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VOCABULARY for Today's Podcast
(to)
cool - (to) make cooler
(to)
set aside - (to)
allocate a particular block of time for something on a regular basis
daily
- occurring every day
about to
- going to do momentarily
(to be) pleased
- (to be) happy with something
ADDITIONAL VOCABULARY for Today's Audio Story
(everybody) else
- all the others
(the) solution
- (the) way in which a problem is solved
every other (Friday) -
alternating (Friday nights). Thus, one Friday yes, one Friday no, the next Friday yes, and so on
(a) meeting
- a gathering of people in which a serious topic is discussed
(a) uniform
- (the) garment worn by all the members of a particular team,
school, etc.
(a) sibling
- (a) brother or sister
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Solving Family Problems
An Audio Story
Welcome to the ESL Help Desk, your home page for
questions and comments about English grammar and writing. We have
received so many responses and so much enthusiastic support since we began our podcasts,
and we appreciate each of your emails and comments. The
ESL Help Desk podcasts from beautiful and historic Boston. Today,
the temperature in Boston
is in the high 90's; a good place to be right about now, if you live in
the Boston area, is by a lake or by the ocean, where water temperatures
cool the surrounding air. The family that you see pictured below is
probably very comfortable on a day like today! And this brings us to
this week's episode.
How does your family solve problems? Do you set aside a regular daily or
weekly time to sit and listen to each other?
Today we are going to treat you to the audio of an essay written by Adimir
Ramos, in which Adimir describes how his family solves its problems.
The essay you are about to listen to was written by Adimir in his college ESL class. If you
would like to read along while listening to the audio, please click on the
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WARM-UP
How do you think the family pictured
above solve its problems?
To listen to only the audio story, "Solving Family Problems", click here!
Questions for Thought
1.
Does Adimir sound pleased about his family's way of dealing with problems?
2. What do you think of the Ramos family's way of solving family problems?
3. What do you think of his relationship with his siblings?
4. How does your family differ in the way it deals with family
problems?
Do you have any questions about English or writing, or ideas for future
ESL Help Desk podcasts? We are
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So from the
ESL Help Desk, thanks for listening to us this week,
and we hope we'll see you next week, and that all your problems will find their solutions!
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