Unit 15 Who needs advice?
Vocabulary task
Answers/Script
A My boss made me work overtime every day this week. But I’m afraid of telling him what I think about it. I guess I don’t know how to stand up for myself.
B I just can’t seem to lose weight. And I’ve been having chest pains recently. I guess I need to see my doctor about an exercise plan.
C How can I get my parents to try and understand me? They’re always yelling at me about everything. I don’t get along with them anymore. Maybe I need to move out of the house.
Listening Task
1) First Listening
Answer
1. His boss yells at him. /He has chest paints.
2. Her parents are driving her crazy. /they are always asking her who she is going out with.
3. She can’t stick to her dies. /She doesn’t exercise regularly.
4. His car makes strange noises.
2) Second Listening
Answers
1. Go to a doctor. /Stand up for yourself.
2. Grow up. /Follow their rules or move out of the house.
3. Talk to your doctor about an exercise plan and stick t it.
4. Call a mechanic.
Script
1. A: Andrea Price on Who Needs Advice. What’s your problem?
B: This is Larry, from Chicago.
A: Okay, Larry. What’s your problem?
B: I have to work overtime every day this week. My boss is always yelling at me.
A: Your boss is yelling at you? How do you deal with that?
B: The stress is so bad that I’ve had chest pains the last three days.
A: First things first your health. Go see a doctor right away. Second, stand up for yourself. You don’t have put up with the yelling from your boss.
2. A: Next caller. Andrea Price on who needs Advice.
B: Hi, I’m Jackie, from Toronto.
A: Jackie, what’s your problem?
B: My parents are driving me crazy! I’m in college and my parents make me come home before midnight. Plus…
A: Just a second, Jackie. Slow down. You’re in college, you’re living at home, your parents want you home at midnight. What’s wrong with that?
B: Well, it’s not only that. They always want to know who I’m going out with, and if I’ve done my homework. How can I get them to leave me alone?
A: Jackie, grow up already. If you live at home, you should follow their rules, or move out of the house. Clear enough?
3. A: Andrea Price on Who Needs Advice.
B: this is Beatrice from Atlanta.
A: Okay, Beatrice from Atlanta.
B: I need some advice about dieting. Every time I go on a diet , I lose a few pounds, but it only lasts a little while.
A: Um-hmm. Go on.
B: Once I start eating normally again, I always gain the weight back.
A: Do you exercise regularly?
B: No.
A: There’s your problem you can’t lose weight without exercise. Talk to your doctor about an exercise plan, and stick to it.
4. A: Andrea Price on Who Needs Advice.
B: This is Pete, from Denver.
A: What’s your Problem?
B: Could I ask you something?
A: That’s what I’m here for.
B: Well, my car has been making funny noises lately. Like this—fffft fffft fffft ffft—but only sounds srt of like, vvvttt,,vvvttt,vvvttt…
A: Look, Pete…
B: I really don’t know what to do….
A: Look, Pate, I give advice about people, not cars. You need to call a mechanic.
Real world Listening
1. Predict
Answer
Whether she should marry him or not
2. Get the main idea
Answer
Sunhee’s problem: Sunhee wants to get married. /Sunhee’s parents want her to marry a Korean.
Carla’s advice: Follow your heart. /Have a child.
Script
Dr. Monroe: This is Dr. Ellen Monroe on Love Talk. This is the part of the show where we listen to our callers’ advice. Tonight we have Sunhee, a woman with a love problem. Sunhee, tell us about your problem.
Sunhee: I’m from a Korean family, and I’m in love with a man from India that I met here in the U.S.
Dr. Monroe: Okay, and…
Sunhee: He’s asked me to marry him, and I said yes.
Dr. Monroe: So what is the problem?
Sunhee: It’s my parents. They’re very traditional, so I’m afraid of telling them that I’m engaged. I’m worried that they won’t let me marry him.
Dr. Monroe: Hmm.
Sunhee: I can’t go against my parents’ will, but this is the man I want to marry.
Dr. Monroe: Hmm. That’s Sunhee’s problem, folks. Now, what’s your advice to her?
Sunhee: Hello. What’s your advice for our worried friend?
Carla: Hello. I’m Carla, from Canada, and I married a Chinese man five years ago. When I first told my parents I wanted to marry a foreigner with different religious beliefs, they were very angry. You see, they’re very traditional. They’ve always expected me to marry someone Canadian, from the same religious background.
Dr. Monroe: Then what happened?
Carla: For four years, they hardly talked to me, and they never came to visit us. it was like they disowned me…
Dr. Monroe: Four years, you say. After four years something changed?
Carla: Yes. When our little girl was born, I sent my parents a picture of her, and wrote, “Your granddaughter would like to see you.” A week later they called, and a month after that they came to see us – well, they came to see my daughter, any-way. Now they’re trying – they still aren’t comfortable with my husband, but they’re trying to understand him.
Dr. Monroe: So, what’s your advice?
Carla: Don’t give in to tradition. Marry the person you love. But have your first child soon – don’t wait four years like I did. That’s too long to be divided from your parents.
Dr. Monroe: Sounds like good advice to me. |