 Practicing bottom-up processing or language based processing

A. Six speakers are talking about their lifestyles. Read the summaries below.

Then listen and number them.

 Stay healthy by doing activities you love and eating helathy food.

 Keep fit by walking at least thirty minutes every day.

 Play lots of sport if you eat unhealthy food.

 Make your trip to work and other places a part of your exercise

routine.

 Watch what you eat if you do not like to exercise.

 Exercise on your own to keep fit.

B. Listen again and write the things that the six people do. Use the phrases in the
box to help you.

cycle dance do push-ups do sit-ups

eat healthy food eat junk food hang out don’t eat too many snacks
play lots of sports rollerblade walk watch movies and read

1. ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
6. ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
 Practicing top-down processing or knowledge based processing

Main Ideas

A. Listen to two friends, Alia and benjamin, talk about their names. Check
(√)the name of person(s) that each statement describes.
ALIA BENJAMIN

1. Has a Lebanese name

2. Has a nickname

3. Has a very common last name

4. Has an unusual last name

5. Last name means “iron bite’

B. Now work with a classmate and compare answers.

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 Practicing interactive processing

On the Air: listening for main ideas, details, and inferences

A. Prelistening

Discussion

1. You will hear a radio interview about formal and informal ways to address
people in English. Before listening, discuss the following questions with a
partner or in a small group.
a. Does your language have both formal and informal ways to address
people?
b. Do you know formal and informal ways to address people in English?
c. What words do English speakers use to address people whose names they
don’t know?
2. The following sentences were spoken to a woman named Kathy Lynn
Thomas. Discuss who the speakers might be and why you think so. Take notes
on your answer.
RELATIONSHIP THE SPEAKER IS
SENTENCES FORMAL INFORMAL PROBABLY ...

1. Hey, Kathy, how are √ A friend, knows her

you doing? well

2. I’m sorry, Ms. Thomas,

the results of the test
aren’t ready yet.
3. Do you have the time,
ma’am?
4. Ma, are you picking me
up from soccer practice
today?
5. Dr. Thomas, Ireally
need to talk to you.

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Vocabulary Preview

Read the sentences. Using the context, guess the meanings of boldfaced words
and expressions. Then match them with their definitions. You will hear this
vocabulary in the interview.
1. __________ Children should be polite when they address their teachers.
2. __________Doctor and Professor are common titles for teachers at
universities.
3. ___________When English speakers talk quickly, some listeners can’t
differentiate between Ms. and Mrs.
4. __________ Because she has loved languages from an early age, she decided
to become a linguist.
5. _________ Our French teacher, Madame Beaujolais, gave us explicit
instrctions regarding the proper pronunciation of her name.
6. _________ The college’s admissions counselors interviewed prospective
students after receiving their applications.
7. _________ English speakers often use the terms sir and ma’am when
speaking to someone in authority, such as an employer.
8. _________ In most situations it is rude to call older people by their first
names unless you ask for permission first.
9. _________ By the end of the first day the conference, everybody started to
loosen up, they began using each other’s first names.

a. except on the condition that; except if

b. likely to happen; future (adj.)
c. having the power and right to control and command people
d. words or names that describe someone’s rank or position
e. speak directly to a person or group
f. a person who studies languages and their structures
g. become more relaxed and feel less worried
h. recognize the differences among various things or people
i. expressed in a way that is very clear

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B. Listening

Main Ideas

1. Listen to an interview with linguist Mary Newton Bruder. She explains some
formal and informal ways of addressing people in the United States.
Complete the rules.
1. If you want to be very formal with people you’ve just met, use their

___________ plus their ________________

2. If you want to be less formal, use their ________________________.

3. If you don’t know the name of a woman, call her _______________ or

___________________ .

4. If you are meeting a prospective employer or a person in authority, use his

or her _________________ .

Details and Infereces

2. Read the following information about inferences

Inferring
When listening to people, you can learn a lot of information not only from
what they say directly but also from what they say indirectly. Guessing from
indirect information is called “inferring”. Inferring is an important part of
listening.
Example:
Direct information : The phone is ringing but nobody is picking up.
Inference : They are probably not home.

3. Listen to a part of the interview again. Which statements can be inferred from
the information? Write Yes or No.
1. ______ College students don’t use sir and ma’am very often.

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 2. ______ Formality varies from region to region in the United States.

3. ______ The young college student doesn’t know Roseanne’s first name.

4. ______ Roseanne is probably not from the South.

5. ______ If you want to be very formal and polite, call a man sir.

4. Review your responses in exercise 3 with a classmate. What information

helped you infer the answers?

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 CHAPTER 4
LISTENING TO GET THE PICTURE

1. Pictures

Exercise 1.Look at the pictures. What do you think the jobs are?

1. First Listening: What does each person do?

2. Second Listening: Why do they like their job?

1. _________________ 3. _________________

_________________ __________________

2. ________________ 4. ____________________

_________________ ____________________-

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Exercise 2.

1. Listen and rearrange the picture in order

1. ... 2. ... 3. ... 4. ... 5. ... 6. ...

2. Answer these following questions!

1. What time does the alarm clock ring?

2. What does Monica do in her room?
3. How many times does Mr Jackson call Thomas?
4. What is Mrs. Jackson?
5. What time does she get home?
6. What does she thinks she doesn’t see Thomas in the kitchen?
7. What does Mr. Jackson do in his room?
8. What does Thomas wear when Mrs. Jackson and Monica ready to go?
9. What does Thomas say to Mr. Jackson?
10. What does Mr. Jackson read on newspaper?

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Exercise 3. Complete the blank space with words you hear from the text.

1. When I went to the ________ _________, I bought a ________ of ______

and mailed a _______ to Canada. The total was _______ dollars and _____

cents. The ________ clerk said that he didn’t have a __________ for my

_________ dollar bills so I write a _________.

2. When Tommy got his car to __________, he drove toward the __________.

There had been an _____________ on the ____________ tracks. The train

was ______________ and everyone was waiting for the police and ________

truck. Tommy, who is in hurry, cried, “Not a traffic jam!”

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3. Today is ben’s __________day. He has got ____________ in his first period,

_________in the ______________ peroud. ___________ that, he ha a

_________ time for about ______________ minutes. The next period is

________ and history. After lunch, he has got _______ and

______________.

4. Based on the record above, answer these following questions:

1. In your opinion, for what subject does he forget to prepare?

2. What thing should not be brought today?

3. What subject has he got after lunch?

4. What is the last subject?

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2. Maps

This chapter presents practice in basic directions, space concepts and

geographical relationships.

Exercise 1: Saks Fith Avenue

In a large department store the elevator operator can tell you where to find the

merchandise. The Men’s Department of Saks’ New york Store is on the 6th floor.

Look at the map. The squares represent the counters.

Now read the following list of erchandise. They are the items that you have to

locate on the map based on the information you will listen.

ties ____ shoes ____

hats ____ jewerly ___
bath robes ____ suits ___
pajamas ____ topcoats ____
sweaters ____ sport jackets ____
underwear ____ shirt ___

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Exercise 2. Shopping District

Look at the map of shopping district below. The squares represent the location of

the store and the buildings. The compass at the right shows the directions.

Now read the following list of tores and buildings. You will have to locate them

on the map according to the information you will listen.

Bakery ____ Men’s store ____

Bank ____ Parking lot ____
Bookstore ____ Record shop ____
Camera shop ____ Sporting goods ____
Drug store ____ Theater ____
Gift shop ____ Women’s shop ____
High school ____ YMCA ____
Library ____ YWCA ____

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 Exercise 3. Moving in

Rod and Liz have just moved into a room in a small flat. They are discussing

where to put the furniture. Now look at the picture below. On the left-hand, there

is a map of the room recently rented by Rod and Liz. On the right-hand-side

there are items of furniture to put into the room

Your tasks: based on the information you will listen, you sketch the furniture as

shown in exactly the right place on the map of the room.

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 Chapter5

Listening for Factual Information

1. Announcement

a. Match the times to the pictures. Then listen and write the words in the box
under the correct pictures.
A. 11:30 Arrive
B. 11:15 Depart
C. 11:00 Passengers
D. 12: 00 Platform
E. 11:05 Train
F. 11:45 Train station

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b. Listen and complete the sentences.

1. The ________________ train from Chicago is delayed.

2. The ________________ train to New York is on time.

3. The ________________ from Pitsburg is running late

4. The ________________ train from Toronto is arriving at platform five.

5. The ___________________ train to Boston is now leaving from platform five.

c. Brent and Mimi are at a train station. Who is going to New York?

d. Where are the trains leaving from? Listen and write in the platform numbers.

CITY PLATFORM DEPARTURE TIME REMARKS

Seattle 12 9:00

Boston

Washington DC on time

Philadelphia

Airport on time

Richmond

e. What times are the trains leaving? Listen again aand write in the departure times.

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2. News

Exercise 1: Someone is talking about a disaster. Listen and write in the details of what happened.

1. Who :____________________________________________________

2. What was the problem:______________________________________

3. Where:___________________________________________________

4. When:___________________________________________________

5. What happened after: _______________________________________

Exercise 2 : You will hear a reporter reading a piece of new on the radio. Listen carefully, and

then answer the following questions.

1. What is the topic of the news?

2. Where did the event happen?

3. When did the event happen?

4. What else you can get from the news?

Exercise 3 : News number one

1. What is the news about?

2. How old is the patient?

3. Where did the event happen?

4. What do you think happen to Mr. Kingston?

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3. Weather forecast

Exercise 1. What’s the weather like?

Listen to the audio and complete the information in the chart.

INFORMATION REPORT 1

LOCATION WEATHER ACTIVITIES

INFORMATION REPORT 2

LOCATION WEATHER ACTIVITIES

INFORMATION REPORT 3

LOCATION WEATHER ACTIVITIES

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INFORMATION REPORT 4

LOCATION WEATHER ACTIVITIES

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