Module6 : section2 Listening

I/ Pre- Listening:

Step1:Activity 1 page189

Step2: look at the picture and guess what the listening passage is about.

Step3: listen to the whole passage and check if your guesses are right

II/ Listening :

1/ tick the right alternative:

The passage is about: * a woman’s diary

*the tragic honeymoon

*the orphaned children

part1: listen and complete the table below:

the couple Date of the Time of the Honeymoon Accommodation

wedding honeymoon destination
Natalie ……………………… ………………………… …………………… ……………………….
Andy
2/Listen and compete with the right words

a/ Natalie and Andy ……………….. their honeymoon.

b/ at the last minute ……………………………………….and booked a ………………………..bungalow.

part2: Answer the following questions

a/ when did Nat phone her mother? ………………………………………………………….

b/ How did she sound? ……………………………………………….

c/ what happened the next morning? ………………………………………………………….

2/Reorder the events:

a/ Sandra felt terrified

b/ the news was all about a tsunami

c/ Sandra searched the internet

d/ ted, sandra’s partner put the TV on

e/ Sandra dialed Nat’s mobile but she didn’t answer

Answer: 1 + ……./2 +……………/ 3 + …………../ 4+ ………../5+ …………….

Part3: Correct these false statements

a/ there were no casualties. ………………………………………………………….

b/ Nat called Sandra. ………………………………………

c/ Andy was still alive. ………………………………………………….

Express the following statements differently

a/ I refused the think the worst

……………………………………………………………

b/ I couldn’t stop searching in case I glimpsed Nat and Andy

…………………………………………………………………………………………

Part4: complete with the right descriptions

The island The bungalow

-……………………………. -……………………………………………
-…………………………………… -…………………………………………….
-………………………………………. -………………………………………………..

What did Sandra decide to do after the tragic incident? How?

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………..

Grammar p:191

III/ post listening:

1/Summarize the story and retell it to your classmates.

2/Complete the paragraph with words from the list

(resort /funeral/ screaming / devastated /holidaying/ chaotic /struck/

devastated/mourn outside)

A father-of-two died when the tsunami wave ………………… the Maldives and he
became separated from his family. Peter Westonfrom Hampshire, was ……………….
with his wife Jackie, and daughters Katie and Victoria at the White Sands ………….
on the Ari Atoll. The family were standing ……………their hotel reception when they
heard the sound of dozens of children………………. They then saw a huge surge of
water coming straight towards them, said Mrs Weston. She said: "People didn't
know where to go or what to do. It was sudden and…………... Pete got separated
from us. We are all absolutely…………………." She added: "He was a fantastic
father and husband. We just can't put into words how we feel."