Learn by Listening Level 2

[00:00.10]School Dance|[00:02.10] It is the first school dance that I have ever been to.|[00:05.21] All of the boys are standing on one side of the gymnasium,|[00:09.20] and all of the girls are on the other side.|[00:11.56] There is loud music playing,|[00:13.55] and I can hardly hear my friends talking.|[00:16.23] The music is going fast,|[00:18.28] and some people are starting to move to the beat of the song.|[00:21.70] Soon all the girls are dancing,|[00:24.06] but the boys are still standing against the wall.|[00:27.49] Then the song ends, and slow music comes on.|[00:31.72] I don't know what to do, so I just go and stand against the wall.|[00:36.01] Then one of the boys in my class comes over and asks me|[00:39.62] if I would like to dance to the slow song.|[00:42.60] I really feel awkward and nervous, but say yes.|[00:46.59] We go out into the middle of the gym,|[00:50.07] and he puts his hands on my waist,|[00:52.31] and I put my hands on his shoulders.|[00:54.61] We start to move to the music, and we step on each other's feet!|[00:59.09] He is bigger than me, so my toe starts to hurt a little bit!|[01:03.01] As we continue to "slow dance,"|[01:05.99] more boys and girls come to the middle of the gym|[01:08.67] to dance together.|[01:09.98] It sure is funny to watch people dance|[01:12.84] because they are stepping on each other's toes|[01:15.07] and bumping into each other|[01:16.63] and turning in opposite directions!|[01:18.99] Soon the song ends,|[01:20.67] and the boys go to one side of the gym again.|[01:23.47] The girls decide that they want to dance to a fast song,|[01:27.21] so they stay in the middle of the gym|[01:29.01] and dance with one another.|[01:30.87] Our teachers are making sure|[01:33.24] that we are behaving because they are watching us.|[01:35.73] I wonder if they want to dance.|[01:38.03] They probably are remembering their first school dance.|[01:41.82] I wonder if someday I'll be grown up just like the teachers|[01:45.99] and laughing at the memories of my first school dance?|[01:49.60] I sure hope so!