Work in pairs, ask and answer the following questions

1. How often do you listen to the radio?1. How often do you listen to the radio?

2. How many hours per week do you listen 2. How many hours per week do you listen to it?to it?

3. What programme do you like listening to 3. What programme do you like listening to and why?and why?

Vocabulary

- Cloudy (a) / 'klaudi/ : nhiều mây, u ám- Heavy rain / 'hevi rein/ trận mưa to- Strong wind / strɔη wind/ gió mạnh, gió to- To cause (v) / kɔ:z/ gây ra- Flood (n) / flʌd/ lũ lụt- To climb (v) / klaim/ leo trèo- View (v) / vju:/ quan sát

(n) tầm nhìn, quang cảnh

Task 1:Task 1: Listen to the two radio news stories Listen to the two radio news stories and tick the words you hear in the right column and tick the words you hear in the right column under News story 1 and News story 2under News story 1 and News story 2

AdjectivesAdjectives News story 1News story 1 News story 2News story 2

11 HealthyHealthy

22 Strong Strong

33 Young Young

44 Cloudy Cloudy

55 Highest Highest

66 Wonderful Wonderful

Task 2: Listen to the radio news stories again and filling the missing words

Heavy rain causes floods all over the countryHeavy rain causes floods all over the country

Heavy rain during the night (1)…………… .. Heavy rain during the night (1)…………… .. ….... all over the country today. Many people (2)….... all over the country today. Many people (2)…………………………because rivers (3)…………………………because rivers (3)……………Some roads in the north-west are ……………Some roads in the north-west are under (4)…………….....of water. The rain (5) under (4)…………….....of water. The rain (5) ………………..at the moment, but it’s still (6)………………..at the moment, but it’s still (6)…………and there’s a (7) ………….... …………and there’s a (7) ………….... Because of the bad weather, people can’t go out Because of the bad weather, people can’t go out to workto work

has caused floods

have left their homes

have risentwo meters

has stoppedcloudy strong wind

90-year-old American woman climbs Mount Whitney

A ninety-year-old woman has climbed Mount Whitney in California for the (1) ……………… time. At (2) ………….. metres, Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in(3) ………………. The woman says the view from the top is (4) ………….., so she tries to climb it often. She also says that the mountain has kept her (5) …………….………...In spite of her old age, the woman tries to climb the mountain very often

twenty-third4,418

California

wonderful

young and healthy

Task 3: Listen again and answer the following questions

1. What has happened during the night?

Heavy rain has caused floods all over the country.

2. Why have people left their homes?

Because rivers have risen.

3. How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney?

She has climbed Mount Whitney twenty three times.

4. Why does she climb it so often?

Because it has kept her young and healthy.

Close your book. Recall the two news stories and answer the following questions about the

news stories. Use the answers to those questions to tell your classmates about them.

Chose one of the news stories only.

Post-listening

News story 1

1. What has happened during the night?1. What has happened during the night?

2. Why have many people left their 2. Why have many people left their homes?homes?

3. How deep are some roads under the 3. How deep are some roads under the water?water?

4. Has the rain stopped at the moment?4. Has the rain stopped at the moment?

5. Is there a strong wind?5. Is there a strong wind?

6. Why can’t people go out to work?6. Why can’t people go out to work?

News story 2

1. How many times has the old woman 1. How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney?climbed Mount Whitney?

2. How high is Mount Whitney?2. How high is Mount Whitney?3. Is it the highest in California?3. Is it the highest in California?4. What does she say about the view 4. What does she say about the view

from the top?from the top?5. Why does she climb it so often?5. Why does she climb it so often?6. Does she stop climbing mountain 6. Does she stop climbing mountain

because of her old age?because of her old age?

- Rewrite the content of the 2 radio news stories.- Prepare the next lesson: Part D: Writing