Today our topic of discussion is-Talks Speeches
Talks Speeches
You often listen to the lectures and speches in classroom, seminars or in other social functions. In this lesson you will listen to some talks/speeches and do some activities to improve your listening skills.
Objectives:
When you complete lesson 1.3, you will be able to: say specific information from a talk/lecture. take notes of the key points from a speech.
Situation : Description of a Dinosaur
List of Vocabulary and Language Points:
Dinosaur, largest, vegetarian, perish, animal, Stegosaurus, earth, period of time, scales, million, shallow, meat-eating, disappeared, plants, messages, fossil. At a science conference a speaker delivers a speech on Dinosaurs who lived long ago, and now is perished from the earth forever.
Speaker:
Dinosaurs lived on the earth for 135 million years. They appeared about 200 million years ago and they disappeared 65 million years ago. They were the largest animals ever to live on earth, and they ruled the earth for a long period of time.
These largest animals lived in North America, in Africa and in Europe. During that period the land in North America was under a large, shallow sea. The early dinosaurs walked on two feet and they ate meat. The later dinosaurs were larger and walked on four feet. Some of the later dinosaurs were they ate plants only.
The Stegosaurus was very large of its kind. It was a plant eater but it was often in danger from the meat-eating dinosaurs. It had scales along its back to protect itself from the meat-eating dinosaurs.
The Stegosaurus was so large that it took a long time for messages to travel from its brain to its legs. To solve this problem, it developed a second brain by its back legs to control its leg movements.
Why did dinosaurs die out? Probably a change in weather made serious problems for them. The plant life and the weather changed. Perhaps the dinosaurs couldn’t change fast enough. The fossils of dinosaurs can be seen in the Dinosaur National Park. This park is in Utah and Colorado. Fossils are bones which have become stone. Fossils have taught us a lot about these great animals of the past.
Review Questions 1.3.1: Put Tick (√) marks beside the answers, you choose as correct the right box for your answer.
1.The dinosaurs lived on earth for
(a) for 135 million years
(b) 35 Million Years
(c) 230 million years
(d) 145 million years.
2.They appeared on earth about
(a) 210 million years ago
(b) 120 million years ago
(c)200 million years ago
(d) 300 million years ago
3.The dinosaurs disappeared:
(a) 85 million years ago
(b) 65 million years ago
(c) 60 million years ago
(d) 75 million years ago
4.They ruled the earth
(a) for a long period of time
(b) for a short period of time
(c) for an indefinite period of time
(d) for few years
5.Dinosaurs lived in
(a) North America, in South America, and in Asia
(b) North America, in Asia and in Europe
(c) South America, in Africa and in Europe
(d) North America, in Africa and in Europe
6.The early dinosaurs walked on
(a) 4 feet
(b) 2 feet
(c) 6feet
(d) 8 feet
7.They ate
(a)meat
(b) vegetables
(c) plants
(d) fish
8.The Stegosaurus was a
(a) plant-eater
(b) meat-eater
(c) fish-eater
(d) none-vegetarian
9.The Stegosaurus developed scale along its back
(a) to fight
(b) to do nothing in particular
(c) to protect itself
(d) to swim
10.The Stegosaurus developed a ‘second brain’ by its back legs to
(a) control its leg movement(
b) walk better
(c) stop whenever it wished
(d) control its eating
11.The fossils of dinosaurs can be seen in the
a)Dinosaur National Zoo
b)National Park
c)National Museum
(d)Dinosaur National Park
12. The Dinosaur national park is in
(a) Utah
(b) Colorado
(c) Toronto and Colorado
(d) Utah and Colorado
13. Fossils are bones which have become
(a) stones
(b) earth
c)soil
d)solid
Review Questions 1.3.2: Fill in the following blanks.
1. Dinosaurs appeared about……. years ago and disappeared
million years ago.
2. They were the animals ……ever to live on earth.
3. They lived in _, in and ….in
4. The early dinosaurs ate……
5.The later dinosaurs walked on…… feet.
6. Some of the later dinosaurs were…….
7.The was…… very large of its kind. 8.It had scales to protect itself from the ….din saurs.
9. It developed a …….by its back-legs.
10. 11. A change in made serious problem for them. have taught us a lot about these great animals of the past.
Situation : The Tragedy of the Titanic.
List of Vocabulary and Language Points:
Titanic, tragedy, iceberg, officer, lifeboat, drill, passenger, rescue, steamship company, radio, ice warnings, Carpathia, speed, direction, sink.
In 1912, the Titanic hit an iceberg on its first trip across the Atlantic, and it sank four hours later. At that time the Titanic was the largest ship that had ever traveled on the sea. It was carrying 2207 people, but it had taken on enough lifeboats for only 1178 people.
When the passengers tried the leave the ship, only 651 of them were able to get into the lifeboats.
The Carpathia was 58 miles away when the Titanic called on its radio for help. It arrived two hours after the great ship had gone down, and it saved 705 people. In the tragedy 1502 people had lost their lives.
Through the whole tragedy, the Californian was only ten miles away. They never received the Titanic’s call for help, and they didn’t come to rescue until too late.
There are reason behind this tragic incident. First of all, nobody had prepared for such a tragedy. Nobody had believed that the Titanic could sink.
The steamship company had thought that its ship would be completely safe in all situations. They supplied lifeboat for only half the people. The passengers had not received their lifeboat numbers, and never practiced lifeboat drill before the accident.
The ship had already received six ice warnings on its radio when it struck the ice berg. Yet, it had not changed its direction or its speed. It was impossible to change direction quickly enough when the iceberg came in sight.
After this accident, ocean travel changed. Now there are always enough lifeboats for everybody. Ships don’t go so far north in water, and they watch carefully for ice. Radio officers work 24 hours a day. A tragedy like the sinking of the Titanic should never happen again.
Review Questions 1.3.3: Fill in the blanks while you listen to Situation 1.3.2.
the
1. In …hit an iceberg on its trip across the….
2. It sank….. hours later.
3.It was carrying ….people, but it had taken on enough lifeboat
for only……people.
4. Only …..of the passengers were able to get into lifeboats.
5. The …was… radio for help. miles away when the Titanic called on its
6. The Carpathia saved people…..
7. In the accident ……people had lost their lives.
8.Nobody had believed that the Titanic could…..
9. The steamship company had supplied lifeboats for only …..people.
10. The passengers had not received their lifeboat…. practiced the lifeboat before the accident.
11. The ship had already received……. ice warnings.
12.Yet it had not changed its…..or its
13.Now, there are always enough….. for everybody.
14. Ships don’t go so far in….
15. ……work 24 hours a day.
Answer key :
Situation : Review and Test
1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5 (c) 6. (b) 7.(a) 8. (a) 9.(c)10. (a) 11. (d) 12.(d)
13 (a)
Situation : Review and Test
1.200/65 2. largest 3. North America, Africa, Europe 4. meat 5. four 6. vegetarians 7. Stegosaurus 8. meat eating 9. second brain 10. weather 11. fossils.
Situation:Review and Test
1. 1912 / Titanic / first / Atlantic 2.4 3.2207/1178 4.651 5. Carpathia / 58 6. 705 7. 1502 8. sink 9. half 10. numbers / drill 11. 6 12. direction speed 13. lifeboats 14. North/water 15. Radio officers.