Word Bank
piggy bank （儿童用的）猪形储钱罐
plastic n. 塑料，塑胶
typewriter n. 打字机
cashier n.
a person in charge of money and payments ina bank, hotel, shop, etc.（旅馆、商店等的）柜台收帐员；（银行掌管现金运用的）财务经理
sales tax n. 营业税
cash register
现金出纳机，现金进出记录机
exclaim vi.
fml speakor say loudly and suddenly, because of surprise or other strong feeling
〖正式〗（由于惊讶或其他强烈情感而）惊叫，呼喊；大声说
lap n.
the front part of a seated personbetween the waist and the knees
（人坐着时）腰以下到膝为止的大腿部位
Listen and Respond
Task: Focusing on the Main Idea
Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences according to the information contained in the listening passage.
1. According to this monologue, we know that the girl’s sisters ________.
A) totally forgot their mother’s birthday
B) brought birthday presents to their mother
C) prepared a birthday picnic for their mother
D) reminded the girl of their mother’s birthday
2. The girl said that ________.
A) she felt bad for forgetting her mother’s birthday
B) she had saved some money for hermother’ birthday
C) she spent much time preparing abirthday present for her mother
D) she prepared the picnic as thebirthday present for her mother
3. The girl went to the store________.
A) to buy some plastic paper
B) to buy herself a piggy bank
C) to buy typewriter correction paper
D) to buy her mother a birthday present
4. The cashier at the store________.
A) paid for the girl’s present
B) felt sympathetic towards the girl
C) asked the girl to buy a plastic heart
D) helped the girl by paying for the difference
5. The girl always remembers the heart she gave her mother because ________.
A) it was the present her mother longed for
B) it was associated with some special memory
C) it was handmade by herself for her mother
D) it was the most expensive present she ever got
