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Dialogue :

How to teach kids household skills

dialogue 1

Jingjing: Mark, when you were ______, did you learn about how to _______?

Mark: Of course.　My mother_______ to make sure I could__________, and do _____.　She thought my dad knew _____that stuff, even though he was _______.

Jingjing: I just saw an ______ about ______ being added to ________.　What do you think about that?

Mark: At schools I _____, one or two ______ every day were for _______ like health or _______, or something like _____,______.

Jingjing: What do you remember learning _________?

Mark: One of my __________ is when _______was handed ______, a piece of _______, and a small light ______.　Whoever first ______ would win.

Jingjing: How old _______?

Mark: _______.　It took us _______.

Jingjing: That's_______!

Mark: It was.　Even though I learned more _____, it was good to see my _______ try to ________.　We each _______, and were surprised ________ others got ____ done.

Jingjing: What else did you_____ in school?　Anything_______?

Mark: Well, I took_______ in ___ school.　One of the ______ that took us the longest was ______.　Two weeks after _______, we finally had them all ready to________ the ______.

Jingjing: That's pretty cool.　Did you build everything _______?

Mark: Everything except ______, which were______.

Jingjing: _______ did you use?

Mark: Paper, ______—common stuff.　Later, I went to a _____ and saw kits that would take just an _______ or two to _______.　Our school wasted______ just to save a ______of materials, and didn't really teach us much in the process.

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Mark, did you________ when you were a kid?

Mark: I went to ________, and we got to make _____.　I learned more about ____ from that.

Jingjing: Was TAG ________?

Mark: It was something________, at ______ in my city.

Jingjing: I think it's great for kids to learn how to do all sorts of __________.　It's _______ for someone to grow up with _______ and_______.

Mark: I agree, but think most of those skills come from _______, rather than _________.

Jingjing: Did you learn _______?

Mark: In middle school and _______, we had _______.　So, yes.　But, again, I ________ at home.

Jingjing: It was________, though, wasn't it?

Mark: It was.　Actually, the ________ I remember is that our teacher _______.

Jingjing: Have you gotten _________?

Mark: Actually, yes.　I've________ while cooking.　Luckily, I could ________ quickly, before they________.

Jingjing: So, what do you think about _______to ________ school _______?

Mark: Just like you said, it'd be great for young people to _______.　It'd ________ to have schools _______ that.

Jingjing: No one thinks schools should________.　Schools should_________, and ________

Mark: _______.　I still remember ______.

Jingjing: Is that something you learned_______?　Oh, wait—you told me.　It was to learn how to _______.

Mark: Yeah: it helped us________, when we were_______.

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