Real World Listening

1 Predict

Answer

It protects her from illness.

2 Get the main ideas

Answers

The necklace is made of silver. The witch doctor told her to wear it. Her grandmother gave it to her. When she took the necklace off, she got sick. When she put it back on, she got better.

Script

Jean: I‘m ready, are you? Why don‘t you take that necklace off before you go in the pool?

Chandra: Oh, this? No, I never take it off. I wear it all the time. I‘ve had it since I was a kid.

Jean: Really? You‘ve worn it since you were little? Why?

Chandra: Well, when I was a baby, I lived in India. And I was sick all the time, so my parents took me to a doctor. And well, the doctor at first didn‘t want to treat me because —

Jean: What? Why?

Chandra: Well, because I was a girl.

Jean: Huh? Because you were a girl?

Chandra: Yeah, well, that‘s the way it was. Anyway, so my parents took me to this witch doctor, and I… Jean: A witch doctor

Chandra: Yeah, well, I guess you could call her a … I don‘t know, a spiritual healer. She was an old woman in our village. And she took a look at me and she said I needed silver.

Jean: Silver?

Chandra: Yeah. She said I needed silver so that I could get better. And then my grandmother went to a jeweler and she had this silver necklace made for me. They put it on me, and I got better.

Jean: I don‘t believe that.

Chandra: Well, I didn‘t either for a while. But you know what? When I was 20 I took it off and I put it in a drawer for a little while. And then, I started to get sick again. And I didn‘t get better. I was just sick all the time. And then I remembered the necklace, and I put it on. And after that, I was fine.

Jean: Wow.

Unit 5 It changed my life

Vocabulary Task

Answers/script

1. Japan/Japanese

2. Canada/French/English

3. Panama/Spanish

4. Brazil/Portuguese

5. Thailand/Thai

6. India/Hindi

7. South Africa/ Afrikaans

8. Morocco/ Arabic

9. Germany/ German

10. Norway/Norwegian

Script

1. Helen is going to Japan to study Japanese.

2. Pam is from Canada. She speaks French and English.

3. Linda‘s family lives in Panama. They speak Spanish.

4. Andrea is from brazil. She speaks Portuguese.

5. Vira moved here from Thailand. He speaks Thai.

6. Sita‘s grandmother came from India 50 years ago. She speaks Hindi.

7. Jean is South African. She speaks Afrikaans.

8. Ali is from Morocco. He speaks Arabic.