Listening practice for 9 - Graders (2) - Thấm Tâm Vy

Thẩm Tâm Vy, June 6th, 2019 LISTENING PRACTICE FOR 9-GRADERS (2)

LISTENING PRACTICE FOR 9-GRADERS (2)

ONE Gemma: Hey Mum. I want to buy some jeans online. Can I borrow your credit card? Mum: No, of course not. Gemma: Please! I really need some new clothes and these jeans are really cheap. Mum: No Gemma. You have your pocket money to buy things like this. Gemma: Yes, I know, but thirty pounds a month isn’t very much. Mum: What do you spend it on, then? Gemma: Oh, I don’t know. Going to the cinema, make-up, accessories, sweets, milkshakes. I usually spend it all in two weeks. Mum: I’m not surprised! You spend it on a lot of little things! You need to be responsible. Your brother always puts his pocket money in his money bank. Gemma: Yes, but he doesn’t need to buy things, and he’s only 11. He spends all his time on the Playstation. He doesn’t go to the cinema or out shopping with his friends, but I’m fourteen! I can’t buy clothes AND have fun with thirty pounds. The cinema is really expensive. Mum: Mmm. Isn’t it about £5? Gemma: No, it’s £10 with a drink or some popcorn! Mum: Ten pounds? I see. So thirty pounds a month isn’t that much then. Gemma: No. I’d like to get a job but it’s impossible when you’re 14. Mum: What about babysitting? You have some experience with your cousins. You can ask our neighbours. Some of them have young children so maybe they need a babysitter. Gemma: Mum, that’s a great idea! Mum: And maybe we can give you more pocket money. How about fifty pounds a month? Gemma: Great! Can I have twenty pounds now to buy the jeans, then? Mum: Oh, OK. But first, go and tidy your bedroom!

TWO Mel: What were you doing yesterday, Vicky? I thought you were coming to my house. Vicky: Oh, yes. Sorry, Mel! I was reading and I forgot. Mel: Reading? That’s an unusual excuse! What were you reading? Vicky: The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke. I couldn’t stop reading it, it was really exciting. I fi nished it at midnight! Mel: Wow! What was it about? Vicky: Well, it was a bit complicated. There were two boys, Prosper and Bo, and when their mother died they went to live with their Aunt Esther. But she only wanted Bo, not Prosper, so they decided to run away to Venice. Mel: Venice! Why did they go there? That’s a strange place to choose.

Vicky: Because their mum loved the city. She said Venice was a magical place. Anyway, Prosper and Bo made friends with some street children there. Mel: Did the children live on the streets? Vicky: No, they lived in an old abandoned cinema. Bo and Prosper moved in there. Their leader was someone called the Thief Lord. He went to the houses of rich people and took things and then gave them to the children to sell to a man called Barbarossa. Mel: It doesn’t sound very magical! Vicky: Well, there were some great descriptions of Venice in the book, and I liked it because when you thought one thing was going to happen another thing happened instead. There were lots of surprises and adventures. Mel: So what happened in the rest of the story? Vicky: It’s a secret! I’ve got the book for you to read, so I’m not telling you the end. Mel: You know I don’t like reading. Is there a fi lm of it?

THREE Nick: Dad says dinner is in ten minutes, Ella. Ella: Great! Which flat did you like best? The one we visited today, or the one from yesterday? Nick: I liked the one we saw yesterday. The bedrooms were bigger and it was more modern. The second flat is really old. Mum says it needs a lot of work, especially the kitchen and the bathrooms. They’re really ancient! Ella: Yes, true, but it has got two bathrooms. The first flat only had one. You spend hours in the bathroom sometimes even when you know I’m in a hurry. Nick: I do not! I always shower really quickly. But two bathrooms is a good idea – one for us, and one for Mum and Dad. Ella: I liked the flat today. It’s a lot more interesting because it’s older. Modern fl ats like the one we saw yesterday all look the same. Nick: Well, maybe. The other thing is, now I …