dialogue 1

Jingjing: Mark, have your ---------- for this semester?

Mark: They'll --------- next week. I'm already on my-------------weekat my part-time job.

Jingjing: So, as of----, you'll have a full-----------, right?

Mark: Yeah. It's--------- pretty well this time; and I'm actually------------- to it.

Jingjing: Good. That reminds me of a ----------I saw. A woman is ---------a closed door in her house: “-----------------------.” There's a-----------coming from inside: “I ----------want to. ----------- go to school.” Thewoman answers: “Because you're a ------!”

Mark: Ha ha. I get it. It's her ----------------in his room.

Jingjing: Bingo! He's a teacher and he doesn't want to ------------ on thefirst day of school.

Mark: Hmm. Luckily for me, the students where I work ------------. I lookforward to meeting the----------------each year.

Jingjing: That is lucky. I imagine the teacher in the cartoon worked at ------------------.

Mark: Thosestudents can be----------sometimes, especially--------------of them.

Jingjing: It's a --------- for two reasons--------- and all the exams thatstart------------- students move from --------- to senio----------

Mark: Hmm, -------------------------. But those who want to go to good colleges have to get into--------------,typically by---------, and then are rewarded with------------- homework.

Jingjing: Ithink the important ----------- is that students --------- choose, whether totake honors courses or--------------------.

Mark: Sure,in most families, parents---------- with their kids, to find out what----------- theywant to take.

Jingjing: --------------------------------------------

Mark: A fewparents do. A lot of parents ---------- their kids for keeping ahigh ---------------, with something like a ----------, or an houror two of ---------------- per day.

Jingjing: That sounds like a ----------------.

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Mark, what do you think help students to have their----------------- tolearn?

Mark: That'sa ------------ question.

Jingjing: Iknow. A lot of parents tell their kids, if they do ----------------------,they'll have ---------------------.

Mark: Evenif that's mostly ----------, kids see lots of ---------- around them who are ----------not just because of the ------------ they have.

Jingjing: Yeah, it's kind of --------- if kids think the only wayto --------is to get into a ----------- and become a ----------------.

Mark: Right. Look at all the cosmetologists an ---------- that havefound a niche ---------- and started-------------.

Jingjing: It's also a --------- that parents ------------ and learn to play the ---------,only to take those away from them when they're ---------- and it's time toreally -------- the books.

Mark: Hmm. Hopefully by then they already know enough about-------------never toforget it ---------. But yeah, it might seem like a-------------to a kid.

Jingjing: Itprobably does,--------—to be told ----------, and then something very -t lateron.-----

Mark: Kidsare------------------------------------------

Jingjing: That sounds like a ----------------------.

Mark: I hopefuture---------- of kids will have more of their ---------------.

Jingjing: Iagree. You know, only ---------- of students----------college, and only aquarter of those graduate from schools---------------. So, it'd be great ifmost people, -------------, could hope for --------------

Mark: Well,this ----------season will hopefully be a --------------- start.

Jingjing: Ihope so.

new words andphrases

from dialogue 1

get under way: start

puberty: a timebetween childhood and adulthood, when a person's body changes and they havelots of new hormones

insinuate: suggestsomething very indirectly

honors program: moredifficult courses for students who are talented and hard-working

track: a set ofcourses offered by a school; when a student has completed it, they havedifferent opportunities from their peers

GPA: grade pointaverage

from dialogue 2

a narrow view: a limitedunderstanding of something, not seeing the whole picture

cosmetologist: aprofessional beautician, skilled in applying skin care and hair care products

niche market: arelatively small area for business, serving a special group of customers

betrayal: breaking apromise, or causing someone trouble after having gained their trust

candy land: a paradisewhere no one has to do anything they don't want to do, but can still enjoyrewards