UNIT 3 The Generation Gap Part I Pre-Reading Task Listen to the recording two or three times and then think over the following questions: 1. What sort of a song is it? 2. Who should be sitting up and taking notice? Why? 3. What does the singer think of his parent's way of doing things? 4. Do you agree with what he says? The following words in the recording may be new to you: roam vi. 漫游 drench vt. 使湿透 prophesize v. 作预言 senator n. 参议员 heed vt. 注意 stall v. 拖延 rage vi. 激烈地进行 Part II Text A This comedy centers around a proud father's attempts to help his children, attempts which somehow or other always end up embarrassing them. For the sake of fun it carries things to extremes, but nearly everyone can recognize something of themselves and their parents in it. FATHER KNOWS BETTER Marsh Cassady CHARACTERS: FATHER; MOTHER; HEIDI, 14; DIANE, 17; SEAN, 16; RESTAURANT MANAGER, 20s; MRS. HIGGINS. SETTING: Various locations including a fast-food restaurant, the Thompson family dining room, and an office at a high school. ATRISE: As the lights come up, HEIDI enters and crosses Down Right to the edge of the stage. SEAN and DIANE enter and cross Down Left to the edge of the stage. They listen as HEIDI addresses the audience. HEIDI: My dad's a nice man. Nobody could possibly believe that he isn't. Yet he