) remarriage failures (3) picture (4) eight times (5) wife (6) dating
(7) loneliness and anxiety (8) second
(9) response to her (10) lukewarm (11) warmed up (12) accepted (13) ripe
(14) blended into (15) right
Viewing and speaking (1) Lovely (2) similar (3) room (4) apologize (5) children (6) patience (7) listen (8) angry (9) medicine (10) fantastic
