教材文本 Unit 3 Listening

Unit 3 A taste of English humourListening 1 You are going to listen to a funny story about jam. Before you listen, look at the exercises below. Try and predict the story. Tell your partner what you think will happen. 2 Listen to Part 1 and write down the main idea. _3 Listen to Part 1 again and answer these questions. 1 What was Mary going to do with the cooked plums in the pan?2 What did John think Mary should have done with the mess in the pan?3 What do you think Mary is going to say when she finds out what has happened?4 How do you think John will react to her?4 Before you listen to Part 2, try to put these sentences in order. Then listen again and check if you were right. GuessCheck_Mary got angry with John. Mary saw the chickens behaving strangely. John was sorry. The chickens enjoyed the jam. John said he thought the jam was porridge. Mary looked at the red mess on the ground. John said the chickens were drunk. Mary came home. 5 Fill in the blanks while listening to Part 2 a second time. “You _ my jam,” she shouted. “Oh, _ what it was, ”he said. “Im _ but I thought it was _ which had gone bad in the hot weather. The chickens have _ the jam, but its made them _.”LISTENING TEXTTHE STORY OF THE DRUNKEN CHICKENSPart 1 Mary Smith looked at the beautiful ripe plums. They would make lovely jam. When she had finished the cooking, she filled all her empty jam jars and left the rest of the jam in the pan. She would put it in the fridge when it was cooler. But just then the telephone rang, her mother was in hospital after a car accident. Mary picked up her bag and ran out of the house. Some days later, her husband, John, came home from a business trip. He had been travelling all day and felt like having a drink and a piece of cake. As he came into the kitchen he saw a pan with a dark red mess inside it. He lifted it up and smelled it. It smelled bad. Mary must have forgotten to clean this pan, he thought. So he poured all the jam into the chicken yard and cleaned the pan. Then feeling comfortable, he began to eat a piece of cake. Part 2When Mary returned, she noticed the chickens behaving strangely. They were running round the yard as if they were sick. She saw the dark red mess on the ground and went closer. When she saw a plum stone she went into the kitchen. Her husband was reading a newspaper at the table. Angrily Mary rushed up to him. “You threw away my jam,” she shouted. “Oh, thats what it was,” he said. “Im sorry but I thought it was porridge which had gone bad in the hot weather. “Good heavens!” said Mary. “That must be the jam I left in the pan, but why didnt you throw it in the dustbin?” John laughed. “It was a mistake. However, the chickens have enjoyed the jam, except that it has made them drunk. What are we going to do with these drunken chickens?”Suggested answer to Exercise 2：Mary made some jam but left some on the kitchen table for a few days as she had to go to look after her sick mother. Some days later, John, knowing nothing about the jam, came home and threw it into the chicken yard. Suggested answers to Exercise 3：1 She was going to put them in the fridge later when they had cooled down. 2 He thought she should have thrown it out for the chickens to eat. Possible ideas for John and Marys reactions：Marys reaction Johns reaction to her1 Mary will laugh1 John will apologize. 2 He will tell her she should not have left the jam on the kitchen table. 2 Mary will get angry and tell John he should have put jam in the dustbin.1John will get angry too and say that she should have told him she was making jam. 2 He will laugh and say it is not important. 3 He will apologize. 3 Mary will say that the problems with the chickens are Johns responsibility1 John will deny this saying that she should not have left the jam on the kitchen table. 2 He will say that Mary did not tell him what she had been doing in the kitchen. 3 He did not know the chickens would get sick. Answer key for Exercise 4： 4 Mary got angry with John. 2 Mary saw the chickens behaving strangely. 5 John was sorry. 7 The chickens enjoyed the jam. 6 John