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Unit One

Optional Listening 1

Boy(B): Hey, Grandma, what’s in this box?

Grandma(G): Oh, nothing really…just a few old keepsakes.

B: Keepsakes?

G: Young man, you know what a keepsake is!

B: No, I don’t. I really don’t.

G: Well, it’s something you keep. It’s something that gives you a lot of memories. B: Oh. What’s this?

G: Now don’t go just digging around in there!... Hmmm, let’s see… that’s my first diary.

B: Can I …?

G: No, you can’t read it! It’s personal! I wrote about my first boyfriend in there. He became your grandfather!

B: Oh, OK… Well then, what’s that? It has your picture in it.

G: That’s my passport. You can see, I traveled to Europe by ship.

B: What’s that big book?

G: My yearbook, it’s my high school book of memories.

B: Class of 1961! Boy, that’s old!

G: That’s about enough out of you, young man. I think it’s time we put this box away and…

Optional Listening 2

1. At the age of thirteen, I took my first trip alone.

2. I went to visit my grandparents in Los Angeles.

3. I felt very nervous about traveling so far,

4. but my mother said, “Don’t worry. You’ll be fine.”

5. I got on the airplane and talked for a long time to a very nice woman who sat next to me.

6. My grandparents met me at the airport and took me to their home.

7. I stayed there for two weeks,

8. and I had so much fun with them!

9. It was my first time in Los Angeles, 10. and I saw lots of really interesting places. 11. In the end, I didn’t want to go home!

Optional Listening 3

Making memories

A popular new hobby is scrapbooking---making beautiful books to hold special memories. Scrapbook pages can include photos, drawings, journal entries. It’s not hard to make a scrapbook that you will enjoy for many years. Here are the steps.

1. Choose a theme for your scrapbook pages. Some examples: “School days,”“Family travel,”“Memories of my grandparents,”“Baby’s first year.”

2. Select photos for each page. Two or three really good photos are better than ten so-so photos.

3. Find other paper keepsakes to use with your photos. Look for old newspaper clippings, postcards, tickets, report cards, letters--- anything made of paper. Use your imagination!

4. Design the pages. Put photos and keepsakes together on each page and move them around until you find a layout that you like.

5. Glue your photos and keepsakes into place. Then decorate your pages with felt pens, paint, and stickers. Use your imagination!

6. Label your pages. This is the most important step! Remember to write down the “5Ws”of your photos: Who, What, Where, When, and Why. This will make your scrapbook much more interesting and valuable in the future.

Optional Listening 4

Yearbooks in the United States

Most high school in the United States publish a yearbook. The yearbook comes out once a year, usually in the spring. It is a record of the school year--- a “book of memories” for the students.

Inside a yearbook is each student’s photo. The seniors are graduating soon, and their photos appear first. Next are the juniors. They are one year behind the seniors. Next come the sophomores, or second-year students. The last photos are the first-year students, the freshmen. The yearbook is not only about student. The teachers have photos, too.

The yearbook also has photos and descriptions of sports teams, academic subjects, and extracurricular activities. These are activities students do after school, such as the chess club and Spanish club. There is even a yearbook club. Students in this club write, design, and take photos all year for the yearbook. At the end of the year, the book is printed.

In the yearbook, some students receive special titles. The seniors vote and choose the “class clown”(a funny student), the “most likely to succeed”(a student everyone thinks will be successful), and the “best dressed”(a student with a good fashion sense). There are also other awards and categories.

Students typically sign each other’s yearbooks. This is especially important for the seniors, because they are graduating. Students write notes to each other, such as, “We had a lot of fun,”or “I’ll never forget you.”They also write about all the fun and funny experiences they shared in school together.

Optional Listening 5

Tara is getting ready for a blind date. She asks Sun-hee to help her choose what jewelry to wear. First Tara tells Sun-hee about a bracelet that her first boyfriend gave to her. Then Sun-hee finds a ring that Tara got as a souvenir when she went to the U.S. for the first time. Then Sun-hee sees Tara’s favorite keepsake. It’s a pendant that Tara’s grandmother gave her when she was in college. At the time, Tara had no friends and she hated her classes. Tara’s grandmother gave her the pendant to remind her to be strong. The story makes Sun-hee decide that the pendant is the perfect jewelry for Tara’s blind date.

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