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Listening

In this section, you will learn how to:

respond to news item texts.

Activity Answer the following questions orally.
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1. What is your reaction when you hear bad news?

2. What is your reaction when you hear good news?
3. What will you say if you hear a news that surprise
you?
4. What news that make you surprise lately?

Activity Listen and repeat these expressions. What kind of
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expressions are they?
1. What a surprise!

2. Oh really? Is it true?
3. Are you serious?
4. You must be kidding.
5. Good heavens!
6. No, I don't believe it.
7. I find that very surprising.

Activity Listen to the tape attentively to complete the dialogue.
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Compare your answer with your friends'.

Dialogue 1
Iwan reads a newspaper. He finds news that attracts his
attention and informs his father.
Iwan : Dad, 1 ! There was an earthquake
in Ecuador. Many people became homeless. 2
.
Father : 3 . Another disaster? (Then, Iwan's
father reads the newspaper.)
Iwan : Yeah. It's very tragic. Thousands of people were
killed.
Father : 4 . Remember the earthquake in
our country last year. Ecuador's earthquake
is worse than in our country. I can't imagine
that.