英语口语教程(中级) UNIT 9-13

Oral Workshop    Discussion Lesson9(Additional)    -13(Text A) ;
[00:05.98]lesson 9 ;
[00:17.09]    Additional     information ;
[00:20.94]   I Want a Wife ;
[00:23.93]I belong to that classification of people known as wives,I am A Wife. ;
[00:30.48]And,not altogether incidentally. I am a mother. ;
[00:35.75]Not too long ago a male friend of mine appeared on the scene ;
[00:40.52]fresh from a recent divorce. ;
[00:42.42]He had one child, who is,of course, with his ex-wife. ;
[00:46.13]He is obviously looking for another wife. ;
[00:48.93]As I thought about him while I was ironing one evening, ;
[00:52.06]it suddenly occurred to me that I,too, would like to have a wife. ;
[00:55.77]Why do I want a wife? ;
[00:58.04]I would like to go back to school ;
[01:00.76]so that I can become economically independent, ;
[01:03.72]support myself,and, if need be,support those dependent upon me. ;
[01:08.75]I want a wife who will work and send me to school. ;
[01:12.46]And while I am going to school I want a wife to take care of my children. ;
[01:16.68]I want a wife to keep track of the children's doctor and dentist appointments. ;
[01:21.10]And to keep track of mine,too. ;
[01:23.57]I want a wife to make sure my children eat properly and are kept clean. ;
[01:27.75]I want a wife who will ash the children's clothes and keep them mended. ;
[01:31.64]I want a wife who is a good nurturant attendant to my children, ;
[01:35.77]who arranges for their schooling, ;
[01:37.91]makes sure that they have an adequate social life with their peers, ;
[01:41.28]takes them to the park,the zoo,etc. ;
[01:44.46]I want a wife who takes care of the children when they are sick, ;
[01:48.21]a wife who arranges to be around when the children need special care, ;
[01:51.58]because,of course, I cannot miss classes at school. ;
[01:54.81]My wife must arrange to lose time at work and not lose the job. ;
[01:59.70]It may mean a small cut in my wife's income from time to time, ;
[02:03.69]but I guess I can tolerate that. Needless to say, ;
[02:07.39]my wife will arrange and pay for the care of the children while she is working ;
[02:11.95]I want a wife who will take care of my physical needs. ;
[02:16.51]I want a wife who will keep my house clean. ;
[02:19.12]A wife who will pick up after me. ;
[02:21.36]I want a wife who will keep my clothes clean, ;
[02:23.92]ironed,mended, replaced when need kept be, ;
[02:26.96]and who will see to it that my personal things are kept in their proper place ;
[02:31.23]so that I can find what I need the minute I need it. ;
[02:34.27]I want a wife who cooks the meals, a wife who is a good cook. ;
[02:39.83]I want a wife who will plan the menus, do the necessary grocery shopping, ;
[02:44.29]prepare the meals, serve them pleasantly, ;
[02:46.62]and then do the cleaning up while I do my studying. ;
[02:49.70]I want a wife who will care for me while I am sick ;
[02:52.65]and sympathize with my pain and loss of time from school. ;
[02:56.06]I want a wife to go along when our family takes a vacation ;
[02:59.77]so that someone can continue to care for me and my children ;
[03:03.38]when I need a rest and change of scene. ;
[03:06.61]I want a wife who will not ;
[03:08.59]bother me with rambling complaints about a wife's duties. ;
[03:12.30]But I want a wife who will listen to me ;
[03:14.51]when I feel the need to explain a rather ;
[03:16.41]difficult point I have come across in my course of studies. ;
[03:19.93]And I want a wife who will type my papers for me when I have written them. ;
[03:24.67]I want a wife who will take care of the details of my social life. ;
[03:29.56]When my wife and I are invited out by my friends, ;
[03:32.56]I want a wife who will take care of the babysitting arrangements. ;
[03:36.64]When I meet people at school that I like and want to entertain, ;
[03:41.01]I want a wife who will have the house clean,will prepare a special meal, ;
[03:45.04]serve it to me and my friends, ;
[03:46.75]and not interrupt when  talk about the things that interest me and my friends. ;
[03:51.03]I want a wife who will have arranged that the children are ;
[03:53.76]fed and ready for bed before my guests arrive ;
[03:56.05]so that the children do not bother us. ;
[03:58.46]I want a wife who takes care of the needs of my guests ;
[04:01.64]so that they feel comfortable,who makes sure that they have an ashtray, ;
[04:05.37]that they are passed the hoirs d'oeuvres, ;
[04:07.46]that they are offered a second helping of the food, ;
[04:10.07]that their wine glasses are replenished when necessary, ;
[04:12.97]that their coffee is served to them as they like it. ;
[04:16.29]And I want a wife who knows that sometimes I need a night out by myself. ;
[04:21.37]I want a wife who assumes the complete responsibility for birth control, ;
[04:26.50]because I do not want more children. ;
[04:28.97]I want a wife who will remain sexually faithful to me ;
[04:31.87]so that I do not have to clutter up my intellectual life with jealousies. ;
[04:36.66]And I want a wife who understands that my sexual needs ;
[04:41.67]may entail more than strict adherence to monogamy ;
[04:44.47]I must,after all,be able to relate to people as fully as possible. ;
[04:49.08]If,by chance, I find another person more suitable as a wife ;
[04:53.49]than the wife I already have, ;
[04:55.77]I want the liberty to replace my present wife with another one. ;
[04:59.38]Naturally,I will expect a fresh, new life; ;
[05:02.61]my wife will take the children and ;
[05:04.32]be solely responsible for them so that I am left free. ;
[05:07.91]When I am through with school and have a job, ;
[05:11.18]I want my wife to quit orking and remain at home so that my wife can more fully ;
[05:15.55]and completely take care of a wife's duties. ;
[05:19.25]My God,who wouldn't want a wife? ;
[06:01.80]Lesson 10 ;
[06:03.84]  How to Describe     Yourself     Text A ;
[06:09.16]All about me.I'm twelve years old. ;
[06:14.29]I'm large for my age and have big feet which I am self-conscious about. ;
[06:19.08]I look like both my mum and my dad but in different ways. ;
[06:23.03]I have fair hair and blue eyes like my dad, ;
[06:25.83]and a mouth and expression like my mum. ;
[06:28.25]My nose is like my mother's and definitely nothing like my father's. ;
[06:32.00]("thank goodness"). ;
[06:33.57]I am very like my mum in temperament, thought I don't have her very hot temper. ;
[06:38.58]I'm rather a tomboy but I'm not violent. I hate fighting and arguments. ;
[06:44.30]I hate being laughed at and some teasing hurts me more than I show. ;
[06:48.05]I tend to sulk when I am annoyed and I tend to be a bit oversensitive. ;
[06:52.47]Friendship is important to me with people of all ages. ;
[06:55.88]My home is very important to me ;
[06:57.88]and I would hate to be sent to a boarding school. ;
[07:00.25]On the whole I'm a fairly tidy person. I am quite creative with my hands. ;
[07:06.23]I like making models,pendants and candles as well as other things. ;
[07:10.41]I like acting and music,I play the French horn and can play the trumpet. ;
[07:15.11]I am not a very keen reader because I like to be outside most of the time. ;
[07:19.77]I ride my bike a lot and have been youth hosteling with it. ;
[07:23.80]My father lives abroad and I enjoy travelling to see him.I enjoy my food ;
[07:29.07](especially my French grandmother as she is an excellent cook!) ;
[07:32.49]and I have a sweet tooth but I hate the dentist. ;
[07:35.77]I don't like my hair being brushed by someone else and I hate it long. ;
[07:40.23]Finally,the one thing I really find boring is homework ;
[07:44.89]as I would far rather be outside or make something. ;
[07:48.64]    Text B ;
[07:52.01]    My thoughts I sometimes wonder what my mind is like inside, ;
[07:57.90]often I fancy that it is like this. ;
[08:01.22]I feel as if my mind goes round and round like the earth ;
[08:05.54]and if my lessons make me think hard it begins to spin. ;
[08:09.48]In my other class it was getting all stodgy and still and lumpy and rusty. ;
[08:14.33]I feel as if there is a ball in my mind and it is divided into pieces-- ;
[08:18.98]each piece stands for a different mood. ;
[08:21.59]The ball turns every now and then and that's what makes me change moods. ;
[08:26.58]I have my learning mood,my good looks mood,my happy mood, ;
[08:31.33]my loose-end mood and my grumpy mood, my miserable mood, ;
[08:35.93]my thoughtful mood and my planning mood. ;
[08:39.07]At the moment I am writing this I am in my thoughtful mood. ;
[08:42.86]When I am in my thoughtful mood ;
[08:44.81]I think out my maths and plan stories and poems. ;
[08:48.28]When my kitten is in her thoughtful mood she thinks shall I pounce or not, ;
[08:53.45]and shall I go to sleep or not. ;
[08:55.54]This sort of thing goes on in my own mind,too. ;
[08:59.06]It is very hard for me to put my thoughts into words. ;
[09:03.09]   Additional   Information     (1) ;
[09:08.51]He's the sort of chap who loves to make entrances and exits. ;
[09:12.78]He'll arrive ten minutes before everybody else ;
[09:15.24]and he'll leave ten minutes before everybody else. ;
[09:17.95]He'll come dashing in with a bunch of flowers,screaming hellos. ;
[09:21.97]He likes to be noticed.He loves telling jokes. ;
[09:24.87]He's a well-informed chap and keeps up to date with all the current affairs. ;
[09:29.04]He likes to talk and give his view on life.He's very successful. ;
[09:33.22]When he sets himself a goal,he works hard to attain that and to achieve it. ;
[09:37.73]He knows what he wants and he'll set out to get it. ;
[09:41.06]As a result,he's successful. ;
[09:43.86]When you're talking to Roger,sometimes you're left way,way behind. ;
[09:48.94]His mind is whizzing over so fast that you're talking about something, ;
[09:52.64]and he's off at a tangent,talking about something completely different ;
[09:56.35]He can't sit down. He's not.He can't relax. ;
[10:00.34]He's always jumping up nd doing things and finds it hard to concentrate at times. ;
[10:06.65](2) She gazes at herself in wonder. ;
[10:11.11]Vanished are her healthy pink cheeks, her slightly red winter nose, ;
[10:16.20]her mole,her little freckles and blemishes:she is smooth,new made. ;
[10:22.32]She dabes a little powder on top,and stands back to admire the effect. ;
[10:27.35]It is pleasing,she decides. ;
[10:31.06]She wonders what it will look like by midnight. ;
[10:35.38]Will she be transformed into an uneven,red-faced, patchy, ;
[10:40.78]blotchy clown? And ugly sister? ;
[10:44.74](3)When she was   twenty-three years   old,she met,at a   Christmas party, ;
[10:51.55]a young man from the Erewash Valley.Morel was then twenty-- seven years old. ;
[10:56.72]He was well set-up,erect, and very smart. ;
[11:00.71]He had wavy black hair that shone, ;
[11:02.94]and a vigorous black beard that had never been shaved. ;
[11:06.41]His cheeks were ruddy,and his red, moist mouth was noticeable ;
[11:11.06]because he laughed so often and so heartily. ;
[11:14.62]He had that rare thing,a rich, ringing laugh. ;
[11:19.18]Gertrude Coppard had watched him, fascinated. ;
[11:22.13]He was so full of colour and animation, ;
[11:24.88]his voice ran so easily into comic grotesque, ;
[11:27.87]he was so ready and so pleasant with everybody. ;
[11:30.91]Her own father had a rich fund of humour,but it was satiric. ;
[11:35.04]This man's different:soft, ;
[11:37.80]non-intellectual, warm,a kind of gambolling. ;
[11:41.36]She herself was opposite.She had a curious,receptive mind which found ;
[11:46.07]much pleasure and amusement in listening to other folk. ;
[11:48.71]She was clever in leading folk to talk. ;
[11:51.11]She loved ideas,and was considered very intellectual. ;
[11:54.68]What she liked most of all was an argument on religion ;
[11:58.57]or philosophy or polities with some educated man. ;
[12:02.46]This she did not often enjoy. ;
[12:04.93]So she always had people tell her about themselves,finding her pleasure so. ;
[12:09.44]In her person she was rather small and delicate, ;
[12:13.29]with a large brow, and dropping bunches of brown silk curls. ;
[12:17.75]Her blue eyes were very straight, honest,and searching. ;
[12:21.27]She had the beautiful hands of the Coppards. ;
[12:23.69]Her dress was always subdued. ;
[12:25.68]She wore dark blue silk,with a peculiar silver chain of silver scallops. ;
[12:30.34]This,and heavy brooch of twisted gold,was her only ornament. ;
[12:34.75]She was still perfectly intact, deeply religious, ;
[12:38.36]and full of beautiful candour. ;
[13:20.01]Lesson 11 ;
[13:23.00]   Is He a Good     Neighbour?     Text A ;
[13:27.70]You and your family have been living in the same six-family apartment ;
[13:31.88]building for eight years. ;
[13:33.69]The landlord's family also lives there,and,generally speaking, ;
[13:38.04]all the tenants get along fairly well with each other. ;
[13:40.89]Recently,however, there was a change in the apartment next to yours. ;
[13:45.31]A nice,quiet old couple used to live there. ;
[13:48.63]The old lady would sometimes bring over some cookies or small cakes she had made, ;
[13:52.90]and your mother in return would give them some food or ;
[13:55.87]help the old woman with her shopping. ;
[13:57.75]Unfortunately,the old lady died last month. ;
[14:01.28]Her husband couldn't live alone,so his grandson moved in with him. ;
[14:05.42]The grandson,who is about twenty,has become a problem to your family. ;
[14:11.02]The walls of the building are thin and he is noisy. ;
[14:14.91]You are used to peace and quiet, ;
[14:17.24]but the grandson likes to listen to his radio late at night. ;
[14:20.37]Sometimes friends of his visit,and they make a lot of noise. ;
[14:23.79]Everyone in your family is bothered by you new neighbor ;
[14:26.74]and as a result is becoming more irritated. ;
[14:29.73]Your mother once politely asked the old man if he was able o sleep well at night ;
[14:34.24]but apparently he didn't get the hint. ;
[14:36.66]If he did understand your mother's intention ;
[14:39.08]and did speak to his grandson about it, ;
[14:41.17]the grandson apparently didn't listen,since things haven't changed any. ;
[14:45.83]Everyone in your family agrees that something has to be done, ;
[14:49.01]but no one wants to hurt the old man's feelings or cause him any problems. ;
[14:53.28]What do you think should be done? ;
[14:55.94]    Text B ;
[14:59.50]ALBERT:Listen,the   heating's broken   in my room. ;
[15:02.54]When are you going to come and fix it? ;
[15:04.30]MANAGER:I'm sorry to   hear that,sir.I'll   someone right   away. ;
[15:07.71]ALBERT:You'd better.   It's freezing up   there.And my   room's disgrace. ;
[15:11.04]That maid's useless. I want her replaced. ;
[15:13.32]MANAGER:Well,I'll   speak to the   housekeeper about   it,sir, ;
[15:16.45]  but I'm sure... ALBERT:And that hall   porter's another   one.Cheeky devil. ;
[15:19.73]You should get rid of him,too.Doesn't know how to treat guests with respect. ;
[15:23.76]  And look at the   money I'm paying! MANAGER:Well,I'm   very sorry,sir, ;
[15:27.42]but George has been with us for twenty years and we've never had ;
[15:30.53]any complaints about him until now. ;
[15:32.24]ALBERT:And another   thing! ;
[15:33.30]What are you going to do about those foreigners in number 27? ;
[15:35.82]Carrying on all night in that funny language!Shouting, they were. ;
[15:38.75]  It shouldn't   be allowed. MANAGER:If you   like,sir, ;
[15:41.74]I'll have a word with them and ask them to be a little more considerate. ;
[15:44.51]ALBERT:Yes,do that,   will you,then   maybe I'll get   some sleep. ;
[15:47.74]MANAGER:I'm very   sorry you've been   disturbed,sir. ;
[15:50.06]But are you enjoying your stay apart from that? ;
[15:52.39]ALBERT:Well,I don't   think much of   the restaurant. ;
[15:54.57]I can't get a decent plate of fish and chips.It's all salad and fancy stuff. ;
[15:58.66]And the service is terrible,too. ;
[16:00.75]MANAGER:Well,sir,I'm sure the waiters try to be as helpful as they can, ;
[16:04.97]but they are very busy at dinner. ;
[16:06.63]ALBERT:Well,you   should get some   more,shouldn't   you? ;
[16:08.63]You should be able to afford it. ;
[16:10.01]You're charging enough this year, aren't you? ;
[16:11.93]MANAGER:I'm very   sorry you feel   that way about   it,sir. ;
[16:14.59]If there's anything else I can do to make your stay here more pleasant, ;
[16:17.86]please don't hesitate to ask me. ;
[16:19.38]ALBERT:Don't worry,   I'll tell you all   right! ;
[16:21.43]    Additional    Information ;
[16:23.75]The time of day is about 7.30 in the evening. ;
[16:27.55]You are on your way home ;
[16:29.45]and are presently on a subway train which is about full. ;
[16:33.34]At one of the stops, a young man in his early twenties gets on the train ;
[16:38.14]and sits down next to a middle-aged woman reading a book. ;
[16:41.46]The man looks like he might have been drinking a little. ;
[16:45.17]After a few minutes,he eaches into his pocket for a cigarette nd lights up. ;
[16:50.01]There are signs on the subway which prohibit smoking. ;
[16:54.47]People usually obey the signs, ;
[16:56.82]since it is both dangerous and inconsiderate not to. ;
[17:00.31]The woman turns to the man and very politely says, ;
[17:04.68]"Excuse me,sir, but you aren't supposed to smoke on the subway." ;
[17:09.76]The man ignored her, so she once again says."Excuse me,sir, ;
[17:15.65]but people don't usually smoke on the subway." ;
[17:18.45]The man looks at the woman and says, ;
[17:21.02]"Why don't you mind your own business, lady?" ;
[17:23.58]The woman closes her book,very calmly stands up, ;
[17:27.86]looks straight at the man and says, ;
[17:31.18]"I think the safety of ll the passengers is everyone's business, young man." ;
[17:36.31]She then turns to walk away, ;
[17:38.40]when suddenly the young man jumps up ;
[17:40.18]and grabs her by the arm and turns her around.The woman yells. ;
[18:23.61]Lesson 12 ;
[18:26.17] Seeing the World     Text A ;
[18:31.06]If someone offered to pay all my expenses for a month's holiday anywhere in the world. ;
[18:36.86]I would feel very surprised and very excited. ;
[18:39.94]It would be difficult to decide where I wanted to go. ;
[18:43.22]Should I go to one place or to lots of different places? ;
[18:46.97]If I went to one country,I could see and understand a lot about it. ;
[18:51.39]If I went to lots of countries, ;
[18:53.34]my holiday would be more interesting and more exciting. ;
[18:56.33]I think I would decide to fly around the world ;
[18:59.18]and to visit three different countries. ;
[19:01.69]The countries I would visit would be Australia, ;
[19:04.87]the United States of America and Kenya. ;
[19:08.91]If I went to Australia,I would stay there for about two weeks. ;
[19:13.42]I am sure it would be very interesting ;
[19:15.42]to visit a country which is so very different from my own. ;
[19:17.55]Before I went,I would write to one of my Australian friends. ;
[19:22.32]I would suggest that if it were possible, ;
[19:24.41]he should spend a week with me ;
[19:25.73]visiting Aboriginal tribes in the northern part of Australia. ;
[19:28.90]I would really like to find out how the Aboriginal people live n Australia today. ;
[19:33.41]My friend could explain what we saw ;
[19:35.93]and he could translate what people said ;
[19:38.11]because he majored in Aboriginal Studies at Queens-land University. ;
[19:42.81]While I was visiting Australia. ;
[19:45.04]I hope I could also see some of the large cities, ;
[19:47.85]such as Sydney and Melbourne. ;
[19:50.41]If I went to the United States,I would stay there about a week. ;
[19:56.16]I expect I would start by visiting New York. ;
[19:59.15]I have heard that New York is a very exciting city. ;
[20:02.33]I imagine that there are lots of tourist attractions, ;
[20:05.27]that the buildings are spectacular and that the food is very varied. ;
[20:09.55]After I had stayed two or three days in New York,I would fly to San Francisco. ;
[20:14.48]I hope I could stay with my relations who live there ;
[20:17.38]and I would visit the city and other parts of California. ;
[20:21.28]Finally,I would fly to Kenya where I would stay for about a week. ;
[20:26.26]There are three things I would like to do in Kenya. ;
[20:29.06]First,I hope I could visit the coast ;
[20:31.44]because I would like to see the old Arab cities and enjoy the beautiful beaches. ;
[20:35.95]Next,I would like to  visit a Game Reserve. ;
[20:38.89]I imagine the wild animals of Africa-- the lion, ;
[20:41.74]elephant and hippopotamus-- are very exciting and beautiful. ;
[20:45.63]Finally,I would like to visit the Mountains of Kenya ;
[20:48.77]where you can see snow on the Equator. ;
[20:51.43]If someone offered me this money,I would be amazed. ;
[20:56.41]Unfortunately,I do not think this will ever happen ;
[21:00.31]and I doubt if I shall ever visit these countries. ;
[21:03.63]    Text B ;
[21:07.43]Ann started work last summer,so she didn't have a holiday. ;
[21:12.80]She saved as much as she could and, in January, ;
[21:16.21]she booked a package trip to Rosa, in Spain. ;
[21:19.59]She left London airport early on the morning of the first Saturday in August. ;
[21:24.29]She was very excited,as this was her first trip abroad. ;
[21:28.51]During the flight they had a snack, ;
[21:30.89]and when they arrived at Barcelona airport, ;
[21:33.31]a special bus was ready to take them to their hotel in Rosas. ;
[21:37.01]The weather was beautiful and Ann enjoyed the bus trip. ;
[21:40.76]At the hotel,she checked in, ;
[21:43.38]and then went to her room to change before dinner. ;
[21:46.22]She was just ready to go downstairs, ;
[21:48.93]when she found that her Spanish money wasn't in her handbag. ;
[21:53.20]She carefully looked in all her luggage, but she couldn't find it. ;
[21:57.81]All she had was a small purse with ten English pound notes in it! ;
[22:03.22]Ann found a place to change her English money. ;
[22:06.26]She had very few pesetas,and she would be here for two weeks. ;
[22:10.01]On her way back to the hotel, ;
[22:11.86]Ann bought some cheese,some bread and someoranges.When she got back, ;
[22:16.95]she told the manager that her doctor had told her not to eat Spanish food; ;
[22:21.12]she'd just have breakfast each day. ;
[22:23.50]This was all right, as she knew the price of hotels included breakfast. ;
[22:27.87]For the rest of her holiday,Ann swam in the hotel swimming-pool, ;
[22:31.95]or lay on the beach and got a suntan. ;
[22:34.33]She also went for long walks with one of the other tourists, ;
[22:37.41]a Scottish girl called Jane. ;
[22:39.59]However,when the others went to interesting places, ;
[22:43.16]she always said she wasn't well. ;
[22:45.29]In fact,her holiday wasn't bad,except that she was always hungry. ;
[22:49.85]After all,a piece of fruit for lunch,and bread and cheese for supper isn't very much ;
[22:54.08]especially not for two weeks! Late in the afternoon of their last day, ;
[22:59.25]Ann and Jane were on the beach. ;
[23:01.11]Jane asked her why she never ate with them in the hotel restaurant. ;
[23:04.67]The food was excellent. ;
[23:06.52]Ann told her all about her money problems. ;
[23:09.75]Jane looked at her for a minute,and then said,"But didn't you know? ;
[23:15.40]The price of this holiday includes absolutely everything!" ;
[23:20.34]   Additional    Information ;
[23:23.19]  TRAVEL BOOKS ;
[23:25.32]There are several ways you can find out about the countries ;
[23:29.00]and places you wish to visit. ;
[23:30.83]You can talk to friends who have travelled to the places. ;
[23:33.80]Or you can go and see a colour film about them. ;
[23:36.41]Or you can read travel books. ;
[23:39.02]It would seem that there are three kinds of travel books. ;
[23:42.68]The first are those that give a personal, ;
[23:45.11]subjective account of travels which the author has actually made himself. ;
[23:49.40]If they are informative and have a good index ;
[23:52.14]then they can be useful to you when you are planning your travels. ;
[23:55.45]The second kind are those books whose purpose is to give ;
[23:59.04]a purely objective description of things to be done and seen. ;
[24:02.93]If a well-read, ;
[24:04.07]cultured person has written such a book then it is even more useful. ;
[24:08.15]It can be classified as a selective guide book. ;
[24:12.14]The third kind are those books which are called 'a guide' ;
[24:16.04]to some place or other. If they are good, they will, ;
[24:19.73]in addition to their factual information, ;
[24:21.77]give an analysis or an interpretation. ;
[24:25.18]like the first kind they can be inspiring and entertaining. ;
[24:29.12]But their primary function is to assist the reader ;
[24:31.83]who wishes to plan in the most practical way. ;
[24:34.53]Whatever kind of travel book you choose ;
[24:37.45]you must make sure that it does not describe everything as "marvellous", ;
[24:42.06]"fabulous"or "magical", ;
[24:44.48]You must also note its date of publication ;
[24:47.42]because travel is a very practical affair ;
[24:49.94]and many things change quickly in the twentieth century. ;
[24:52.84]Finally,you should make sure that the contents are well presented ;
[24:57.06]and easy to find. ;
[25:37.75]Lesson 13 ;
[25:41.13] What's Wrong with     Them?     Text A ;
[25:46.25]I'm forty and married with two children. ;
[25:49.58]My trouble is that I haven't got enough to do. ;
[25:52.14]The kids are at school all day and the house is empty. ;
[25:55.18]So I eat chocolates, mostly. ;
[25:57.89]I've put on a lot of weight,but I can't give them up. ;
[26:00.98]I try as hard as I can but I just can't stop eating. ;
[26:05.44]Doctor Bruce writes: I think Mrs Allen would be happier if she found a job, ;
[26:11.23]or if she got out of the house more and made some interesting friends. ;
[26:15.17]If she did that,I think the weight problem would be solved. ;
[26:19.68]I'm sixteen.My trouble is my spotty skin. ;
[26:24.62]I've used all the creams on the market,but none of them do any good. ;
[26:28.56]And now I've met a marvellous girl. ;
[26:30.94]But I'm afraid to ask her to go out with me. ;
[26:33.98]Doctor Bruce writes: ;
[26:36.40]Most teenagers suffer from this,of course, at some time or other. ;
[26:40.15]And it makes them very shy and self-conscious. ;
[26:43.09]"What will other people think of me, if they see me like this?" They wonder. ;
[26:47.13]And it's a pity, because if they didn't worry so much, ;
[26:50.41]the skin trouble would soon disappear. ;
[26:52.68]Tom should learn a relaxation technique,yoga for example. ;
[26:56.67]Then I think he'd solve the problem very quickly. ;
[27:00.62]My problem is time. I haven't enough of it. ;
[27:04.60]I sleep badly,and I wake up tired. ;
[27:07.36]I get indigestion every day ;
[27:09.30]and now I'm beginning to get bad headaches and pains in my chest. ;
[27:12.72]And don't tell me to take a holiday,doctor. I haven't got time. ;
[27:17.35]Doctor Bruce writes: If Mr Tyler had more common sense, ;
[27:22.53]he'd find the time to have a holiday, or change his job. ;
[27:25.80]If he thought for a minute,he'd see that he can't go on like this. ;
[27:29.46]He should rest more.Then he'd work better. ;
[27:32.88]But that's the silly thing about men like him. ;
[27:35.49]They only believe they're ill when they're almost dead. ;