Check-in 1

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2 Pan Lloyds Listening Companion for Secondary Students Book 2 2

Check-in 1

Numbers (over 100)

Practice 1

^{(5 marks)}

Listen and write down the numbers you hear.

1. 150

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Practice 2

^{(5 marks)}

Listen and circle the numbers you hear.

1. 16,000 60,000

2. 90,510 90,500

3. 100,570 100,575 4. 250,340 250,324 5. 119,545 190,549

100 = a/one hundred 1,000 = one thousand 10,000 = ten thousand

100,000 = one hundred thousand

1,000,000 = one million

1,000,000

The numbers before this comma are in the thousands.

The numbers before this comma are in the millions.

Here are some more examples:

234 = two hundred and thirty-four

2,340 = two thousand, three hundred and forty

23,450 = twenty-three thousand, four hundred and fifty

234,560 = two hundred and thirty-four thousand, five hundred and sixty

Some numbers sound similar.

Pay attention to the intonation, e.g.

13 (thirteen) and 30 (thirty)

Before listening, find out the difference between the two numbers, e.g.

26,301 and 26,302

Listen

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Vocabulary

Types of waste

Practice 1

^{(5 marks)}

Listen and circle the types of waste you hear.

1. Food waste / Packaging is a serious problem in such a rich society.

2. It is not very easy to recycle glass bottles / batteries .

3. Many countries charge shoppers for aluminium cans / plastic shopping bags . 4. The government should ban the use of polystyrene containers / newspapers .

5. We should try to reduce the use of packaging / aluminium cans as it seriously harms our environment.

Unit 3 Help the Earth

aluminium cans

food waste

packaging

batteries

glass bottles

plastic shopping bags

disposable items

newspapers

polystyrene containers

Listen

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Pan Lloyds Listening Companion for Secondary Students Book 2 6

Skill: Listening for descriptions of objects

We can use adjectives to describe objects according to their:

A The chairs are white.

B The sweets shop has a black door.

A There is a huge dish.

B The cup is medium in size.

C The bowl is tiny.

A The cafe has triangular tables.

B The windows are round.

A She bought a heavy suitcase.

B The gift box is light.

A

A C

B

Warm-up 1

^{(5 marks)}

Listen to the sentences and circle the correct answers.

1. The children’s section in the department store is pink / blue . 2. The ice rink in the shopping mall is big / small .

3. This cafe has triangular / round tables.

4. The toys sold in this toy shop are heavy / light .

5. This electronics shop usually sells light / heavy electrical items.

A

A B

B

shape

weight colour

size

Learn more huge = large = very big medium = average tiny = very small

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Find out the differences among the options before listening.

Practice 3

^{(7 marks)}

David is talking about his dream of owning a bakery. Listen and circle the correct letters.

1. David’s bakery will have .

A. big windows and a big door B. tiny windows and a big door C. tiny windows and a tiny door D. big windows and a tiny door 2. The corner with the Red Riding Hood theme will have .

A. red triangular tables B. red round tables C. blue triangular tables D. blue round tables 3. The Little Mermaid corner will have .

A. blue triangular tables B. blue rectangular tables C. green rectangular tables D. blue round tables 4. The size of the tables in the Little Mermaid corner will be .

A. huge B. tiny

C. medium D. small

5. The statues of Red Riding Hood and the Little Mermaid will be .

A. big B. tiny

C. medium in size D. huge

6. The cupcakes to be sold will be .

A. small and green B. medium and green

C. small and red D. medium and red

7. The bakery will also sell . A. blue cakes and round bread

B. blue cakes and square bread C. yellow cakes and square bread D. yellow cakes and round bread 8. Also on sale will be . A. big candy bags with tiny candies B. big candy bags with big candies C. heavy candy bags with big candies

D. light candy bags with tiny candies

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Skill: Note-taking skills

To take notes effectively, we can use numbers or bullets to organise points.

Hong Kong attractions 1. Ocean Park

• District: Aberdeen

• Activities: play exciting games, see animals 2. Temple Street

• District: Yau Ma Tei • Activity: go shopping

Write keywords only instead of complete sentences.

We can also use short forms or symbols to take notes.

Short forms Symbols

e.g.

for example

m

million

min

minute

Mon

Monday

Sun

Sunday

Dec

December

MK

Mong Kok

TST

Tsim Sha Tsui

HK

Hong Kong

UK

the United Kingdom

USA

the United States of America

 increase

 decrease

&

and

>

over

Warm-up 3

^{(5 marks)}

Listen to the sentences and write down the correct answers.

1. Tourists like to go shopping in .

2. Tourists can go from Central to by ferry.

3. Recently, the number of foreign tourists coming to Hong Kong has . 4. It only takes 15 to go from Mong Kok to Wan Chai by MTR.

5. There are many tourist attractions in Hong Kong, for example, The Peak, Ocean Park Hong Kong Disneyland.

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Practice 5

^{(10 marks)}

You are Peter Wong, the chairperson of the Social Science Club. Your club adviser Miss Chan is now telling you some information about Hong Kong tourism. Listen to the conversation and complete the note sheet.

Hong Kong Tourism

Details of study

• done by HKTC in ⁽¹⁾ 2017

• ⁽²⁾ 58.5 ⁽³⁾ visitors to HK in 2017

• ⁽⁴⁾ 3.2% from previous year

• from Mainland China, ⁽⁵⁾ ,

(6) (7) many other countries

Reasons for growth

Many sectors worked hard, ⁽⁸⁾ :

• hotel industry

• airline companies

• shopkeepers who kept shops open from ⁽⁹⁾ to

(10) .

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Assessment

Situation

You are Miss Lai, the school social worker. As part of your duties, you need to complete two tasks.

You now have two minutes to familiarise yourself with Tasks 1 and 2.

Task 1 Filling in some forms

^{(8 marks)}

To prepare for a workshop on family relationships, you are talking to two students who have happy families. Listen to the conversations and fill in the forms. You now have 30 seconds to study the task. At the end of the task, you will have one minute to tidy up your answers.

Student 1

(1) How did the student feel? (Tick 3 the correct box.)

A. fearful B. bored

C. lonely D. annoyed

(2) Why? (You can tick 3 more than one answer.)

A. parents’ long working hours B. ongoing disagreements C. over-protective parents D. stress from school

How did the student solve the problem?

• He (3) with his parents without getting angry.

Student 2

(4) How did the student feel? (Tick 3 the correct box.)

A. lonely B. annoyed

C. bored D. helpless

(5) Why? (You can tick 3 more than one answer.)

A. stress from school B. ongoing disagreements C. nagging mother D. sibling rivalry

How did the student solve the problem?

• She began to be (6) and (7) towards her sisters.

• She stopped being (8) of them.

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Listening & Integrated Tasks 2

Part A Situation

You are Tom Wong, a committee member of the Tourism Club. You are responsible for organising local tours for students and collecting feedback from them after the trips.

In Part A, you will have two tasks to do. Follow the instructions in the Question-Answer Book and on the recording to complete the tasks. You will find all the information you need in the Question- Answer Book and on the recording. You now have two minutes to familiarise yourself with Tasks 1 and 2.

Task 1 Completing a note sheet

(10 marks)

Your club adviser Miss Fan is giving a briefing session on the upcoming outing. Listen to the briefing and complete the note sheet. You now have 30 seconds to study the task. At the end of the task, you will have one minute to tidy up your answers.

END OF TASK 1

Big Buddha clean food Lantau Island lunch Ngong Ping pets water

Vocabulary help

Notes about the upcoming outing

Topic: the culture and heritage tour on

⁽¹⁾

Duration of the cable car journey:

⁽²⁾

minutes Opening hours of Ngong Ping 360 and Ngong Ping Village:

• Mon–Fri: 10:00 am–6:00 pm

• Sat, Sun & public holidays:

⁽³⁾

Things to do in the village:

• walk around

(4)

• pay a visit to the

⁽⁵⁾

• have our

⁽⁶⁾

at Po Lin Monastery

Other reminders:

• No

(7)

is allowed in the cable car since we need to keep the cabin

(8)

.

• Only

⁽⁹⁾

can be consumed in the cabin.

• No

⁽¹⁰⁾

are allowed on Ngong Ping 360 except guide dogs.

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Part B Situation

You are Claudia Chan, the secretary of the Fashion Society at Glory Secondary School. The chairperson Alex Mo has asked for your help.

You will listen to a conversation between Alex Mo and the teacher adviser Miss Kwan about the society’s upcoming activities.

Before the recording is played, you will have five minutes to study the Question-Answer Book and the Data File to familiarise yourself with the situation and the tasks.

Complete the tasks by following the instructions in the Question-Answer Book and on the recording. You will find all the information you need in the Question-Answer Book, the Data File and on the recording. As you listen, you can make notes on page 2 of the Data File.

You now have five minutes to familiarise yourself with the Question-Answer Book and the Data File.

Task 3 Poster

(14 marks)

Complete the poster below using information from the Data File.

Fashion Society

Clothes Donation Day

Date: (1) (Saturday)

Time: (2) Venue: (3)

What is this event?

 (4) will be collected from students.

 The donated clothes will be sent to the (5) to help

(6) .

What can be donated?

3 (7) 3 (8) 3 (9)

3 (10) 3 (11) 3 (12)

For enquiries, contact (13) on (14) .

END OF TASK 3