Listening Book 3 Unit 3

Vocabulary Task

Answers/Script

A dorm life has some major negatives.

The other students keep me up all night.

And my roommate doesn’t give me any space.

B My new roommate doesn’t drive me crazy.

She never leaves her food for clothes all over the place.

She never takes my things without asking.

C My dad’s rules are way too strict.

He won’t let me use the phone for more than 10 minutes.

And I have to be back by a 9 p.m. curfew.

I know it’s because he’s concerned about me.

Listening Task

2. Listening activity

1) First listening

Answers

1.Sally never cleans anything.

2.The dormitory’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 doesn’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 can’t invite friends to the room.

3.His mom listens in on his conversations.

His mom is too nosy.

4.Her brother borrows her CDs.

Her brother messes up her room.

Script

1.A: Whoa, our place is a mess!

B: Yeah, well, it’s Sally’s stuff. She never cleans anything and leaves her clothes all over the place—blobs of the boohtpaste on the sink, and old smelly fod in the fridge. She doesn’t care that she’s living with other people.

A: Yeah, she’s a total slob!

2.A: Hi, little sister… how’s your first week away at school?

B: Well, I have to say that dormitary living has some major negatives.

A: What? Like having to share the bathroom with a lot of people?

B: Actually, that’s not so bad. It’s just that some of the rules are so strict. Like, we have to be back in the building by a 10 p.m. curfew.

A: Yeah, that sure sounds like dorm life!

B: And we can’t have friends in our rooms!

3.A: Ahhhh! My mom is so annoying. She doesn’t give me any space.

B; What do you mean?

A: I mean, I feel like she’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: She’s probably just curious.

A: It’s more than curious. Even if I take the phone into my own edroom, she’ll suddenly come in, without knocking, and pretend to be looking for something, just to check up on me. I widh I could move out!

B: What a bummer.

4.A: Harry, have you been listening to my CDs again?!

B: Alice! What’s the big deal?

A: The big deal is that it is so disrespectful to take things without asking. Plus, you mess up my room!

B: Hey, you take my sweaters without asking all the time!

A: Yeah, well… that’s different…

B: I don’t think so.

Real World Listening

1.Predict

Answer

They don’t respect her privacy.

2.Get the main idea

Answers

Things that bother Kara:

Mrs. Johnson visits Kara too often.

Mrs. John watches her while she eats.

Mrs. John wants to know where she is going.

Mr. Johnson tries to hug and kiss her all the time.

Script:

Kara:Steve, remember the older couple that I rent my apartment from?

Steve: Yeah?

Kara: Well, the woman has been coming up to see how I’m doing. At first I was really appreciative, you know, it’s nice to feel that people are concerned when you live alone.

Steve: Yeah, it is nice.

Kara: Now, though, she comes everyday…sometimes more than once! She always brings me homemade soup…

Steve: Homemade soup! That is so great! I wish someone cooked for me.

Kara: Sure, having some home-cooked food is a treat, but she sits and watches me to make sure I eat it! Last time, I had just eaten dinner when she came over and insisted that I finish a whole bowl. She wouldn’t leave until I did!

Steve: Oh, c’mon, you could have it much worse.

Kara: And, everytime I got out she leans out the door to ask where I am going. It’s like I’m 17 again!

Steve: Would you rather have loud neighbors who kept you up all night?

Kara: Well, it’s not only her. It’s the old man,too. He is such a flirt, and I’ve always thought it was cute. Ya, know, an old man, 80 years old, still flirting.

Steve: Uh huh…

Kara: So, today when I got home, he came up to me, gave me a hug…

Steve: yeah, so what…?

Kara: And then, he kissed me on the check…!

Steve: Oh no! Well, maybe you remind him of his granddaughter.

Kara: Well, yeah, but don’t you think it’s kind of weird for him to kiss me?

Real World Speaking

Answers

The man is complaining that the woman leaves her stuff all over the place. He also complains that the woman always keeps her clothes in the bathroom. He says that she is a messy person. In return, the woman says that the man is a jerk. He is so forgetful and so lazy. He doesn’t give her her phone messages and never washes his dirty dishes.