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Speaking Question 4

Now listen to part of a lecture on this topic in a psychology course.

Professor (male)

Last month, my favorite uncle paid me a surprise visit. I hadn’t seen him in many years. The door bell rang, I opened the door and there was uncle Pete.

Now, I am sure when I saw him I said something like, “Uncle Pete, what a surprise! How nice to see you.” Anyway, my wife was standing next to me, and according to her, I wasn’t really aware of this, my eyes got really wide and I broke into a huge big smile, she said I was really jumping up and down like a little boy.

Well, anyway, later that evening uncle Pete told me how very very good he felt when he saw how happy I was to see him.

But compared that with this: my daughter, she’s six, we were building a bird house together last week, and I was showing her how to use a hammer and a nail. And, of course, stupid me, I wasn’t being very careful when I smashed my thumb with the hammer.

Boy, it hurt! I almost felt like screaming, but I didn’t want to upset my daughter, so I said, “Don’t worry, honey. It’s nothing.” Meanwhile, I was shaking my hand as if that would stop my thumb from hurting and my face was contorted in pain.

My voice was trembling, too. So, even though I told my daughter I was OK, I am sure she didn’t believe me, because she kept asking me if I was OK