General Listening Quiz

"Alcoholics Anonymous"

Level: Topic: Speakers: Length:
difficult drinking man and woman 2:23

Pre-Listening Exercise




"drink like a fish" = drink alcohol excessively
"She tends to drink like a fish when she gets together with her friends."

"drown one's sorrows" = drink to stop your unhappiness

Listening Exercise

A. Listen to the recording and answer the questions.

Because of Dave's alcoholism, he _____.

Dave's Sister: Dave, Dave. No seriously. Listen, Dave. You're my brother. I love you, but you've had two DUIs, you lost your last job because you showed up drunk, your girlfriend's going to dump you because you're drinking too much.

Lisa thinks that Dave's friends ____.

Dave's Sister: Dave. I love you, and I'm trying to help you. I really care about you. And these friends that you hang out with . . . they're not friends. A friend is a person who is honest and frank with you, not these so-called buddies you've got that encourage you to go and buy booze for any old party.

According to Dave's sister, a good friend is a person who ___.

A friend is a person who is honest and frank with you.

One of things that Dave can accomplish by attending Alcoholics Anonymous is to ____.

Dave's Sister: You know what? AA. Alcoholics Anonymous. You can go there and you can meet with other people, and they can help you be sober.

At the end of the conversation, Dave decides to ___.

Dave's Sister: Dave, No. I can't . . . it'll kill me if there's another DUI, an accident, something, I'm really worried, Dave. Dave: I'm done, I'm done. I don't want to talk about this anymore.

Vocabulary Practice


Post-Listening Exercise


Online Investigation
