Step by Step 3000. Book Two.

Unit 12. Dictation.

In this unit, you'll hear 11 items for dictation.

Each item will be presented three times. Write down every word you hear.

Item One.

Vocabulary. abuse, innocent, mitigate, trauma, equipped, Judith Wallerstein, Kid's Turn.

Judith Wallerstein studied 93 children over a generation.

Her findings haven't been published in a medical journal only in her book.

She says children of divorce are more likely to abuse drugs, and that 40% of them avoid marriage themselves.

When they do marry, fail at nearly twice, the usually rate.

Wallerstein's families divorced a generation ago.

Times have changed and with them, the attitude towards divorce and the attention to the divorce's innocent victims.

In our parents' generation, people who got divorced didn't talk about it, they were embarrassed by it.

Programs like kid's turn try to mitigate some of the effects of divorce with family counseling.

So the next generation more aware of the trauma may be better equipped to handle it.