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The Music Garden
“What if we created a garden inspired by Bach?” In their quest for the answer,
Yo-Yo Ma and garden designer Julie Moir Messervy journey from Boston to Toronto,
across miles of bureaucratic frustration and through seasons of changing hope. Their
remarkable tale is movingly documented by film maker, Kevin Mcmahon.
Inspired by Bach, Yo-Yo Ma presents six extraordinary artistic collaborations
with Kabuki actor, Tamasaburo Bando; garden designer, Julie Moir Messervy;
choreographer, Mark Morris; ice dancer, Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean, and
filmmakers, Atom Egoyan, Niv Fichman, Francois Girard, Kevin Mcmahon, Patricia
Rozema and Barbara Willis Sweete. These six films explore the passion and
transformative power of J.S. Bach’s glorious Solo Cello Suites.
The Music Garden
Cello Suite No. 1
The Sound of the Carceri
Falling Down Stairs
Sarabande
Struggle for Hope
Six Gestures
Cello Suite No. 2
Cello Suite No. 3
Cello Suite No. 4
Cello Suite No. 5
Cello Suite No. 6
Questions for Discussion:
1. Do you think the Music Garden converted from Bach’s Suites is an intellectual or
emotional work?
2. Do you agree that the Music Garden, the collaboration of many artists in different
fields, leads to creative innovation?
3. Albert Schweitzer, an eminent Bach scholar, postulates the Bach was a “pictorial”
composer. Explain why?
4. Give a piece of music and examine what it intends to transmit, or offer your own
interpretation.
5. Is it easy to seek the music essence and express it in another artistic form? Why?
W1/Accessory Materials
Classical
Situation
Justin likes listening to music, but doesn’t know a lot about it. His friend Kayla is
happy to share her love and knowledge of music with him.
Dialogue
Justin: Look. A friend gave me a couple of tickets to the symphony orchestra. Would
you go with me?
Kayla: The New York Philharmonic Orchestra?
Justin: Yeah.
Kayla: It’s a date.
(Justin is reading from a flyer)
Justin: The program starts with a song called the William Tell Overture by Ross..ni. I
really don’t know much about classical music.
Kayla: That’s Rossini. And that is the Lone Ranger song.
Justin: OH! So why’d they give it that weird name?
Kayla: Listen. It’s an introduction to an opera about William Tell, so it’s called the
William Tell Overture. It has a beautiful cello section.
Justin: Oh! The instrument Yo-Yo Ma plays.
Kayla: You’re on the right track! You’re not such a greenie after all.
Justin: The second piece is Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, op. sixty-seven. What’s an
op?
Kayla: It’s an abbreviation for opus. In Latin, it means a musical work. So that is
Beethoven’s sixty-seven published piece of music.
Justin: I know the melody, ’cause I heard a disco version of it.
Kayla: But this work doesn’t need any added rhythm. The first movement is already a
torrent of motion.
Justin: I’m surely glad you’re coming with me. Without you there, I’d be lost.
Useful Words
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4 overture
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16 composer
17 conductor
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W/2 Supplementary Materials
Cinderella
Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, there lived a widowed gentleman and
his lovely daughter, Ella. Ella was a beautiful girl. She had golden hair, and her eyes
were as blue as forget-me-not.
The gentleman was a kind and devoted father, and he gave Ella everything her
heart desired. But he felt she needed a mother. So he married again, choosing a
woman who had two daughters for his wife. Their names were Anastasia and Drizella.
The gentleman soon died. Then the stepmother’s true nature was revealed. She
was only interested in her ugly, selfish daughters. The stepmother gave Ella a little
room in the attic, old rags to wear, and all the housework to do. Soon everyone called
Cinderella, because she got so covered with cinders from cleaning the fireplaces.
But Cinderella had many friends. The old horse and Bruno the dog loved her.
The mice loved her, too. She protected them from her stepmother’s nasty cat, Lucifer.
Two of her favorite mice were Gus and Jaq. Cinderella was kind to everyone—even
to Lucifer. But Lucifer only took advantage of her kindness.
Lucifer liked to get Cinderella in trouble. One morning, he chased Gus onto
Anastasia’s breakfast tray. She screamed and blamed Cinderella. “As punishment,”
the stepmother said to Cinderella, “you will wash the windows, scrub the terrace, and
sweep the halls, and don’t forget the laundry.”
In another part of the kingdom, the King was worried about his son. “It’s time
the Prince got married!” He told the Grand Duke “But, Sir,” said the Grand Duke, “he
must fall in love first,” “No buts about it! We’ll have a ball tonight. It will be very
romantic. Send out the invitation!”
When the invitation arrived, Cinderella’s stepmother announced, “Every girl in
the kingdom is invited to a ball in honor of the Prince.” Why, that means I can go,
too,” Cinderella said. “Well, yes,” the stepmother replied with a sly smile. “But only if
you get all you work done, and only if you have something suitable to wear.”
Cinderella had hoped to fix her old party dress, but Anastasia and Drizella
wanted her to help them, instead. The stepmother kept her busy, too. Cinderella
worked hard all day long. When she finally came back to her little attic room, it was
almost time to leave for the ball. And her dress wasn’t ready!
But the loyal mice had managed to find ribbons, sashes, ruffles and bows. The
mice had sewn them to her party dress, and it looked beautiful. The stepsisters
shrieked when they saw Cinderella. “Those are my ribbons!” “That’s my sash!” They
tore her dress to shreds. “Come along, now girls,” said the stepmother.
Cinderella ran into the garden. She wept and wept. Suddenly a hush fell over the
garden, and cloud of lights began to twinkle and glow around Cinderella’s head.
“Come on, dry those tears,” said a gentle voice. Then a small woman appeared in the
Cloud. “You can’t go to the ball like that. Now, where’s my magic wand?”
“Magic wand?” gasped Cinderella. “Are you my…” “Fairy godmother,” the
woman replied, pulling her magic wand out of thin air. “What we need is a pumpkin.”
A cloud of sparkles floated across the garden. A pumpkin rose up and swelled
into an elegant coach. The mice turned into horses; the old horses became a coachman,
and Bruno became a footman.
“Now, off you go, dearie,” said the woman. “But my dress…” said Cinderella.
The fairy godmother looked at it. “Good heavens!” With a wave of her wand, she
turned Cinderella’s rags into an exquisite gown. On Cinderella’s feet were tiny glass
slippers.
“Now, remember,” the fairy godmother said, “you must leave the ball at
midnight. That’s when the spell will be broken and all will be as it was before.”
Cinderella promised. Then she stepped into magical coach and was swept away to the
palace.
When Cinderella arrived at the ball, the Prince was yawning with boredom. Then
he caught sight of her. Ignoring everything around him, the Prince walked over to her.
He kissed Cinderella’s hand and asked her to dance. They swirled off across the ball
room.
The Prince never left Cinderella’s side. They danced every dance together. As
everyone watched them the lights dimmed and sweet music floated out into the
summer night. And then Cinderella heard the clock begin go chime. “Ph, no!” she
gasped. “It’s midnight. I must go!” “Wait, com back, “called the Prince.
Cinderella hurried down the palace steps. In her haste, she lost one of the glass
slippers, but she had no time to pick it up. She leapt into the waiting coach. As soon as
the coach went through the gates, the magic spell broke. Cinderella found herself
standing by the side of the road, dressed in her old rags. On her foot, she still wore the
other glass slipper.
Her coachman was an old horse again, and her footman was Bruno the dog. Her
coach was an old hollow pumpkin, and her horses were four of her mouse friends.
They looked sadly at Cinderella. They all hurried home. They had to be back before
the other’s returned from the ball.
The next day, the stepmother told the girls that the Grand Duke was coming to
see them. “He’s searching the kingdom for the young lady whose foot fits the slipper.
Whoever she is, she will marry the Prince.” Cinderella smiled and hummed the very
waltz that had been played at the ball. The stepmother became suspicious. She locked
Cinderella in her room. Gus and Jaq had a plan to help Cinderella. While Anastasia
and Drizella tried to squeeze their feet into the little glass slipper, the two mice made
their way toward Cinderella’s door. Finally Jaq and Gus reached Cinderella’s door and
slid the key to her. As Cinderella ran down the steps, her stepmother told the Grand
Duke to ignore Cinderella, but he insisted on having her try the slipper. So her
stepmother slyly tripped the footman. The glass slipper fell and smashed. “Oh, no!”
cried the Grand Duke. “This is terrible!”
“Perhaps if it would help…” Cinderella started to say. “No, nothing can help
now,” said the Grand Duke. “But, you se, I have the other one,” Cinderella said,
holding up her glass slipper. The Grand Duke quickly slipped it on her foot. It fit
perfectly! He had found the Prince’s true love!
Soon Cinderella and the Prince were married. The Grand Duke and the King
watched the wedding happily.
Questions for Discussion:
1. Do you believe “falling in love at first sight” might happen in reality?
2. Give a real example of “Cinderella”.
3. What are the similarities between “Cinderella’s and the Prince’s love” and
“Cyperlove” that might acquire from Internet communication with strangers?
4. How much do you read these days?
5. What kind of books do you read for recreation?
6. Do you have any favorite authors?
W/2 Accessory Materials
Reading
Situation
Andy is at a get-together with some friends, and he strikes up a conversation with
Sharon.
Dialogue
Andy: What do you like to do in your free time, Sharon?
Sharon: I love to read. I’m always curled up with a good book whenever I have a
spare moment.
Andy: What kind of literature do you enjoy the most?
Sharon: Novels. How about you? Are you a big reader?
Andy: Yes, but I prefer nonfiction, like self-help books or biographies.
Sharon: Oh, but novels are much more interesting and entertaining.
Andy: It all depends on where your interests lie. I’ve never really gotten into novels.
Sharon: Why do you think that is?
Andy: However vivid the novel was, it was still just fiction to me—nothing true ore
real.
Sharon: Well, some novels are based on facts—real things that really happened.
Andy: Yes, but the author mixes it with his own story, ideas and beliefs.
Sharon: Biographies are much the same, though. No one can write anything without
expressing his or her own point of view.
Andy: You’re right there. I read a biography by one writer who was so biased that I
never got past chapter one.
Useful Words
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2 novel
3 nonfiction 4 biography 5 entertaining
6 vivid
7 fiction
8 biased
9 prose
10 encyclopedia
13 myth
14 reference
15 classics
11 autobiography 12 memoir
16 essay
W/3 Supplementary Materials
Oprah Winfrey
—She holds the hearts of all American in her hands.
As a celebrity, you can make the decision to cut yourself away from the world or
be part of it,” she says. “I choose to be a part of it. Bit time.” At 50, the unstoppable
phenomenon who is Oprah Winfrey keeps fathering momentum. All the while she has
continued as host of her daily show and, in her spare time, has worked to help
minority children find their place in the world. The wealthiest female entertainer in
American and surely the most powerful—one mention in front of her show’s 33
million viewers can turn a book into a best seller—she never for a moment turns her
back on the person she once was, the abused and lonely little girl from a broken home
in rural Kosciusko, Mississippi.
That connection is the secret of her success. “Your past is a filter that colors your
like,” she has said. “I believe you need to address it and release it and move on.”
Indeed she has been tearily out-front with her grim experiences—rape, drug abuse,
abortion—even as she has coaxed other people to confront their own. Her candor,
abiding weight problems and seeming inability to tie the knot with fiancé Stedman
Graham keep her fans rooting for her. However mighty she becomes, Oprah is still a
regular person who doesn’t have all the answers but won’t top looking. “She really
does want to make a difference,” says best friend Gayle King, an anchorwoman in
Hartford, “and the beauty of it is, she’s one of the few people in this country who
can.”
“I have a voice to speak to millions of people every day. So how dare I think I can
stop? I can’t.”------------------Oprah Winfrey
Questions for Discussion:
1. What is Bille Lucy?
2. What is the excuse that Mr. Harrison the school principle uses to take Bille to the
Oprah Show?
3. What does the anonymous letter say about?
4. What are the comments that Bille’s co-worker Tera Edwards makes on her?
5. Why do Kevin and Jordan make an offer of help to Bille?
W3/Accessory Materials
Family TV Meeting
Situation
A family is having their weekly meeting and discussing TV.
Dialogue
Mom: OK. Last year, I lived with four couch potatoes.
Bob: Well, you were the spud queen, with all you soap opera.
Mom: No more of them for me. This year, I will control the TV instead of it
controlling me.
Brinna: I’m tired of cable TV. Let’s get a dish.
Dad: Satellite TV? When I was a kid, we used an antenna, which only picked up
three channels in black and white.
Bob: Oh, Dad. That was the Stone Age.
Mom: Everyone must first schedule everything that they’re going to watch. So, the
TV guide can serve as our TV-watching bible.
Alice: I want Sesame Street!
Dad: Yes, honey. And we’ll all have a time limit.
Bob: I’m still going to tape every episode of the X-Files.
Mom: Fine, but no garbage TV programs, like game show.
Bob: The X-Files is at four o’clock every day, so the TV is mine then.
Dad: There are French documentaries at eight o’clock that I want to watch.
Brinna: That’s prime time! Wednesday, I want to watch the Drew Carey Show!
Bob: Tough luck. She’s already got it highlighted on the TV guide.
Alice: You can watch Sesame Street with me, Pop.
Dad: Thanks, sweetie.
Useful Words
1 Soap opera 2 satellite
3 antenna
4 episode
5 documentary
6 comedy
8 newscast
9 editorial
10 Quiz show
14 drama
15 special
7 sitcom
11 infomercial 12 Talk show 13 cartoon
16 series
17 Variety
show
18 Syndicated
program
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Bill Gates
--He opened Windows to change the world.
A bored Harvard dropout, Bill Gates developed MS-DOS in 1980, just before
PCs hit the market, and he had the savvy to retain ownership of the software. Today,
90 percent of the world’s computers run Microsoft programs, and the geek tycoon
(here in 1984) became the richest man in America. His hardball practices provoked
lawsuits. But gates mellower, married and a father at 48, has insisted, “Our success is
based on only one thing: good products.”
An Interview with Bill Gates
Q1: When will the information highway be here?
Bill: One of the key propositions in the book is hat this will be a more evolutionary
process than many people have suggested, that is, the PC will continue to get better;
the internet will have more and more content on it’ people be connecting up at higher
speed through ISDN and PC cable modems. And so those are here-and-now things
that companies are going after and there is a real business case for them. The ultimate
where you connect up all the video devices, all as we say, information appliances in
the boo, ah, will take quite some time. I still believe that within a decade pretty much
that ultimate vision will be available to a lot of people around the world.
Q2: Why did you decide to write a book now?
Bill: I think if I’d known much time it would take to write a book, I might not have
done a book. I did think it was a great time to share some thought on the potential of
the technology, and take some of the themes that come up again and again, as I talk
about the topic, the fears that people have the dreams that people have, and share
those to widen the debate, and really make my contribution to, what should be, a very
broad discussion about the future.
Q3: How will the information highway affect social interaction?
Bill: I think probably the most difficult thing to predict about the electronic world, is
how it will affect socialization. This is not an area that people change very rapidly.
And ye t the idea of being able to get so much information about the neat things going
on I town, and how you can get there when it’s scheduled, what your friends thought
about it, you know, see the menu before you go to the restaurant, that information
access part I think will be a great success. The bigger question now is whether you’ll
really make friends this way, whether somebody who is elderly, can’t get out as much,
can share their video with other people, playing games, going to forums where you
have common interests and talk about what should be done. The possibilities for
socialization will be vast, and it may be hat it’s really the young generation growing
up with these tools right now, that will take this to its fullest potential, and that my
generation or people older who always hold back and think of it primarily as an
information tool.
Q4: What changes in education can be expected?
Bill: Well, in many areas, there’s going to be a log of experimentation before you
figure out how to take full advantage of what the highway offers. And the classroom
is a fantastic example of that. Clearly, with the highway, you can have teachers who
specialize in bringing the subject to light, sharing their ideas about how to make a
subject, engaging with all the other teachers and students throughout the world. The
idea of having all the students come together in a group will still be very important for
group problem solving, for them to hear things that other students came up or with,
things that other students were confused about. But there may also be parts where you
can go off and explore the learning material individually. Or in very small groups,
says, 2 or 3 kids, all in front of a screen, navigating together and deciding where they
want to take that, that learning experience. Being able to track what kids do as they’re
navigating and have the teacher be aware of that, how far did they go off into, where
did they kind of pause. And so we need to get the equipment into the schools, we need
to get the training into the schools, we need to have incentives for building this rich
inter-acting material. That can compete with the TV quality things that all these kids
are so used to, and yet be used for learning purposes.
Q5: What’s been your keys to success?
Bill: Well, coming up with a simple explanation for the kind of success that ah, I’ve
been privileged to be part of working at Microsoft, is very difficult. Certainly there’re
many elements to it. The vision of the company coming right when the
micro-processor was coming into it’s own, the focus on software, and working with
partners who could bring in the other elements, the focus on the long term, hiring
great people, really working with customers, knowing that we’d be there wording
with them ten years later and twenty years later. All of those have come together to
build a great success story, that’s been incredibly fun to be part of. I think, the people
is probably the thing I’d put at the top. Vision has got to be a big part of it, but so
many of these things, you know, really come down to day-to-day execution. If we’d
slacked off at any point, then you know, there would have been plenty of people to
come in and take out place, and there’s certainly the case that we look forward that we
have continue to obsolete the products, continue to stay in close touch with customers,
continue to ire in great people and stay on top of the technology, or else, the
phenomenon will continue, but we won’t have the role in it that we have today.
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Cyperauction
Situation
Andy is dropping by Ken’s house on a weekend afternoon. Ken just got a new “toy”
that Andy can’t help but notice.
Dialogue
Andy: You picked up a new computer, huh?
Ken: I got it at an auction. They deliver the equipment right to my door.
Andy: That’s a brand-new factory box! Who’s auctioning stuff like this?
Ken: Internet auctions. It’s the newest and greatest way to get just about anything at
rock-bottom prices.
Andy: An auction on the Internet! What a great idea!
Ken: This is an eight-hundred-and fifty megahertz Pentium three with a twelve
giga-bite hard drive, a DVD-ROM quad speed drive, a seventeen inch monitor, and a
scanner.
Andy: That must have cost you a pretty penny!
Ken: it came with a one-year warranty for under one thousand dollars.
Andy: No way!
Ken: Way! I knew I wanted a Pentium three with a DVD, and I bid in a lot of
auctions.
Andy: That sounds like a really smart way to get great products for a lower price. But
aren’t you nervous about putting out your card number on Internet?
Ken: Not anymore. Everyone is doing it now, and it’s the same as using a card at a
store.
Andy: Maybe I’ll do a bit of shopping on the Net before we head out today.
Useful Words
1 cyberauction 2 deliver
3 Brand-new 4 warranty
5 modem
6 ISP
7 browser
8 download
10 hyperlink
11 Search
12 Video
engine
conference
9 I-phone
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Tiger Woods
--A prodigal pro wins the Masters at 21
On April 13, 1997, right after he became the Master’s youngest champion, the
course record holder and the first person of color to win a major tourney, Tiger Woods
embraced his dad, Earl. After all, it was the Army vet who’d begun teaching his son
golf literally before he could walk. (At age 2, Woods putted against Bob Hope on
TV—and won) Dad’s efforts have paid off in his boy’s awesome swing and
ferociously competitive spirit. And the Tiger is still only 23.
An Interview with Tiger Woods
After his unprecedented victory at the masters tournament, tigermania swept the
nation. The average grade schooler can now tell you the records he broke on that day.
Youngest ever to win the Masters. First person of color ever to win the Masters.
Largest margin of victory in the history of the tournament. Tiger Woods didn’t just
win the game, he changed the game. But since his victory at the masters, his playing
has occasionally not been up to par. Tiger had disappointing results at the US Open,
the British Open, the Rider Cup and he even failed to make the cut for the Canadian
Open. And fame has brought with it even more problems.
Barbara: This business of having to be a role model, where you can never. I don’t
know, relax, hang loose, can you?
Tiger: Well, I can’t exactly go the hang with my friends at some of the places we used
to go to, and just basically raise hell and have a whole bunch of fun. I can’t do that
anymore because it’s not good for the public to see that. It’s not good for me.
Barbara: Your father said Tiger has the ability to be one of the biggest influences in
history, not just golf, humanity. What do you think of that?
Tiger: I think that is more important than just my golf. I think my gold is merely a
vehicle to influence people.
Barbara: How?
Tiger: How? Oh, so many kids look up to role models, so I can help out kids in a
positive way, I can influence their lives in a positive way, and I think that’s what it’s
all about.
Barbara: But you know, at a certain point, doesn’t it lose its thing…?
Tiger: Winning never gets old and having fun never gets old either. And you always
have fun.
Barbara: And playing these tournaments is with all the apprehension and everything,
still fun?
Tiger: Always. The day it’s not fun is the day I quit. And it’s been fun since I was in
the high chair. And it’s fun today.
W/6 Accessory Materials
Tiger Woods
Situation
Andy and Ken are discussing Tiger Woods and just a few of the amazing
accomplishments he has made in his career.
Dialogue
Andy: Did you see the PGA U.S. Open Championship broadcast?
Ken: Yes, Norman and Woods both did well.
Andy: Right! I admire Tiger Woods a lot. To tell you the truth, he’s my idol.
Ken: Why do you admire him so much?
Andy: His drive is so powerful and accurate. That drive of his consistently gives an
eagle if not a hole in one.
Ken: I read that he was on national TV at age two, putting with Bob Hope.
Andy: Yes! He was also featured in the magazine Golf Digest at the age of five.
Ken: He’s the youngest player I’ve ever heard of to wear the Green Jacket.
Andy: Right! You win the Masters and you wear the Green. He had a four-round
record score of two seventy. Previously it was two seventy-one, set by jack Nicklaus
in ’65 and Raymond Floyd in ’76.
Ken: That’s quite a feat.
Andy: In his forty-second week as a professional golfer, at twenty-one, he was ranked
the number-one golfer in the world! His list of numbers and firsts goes on for miles.
Ken: I guess there are lots of reasons to admire him. He’s quite a champ.
Andy: You said it. If we were half the golfer he is, we would never lose.
Ken: Well, we can practice as much as we can and do our best. That way, we can be
the very best golfers we are able to be.
Useful Words
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2 eagle
3 putt
4 previously
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7 divot
8 rough
9 swing
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What to Wear
Situation
As John is getting dressed for an important interview, his wife, Mary, is helping him
pick out his clothes.
Dialogue
John: I don’t know what to wear today, dear.
Mary: Why are you being so fussy about your clothes today?
John: I’m going to have an important interview.
Mary: Well, I’m sure you’ll do well, dear.
John: Thanks. Do you like this suit?
Mary: You look very smart in that blue one.
John: How about the tie? Do you think this will match?
Mary: No, not really. Why don’t you wear your new one?
John: Which one?
Mary: The one the kids gave you for your birthday.
John: Oh, that one. I’ll get it. (John put on the tie.)
John: How’s that.
Mary: It goes perfectly with your suit.
Useful Words
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2 dress
3 scarf
4 skirt
5 Panty
hose
6 High-heeled 7 Shoulder
shoes
bag
8 Business
suit
9 Double-breasted 10 Leather
jacket
shoes
11 shirt
12 vest
13 tie
14 pants
16 Socks
17 briefcase
18
15 slacks
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Dancing
Situation
Karl’s girlfriend, Beecky, is trying to teach him how to waltz.
Dialogue
Becky: One, two, three. One, two….
Karl: Who would have ever thought that waltzing could be so much fun?
Becky: Pay attention, Karl. You’re losing the beat. One, two, three. One…
Karl: It’s really hard for me to lose the beat when I don’t think I ever found it.
Becky: What do you mean? You were just doing great! One, two, three.
Karl: It’s nice of you to say so, but I’m just following your lead.
Becky: Why don’t you try leading for a while?
Karl: Do you really think that I should? One, two…
Becky: By all means.
Karl: OK, here goes nothing. One, two, three. One, two…
Becky: Ouch! My toes!
Karl: Becky, I’m sorry. Are you OK?
Becky: Don’t worry about it. No harm done.
Karl: This is hopeless. I have no sense of rhythm.
Becky: Well, I must admit that your dancing needs some work, but don’t give up. You
just need some more practice.
Karl: Practice? I have two left feet.
Becky: Karl, dancing is just like anything else. Just try your best and you’ll see results.
Do you want try again?
Karl: Well, why not? If I learned how to disco and cha-cha, I can learn waltz.
Useful Words
1 waltz
2 beat
3 step
4 disco
6 Folk dance 7 Tap dance
8 choreography 9 tango
11 samba
12 galliard
13 twist
16 Dance
floor
17 Ballroom
dancing
18 Aerobic
dancing
5 Cha-cha
10 rumba
14 Belly dance 15 Dance hall
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Recipe
Situation
While Bill is having dinner at John and Mary’s house, he compliments Mary’s
cooking and asks her for the recipe.
Dialogue
Bill: Mmm…this is delicious.
Mary: Oh, do you really like it?
Bill: Yes, it’s superb.
Mary: Well, it’s kind of you to say so.
Bill: In fact, could I ask you for the recipe?
Mary: Sure. It’s really very easy. First, mix together an egg, two teaspoons of salt, and
two pounds of ground beef. The add two ounces of milk. Are you with me?
Bill: Yes, I’ve got it.
Mary: OK. Next, put the mixture into a baking pan and bake it forty-five minutes at
three hundred and sixty degree.
Bill: Wait a minute. I didn’t catch you there. Could you repeat that?
Mary: Sure. Bake it forty-five minutes at three sixty.
Bill: Now I’ve got it. Thank you.
Useful Words
1 recipe
2 flour
3 sugar
4 salt
5 MSG
6 pepper
7 curry
8 butter
9 oil
10 garlic
11 ginger
12 Soy sauce
13 Beat an egg 14 stir
15 bake
16 roast
17 grill
18 saute
20 steam
21 slimmer
22 fry
23 Baking
powder
19 Deep-fry
W/11 Accessory Materials
Hotel Check-In
Situation 1
John is checking into a hotel.
Dialogue
(R. = Receptionist)
R.: Good evening, sir. May I help you?
John: Yes, I’d like to check in.
R.: Do you have a reservation, sir?
John: Yes, I have a reservation for three nights.
R.: Your name, please?
John: John Smith.
R.: Just a moment, please. Oh, yes. A double room. Is that right?
John, I’m with my wife.
R.: Would you please fill out this registration slip?
John: No problem.
(John finishes filling out the form.)
R: Here’s your room key.
John: Thank you. Could we have someone help us with our bags, please?
R.: Certainly. I’ll ring for someone to help you. Have a pleasant stay.
Situation 2
John is checking out of a hotel.
Dialogue
Clerk: (answering the phone) Desk clerk. Good morning.
John: Good morning. This is John Smith in room 123. I’m getting ready to leave.
Would you send a bellhop for my bags, please?
Clerk: Yes, sir. Right away. (at the front desk)
Clerk: Can I help you, sir?
John: Yes, I’m checking out.
Clerk: Can I have your key and room number, please?
John: Room 123. Here’s my key.
Clerk: Here’s you bill, sir. Could you please check it?
John: It looks all right. Do you accept traveler’s checks?
Clerk: Most certainly, sir.
John: Here you are.
Useful Words
1 Rest room 2 lounge
3 bar
4 disco
5 casino
6 Banquet
room
8 Pool
9 sauna
10 Lobby/foyer
7 gym
11 Conference 12 Reception
room
desk
Famous Hotel in Taiwan:
1. Grand Hyatt Hotel
2. Grand Formosa Regent Hotel
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Hilton Hotel
Sherwood Hotel
Howard Plaza Hotel
Evergreen Laurel Hotel
Far Eastern Plaza Hotel
Lai Lai Sheraton Hotel
W/12 Accessory Materials
Beauty Salon
Situation
Mary is at the beauty Salon getting a perm.
Dialogue
Hairdresser: Good afternoon, ma’am.
Mary: Good afternoon. I made an appointment for a perm at four o’clock.
Hairdresser: Oh, yes. Please sit down.
Mary: Thank you.
Hairdresser: What kind of permanent would you like to have?
Mary: What kinds do you have?
Hairdresser: Oh, we have quite a variety: regular, cold perm, straight perm and
foam.
Mary: Today, I’ll try a foam perm.
Hairdresser: All right. Please come and have a seat here.
Mary: Could you please set the wave a little looser than usual?
Hairdresser: Not a problem, ma’am.
Useful Words
Hairdo
1
ponytail
2 bun
3 bob
4 braid
5 pigtail
6
flattop
7 Afro
8 black
9 blond
10 gray
12 ginger
13 red
14 white
15 brunet
11 auburn
W/14 Accessory Materials
Pub
Situation
John and his friend Bob are chatting over drinks at a bar.
Dialogue
Bob: What can I get you to drink?
John: I’ll have a whiskey with soda water.
Bob: Whiskey is too strong for me. I’ll have a light beer.
John: You’re not a big drinker, are you?
Bob: No, I can only take weak drinks.
John: Their whiskey isn’t bad. Why don’t you have a glass?
Bob: OK, I’ll have a little.
John: Let me pour you glass. Say when.
Bob: Thanks. That’s enough.
John: Are you sure you don’t want a little more?
Bob: I’m sure. Thanks.
Useful Words and Sentences
1 drunk
2 hangover
3 spirits
4 brandy
6 whiskey
7 wine
8 Red wine
9 White wine 10 beer
11 ale
12 Dark beer
13 Draft beer 14 Light beer
1. It’s on me.
2. I’m buying.
3. This round’s on me.
4. I’ll pick up the tab.
5 cognac
15
W/14 Supplementary Materials
The Death of Robert Many Horses
Oral Interpretation Practice
一些西部的美國印地安人認為深埋人心的種族仇恨再度升起，因為接二連三
他們的族人被殺且被棄屍於溪裡、樹叢或路旁；更甚者，在垃圾桶中。這些
無生命的屍首燃起了恐懼與猜測。一年之內，在美國有十位印地安人死於非
命，二位被分屍（砍死）
，六位被棄於溪邊。印地安人說，白人必須負責全部
死亡的責任。但至今沒有白人因此入獄，對許多印地安人而言，這些死亡又
是種族歧視及仇恨的結果。他們的家園再度成為殺戮戰場。
Questions for Discussion:
1. Do you think that the white should be responsible for all the Indian’s death
that illustrated in this film?
2. Do you agree that the death of Indians once again fueling the fear and
suspicion of the Indians? Do you think that will cause more conflicts between
white and native Americans?
3. Do you think establishing reservations for Indiana in like the “apartheid”?
4. Why do Indians have referred whites to Ku Klux Klan?
5. With many kinds of people in the melting pot, how can the American
government effectively solve the problems of racism?
6. Do you think that the four white teenagers dumped Robert Many Horses into
the trashcan just because of tasteless joke or with an intention of
manslaughter?
7. Do you think we have similar racial problems in Taiwan?
W/15 Supplementary Materials
Banned in the Backyard
Oral Interpretation Practice
這是一個為父母不可忽視的警訊。在過去十年中，因跳躍床而產生的傷害激增三
倍。而大部分的受害者為小孩。即使如此，跳躍床仍然是美國家庭後院熱門得設
備項目。它們看起來樂趣無窮，但是意外事件頻傳，小孩失衡、受傷、跌斷腳踝
的比比皆是。在過去的十年中一共賣出 4 百萬張跳躍床。許多人認為銷售量仍會
直線上升。跳躍床安全專家指出， 跳躍床是非常危險的，後院跳躍床的增加，
受傷勢必增加。研究顯示大部分的傷害是起因於跳躍者互撞或碰到邊緣，一半受
傷的人是拉傷，三分之一是骨折。小兒科醫生警告父母 不要讓小孩玩跳躍床。
Questions for Discussion:
1. Is it easy to keep balance on trampolines, why?
2. Do you think doing any kinds of exercise, such as skating, skiing, swimming or
jumping on the trampolines, needs taking some risks?
3. What might happen if we attempt to somersault or land our head or necks on
trampolines?
4. How do you keep a sound mind in a sound body?
5. What sports do you actually have time to practice?
6. What is a good sport for children to start with?
W/15 Accessory Materials
Badminton
Situation
Ken and Sharon are spending the afternoon at their good friends, Andy and Amy’s
house.
Dialogue
Ken: Great lunch, Amy. It really hit the spot.
Amy: Thanks, Ken. It’s a pleasure to have you over.
Andy: Hey, let’s all head out back to stretch our legs.
Sharon: Well, the kids are playing Nintendo, so I guess they’ll be OK for a while.
Ken: Wow! You built a new badminton court!
Andy: The rackets and birdies are all right here. Choose you weapon and we’ll play
a game of double.
Sharon: I haven’t played for years. Remind me how to play.
Amy: It’s easy. You and Ken alternate serve, always from your right service court to
out right service court.
Ken: I’ll play the forecourt if you don’t mind.
Sharon: You got it.
Andy: The red lines are for badminton. The yellow ones are for volleyball.
Ken: The net seems high. Is it supposed to be up this high?
Andy: You bet, Ken. That’s a regulation five-foot net.
Sharon: Oh, I remember. I serve with an underhand shot. Here it comes.
Amy: Oh! Good serve! Ooh, I got it.
Andy: I got it, dear. Huh! Ooh. Get it, get it! Great volley! Good slam!
(after the game)
Ken: What a great game!
Useful Words
1 badminton 2 birdie
3 alternate
4 regulation
5 Foul hit
6 short
7 lob
8 receive
9 retrieve
10 lift
11 through
12 Left court 13 Right court 14 Double
stroke
16 Inside
sideline
17 Take the
net
15 Outside
sideline
W/16 Supplementary Materials
A Living Miracle
Oral Interpretation Practice
你是一位無神論者或是信仰者，假如你不確定，也許在聽了 Renay Poirier 的故事
後，你會得到一些啟示。Renay30 歲時，他太太正準備辭去學校老師的工作，專
心照顧它們的兒女。當時， 他是一位電工。有一天，他被高伏特的電爆所傷，
他的視力變得模糊，而且每況愈下。因視力不佳，他只好放棄原先的工作，進入
學校，重新學習新的課程，爾後成為物理治療師。在五月二十日那天，他忽然感
到頭痛欲裂，之後，他漸漸看到了樹、綠草及小教堂。他是 一位虔誠的天主教
徒，此時，他興奮地跑下九段階梯到教堂禱告。他的復明連眼科醫生也難以解釋。
Questions for Discussion:
1. Are you a skeptic? Don’t you think some religious teachings are true?
2.
3.
4.
5.
Do you think what made Renay regain his eyesight?
Do you think family love is always the resource for a man to stand up again?
If you lost your eyesight unexpectedly, what would you do to adjust your life?
Do you thin a marital partner in need is really a lover indeed?
W/16 Accessory Materials
Seeing the Doctor
Situation
Mary is at the doctor’s office because she has a stomachache.
Dialogue
Doctor: What seems to be the problem?
Mary: I have a terrible stomachache.
Doctor: How long have you been like this?
Mary: Since Saturday night.
Doctor: Any other symptoms?
Mary: Yes, I also feel dizzy.
Doctor: Can you think of anything you ate for dinner Saturday that might have caused
it?
Mary: All I can think of is the fish we had. It didn’t taste quite right.
Doctor: That might be it. Get this prescription filled at the pharmacy. You take one
tablet right away, and you should feeling better soon.
Mary: Thank you, doctor.
Doctor: I also suggest that you follow a special diet.
Mary: What’s that?
Doctor: You should stick to eating lighter foods.
Useful Words
1 Sick
2 nauseous
3 Throw up
4 vomit
5 hurt
6 inflame
7 swelling
8 fester
9 sore
10 ache
11 pain
12 itch
13 numb
14 cramp
15 chill
16 dizzy
17 stomachache 18 headache
19 cough
20 sneeze
21 Stuffy nose
Runny nose
20/20
Bad Habits (1)
I. Vocabulary Buildup
1. slob
2. wreck
3. have sth. in common
4. nail-biting
5. hair-twirling
6. addictive
7. compulsive
12. jam-packed
13. drained
14. overwhelmed
15. pitch in
16. clutter
17. take one’s toll
18. tension
23. massage
24. punctual
25. tardiness
26. buzz
27. sneak around
28. eliminate
29. fake nail
8. break down
9. gadget
10. equivalent
19. brunet
20. avoidance
21. subtract
30. tackle
31. perspective
11. thumb-sucking
22. indulge
II. Oral Interpretation
你有任何惡習嗎？它可能是任何事，從咬指甲，或是強迫式地查看你的電郵，道
人長短，或是捻弄頭髮。身為教育家及生活指導員的 Judith Wright 宣稱這些是軟
成癮。她說，他們是日常生活中正常的活動，但是我們常常做得很過份，沈迷地
而且強制地。有一些是行為，像吃過飽，其他牽涉到小機件。I-pods 和黑莓機對
一些成人而言與吸手指相同。Wright 說大部分的軟成癮有相當可預測的模式。一
位像 Michelle 這樣雜亂無章的人藉由規避做事而騰出時間。Oochie 的遲到可能
是一種高壓攻勢，而 Mindy 的過渡採購安撫她的寂寞。因此，Wright 特製一個
特別的計畫給每一個人。它有效嗎？她的公式是：加事情填滿他們的空洞，然後
慢慢減少他們的軟成癮，一次一點。她幫助他們破除了軟成癮。
III. Questions for discussion:
1. Do you have any bad habit? Do you start it at very early age? How did you or Do
you have ever try to get rid of it?
2. What does it mean “soft addiction”?
3. Whose soft addiction in the new story annoyed you most? Nail-biting, being tardy,
over-shopping, or avoiding cleaning?
4. What caused the bad habits for those people in the news story?
5. Do you think that the formula that Wright comes up with will be workable for
your bad habit?
Katrina (2-1)
I.
Vocabulary Buildup
1. adjuster
2. exclusively
3. supervisor
4. shredding truck
5. fraudulent
6. allegation
7. outraged
8. devastating
9. scrimp
10. gust
11. on the hook
12. length
13. flip through
14. invoice
15. a stack of
16. predominantly
17. trailer
18. sue
19. slogan
20. preset
21. certified
22. snapped
23. pop out
24. systematic
25. prosecutor
26. suspend
27. gut wrenching
28. contribute to
29. morbid
30. depression
II.
Oral Interpretation
Cori Rigsby and Kari 是兩位獨立作業的保險業理算員，專門為 the State Farm
Insurance 工作。她們第一次對為說出這國家最大保險公司的內幕。她們曾經相
信這個公司總是作對的事。然而，在 the State Farm Insurance 的分部主管竟然要
求她們掩埋、歸還、或竄改在 Katrina 的損壞報告，所以保險公司的索賠將不必
給付。她們認為這種現象是廣泛的。假如 Ridgby 姊妹的控告被證明，她們將支
持數以千計的屋主，他們住在 Mississippi Gulf 的沿岸，他們不能夠從保險公司
獲得錢來重建家園。The State Farm 保險公司幾乎承保在 Katrina 三分之一的屋
主。風害被認為是受保於 the State Farm 的理賠條款下。在 Katrina 曾有時速 145
英哩的強風。Ridgby 姊妹發現 the State Farm 盡可能扭曲大風所造成傷害的事
實，以避免賠償。
III.
Questions for discussion
1. Do you have insurance? Do you believe insurance companies?
2. How do you think the national health insurance in Taiwan?
3. If you were Cori or Kari, would you bring yourself up to uncover the truth?
4. What the biggest hurt the State Farm might give to those people who didn’t get the
money from their insurance?
Down’s Syndrome (2-2)
I. Vocabulary Buildup
1. jaundice
2. wobbly
3. chromosome
4. genetic makeup
5. severe
6. slurred
7. brutal
8. Mongolism
9. institutionalized
10. therapist
11. pathologist
12. advocate
13. panicked
14. priceless
15. excursionexcursion
16. unchartered
21. pretense
26. inception
17. distinctly
18. henna
19. auspicious
20. untainted
22. manipulation.
23. Lukemia
24. remission
25. congregation
27. inspiration
28. theme
29. interpretation
30. aisle
II. Oral Interpretation
這樣的婚姻在這世界還不多見，這個為 Carrie Burgeron 及她未婚夫 Sujiit Deesai
所準備的婚姻。他們將有兩個婚禮，印度教和基督教的，所以兩個奇妙的慶典會
進行。但是更重要的，他們引進他們的家庭，一個共同體，他們的宗教，及一個
理想跟著他們，一個可能將他們分離的理想。Carrie Bergeron 現年 29 歲，她是
一位患有「道恩氏症候群」的年輕女孩。嚴格說來，她出生時，她的基因構造多
了一對染色體，這導致她有學習困難。醫生過去用一個殘忍的名詞「蒙古症」來
形容這種情況，而且建議像 Carrie 這樣的小孩應該被收容所特別教育。這樣的
婚姻在這世界還不多見，這個為 Carrie Burgeron 及她未婚夫 Sujiit Deesai 所準備
的婚姻。他們將有兩個婚禮，印度教和基督教的，所以兩個奇妙的慶典會進行。
但是更重要的，他們引進他們的家庭，一個共同體，他們的宗教，及一個理想跟
著他們，一個可能將他們分離的理想。Carrie Bergeron 現年 29 歲，她是一位患
有「道恩氏症候群」的年輕女孩。嚴格說來，她出生時，她的基因構造多了一對
染色體，這導致她有學習困難。醫生過去用一個殘忍的名詞「蒙古症」來形容這
種情況，而且建議像 Carrie 這樣的小孩應該被收容所特別教育。然而，生命的
改變令人意想不到，當 Carrie 遇到這位 25 歲的男人。他是 Sujiit Desai，他也是
「道恩氏症候群」的患者。他的父母都是紐約北部的牙醫。Sujiit 小時候花了很
長的時間才學會用正確的字來表達自己，但是他父母發現音樂幫助刺激他。雖然
他很費力，但是他還是學了六種樂器。他會在照護之家娛樂他人，在有「道恩氏
症候群」人的場合中。當他在匹茲堡國家「道恩氏症候群」會議中遇到 Carrie
Bergeron 時，那真是一見鍾情。他們打算克服他們的問題。他們打算像別人一樣
的工作，也想發掘真愛，這本身被認為是一個奇蹟。
III. Questions for Discussion
1. Do you think it proper for people with Down Syndrome to get married?
2. Do you think their love is more untainted, with no pretense and manipulation?
3. This news story shows that while persons who suffer from Down Syndrome are
often celebrated for being able to do normal things in life. However, do you think
people rarely pay attention to the issue of loneliness that they must also cope with?
4. Do you believe they can make their marriage become a beautiful life?
Cleaning Up the Germ Myths (3)
I. Vocabulary Buildup
1. flu vaccine
2. influenza
3. viral
4. anticipate
5. specimen
6. measles
7. immune system
8. robust
9. pandemic
10. mutate, mutation
12. tick
13. odds
14. bacteria
15. micro biologist
16. crew
17. outwit
18. plague
19. disinfect
20. keypad
21. wipe out
11. break out
22. raptor
23. terrorize
24. lurk
25. leftover
26. re-contaminate
27. dish rag
28.vent
29. bleach
30. sponge
31. overhaul
II. Oral Interpretation
我們看不到他們，但是他們到處都是。我們住在一個充滿細菌的世界，有些細菌
會作一些令我們討厭的事。現在我們檢驗兩個地方，在那裡，我們清醒的時候花
了最多的時間，廚房和辦公室。每天在工作的路上，我們冒險跟一些人接觸，這
些生病或帶菌的人可能會讓我們生病，所以當我們到達辦公室時，我們如釋重
負。假使我們辦公室可能不總是很乾淨呢？事實上，我們在鍵盤上發現的細菌是
馬桶座的 400 倍。Dr Charles Gerba 是一位微生物專家，他做了數以百計的細菌
實驗。他說我們的鍵盤，滑鼠，電話以及桌上型電腦都非常糟。更甚者，你知道
什麼潛伏在我們廚房嗎？Dr Philip Terno,一位在紐約大學的微生物學家寫出細菌
的神秘生活。他認為廚房可能是最要命的地方，那是因為它是細菌最理想的環
境。例如，奶奶總是說讓食物擺涼後再放進冰箱。這是一個迷思。錯誤的。細菌
約在華氏 45 及 104 度間就開始生長。這意味你越快冷卻食物，你的情況會越好。
我們有另一個迷思：海棉是保持廚房乾淨的最佳利器嗎？那是錯的。海棉非常容
易附著細菌，而再弄髒廚房其她的地方。
III. Questions for Discussion:
1. Do you get the shot of flu vaccine? Do you think it’s workable?
2. Why do doctors especially monitor the strings of influenza in Asia?
3. Illustrate some myths we might have about germs.
4. After watching the news story, what habit you might change to better your life?
Sibling Relationships and Rivalries (4-1)
I. Vocabulary Buildup
1. rivalry
4. intervene
2. resentment
5. surrogate parent
3. pecking order
6. gender difference
7. stunning
8. conscientious
9. diametrically
10. bowtie
18. bias
26. twin bed
11. firstborns
12. laterborns
13. astrology
14. Gemini
15. adorable
16. prankster
17. contradict
19. skeptical
20. inkling
21. swap places
22. outrageous
23. opinionated
24. flamboyant
25. down-to-earth
27. cracked
28. lavish
29. fiercely
30. blazing
31. bickering
II. Oral Interpretation
你對你的兄弟姊妹的感覺如何？他是你最好的朋友嗎？她是你最遭的敵人嗎？
許多研究者說道，你在家的排行對於你的行為，學校的表現及賺多少錢都有很大
的影響。他們說排行老大的賺最多，他們通常比較謹慎。除此，他們大都自律，
堅定，對父母尊敬。
Francis Sullaway 寫了「出生來叛逆」一書，紐約時報宣稱是一令人驚訝的成就。
這書說道，排行較後的小孩易於叛逆，因為他們不能作兄長能夠做的事情。所以
他們開始尋找它途，常常是較冒險的方法來贏得父母的注意。然後，他們易於挑
選與兄長完全不同的興趣。
然而排行老二的小孩變成中間小孩，常常得到父母比較少的投資。他們在上大學
之前，25％較少的可能性被送到私校就讀，多五倍的可能性留級。流行文化不斷
的告訴我們中間的小孩總是得到最差的待遇。所以父母應該多照顧中間的小孩。
III. Questions for Discussion
1. Do you agree that pecking order will influence ones’ personality and success?
2. What’s the thing that your siblings do to you exerted a big impact on you?
3. Do you think that younger siblings tend to pick interests that are diametrically
opposite to those of their older ones?
4. According to some researchers, typical first born strategy is to use the advantages
of age, size and power to dominate the younger sibling. Does the firstborn in your
family always employ this kind of strategy?
5. Do you think that the secondborns (or the middle children) are easily ignored in
their family?
6. Do you feel comfortable with a sibling that’s more famous, talented or richer than
you?
Sibling Relationships and Rivalries (4-2)
I. Vocabulary Buildup
1. delivery room
10. tomboy
19. assertive
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11. segregation
12. distinctly
13. stepchild
14. role model
15. impeccably
16. glamour
17. puss
18. chaos
20. spanking
21. crutch
22. allotment
23. confession
24. mortgage
25. grownup
lens
endorsement
revved up
sultry
languor
on one’s behalf
confer
showbiz
II. Oral Interpretation
當你長大，不管你到哪裡，你的父母讓你照顧弟妹嗎？許多有兄弟姊妹的人憎恨
此事，但是對於 Jessica Simpson, Hilary Duff 及 Britney Spears 卻不然。這些年
輕的超偶用他們的名聲幫助他們的兄弟姊妹。
你曾經聽過這樣的表達，越多越快樂。當談到家人時，也是如此嗎？身在大家庭
中，最好的部分是什麼呢？很多人認為和其他家庭成員連結是非常好的，當你回
家時，感到還像個孩子是很好的。在外面你是成人，養小孩，付貸款。當你回家，
你又成為小孩。不管你去哪裡，你做什麼，你總是可也回來。
III. Questions for Discussion
1. If you become famous or powerful, will you use your name or power to help your
siblings?
2. Will you transfer your passion and love from the superstar about whom you are
crazy to his or her sibling that is going to start a career in showbiz?
3. Do you think it’s a privilege to be always saddled with the responsibility of being in
charge in a family?
4. Do you try to play a role model in your family or do you try to be impeccable?
5. Do you think it’s hard for you to find your voice in your family?
6. Who is the giving person in your family?