Part I  Listening Task

Script for the recording:

"Go ahead. Play. Let me see you run!" Mimi (my Aunt Mary) cheered us on. I was seven or eight years old, playing with my cousins in the back yard of my grandmother's house. Mimi was probably 30-something at the time and in her wheelchair, where she'd been since a spinal disease struck at age thirteen.
    She loved to see us run and play. Occasionally, when she was out of her chair, we'd ask if we could sit in it and wheel ourselves around. She always said, "No, use your legs! Be happy you can walk and run. Go ahead, let me see you."
    She knew we were blessed, and we learned from her to appreciate the gifts we took for granted. Mimi knew she was blessed, too — with love, with family, and in particular with a mother and father who made sure she was cared for and lived a full life, when her doctors said she would not. Mimi lived a spirit of gratitude and shared it.
    I'm thankful to have had wonderful role models growing up, people like Mimi, who taught gratitude by being grateful.
                                                        

Listening Practice

1) cheered us on  2) cousins

  3) wheelchair         4) struck

  5) Occasionally  6) wheel ourselves around

  7) took for granted  8) she was cared for and lived a full life

  9) gratitude   10) wonderful role models

After Listening

1. being grateful / thankful (for what she had)       2. gratitude / grateful; don’t