【正文】 s for life after high school is an important task for parents. Deb, a mother of four, municates with her children often. When her daughter Kate became interested in art, Deb took her on a tour of the Disney Studios to show Kate how she could make her dreams e true. What if your teen is about to begin his junior year and you haven39。t so unusual. After all, it isn39。s father? 7. M: I saw you talking to your mother at dusk. W: Yeah, even though she39。re kidding! Is everyone OK? M: Yeah. The teacher managed to take the gun from him. W: Our history teacher? M: That39。t why I39。m sorry. M: It39。t have helped. Fires, you know, are dangerous. By thinking about myself first, I39。m afraid so. We like to keep plete records. M: OK. The truth is that my father wasn39。m calling from the university. M: I was hoping to hear from you. Have I been accepted? W: We39。s what friends are for. Q: Why does the man tell the woman NOT to worry? 10. W: My mother never interrupted me while I told her my problems. M: Sometimes that39。s handicapped and he has a lot to share. M: I39。s education at home. Half of the parents in the study said their children would be using their own money to buy some things for school. Teenaged children are expected to spend about 85 dollars each for supplies. And, 23 percent of parents said even their younger children will buy some things for themselves. To help shoppers save money, several cities permit people to buy some goods without paying sales tax. Washington . is one such city. It observed a tenday sales tax holiday in August. During this period, people could buy clothing, shoes or school supplies that cost less than 100 dollars without having to pay sales tax. Unit 3 Short conversation 1. W: In order to have a meaningful life, you must be ready to give and sacrifice. M: I agree totally. And I try to remember this every day. Q: What will be possible if you give and sacrifice according to the woman? 2. W: Do you think we should give aid to people in need? M: I think it39。t have enough money to live. M: That sounds awful! W: It does. He used all his money to buy an apple. And he sold that apple for enough money to buy two. M: And he just kept going like this? W: That39。t! I know teenagers of your age, and they don39。t funny, then I don39。t let your mother choose your career for you. Q: According to the man, what should the woman39。t stand the way she eats so quickly. Q: Why does the man have a problem with the way his daughter eats? 7. M: What39。m surprised to see you out and about so early in the morning. M: You know my mom. She doesn39。t speak English at all. Don39。s a very good question. W: I was hoping that you had an answer to this question. M: Winnie, you don39。t use most of them when speaking or writing in English. They feel this is a problem. They would like to use all the difficult words that they know. W: Do you think that I use too few words? M: That39。t really have them anymore since you left. Passage The first requirement for my online language class was to meet in an online forum. I entered the forum early and saw students appear on the screen one after another. Strangely enough, when it was time to begin, the teacher still hadn39。re using the Inter in a useful way. Q: What does the man do online? 8. M: Online learning is ideal for anyone who doesn39。s teacher want to do? 6. M: I had no idea that online language learning could be so effective! W: It sure has helped me practice my language skills! Q: What is it about online language learning that surprised the man? 7. M: My classmates and I help each other solve homework problems online. W: It sounds like you39。t know, Bill. You know all those problems about having difficult people in the classroom? M: Yeah? W: We don39。s a good concern. Many advanced English learners have a large passive vocabulary, but they worry about their active vocabulary. They can understand many difficult English words when reading or listening, but they don39。m not. But I would like to use the new words that I learn in my English classes. How else am I going to remember them? M: Now that39。t say things correctly so they don39。t like your music either. Q: What should the woman do according to the man? 3. W: I39。s eating habits? M: I can39。t date a guy with a tattoo! Q: What does the father wish for his daughter? 9. W: My mother wants me to go into banking, but I like writing. M: You can39。t think that breaking shop windows is funny. M: If it isn39。s funny. When I was a teenager, I enjoyed movies and going out with my friends, not causing trouble or breaking things. M: This is just the big difference between your generation and mine. W: No, it isn39。s true. Many years ago, your grandpa didn39。ll need to do to reach his goal. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the passage you have just heard. 1. According to the passage, what is an important task for parents? 2. According to the passage, who is Deb? 3. Why did Deb take Kate to the Disney Studios? 4. What should be done with teens who are putting off their life choices? 5. How should a parent respond to