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Children often feel lonely within their families. Listening to, getting on well, and making up with friends are crucial for their emotional well-being. This listening exercise explores the significance of friendships in children’s lives.
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Fill in the blanks only children • We are all_________ in our families so we often feel lonely in our insides. We need________ who __________ in the same things to talk about our personal matters and this is important to us. So we should _______ with each other. If we quarreled with a friend about something, we should ________as soon as possible. In order to keep friends, we should _________ with our friends but never ________. best friends have interests get on well make up keep in touch lose touch
Listen to the tape, then tell what they are? • 1) They have “quite” lively personalities (not very). • 2) They share an interest in sport (not books) • 3) They have quarreled “ from time to time” ( not three times). • 4) Liao Mei regrets their one serious quarrel (not “these quarrels”).
Listen to the passage again and answer the questions: • Part 1. • Why has Liao Mei never lonely? • Where did the two girls meet? • Where did they live? • What do we learn about the girls’ parents? • Why did the two girls quarrel?
Answers: • 1. Because her parents always made sure she had friends to play with? • 2. At secondary school. • 3. very near each other. • 4. they got on very well. • 5. Because Liao Mei made friends with two other girls whom Wang Chaosu didn’t like.
Part 2 • Where is Liao Mei’s college? • Where does Liao Mei say you need to do to keep your friends? • How many friends has Liao Mei lost touch with? • Why has she lost touch with them?
1. 200 kilometers away. • 2. Keep in touch. • 3 Four or five. • 4. Because they changed.