Listening in task1 The son wants to buy a pair of basketball shoesas his old ones look kind of funny
But the father thinks there is still a lot of lifeleft in the old shoes
The son points out that in an adYao Ming claims that these shoes give him extra spring
The father, on the other hand, says that he does not make as much money as Yao Ming does, and that the tall man does not need extra spring
What's more, the advertiser may give him dollersfor wearing the shoes in the ad
To this the son answers jokingly that he would wear the new shoes for nothing
Then the father replies that Yao Ming did not reach the topsimply because of the shoes
Rather, there must be something else
The son knows his father means things like hard workand dedication
Finally the father asks the son to foc
