Thursday, December 18, 2008

ESL: Home Listening Due Sunday 28 December 2008

Home Listening
Due Sunday 28 December 2008

  1. What is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year?
  2. What two things do the holidays sometimes bring?
  3. What does the narrator describe as "not so jolly"?
  4. What are people worried about?
  5. What is the first bit of advice that the interviewee, Keith Ablow, gives about the holiday season?
  6. Why, according to Keith Ablow, might people feel "fortunate"?
  7. When is the time to connect with people?
  8. What should one be honest about?
  9. What might one tell one's adolescent children about gift-buying during the holiday season?
  10. What is a good cheap way to boost one's mood?
  11. According to Keith Ablow, what do kids never complain about to him?
  12. What do children remember their parents for?
  13. What should one write down?
  14. Briefly (in one word) explain the word "euphoria"?
  15. If one is frugal, one spends a) more money, b) less money.

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