Unit 13

Unit 12

Unit 11

Unit 10

Topic of the report: Edible and poisonous mushrooms.

Listening: Bread and mushrooms. Edible or poisonous?

Task: You will hear someone describing the mushrooms. Listen and decide which of the mentioned mushrooms are edible and which ones are poisonous.

Having listened to the tape twice, describe each mushroom: a field mushroom, a fly agaric, a cep, a death cap.

Words:

stem

gills

field mushroom

fly agaric

drug

hallucination

delicious

cep

sponge

pores

death cap

Topic of the report for the next listening: Life of bees

Topic of the report: Life of bees

Listening: Bees. Life in the hive.

Task: You will hear a beekeeper talking about life in a beehive. Having listened to it twice, decide which of these sentences are true, and which are false? (Write T or F.)

1. The queen bee lays eggs. ____
2. The workers collect nectar from flowers. ____
3. The queen bee turns the nectar in to honey. ____
4. The workers look after the young bees in the hive. ____
5. Drones are female bees. ____
6. The drones’ job is to guard the hive. ____
7. The drones die at the end of the summer. ____

Words:

to hatch

nurse bees

cell

guard bees

forager bees

nectar

drone

Topic of the report for the next listening: Exploring underground caves.

Topic of the report: Exploring underground caves.

Listening: FC, 2008: Test 4, Paper 4, Part 1.

Task: You will hear people talking in four different situations twice. For questions 1-4, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

1. You hear part of a programme about music in schools.

Why are fewer children joining school choirs?

A They are unwilling to sing in public.

B Their parents don’t encourage them to sing.

C Their teachers lack the necessary musical skills.

1. You overhear a conversation about evening classes.

Why did the girl decide to register for a photography course?

A She wanted to take better holiday snaps.

B She thought it would help her in her career.

C She needed a relaxing change from her studies.

1. You overhear two people talking about a new café.

What did they both approve of?

A the size of the portions

B the originality of the food

C the efficiency of the service

1. You hear a man talking about exploring underground caves.

What is he?

A an experienced caver

B a journalist

C a student

Words:

choir

involve

decline

adolescence

digital photography

to overload

CV

to be entrusted

reckon

baguettes

escape

outer space

unappealing

pastime

challenge

Topic of the report for the next listening: How to behave during a job interview.

Topic of the report: How to behave during a job interview.

Listening: FC, 2008: Test 4, Paper 4, Part 1.

Task: You will hear people talking in four different situations twice. For questions 1-4, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

1. You overhear a woman talking about a job interview she had.

What does she say about it?

A Some of the questions were unfair.

B She felt she was insufficiently prepared.

C The interviewers put her under pressure.

1. You overhear a woman talking about a language course.

What does she criticize about it?

A There are too many students.

B Grammar isn’t focused on.

C It isn’t challenging enough.

1. On the radio, you hear a man talking about food.

What does he do?

A He’s a shop owner.

B He’s a cookery writer.

C He’s a chef in a restaurant.

1. You hear a man talking about moving house.

How did he feel after moving to a new area?

A worried that he wouldn’t see his old friends

B concerned about how his children would adapt

C surprised by how welcoming his new neighbours were

Words:

to put at ease

achievements

to gain

fluent

pace

to be tempted

to bother

bunch of something

Topic of the report for the next listening: What does it mean to be a ceramicist.

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