[00:00.00] Listening 2
[00:02.12]Exercises 1 Directions: Listen to the passage and answer each of the following questions with no more than 10 words.
[00:14.83]A Christmas to Remember
[00:17.28]Once there was an old woman who liked to bake cookie
[00:22.72]She didn't have anyone to share them wit
[00:26.32]so she just gave them away to the children in the neighborhoo
[00:31.46]This went on for several years and the cookies became quite famou
[00:37.91]especially at Christmas-tim
[00:41.08]The parents began to like the cookies as much as the children di
[00:46.55]and the old woman's kitchen became very busy, so the children came to help.
[00:53.75]Then one Christmas the old woman became il
[00:58.54]There were no cookies, and there was no money to pay the docto
[01:03.86]The children were very sa
[01:06.49]Later they had a bright idea, that was to bake cookies from the old woman's recip
[01:15.49]So the children started a cookie stor
[01:19.38]Soon they had a very good cookie busines
[01:23.16]with money to pay the doctor as well as to put in the bank.
[01:28.38]After the woman got wel
[01:30.86]she was asked to become the manager of the stor
[01:35.00]selling special cookies for all the holidays of the yea
[01:39.90]After the old woman died, the children, now grown u
[01:45.44]kept the cookie business alive in her nam
[01:49.19]Maybe life is like a Christmas cooki
[01:52.72]The more you share it with your friends,the more you're likely to enjoy it.
[01:59.30]1) What did the old woman like?
[02:02.47]2) Why did the children come to help the old woman?
[02:07.30]3) What happened to the old woman one Christmas?
[02:11.80]4)How were they able to pay the doctor?
[02:15.68]5) Who continued the business after the old woman died?
[02:21.34]6) What does the author compare life with?
[02:26.56]Exercise 2
[02:28.39]Directions: Listen to the passage again and retell the story.
[02:35.56]Listening 3
[02:37.75]Exercise 1
[02:39.88]Directions: Listen to the passage and answer each of the following questions with no more than 10 words.
[02:50.46]Saint Valentine's Day
[02:52.98]Several different stories are told about the origin of Saint Valentine's Day
[02:59.14]One legend dates as far back as the days of the Roman Empir
[03:04.90]According to the story, Claudius, the Emperor of Rome, wanted to increase the size of his arm
[03:14.11]He knew that it would be easier to get young men who were not married to joi
[03:20.20]Therefore he made a rule that no young man could marry until he had served a certain number of years in the army.
[03:29.77]A priest named Valentine broke the rule and secretly married a great many young peopl
[03:38.48]Finally, Claudius found out about Valentine and put the priest in priso
[03:45.79]where he remained until his death on February 14.
[03:51.12]After his death, Valentine was made a sain
[03:55.66]and the day of his death was named Saint Valentine's Da
[04:00.41]It became the custom for lovers to send each other messages on this da
[04:06.71]Now Saint Valentine's Day is a time for people to give roses or chocolates and to send greetings.
[04:15.67]1) On which day is valentine's Day celebrated?
[04:21.00]2) Where did the story take place?
[04:25.28]3) Why couldn't the young men there marry openly?
[04:31.19]4) Who is the Day named after?
[04:35.18]5) What did Valentine do in favor of the young people there?
[04:41.34]6) How was he punished?
[04:45.34]7) How do people celebrate Valentine's Day now?
[04:50.92]Exercise 2
[04:52.72]Directions: Listen to the passage again and retell the story of the origin of St.Valentine's Day.
