14 Issues in RELATIONSHIPS

Tom Cat’s Story

My name is Tom and I am a cat. I have ___________________ whose name is Felina.

Felina is my owner. You see, she doesn’t understand how people should take care of
___________. She has very strange idea about the relationship between people and pets.
Felina treats me like human child. She _______________ about me and tells me what to
do ______________. She doesn’t want me to go outside and play with the other cats. She makes
me sit in___________________ every night while she watches television. Boring. And the
programs she watches! ________________________________!
There’s more. Felina brushes and combs me twice a day. She takes me to
the__________________ once a week for a bath and shampoo. Really. Cats can take care of
themselves. Doesn’t she know that we have tongues that we use ____________________ and
keep clean? And the flea powder she puts on me-it __________________and I think it might
give me skin cancer.
Felina thinks she knows what kind of food I like. She doesn’t even ________________.
She feeds me__________________ and she puts it in ___________________. Really! Who
cares? All I want is some day- ________________. And a little water. That’s all. Is that asking
too much?
One time I managed to get out of the house. Did I have good time! I ran around with
some other cats in the neighborhood. We _________________ and ____________________. I
even killed a bird and ate it. Good fun. But when I returned home Felina went crazy. She was so
angry. She took me right to______________________ for a bath and shampoo, even though I
had just been there the day before.
Once I had a relationship with __________________ siamese down the street, but Felina
stopped it. Then Felina ____________________. Now I can’t be a father and have children, and
I have lost all of my interest in female cats.
To make__________________________, she wants to have me buried next to her! I
won’t to be free her even when I am dead. What a life.

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15 Issues in RELATIONSHIPS

An International Relationship

Dear Diary,
Tonight Amir asked to marry him!_____________________. I love him so much. It is hard to
believe that we have known each other for only eight months.
But___________________ I love him, I don’t know what to do. My parents would be
angry with me __________________ a man from India. They want me to marry only a Japanese
man. My mother has told me that___________________________.
And that’s not all. There are so many other problems. I mean, where would we live? I
think it would be very hard for me to live India. Would ____________________ to Indian
society? I don’t speak any Indian languages. I would have a difficult time
_____________________. And I don’t want _______________________ a housewife! That’s
for sure.
I don’t think Amir would fit in to Japanese society, either. He doesn’t speak Japanese. He
_______________________ when he tries to say a single Japanese word. It would be impossible
for him to find a job in Japan. Besides, he doesn’t even like Japanese food!
Maybe we could stay in the United States. Both of us will finish our studies in May.
I wonder if we could __________________ here. That might be difficult. But even if we could
stay here, I don’t know if I want to live away from Japan. I would miss my family and friends
and everything.
And what about our children? ______________________ might have a difficult time.
Would they be Japanese? Indian? What? It is all _________________________.
The more I write to you___________________, the more problems I see. I know that
marriage is difficult. More and more marriages _____________________. And I think that
international marriages are even more difficult!
Oh, I am so confused.

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Listen to the Following Dialogues and Fill in the Blanks to
Complete each Sentences!

(What’s the hell is this?)

Lau : As you ‘re all aware. One of __________________. A relatively small
amount, 68 million.
Chechen : Who’s _________________ to steal from us?
Maroni : Two-bit wackjob, Wears __________________ and makeup. He’s not the
problem. He’s a nobody. The problem is our money being
______________________.
Lau :Thanks to Mr. Morani’s well-placed sources. We know that police have
indeed identified ____________________________ and are planning to
____________________ today. And since the enthusiastic now DA has put
_______________________ out of business...... I am your only option
Maroni : So, what are you proposing?
Lau : Moving all deposits to ____________________________, not a bank.
Gambol : Where, then?
Lau : ______________________ but me. If the police were to
_______________________ one of you....... everyone’s money would be at
stake.
Chechen : What stop them getting to you?
Lau : I go to Hong Kong. Far from Dent’s jurisdiction...... and the Chinese will
not ________________ of their own.
Maroni : How soon can you move the money?
Lau : I already have. For __________________, I couldn’t wait your permission.
__________________ , your money_____________.
Joker : Oh, hee-hee haa. Ha, ooh, hee, ha-ha, ha ha ... And I thought
______________________________.
Gambol : ____________________________ why I shouldn’t have my boy pull your
head off.
Joker : How about a magic trick? I’m gonna make _______________________.
Ta-da .. it’s…. It’s gone…. oh… and by the way, the suit,
_______________. You ought to know, you bought it.
Chechen : sit! I want to ______________________.
Joker : __________________________ back a year. These cops and lawyers
wouldn’t dare cross any of you. I mean, what happened? Did your balls drop
off? Hmm? You see, a guy like me...

Gambol : A freek

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Joker : A guy like me – look, listen. I know why you choose to have your little,
ahemm.... group-therapy sessions in _______________. I know why you’re
___________________ at night. The batman. See, Batman has shown Gotham
your true colors, unfortunately. Dent? he’s just the beginning. And as for the
television’s so-called plan.... Batman has no ________________. He’ll find
him and __________________. I know the squealers when I see
them...and......

Chechen: What do you propose?

Joker : It ’s simple. We, uh, ________________.
Maroni : If it’s so simple, why haven’t you done it already?
Joker : If you are good at something, ____________________.
Chechen: How much do you want.....
Joker : uh _________________ .
Gambol : you’re ____________.
Joker : No, I’m not. No, I’m not. If we _______________________ now.... soon..
little, uh, Gambol here won’t be able to get a nickel for his grandma.
Gambol : Enough from the clown!
Joker : Ah, ta- ta –ta-. Let’s _________________....this out of proportion.
Gambol : You think you ___________________ and __________ away? Five hundred
grand for _______________. A million alive, so I can teach him some
________________.
Joker : Alright. So listen, why _______________________________l.... when you
wanna start taking things a little more seriously?
_______________________. Mm-mm…..

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 Song #5

___________________ like a diamond

Shine bright like a diamond

______________ in the beautiful sea, I choose ________________

You and I, you and I, we’re __________________________
You’re a ______________________, a vision of ecstasy
When ____________________, I’m alive
We’re like diamonds in the sky

I knew that we’d _____________________ right away

Oh, right away
____________________ I felt the energy of ________________
I saw __________________ your eyes

So shine ________________________,
You and I
___________________ like diamonds in the sky
__________________,
So _______________
We’re beautiful like diamonds in the sky

Shine bright like a diamond

Shine bright like a diamond
Shining bright like a diamond
We’re beautiful______________________

Shine bright like a diamond

Shine bright like a diamond
Shining bright like a diamond
We’re beautiful like diamonds in the sky

_________________________, as we moonshine and molly

______________________, we’ll never die
We’re like diamonds in the sky

You’re a shooting star I see, a vision of ecstasy

When you hold me, _____________
We’re like diamonds in the sky
At first sight I felt the energy of sun rays
I saw the life inside ________

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