C. LISTENING
BEFORE YOU LISTEN
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.
(Làm việc từng đôi. Hỏi và trả lời các câu hỏi.)
1. I rarely listen to the radio.
2. I spare little time to listen to the radio.
3. I rarely listen to the news and learning-English programmes in foreign languages on the radio, because almost all pieces of news have already been broadcast on TV. Morever, the news on TV are the latest and more interesting because they are broadcast with pictures.
WHILE YOU LISTEN
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The time is 7 o'clock and here is the news summary.
Heavy rain during the night has caused floods all over the country today. Many people have left their homes because rivers have risen. Some roads in the north-west are under two metres of water. The rain has stopped at the moment, but it's still cloudy and there's strong wind. Because of the bad weather people can't go out to work.
A ninety-year-old woman has climbed Mount Whitney in California for the twenty-third times. At 4.418 metres, Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in California. The woman says the view from the top is wonderful. She also says that mountain has kept her young and healthy. In spite of her old age the woman tries to climb the mountain very often.
Task 1: Listen to the two radio news stories and tick the words you hear in the right column under News story 1 and News story 2.
(Hai hai bản tin trên đài và tích vào các từ mà em nghe thấy ở cột bên phải bên dưới News story 1 và News story 2)

	News story 1	News story 2
healthy		✓
strong
young
cloudy
highest
wonderful
fine

Trả lời:

	News story 1	News story 2
healthy		✓
strong	✓
young		✓
cloudy	✓
highest		✓
wonderful		✓
fine	✓

Task 2: Listen to the radio news stories again and fill in the missing words.
(Nghe lại các bản tin và điền từ còn thiếu.)
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Heavy rain causes floods all over the country
Heavy rain during the night (1)______all over the country today. Many people (2)______because rivers (3)______. Some roads in the north-west are under (4)______of water. The rain (5)_______at the moment, but it's still (6)_______and there's a (7)______. Because of the bad weather, people can't go out to work.
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.
Trả lời:
- Heavy rain causes floods at over the country
1. has caused floods                      2. have left their homes
3. have risen                                  4. two metres
5. has stopped                               6. cloudy                            
7. strong wind

- 90-year-old American woman climbs Mount Whiteney
1. twenty-third                  2. 4,418                        
3. Calilornia                      4. wonderful
5. young and heallhy
Task 3: Listen again and answer the following questions.
(Nghe lại và trả lời các câu hỏi sau.)
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1. What has happened during the night?
2. Why have people left their homes?
3. How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney?
4. Why does she climb it so often?
Trả lời:
1. Heavy rain has happened all over the country during the night.
2. People have left their homes because the rivets have risen.
3. The old woman has climbed Mount Whileney twenty-three limes.
4. She climbs it so often because this has kept her young and healthy.
AFTER YOU LISTEN
Work in groups. Choose one of the news stories and tell your classmates about it.
(Làm việc nhóm. Chọn một trong các bản tin và kể cho các bạn cùng lớp nghe.)
A ninety-year-old woman has climbed the highest mountain in California, Mount Whitney, for the twenty-third times. She says that the view from the top is wonderful and that she tries to climb it very often despite her old age because the mountain has kept her young and healthy.