Wednesday, April 2th, 2007
Part C: Listening

VOCABULARY
desert (n) :
desert (v) :
solitude (n) :
waterfall (n) :
depressed (adj):
camp-ground (n) :
trash (n) :
Sa mạc
Bỏ đi, rời bỏ
Sự biệt lập, cô độc
Thác nước
Chán nản, thất vọng
bãi cắm trại
Rác rưởi

camp-ground
trash
solitude
desert
waterfall
depressed
Sa mạc
Nơi vắng vẻ
Thác nước
Chán nản, thất vọng
Nơi cắm trại
Rác rưởi
Task 1: Listen and choose true (T) or false (F)


1. Anna doesn’t like summer weather.
2. Anna usually spends two weeks in a national park every summer.
3. Terry has never been to the
mountain or the desert in summer.
4. Terry is attracted to the beauty of nature.
5. Marry likes the solitude of the wilderness.
6. Mary enjoys the comfortable life in the cities.

T F Correct

T
F
T
T
F
T
F
F
T
T
F
T
F
F
T
T
F
T
Used
She doesn’t want to live in nature and she doesn’t enjoy it because of the solitude
Listen again and answer the questions.
1. What activities do Anna and her friends enjoy doing most in the national park?
2.Where can they sleep?
3. According to Terry, why aren’t the natural places as beautiful as they used to be?
4. What does Terry think is also very important to the world?
5. Where does Mary spends most of her summer holidays?
6. Why doesn’t Mary like camping?







What activities do Anna and her friends enjoy doing most in the national park?
Riding their dirt bike in the desert, taking showers in waterfalls and swing in lakes and rivers


2.Where can they sleep?
In sleeping bags or tents.
3. According to terry, why aren’t the natural places as beautiful as they used to be?
Because more and more people are coming to these places and leave trash in the forests and take rocks and plants with them

4. What does Terry think is also very important to the world?
He thinks nature is also important in the word
5. Where does Mary spends most of her summer holidays?
In cities.

6. Why doesn’t Mary like camping?
Because she can’t put up an umbrella tent in the wind or mark a fire in the rain or carry a heavy backpack.

DISCUSS
Work in pairs. List advantages of a camping holiday.
HOMEWORK
Write a short paragraph about the advantages of a camping holiday.