Exercise 1: Listen to advice of international students about culture shock.
Exercise 2: Listen to report of sport A: Fill in the blank
B: Chose true (T), false (F) or not given (NG)
Exercise 3: Listen to song and fill the blanks.
Exercise 4: Listen a suggestion.
Exercise 1: You are going to hear an international student adviser giving advice on culture shock. Listen and complete the notes below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Ways to minimize the effects of culture shock
It’s important to understand that culture shock can …1….………….Keep 2…………………friends and family at home, through phone call or e-mail. Make sure you have …3…………... of your friends and family,
Make new friends - 5…………………….will understand what you’re feeling. Also make friends with local students if you can.
Use the drop-in centre and other services which can give you 6…………………… beside , you may not use a service support networks , so the most important thing is to find some people who will listen 7……………., rather than ..8…………….. culture is usually …9…………… in fact , is can be a …10………………………..experience , making you more aware of aspect of your own culture as well as the new culture .
Exercise 2: a. Fill in the blank 1. The marathon has……….the imagination of all over the world 2. The biggest marathon in the nation is the…………marathon 3. On November fifth, almost…………….people finished the race. 4. The first women’s marathon was hold in ……in Los Angeles, California. b. Chose true (T), false (F) or not given (NG): 5. Jelena Prokopcuka of Latvia was the men’s champion in just over two hours and twenty-five minutes. 6. The most famous person in the race is Lance Armstrong. 7. The Boston marathon is the oldest marathon race. 8. Roberta Gibb became the first women in Boston’s marathon. 9. Marathon race is held every year in US. 10. Forty-five percent of marathon