教材试题 Unit 4 Listening and Speaking

Unit 4 Body language

Listening and speaking

1 Can you guess the correct order of the pictures below? Write your guesses. Then listen

to the story on the cassette tape and write down the correct order.

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2 Work in groups of three and act the story you just heard. Act it out once without

speaking. Then act it a second time with words. Use the expressions below to

help you.

You may not… Do not… You must… Be careful when…

Always stay… You should never…Watch out! You’ll have to…

Keep away from…Look out! You will need to… You’ll be fined (200) yuan.

LISTENING TEXT

TO DRIVE OR NOT TO DRIVE

C＝CYCLIST P＝POLICEMAN

Lin Pu is excited, but very nervous. He just got his driver’s license last week and

yesterday bought his brother-in-law’s old car. Today, he is driving in the city for the first

time. Taxis are going in every direction. People are crossing the street without paying

attention to the cars, and the people riding bikes never took before they turn.

Just then, the traffic light in front of him turns red and the car in front of him stops

suddenly. Lin Pu quickly turns to the right to avoid hitting the car in front of him. Crash! He

hits a bicycle and knocks over a basket full of apples. Then he sees a policeman, walking

toward him.

C：Look what you did! All my apples are on the road! You must pay for them!

P：Driver, what were you thinking? You didn’t stay in your lane! You’ll have to pay a fine for

this.

L：I’m sorry! I was just trying not to hit that car in front of me. I’ve just got my licence and

I’m not used to driving in the city.

C：I don’t care if he is used to it or not! Shouldn’t he have to pay for my apples, sir?

P：Well, he’ll certainly need to pay a fine for breaking this traffic rule. You two will need to

discuss what to do about the apples.

L：I don’t have any money. I spent it all on this car!

C：Well, then at least you can pick up my apples!

P：You can sell that car or something else, but you must pay this fine by the end of the

month.

L：Oh, dear! Why did I ever buy a car?

Exercise 1：

The arrangement of the pictures tests literal comprehension of the order of events in the

passage.

Answer key：

Picture 2, Picture 1, Picture 3, Picture 4, Picture 6, Picture 5 Exercise 2：

Sample directions：

Lin PU and his brother-in-law － one line each for dialogue. The body language will show

money changing hands, smiling faces, shaking hands and the brother-in-law smiling very

happily and rubbing his hands with joy.

Lin Pu driving－nervously looking around, reacting to traffic, sudden left turn, reacting to

crash.

Cyclist－angry, pointing at bicycle, pointing at apples on road, shaking his fist（closed

hand）at Lin Pu, shouting.

Policeman－walking slowly and frowning, taking out paper to write on, shaking finger at

Lin Pu, pointing at red light, pointing at traffic lanes, shaking his head.

Students should continue in this manner until the whole scene is completed. Then

following their own directions and using their first two lines of dialogue and the dialogue in

the listening passage, they should present the scene to the class.