LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Students

Worksheet

Class :
UNDERSTANDING THE RECORDING
GENERAL COMPREHENSION

Listen to the recording once and complete the table.

Nature of the document

Number of people talking

Their Names and roles

Name of the programme

Main topic

DETAILED COMPREHENSION

PART 1 ( I

suppose so

Tick the exact location of the community .

They live in

Lancaster Manchester County Country , in South Virginia

Pennsylvania

Listen for information about their way of life .

a- Tick the

things the

Amish people are familiar with . (the

things they have)

Farmhouses modern farm technology wood stoves wells
telephones electricity
central heating indoor water pipes
cars buggies horses

b- Complete these quotations with words that

refer to the

Past

you hear which

- It was like a trip

- The Amish live much like

.
c- Choose the right answer :

The Amish have

no

a lot of

a little

contact with the outside world.

d-Using the information you have just found , explain what

you

have learnt so far about the Amish way of life .

PART 2 ( ten

per cent of the population.

Find out how this community makes a living.

a- Listen and circle the words you hear in each category.

crops

corn peas peanuts rice

cotton tobacco - coconuts

Farm animals

sheep cows donkeys pigs turkeys

horses rabbits chickens

b- Find the following information :

an activity each family does on its own :

Two things they do together as

c-

a community :

Amish make

Now explain how the

a living and the role of the

community in their lives .

Listen to information about the past of this community .

a- Pick out references to countries, places and religion.
Countries and Places

b- Identify the

Religion

dates and numbers and say what they refer

to .

..

and

..

..

c- Find a synonym for the Amish

They are also known

as

the

d- Using the elements above, complete the following

paragraph ( one blank = one word)
The Amish , also known as the
.., emigrated from their home
countries of and
in the and
to come to live in the
d- Tick the correct answer . Hes all of thirty-one means :
.
Hes already one .

He belongs to a battalion of 31
They left because of
soldiers . All the soldiers are 31.
. . Many decided to settle in the state of

because they were promised

.
After all these years they still speak .

PART 3 ( end. )
Today about Amish live in
Listen to information about the Past of this community .
.. county.
a- Find words and expressions linked to the two following

lexical fields.
Conflict

Religion

b- Circle the words that you hear to complete the sentence

.

They believe that

people with

Christians must always treat other

respect / tolerance/ love

/justice/gentleness.

and

generosity

c- Pick out 2 jobs mentioned :

-
-
d- Say how the

Amish feel about these jobs. Use elements you

have found above to explain why.