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Teacher: Nguyen Thi Kim Anh
Duong Quang Ham High School
December 6th, 2016
UNIT 7:
THE MASS MEDIA
LESSON 3: LISTENING
You are going to listen to two news stories.
Mount Whitney
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.

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
cloudy
has caused floods
have left their home
have risen
two metres
has stopped
strong wind
twenty-third
4,418
California
wonderful
young and healthy
 Task 2. Listen to the radio news stories again and fill in the missing word(s).
1. What has happened during the night?
2. Why have many people left their homes?
3. How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney?
4. Why does she climb it so often?
 Task 3. Listen again, and find the answer for the following questions
LUCKY ANIMALS
CONSOLIDATION
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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 woman has climbed Mount Whitney twenty-three times.
Why does she climb it so often?
 Because it has kept her young and healthy.