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[00:00.00]Workbook
[00:01.97]MODULE 3 Now and then
[00:05.39]Listening andpronunciation
[00:07.77]6 Listen to the conversation and complete the notes.
[01:26.61]7 Listen again and choose the correct answer.
[02:45.57]8 Listen and say if the underlined words are stressed or not.
[02:53.17]1 Mabel had to share a bed with her sisters!
[02:58.96]2 I don't think she had any free time.
[03:03.83]3 She had a baby every year for six years!
[03:09.94]4 What a hard life she had!
[03:14.92]Now listen again andrepeat.
[03:42.47]Reading and speaking
[03:45.54]9 Read the sentences from the passage. Who says each one--the wife or the husband?
[03:56.02]Now read the passage andcheck.
[03:59.80]Work and family lifeLaura Brent is a managerin an important company.
[04:07.89]She has threechildren--the eldest1 is10, and the youngest isthree.
[04:15.08]"My job was onlypossible because myhusband David wasprepared to take myplace
[04:21.94]and become a househusband," she says.
[04:25.57]More and more couplesare finding2 thisarrangement suits thembetter in today's world,
[04:31.39]where women are risingto the top of theircareers faster and moreeasily than they did inthe past.
[04:38.22]Many men, on the otherhand, like the idea ofstaying at home andlooking after thechildren.
[04:44.57]"My children see a lotmore of me than I saw ofmy father when I wasyoung,
[04:49.66]and I think it's betterfor them, especially forthe boys," says David.
[04:55.08]"It works3 just as wellfor Laura."
[04:57.77]"Now I can come homefrom a hard day at work,
[05:01.17]and immediately4 relaxwith the children,instead of having to dothe housework and thecooking," she says.
[05:07.83]Is there anythingDavid misses about goingout to work?
[05:11.94]"Not really. I supposethe worst thing aboutlooking after childrenand doing the housework,
[05:18.36]is not having a lunchbreak! It's a lot harderthan most men think."
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adj.最年长的,最年老的 | |
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2 finding | |
n.发现,发现物;调查的结果 | |
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3 works | |
n.作品,著作;工厂,活动部件,机件 | |
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ad.立即地,即刻地;直接地,紧密地 | |
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