Unit 4: Our planet

Lesson 4C: Listening

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TIME’S
TIMER
UP!

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 Listen to the description. Identify the mistakes you
notice in the description.
1 There are three people in the He isn’t crying. 4
doorway of a house.
2 The boy is wearing trousers
Next to him there’s a man 5
and a hoodie. The man is with a silver bucket.
wearing shorts and
lefta has
jacket.
3 The boy on the a emptying the water
He’s
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blue hoodie and blue onto the street.
trousers.
She looks happy. 7
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New words
- eyewitness (n) /ˈaɪˌwɪt.nəs/ : a person who saw something happen,
for example, a crime or an accident
- blizzard (n) UK:/ˈblɪz.əd/ US:/ˈblɪz.ɚd/ : a severe snowstorm with
strong winds
- earthquake (n) UK:/ˈɜːθ.kweɪk/ US:/ˈɝːθ.kweɪk/ : a sudden, violent
movement of the earth’s
- tornado (n) UK:/tɔːˈneɪ.dəʊ/ US:/tɔːrˈneɪ.doʊ/ : asurface,
dangerousoftenstorm
causing
which is a spinning
damage cone
and sometimes
- tsunami (n) /tsuːˈnɑː.mi/ : a very large and dangerous
of wind
deathsocean wave that
that destroys
is caused by an earthquake under
anything thepath
in its sea as it
- wildfire (n) UK:/ˈwaɪld.faɪər/ US:/ˈwaɪld.faɪr/ : moves
a powerful
across fire
thethat burns out
ground
of control across a large area
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 2. In the morning 3. At home
1. A boy and his mother
(he’s on his way to (he says, ‘I’m off to
(he says ‘Bye, Mum!’)
school) school now.’)

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1. A couple / husband & 2. Around lunchtime 3. At home
wife (he says, ‘And what (he says they can take
(she says ‘Bye, Darling!’) about your lunch?’) cover in the cellar)

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 1. Two children / a
brother & sister 2. In the morning 3. At the beach / a
(she says ‘Where’s the (she say, ‘I’m still full swimming pool
money Mum gave you’) from breakfast.’) (he says, ‘Shall we go
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 Ex5. Work in pair. Write a dialogue between a
journalist and a witness to a natural disaster
(real or imaginary). Act out your dialogue to the
class.

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 Include some of this information:

1. Where was the witness?

(at home, in the street, in a car,…)

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 Include some of this information:

2. What did they see and do?

(helped children / old people,
found family members, ran
away, phoned
the emergency services,…)

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3. How did they feel?

(terrified, upset, shocked,
worried, helpless,…)

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4. Was anyone injured? (people

died / were injured / were
taken to hospital, doctors
helped people,…)

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 GAME: LUCKY WHEEL
Instruction:
• Click a number to choose the situation. The
dialogue’s content is based on the situation you
receive. There is already a sample activity for
you.
• When you finish the dialogue, click “SPIN” to
start the wheel and click on the wheel to stop it.
The number will be the point your team gets.
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LUCKY WHEEL

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SAMPLE
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1 2 3 50
80

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70
4 5

FINISH SPIN
BACK TORNADO
BACK TSUNAMI
BACK WILDFIRE
BACK BLIZZARD
BACK EARTHQUAKE
VOLCANO Where were you when the volcano
erupted? How did you feel?

I was on my way back home from work

when the disaster happened. I was
terrified.

What did you do then?

I droved my car as far the volcano as I

could. Then I called the emergency
service.

Was anyone injured?

Yes, and they were taken to the

hospital. Luckily, no one died.
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Homework 02

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1. Finish all the tasks 04

2. Prepare U4-D (P.50)
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