新视野英语三教学课件humanrelationship.pptVIP

Listen with the Script They say the worst family quarrels take place at Christmas time. Mark and Alice had been married for two years, so this was their second Christmas together. With his December pay packet Mark always received a Christmas bonus, and he arrived home in a particularly cheerful mood. Guess how much Christmas bonus I’ve got! He cried.Well... ￡300 perhaps? suggested Alice, trying to remember what it had been the year before.￡700, announced Mark happily.Oh, great, cried Alice. Now we can afford a new carpet for the sitting room, and...We’re going to buy a car, said Mark. Alice’s face clouded over. Listen with the Script to be continued “But the sitting room looks so dreary with that old brown carpet,” she said. “If we buy a new carpet, it will brighten up the whole place.” It was true. Nearly all the furniture in their rented flat consisted of discarded items given to them by friends and relatives.“But if we buy a car, we’ll be free. We’ll be able to go anywhere we want,” argued Mark.“If you want a good car, you’ll have to pay a lot more than ￡700,” objected Alice.“I know that,” said Mark. “I’m going to put the ￡700 down as a deposit and borrow the rest.”“Then I can see we’re never going to have any money to furnish the flat properly,” shouted Alice. Listen with the Script to be continued Well, Mark had really set his heart on buying that car and Alice was equally determined to buy some nice furniture for the flat, so the argument continued all during the Christmas holiday. In the end they reached a compromise. They spent ￡200 on a carpet for the sitting room and Mark put ￡500 deposit on a four-year-old car. The end * * Book Three Human Relationships “Life is yours to win: Learn the rules, play the game, and to win the prize.” Bob Eubanks Human Relationships Activity I Group Discussion A Happy Marriage ActivityII Listening and Speaking ActivityIII Brainstorming Video Clip Background Information ? ? ? ?