Unit 7 - lesson 3 listening

-It is one of the radio programmes -It broadcasts daily and lives from radio station.. -It updates you with the latest?[r]

-It is one of the radio programmes

-It broadcasts daily and lives from

radio station

-It updates you with the latest

information , current affairs / events domestically and internationally

ASK AND ANSWER THE

QUESTIONS :

• How often do you listen to the radio ?

• How many hours per week do you listen

to it ?

• What programme do you like listening

to and why ?

Cloud (n)

Heavy rain (n)

The rivers have risen Rise - rose – risen (v)

Heavy

rain

Flood

Strong wind

Climb (v)

While you listen :

Task 1 : Listen to the two radio news stories and tick the words you hear in the right column under

News story 1 and News story 2

Adjectives News story 1 News story 2

1 Healthy

2 Strong

3 Young

4 Cloudy

5 highest

6 Wonderful

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TASK 2 : Listen to the radio news stories again and fill in the missing

word (s).

Story 1: Heavy rain causes floods

all over the country.

Heavy rain during the night ( 1 ) ……… all over the country today Many people ( 2) ………

because rivers ( 3 ) ……… Some roads in the

north-west are under ( 4 ) ……….… … of water

The rain ( 5 ) ………

at the moment, but it is still ( 6 ) and there ’s a ( 7 ) ……… because of the bad

weather , people can’t go out to work

has caused floods

have left their homes have risen

two metres has stopped

cloudy Strong wind

• Story 2 : 90 - year- old American

woman climbs Mount Whitney.

A ninety year old woman has climbed Mount

Whitney in California for the (1) ………

times At ( 2 ) metres , Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in (3) … ……… The woman says the view from the top is ( 4 )

…… .… so she tries to climb it often She also says that the mountain has kept her ( 5 ) …

……… In spite of her old age, the

woman tries to climb the mountain very often.

twenty third 4,418

California wonderful

young and healthy

TASK 3 :Listen again, and answer the questions

(Pair work)

1 What has happened during the night ?

-> Heavy rain has caused floods all over the country during

the night

2 Why have people left their homes ?

->Because rivers have risen

3 How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney

? -> The old lady has climbed Mount Whitney twenty- three

times.

4 Why does she climb it so often ?

-> Because it has kept her young and healthy.

1.The crop was destroyed by the ………rain

last night.

2.I was late for school because ……… the

traffic jam.

3.Doing exercises every day can keep you ……… A.healthy B healthily C health D healthful 4.In spite …… poverty, they live happily.

A of B on C over D in

HOME WORK

Rewrite the content of the 2 radio news stories

Prepare Writing Lesson

HOME WORK

Rewrite the content of the 2 radio news stories.

Prepare Writing Lesson

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