Bai7 Lítening

TAN CHAU HIGH SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
Welcome to our class!
News Entertainment
Weather Information
Radio Orally
Mountain Rain
Kim‘s game
Unit 7 : THE MASS MEDIA
Lesson: Listening
Before you listen : ( Pair work )

Answer the question :
What programme do you like listening to ?
And why?
UNIT 7: Lesson: Listening
Warmer: Kim’s Game
Pre-Listening:
Answer the questions
Vocabulary
III. While you listen :
Task 1: Listen to the two radio news stories and tick the words you hear in the right column under News story 1 and News story 2
Task 2 : Listen to the radio news stories again and fill in the missing word (s).
Task 3 : Answer the questions (Group work)
IV. Post- Listening:Tell the content of the news stories in front of the class.
V. Homework:





New words :
Cloud (n): mây
Heavy rain (n): mưa to

Example:
a./ Because of the bad weather, we don’t go for a picnic.
b./ In spite of her old age, the woman tries to climb the mountain very often.


Structures: Because of / In spite of + N. Phrase.
Rise - rose – risen (v): lên, mọc
Strong wind (n): gió mạnh
Flood (n): lũ
Climb (v): leo
Mount Whitney 4,418 metres: Núi Whitney
Cloud (n): mây
Heavy rain (n)
The rivers have risen
Rise - rose – risen (v): lên
Strong wind: gió mạnh
Flood (n): lũ
Climb (v): leo
Mount Whitney 4,418 metres
While you listen :
Task 1: Listen to the two radio news stories and tick (?) the words you hear in the right column under
News story 1 and News story 2
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TASK 2 : Listen to the radio news stories again and fill in the missing word (s).
Story 1:Heavy rain causes floods
all over the country.

Heavy rain during the night ( 1 ) ............ all over the country today. Many people( 2) ..... because rivers( 3 ) ......... Some roads in the north-west are under( 4 ) ......... .. of water. The rain ( 5 ) ...............
at the moment, but it is still ( 6 ) ....................... and there `s a ( 7 ) ....... because of the bad weather , people can`t go out to work.

has caused floods
have left their homes
have risen
two metres
has stopped
cloudy
strong wind
Story 2 : 90 - year- old American woman climbs Mount Whitney.
A ninety year old woman has climbed Mount Whitney in California for the (1) ........ times. At ( 2 ) ...................... metres , Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in (3) .. ... The woman says the view from the top is ( 4 ) ..... .. . .. so she tries to climb it often. She also says that the mountain has kept her ( 5 ) . ......... .. . In spite of her old age, the woman tries to climb the mountain very often.
twenty-third
4,418
California
wonderful
young and healthy
TASK 3 : Answer the questions (Group work)
What has happened during the night ?

2. Why have people left their homes ?

3. How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney ?

4. Why does she climb it so often ?
Lucky numbers
2
1
3
4
6
5
Task 2: Answer the questions
What has happened during the night ?
Heavy rain has caused floods all over the country during the night .
2. Why have people left their homes ?
Because rivers have risen
How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney ?
The old lady has climbed Mount Whitney twenty- three times.
Why does she climb it so often ?
Because it has kept her young and healthy.
Number .
Lucky numbers
Lucky number
Number .
Lucky numbers
Lucky number
TASK 3 : Answer the questions
(Group work)
What has happened during the night ?
-> Heavy rain has caused floods all over the country during the night .
Why have people left their homes ?
->Because rivers have risen
How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney ?
-> The old lady has climbed Mount Whitney twenty- three times.
Why does she climb it so often ?
-> Because it has kept her young and healthy.
After you listen :
Tell the content of the news stories in front of the class.
More exercise: Choose the most suitable word to complete the following sentences :
1. My son was late for school because ……....
the traffic jam. ( into / from / of / in )
2. Walking everyday can keep you …………..
( health / unhealthy / healthy / heal )
3. The crop was destroyed by the……………… rain
yesterday. ( heavy / small / big / little )
4. In spite ……… poverty, they live happily.
( with / to / about / of )


of
healthy
heavy
of
HOME WORK
Rewrite the content of the 2 radio news stories.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!