TO OUR LESSON TODAY
7. Playing games.
2. The bus leaving the school
in the early morning.
3. Putting up the umbrella tent.
4. Watching wildlife in the forest.
9. Fishing
6. Swimming in the lake.
1. Singing and dancing around the camp-fire.
8. Leaving campsite.
5. Cooking food over an open-fire.
Warm – up:
Below are some activities during a camping holiday. Match them with the correct pictures
Tuesday, March 1st 2011
Unit 14: RECREATION
Part C: Listening
Work in pairs: Look at the two under pictures, answer the questions:

1. Who are they?
2. Where are they?
3. What are they doing?
I. Before you listen
Picture 1:
1. They are students.
2. They are in the countryside
3. They are going camping / for a picnic
1. Who are they?
2. Where are they?
3. What are they doing?
1. They are tourists / visitors ..
2. They are in a city.
3.They are going sightseeing.
Picture 2:
1. Who are they?
2. Where are they?
3. What are they doing?
* Listen and repeat
- campgrounds (n):
a place for camping
- dirt bike (n):
- trash (n):
= garbage, rubbish
- wilderness (n):
there is nobody live there
- giant trees (n)
[`dʒaiənt] big trees.
- Waterfalls (n):
Place where a stream that falls from a height
- depressed (a)
sad and without enthusiasm
- solitude (n) [`sɔlitju:d]
Eg: She doesn’t want to live in nature because she doesn’t like the solitude of the wilderness.
Eg: I have a
- tent (n):
a large bag carried on the back and used by people walking/climbing
- backpack (n):
II.While you listen
Today you will listen to three students –Anna, Terry and Mary- talking about their summer holiday.
1. Task 1: Listen and decide whether the statements are True or False
Anna doesn’t like summer weather.
Anna usually spends two weeks in a national park every summer.
3. Terry has never been to the mountains or the desert in summer.
4. Terry is attracted to the beauty of nature.

5. Mary likes the solitude of the wilderness.
6. Mary enjoys the comfortable life in the cities.
T
T
F
T
F
T
(= feel depressed)
(≠ used to go to)
(Why I don’t want to live in nature and enjoy it?It’s the solitude of …)
(= enjoy the comfort they offer)
(I’m still attracted to the beauty of nature)
2. Task 2: Listen again and choose the best option
1. Anna and her friends enjoy ______ in the national park.
A. riding their dirt bike. B. taking showers in waterfalls
C. swimming in lakes and rivers D. A, B and C
2. At night they sleep ________.
A. in tents B. in sleeping bags C. in sleeping bags or tents D. in beds
3. According to Terry, the natural places aren’t as beautiful as they used to because many people go there and_________
A. leave trash in the forests B. take rocks and plants with them
C. care the scenery D. A and B
4. Terry thinks that ______ is also very important to the world.
A. nature B. human beings C. mountain D. desert
5. Mary spends most of her summer holidays ________.
A. in forests B. in cities C. in nature D. in national parks
6. Mary doesn’t like camping because she can’t_________.
A. make a fire when it rains. B. put up an umbrella tent in the wind.
C. bring a heavy backpack. D. A, B and C
Consolidation: Find out who:
a. believes that nature and people are important to the world.
b. often goes out of the city in summer holiday.
c. likes spending holiday in cities.
d. is attracted to the beauty of nature.
e. hates camping.
f. likes living in nature and enjoy it.
a/ d
c/ e
Anna: _________ Terry: _________ Mary: __________
b/ f
III. After you listen
Read the following sentences and write down the advantages
and disadvantages of a camping holiday
- helping us to learn……
- relaxing and releasing stress …….
- having a lot of outdoor activities.
- making a fire
- leaving trash in the forest
- taking rocks and plants or wild animals home.
HOMEWORK
- Learn the new words by heart
- Write a short paragraph to summarize the listening text, using the information in Task 1 and 2.
- Prepare the next lesson: Writing
Goodbye and good luck
to all of you!!!