Section B:长对话2

　　Woman: as a kid, did you know 【12】 whatjob you wanted to do when you grew up?

　　Man: No,I didn't. And I got sick every timeadults asked me what I wanted to be when Igrew up.

　　Woman: It's the same with me. And l'm tiredof people asking that question of my 10-year-old daughter. My daughter's stock answersour basketball player, pop singer,【13】

　　mechanical engineer. Adults love that last

　　one, as it's the perfect mix of the sensible andthe ambitjous. When she was much younger.My daughter used to say she wanted to bequeen of the clouds, which I loved.【14】Ihat's the kind of goal setting dje inchildren springing from their boundlessimaginations.

　　Man: Yes, we grownups can be tedious andlimiting in our need for reality. And we teacha very gloomy image of adult hood, thatwhatever our children's future holds it mustbe seen within the context of ajob.

　　Woman: How utterly overwhelming and dull.

　　Man: When people ask my son what he wantsto be when he grows up, I have to swallowthe urge to say,"Hey, back off my kidsdreams."

　　Man: We can't dismiss the idea thatteenagers

　　have to plan to do something after theyfinish school, and parents are entitled tohope it's more than simply spending 10 hoursa day playing computer games.

　　Man: But asking "What do you want to be?"isn't going to lead a child to fulfilled liferather lead to false expectations and a highchance of disappointment.

　　Woman: Exactly.【15】We should be helpingour kids understand who therivn ifthat means letting go of who we thinktheyshound be.

　　Question 12 What question were bothspeakers fed up with when they were kids?

　　Question 13 What occupation do adults seeas both sensible and ambitious according tothe woman?

　　Question 14 What kind of goal setting doesthe woman like to see in children?沪江

　　Question 15 What does the woman suggestadults should do?