Web address of listening activity:
http://www.esl-lab.com/driverslicense/driverslicenserd1.htm
Listening exercises:
1. Why is the girl excited at the beginning of the conversation?
A. She has just started driver's education classes at school.
B. She is taking her driver's license road test today.
C. She has her license and wants to drive now.
2. Which statement is an example of why the father created rule number 1?
A. Young drivers sometimes drink and drive.
B. Teenagers often drive at high speeds.C. Some kids drive before obtaining a license.
3. Why does the father ask the daughter not to drive at night?
A. The roads tend to become icy and slippery.
B. It is more difficult to see obstacles in the road.
C. The girl might fall asleep at the wheel.
4. Why does the daughter dismiss, or not take seriously, rule number 4?
A. The father doesn't obey the rule either.B. The rule is an old traffic law that has changed.
C. The girl tells the dad the rule doesn't apply to her.
5. How does the conversation end?
A. The father and daughter get in a big fight.
B. The girl persuades the father to let her drive the car.C. The mom decides to drive the daughter to school.
Score = 100%
Correct answers:
1. She has her license and wants to drive now.
2. Teenagers often drive at high speeds.
3. The girl might fall asleep at the wheel.
4. The father doesn`t obey the rule either.
5. The girl persuades the father to let her drive the car.
Answers to pre or post-listening questions:
I. Pre-Listening Exercises [Top]
What are some basic rules of the road you can share with inexperienced drivers to help them avoid accidents or traffic accidents? Are there traffic rules that are specific to different countries?
Answer:
I can not drive a car. So I think that when new drivers drive cars, they should focus on everything on the road, obey the traffic rules, drive steadily.
In China, I don't know some specific traffic rules. Because I can not drive a car.
Vocabulary Exercises:
Daughter: Guess what, Mom. I got it.
Mother: Great. That's (1)super .
Father: What's going on? So, what did you get me?
Daughter: Nothing. I got my driver's license. Okay. Bye.
Father: Wait, wait, wait. Where are you going?
Daughter: Mom said I could take the car to (2)school this morning, and . . .
Father: Hold on here. I've prepared a few rules regarding the use of the motor vehicles in this house.
Daughter: Like what?
Father: Let me get my (3)notes here.
Daughter: Dad! That looks like a book? Mom, Dad's being mean to me.
Father: Okay, let me get my reading glasses here. Okay, here we are. Rule number one: No driving with friends for the first six (4)months .
Daughter: What?
Father: Teenagers often lack the judgment to drive responsibly, especially when several teenagers are involved. I mean they (5)speed , they joyride, they cruise around town way past midnight.
Daughter: But that's not me! Do I really need this lecture? This is such a drag!
Father: Furthermore, who really needs a car when a pair of shoes will work? I mean, life was (6)different when I was your age. In fact, I used to walk to school . . .
Daughter: Yeah, yeah. I know. Both ways uphill in ten feet of snow. I've heard this story many times.
Father: Yeah. Oh, where were we? Oh yes. Rule number two: You always must wear your seat belt and obey the rules of the road.
Daughter: Duh. I wasn't born yesterday.
Father: Okay, rule number three: You can't drive long distances at night because you might get (7) drowsy and drive off the road. But driving to the movie theater is fine.
Daughter: But the movie theater is right across the street from our house.
park Father: Exactly, so you can just (8)park in the driveway and walk there.
Daughter: Mom! Dad's being unreasonable.
Father: And rule number four: You should never use a cell phone while driving. That could cause an accident.
Daughter: But YOU do.
Father: That's different.
Daughter: How's it different? You even need my help to turn your cell phone on.
Father: And rule number five: Remember that I love you, and I'm just a (9)protective Daughter: Does that mean I can take the car now?
Father: Well, I don't know.
Daughter: Please dad, please. You're the best dad in the whole wide world.
Father: That's not what you said earlier.
Daughter: Hey, having the car keys in my hands changes my whole (10) perspective on life.
Father: Well, okay. I guess if I'm considered the best dad in the world for five minutes, then I'll accept that.
Daughter: Yeah.
Father: Okay, but drive carefully and don't forget to fill up the car with gas before you come home. [Bye. Love ya guys.] Okay. Hon , do you think I did the right thing?
Mother: Yeah. She has to grow up sometime.
Score = 90%
Correct Answers:
1. super
2. school
3. notes
4. months
5. speed
6. different
7. drowsy
8. park
9. protective
10. perspective
Key Vocabulary [Top]
joyride (verb): take a car without permission and drive it around for pleasure, sometimes in a reckless way
cruise (verb): drive a car around an area with no particular destination in mind
lecture (noun): a long, serious talk often used to criticize
drag (noun): something that is really annoying
duh (interjection): used to say that what someone else said is unnecessary because it is just common sense
drowsy (adjective): sleepy
hon (noun): short for honey, used to address someone you love
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