UNIT 2
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
LISTENING
unforgettable
N
E
W
WORDS
successful memorable
burn down turn of
terrible
surrounded rushed grow up
experience
replace
selfish
appreciate
own
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE PICTURE?
In the is
picture,
there
isaalittle
fire
There
a woman
and
engine
firefighters
girl
whowith
are some
helped
by a
who are trying
to stop
a big
firefighter
to escape
from
the
fire.
Task 1.
Christina is being
interviewed about the
most unforgettable
experience in her life.
Listen to the interview,
and then decide whether
the statements are true (t)
to false (f)
1. Christina is a
businesswoman.
2. The fire happened
three years ago
3. The fire started in
the
bedroom .
4. When the fire
started, Christina
was reading a
book.
5. Her mother came
and rescued her.
Listen and fill in the blank with
one suitable word
This is Radio 3. In our
Interviewer :
Unforgettable
‘Christina
________________
:
Hello
and
Christina, could you tell
Experiences’
thank
you!
It’s
nice
our
_____________ about
audience
programme
tonight
we
being
__________
with you
the
most memorable
talk
to
Christina,
a
successful
tonight.
experience in your
_______________
______________
life?
businesswoman. Hello
Christina, welcome to
Listen and fill in the blank with
one suitable word
Interviewer : What were
Interviewer
:
Christina : Well,
my
you doing at that time?
Really?
How did it
Unforgettable
most ________________
Christina:
happen ?happened
____________
experience
I was sleeping when I was
Christina:
thirteen years
ago,
woken up
suddenly ______________
by
The
fire
in the
when
mystarted
house
burned
terrible heat. I opened my
kitchen
where
I forgot
____________
down.
eyes to find myself
toturn
___________
the gas
of
____________ by walls of fire.
surrounded
stove.
Listen and fill in the blank with
one suitable word
Interviewer
: Not
many
terrible
Interviewer
Interviewer: That’s
What
do
people
so luckily.
you
______
mean?
!are
How
did youDid the
fire
_________
you
in
any
way?
afect
Christina:
escape? Well, before the
Christina:
fire,
Christina:
I was I________.
was terrified.
I always
selfish
Oh, yes. Yes, very much, in
_______________
Then
I heard my
to my
mother’s
complained
fact. Although I lost many
mother
voice
calling
about
my
how
name.
small
I
rushed
things in the fire, the
my
________
room
to
was,
her.
or
She
how
carried
few
______________
helped
me
to
experience
clothes
me out.
had.
I got away
grow
up.ILuckily,
Listen and fill in the blank with
one suitable word
Then
the fire came
and so
Interviewer
: I see,
______________
everything
destroyed
the
fire
_________
many we
took
owned.
But I slowly
began
things from
you, but
it to
realize
that
I
didn’t
really
gave you something, too.
need my old things. I just
Christina: Exactly. It
needed my family. After all,
taught
me
to
_____________
appreciate
you can get new clothes
my
family
more
than
anytime, but a family can
things.
never
be _____________.
replaced
Task 2.
Listen to the second
part of the dialogue
and fill in the gaps in
the summary of
Christina’s story
below
Although I lost
many things in the
fire, the experience
helped me to grow
up. Before the fire,
I was selfish.
I always complained to
my mother about how (1)
___________
small my room was
or how few clothes I
had.Then the fire came
and destroyed
(2) ____________
we
owned
.
everything
But slowly I began to
realise that I didn’t
really need those
things. I just needed my
(3)
___________.
family
After all, you can get
new clothes any time,
but a family can never
replaced . The
be (4) ______________
took
fire (5) __________
many
things from me, more
than things.
but it gave me
something, too. It
taught me to
(6)
appreciate
_______________
my family.
After you listen
Christina says that
family is more
important than things.
Do you agree or
disagree with her?
Why? Exchange your
ideas with partner.