Unit 7 - listening

Monday, November 24th, 2008
UNIT 7
C . LISTENING
4. healthy
2. cloudy
3. strong
1. flood
5. rise
khoẻ mạnh
mạnh
dâng lên, nổi lên
/ `helθi/ (adj.) :
/`klaudi / (adj.) :
/ strɔη / (adj.) :
/ flʌd / (n)
/ raiz / (v) :
Ex: The level of water rises higher
CHECKING VOCABULARY:
JUMBLED WORDS
Work in two groups: Write the words with jumbled letters.
1. e s r i
2. e l y h t a h
3. s n g o r t
4. o d f o l
5. d c o l u y
 rise
 healthy
 strong
 flood
 cloudy
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 first radio news story again and fill in the missing words
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’s 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 home
have risen
two meters
has stopped
cloudy
strong wind
Task 2:
Listen to the second radio news story and fill in the missing words
90-year-old American woman climbs Mount Whitney
A ninety-year-old woman has climbed Mount Whitney in California for the (1)....................time. 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:
Listen again and answer the questions :
1. What happened during the night ?
2. Why have people left their homes ?
3. How old is the old woman ?
4. How many times has the old woman climbed
Mount Whitney ?
5. Why does she climb it so often ?
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Answer The Questions:
3
2
1
5
6
7
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1  Heavy rain has caused floods all over the country during the night .
Answers:
2Because rivers have risen
3She is ninety years old
4 The old woman climbed Mount Whitney twenty-three times ?
5Because it has kept her young and healthy
Imagine one student in our class is the old woman. Others are journalists.
Interview
1. What happened during the night ?
 Heavy rain has caused floods all over the country during the night .
Because rivers have risen
2. Why have people left their homes ?
The old woman climbed Mount Whitney twenty-three times ?
4. How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney ?
She is ninety years old
3. How old is the old woman ?
Homework
Learn new words by heart.
Write the summary of the two news stories.
Prepare the next period: Writing
“Writing about advantages and disadvantages”

Thank you for listening. Goodbye !
Answer the question:
5. Why does she climb it so often ?
Because it has kept her young and healthy
Answer the question:
5. What do you call a film or a play that intended to be funny, usually with a happy ending?
 A comedy
Answer the question:
What do you call a film or a television program giving facts about something ?
 Documentary
Answer the question:
What do you call a program that updated you with the latest information, current affairs domestically and internationally ?
 News
Ex: They are very healthy
Ex: The wind is very strong
Ex: The sky is cloudy