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Unit 1 Parents
[00:]Part B Listening Tasks
[00:]Passage 1
[00:]Dating with My Mother (Part One)
[00:]Exercise 1
[00:]Listen to the recording
[00:]and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. [00:]After 22 years of marriage,
[00:]I have discovered the secret
[00:]to keep love alive in my relationship with my wife, Peggy. [00:]I started dating with another woman.
[00:]It was Peggy's idea.
[00:]One day she said to me,
[00:]"Life is too short, you need to spend time with the people you love. [00:]You probably won't believe me,
[00:]but I know you love her
[00:]and I think that if the two of you spend more time together, [00:]it will make us closer."
[00:]The "other" woman my wife was encouraging me to date is my mother, [01:]a 72-year-old widow
[01:]who has lived alone since my father died 20 years ago. [01:]Right after his death,
[01:]I moved 2,500 miles away
[01:]to California and started my own life and career. [01:]When I moved back near my hometown six years ago, [01:]I promised myself that I would spend more time with mom. [01:]But with the demands of my job and three kids, [01:]I never got around to seeing her much
[01:]beyond family get-togethers and holidays.
[01:]Mom was surprised and suspicious
[01:]when I called and suggested the two of us go out to dinner and a movie.
[01:]"What's wrong?" she asked.
[01:]"I thought it would be nice to spend some time with you," I said. [01:]"Just the two of us."
[01:]"I would like that a lot," she said.
[01:]When I pulled into her driveway,
[01:]she was waiting by the door with her coat on. [01:]Her hair was curled, and she was smiling.
[02:]"I told my lady friends I was going out with my son, [02:]and they were all impressed.
[02:]They can't w