Unit 02 personal experiences listening

N E WWORDS successful unforgettable memorable turn of terrible burn down surrounded rushed grow up experience selfish own replace appreciate... Listen and fill in the blank with one suit

UNIT 2

PERSONAL EXPERIENCES

LISTENING

N E W

WORDS

successful

unforgettable

memorable turn of terrible

burn down

surrounded rushed grow up experience selfish own

replace appreciate

In the picture, there is a fire engine with some firefighters who are trying to stop a big

fire.

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE PICTURE?

There is a woman and a little girl who are helped by a

firefighter to escape from the fire.

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)

to 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.

Listen and fill in the blank with

one suitable word

This is Radio 3 In our ‘

Experiences’

programme tonight we talk to Christina, a

businesswoman Hello

Christina, welcome to

our program.

Unforgettable

successful

Christina : Hello and

thank you! It’s nice

with you

tonight.

Interviewer :

Christina, could you tell our _ about

the most memorable

_ in your

life?

being audience

experience

Listen and fill in the blank with

one suitable word

Christina : Well, my

most

experience happened

thirteen years ago,

when my house

down.

Unforgettable

burned

Interviewer :

Really? How did it

?

Christina:

The fire started in the

kitchen where I forgot

to _ the gas

stove.

happen

turn of

Interviewer : What were you doing at that time?

Christina:

I was sleeping when I was suddenly by terrible heat I opened my eyes to find myself

by walls of fire.

woken up surrounded

Listen and fill in the blank with

one suitable word

Interviewer: That’s

! How did you

escape?

Christina: I was terrified

Then I heard my mother’s voice calling my name I

to her She carried

me out Luckily, I got away without even a minor

burn.

terrible

rushed

Interviewer : Not many

people are so luckily Did the fire _ you in any way?

Christina:

Oh, yes Yes, very much, in

fact Although I lost many

things in the fire, the

helped me to

grow up.

afect

experience

Interviewer : What do

you mean?

Christina: Well, before the fire, I was I always _ to my

mother about how small

my room was, or how few clothes I had.

selfish complained

Listen and fill in the blank with

one suitable word

Then the fire came and

everything we

owned But I slowly began to realize that I didn’t really

need my old things I just

needed my family After all, you can get new clothes

anytime, but a family can

never be _

destroyed

replaced

Interviewer : I see, so

the fire _ many

things from you, but it

gave you something, too.

Christina: Exactly It

taught me to _

my family more than

things.

took

appreciate

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

small

everything

But slowly I began to realise that I didn’t

really need those

things I just needed my (3) _ family

After all, you can get

new clothes any time,

but a family can never

be (4) The fire (5) many

things from me, more

than things.

replaced took

but it gave me

something, too It

taught me to (6)

_

my family.

appreciate

After you listen

Christina says that

family is more

important than things

Do you agree or

disagree with her?

Why? Exchange your

ideas with partner.