【正文】 it’s too small for our family. (negative) ?8. + Amy has a beautiful spacious loft for her art studio. She’s really happy there. (positive) ?9. + Bill and Sherry have a nice, cozy little apartment in the city. They call it their love nest. (positive)?Listening Task?1 First Listening?Answers?1. a small house ?2. a cozy apartment ?3. a modern house ?4. something old ?2 Second Listening?Answers?1. warm and cozy in the winter ?2. a great view ?3. modern house, easy to keep clean ?4. roomy, lots of space ?Script?1. I want a small house, something that’ll be warm and cozy in the winter. My big old house is spacious, but it’s too hard to keep warm. ?2. I’m looking for a small, cozy apartment, but with a great view. I want to look at the mountains, not another apartment building. ?3. After living in an ld house all my life, I’m ready for a modern house, one that’s easy to keep clean. It should have all wood floors, no carpets. ?4. We’re looking for something old but roomy. Since we have three kids, they need lots of space to move around.?Real World Listening?1 Predict?Answer?It’s spacious, it has modern furniture, it has a view ?2 Get the main ideas?Answers?1. It’s spacious and modern. ?2. It has a view of the ocean. ?3. It makes her feel elegant and relaxed. ?4. It’s phony, unfortable, and he feels like he’s in a museum. ?Script?Diane: Isn’t this place fantastic? ?John: Well, I don’t know…I mean, it’s okay. ?Diane: It’s so big. So spacious. So much room. I feel so…free here. ?John: It must be cold in the winter. Our place is so cozy and warm. ?Diane: Oh, John! And the view! Look at the view of the ocean from this window! I feel so relaxed. ?John: Oh, god. It makes me seasick. Our place is so much more down to earth. ?Diane: Look at this furniture. It’s so modern. I feel so elegant here. ?John: You do? I feel like I’m in a museum. It’s so phony, so unfortable. Are you supposed to sit in these chairs? ?Diane: Oh, John, don’t you wish we could live in a place like this? ?John: What’s wrong with our place??Unit 4 It means a lot to me?Vocabulary Task ?Answers/script ?1. b Henna tattoos – For fun ?2. d Leather ring – Grandmother gave it to me ?3. a Rakari bracelet – To protect me ?4. f Silk scarf – Makes me look good ?5. g Digital watch – Reminds me of appointments. ?6. c Crystal necklace – Friends said it has special powers?7. e Silver pin – Has a lot of sentimental value?Listening Task ?1 First Listening ?Answers ?1. a rakari – a cloth bracelet ?2. a crystal necklace ?3. a diamond ring ?4. a gold earring ?2 Second Listening ?Answers ?1. a. to protect him ?2. b. she likes the way it looks ?3. a. it has sentimental value ?4. b. it makes him look good ?Script ?1. Mark: Hey, Steve, whatcha got on your wrist there? ?Steve: Oh, it’s something my sister gave me. ?Mark: Uh, a bracelet? ?Steve: Sort of. It’s a “rakari,” a special piece of cloth Indian women give their brothers every August. ?Mark: What’s it for? ?Steve: To protect me. ?Mark: Cool. I guess you’re safe for another year. ?2. Andrea: Oh, Shelly, what’s that on your necklace? ?Shelly: It’s a quartz crystal. ?Andrea: Oh, do you believe in crystals? ?Shelly: Not really, but my boyfriend does, and he gave me this. ?Andrea: What’s it supposed to do? ?Shelly: He said it’s supposed to make our love last forever. And I like the way it looks. ?3. Claire: That’s an interesting ring, Bridget. Where’d you get it? ?Bridget: Oh, I got this with money from my grandmother ?Claire: Yeah? Is it a real diamond? ?Bridget: Mmhmm. It’s small, but it has a lot of sentimental value. ?Claire: ‘Cause it reminds you of your grandma? ?Bridget: Of course. ?4. Lisa: Oh, Scott. Is that an earring? ?Scott: It’s a gold earring. I got it in Thailand. ?Lisa: Is it something special? ?Scott: No, I just think it makes me look good!?Real World Listening ?1 Predict ?Answer ?It protects her from illness. ?2 Get the main ideas ?Answers ?The necklace is made of silver. The witch doctor told her to wear it. Her grandmother gave it to her. When she took the necklace off, she got sick. When she put it back on, she got better. ?Script ?Jean: I’m ready, are you? Why don’t you take that necklace off before you go in the pool? ?Chandra: Oh, this? No, I never take it off. I wear it all the time. I’ve had it since I was a kid. ?Jean: Really? You’ve worn it since you were little? Why? ?Chandra: Well, when I was a baby, I lived in India. And I was sick all the time, so my parents took me to a doctor. And well, the doctor at first didn’t want to treat me because — ?Jean: What? Why? ?Chandra: Well, because I was a girl. ?Jean: Huh? Because you were a girl? ?Chandra: Yeah, well, that’s the way it was. Anyway, so my parents took me to this witch doctor, and I… ?Jean: A witch doctor ?Chandra: Yeah, well, I guess you could call her a … I don’t know, a spiritual healer. She was an old woman in our village. And she took a look at me and she said I needed silver. ?Jean: Silver? ?Chandra: Yeah. She said I needed silver so that I could get better. And then my grandmother went to a jeweler and she had this silver necklace made for me. They put it on me, and I got better. ?Jean: I don’t believe that. ?Chandra: Well, I didn’t either for a while. But you know what? When I was 20 I took it off and I put it in a drawer for a little while. And then, I started to get sick again. And I didn’t get better. I was just sick all the time. And then I remembered the necklace, and I put it on. And after that, I was fine. ?Jean: Wow.Unit 5 It changed my life?Vocabulary Task?Answers/script?1. Japan/Japanese?2. Canada/French/English?3. Panama/Spanish ?4. Brazil/Portuguese ?5. Thailand/Thai ?6. India/Hindi ?7. South Africa/ Afrikaans ?8. Morocco/ Arabic ?9. Germany/ German ?10. Norway/Norwegian ?Script ?1. Helen is going to Japan to study Japanese. ?2. Pam is from Canada. She speaks French and English. ?3. Linda’s family lives in Panama. They speak Spanish. ?4. Andrea is from brazil. She speaks Portugues