Lesson 5

Listening

1. Listen to Samir and Taha discussing the story of Black Beauty. Choose the correct answers.

1. What doesn't Samir understand?
a. What the word 'personification' means.
b. What the story is about.

2. How does Taha explain it to Samir?
a. He repeats it.
b. He gives an example, and tries to say it a different way.

2. Listen again and put the expressions in the order that you hear them.

a. I'm still confused. Could you say that another way? 4
b. I'm sorry, but I'm not sure what you mean by that. 1
c. Could you give me an example? 2
d. When you say ..., do you mean ... ? 3
e. Ah, I see. I understand that now. 5

3. Listen to three more conversations and match them with the topics they talk about a-c.

a. Explaining how something works. 2
b. Discussing an opinion. 3
c. Asking for directions. 1