GSLC (Meeting 9)
GSLC (Meeting 9)
GSLC (Meeting 9)
NIM: 2401860104
Course: English Savy
Class: LG11
SLIDE 6
Activity 3. Listen to the story of the phoenix – Track 2.46. Decide if the sentences below are
true (T) or false (F).
1. The sun told the phoenix that it would never die. (True)
2. The phoenix lived for six hundred years in a desert. (False)
3. The phoenix began to lose its strength. (True)
4. The sun shone down on the phoenix and burnt it to ashes. (True)
5. The same phoenix from the ashes. (True)
Activity 4. Look at these sentences from the listening. Underline the phrasal verbs.
Working with a partner and take turns to explain the meaning.
1. Glorious Phoenix, you shall be my bird. I shall look after you and you shall live forever!
It means to take care of someone/something and make sure they have it.
2. The phoenix flew for a long time before it came across a hidden desert.
It means to find something by chance
3. The phoenix asked the sun to give it its strength back.
It means to give someone that they had before
4. The phoenix thought the situation over and decided to return to the place of its origin.
It means to think about/consider something carefully
5. It picked up pieces of bark and all kinds of fragrant leaves.
It means to lift up from a surface
6. After a while the flames died down. Only a heap of silvery-grey ash remained.
It means to become less active/strong
7. It set off for the faraway desert again.
It means to start a journey
8. The rising phoenix has come to stand for rebirth, change and survival.
It means to represent
Slide 9
Activity 7. Listen to Track 2.47 ,scene of a novel. Did you have similar ideas? You will see a
set of events below. Put events in the right order.
1. He tries to back away from beatrice
2. He almost trips over a bridesmaid
3. He loses his balance
4. He lurches towards the wedding cake
5. He tries to regain his balance
6. His feet slip under him and he collapses
7. He lands in the wedding cake
Activity 8. Look at the verbs in Activity 7. Match them with the definitions below. Use a
dictionary if necessary.
1. to move suddenly in an uncontrolled way = lurch
2. to be unable to stand and stay steady= lose his balance
3. to come down to a surface after failing through the air= land
4. to fall down suddenly= collapse
5. to hit your foot on something and fall= trip over
6. to move quickly across a surface= slip
BAD DAY FOR ME
Andy always wake up 6 am in the morning to go to the office for working. But something
bad happened to andy when andy set off for work this morning, andy car broke down, so
Andy ended up taking the bus to the office. As soon as andy got off andy bumped into an
old friend, Paul. While andy and paul were talking, he brought up something that I had
already found out from andy mutual friends in social media, that he had come into some
money and set up his own business. he said that there was a lot to sort out and offered to
take me on, but I turned him down straigtly.