Unit 2: Personal Experience Listening

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 realize 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:

is important You can get back things you’ve lost, but when

you lose your family, you lose

everything….