【正文】 yes open. A: Aren‘t you getting behind in work? B: Nah, I just zip through my homework before dinner. A: You must be a genius. 2. A: Mom, do you think Joey will ever be interested in me? B: Of course he will, Miriam. You‘re such a sweet, sensitive girl. A: I don‘t want to be sweet and sensitive! I want to be beautiful and athletic. Instead, I39。ve got a hunch of pimples and I39。m a nerd. B: If this boy doesn39。t like you for who you are, he‘s not worth it. 4 A: But Mom, it doesn39。t work like that. You‘ve got to impress a guy to get him to even notice you. B: Well,does he know about your scholarship to Harvard? A: Guys like Joey don39。t care about stuff like that. 3. A: So, Tom, what were you like in college? B: I was pretty serious. I studied political science at Berkeley in the 1960s. A: Really? B: Yeah, I was an activist during the Vietnam War. A: You? B: Yeah. You won39。t believe this. I even got stuck in prison for one of the protests against the war. A: Wow! That39。s amazing. I didn39。t know that about you. 4. A: Hey Harold, I didn39。t know you collected baseball cards. B: What? How do you know that? A: I was looking for a pencil the other day, and I saw the cards in your drawer. How e you never told us? B: It39。s secret! I don39。t really like people knowing what I39。m up to. A: Well, that‘s not such a bad thing. Real World Listening 1. Predict Answer TJ is good at skateboarding. 2. Get the main idea Answers F – TJ got second place in the pro skateboarding contest Last weekend. T – TJ is going to go TV mercial. T – Cesar thinks TJ will fet his friends after he bees famous. T – TJ feels like a regular guy. F – TJ has a girlfriend. T – TJ is parents don39。t want him to drop out of school. F – TJ doesn39。t want to drop out of school. X – Cesar wants TJ to drop out of school. Script Cesar: TJ, my man! I heard you won the ProAm stakeboarding contest last weekend. TJ: Yeah, Cesar, I did a flip on the halfpipe that really impressed the judges. Cesar: You impress me, TJ. You‘re something else on that board! TJ: Ah, c39。mon, stop it, will ya? Cesar: But I39。ve seen you fly on a skateboard. It39。s amazing. TJ: Yeah, well, things have been goin39。good. You39。ll never believe what the latest is. 5 Cesar: What? TJ: Nike wants me to do a mercial. They39。ve been calling my agent. Cesar: Wow! I don39。t believe that. TJ: You best believe it, my friend. I39。m going to get some big bucks for doing it, too. Cesar: You39。re going big time now. I can39。t believe I even know you. TJ: Great, huh? I‘m gonna be on TV! Cesar: Yeah! Pretty soon you‘re not going to have time for someone like me. TJ: No way, Cesar. You know my friends are important. Cesar: Yeah, but now you‘re hitting the big time. Everything‘s gonna change. TJ: You know I‘m just a regular guy. Cesar: No, you‘re not. TJ: Yes, I am. I‘ve got parents and a bratty sister, just like you. I took piano lessons when I was little, and I go to church on Sundays. I like watching cartoons, and my mom makes me take out the trash. And I worry about not having a girlfriend. See? I‘m just like everybody else. Cesar: I don‘t think so. Nobody else I know is doing a Nike mercial. You‘re got it made, TJ. TJ: Yeah, but the problem is my parents. Cesar: What‘s up? TJ: To really make it big , I‘ve got to go on the pro tour ,and the only way I can go pro is to drop out of school ,but they don‘t want me to. They say I‘m ruining my future. But I may not get another chance — two years from now may be too late. Cesar: So what‘re you gonna for? TJ: I‘ve got to go for it. I‘m at the top of my game right now ,and that‘s what counts. Cesar: Yeah, you gotta do what you gotta do. Unit3 Living with people Vocabulary Task Answers/Script A Dorm life has some major negatives. The other students keep me up all night. And my roommate doesn39。t give me any space. B My new roommate doesn39。t drive me crazy. She never leaves her food or clothes all over the place. She never takes my things without asking. C My dad39。s rules are way too strict. He won39。t let me use the phone for more than 10 minutes. And I have to be back by a 9 . curfew. I know it39。s because he39。s concerned about me. Listening Task 1) First Listening Answers 6 1. Sally never cleans anything. 2. The dormitory39。s rules are too strict. 3. His mother listens in on his phone conversations. 4. Her brother takes her things without asking. 2) Second Listening Answers 1. She doesn39。t take her old food out of the refrigerator. She leaves her stuff all over the apartment. 2. She has to be back by 10pm. She can39。t invite friends to the room. 3. His mom listens to the room. His moon is too nosy. 4. Her brother borrows her CDs. Her brother messes up her room. Script 1. A: Whoa, ours place is a mess! B: Yeah, well, it39。s Sally39。s stuff. She never cleans anything and leaves her clothes all over the placeblobs of toothpaste on the sink, and old smelly food in the fridge. She doesn39。t care that she39。s living with other people. A: Yeah, she39。s a total slob! 2. A: Hi, little sister… how39。s yo ur first week away at school? B: Well, I have to say that dormitory living has some major negatives. A: What? Like having to share the bathroom with a lot of people? B: Actually, that39。s not so bad. It39。s just that some of the rules are so strict. Like, we have to be back in the building by a 10 . curfew. A: Yeah, that sure sounds like dorm life! B: And we can39。t have friends in our rooms! 2. A: Ahhhh! My mom is so annoying. She doesn39。t give me any space. B: What do you mean? A: I mean, I feel like she39。s spying on me all the time .whenever I try to call someone on the phone, she hangs around listening to what I say. B: She39。s probably just curious. A: It39。s more than just curious. Even if I