Unit one:
FRIENDSHIP
C: LISTENING
Teacher: Duong To Thuy
BEFORE YOU READ
Word in pairs .Ask and answer the following questions.
Who is your best friend ?
How did you happen to meet him or her ?
How long have you known each other ?
What qualities do you admire in your best friend ?
Listen and repeat
Apartment building
Sense of humour
Guitarist
Favourite
Motorbike
Around
While you listen
You will hear Lan and Long talk about their best friends . Listen to their talks and then do the tasks that follow.
Are you ready ?
Now, let`s go
Task 1
Listen and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
Lan`sTalk
Ha and Lan shared an apartment in Nguyen Cong Tru Residential Area in Hanoi.
Lan thinks that Haiphong people are unfriendly.
Lan spent two days in Do Son.
Ha took Lan to Do Son on her motorbike.
Ha introduced Lan to a number of her friends there.
Ha and Lan have become friends since Lan’s trip to Do Son.
T
F
Long`sTalk
Minh and Long have been friends since school.
Long was a guitarist.
Long loves Minh’s sense of humour.
They have a lot of things in common.
Minh always helped Long out of difficulties.
Task 2
Listen again
and note down the ideas
in the table below.
1
2
How and where they met
What they like about their friends
After you listen
Work in pairs. Take turns to talk about how Ha has been Lan’ best friend and how Minh has Long’s best friend.
NOW let`s listen
Lan’s Talk .
My best friend is Ha .We ……………. friends for a long time. We used to ………… Nguyen Cong Tru ………………. Area in Hanoi . Her family …………….. Hai Phong in ………. . It is said that Hai Phong people are ……….. , but Ha really, really…………….
have been
live in
Residental
moved to
1985
cold
friendly
I first ………… to get to know ……. when I was going on a ……………. trip to Do Son last year and I ………………. anybody there.
started
her
two-day
didn’t know
I ……… Ha a ……. and she ……… so friendly , she said , “ oh, I ……………. to visit …….. .” so she ……….. on her motorbike to Do Son and ……….. minutes later she was there .She …………. with me for …………….
She …………….. to know ………… people there , so she ……………... me around and we’ve ………. best friends ever since .
gave
ring
was
will come
rode
twenty
stayed
two days
happened
a lot of
introduced
been
you
Long’s Talk :
My best friend is Minh .We ……. in ………... I was ………. singing and Minh was a ………...... So we …………. together a lot.
Minh has a ……… sense of …………., he’s very , very funny , and that’s ……… of my …………… things about him
And ……… the years, we have been …………… good times and ……… times …….. each other , and that’s one of the ………….. I like best about him.
met
college
there
guitarist
worked
great
humour
one
favourite
over
through
bad
with
things
And we have a lot of the ………… …………….. .We like to go to ………. and ………….. together. But when we’re going …………. a ………… time, he’s really a good friend , and he’s a very good …………. and he always ………….. me through .
same
interests
plays
movies
through
rough
listener
helped