高一英语 Book I Module 3 My First Ride on a Train Listening& Everyday English

1.When did she first go to America? 2. How old was she? 3. How did she get there? In By ship. Listen to the dialogue between Mary Lennon and the Interviewer. Answer the questions in Activity 1. Listening

4. What did she do in New York? 5. How did she get from New York to California? 6. Where did she stop on the way? 7. What did she think of Los Angeles? She met a lot of people and went to some parties. Chicago. It was too hot. By train.

Match the questions and answers. 1. Where were you born? 2. When did you go to America? 3. Were you sick? 4. How did you get to California? 5. Were you and your friends bored? 6. Did your friends go to California with you? (a) When I was 19. (b) No, I wasn’t. (c) By train. (d) In London. (e) No, they didn’t. (f) Yes, we were.

Listening text Interviewer: Tell me. Mary, where were you born? Mary Lennon: I was born in London. Interviewer: Really? And when did you go to America? Mary Lennon: In 1934, when I was 19 years old. I went to New York.

Interviewer: Is that right? Did you travel by plane? Mary Lennon: By plane? No, of course not! We traveled by ship! Interviewer: Goodness! How long did that take? Mary Lennon: About seven days. Interviewer: Did you enjoy it?

Mary Lennon: No! I hated it! Interviewer: Why? Were you sick? Mary Lennon: Not at all! I was bored! Interviewer: Who invited you to go to America? And who paid for your ticket? Mary Lennon: To be honest, I can’t remember. A film producer, I think.

Interviewer: What did you do in New York? Mary Lennon: Well, I met a lot of people, and I went to some parties. But I was there to make films and the film studios were in California, on the other side of the country, you see. So I went to California.

Interviewer: How did you get from New York to California? Mary Lennon: By train. Interviewer: Did you like that? Mary Lennon: Oh yes, definitely! I loved traveling by train. Interviewer: How long did the journey take?

Mary Lennon: Well, in those days, you could travel from New York to Los Angeles in about a week. Interviewer: Really? Mary Lennon: Yes. We stopped in Chicago for a few days. Interviewer: Oh, I see.

Mary Lennon: I think it was two weeks before I arrived in Los Angeles. Interviewer: And what happened when you arrived in Los Angeles?

Mary Lennon: Absolutely nothing. I did nothing for weeks! Interviewer: What did you think of Los Angeles? Mary Lennon: It was too hot!

Listen to the dialogue again, and complete each of the sentences. Interviewer: ______, did you enjoy making films? Mary Lennon: ______! It was good fun! Sometimes we made three films in a week. Tell me Oh yes

Interviewer: ________! Weren’t you bored? Mary Lennon: _________! It was great fun. Interviewer: ___________? But weren’t you tired? Goodness Not at all Is that right

Mary Lennon: ________! We were exhausted. We had to get up at 4 am and we didn’t go to bed until midnight. Interviewer: ________. That’s a long time. Mary Lennon:_________! It takes a long time to make a film. Definitely Oh, I see Absolutely