[00:00.00] Unit 12

[00:02.74]Reflections on Life

[00:06.41]Part Two

[00:09.65]Listening-Centered Activities

[00:13.79]Listening 1

[00:17.21]Exercise 1

[00:20.74]Directions:

[00:24.23]The following is a passage with 10 mistakes.

[00:29.63]Listen to the passage and correct the mistakes based on what you get from the tape

[00:37.22]Then discuss your answer with your neighbor.

[00:42.44]I was born across the street from the public library

[00:47.09]and in my memory it remains my best (favorite) spot in my home town

[00:52.78]When I was six I learned to read

[00:56.74]From the beginning, language seemed like magic to me

[01:01.56]Recently I read that Freud said

[01:05.92]"words and (magic) were in the beginning one and the same thing,

[01:10.96]and even today words retain much of their magical power."

[01:16.43]During the Christmas season of 1972 (1927), when I was a sophomore in high school

[01:23.34]I hung out in the street with other kids my age

[01:27.80]The weather was so harsh we stayed (played) indoors

[01:32.74]and after swimming and running and tumbling.we became tired (bored)

[01:38.28]I suggested we hold a test (contest) to see who could keep a diary the best (longest)

[01:44.69]My change(challenge) was accepted by two of my friends.

[01:49.55]One wrote his diary for two weeks, the other three month

[01:54.84]and here I am, still writing mine when I am 50

[02:00.02]It has taught me that one way to find the truth is to forget (tell)the truth.

[02:05.42]Exercise 2

[02:09.67]Directions:

[02:13.13]Listen to the passage again and discuss with your partner the following questions.

[02:20.76]1) Why did the author start to write a diary?

[02:27.28]2) What did he learn from writing a diary?

[02:33.47]Listening 2

[02:36.78]Exercise 1

[02:40.56]Directions:

[02:43.94]Listen to the poem and then fill in the blanks with what you get from the tape.

[02:50.71]On Life

[02:54.02]Maya Angelow

[02:57.80]When you see me sitting quietly

[03:02.52]Like a sack left on the shelf

[03:06.59]Don't think I need your chattering

[03:10.58]I'm listening to myself

[03:14.29]Hold! Stop! Don't pity me!

[03:19.87]Hold! Stop your sympathy!

[03:24.62]Understanding if you got it

[03:28.48]Otherwise I'll do without it!

[03:32.65]When my bones are stiff and aching

[03:37.08]And my feet won't climb the stair

[03:41.18]I will only ask one favoe

[03:46.12]Don't bring me a rocking chair.

[03:50.36]When you see me walking, stumbling.Don't study and get it wrong

[03:57.64]Cause tired doesn't mean lazy.And every goodbye isn't gone

[04:04.44]I'm the same person I was back them

[04:09.26]A little less hair, a little less chine

[04:13.91]A lot less lungs and much less wind