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dialogue 1
Jingjing: Mark, have you been ___ anything ____?
Mark: ________. Besides ____away at my list of ___, I just ____ an old article about ___ in theU.K. and Europe, and have been thinking about it ____.
Jingjing: Wow, how ___ is the article?
Mark: It's afew years old, ___ years, I think. It focused on a ___ of more than ___ U.K. parents, and their ___.
Jingjing: That sounds interesting. What did the ____ say?
Mark: A ___number of dads said they felt they were doing a ____than their own ___ haddone.
Jingjing: It's ____ to me that so many _____ that way. People get __________
Mark: Right. Their own parents might have had exactly the ____ ____ years earlier.
Jingjing: Did ____ feel they were doing ___?
Mark: You know (?)—I don't think the article ______ about that. I should probablytry to _____ the ____ research, not just the article that ____ it.
Jingjing: That'd be a good idea, if you want to do _____. _____did it say?
Mark: Well,it talked about _____ policies, and made _____ between the U.K. and countries on the European ____. It said ___ Europeans have_______, still getting ___, and being there for their young children.
Jingjing: That sounds ____ Yeah, I keep hearing about how _____ Northern ____countries are.
Mark: It sure sounds that way. Almost all ____ take ____ in Sweden and Norway, while only ____of dads ______ in the U.K.
Jingjing: Women take ____ leave, though, don't they?
Mark: Of course. That's ____ everywhere.
dialogue 2
Jingjing: So, Mark, what do you think _____?
Mark: Hmm,first of all, someone who's______would be a better dad. In the U.S.,_____ are raised in ___ families, mostly by their ___.
Jingjing: That's really a ____.
Mark: Yeah. ___________He has thousands of fans.
Jingjing: That sounds like a ___ audience; but I guess it _____a more generalneed.
Mark: I'm sure he gets to hear plenty of stories about _____.
Jingjing: Do you think a father has to be very _____________
Mark: I guess that depends on _______, and on what the mother and other ____ are doingalready.
Jingjing: Did your own parents play very _______? May I ask?
Mark: No problem. My parents were pretty ____. My dad was a ___,and my mother __, though she also had a ___. They had a lot in __,though.
Jingjing: Really? Like what?
Mark: They both liked ____, and reading. I remember coming ____ on Saturday morningsand finding them both ____ reading.
Jingjing: That sounds like a ____. Who ___ your breakfast?
Mark: That was easy. I just ____ the pantry and the ___, and helpedmyself.
Jingjing: Wow. I hope they didn't keep much _______!
Mark: ___ atall.
new words andphrases
from dialogue 1
Funny you should ask: It's a coincidence, because I happen to have been thinking or doing something closely related to your question.
chipping away at
survey: a set of questions, to measure people's attitudes, experiences and behavior
respondents: people who complete surveys and return them to researchers
parental leave: time off from work, granted by an employer, during pregnancy or the weeks after child birth
paternity: starting fatherhood
maternity: starting motherhood
from dialogue 2
make a name for oneself: become famous
pep talk: an inspirational conversation, with advice and principles for good living speaks to
nurturing: taking care of children, showing love
bread winner: earningmoney for one's family
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