UNIT 3 Why don't you get her a scarf?
SECTION A
1b Listen and number the comments in the order you hear them.
2a Listen. In each conversation about gifts, who is the person shopping for? Put a check (P) in the correct column.
2b Listen again and write the suggestions and comments in the chart below.
SECTION B
2a Listen and number the pets in the order you hear them. Write the numbers on the lines in the chart.
2b Listen again and draw lines to match the pets with the comments.
3a Read the article and answer these questions.
The trendiest kind of pet these days is the pot-bellied pig.
David smith of North London has a pot-bellied pig named Connie.
"pot-bellied pigs make the best pets", said David.
"She watches TV on sofa with me every night.
She's my best friend."
However, life with a pig isn't always perfect.
"When I go my pig, she was small," said David, "but she eats a lot.
Now she's too big to sleep in the house, so I made her a special pig house.
Also, pigs need a lot of love.
Sometimes I don't have enough time to spend with her".
2 Read the passage and then write about the most popular gifts among your friends and family.
Everyone likes gifts.
Some little kids think they don't get enough gifts.
Some old people think they get too many gifts.
Different people like different kinds of gifts.
Some presents are never too small.
A little child may give his mother a leaf a tree.
It is enough to make her very happy.
Gift giving is different in different countries.
In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts.
But they are not opened.
Later, the same gift may be given away to someone else.
Many people have enough thins and don't want too many gifts themselves.
In Canada, many people will not give big gifts go someone else.
They will pay for a park bench or a tree to help remember a person.
In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buy them gifts.
In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift.
People don't need to spend too much money.
Instead, making a meal is enough.
Why don't you learn to sing English songs?
China will be the host for the 2008 Olympics, and so many Chinese people try to improve their English in different ways.
For ex-ample, twenty-four young singers from across China entered a contest by singing popular English songs.
Nearly all the singers sang very clearly, and looked comfortable on stage.
Some of these singers were able to sing English songs just as well as native speakers.
The singers really came from all age groups, and from Xi'an, and the winner of the women's competition was a 19-year-old girl from Dalian.
Both winners were very modest, and said that they didn't think they were better than the other singers.
Jiang Mei, the winner of the wormen's competition, said studying English helped her win the prize.
Six months earlier, she felt her English was not good enough, so she had to study hard .
She also said that singing English songs made her more interested in learning English.
This kind of contest encourages people in China to speak English.
"Chinese people should try to speak English more.
We should try to make progress before the Olympics," said a spokesperson from the Olympic Committee.
He agrees that it is a good idea to have fun with English.
Have you ever heard of the Beijing speaks English program?
If not, why don't you find out about it?
It suggests ways for Beijingers to take an interst in learning English.
Besides singing English songs, there are many other fun ways to learn English