Unit 2 Listening Unit 2 Listening

T e x a s Listening on P14

1.Listen carefully to the way the boy is talking and find out how many people are speaking and who they are. Two. Buford and Jane.

2.What does Buford think of Texas? How do you know? He believes it’s almost a different country from the US. The listening text tells it is so.

4. Why did Lester get out of the water very quickly? The boys thought that the catfish was almost the size of a house. He though the catfish would eat him. 3. How large was the catfish?

6.Who is the second speaker and where is she from? They laughed because Lester believed the catfish would hurt him. Jane is the second speaker, Buford’s teacher. She is from Britain. 5.Why did Buford and Big Bob laugh?

Hey, y’all, this here is Buford. I come from a big oil town in Texas. Now, y’all need to understand that we ain’t really a state, but a whole’s nother country.Now let me tell ya a story about when I was just a pup. One hot summer’s day I was swimmin with my cousins Little Lester and Big Billy Bob. Listening text

We was jumpin’in the water and feelin’ good. Then along comes this catfish’bout the size of a house. Well, alright, maybe a little smaller than that. Little Lester starts to thinkin’ it’s goin’ to eat him sure ’nough. Man, you shoulda seen him! He got outta the water fast as lightning and climbed up a tree.

Big Billy Bob and I just laughed and laughed. To this day, Lester won’t go near that place. Hello, everyone, I am Buford’s teacher, Jane, from British. Perhaps you didn’t quite understand everything Buford said. He said that he lived in Houston, a city in Texas.

He wants everyone to know that he doesn’t believe Texas is a state in USA but a different country. Buford says that he would like to tell you a story about him when he was a small child. One hot summer’s day he was swimmin with Big Billy Bob and Lester.

They were jumping into the water, which felt good. Then he says that they saw a catfish almost the size of a house but, he adds, that the catfish was really smaller. Buford says that Lester thought he was going to be eaten by the catfish.

He says, goodness, you should have seen Lester! He says that Lester got out of the water faster than lightning and climbed up a tree. Buford and Big Billy Bob just laughed a lot. To this day, he says, Lester won’t visit that place.

Write the American English words from the dialogue that have the same meaning as the British words listed below. lift pictures lorry underground sweets autumn movie truck subway candy fall Listening on P48 elevator

American Amy: Oh, no! It’s rainy! British Betty: Not exactly a lovely day, is it? Canadian Carl: Nope, not very nice. British Betty: Let’s go to the pictures! American Amy: OK. Which art museum? Canadian Carl: No. She is saying that we should go to see a movie.

American Amy: Oh, I get it. Hey, I know a good film that’s been playing all fall. It’s called Rush Hour 3. British Betty: Playing where? Canadian,Carl: She means that the movie is playing this autumn now.

British Betty: Oh, I see. Well, we’d better hurry. It starts soon. Let’s take my lorry. American Amy: Who’s Lori? Canadian Carl: Oh, no, Betty asked us to take her truck. American Amy: Why not go by subway? It’s just as fast.

British Betty: What? It will take too long to walk. Canadian Carl: Er, she asked us whether we should take the underground to the theatre.

British Betty: Oh, right. Yes, let’s get going. Canadian Carl: Hey, I hope the theatre has some good sweets. American Amy: YOU MEAN CANDY, British Betty DON’T YOU?

2.What does Zhao Li think will improve her English? CCTV9’s World Wide Watch. Zhao Li thinks that listening to TV program will improve her English. Answer the following questions. 1.What TV programme is Zhao Li watching?

3.What does Zhao Li think of Cao Ri? What kind of English does he use? 4.How will listening to a good speaker of English help you? She thinks Cao Ri is a good speaker. He uses American English. The more listening practice you have, the better your listening skill well get.

5.What should you do if you find it difficult to understand a native speaker? You should be patient and keep trying. Soon you will understand more and more.

Willie: What are you watching, Zhao Li? Zhao Li: CCTV9’s World Wide Watch. Willie: Why are you watching the news? That’s boring. Zhao Li: I’m listening to the English so that I can improve it.

Willie: Who’s talking now? Zhao Li: That’s Cao Ri. I think he is a good speaker. Willie: What kind of English is he using, American or British? Zhao Li: He uses more American English, I think.

Willie: Who else do you really like? Zhao Li: Oh, I think Zhang Ling is also a fine speaker. Willie: I agree, and so is Wang Lu, from the TV show Around China. But still, wouldn't it be better to listen to a native speaker?

Zhao Li: Yes, sometimes you should try to listen to news and shows reported by native speaker.Yet any good speaker of English can help your listening skill. Willie: Hmm.I think I’ll listen a bit. What did he say just now?

Zhao Li: He said Professor Yang is traveling around China to speak to college students. Willie: I still think it may be a little difficult for me to understand them.

Zhao Li: Well, sure, it might be hard at first. But if you listen to CCTV9 often, you will begin to understand more and more. Willie: Thanks I think I will. My teacher won’t believe it when I tell her I’m practising my listening on the weekend.

1.What do you think you will hear in their introduction? Location, climate, people, custom, history, places of interest, and so on.

2.The name of each student’s country. Student 1 is from. Student 2 is from. Student 3 is from. Student 4 is from. Student 5 is from. Student 6 is from. India the USA Jamaica Ireland Philippines Singapore

S1: I live in South Asia.My country is thousand of years old and now has more than a billion people. Unlike many other countries, our people speak a lot of languages.So we use English, which we got from British rulers hundreds of years ago,to understand our neighbours. Listening text

Of course, we have our own way of using English. S2: One of my grandmothers speakers French. Her grandmother came from some place in Canada. I like to listen to her talk, although I don’t understand much of what she says. Her English is also hard to understand. She cooks

delicious food, so I spend a lot of time in the kitchen with her whenever I visit her. I plan to see her again for a special holiday called Fat Tuesday. We will go to New Orleans, Which is near the sea. People will dance in the streets all day and night.

S3: Well,I don’t live very far from the last student who spoken to you. But I live on a beautiful island where the sun shines most of the year. It’s not the biggest island in the sea but it’s not the smallest island, either. We also got English from British rulers a long time age, and use it in a different way.

I think our English sounds a little like our music. Some people say I speak a dialect of English,but I don’t agree. To us, it’s more like another language. S4: I live on a huge green island in western Europe. hundreds of years age my people spoke a very

different language from English. Then the British rulers came. Now the old language is spoken in only a few villages in the western part of my country. Most of us speak a lovely kind of English that also sounds a little like our music.

S5: My country has more than 7,000islands. Some of them are very large but most of them are quite small. Hundreds of years ago the Spanish rulers changed the way we live. Much later the American rulers taught their own kind of English in our school. Nowadays, we speak a kind of English but is mostly our own.

S6:My country is very small. In fact, it’s really a city. It is in southeast Asia and is very rich. People come from all over Asia to do business here. But our English comes from worker on the street. Some people in my country don’t like the sound of this English.

They would rather speak British English. Today, you can hear our kind of English spoken everywhere in the city and on many ships that come here.