Please turn to page 95. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences according to the information contained in the listening passage.1)This talk is mainly about ________.
A. why teenagers refuse to listen to their parents
B. what the larger problems in the parent-teenager relationship are
C. what needs to be done to improve the parent-teenager relationship
D. what causes the communication problem between teenagers and their parents
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The speaker says that difficulty in communication between teenagers and their parents is mainly caused by ________.
A. generation gap
B. misunderstanding
C. lack of communication
D. different styles of thinking
The “taking out the trash” incident is a good example to show that ________.
A. teenagers should communicate more with their mothers
B. teenagers usually refuse to help their mothers with house chores
C. teenagers often miss the implied message in their mother’s instruction
D. teenagers are usually unwilling to follow their mother’s instructions
The speaker believes that ________.
A. the “taking out the trash” incident is an exceptional case
B. unhappiness caused by small incidents at home can cause larger problems
C. misunderstanding between parents and their children is easy to be solved
D. it can be a serious cause of concern if miscommunication occurs in bigger issues
Listen to the recording again and fill in each of the blanks according to what you have heard.Teenagers and their parents may often have difficulties communicating with each other. Teenagers often think adults ___________________________ (1). However, adults often think teenagers just _________________________________ (2) they say. Some people may feel that the conflict between parents and teenagers is caused by the ____________________ (3).The speaker believes that it lies mostly in implied statements that are not ___________________________ (4) between a teenage child and a parent. In the “taking out the trash” example, the mother feels that the teenager ________________________ (5), but the teenager just doesn’t. This type of conversation takes place around our home every day. They cause __________________ (6) but are totally normal, and can usually be solved quite soon. When this type of “lack of communication” __________________ (7) the bigger issues of teenagers, larger problems can be caused. It is more difficult to ____________________ (8) and it takes the efforts from both parents and teenagers ________________________________ (9).