外研版 高二(6) Module 1

Listening & Speaking 山东 刘爱萍

Read and match the conversations with the places. at a summer school during a job interview on a boat

1. A: Wonderful, aren’t they? B: Er… I’m sorry? A: The cliffs. B: Oh, yes, they are. A: Been here before? B: Pardon? On a boat

2. A: So… you wrote in your application form that you are interested in mountains. B: Yes. A: Have you ever climbed a mountain? B: No.

A: Have you ever read any books about mountain-climbing? B: No. During a job interview

3. A: When did you arrive? B: Yesterday A: Nice journey? B: Very nice. A: Did the immigration people ask to see your visa? B: I didn’t need to get a visa.

A: Really? Why not? B: Because I was born here. A: Oh yes, of course! At a summer school

Answer the questions about the conversations above. Do you think the conversations are between people who know each other? Give reasons for your answers.

No, they aren’t. In Conversation 1 “Been here before No, they aren’t. In Conversation 1 “Been here before?” indicates they are strangers. The second conversation is an interview between strangers.

In the third conversation, Speaker A obviously knows something about Speaker B, but probably doesn’t know him very much.

2. Which of the conversations would you call small talk? conversation 1 and possibly conversation 3. 3. What do you think about the answers in the interview? The answers are too short and impolite.

Listen to the whole of the first conversation and answer the questions. 1. Do the people both speak English as a first language? No, they don’t.

2. Why did the woman have problems understanding what the man was saying? She needed to get used to his voice. 3. How did the man help her to understand him better? He spoke slowly and repeated things.

Listen again and choose the correct endings to the Lines from the conversation. Sorry, I couldn’t ______. A. hear what you said. B. understand what you said.

2. I didn’t _______. A. like what you said. B. catch what you said. 3. Could you ______? A. repeat what you said. B. explain what you said.

4. You needn’t have ______. A. spoken to me B. spoken so slowly. 5. I just needed a few seconds _____. A. to get used to your voice. B. to understand your voice.

Speaking Work in pairs. 1. Decide who the two speakers may be in Conversation 1 and Conversation 2 and 3. In Conversation 1: Travel guide and tourist

In Conversation 2: interviewer and job applicant In conversation 3: teacher and student 2. Continue the three conversations and complete them. Open answers

Additional activity 1. Guess who the two speakers are 2. Complete the following conversations.

A: So how was your holiday? B: Absolutely wonderful. A: Really? Where did you go? B: … The answer to question 1: between two friends Question 2: Open answer

2. A: Can I help you, sir? B: I hope you can. It’s about the holiday in Tuscany I booked here. A: Was there a problem, sir? B: There certainly was. In fact there were lots of problems…

The answer to the first question: agent and tourist Question 2: open answer

Model answer to Conversation 1 A: So how was your holiday? B: Absolutely wonderful. A: Really? Where did you go? B: Oh, we flew to Florence and stayed in a villa in Tuscany. A: Very nice.

B: It was great. There was a pool, a restaurant in the village. The countryside is beautiful. A: Sounds like a dream. Do you want another drink?

Model answer to Conversation 2 A: Can I help you, sir? B: I hope you can. It’s about the holiday in Tuscany I booked here? A: Was there a problem, sir?

B: There certainly was. In fact there were lots of problems. Firstly, it wasn’t a villa as it said in the book, but a small house in the town. There was no pool. The nearest restaurant was ten

kilometers away, and there was a huge factory next door! A: Oh dear. Now Let’s see, which villa was it…