LISTENING 2- LEARN HOW TO DANCE

LEARN HOW TO DANCE
I went to England with my mother.  She used to be a singer in a band.  We went to the hotel that she used to sing at.  It was a big fancy hotel.  Some of the people that she knew when she sang in the band were still there.  They remembered my mother, and they had a good time talking to her and remembering old times.  Many people told me that I looked like my mother.  In the hotel, they had a fancy hall where they had ballroom dancing.  I am not used to that kind of dancing.  I always dance to rock music.  A man told me that he would teach me how to dance.  It looked very easy.  I held one of his hands, and put my other hand on his shoulder.  He told me exactly how to move my feet.  I was very clumsy, and I stepped on his toes.  He was patient with me, and he counted "one, two, three."  I tried to waltz with him.  I would start out pretty well, but then I would get mixed up and stand on his toes again.  The man laughed about it.  I told him that I wasn`t a very good dancer, but he said that I was good for a beginner.  I think he was just being polite.  The man asked my mother to dance.  My mother is a very good dancer.  I didn`t know that about her.  She never stepped on the man`s toes once. The man thanked us for dancing with him, and I thanked him for giving me dancing lessons.  I don`t think I`ll ever be very good at that type of dancing.  Each generation has a specific type of dancing.  The way that I dance is different from the way that my mother dances.  The way that I dance doesn`t involve moving your feet too much.  I`m not too good at fancy steps.