Use different listening skitts to understand voicemaits about a project.

You often listen for different reasons.

Listening for gist
Sometimes you are more interested in the main idea or
generaI information, and it isn't necessary to understand
every word or detail.
Listening for detail
You sometimes have to listen carefuLLy for specifrc words
and numbers to hear important facts and figures.
Listening for attitude and feetings
Sometimes you are more interested in how someone feels
about a topic. You know this from hov¡t they are tall^ing
about lt (intonation) as well as lhe [anguage they choose to
talk about lt.

3 Read the strategy. Then read the questions below. What

type of [istening ski[[ do you think you wit[ have to use to
answer each question?
I Who did Harry get the information from?
2 How does Harry feel about tourism to the Andaman lsLands?
3 What is the main reason for leaving the second voicemait?

4 (ffiE Listen to Harry's second voice message. Answer

the questions in Ex 3.

5 (ffiE Listen again and correct the botd mistakes in

E[ten's notes.

ffiow eam.wq ftte@p

fi Peopie oiso want to toke therr iond for

tourlst
We don't want your hetp! reosons.

I Work in pairs. Look at the photos and discuss the ? The lndian government used to allow
q uestions. srnall groups to vlslt the Sentrnelese
aeaVt2
t There are aboul100 groups ol peopIe who Ir.,e w thout
contact wilh the rest of the r,vorld. Vf hich coultries r]c
you think they Iive in?
: They hove lived wlth onother group
on the lsl0nd for 6,000 yeors
2 Wh,v do you think uncontacted peoples v/a ]r: r, j. , .
contact with the modern world?
4 One olthe moln problems is thúit
3 How do you think they've been ab[e to avoid contact with pollutlon fl'orn the modern world ktlls
the modern world? o lot of the members of o group of
uncontacted Veople, 10%

l've found lots of information

for our project - too much
to write! l'll send it in a few
voice messages - you can
copy it down!
6 Work in pairs. Put the actions for
protecting uncontacted peoples in order from the most
usefutto the least usefu[. Add one more idea of your own

give them modern tools give them vaccines

heLp lhem join the modern r,vorld
protect the environment stop lourism

2 @f,A Read Harry's message. Then listen to his first voice Z IDS Work in groups. Compare your ideas from Ex 6. Which
message and check your answers to the questions in Ex 1. ideas do you think would be the most usefut? Why?

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