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Unit 1, R10: Relationships, two female students chatting in a cafe
Part 1
A: Mary
B:
Cindy
A:
What are your plans for the weekend?
B:
I am off to my maternal grandparents. They are holding a family reunion.
A:
Sounds fun! Do you have a big family?
B:
I sure do.
A:
Tell me about your relatives.
B:
Well, my immediate family is made up of my parents, my big sister and me.
A:
Your sister has two children, doesn’t she?
B:
Yes, my niece Jessica
–
she is a beautiful little toddler
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and my nephew Kevin.
A:
How about your extended family?
B:
Well, on my mother’s side, I have twenty family members.
A:
Twenty?
B: Yes: my grandparents, four uncles, three aunts, and eleven cousins.
A: Wow, that’s impressive. Is your father’s family that big too?
B: No, he was an o
nly child. So it’s just him, my grandparents and, very happily, his paternal
grandfather
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my great-grandpa, who will turn 100 next June!
A: 100! That’s amazing!
Unit 1, R10: Relationships, two female students chatting in the classroom
Part 2
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A: Cindy
B: Rachel
A:
How are you enjoying your
American Culture and Society
course?
B:
I
like
it.
The
United
States
is
certainly
an
intriguing
country.
At
the
moment,
we
are
looking at the American family.
A:
What can you tell me about it? I’d be interested in hearing about what you’re learning.
B:
Well, many American families are known as two-
career families. That’s a family where
both the husband and wife work outside of the home.
A:
With both parents working, family income must increase considerably.
B:
It certainly does. And it also means more husbands do their share of household chores
and childcare... Hmm, another type of family is the stepfamily.
A:
What’s that?
B:
This type of family is a result of the higher divorce and remarriage rates in America. It
can in fact be quite large because of stepchildren and stepparents.
A:
I am not really sure what you mean.
B:
Well, for instance, if a child’s mother remarries, then her second husband becomes her
child’s
stepfather.
If
the
stepfather
has,
say,
a
daughter,
then
she
becomes
the
child’s
stepsister.
A: Got it. So that’s why they are called stepfamilies.
B: Exactly.
Unit 2: Two friends who haven’t seen each other in a long time
Part 1
A: Dan
B: Cindy
A: Dan
, it’s been ages. It’s absolutely wonder
ful to see you.
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(Cindy and Dan hug)
B: Cindy, so nice to see you too. You look great! How have you been?
A: I’ve been very well, thank you. I’ve just returned from a year of work and travel.
B: Really, where did you go?
A: I took a year off from my studies: I spent 9 months doing some volunteer work with an
NGO in Zambia, and then I traveled around Europe for 3 months.
B: That sounds so exciting!
A: It was. How about you? What have you been up to for the last few years?
B: I also went abroad. I completed my final two years of high school in Canada and traveled
through America and Mexico during the summer holidays. Now I am preparing for my
studies in the UK.
A: Cool! What will you study?
B: Hotel & Tourism Management.
A: Sounds like the ideal choice for someone who enjoys travel!
Unit 2: Two friends talking about their life dreams
Part 2
A: Dan
B: Jane
A: Jane, do you get nervous thinking about the future?
B: Yes, I do.
A: Me too.
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B: What worries you the most?
A: Family stuff. I
’
m worried that I might not find a good job and, because of this, struggle to
support my loved ones. If I get married and have a child, I want to be able to provide my
family with the best life possible.
B: Dan
, don’t forget that your future wife will have a job too! S
he will also provide for your
family. It’s silly to put all the pressure on yourself: a married couple should work as a team.
A: Yeah, maybe you’re right
... What do you worry about?
B: Having a sense of purpose in life. We spend so much of our adult lives working that I
want my job to be meaningful. I want to live to work, not work to live! I dream of being able
to have a positive impact on the world around us.
A
: Well, you have a positive impact on me, so you’re off to a good start!
Unit 3: Giving advice
Part 1
A: Cindy
B: Mark
A: Mark, are you ok? You look terrible.
B: That’s because I feel terrible. I just had a huge fight with my parents.
A: I am so sorry to hear that. What was the argument about?
B: My future. My parents want me to go on an exchange program to America, but I want to
study in London.
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A: Why did they want you to study in America?
B: Because I have an uncle there who can keep an eye on me.
A: You’ve got to somehow make your parents understand that choosing the right exchange
program is more important than studying close to extended family.
B: I try, but they don’t listen.
A: Then perhaps what you need to do is write them a letter.
B: A letter?
A: Yes, I would advise you to list the pros and cons of studying in London. Ask them to
make an effort to do the same about studying in America. Then you can all think calmly
about your options, without shouting at each other.
B: Ok, I’ll give it a go.
Unit 3: Asking for advice about dieting, two females
Part 2
A: Jane
B: Cindy
A: Cindy, can I ask you for some advice?
B: Sure, about what?
A: About dieting. You’re so healthy and you have such a great figure –
I want to know your
secret.
B: I’d be more than happy to share my secret with you –
instead of eating three big meals a
day with snacks in between, I have six small meals that are very nutritious, spaced 2 or 3
hours apart.
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