Listening.doc

Module 1 Europe
Listening
Step 1 Presentation.
The teacher asks some questions. “1) Do you know the city of Edinburgh? 2) Which country is it in? 3) Do you know anything else about it? The teacher asks some students to answer these questions and then speak out their opinions freely. At the same time the teacher show some pictures about these places on the screen.
Step 2The teacher says: “You are going to hear three people speaking, two of them are British and one is Spanish, two are female and one is male.
Listen to the tape and then answer the questions in activity 1.
1. Where is Edinburgh? In Scotland or in England?
2. Where is Cardiff? In Scotland or in Wales?
3. Where is Valencia? In Italy or in Spain?
Tape script
Carlos: Hello, my name is Carlos and I’m from Spain.
Helen: Hi, Carlos. I’m Helen.
Amy: And my name is Amy. Pleased to meet you.
Carlos: Are you English
Helen: No! Neither of us is English.
Amy: Helen’s from Scotland and I come from Wales.
Carlos: Really? So, Helen, where do you live in Scotland?
Helen: In Edinburgh.
Carlos: Edinburgh. Nice. That’s the capital of Scotland, isn’t it?
Helen: Yes, it is.
Carlos: And Amy, you’re from Wales.

Amy: That’s right.
Carlos: That’s west of England, isn’t it?
Amy: Yes, it is. It’s a separate country and it’s to the west of England.
Carole: And where in Wales do you live?
Amy: Well, my family lives in Cardiff.
Cardiff: Cardiff? I’ve never heard of Cardiff. Is it a big city?
Amy: Yes, it is! It’s the capital!
Carlos: Oh, I’m so sorry!
Amy: That’s all right.
Carlos: There are so many capital cities in the United Kingdom!
Helen: Yes, Scotland and Wales are separates countries and each of them has a capital city.
Carlos: So what are you doing here in London?
Helen: We’re students.
Carlos: What are you studying?
Helen: Languages.
Carlos: Which ones?
Helen: Well, there are about 60 students in the class, and all of them are studying at least two languages. I’m studying French and Chinese.
Amy: And I’m studying German and Russian.
Carlos: So neither of you is studying Spanish.
Amy: No, sorry. In fact, none of the students in our class is studying Spanish.
Carlos: Oh, That’s sad.
Helen: Where in Spain do you live?
Carlos: In Valencia.
Amy: Valencia? Whereabouts is that?
Carlos: It’s on the east coast. It’s about 200 kilometers south of Barcelona.
Amy: I see. Is it a big city?
Carlos: Yes. Quite big.
Amy: What’s it like?
Carlos: It’s a wonderful place. And our soccer team is fantastic.
Helen: What kind of work do people do there?
Carlos: Well, a lot of them work in tourism.
Helen: Really? And what are you doing here in London?
Carlos: Well, I’m studying English at university, so I’m here for a month.
Amy: Really? That’s nice.
Carlos: Yes. In fact, my whole class is coming.
Helen: How many students are there in the class?
Carlos: Forty-seven. But none of them has arrived yet!
The key to the above questions.
1. Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland. 2. Cardiff is the capital of Wales. 3. Valencia is about 200 kilometers south of Barcelona in Spain.
Step 3
Listen again and complete the chart.
At first let the students look at the chart carefully first. Make sure that they know what they have to do. After listening to the tape again, the teacher call back the answers form the whole class as complete sentences.(e.g. Amy lives in Cardiff.)
Amy
Helen
Carlos

Amy

comes from Cardiff

Helen

comes from Edinburgh.

Carlos
comes from Valencia.

Carlos
is studying English.

Helen

is studying French and Chinese.
Amy

is studying German and Russian.
Step 4 Listen again and decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F).
1. All of them are living in the same city at the moment.
2. All of them come from the same country.
3. None of them speaks Spanish.
4. None of them is a student.
5. Neither of the girls comes from England.
The key:
1. T2. F 3. F 4. F 5. T.
Step 5 According to what they have heard and fill in the blanks.
There are so many _____________ cities in the United Kingdom. Edinburgh and Cardiff are two of them. Edinburgh is in _____________ and Cardiff is in _____________. They are in ___________ countries of the United Kingdom. There is a big city Spain called __________. It is ___________ the east __________ of Spain. Its ________ team is fantastic.
The key: capitals; Scotland; Wales; separate; Valencia; on; coast; soccer.