Presented by Mr. Tuan Tran
Unit 7: THE MASS MEDIA
Lesson 3 : Listening
Monday, November 24th, 2008
*Jumbled words:
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armad
limf
mecydo
esnw
thaeerw
sortp
uscim
cartoon
drama
film
comedy
news
weather
sport
music
Ask and answer the questions:
1. How do you often listen to the radio?
2. How many hours per week do you listen to it?
3. What programme do you like listening to and why?


cloud (n)
heavy rain (n)
The rivers have risen.
rise - rose – risen (v)
flood
strong wind
climb (v)
Mount Whitney 4,418metres
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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Task2: Listen to the radio news stories again and fill in the missing words.
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’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 homes
have risen
cloudy
two metres
has stopped
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)……………………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 following questions.
What has happened during the night?
Why have people left their homes?
How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney?
Why does she climb it so often?
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MY LUCKY SUPERSTARS
1. 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.

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

The old woman has climbed Mount Whitney twenty-three times.

4. Why does she climb it so often?

 Because it has kept her young and healthy.

CONGRATULATIONS !
Discussion:
Choose one of the news stories and tell your classmates about it.
Homework:
Rewrite one of the news stories and prepare for the writing lesson.