Escucha el audio y concéntrate en la entonación y ritmo de las
frases.
Sandra:
Health insurance bills, child-care bills,
rent! Now that I'm going to school and only working part time, I
have a hard time making ends meet.
Teddy:
Health insurance is so expensive, isn't it?
Sandra:
Yeah! My company used to pay for it when I
was working full time.
Teddy:
And child care isn't cheap either, is it?
Sandra:
No, it's not. After I pay for rent and
groceries, almost all my money goes to pay for my son's day
care.
Teddy:
Your college should provide free day care
for students with children.
Sandra:
I think so, too. But they don't have any
services like that. Oh, listen to me. I'm always complaining,
aren't I? Anyway, how are things with you?
Teddy:
Oh, not bad, but I'm still not sure what I'm
going to do after I graduate.
Sandra:
Yeah, it's hard to find a job these days,
isn't it?
Teddy:
It's not that. I'm just not sure if going to
law school was the right thing to do.
Sandra:
What do you mean?
Teddy:
I only have a few more months before I
graduate, and I'm wondering why I did this. I don't want to be a
lawyer. It all seems like a waste of time now.
Sandra:
So what are you going to do?
Teddy:
Well, I'd like to move to Mexico and open a
coffee shop, but I think my parents would kill me.
VOCABULARY
health insurance bills:
facturas del seguro de salud; child-care bills: facturas de la
guardería infantil; rent: alquiler; part time =/=
full time: a tiempo parcial =/= a tiempo completo; I have a hard
time: me cuesta, me resulta difícil; make (both) ends meet:
llegar a fin de mes (con el dinero); used to pay for it: me lo
pagaba; either: tampoco; groceries: comestibles,
abarrotes;
like that: de ese tipo; complaining:
quejándome; law school: facultad de derecho o abogacía;
I'm wondering: me pregunto; lawyer: abogado;
move to: mudarse a; coffee shop: cafetería, café
(negocio);
Activity 92:
Basándote en los comentarios anteriores, selecciona las
opciones más adecuadas para cada oración. Verifica luego las respuestas
correctas.
1.
What kinds of bills does Sandra have to pay?
4.
Teddy is concerned about ...
Health
insurance, rent and groceries. Health insurance, child care and
college. Health
insurance, child care and rent.
find a job
after graduation. his future
after graduation. going to
business school.
2.
How many children does she have?
5.
What has he decided?
One son.
One daughter.
Two children.
He wants to
go to law school. He doesn't
want to be a lawyer. He wants to
visit his parents.
3.
She complains she has a hard time ...
6.
Why would he move to Mexico?
working
full time in her company.
making both ends meet.
providing free day care.
To start
coffee business. To open a
coffee store. To open a
coffee shop.
En la próxima página Mr. Grammar
explicará TAG QUESTIONS.
