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UNIT 11 VISITING THE FARM Lesson 21 Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises

Part I warming-up Exercises

A. Sentence Structure

Training Focus:

Recognizing tenses: 1. simple present 2. present continuous 3. present perfect 4. simple past 5. past continuous

6. simple future

Directions: This drill is for practice in recognizing tenses. Listen carefully. Pay attention to the verb form in each sentence. Draw a circle around the letter beside your choice.

Key:

1. My grandmother is still taking care of the garden. (a)

2. There were six people sitting around the table. (b)

3.Mary will show her friends around the farm. (c)

4.It is more attractive than a modern house. (b)

5. They grew fruits and vegetables. (c)

6. They have kept the horses and cows on the farm. (b)

7. Mary's parents were waiting for them. (c)

8. Mrs. Wells brought in the bacon and eggs. (a)

9. They usually have lunch at twelve o'clock. (b)

10. Peter has already finished his work. (a)

B. Difficult Sentences

Directions: You are going to hear some sentences chosen from the comprehension material in this lesson. Complete the sentences with what you hear on the tape.

1. Mrs. Wells brought in the bacon and eggs as soon as they sat down.

2. They will go to the other farm after Mary has shown them her parents' farm and all the animals.  

Part Ⅱ A Visit To The Wells Farm

Lesson 21

Ex. Ⅰ

Directions: Which of the four statements tells us the main idea of the passage?

Key: c

Ex. Ⅱ

Directions: Read the three pairs of statements. Which statement in each pair gives us a general idea, and which one gives us more specific details? Write G for general; S for specific.

Key: 1．G, S 2．S, G 3．G, S

Tapescript:

A Visit To The Wells' Farm (2′1″)

Last Sunday Michael, Penny and Mary Wells went to the Wells' farm. They left London early.

They reached the farm at a quarter past nine. Mary's parents were waiting for them. Breakfast was ready. The toast and marmalade and a big pot of tea were on the table. Mrs. Wells brought in the bacon and eggs as soon as they sat down. Mr. Wells was very hungry. He works for three hours before he has breakfast. Only one other man works on the farm. His name is bill Jason and he has breakfast with the Wells, so this morning there were six people sitting around the table.

Mr. Wells' farm is a small one. He has 30 cows, about 300 hens and he keeps some pigs as well .He grows wheat, potatoes and cabbages.

The farmhouse is very old. It is built of bricks and stone, and it's painted white. Near the farmhouse there are several buildings, and Mr. Wells keeps his tractors in one of them. He needs a lot of machinery.

Mary will show her friends round the farm when they have finished their breakfast. Mary wants to take them to another farm as well. There are some horses on that farm. The owner of the farm will lend them three horses and they can ride across the hills behind the farm. They will go to the other farm after Mary has shown them her parents' farm and all the animals.  

Part Ⅲ Round The Farm

Lesson 21

Ex.

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words and phrases you hear on the tape.

Key: (see tapescript)

Tapescript:

Round The Farm (56″)

Penny: What does your father grow, Mary?

Mary: He grows potatoes and cabbages, and other things like that, but he grows more wheat than vegetables.

Michael: Yes, your father told me about that.

Penny: What do you keep in that building?

Mary: Cows. Would you like to see inside? It's more modern than the house.

Michael: You've got a lovely house, Mary.

Mary: Yes, it was built almost 300 years ago. It's very old fashioned, but my parents don't want to change it. They have lived here since 1938.

Penny: They're right. It's much more attractive than a modern house.

Mary: But it's not as convenient, is it?

Michael: When are we going to get the horses, Mary? I want to go for a ride.

Mary: We'll go there when we've seen everything here.