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Unit 4 II. Basic Listening Practice Script M: Amy, sit down, we need to talk. Your mother and I are going to separate. W: What! Are you crazy? You can’t do that! What will my friends say? I just want to have a normal family. Q: What is the girl saying? Script M: Good evening, Mrs. Jones. The manager sent you these roses and his best wishes to you both for a happy anniversary. W: Thank you. We like the room and the service here, and we especially appreciate the manager’s consideration/ Q: What can we learn from the conversation? 3. Script W: While I’m scrambling the eggs, could you put the flour into the bowl? M: You bet, darling. I’ll also turn the oven on so that it gets warmed up. Q: Where does this conversation probable take place? 4. Script W: I have a very important meeting tonight, and I’m afraid I can’t miss it. M: But this evening is the parents’ meeting at school, and I was expecting you’d come to it. OK, I’ll phone Dad, maybe he and his girlfriend will come. Q: What can be inferred from the conversation? 5. Script W1: So you’re still single? If you’d listen to me and used the Internet, you’d have a husband by now. W2: I did use the Internet. I posted an ad that read “Husband Wanted”. There were dozens of e-mail responses. But they all said pretty much the same thing: You can have mine. Q: What can we infer from the conversation? Keys: 1.C 2.A3.B 4.C 5.D III. Listening In Task 1: Nuclear Family Living Patterns Script A nuclear family is typical in high-industrialized societies. Beginning in the early 20th century, the two-parent family known as the nuclear family was the predominant American family type. Generally children live with their parents until they go away to a college or university, or until they find jobs and acquire an apartment or home of their own. In the early mid-20th century, the family typically was the sole wage earner, and the mother was the children’s principle care giver. Today, often both parents hold jobs. Dual-earner families are