Unit 1 City and village

Activity 2a

Objective: to practise listening for main ideas

Explain the situation: There is a competition. Pupils are giving talks. The topic is: 'Visit my place. It's great!'

Ask PP to listen to the speeches and answer the questions.

Tapescript

Sherzod: Good morning everyone. My name's Sherzod. I come from Toshqo'rg'on. It's a big village in the mountains. And it's very beautiful! Toshqo'rg'on means a castle of stone and our houses are made of stone. They are big and strong. My village is very famous. Why? Because there is a dinosaur path in the mountains near our village...There are 23 dinosaur footprints on the path!

Voices: Wow! That's amazing ... Fantastic. I love dinosaurs ... Dinosaurs ...

Sherzod: I invite you all to come to our village and see the dinosaur footprints.

They're fantastic. A lot of tourists and scientists come to see them every summer. Toshqo'rg'on's famous. Thank you for listening - and hope to see you soon in Toshqo'rg'on! Host: Thank you Sherzod. Our next speaker is Naima. Please give her a big hand. (Applause)

Naima: Good morning everyone. My name's Naima. I come from Oltinsoy.

My village's in a valley. It's very beautiful too. In spring all the trees are in blossom. My village's name is Oltinsoy because it is near the river Oitinsoy. The water in the river's clean but very cold. You know, our village is an interesting place too. We have a very big, old tree in our village. It's so big that many years ago people had a school in the tree. Voices: Wow! That's amazing... Tree school...

Fantastic. School in a tree ...

Naima: Yes, it's amazing. And my grandfather went to school in that tree.

You're welcome to my village to see the tree.

Thank you for listening - and hope to see you soon in Oltinsoy!

Host: Thank you Naima. Our next speaker is ... -

Key:

1 Sherzod and Naima.

2 Sherzod lives in Toshqo'rg'on, Naima lives in Oltinsoy.

3 Toshqo'rg'on is famous for the dinosaur and Oltinsoy is famous for its big tree.