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D: That's different. S: No, it isn't.
D: Whose side are you on here? Are you going to keep lecturing me all evening or are
we going to see this concert? S: Sure. Have you brought the tickets? D: What tickets?
S: I got them on Thursday and gave them to you. Don't you remember? You put them in your jeans pocket.
D: Oh, no! Mom washed these jeans yesterday. I guess she never checked the pockets.
Oh, I'll get very angry with her. S: Well, have a look. Anyway I don't see why she should check your pockets. D: OK. OK. Don't start that again. Oh, no! Wait a minute! This might be them. Do you
think they are alright?..
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Susan: I would like to speak about helping in the house. I've got two sons, a fourteen-year-old boy and an eighteen-year-old boy. I have given up with the eighteen-year-old about his bedroom. I decided that he needs his space and if he wants to live in a rubbish bin then so be it. But I work full time and I need a little bit of help around the house. The usual response when I ask them is, either they are doing something else, or "why can't he do it?" meaning his brother. Or if they do it then it's not very well done — if it's washing-up they have water all over the floor. Any ideas what I could do about it?
Ted: Well, this sounds like more or less the same relationship that I had with my mom until she discussed it with me. I am sixteen and if my mom needs help round the house we have a sort of agreement that I clean up after myself. I do any other jobs, too, and I often repair things around the house. So if you maybe tell your children that they should clean up behind themselves and then do any other jobs that they feel they should do. That sounds to me like a fair agreement. And if you try that it may work.
Liz: Well, I am fifteen and I think your children really aren't children any more. They are old enough to realize that you are their mother and they really should be doing what you ask them to do because they live under your roof. I think all parents have a standard set of rules and one of the rules is that they should do something around the house. Because your sons, especially your older son,— they are going to be leaving home soon to go to university or something. And they are not going to have their mommy there to do the washing-up. They should start learning now that chores should be shared in the family.
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1. I couldn't live without my mobile phone. I've had this phone for about six months now and I use it to organize my life. I'm always sending texts and calling people when I am out and about. I'd be really lost without it.
2. One thing I couldn't live without is my alarm clock. I've had it for about 12 years now and it was given to me by a friend at University because I just couldn't get up in the morning. It's actually in the shape of a soldier that has a uniform and helmet. To turn the alarm off you have to press down his helmet which I think is fantastic. It's not valuable at all. But actually I couldn't live without it.
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