1. Burtea Cristina Madalina Gligan Andreia Gornicu Rebecca Madalina Turlea Iasmina Lavinia Second year, LL, English-Romanian

2. Exercise 1 Listen to the recording and answer the following questions.

3. 1. What's the matter with Steve? A. He has a cold. B. He has the flu. C. He has a stomachache. 2. How long has Steve been sick? A. since Friday B. since Saturday C. since Sunday 3. How often should Steve take the medicine the doctor prescribes? A. three times a day with meals B. four times a day before meals C. three times a day after meals

4. 4. What does Carla suggest he does? A. take herbal medicine B. see another doctor C. eat chicken soup 5. What does Steve decide to do? A. talk to another friend B. listen to Carla's suggestion C. see the same doctor again

5. The answers: 1. What's the matter with Steve? A. He has a cold. 2. How long has Steve been sick? C. since Sunday 3. How often should Steve take the medicine the doctor prescribes? C. three times a day after meals

6. 4. What does Carla suggest he does? A. take herbal medicine 5. What does Steve decide to do? B. listen to Carla's suggestion

7. Exercise 2 Complete the gaps according to what you hear in the following recording.

8. A: You don’t look so good. B: I have a major (1)........... A: Did you eat something strange? B: I had (2)....... with clam sauce for lunch. A: Maybe you have food (3)......... B: Yes, that could have been it, but I haven’t been feeling that great for the past few days. A: Are you under a lot of (4)......? B: Not really. Things have been going ok. A: Maybe you have a touch of the (5)....... B: I think that I might be getting the flu.

9. The answers: A: You don’t look so good. B: I have a major (1) stomachache. A: Did you eat something strange? B: I had (2) spaghetti with clam sauce for lunch. A: Maybe you have food (3) poisoning. B: Yes, that could have been it, but I haven’t been feeling that great for the past few days. A: Are you under a lot of (4) stress ? B: Not really. Things have been going ok. A: Maybe you have a touch of the (5) flu. B: I think that I might be getting the flu.

10. THE OBJECTIVES: 1. to understand a conversation; 2. to answer to the questions, according to what they hear; 3. to complete the gaps, according to what they hear TIME: 15 minutes LEVEL: Upper-intermediate

11. BIBLIOGRAPHY http://esl-lab.com/sick1/sick1.htm http://englishteststore.net/index.php?option=com_co ntent&view=article&id=10810:english-listening- comprehension-filling-gap-easy-level-test- 02&catid=28&Itemid=321 http://englishteststore.net/index.php?option=com_co ntent&view=article&id=10810:english-listening- comprehension-filling-gap-easy-level-test- 02&catid=28&Itemid=321