LET’S LISTEN!
1. You will listen to a mother and her teenage daughter commenting on each topic (4 TOPICS).
Please write what did mother and daughter say! After, state your own opinion about it!
Topics Mother
Keeping room What a mother says about
tidy Keeping room tidy:
My late mother used to tell me
to keep my bedroom tidy
when I was young. She said
your bedroom reflected your
personality. Somebody could
assess you what kind of person
you were from your bedroom
Choosing an What a mother says about
appropriate choosing an appropriate dress:
dress
As daughters become
teenagers, they often choose a
style of clothing that you
object to. Her reasons for
dressing this way may be due
to their friends’ trend. I often
say, “Sweetie, I really dislike
how we’ve become enemies
over the way you dress.”
Using cellular What a mother says about
phone using cell phone:
My 16 year –old daughter
becomes obsessed with her
Facebook and BlackBerry
Message. I think this is
ridiculous. Even her school
subject grades have suffered
as she would be busy texting
instead of studying or doing
her homework.
Learning to What a mother says about
cook learning to cook
Learning to cook? Well, what
can I say? I have nothing to
say. I am not smart at cooking.
So, I don’t force her to learn to
cook for the family.
Teenage daughter My Own Opinion
What a daughter says
about Keeping room tidy:
Why should I? If you don’t
mind me saying, we
employ a maid-servant and
she had to do the task to
make-up my room.
Moreover, I don’t have
time to do it.
What a daughter says
about choosing an
appropriate dress:
Well, in my opinion my
mother is a little bit old –
fashioned person. As a
teenager, I have to look
trendy. I am a big girl, you
know. She doesn’t have to
tell me which one is
appropriate and which one
is not.
What a daughter says
about using cell phone:
Oh, Mom, c’mon. This is a
hi-tech age. I just
communicate with my
friends and with my
relatives, too. Is that a
problem to you? Is that an
illegal deed? My school
subject grades have
nothing to do with it.
What a mother says about
learning to cook
To my mind, we live in
modern world. Everything
should be fast and instant.
There are some
restaurants where we can
buy our meals. That’s it.
2. You will hear a father and his teenage boy commenting on each topic (4 TOPICS).
Please write what did Father and son say! After, state your own opinion about it!
Topics Father Son My Own Opinion
Getting up in What a father says about What a son says about
the morning getting up in the morning: getting up in the morning:

If you ask me, getting up early In my opinion, school

in the morning may actually be
good for our health. A survey
states that people who stay in
bed until 9 a.m. are more likely
to be stressed, overweight and
depressed than those who got
up early.
Hanging What a father says about
around with hanging around with some
some friends friends:
should start later. It’s not
practical for high school
classes to start at 7:00. It’s
just too early for a
teenager’s mind to
function properly.
What a son says about
hanging around with some
friends:

I always remind him to choose Yes, dad. I don’t object to

pals carefully. I tell him to
avoid hanging around with
friends of different values or
inappropriate behaviors who
influence his behaviors in
negative ways.
Playing games What a father says about
too much playing games too much:
your advice. I don’t like
hanging out with those
who get in trouble,
because I’ll get into trouble
with them later.
What a son says about
playing games too much:

My 16 years-old son plays I personally think that

video games 4 hours a day. It is
playing video games is a
OK as long as his school grade great way to wind down
is not bothered. from the day. I did not turn
out to be a horrible person
from playing video games
every day.
Going home What a father says about going What a son says about
late at night home late at night: going home late at night:

I don’t agree with the idea of a I don’t see why there

teenage going home late. I
don’t want my son to be tired
so that he will not be able to
perform well at school the
next day. No, my son should go
home at least 9 p.m.
should be a reason that
dad wouldn’t let me go out
until late at night because
all my other friends are
allowed to go out on
Saturday evening until late
at night and their parents
are okay.

3. Listen, rewrite, and pronounce these sentences.

1. People think Toyota cars are good value for money.
2. I feel that Indonesia could produce its own national cars.
3. I think the Japanese products are available in every country in the world.
4. My brother sells what he calls, “super economic” T-shirts.
a) 5. Our company will only buy the best quality of tea leaves from the tea-leaf pickers.
6. According to Gianni Versace, Italian fashions are the most glamorous.