LM1001 – Integrated English I

Unit 2 – Nature

Listening Activity

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Part I

Look out of the window. What can you see? Buildings? Hills? Fields?

Cars? Can you see any people? What are they doing? Describe the scene.

Look at these places. Which one(s) do you most like? Why?

Part II – These words often go together. Match them. Can you see any of them in the landscape

outside the window.

a. shakeb. babiesc. sunnyd. starrye. bluef. redg. whiteh. greeni. flowersj. colors

1. clouds2. roses3. hands4. trees5. day6. night7. cry8. bloom9. of the rainbow10. skies

Part III - Listen to the song by Louis Armstrong, What a wonderful world! And fill in the blanks. (Track 24) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzJY96m3lkg

I see _____1 of green, red _____2 tooI see them _____3 for me and you

And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

I see _____4 of blue and _____5 of whitethe bright _____6 day, the dark _____7 night

And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

Part III - Listen to the song by Louis Armstrong, What a wonderful world! And fill in the blanks.

The _____8 of the rainbow so pretty in the skyAre also on the _____9 of people going by

I see friends shaking _____10 saying, “How do you do?” They're really saying, “I _____11 you.”

I hear _____12 cry; I watch them growThey'll _____13 much more than I'll never know

And I think to myself what a wonderful worldYes I think to myself what a wonderful world.

Answers of the song

1. trees2. roses3. bloom4. skies5. clouds6. sunny7. starry

8. colors9. faces10. hands11. love12. babies13. learn

Part IVGet in pairs and make a list of things that you think

are wonderful in the world or in your world. Compare your lists with a partner.