friends arranged d inner with single men and invited me to parties to meet the latest someone special But later I changed my mind. A colleague of mine said, "Second marriages end in divorce, and children are destroyed by it. There is some truth in his Research published in 2004 showed that children in blended families were emotionally healthy than those in single-parent families Not long ago, my now-teenage daughter and I went to lunch at our favorite Italian restaurant. While eating, we talked about a friend of ours who was divorcing her second husband We were worried about how the break would harm her three children, two of whom were struggling to get free of drugs. Joanna put down her fork and looked at me. " Mom, I'm glad you didn t remarry, she said "If you had divorced again, I might have tried drugs or even consider suicide. " At that moment, I realized once again, that singleness was right choice for me 1. What was the speaker most afraid of? 2. Which of the following is not true? 3. What did the speaker's colleague say? 4. Which of the following is true? 5. If the speaker had divorced again, what might her daughter, Joanna, have done? Kes: IC 2.A3.B.B 5.B I. Speaking Out MODEL 1 Is youth wasted on the young? Amy: I'd like to talk to you, so stop what you re doing for a minute Bill: What is it. Amy? I'm hav ing a hectic time working on this report for tomorrow's Amy: Well, you re always pretty busy, and it's been more five vears. almost Six. since we were married Bill: Yes, time has gone so fast, but theyve been good years Amy: I know, but I want to have a baby-I want us to have a baby Bill: I know you do. But remember. we said we'd wait until we could afford it Amy: But five vears is a long time to wait. Anyway, it's long enough Bill: I'm this close to getting a promotion. Amy: What has that got to do with it? We could wait forever if we wait for the perfect " moment. Soon we'll be too old to enjoying having a baby Bill: You know, you have a good point. This report can wait. I'll do it tomorrow morning. Let's open a bottle of wine and enjoy ourselves4 friends arranged dinner with single men and invited me to parties to meet the latest “someone special”. But later I changed my mind. A colleague of mine said, “Second marriages usually end in divorce, and children are destroyed by it.” There is some truth in his words. Research published in 2004 showed that children in blended families were no more emotionally healthy than those in single-parent families. Not long ago, my now-teenage daughter and I went to lunch at our favorite Italian restaurant. While eating, we talked about a friend of ours who was divorcing her second husband. We were worried about how the break would harm her three children, two of whom were struggling to get free of drugs. Joanna put down her fork and looked at me. “Mom, I’m glad you didn’t remarry,” she said. “If you had divorced again, I might have tried drugs or even consider suicide.” At that moment, I realized, once again, that singleness was right choice for me. 1. What was the speaker most afraid of? 2. Which of the following is NOT true? 3. What did the speaker’s colleague say? 4. Which of the following is true? 5. If the speaker had divorced again, what might her daughter, Joanna, have done? Kes: 1C 2.A3. B 4.B 5.B IV. Speaking Out MODEL 1 Is youth wasted on the young? Amy: I’d like to talk to you, so stop what you’re doing for a minute. Bill: What is it, Amy? I’m having a hectic time working on this report for tomorrow’s meeting. Amy: Well, you’re always pretty busy, and it’s been more five years, almost six, since we were married. Bill: Yes, time has gone so fast, but they’ve been good years. Amy: I know, but I want to have a baby—I want us to have a baby. Bill: I know you do. But remember, we said we’d wait until we could afford it. Amy: But five years is a long time to wait. Anyway, it’s long enough. Bill: I’m this close to getting a promotion. Amy: What has that got to do with it? We could wait forever if we wait for the “perfect” moment. Soon we’ll be too old to enjoying having a baby. Bill: You know, you have a good point. This report can wait. I’ll do it tomorrow morning. Let’s open a bottle of wine and enjoy ourselves