[00:00.00] CHAPTER FOUR
[00:02.69]READING
[00:05.15]pages 58 and 59
[00:09.20]What should I do?
[00:11.94]At Debbie's school,students can write to the teacher counsellor
[00:18.89]about their problems as well as speak to her.
[00:23.93]Here are extracts from three letters she received recently.
[00:30.38]1 One evening last month,
[00:36.02]I was visiting a close friend in her new high rise flat
[00:42.19]when she accidentally knocked a flower pot from her window.
[00:48.74]It smashed on the ground below,narrowly missing some children at play.
[00:56.11]However,we could see that no one was hurt,
[01:01.07]so we said nothing and left for the movies as planned.
[01:07.03]Returning home later that evening,
[01:11.39]my friend learned that the police had been to the flats
[01:17.17]and questioned all the tenants present.
[01:21.82]They had even taken the son of one tenant to the police station.
[01:28.35]After questioning him,they let him go temporarily.
[01:34.51]Frightened of losing her job in the civil service,
[01:39.94]my friend has said nothing to the police.
[01:44.49]Although no one was injured,I have a guilty conscience and ...
[01:51.57]2 Late last night,while traveling home by train.
[01:59.12]I saw three tough guys enter my almost empty carriage.
[02:06.77]Sitting down beside a young boy who was travelling alone,
[02:13.85]they began to tease and bully him.
[02:18.89]Their behaviour was so bad that it made him move to another seat.
[02:27.15]That did no good.
[02:30.60]They just followed him and continued their bullying.
[02:36.47]The boy was obviously frightened.
[02:41.15]At this point,I got off at my station and walked home,
[02:47.99]feeling sorry for the boy.
[02:52.15]I wanted to help him,
[02:55.80]but not being Superman and hating violence,what could I do?Should I...?
[03:06.25]3 The check out assistant at my usual supermarket is always rude and unhelpful.
[03:18.32]When I gave her a five-hundred dollar note to pay for an eight dollar purchase,
[03:27.99]she was so busy grumbling
[03:32.45]that she accidentally gave me an extra hundred-dollar note in my change.
[03:42.30]On discovering the error,I went back to tell her about it.
[03:50.56]'Excuse me,'I said.
[03:54.32]But before I could continue,she barked,
[04:00.27]'Can't you see there's a queue?Go to the end and wait your turn.'
[04:07.72]That did it!I left the shop with the hundred dollars and a clear conscience.
[04:17.28]I had done my best,before leaving,to correct the error. But ...
[04:25.53]LISTENING page 61
[04:30.18]Recognizing and classifying a speaker's topic.
[04:36.45]Exercise B
[04:39.69]Listen to each of the callers
[04:43.95]and decide which expert is the best one for each caller.
[04:50.72]Write the expert's line number next to the caller.
[04:57.09]The first one is done for you.Now,here is caller A.
[05:05.35]Hello!I'm calling because I've just lost my job,and I don't know what to do.
[05:14.72]I don't have any friends,I feel really unhappy with my life.
[05:22.38]Caller B
[05:25.43]I'm calling because I'd like some advice about my cat.
[05:32.09]She seems to be losing all the fur of her ears.
[05:38.44]She scratches herself a lot.
[05:42.60]So I'd like some advice about how to look after my pet.
[05:49.75]Caller C
[05:52.91]Hello!I want to speak to someone about my savings.
[06:00.07]I have some spare money,and I don't know whether to buy some shares
[06:08.01]or put it in a saving's accounts in a bank.
[06:13.79]Caller D
[06:17.03]I'd like to speak to your doctor,please.
[06:21.78]I've been having bad headaches for several months,
[06:27.03]and I'm getting very worried about them.
[06:31.39]Caller E
[06:34.45]Er...I have a question about a car.I bought this car last week but it won't work
[06:45.50]I think the engine is broken.
[06:50.04]I went to the garage and asked for my money back,but they refused.
[06:58.19]I need some advice about the law,I think.
[07:03.55]Caller F
[07:06.61]Oh,hello!My son is two years old and we are wondering if it's better for him
[07:17.86]to go to a kindergarten or to stay home with me, [07:24.81]which is best for his education.That's what I'd like to find out.
[07:33.17]Caller G
[07:38.21]Hello!I'm getting married next year,
[07:43.67]and I'd like to leave my parents' flat and get my own home.
[07:49.94]I'd like some advice about renting or buying a flat,
[07:56.11]because I don't know much about it.
[08:00.55]Caller H
[08:03.92]Can you give me some advice about how to deal with my son?
[08:09.56]He is eighteen and he behaves very badly.
[08:15.62]He is rude to me and he doesn't come home until it's very late.
[08:21.86]I just don't know what to do about him.
[08:26.23]Caller I
[08:29.88]Well,I'm ringing up because I looked in the mirror this morning[08:36.34]and I noticed that my hair is starting to get very thin.
[08:42.40]I don't want to go bald,I'm only twenty-eight.
[08:48.88]Is there any medicine I can get to stop my hair falling out?
[08:54.83]Caller J
[08:58.07]Hello!Well,I'd like some ideas about how to lose weight.
[09:05.83]Which types of food should I eat or not eat?
[09:12.07]I need a good diet to help me lose a few kilos.
[09:19.15]Caller K
[09:24.11]Hello!I've just arrived in Hong Kong this month,
[09:30.49]and I'm phoning to ask about the tax system.
[09:36.44]Can you tell me how much tax I will have to pay?
[09:42.50]Will it be taken out of my salary or do I pay tax once a year?
[09:49.95]Caller L
[09:53.29]Ah!I'm a bit worried about my daughter's grades at school,they are rather low.
[10:02.04]I'm thinking of getting her a personal tutor.
[10:07.19]Is that a good idea?
[10:11.03]I'd like some advice on this point,please.
[10:16.07]SPEAKING page 67
[10:20.54]A TALK TIME
[10:24.80]Expressing gratitude (thanks) and regret.
[10:32.24]Exercise A1
[10:35.79]DEBBIE:Good afternoon.
[10:38.96]MISS WANG:Good afternoon.Can I help you?
[10:43.03]DEBBIE:I'd like to see Mrs Chen ,please.
[10:47.99]MISS WANG:I'm afraid she's not available this afternoon.
[10:52.75] Would you like to make an appointment for tomorrow?
[10:57.01]DEBBIE:Tomorrow would be fine.
[11:00.45]MISS WANG:What about three o'clock?
[11:04.01]DEBBIE:I'm sorry,I can't make it at three,but I can manage four.
[11:11.58]MISS WANG:Right.I'll put you down for four.
[11:16.23]DEBBIE:Thanks very much.I appreciate it.
[11:21.09]MISS WANG:Not at all.Now,if you'll give me your name ...
[11:26.52]MORE LANGUAGE INPUT (4) Reading
[11:31.77]page 70
[11:34.65]A letter from the teacher counsellor
[11:38.20]Dear Friends
[11:40.94]Thank you very much for your letters.
[11:44.91]Since the three of you have expressed more or less the same problem of having a guilty conscience
[11:52.18]I would like to share with you some general view
[11:57.22]on the matter here in our Teacher Counsellor's Corner.
[12:01.89]I expect to meet you each next week during my office hours.
[12:07.22]I must say that I am pleased to read your letters.
[12:11.87]And from what you have described about the flower pot that dropped accidentally
[12:17.83]from the high rise,
[12:20.89]the ugly guys who teased and bullied the little boy on the train,
[12:26.34]and the rude and careless cashier at the supermarket,
[12:31.91]I have the sure feeling that you are all very honest and good students.
[12:39.07]Clearly,you have a fair and sensible judgement
[12:44.63]about the things that happen around you.
[12:48.60]And this is very important.
[12:52.15]I understand that you were not quite sure about how to react properly in those situations
[12:59.60]and you still feel sorry for that.
[13:03.67]In my opinion,your weakness may lie in a kind of hesitation
[13:10.13]and lack of courage in unexpected incidents.
[13:15.19]In other words,if you had been a little more courageous
[13:21.15] and more confident about yourselves,
[13:25.59]you would have shown more strength and wisdom.
[13:29.74]Dear friends,if a guilty conscience has made you reflect upon your past failure
[13:37.40]I believe that careful thinking together with continuous effort
[13:44.03]will certainly bring you more positive and successful solutions in the future
[13:50.49]You are moving in the right direction. [13:54.46]I look forward to seeing you in my office.
[13:58.71]Sincerely
[14:01.35]Teacher Counsellor
[14:04.59]Listening page 71
[14:09.16]Listen to this talk by school counsellor and complete the outline.
[14:14.52]My name is Peter Smith I've been a school counsellor for about twelve years
[14:22.56]It's my pleasure today,
[14:26.40]to tell you a little bit about school counseling at the secondary level.
[14:32.15]For counsellors,there are two main areas it focus.
[14:37.51]One is personal counseling and the other is academic counseling.
[14:43.75]First of all,personal counseling,
[14:47.82]counseling of this kind aims at helping students to work out the personal problems
[14:54.67]if there are any.
[14:57.31]Such as problems in their family life,
[15:01.07]or in their relationship with others.
[15:04.83]Programmes in smoking drunks,alcohol and driving
[15:10.68]are also run prevent the students from getting it's certain problems.
[15:16.25]Now,the second area is academic counseling,
[15:21.21]which are something to do with their studies or the further schooling
[15:26.67]If the students want to go for further study,
[15:30.82]and counsellor made discuss with subjects,
[15:34.97]and courses they should take and which they shouldn't.
[15:39.94]or if they're interested in jobs,
[15:44.09]and different kinds of work[15:47.62]and also job preparation programme to be discussed.
[15:52.45]It is always school counsellor's responsibility
[15:57.28]to give information and advice to students.
[16:01.52] And to point out things they may not thought about before.
[16:06.35]But decisions must be made by the students themselves.
[16:11.08]In this way,all the students will be thinking,
[16:15.75]and working very hard to solve own problem.
