Unit 2: Personal Experience

ENGLISH 11Unit 2: Personal Experience Part C:... Work in groups: Have students look at the picture and say what is happening in it... Task 1: Christina is being interviewed about the mos

ENGLISH 11

Unit 2: Personal Experience Part C:

Work in groups: Have students look at the picture

and say what is happening in it.

T offers some key words/phrase: fire,

firemen, fire truck & There are…

Listen and repeat:

Memorable – scream – gas stove – escape –

terrified – replaced – embraced - protected

T pronounces each word clearly for ss to repeat, emphasizing on the final sounds /d/ & /id/ of

“terrified, replaced, embraced, protected”

Task 1: Christina is being interviewed about the

most unforgettable experience in her life Listen to the interview, and then decide whether the

statements are true (T) or false (F).

1 Christina is a businesswoman.

2 The fire happened three years ago.

3 The fire started in the bedroom.

4 When the fire started, Christina was reading a book.

5 Her mother came and rescued her.

Task 2: Listen to the second part of the dialogue

and fill in the gaps in the summary of Christina’s story below:

Although I lost many things in the fire, the experience helped me to grow up Before the fire, I was selfish I always complained to my mother about how (1) _

my room was or how few clothes I had Then the fire came and destroyed (2) we owned But slowly I began to realise that I didn’t really need those things I just needed my (3) _ After all, you can get new clothes any time, but a family can never be (4) _ The fire (5) _ many things from me, but it gave me something, too It taught me to (6) _ my family

more than things

adj

noun

noun

v3

1 Have students read through the text.

2 have students guess the words

(part of speech first) in the

gaps by underlining words near the blanks.

3 Play the tape few times.

4 Check the answers.

Christina says that family is more important than

things Do you agree or disagree with her?

Why? Exchange your ideas with a partner:

T offers some key words/phrase:

I agree with her because family is

important You can get back things you’ve lost, but when you lose your family, you lose everything….