Listening. Book assistant

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LISTENING
Prepared by: Hemrayeva Dilfuza
10.3-908

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Book assistant

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Look at the picture and try to
guess what we are going to
talk about in class today
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5

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New words
sand
shells
pebbles
rocks
stretch
beach
waves
unique
dunes
песок
ракушки
галька
каменистый
протянуться
пляж
волны
уникальный
дюна, бархан

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Task 1. Which of the beaches in
the pictures has got…?
a) white sand?
b) shells?
c) black sand?
d) pebbles?
e) rocks?
f) dunes?
Nambia Beach
Agate Beach
Paradise Beach
East Cape Beach
Pukashwa Beach

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Task 2. Listen to the audio and insert
the missing words in the text
Sun , sea and a 1)…… of sand are what make a perfect holiday .
Relaxing on the 2)…….. is the ultimate holiday experience for
many people but do you know ( where beaches come from ? You
usually find beaches where the sea meets the coasts . Beaches
take thousands of years to form. The 3)…….. and the wind help
make beaches . As 4)…….. waves crash into 5)……. shores , they
throw the rocks around and break them into stones and then into
6)……. . With time , the waves grind the pebbles into sand . There
are many different types of beaches . Each beach has its own
characteristics that make it 7)……. . There are beaches with black
or green sand , which results from lava from volcanoes . Others
have pink or white sand which comes from corals . There are also
rocky beaches , 8)……… beaches and ones covered with pebbles .
Finally there are beaches with beautiful sand hills called 9)……..
which remind us of deserts .

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Task 3. Listen to the audio text
again and answer the questions
1)What makes a vacation perfect?
2)Where can beaches usually be found?
3)How many years does it take to form a
beach?
4)What types of beaches exist?

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Task 4. Listen to the audio text again
and mark the sentences 1-5 (T -true)
and (F-false). Correct the false
sentences.
1. Sand and sea form beaches. ……..
2. Sand comes from pebbles. ……….
3. All the beaches are of the same material. ……
4. Coral makes pink sand. ……..
5. You can only see dunes in deserts. ……..

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Home task
Choose one of the beaches that we studied today,
find a message about the beach (10 sentences) and
record an audio message about the selected beach
and prepare two questions on your topic.