boost listening 2

Unit Topic
Each unit has a cross-cunicular and age-
Students will
.
find the topic directly relates to their
lives and study.
.
be engaged and motivated to learn.
Listening
Skill
A
very
simple introduction of
the targeted
unit
skill is followed by a skill discovery activity
Students will
.
be
introduced
to the listening skill
ina
clear and understandable way.
.
discover the listening skill for themselves
without need for long explanations.
Listening
A
pre-listening
task
prepares

students for the main
listening
passage,
which is accompanied by a
guided
note-taking activity.
Students will
.
learn to
predict
listening content based on context.
.
develop key note-taking skills to aid comprehension.
us
, ' <l
IJtErnI9
passage
show students natural native-
English speech.
Students will
a
be able to improve their comprehension
of natural spoken English.
.
develop their own
pronunciation
and intonation skills.
Audio
CD
The

CD
at the
back
of
the
Student Book
provides
the audio
for all listening
activities,
plus
the audio for the
integration activities.
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Practice
A skill-based listening comprehension activity.
Students will
.
develop both top-down and bottom-up
approaches to comprehension.
.
be
given
allthe tools to decode and
comprehend a wide
variety
of
listening
passages.
Integration

The
listening
skill
is combined with speaking,
reading and writing activities.
Students will
.
learn to use a listening
passage
to springboard
into
productive
activities.
.
develop the language skills needed
for the next
generation
of integrated tests of English.
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Review 1
After every two core units
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there is a Review

quiz
which
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consolidates the listening
I
skills already studied.
Students
will
o
be able
to
see
therr
progress
in usrng
their
listening skills.
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build on
previously
taught
skills to understand natural
spoken English in various
conlexfs.
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Evaluation
p.8
Theme: Environment
Warmer
and
Warmer
The
Great Outtloors
Scien(e and
Nature
Finding the
main tecture on
global
ideas
(l)
warming
p.9
sports
and
leisure
Listening tor
details:Whq
wnen, wnere,
why and how
Dialogue about
camping
p.
13
p.17
Review I

Theme: Celebrations
Birthday Parties
International
Festival
Culture and
People
Culture and
People
Flndlng the
main
ideas
(2)
Making
inferences
(1):
Who and what
Radio
program
discussing
binhday traditions
ts'-
and history
Dialoque about
planninq
a festival
P
zJ
Review 2
p.27
p.29

Theme: Tourism
Naturally
Beautiful
Geography
and
Nature
5ports
and
lelsure
UndeIstanding
difficultwords
Understanding
pron0un5
lecture on the
Grand Canyon
Dialogue about
a
studentl varation
Y
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Review 3
Yaeation
Fun
p.
37
Atlantis
Mysterious
Stonehenge
Culture
and

People
Culture
and
People
History and
Geography
History
and
People
Technology
Culture and
People
ldentifying
similarities and
differences
Making
inferences
(2):
Speakeis
reasonS
Making
inferences
(3):
How and why
Deciding if a
speaker
is sure
or unsure
Lecture on
Hollywood

and
Bollywood
Phone
conversation
about movie
tickets
Class report
on online news
Dialogue about
news stories
p.
39
Review
4
Theme:
Mysteries
p.47
ldentifying
examples
Lecture
on Atlantis
p.49
ldentifying
cause
Presentation
on
and effect Stonehenge
p.
53
p.57

p.43
p.s9
p.63
p.67
p.
69
p.
70
Review
5
Review
6
Pronunciation
Note-taking
Shortcuts
Finding
the
main
ideas
(1)
Unit
2
Listening
for details:Who,
when,
where,
why
and
how
Unit

3
Finding
the
main
ideas
(2)
Unit
4
U
nderstanding
pronouns
I
Warmer
and
Warmer
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cur
planet
heeomes toa h*t?
ffiiseuss
ycur
afiswers"
Finding
Ehe
main ideas
{tJ
Main ideas
ane the biggest and most impontant ideas.
Sometimes
a speaken r,vill tell

you
the
main ideas
by repeating key wonds.
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amd eheck
f/3
tl're
boxes
eaeh tirne
you
hear the word.
1 weother
2 worm(er)
3
less
4 woter
5 food
5 drink
7
cleon
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2
3
r
Complete
the
sentences

using
the words.
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::r )'i@e
'tift"+.=s 1
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glociers
globol
worming
temperotures
Antorctico
I
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= :
:,.1il.j_ :::
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is
chonsins
the
ore big
sheets
of ice
on lond.
i

ot ih.
il;;o",ll'nt
continent
covered in
Penguins
ond
seols hove
odopted
to
cold
listen
to the lecture
and
take
notes.
Port
B
Key
words:
Take
notes
effectively
by
abbreviating
words
or using symbols.
For
a
list
of common

note-taking
shortcuts,
go
to
pages
70-72.
you.
Then listen again to
s to
guide
Whot key words
does the speoker
repeot in Pqrt A?
2 Whot key words
does the speoker
repeot in Port B?
Circle the two main
ideas.
a
Scientists ore
wotching
glociers
in Asio, Europe
ond
North
Americo.
b Globol
worming is melting
the
world's

glociers.
c Wormer
temperotures
moy be killing onimols
ond birds in Antorctico.
d The South Pole hos o lot of snow ond ice.
Use the key words from
the
lecture to help
you
find
the
main ideas.
To
show the
moin ideos more
cleorly, speokers sometimes
soy the
key words more
loudly
ond slowly.
Listen.
However,
os the temperature
oround Antarctica
gets
warmer, they ore hoving trouble surviving.
Listen to the statements and
write the key
words.

e
gr_.entig;!_e,
w
o
r ri
e d,
gl
ob a!
w
Wyll
g
1
2
3
4
Listen
to
the lecture
and take
notes
on a
separate
piece
of
paper.
Then
check
[/]
ttre two
main

ideas.
1
2
Mony people
will move
from
cities.
There
will
be much
more
roin
throughout
the
world.
One
negotive
effect of
globol
worming
is
o higher
seo level.
There
will
be more
floods
ond
droughts
becouse

of
globol
worming.
t,j
ti
il
l
Write
one effect
of
global
warming
and
think
of a
problem
it might
cause.
Then
ask
a classmate
and
write
his/her
ideas.
Tell
the
class
your
classmate's

ideas.
The
Great Outdoors
How
can
you
stay safe when
camping? Discuss
your
answ€rs.
Listening
for details: Who, when, where, why
and
how
Details ane small
pieces
of information. They can tell
you
infor^mation about
people
[who],
times
[when],
places
[wheneJ,
reasons
[whyJ
and ways to do something
[howJ.
Listen

to the dialogue
and circle the
correct detail{s}.
Information
1 People
(who)
2 Ploce
(where)
3 Reoson
(why)
4 Time
(when)
5
Woys
to do things
(how)
lill
compsite
river
1:00
pocket
Pom
forest
trees
3:00
string
Detqils
]enny
beoch
9ross

5:00
knife
Mory
mountoin
flowers
7:OO
zipper
13
Pretend
you
are
camping with your
friends.
Write
three things
you
need to
do
at the
campsite.
compfire
Listen
to the dialogue
and
take notes.
!
t
D
D
L

p
D
t
a
t
t
Write the answers, using
your
notes to
the dialogue
to check
your
answers,
guide you.
Then listen again to
Why did the
boys
put
the tent
by the trce?
2 Who is the womon?
How cqn the boy light the fire?
4 When should the bovs Dut the fire out?
Where should the boys leove their trosh
bogs?
Speqkers often
join
smqll
words
together into one word. For exomple: how + is

=
how's.
Listen.
Ilow's the fire
going?
Listen to
their full
'tl
the statements and write the contracted words. Then write
form,
- we will
I
2
3
4
Look at the
quesfion
words
(who,
when,where,why, how)
and try to find the matching Information n
your
notes
Listen
to the voice message
and take notes on a
separate
piece
of
paper.

Then
complete the table.
Write an email inviting
a friend to
ioin
the hike.
Include important details
from
your
notes.
Read
your
email
to the class,
Listen to the lecture and
take
notes
on a separate
piece
of
paper.
Then write the answer.
Whqt
key
words
does the speqker repeot in the lecture?
@l
Circle tne main idea
of the lecture.
a Humons ore

burning
forests for
fqrmlqnd.
b Scientists ore mqking
greenhouse
gqses.
c Humqns
ore creqting
q
lot of
greenhouse goses.
d
Cool
is imporlqnt for
mqking elect city.
Listen to the statements and write
the
kev words.
1
2
3
4
17
paper.
notes
on
a separate
piece
of
Then

write
the answers,
Where
orc the
girls
going?
When
is the
trip?
How
ore
they
getting
there?
Why
does Poulo
not
need
to toke
o tent?
Who
else
is
9oin9?
Listen
to the
statements
and
write
the contracted

words.
Then
write
their full
form.
1
2
3
4
18
Birthday
Parties
\t
i!
low did
you
celebrate
your
last birthday?
Discuss
your
answers.
Finding the main ideas
[2]
A speaker can
present
the
ma n deas by asking a
quesLion
Ofben

th s
question
te s
you
the
topic and ntroduces some ofthe
other information
you
are
go
ng
to heat
Listen to the radio
program
and
complete the
question.
Whot
ore some of
the
19
Whqt
do
people
do on their
birthdqy in
your
country?
Whot foods
do

people
eot on their birthdoy in
your
country?
Listen
to the radio
program
and take notes.
Question
(s)
:
Question
(s)
:
Write
the answers, using
your
notes to
guide
radio
program
to
check
yout
answers.
you.
Then listen again
to the
Whqt is the moin ideo
of Sqrqh Wison's report?

Whot is
the mqin ideo of Peter Lee's report?
A speqker
moy stress some words to show o controst between two ideos. These words
r,nclude
but, although, however, while, whereos.
Listen.
In the United Stqtes children
get
birthdoy cqke,
but
in
Russiq mqny children
get
birthdqy
pie.
Listen to the statements and number
the
ideas in the order
that
you
hear them. Then write
the
word
that shows the contaast.
I
2
3
4
eot noodles

2
light during
porty
celebrqte
on sqme dqy
ger
money
eqt cqke
l
light condles in morning
celebrote on dote of birth
ger presenrs
Don't confuse the main ideas with detarls DetaL s
afe smaller
bits oF information that suooort the main ideas.
but,
21
Read the
passage.
My birthdqy's coming soon
qnd
I wqnt to
hove o
porty.
It'd be
greot
if I could invite
my whole clqss ond mqke it
q
very big

porty.
At the
porty,
I d
like
to
hqve
chocolote coke
ond
ploy
cord
gomes.
Then I wont to
go
to
the
qmusement
pqrkl
Listen to the
passage
and take notes on a separate
piece
of
paper.
Then write the answer.
Whot
question
does the speoker osk2
ffi
Complete the table.

Reqding
Possoge Listening Possoge
Size of
party
People to invite
Kind
of coke
Activities
22
@
comnare ttre two
parties
with a classmate.
International
Festival
-
What foreign
countries have
you
visited? Discuss
your
answ€rs.
Making inferences
['l]:
Who and what
When
you
listen, sor.etimes you
will need to make inferences This rneans us ng information
you

hear to make
smarb
guesses
about somethrng For exarnple,
you
m6y need to
make
nferences 6bout
peop
e
[who]
and actions
lwhat]
Listen
to the dialogue and match the
people
with the tasks.
1
2
3
Ted
Michelle
Yuki
do ortwork
design o website
cook intemotional food
Pretend
you
are
planning

an International Festival
at
your
school. Think of a
classmate that could
do each task and
give
a reason.
Listen
to the dialogue and take notes.
strona
24
re
the best for
each task. Use
your
notes
to
r the dialogue to
check
your
answers.
Tqsk
Moving furniture
Giving
presentotions
People
Mory
Dqk-Ho
Dqk-Ho

Jqne
Mory
Mory
Jqne
Jone
Pointing
country flogs
Brion
Bdon
Dok-Ho Steve
Singing
nqtionol onthems
Mory
Mqry
Dok-Ho Steve
Steve
Jqne
Moking
q
website
Bdqn Dok-Ho
Jone
Use information from
the'Detatis'
column ofyour notes
to infer the
best task for
each
pefson.
Sometimes the only

difference between
two words is
q
consonont
sound. You need to be
qble
to identify
the differcnt
consonqnt sounds
to
guess
the correct word.
Listen.
/
We need
people
to
{
d,o o lot of things.
po,lrd
7 6ii))
7
so,'r'd
hqll/woll/mqll
1
2
We lead people
to
do o lot ofthings.
3 rows

/
shows
/
toes
4 might
/
light
/
right
x
Listen to the
statements and cilcle
the word
you
hear.
25
Read
the email
from
your penpal
Jane.
Write a
short
email to Jane answering her
questions.
To:
From:
jane@talkzone,net
UAte:
Subjectr Rer

Your
school
Read
your
email to the class,
Listen to
the radio
program
and take notes
on a separate
piece
of
paper.
Then
circle
the cottect
answer.
Which question
word
is used
to
introduce
the mqin ideq?
a whqt
b where
c how
d
who
get
birthdqy

bumps get
birthdqy tops
hove
coke
90
out
don't
like
porties
hove
soup
2 The moin
ideo ofthe
rodio
progrqm
is
a formql
birthdoy trqditions.
b interesting
birthdqytroditions.
c birthdqy
bumps.
d
birthdoy cokes.
Listen
to the
statements
and number
the ideas in
the order that

you
hear
them, Then write
the word
that shows
the contrast.
hqve
porties
qt
home
enioy
porties
Listen to the dialogue
and take notes
on a separate
piece
of
paper.
Then circle
the collect answer.
Whot
cqn we infer would
be
the
best tqsk for Lindq?
a bqking
q
coke
b singing o birthdqy
song

for Mory
c
getting
her
mom to
bqke o cqke
d
getting
decorotions
from
her mom's ort store
Who con we
infer would be the
a Mory
b Tony
c Lindq
d Ron
best
person
to tqke core of lhe music'
3
Whqt
con we infer would
be the best tosk for Ron?
a boking
o coke
b
getting
decorutions ftom
his mom's ort store

c mqking decorotions
d
bringing music
Listen to the statements
and circle the word
you
hear.
1
would
/
should
/
could
2
might
/
write
/
light
3
coke
/
boke
/
moke
4 fit
/
sit
/
bit