English Listening Lesson: Favorite Movie & Book

Warm-up

Describe your favorite movie and/or book. Why do you like it so much?

Activity 1 – Pre-Learn Vocabulary

bride (n.) = when a woman is getting married, she is called the “bride” on her wedding day. (and the man is called the “groom”)

farmhand (n.) = a person who is employed to work on a farm.

fencing (n.) = a type of sport in which the competitors fight with long, thin swords:

pirate (n.) = a bandit who robs ships on the ocean:

witch (n.) = a woman who does magic, using spells, potions, etc. The male equivalent is a wizard.

villain (n.) = the “bad” character in the story, who is usually the enemy of the hero

satire (n.) = a story that is based on another story (or on real events), but which changes things and uses irony, sarcasm, or ridicule to be humorous or to make a thought-provoking point

Activity 2 – Listen for General Ideas

Speakers: Dan, Ashley – Australian

Slower Audio

Faster Audio

Activity 3 – Listen for Specific Details

Slower Audio

Faster Audio

Activity 4 – Listen for Specific Words

Download the Word document and go to page 4.

You can fill in the words in the document as you listen (or print it out and use a pencil).

If you need to, you can pause the audio in order to have time to write the words.

In this activity, it is very common to need to listen several times – so if you miss a word, don’t worry – you can go back in the audio, or listen again.

Slower Audio

Faster Audio

Check Your Answers – Complete Transcript

Download the Word document and go to page 6.

There is also explanation of additional vocabulary at the end of the Word document.

Download links:

• Pre-Learn Vocabulary Audio
• Slow Audio – Dan
• Slow Audio – Ashley
• Fast Audio – Dan
• Fast Audio – Ashley
• Extra Vocabulary Audio
• Word document
• PDF