Podcast Title: The "Boy vs. Girl" Survival Guide
Host: Duncan
Guest: Tracy
Topic: [Dialogue] Conversation about children’s behavior
Focus: Comparing/Contrasting, Descriptive Adverbs, and Childhood behavior.
[Script]
Duncan: Welcome back to the podcast! Today is a very special episode because I am joined by my partner, Tracy. Tracy, how are you? Are you surviving the week?
Tracy: (Sighs) "Surviving" is exactly the right word. My house is currently a disaster zone. I have a son and a daughter, so it’s like living with two different types of weather. One is a thunderstorm, and the other is a hurricane.
Teacher: (Laughs) I understand completely. I have two boys, so my house is basically a constant wrestling match. Why is it that boys never just... sit? They are always moving, jumping, and running around!
Tracy: Exactly! My son thinks he is a professional stuntman. Last Tuesday, I walked into the living room, and he was standing on top of the bookshelf. I asked him, "What are you doing up there?" and he just looked at me and said, "I’m a mountain goat, Mom. Do you have any grass for me to eat?”
Teacher: A mountain goat! That’s hilarious. My boys don't climb bookshelves, but they do turn everything into a weapon. A spoon? That’s a sword. A pillow? That’s a bomb. Last night, they were "fighting" in the hallway, and I heard a loud CRASH. I ran out, and they had knocked over a giant lamp. I asked who did it, and they both pointed at the dog. We don't even have a dog, Tracy!
Tracy: (Laughs) They blamed a ghost dog! That’s classic. But you see, with my daughter, the trouble is different. She is the "Drama Queen." If her brother even looks at her favorite doll, she falls to the floor and cries like her heart is broken. She says, "Mom, he is destroying my soul!”
Teacher: "Destroying her soul?" Wow, that is very poetic for a kid!
Tracy: She is very dramatic. And the clothes! She changes her outfit five times a day. If there is one tiny spot of dirt on her dress, she acts like it’s a national emergency. She’ll say, "I can’t go to school like this! People will laugh at me!”
Teacher: My boys are the opposite. They would wear the same dirty shirt for a week if I let them. They think dirt is a "fashion choice.”
Tracy: (Laughs) So, listeners, the lesson is this: Boys break your furniture, but girls break your ears with all the talking and crying.
Teacher: It’s a tough choice, isn’t it? Let’s see if you were listening to our "struggle."
OUTRO:
That is the end of our story. Good job!
Now, can you answer the three questions? Listen again if you need to.
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Comprehension Questions:
Why did Tracy's son climb the bookshelf?
Who did the teacher's boys blame for breaking the lamp?
Why did Tracy's daughter refuse to go to school?
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別再死背單字了,聽故事才是王道!
歡迎來到《學英文不用背單字》,這是一個專為國小及國中 ESL 學習者設計的英文聽力廣播。我們深信:孩子學英文不該靠枯燥的單字表,而是要透過有趣的故事情境。
在每一集短短 5 分鐘的節目中,我們會帶領孩子進入不同的冒險世界。從「長得像鬼的神祕高個子」(其實是爸爸!),到靠著「魔幻和服」變換天氣,我們將課本裡的單字(如家庭成員、心情感受、天氣等)轉化成好玩的情節。
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情境學習: 拒絕死背!在故事中自然理解單字用法。
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[Script]
Duncan: Welcome back to the podcast! Today is a very special episode because I am joined by my partner, Tracy. Tracy, how are you? Are you surviving the week?
Tracy: (Sighs) "Surviving" is exactly the right word. My house is currently a disaster zone. I have a son and a daughter, so it’s like living with two different types of weather. One is a thunderstorm, and the other is a hurricane.
Teacher: (Laughs) I understand completely. I have two boys, so my house is basically a constant wrestling match. Why is it that boys never just... sit? They are always moving, jumping, and running around!
Tracy: Exactly! My son thinks he is a professional stuntman. Last Tuesday, I walked into the living room, and he was standing on top of the bookshelf. I asked him, "What are you doing up there?" and he just looked at me and said, "I’m a mountain goat, Mom. Do you have any grass for me to eat?”
Teacher: A mountain goat! That’s hilarious. My boys don't climb bookshelves, but they do turn everything into a weapon. A spoon? That’s a sword. A pillow? That’s a bomb. Last night, they were "fighting" in the hallway, and I heard a loud CRASH. I ran out, and they had knocked over a giant lamp. I asked who did it, and they both pointed at the dog. We don't even have a dog, Tracy!
Tracy: (Laughs) They blamed a ghost dog! That’s classic. But you see, with my daughter, the trouble is different. She is the "Drama Queen." If her brother even looks at her favorite doll, she falls to the floor and cries like her heart is broken. She says, "Mom, he is destroying my soul!”
Teacher: "Destroying her soul?" Wow, that is very poetic for a kid!
Tracy: She is very dramatic. And the clothes! She changes her outfit five times a day. If there is one tiny spot of dirt on her dress, she acts like it’s a national emergency. She’ll say, "I can’t go to school like this! People will laugh at me!”
Teacher: My boys are the opposite. They would wear the same dirty shirt for a week if I let them. They think dirt is a "fashion choice.”
Tracy: (Laughs) So, listeners, the lesson is this: Boys break your furniture, but girls break your ears with all the talking and crying.
Teacher: It’s a tough choice, isn’t it? Let’s see if you were listening to our "struggle."