like-and-dislikes

UNIT SIX Like and dislikeNumber 1 Listen to the tape and do the following exercises.A. A: How about sports? What kind of sports do you like?B: Oh, I like swimming and tennis. How about you?A: I like tennis too. I also like to play golf. Have you played golf?B: No, I have never played.B. A: Which restaurant shall we eat tonight?B:How about the Revenna,the Italian restaurant?Thata a good place.A: No, I dont like Italian food very much. How about the West Lake House, the Chinese restamant.B: No, I dont like Chinese food very much.A: And then how about Kyoto House, the Japanese restaurant?B: No, I dont want to eat Japanese food tonight.A: How about French food?B: Yes.A: Why dont we go to the Seine? Its a good French restaurant.B: OK. Good. Lets go there.C. A: Do you want to see a film tonight?B: Sure. lets go see Mysterious Road.A: No, I dont like to see mystery movies.B: How about the Last Adventure ?A: No. I have already seen it.B: Have you seen Superman ? It sounds like a science fiction film.A: Oh, I dont like science fiction films.B: Then what kind of film shall we go and see?A: How about comedy?B: Comedy? How about Street Friends? Thats a good comedy.A: OK. Yes. Lets go see that.Number 2 Listen to each conversation.Does the second speaker like it,like it a ittle or1. A: How do you Nike your new car?B: Oh, its fantastic, the best car I have ever had.A: Do you like Indian food?B: No. It makes me ill.3. A: Hows the coffee?B: Mm. not so bad.4. A: What do you think of this picture?B: Oh, its OK. A little too bright.5. A: Do you like my new hair style?B: Yes, that looks very good on you.6. A: Are you enjoying the concert?B: Actually I cant stand this kind of music.7. A: What do you think of,her, children?B: I hate it when children act in that way.8. A: Do you like this ice cream.B: Oh, yes. I love it.9. A: How was your holiday?B: Just wonderful.It was a great place.10. A: Do you like living in this country?B: Yes. Yes and no. So-so.Number 3 Listen to the tape and write as much information in the table as you can.Bart: So Mary, do you really like living in London?Mary: Yes, for most of the time I . I really love it,Bart, there are so many things to see and do there and theyre very easy to get to.I mean, I love the theatre, for example,and theres ample opportunity to see whatever the best things are that are going on there.Of course, its not cheap and so one cant really go all that often.Bart:So you dont . you dont really go very often to the .Mary:Well, not a lot, but theres the cinema too.Sometimes Im able to take in a film, and there are lots of other good things, just about elf.Sometimes I feet I really love the bustle and the feeling and atmophere of London,and especially the river, Which I 1ove, very much.There are good trips, by the way, that you can take on the river.Bart: Do you . do you like driving in London.?Mary: Oh no, I hate it. In fact I dont do it at all if I can possibly avoid it.Everyonehere is so aggressive behind the wheel of a car, thats really bad, especially at times.In fact rush-hour, of course, is just awful.I loathe the rush-hour-er-in any form of transport but the tube,youre standing shoulder to shoulder and everyones packed together.In the mornings you feel exhausted before you arrive at work.Bart: So you like the things that London offers but you dont like getting there?Mary: Thats right. There are some things that I just dont like about London.I dont like the noise particularly, that really gets on your nerves sometimes.So there are lots of things that youll be able to do and see here.Bart: Yeah, Im looking forward to it.Mary: How about . how about the zoo-do you like animals?Bart: No, I dont really like going to the zoo. I dont mind it,but I dont really like it because I dont like seeing the animals all caged inand they cant walk around or run around as they should be able to.Mary: I hate the lion-house for that reason, too.Bart: And I hate dealing with crowds of people, I really do.I like cities, butI hate dealing with crowds of people.Mary: Well, the crowds of people, the rush-hour and the other thing I dislike,which is the dirt here and the noise, are one of the reasons why l really like to get out of London,at the weekends,so that I can get away for peace and quiet and relax and build up my reserves for next week.Number 4 Listen to some foreign students talking about what they like or dont like about Britain.First, listen to the example.For me, coming from Spain, theres one big advantage to living in Britainand hat s the postal service-its really efficient.Do you know, I got, a letter from Edinburgh yesterday.I,looked at the postmark and then I looked at the date on my watch,and Iwas amazed - it,was posted the daybefore and it had only taken one day to reach me!The boy was Spanish, and he thought one of the best things in Britain was the postal, serviee.Now listen to six other people, and fill in the table in your book.As you can probably hear.I come from Genmany NOW one thing Ive noticed is perhaps a small detail about the British way of life but I love it,and that is the way you have your milk, delivered, every day,to your doorstep - its marvellous!I dont tike the beer here at all.Its warm! At home in Denmark, the beers always cold,the way it should be.But to get it here, youhave to ask for lager, not bee. Thats strange.Im sorry but I find the weather really depressing.Its the middle of July and it seems like winter-day afterday its greyand cloudy.The only change is when it rains- and that happens ,every time you dont take your umbrella !I brought summer clothes, but Ive had to buy two thick sweaters hem.And when I get letters from my family in Greece, theyre complaining,that its too hot !The French, have a very good reputation for their ,food and the British a terrible reputation.Now, Im not going to say that the food is the best thing about Britain!But I have to ,admit that I just love English desserts- the puddings and trifles are delicious.I find most young people here are aggressive, not nearly as friendly as old people.If Im lost, I never ask a young person to help me.I cant understand whats the matter with them.Perhaps they dont like foreign people in their town. Were not like that at all in Portugal.The traffic is much more disciplined in Britain than in Turkey.People drive more ,slowly, and they respect traffic lights and other drivers.The cars actualty stop for you at zebra crossings! Unbelievable!Number 5 Listen to two people talking about places they know,and make notes. Every year for the last few years weve visited our friends in a small tiny little village in the middle of Franceand they bought a cowshed and it was literally a cowsshed with,not fit to live in and they have gradually made it better an renovated itand its in a beautiful position-its on the top of a hilland for miles around you can see this beautiful countryside,and I think only one other house so you do neet a car,and you take the car the tiny little village where there are about four or five shopsand a very nice restaurant where you can go and have a five course mealfor very little miney an also near is a very big lakebeautiful this place is in the Dordogne an there are lost of lakes there and we go there most afternoons an windsurf and sail.Also theres a very nice market-French market there once a week where you get lovely pates,lovely fresh fish,really good fresh fish and lovely bowls an baskets which th local people have made.I like this part of France very much but I think its shame that there are too many English people there.What kind of city is it?Its a very modern city.I expected that Tokyo would be quite old but there are very few parts of it which are old in fact at allbecause it was firebombed during the Second World War by the Americans,there are one or two temples that survievd that but basically its a city thats been built since 1945.Um,a lot of it is low rise;one-two-three-storey houses because of the earthquake danger,cos they get lots of earthquakes.Once youve mastered a little bit of japanese its relatively easy to get around ToKobecause theyve got an excellent subwa