Unit 5 Nelson Mandela a modern hero Listening

Listening on Page 69

He wrote the Bible in English so all could read it He wrote the Bible in English so all could read it. He died for his ideas but his work was later used in the Bible.

Think about this question: Pre-listening Think about this question: Why do you think Tyndale translated the Bible? Listen to the whole text and decide whether they are True or False.

English fifteenth England 1. William Tyndale wrote the first Bible. 2. He was born in the fifth century. 3. Many years ago the Bible was written in the Greek and Hebrew languages. 4. William Tyndale later moved to Belgium to complete his work. 5. Everybody in Europe loved the Bilbe written by William Tyndale. English fifteenth England

Listen to Part 1 again and complete the passage. William Tyndale was born in ________ in the _________ century. He lived from ______ to _____. He was only ___ years old when he died. At that time the Bible was not written in ________, so most people in ________ couldn’t read it at all. So William Tyndale wrote the first ____________. People still use his ______ and ___________ today. London fifteenth 1494 1536 42 English Britain English Bible words expressions

Listen to Part 2 again and answer these questions. 1. Why was the king not happy with William Tyndale? 2. What happened to him after he was found in Belgium? 3. What do people think of his work now?

1. Why was the king not happy with William Tyndale? The king was not happy because he did not want the people to read the Bible in English. (He wanted to have power over what people thought about Christianity. He knew that when people read the Bible for themselves

they could decide for themselves. He was right because once people did read the translated Bible, they started arguing with the traditional way of understanding it.)

He was put in prison and later killed. 2. What happened to him after he was found in Belgium? 3. What do people think of his work now? He was put in prison and later killed. They love his work very much. His Bible is still the most popular and his words are still used today.

on Page 72 Listen and choose the sentence that describes the main idea. Then explain why the other two are wrong.

It is about an accident and two people’s ideas of what happened. B. It explains what a point of view is and gives an example of describing an accident. C. It explains what a point of view is and asks you to explain an accident.

Listen to part 1 and answer the questions. 1. What does a “point of view” mean? 2. Why do the police not just ask one person who was there after an accident? 3. Why do people tell different stories after an accident?

Answer key for this Exercise. 1. A point of view means one way of looking at things. 2. Because one person may not have seen everything that happened. 3. Because they each may have a different idea of the accident. Because they were in different places when the accident happened, they saw things differently.

INFORMATION ON A CAR ACCIDENT A How many people in the accident? Listen to Part 2 and complete the tables. INFORMATION ON A CAR ACCIDENT A Where did it happen? How many people in the accident? BEFORE THE ACCIDENT Where was the boy? On the road. 2 Walking along the road.

Coming up behind the boy. Where was the car? What happened? Who caused it? The car was going too fast and did not look. It hit the boy and hurt him. The car driver.

INFORMATION ON A CAR ACCIDENT B How many people in the accident? Where did it happen? How many people in the accident? BEFORE THE ACCIDENT Where was the boy? On the road. 2 Walking in the road.

Where was the car? What happened? Who caused it? Came up behind the boy The boy moved farther into the road. The car tired to stop but it couldn’t and hit the boy. The boy was hurt. The boy.

Who do you think caused the accident? Write down your reason(s). I think _____________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ the boy caused the accident because he should not have been walking in the road. He should have been on the pavement.

Thank you!