1. 外研版
高二(6)
Module 1

2. Listening & Speaking
山东 刘爱萍

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

4. 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

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

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

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

10. 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.

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

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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

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

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

21. 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

22. 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…

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

24. 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.

25. 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?

26. 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?

27. 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

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