Unit2Using-language.ppt

Imagine that you are in Houston, Texas, a city in the American South. This is an example of the local dialect. Listen and read through the text and take note of the accent and intonation. Listen again and put these sentences in the right sequence. _______Lester climbed a tree. _______Buford, Billy Bob and Lester went swimming. _______Lester thought the catfish would eat him. _______Buford and Billy Bob laughed. _______Lester saw a catfish. _______Now Lester is too afraid to visit the place. 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 3 Answer the following questions after listening. 1. What does Buford think of Texas? How do you know? 2. How large was the catfish? 3. How did Lester get out of the water so quickly? 4. Why did Buford and Big Billy Bob laugh? He believes it’s almost a different country from the USA. The listening text tells us. The boys thought that the catfish was almost the size of house. He thought the catfish would eat him. They laughed because Lester believed the catfish would hurt him. 4 Speaking and Writing Reading and speaking Read the dialogue and circle the words that mean the same. AMY: Excuse me, ma’am. Could you please tell me where the nearest subway is? LADY: Er … the underground? Well, go round the corner on your left-hand side, straight on and cross two streets. It’ll be on your right-hand side. 1 AMY: Thanks so much. FRIENDS: What did she say, Amy? AMY: She told us to go around the corner on the left and keep going straight for two blocks. The subway will be on our right. Amy (American) Lady (British) subway left keep going straight two blocks right underground left-hand side go straight on two streets right-hand side Work in pairs. Choose one of the situations and make a dialogue. Use the following expressions to help you. Pay attention to the intonation you use while talking. 2 Pardon? I beg your pardon? I don’t understand. How do you spell that? Could you say that again please? Could you speak more slowly please? Sorry, I can’t foll