unit 15. listening. grade 10 CB

Lesson 3: Listening

Look at the picture and answer
the questions

- The Statue of Liberty
1. What is it?
2. What does it look like?
-It looks like the statue
of a woman
3. What has it got on its head?
-It has got a crown on its head
4. What has it got on its left hand?
-It has got a tablet on its left hand
5. What is it holding on its
right hand?
-it is holding a buring torch
6. What is it wearing?
-It is wearing a robe

Vocabulary

robe (n)
áo choàng
әU

torch (n)
O:t∫
t
ngọn đuốc

tablet (n)
tấm bảng nhỏ
bằng đá có khắc chữ
tæblәt

crown (n)
vương miện
kraun

copper (n)
đồng
O
ә

Fish are carried from the sea to
the harbor.
Fish are transported to the harbor.
vận chuyển
transport (v)
æ
O:

concrete (n)
= bê tông
/׳koηkrit/

Vocabulary
-robe (n)
-torch (n)

-tablet (n)
- crown (n)
-copper (n)
-transport (v)
-concrete (n)
= áo choàng
= ngọn đuốc
=tấm bảng nhỏ bằng đá có khắc chữ
= vương miện
= đồng
= vận chuyển
= bê tông
/tæblәt/
/rәub/
/to:t∫/
/׳kraun/
/׳koηkrit/
/׳kopə/
/træns׳po:t/

torch
robe
crown
tablet

A. the center of New York City
Task 1: Listen to the passage and choose the correct answers
1. The Statue of Liberty is in
B. New York Harbor
C. the suburbs of New York City

2. The Statue of Liberty was made by
A. The French B. Americans C. The British
3. The statue was completed in
A. 1886 B. 1884 C. 1866
4. The Statue was made because
A. French people wanted to show their friendship with American people
B. American people wanted to show their friendship with French people
C. French people wanted to show their friendship with British people
5. Tourists can visit the Statue
A. Every day, including Christmas Day
B. Every day, except Sunday C. Every day, but not on Christmas Day

Task 2: Listen again and fill in the missing information in the table below
Formal name
Height
Weight
Material
The base
Opening time
Liberty Enlightening the World
93m (The statue is 46m high and the
base and the pedestal are totally 47m
high)
205 tons
(made of) stone and concrete
9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. daily except
Christmas Day
-outside:
-inside:
copper

iron frame

Work in groups: Tell each other what you have learn about
the statue of Liberty, using the information from the table
Answer these questions:
1. Where is the statue of Liberty?
2. By whom was it made?
3. When was it completed?
4. Why was it made?
6. When can tourists visit it?
5. What are the characteristics of the statue?
(formal name, height, weight )
Close your book and talk about the statue of Liberty from your memory

Write a short paragraph about the statue of Liberty, using the
information from the listening passage





Height = the height of the statue

+ the height of the pedestal
+ the height of the base
The
statue
The
pedestal
The

base