LDTP – Theme: Nature and the Environment

Unit 1: A BIG RESPONSIBILITY

1. route
2. companionship
companion (n)
3. expensive
4. expenses
5. decide -> decision
6. responsibility

B : Mom, (1) ……………..?

(1) can I get a puppy

W: No, Billy (2)………………………………………………………..

(2) Taking care of a pet is a big responsibility

B : I (3)…………………………… of him, and you won’t have to (4)…………………for him.

(3) promise to take good care
(4) remind me to do things
W: A dog isn’t (5)……………………………. He will be part of our life for the next 10 or 20
years. (6)……………………..
5. a toy that you play with for a while
6. He is a living creature
create

B : I understand that, Mom. I promise to (7)………………………………………………….

every afternoon.
7. feed him every morning and take him for walks

W: That’s part of the responsibility, (8)………………….. He needs a (9)………………………

A dog also needs (10)…………………. You can’t go off with your friends and (11)……………
all day.
8. but there’s more
9. license and has to go to the vet to get shots
10. companionship
11. leave him locked up in the house

B : I understand, Mom. I have almost $100 in the bank so I can pay for his license and shots
now.
W: There are (12)…………….., too. Dog food is rather expensive.
12. other expenses
13. newspaper route
14. discuss this with your father when he gets home
15. a family decision
B : Well, I have my job mowing lawns and I’ll get a (13)……………...

W: I think we should (14)………………………………………………….. This is (15)…………

B : OK, Mom. Thanks!