Wednesday, November 29th, 2023

UNIT 7 : LISTENING

I/ New words:

1/ Reservation (n): sự đặt phòng/đặt chỗ

2/Expect (v): mong đợi

3/ Environment (n):

4/ Harm (v): làm tổn hại/làm hại

5/ Ticket office (n): Phòng bán vé

6/ Disappointed (adj): Cảm thấy thất vọng/bị thất vọng

7/ Complain (v): Than phiền

8/ Delighted (Adj): vui mừng/phấn khích

9/ Pleased (adj) hài lòng/sẵn lòng /vui vẻ

10/ Coach (n): Xe khách

11/ Queue (n,v) :sự xếp hàng/xếp hàng

II/ Transcript

Exercise 1:

Man: Did you take the bus to Manchester last weekend?

Woman: No, I decided to take the train. It’s so much ____quicker______, but the ticket was really
expensive.

Man: How was your journey?

Woman: Well, I got to the station late, because there was so much ___traffic ______ on the way
there. So, I was really glad that I’d already __bought _______ my ticket online. And the train was very
crowded. But I had a seat reservation, so it was fine. It was a bit noisy, but I just put my
____headphones _______ on and looked out of the window. You can see some beautiful countryside
on the way.

Exercise 5:

For each question, choose the correct answer.

1 You will hear two friends talking about holiday plans.

M: Have you and your sister booked your summer

holiday yet?

F: No, we haven’t. We can’t decide where to go. At

first I wanted to visit our aunt in Abu Dhabi, but

the 1/______flights__chuyến bay _____ are really expensive. My sister thinks we

should stay at home and just go on day trips to local

places.

M: Well, I guess that’s much cheaper.

F: True, but I think she’s more worried about the

environment. She really doesn’t want to fly

anywhere. Actually, I hate flying and she loves it, but

she’s trying to be 2 __eco-friendly______.

M: Hmm. Maybe you could go on a camping holiday

somewhere local?

Now listen again.

2 You will hear two friends talking about a trip to

Mexico City.

M: Have you seen my holiday photos? Look – this is a

street market. See all the _3___different ___ flowers and food.

It was amazing!

F: That looks great. Did you eat at the market as well?

M: Yes, we did, but I think the best meal we had was

at my friend’s house. He 4____preparedf___ some traditional

Mexican food and it was_5___fantastic __________.

F: What else did you do?

M: Well, we visited a really interesting museum. It had

some beautiful _6__paintings______ in it. But actually, I most

enjoyed walking round the street market. That’s the

experience I’ll always remember.

Now listen again.

3 You will hear a woman telling a friend about her new

suitcase.

F: I bought some new 7________ for my trip to New York

next month.

M: Really? But you’ve got that big blue bag, haven’t

you? It’s really strong. What’s wrong with that?

F: Oh yes, I know. It is a good size and I can fit lots of

8______in it, but it’s really heavy. This new case is much

lighter. It wasn’t cheap though.

M: Can I borrow your old blue bag, then? It’ll be

perfect for my camping trip next weekend.

Now listen again.

4 You will hear two friends talking about a

TV programme they saw.

F: Did you watch that programme about 9________

last night?

M: Yes, I did. I was looking forward to it because I think

the environment’s a very important subject and I

usually love travel programmes.

F: Me too. But I didn’t really learn anything new.

I enjoyed the 10_________with different travel

companies.

M: Yes, they were good. But I agree with you, I’ve

heard a lot of that information before. It was quite

interesting, but not amazing.

Now listen again.

5 You will hear a woman telling her friend about Kylie’s

party.

M: How was Kylie’s party last night?

F: Oh, it was great, thanks! We all had a really good time.

M: Was it at Kylie’s house?

F: Well, that was the plan, but then she changed her

mind because her house is quite far from the station.

So, we actually had the party at Rick’s house. It isn’t

as big as Kylie’s place, but it’s much easier to get to.

M: Oh yes, I think I’ve been there. He’s got a great

garden, hasn’t he?

F: Yes, he has, but it was raining last night, so we

stayed indoors.
Now listen again.

6 You will hear two friends talking about a school trip.

F: What was the geography trip like last Thursday?

M: It was pretty good, once we got there, although it

was very rainy. But the journey was awful!

F: Oh no, why was that? Were the roads really busy?

M: There were lots of other cars on the roads, but that

wasn’t the problem. It was the noise.

F: Do you mean from the coach? Were you on one of

those really old noisy coaches?

M: No, I mean the noise from everyone else on the

coach. They were singing stupid songs the whole

time. I had a headache by the time we got there! I

was actually happy to get out of the coach and into

the rain!

Now listen again.