Unit 9 Page 93 Lesson D2A

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lesson D: selling your past.

2: listening and writing: I couldn’t live without.

A: listen to four people talk about things they couldn’t live without; what do they talk about? why couldn’t they live without these things?

complete the chart.

1: Bruno:

one thing I couldn’t live without?

Umm… let’s see…

my car.

life would be hard without a car.

the main thing is, it’s just so convenient.

I mean the public transportation around here isn’t very good.

so, if I had to rely on buses or trains, I’d spend all day commuting.

2: Diana:

oh my gosh; there are lots of things I couldn’t live without.

But just one thing huh? Lemme think…

Well, I’d have to say the one thing I couldn’t live without is my gym membership.

I have a gym pass; and I use it almost every day.

I go to a yoga class and an aerobics class and I swim.

I couldn’t live without exercise; literally!

exercise is very important to me.

it keeps me healthy and it’s good at the end of a stressful day.

3: Midori:

I couldn’t live without fresh flowers.

my mom always used to buy them every weekend, and we’d always have fresh flowers on the table at home.

I love them. The smell, the color…

even when I was little.

So, I do the same thing now.

I buy some flowers every weekend and bring them home.

Yeah… I like to have them around.

they remind me of my childhood.

I think everyone needs to treat themselves to something special, every week.

4: Max:

that’s easy, money!

just kidding.

Though, I guess you can’t really live without it.

let’s see… one thing…

okay, my CD collection.

I have hundreds of CDs that I’ve collected over the years.

They’re irreplaceable really.

I just couldn’t live without my music.

it makes me happy.

I turn it on first thing in the morning and I go to sleep listening to music too.

life wouldn’t be much fun without music.