Listening Challenge
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evening
meeting reason
people three she
further person service certain church were
m arket fath er chan ce France M arch ask
m ovem ent students doing
m usic June
tw o
m orning form er
w a ter order saw
law
Cxercise 2. Listen to the words and write the words you hear.
ise 3. Listen ond repeat the uiords. Mind the length ond the stressed vowel in each word.
feel |
treatment |
believe |
me |
legal |
police |
terms |
workers |
concerned |
girl |
early |
research |
groups |
useful |
between |
school |
unit |
indeed |
court |
story |
support |
four |
party |
report |
class |
army |
because |
are |
|
before |
|
|
Cxercise 5. Listen and repeat the uuords containing long vouiel sounds.
/1:/ |
/U7 |
/з:/ |
/Э:/ |
/a:/ |
three |
two |
were |
saw |
are |
feel |
groups |
terms |
court |
chance |
meeting |
doing |
service |
former |
March |
reason |
students |
workers |
morning |
market |
believe |
music |
certain |
support |
party |
between |
useful |
research |
because |
rather |
Cxercise 6. Listen again; mind the rhythmical structure in each uiord.
/ |
/ |
/ |
she |
army |
police |
June |
water |
report |
law |
unit |
indeed |
France |
person |
because |
church |
evening |
concerned |
Cxercise 7. Listen and unite each ujord under the appropriate stressed voujel symbol. €.g.
/i:/ |
/з:/ |
/а:/ |
/Э:/ |
/и:/ |
evening |
person |
father |
w ater |
unit |
1 .1 recommend you this port / part.
2.Her form s/farm s are really nice.
3.We bought a blackbird / blackboard at the market.
4.He usually works/walks a lot.
5.Did you like the first/feast programme?
6.This week / work would be really interesting.
Listen and practise the rhyme with the sounds / f / , /v / and /w /. Very far, very fine, Vice and folly, leafy vine. Swim away with a will, Win a quid with a quill,
While a well-wisher watches a wick;
Wear, о widow, wear weeds
At a wedding of Swedes,
_____ But beware of the wolf, and be quickly
Exercise 9. listen and repeat the simple sentences. Mind the tense of each sentence.
1.She runs her own business.
2.She is running her own business.
3.She has run her own business.
4.She has been running her own business for five years.
5.She didn't run her own business.
6.She wasn't running her own business.
7.He hadn't run his own business.
8.He hadn't been running his own business.
9.He will run his own business.
10.He won’t be running his own business.
11.He will have run his own business.
12.He won't have been running his own business.
13.The business isn't run by her.
14.The business isn't being run by her.
15.The business hasn't been run by her.
16.The business was run by her.
17.The business was being run by him.
18.The business had been run by him.
19.The business won't be run by him.
20.The business will have been run by him.
Cxerdse 10. Listen end repeat the simple sentences. For each sentence ujrite a question
beginning ujith the word in brockets.
1. The foundation of all profit is research. (What)
_____иЛлаЬis the foundAtion afaJi prvfit?__________________
2.I'll have to take a chance. (What)
3.Everybody can turn to me for advice and support. (Where)
4.It was a weekly dinner with live music. (How often)
5.She doesn't believe in all these old superstitions! (Who)
6.She was the kind of person that people trusted. (What kind)
7.He was enthusiastic about market economic reform. (Which)
8.Humans are human because they share a common culture. (Why)
9 .1 feel very fit most of the time. I'm strong and tall and I can outrun most people. (How)
10. They were going to be there for two days. (How long)
Now listen again and check the questions you have w ritten.
The Fairyking
The king of the fairies was a man of great age, and wise because he knew of his ignorance. To help him rule well, he chose twenty fairies, men-fairies and women-fairies, who were of even greater age than him, and who were wise because they knew of their ignorance. Under this wise rule, the fairies lived in peace and safety for long years.
The king had a son, a man who gained much knowledge from his father and his father's advisors, but who had not yet learned of his own ignorance. Thus, his knowledge only increased his pride, and so increased his foolishness.
A day came when, confident in his skills and cunning, he ventured beyond the borders of his father's kingdom, into a dark and evil place - a forest under the rule of a great dragon, who had for many years threatened the fairy kingdom.
The prince had gone only a little way into the forest when he began to hear evil laughter and hissing voices around him. In his pride and anger, he left the path he was on to attack the enemy, and became entangled in a giant spider's web. The dragon's servants bound the prince and brought him to their master, who ordered the prince into his mines to gather bright jewels. The dragon hoarded the jewels in darkness, not because he wanted to look at them but only to make certain that no one else had them.
Many years passed for the prince in these caves. His once tall form became bent and scarred from work and beatings. He became pale from rarely seeing the sun.
At first, he was ruled by anger and hatred. He vowed revenge on the dragon and tried to escape several times, only to be caught, beaten, and returned to the mines.
Slowly, through much suffering, his pride began to die, and he began to see his own stupidity and ignorance. He saw that it had been his own pride that had brought him to this place.
A day came when, whilst digging, he found a way out of the caves and into the daylight. For many days, he travelled through the dark woods, carefully avoiding the dragon's servants and soldiers and slaves. He had no weapon with which to fight, and was also too weak to fight. Finally, he came to the borders of his father's kingdom.
His father welcomed him with great joy, for he had not known where his son had gone, and had thought him lost and dead. When, many years later, the king died, the prince took the throne and ruled with wisdom equal to his honoured father's.
(By A. Thacker)
Now you can listen again. Please answer the questions.
1.What kind of man was the king of Fairies?
2.Why did the king's son leave his father?
3.What happened to the prince in the forest?
4.How did he escape?
5.How was the Prodigal son welcomed by his father?
Cxercise 12. Read some €nglish proverbs and sayings. UUhich one expresses the main idea of the text «The Fairyking»?
1.There is no place like home.
2.Wit once bought is twice taught.
3.It's an ill wind that blows nobody good.
4.He that is afraid of wounds must not come near battle.
5.Like father, like son.
Cheer up! Let's listen to a popular song and feel happy
Don't worry, be happy!
Here is a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note Don’t worry, be happy
In every life we have some trouble When you worry you make it double
Don't worry, be happy
Be happy now
Refrain: Uh, Don’t worry
Uh, Be happy
Uh, Don't worry, be happy
Ain't got no place to lay your head Somebody came and took your bed
Don't worry, be happy
The landlord say your rent is late He may have to litigate
Don't worry, be happy
Look at me, I’m happy
Refrain:
Ain't got no cash, ain't got no style Ain't got no gal to make you smile But don’t worry, be happy
'Cause when you worry your face will frown
And that will bring everybody down So don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy now
Now there is this song I wrote
I hope you learned it note for note Like good little children
Don't worry, be happy
Listen to what I sing:
In your life you expect some trouble When you worry you make it double
Don't worry, be happy
Be happy now
Refrain:
(Here he speaks)
Don't worry, don’t worry.
Don't do it, be happy.
Put a smile on your face.
Don't bring everybody down like this. Don't worry, it will soon pass, whatever it is. Don't worry, be happy!
kitchen - region |
cooking - rum ours |
Brazil - degree |
putting - Tuesday |
|
pull - pool |
enter - turning |
adopt - afford |
correct - superb |
odd - board |
prevent - return |
|
intact - advanced |
culture - target |
add - hard |
tough - laugh |
glad - card |
|
Cxercise 2. listen to the words and write them down.
Cxercise 3. listen ond repeat the words. Mind the length ond the stressed vowel in each word.
rich |
finish |
begin |
reach |
feeling |
achieve |
tend |
heavy |
address |
earn |
Thursday |
dessert |
cash |
active |
Japan |
harsh |
faster |
guitar |
hot |
follow |
response |
ought |
fallen |
award |
bus |
wonder |
begun |
bar |
answer |
demand |
Cxercise 4 . listen to the words and write the words you hear.
Cxerdse 5. Listen and repeat the pairs of words containing different vowel sounds. Mind the length of the vowels.
/1 - i: / |
/е -з:/ |
/ae-a:/ |
rich - reach |
tend - earn |
glad - card |
kitchen - region |
enter-turning |
add - hard |
Brazil - degree |
correct - superb |
active-faster |
/u -u:/ |
/Э - Э :/ |
/Л -a:/ |
cookingrumours |
adopt-afford |
wonder-answer |
putting-Tuesday |
response - award |
begun - demand |
Cxerdse 6 . Listen again; mind the rhythmical structure in each word.
/ |
/ |
/ |
odd |
target |
begin |
cash |
feeling |
guitar |
pool |
heavy |
intact |
board |
culture |
return |
pull |
Thursday |
achieve |
Cxerdse 7. Listen and write each word under the appropriate stressed vowel symbol.
/ 1: / |
/з:/ |
/ u:/ |
region |
superb |
pod |
/1 / |
/Л / |
/ и / |
kitchen |
tvoutler |
pull |
/е / |
/э:/ |
/ Э/ |
comet |
AWXni |
respouse |
/эе/ |
/a:/ |
|
A iU |
ЬлЫ |
1.The potter / porter was glad to see us again.
2.Are you coming / calming down?
3.Don't peep / pip into my notebook!
4.Do you like my new forks/fox?
5.There is a big pool / pull in the middle of the yard.
6.1 don't like this debt/dirt.
7.What does 'buck' / 'bark' mean?
Listen and practise the rhyme of the round song with the consonantal / г / .
Row, row, row the boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is just a dream.
Cxercise 9. listen and say the sentences. Mind the structure «there + to be». Moke each sentence negative and interrogative. €.g.
1. There is a new table in the kitchen.
Thereisnlt a, new fable in the kitchen.
is there A - newtechiein the kitchen?
2.There will be some schools in the village.
3.There were some colleagues in the office.
4.There will have been some ice on the road.
5.There has been a tree near the house.
6.There had been some food in the shop.