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LESSON
BEFORE YOU LISTEN
A 5:37 Vocabulary
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Vocabulary Flash Card Player
Have students look at the photographs and read the
geographic nouns. Then have them listen and repeat
chorally.
To provide practice with the nouns, describe a place. Ask
students to call out the noun.
Its an area of land completely surrounded by water.
(An island.)
Its a large mass of ice. (A glacier.)
Its between two mountains or mountain ranges.
(A valley.)
Have students look at the photographs and read the
geographic adjectives. Then have them listen and repeat
chorally.
To provide practice with the adjectives, describe a type of
geography. Ask students to call out the adjective.
When it hardly ever rains and there are very few plants.
(Dry / arid.)
When there are no mountains or hills. (Flat.)
5:38 Strong positive adjectives
Have students read the Strong positive adjectives. Ask
them to listen and repeat. To clarify the meaning of the
adjectives, point out that they all mean very impressive
or exciting. To clarify the meaning of the nouns, point
out that scenery, view, and sights are often used to
describe nature. If necessary, provide definitions of the
nouns: scenery (The natural features of a place, such as
mountains, forests, and deserts.); views (The area that
you can see from a place.); and sights (Things that you
can see.).
Language and culture
From the Longman Corpus: The adjective lush
frequently collocates with the adjective green (lush green
valleys / lawns / hills).
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
A 5:39 Listen for main ideas
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teaching time:
5
minutes
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To prepare students for listening, have them read the
questions to know what information to listen for.
Encourage students to take notes as they listen.
To review, have students compare answers with a partner
and then review with the class.
AUDIOSCRIPT
MITSUHIKO YAMAGICHI [Japanese]
Last July, my wife and I took a trip to Canada to visit
a place called Banff National Park. We flew from Tokyo to
Vancouver, which is a beautiful city in the west of Canada, and
we rented a car and drove to Banff. Its about eight hundred
kilometers to the east of Vancouver, so it took about nine hours
to get there. The park is located in the southwest corner of the
province of Alberta.
In Banff, we stayed at a huge old hotel right on Lake
Louise. The Lake Louise Hotel is really famousyou can see
it in pictures on the internet. It was pretty expensive, but worth
it. Lake Louise was breathtakingits a beautiful greenish blue
color and surrounded by mountains. Even in July, you could still
see snow at the top of many of the mountains. The lake was like
a mirrorwhen we hiked around it, we could actually see the
mountains and the hotel in the lake. And at the far end of the
lake, at the foot of Mount Victoria, you can see Victoria Glacier.
It was really spectacular. Thats where a lot of the water in Lake
Louise comes from.
There are lots of hiking paths from Lake Louise, and we
hiked every day. The fresh, clean air and the green forests were
amazing. One day we actually saw a bear! Another time we
followed the path to Fairview Mountain, which has amazing
cliffsreally high up. When you get to the top, the views are
fantastic.
We also visited Johnson Canyon, a short drive from Lake
Louise. There are seven different waterfalls you can visit. Near
some of the falls, the path was a little slippery, so we had to be
careful. But each one was extraordinary. My wife couldnt stop
taking pictures.
We spent four days there, and it was an unforgettable trip.
Learning Strategies

Learning Strategies

B Pair work
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To model the activity, read the speech balloon with

the class.
Encourage students to talk about places they know or
other places they may have read about. You may want
to ask pairs to write four or five sentences describing
these places.
To review, have several students describe the places
they discussed.

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