Unit 9 Review (Ⅰ) Activity 1 Children's jokes
You are going to hear three jokes. Answer the following questions. 1. How did the lad explain why he was on crutches?
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2. Can you imagine what happened in the end?
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3. What does the cab driver mean by the last sentence? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
4. Which joke do you like best? Why?
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Activity 2 Hope you don't mind my asking
You are going to hear part of a radio program in which three different people are asked some personal questions. Listen carefully, make notes in the following chart to help you to remember what each speaker says. Make your notes as brief as possible.
First speaker Second speaker Third speaker What do you enjoy
most _____________ ______________ _____________ in life? What is your
greatest _____________ ______________ _____________ ambition?
What has been your
greatest _____________ ______________ _____________ achievement? Which person do you
admire _____________ ______________ _____________
most?
Who do you get on with
best _____________ ______________ _____________ of all?
What was the nicest thing that
_____________ ______________ _____________ happened to you yesterday? Activity 3 Who'll get the job?
A You are going to hear Mrs. Grey, the Personnel Manager, and Mr. Toms interviewing Jane Langley. Listen carefully and answer the following questions. 1. What does \ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 2. Why did she leave her last job?
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B You are going to hear Mrs. Grey, the Personnel Manager, and Mr. Toms interviewing Michael James. Listen carefully and answer the following questions: 1. Why do you think Mr, Toms interrupt Mrs. Grey?
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C Now listen to the Personnel Manager and Mr. Toms discussing Jane and Michael after they have interviewed them. Then answer the following questions. 1. Who are they going to give the job to? Why?
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You are going to hear about a market survey that took place in a supermarket on ways of killing time. Listen carefully. Make notes in the following chart to help you to remember what each speaker says. Make your notes as brief as possible.
Question How do you kill the time in a supermarket queue?
Stan ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Judy ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Alice ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________
Activity 5 Men and women
A You are going to hear someone talking about things she thinks women usually do better and things she thinks men do better. Listen carefully and make two lists.
Things Women Do Better Things Men Do Better
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B Listen to the conversation again. Complete the following chart. Differences Between Men and Women Women Men
doing boring domestic __________ _____________ things
attitude towards the __________ _____________ universe
early age __________ _____________ conversation __________ _____________