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Page 104 - Exercise 10

Listening - I’m calling about

Part A - Listen to people calling Dr. Hilda, a counselor on a radio talkshow. Complete the chart.

• This is Dr. Hilda, welcome to today’s show. Now let’s get started right away with our first caller. Hello!

• Hello, Dr. Hilda, I’m calling about my daughter, she’s dating an older man.

• Oh! How old are these two people?

• My daughter’s 24 and this man is 42. I told her she had to stop seeing him and now she won’t speak to me. I feel terrible. Tell me Dr. Hilda what should I have done?

• First, you should have spoken to this 42-year-old man. You should’ve asked him not to date your daughter for a couple of weeks. To give the situation some time to cool off. Then, if they still want to see each other and if the man seems like a nice person, you should let your daughter date him. You shouldn’t worry so much about the age difference. Okay, now let’s go to our next caller. Hello caller.

• Hello, I’m a first time caller and well my problem is that my father went away on a business trip and I borrowed his brand-new car. And I had an accident.

• Where is your mother?

• She’s away, visiting some friends.

• Alright, go on.

• Well, I sent an email to my father and I told him, well, I told him someone had stolen the car.

• Oh, you should’ve told your father the truth. Your father would probably understand about th car accident and he would be glad you weren’t hurt.

• I’m not too sure about that.

• Oh, give it a try young man. Because the truth is always better than a lie. Okay, now let’s hear from our next caller. This is Dr. Hilda, you’re on the air.

• Hi, I’m calling about a problem. It’s kind of a personal problem, but it also concerns work.

• Yes, go on.

• Well, I invited some friends from the office to my house, for a party or couple weeks ago, and everything was fine, until someone started talking about politics.

• you shouldn’t have let the subject of politics come up.

• Well, it came up and well, I got really angry at one of my coworkers, and to prevent a fight, I asked him to leave.

• And, what happened after that?

• Well, now it’s caused a big problem in the office. He won’t even speak to me.

• Again, you shouldn’t have talked about politics at a party. It’s not a safe topic.

• That’s for sure.

• And you shouldn’t have gotten so angry either.

• That’s true, but what should I do now?

• You should apologize.

• Well, maybe that’s a good idea. I’ll give it a try.

• Good. Well folks, that’s another show. I’m Dr. Hilda. Join us again next time.