[00:04.03]Exercises 1
[00:07.20]Directions:
[00:10.40]Listen to the passage and answer each of the following questions
[00:17.39]with no more than 10 words.
[00:22.25]A Christmas to Remember
[00:26.42]Once there was an old woman who liked to bake cookies
[00:33.44]She didn't have anyone to share them with
[00:38.70]so she just gave them away to the children in the neighborhood
[00:45.58]This went on for several years and the cookies became quite famous
[00:53.57]especially at Christmas-time
[00:58.28]The parents began to like the cookies as much as the children dim
[01:05.12]and the old woman's kitchen became very busy, so the children came to help.
[01:14.16]Then one Christmas the old woman became ill
[01:20.68]There were no cookies, and there was no money to pay the doctor
[01:27.98]The children were very sad
[01:32.02]Later they had a bright idea, that was to bake cookies from the old woman's recipe
[01:43.14]So the children started a cookie store.Soon they had a very good cookie busines
[01:52.64]with money to pay the doctor as well as to put in the bank.
[01:59.77]After the woman got well.she was asked to become the manager of the store
[02:07.87]selling special cookies for all the holidays of the year
[02:14.50]After the old woman died, the children, now grown up
[02:21.88]kept the cookie business alive in her name.Maybe life is like a Christmas cookie
[02:30.70]The more you share it with your friends,the more you're likely to enjoy it.
[02:39.08]1) What did the old woman like?
[02:44.12]2) Why did the children come to help the old woman?
[02:50.86]3) What happened to the old woman one Christmas?
[02:57.12]4) How were they able to pay the doctor?
[03:02.66]5) Who continued the business after the old woman died?
[03:09.83]6) What does the author compare life with?
[03:16.70]Exercise 2
[03:20.20]Directions:
[03:24.26]Listen to the passage again and retell the story.
[03:30.35]Listening 3
[03:34.45]Exercise 1
[03:37.76]Directions:
[03:41.36]Listen to the passage and answer each of the following questions
[03:48.56]with no more than 10 words.
[03:53.28]Saint Valentine's Day
[03:57.67]Several different stories are told about the origin of Saint Valentine's Day
[04:05.56]One legend dates as far back as the days of the Roman Empire
[04:13.55]According to the story, Claudius, the Emperor of Rome,
[04:20.75]wanted to increase the size of his army
[04:25.97]He knew that it would be easier to get young men who were not married to join
[04:33.85]Therefore he made a rule that no young man could marry
[04:41.23]until he had served a certain number of years in the army.
[04:48.32]A priest named Valentine broke the rule
[04:54.48]and secretly married a great many young people
[05:00.53]Finally, Claudius found out about Valentine and put the priest in prison
[05:09.85]where he remained until his death on February 14.
[05:16.94]After his death, Valentine was made a saint
[05:23.14]and the day of his death was named Saint Valentine's Day
[05:29.47]It became the custom for lovers to send each other messages on this day
[05:37.54]Now Saint Valentine's Day is a time for people to give roses
[05:44.81]or chocolates and to send greetings.
[05:50.21]1) On which day is valentine's Day celebrated?
[05:57.48]2) Where did the story take place?
[06:03.35]3) Why couldn't the young men there marry openly?
[06:10.94]4) Who is the Day named after?
[06:16.24]5) What did Valentine do in favor of the young people there?
[06:24.23]6) How was he punished?
[06:29.59]7) How do people celebrate Valentine's Day now?
[06:36.50]Exercise 2
[06:39.82]Directions |