[00:00.00]Unit 9 Shopping

[00:13.51]Fake Money(E)

[00:16.35]Jimmy went into a shop,took a toy tank,

[00:21.08]gave the shopkeeper fake money and started to leave.

[00:25.76]So,the shopkeeper told him,"Excuse me,little boy,this isn't real money."

[00:32.71]Little Jimmy didn''t reply,continuing walking out of the shop

[00:38.35]The shopkeeper repeated himself,and Jimmy kept walking.

[00:43.31]The third time the shopkeeper said,

[00:49.97]"I'm sorry,young man,but this is not real money."

[00:54.41]Jimmy looked at the tank in his hands,

[00:58.49]looked at the shopkeeper and finally said,"And this isn't a real tank,either."

[01:05.33]Bye-bye,Grandpa(M)

[01:08.60]A young woman was walking through a supermarket to pick up a few things

[01:16.36]when she noticed an old man following her around

[01:22.00]Thinking nothing of it,she ignored him and continued shopping

[01:28.95]After she got what she wanted,she went to the checkout line

[01:34.98]but the old man got in front of her

[01:39.21]"Pardon me,"he said,"

[01:42.66]I'm sorry if my staring at you has made you feel uncomfortable

[01:48.83]It's just that you look just like my granddaughter,who just died recently

[01:56.30]And I miss her very much

[02:00.56]"I'm very sorry,"replied the young woman."Is there anything I can do for you?"

[02:08.60]"Yes,"the old man said.

[02:13.15]"As I'm leaving,can you say'Bye-bye,grandpa'to me?

[02:17.98]It would make me feel so much better."

[02:22.21]"Sure,"answered the young woman.

[02:26.44]As the old man was leaving,she called out,"Bye-bye,!"

[02:33.21]When she stepped up to the checkout counter,she saw that her total was $178.50

[02:43.97]"How can that be?"she asked."I only bought a few things!"

[02:50.32]"Your grandpa said you would pay for him,"said the clerk.

[02:56.27]Washing a Rabbit(M)

[02:59.62]A young boy,about seven years old,

[03:03.98]was at the corner store picking out a box of laundry detergent

[03:09.13]The clerk walked over,and,trying to be friendly,

[03:13.57]asked the boy if he had a lot of laundry to do

[03:17.80]"Oh,no laundry,"the boy said,"I'm going to wash my rabbit."

[03:23.05]"But you shouldn't use this to wash your rabbit.

[03:27.41]It's very powerful,and if you wash your rabbit in this,he'll get sick.

[03:33.08]In fact,it might even kill him."

[03:36.61]But the boy was not to be stopped

[03:40.84]and carried the detergent to the counter and paid for it,

[03:45.28]even as th eclerk still tried to talk him out of washing his rabbit

[03:50.84]About a week later the boy was back in the shop to buy some candy

[03:55.89]The clerk asked the boy how his rabbit was doing

[04:00.74]"Oh,he died,"the boy said.

[04:04.90]The clerk said he was sorry the rabbit died but added,

[04:10.25]"I tried not to use that detergent on your rabbit."

[04:15.22]"Well,"the boy replied,"I don't think it was the detergent that killed him."

[04:21.28]"Oh?What was it,then?"

[04:24.75]"I think it was the washing machine."

[04:28.51]Unit 10 Social Relations

[04:42.57]Proposing to Susan (M)

[04:46.20]Nick and Susan had been childhood sweethearts

[04:51.76]Now,Nick collected enough courage to ask her the most important of all questions.

[04:59.21]"There are quite a lot of advantages to being single,"he began,

[05:05.97]"but there comes a time when you long for the companionship of another person

[05:12.53]It'll be a person who will regard you as perfect,as an idol

[05:19.97]It'll be a person you can treat as your absolute own

[05:26.53]who will be kind and faithful when times are hard

[05:32.59]who will share your joys and sorrows

[05:37.76]To his delight Nick saw her eyes light up with joy

[05:45.21]Then Susan nodded in agreement and responded,

[05:52.18]"I think it's a great idea!Can I help you choose which puppy to buy?"

[05:59.84]On a Date(M)

[06:02.89]Tom has been seeing a girl for several years.

[06:07.96]She's attractive and intelligent,and he always enjoys being with her

[06:14.20]One Sunday afternoon,the two of them are taking it easy

[06:20.16]They are having a walk on a moonlit beach

[06:24.81]and with the sea breeze blowing through her hair,and the stars in her eyes

[06:30.84]she suddenly tells Tom she thinks she really loves him.

[06:35.99]But she can no longer bear the uncertainty

[06:40.67]of not knowing where their relationship is going

[06:44.82]She says she's not asking whether he wants to get married,

[06:51.06]only wheter he believes they have some kind of future together

[06:56.63]Tom says he also has strong feelings for her

[07:01.38]but he cannot honestly say he'll be ready soon to make a lasting commitment

[07:07.02]and he doen't want to hurt her by holding out false hope.

[07:11.39]This almost breaks her heart.She turns around and walks away.

[07:18.75]My Relatives(D)

[07:21.91]My name's Jerry Cooper,

[07:25.75]and everybody says I must be mentally ill when I talk about my relatives.

[07:32.13]You see,I married a widow with a grown-up daughter who then became my stepdaughter.

[07:39.57]My dad came to visit us,fell in love with my lovely stepdaughter

[07:45.74]and then married her.

[07:48.69]So my stepdaughter is now my stepmother.

[07:53.44]Soon my wife had a son who was,of course,

[07:59.09]my dad's brother-in-law since my son is the half-brother of my stepdaughter

[08:04.55]who is now,of course,my dad's wife.

[08:09.22]So as I told you,when my stepdaughter married my dad,

[08:14.86]she was at once,my stepmother.

[08:18.73]Now since my new son is brother to my stepmother,he also becomes my uncle.

[08:26.10]As you know,my wife is my stepgrandmothr since she is my stepmother's mother.

[08:33.96]Don't forget that my stepmother is my stepdaughter.

[08:38.82]Remember,too,that I'm my wife's grandson.

[08:43.18]But hold on just a few minutes more.

[08:46.94]You see,since I'm married to my stepgrandmother,

[08:52.11]I am not only my wife's grandson and her husband,but I am also my own grandfather.

[08:59.85]Unit 11 Travel

[09:13.48]Traveling with a Cat(M)

[09:17.84]Traveling to Boston,Mrs.Simons had checked her luggage through

[09:26.41]and also the cage carrying her cat

[09:31.98]The flight was uneventful.After landing,the luggage appeared after a normal wait

[09:43.34]However,the luggage handlers

[09:49.87]The luggage handlers noticed the cat was not moving.

[09:56.04]After checking,they thought the cat must have died in the cold luggage compartment

[10:04.68]It looked like an ordinary cat

[10:09.23]so they decided to find another one to put in the cage

[10:15.47]In the meantime,Mrs.Simons kept asking about the rest of her luggage

[10:22.63]She was told it was delayed

[10:26.99]Time dragged on while the luggage handlers found a replacement cat in a pet shop

[10:35.35]which they put into the cage.

[10:39.61]They finally brought the cage with the cat to Mrs.Simons.

[10:45.56]She looked into the cage,jumped back with a horrified look,and screamed out

[10:53.22]"This is not my cat!My cat was dead,

[10:58.68]and I was bringing her back home for a proper burial."

[11:03.54]Trip to France (M)

[11:08.11]A young woman decided to end her own life by throwing herself into the ocean

[11:14.35]She went down to the docks and was about to leap into the water

[11:20.52]when a handsome young sailor saw her crying on the edge of the pier

[11:26.08]He took pity on her and said,

[11:30.13]"Look,you've got a lot to live for.

[11:34.49]I'm off to France in the morning,and if you like,

[11:39.85]I can stow you away on my ship

[11:43.61]I'll take good care of you and bring you food every day"

[11:48.57]Moving closer,he slipped his arm around her shoulder and added,

[11:53.82]"I'll keep you happy,he you'll keep me happy."

[11:58.39]The girl nodded yes.After all,what did she have to lose?

[12:04.74]That night,the sailor brought her aboard and hid her in a lifeboat

[12:10.51]From then on,he came to talk to her every night,

[12:14.88]and they absolutely had a good time together

[12:19.03]A week later,during a routine inspection,the captain discovered the young woman.

[12:26.58]"What are you doing here?"the captain asked.

[12:31.26]"I have an arrangement with one of the sailors,"she explained.

[12:36.01]"I get a trip to France,adn he's promised to marry me after we get there."

[12:42.07]"A trip to France?"the captain said."But this is the Rock Island Ferry."

[12:48.91]Unit 12 Weather

[13:02.58]Snow Plow(E)

[13:06.13]Paul and his wife live in Chicago.

[13:11.88]One winter morning while watching TV,they hear the weatherman say,

[13:19.92]"We are going to have three to four inches of snow today.

[13:26.37]You must park your car on the even numbered side of the street

[13:33.53]so the snowplow can get through."

[13:37.79]Paul goes out and moves his car

[13:42.96]A few days later while they are eating breakfast,the TV weatherman says,

[13:51.11]"We are expecting four to five inches of snow today.

[13:57.28]You must park your car on the odd numbered side of the street

[14:03.94]so snowplow can get through."

[14:08.20]Paul goes out and moves his car again.

[14:13.16]The next week they are having breakfast,

[14:17.99]when the TV weatherman says"We are expecting seven to eight inches of snow today.

[14:26.43]You must park..."then the power goes out.

[14:34.68]Paul says to his wife,"Honey,I don't know what to do."

[14:41.24]She says,"Why don't you just leave the car in the garage this time?"