Likes and dislikes

Listening Practice
Please take down words related with likes and dislikes!

Signal Words

Maggie _____ likes swimming but she ______________ doesnt care for skiing. She _____ loves flying on planes and traveling by train but she hates _____ getting on buses because they are interested in too crowded and dirty. She is not __________ prefers reading playing the piano and she _______ to playing computer games. She _____ loves tofu going to Chinese restaurants and her _______ favorite food is spicy Sichuan bean curd.

After work she __________ is keen on listening to prefers light music to rock, music. She _______ because light music makes her feel relaxed. enjoys watching TV in the evening. She ______ She _____________ thinks a lot of news program but last kind of thing for her sitcoms are the ___________

to watch.

situational comedy

Lets have a try!

Y

entertainment

Maggie

Sports
Y

Y Y

food

transports

entertainment

Signal Words of Likes and Dislikes

Like/Love Be interested in Prefer(to) Favorite Be keen on Enjoy Think a lot of...
Answers (YES): I love it./I really like it. Its ok/all right. Answers (NO): I cant stand it. I dont like it at all. Answers (not YES not NO): I dont know. Im not really sure. Ive never (tried it).

hate Not care for Last kind of (Prefer)to

Listen More, please!

Mary and Stan have decided to go out after work. Theyre talking about what to do. Write their opinions about the following topics.

Signal words
Chinese food hamburgers musicals
Not really like want Really like it love ok hate

Mary

documentaries Cant stand them Want to see bowling

like like

Stan

Talking about Preferences

books read!
Sports had! Making a survey!

Monkey King The Legend of 3 States The Story of Waterside The Dream of the Red Mansion

Some Western Literature books!

Oliver Twist Great Expectations

The Scarlet Letter Gone with the Wind The Old Man and The Sea A farewell to arms Romeo and Juliet Uncle Toms Cabin Tess Far From the Madding Crowd

Wuthering Heights Vanity Fair

Emma Adventures of Robinson Crusoe A Tale of Two Cities Pride and Prejudice Little Woman

The Return to the Native

Gulliver's Travels The Call of the Wild The Adventure of Tom sawyer

Do you know them?

What sports do they play?

Do you know them?

What sports do they play?

Can you name the sport items shown above?

Speaking Vocabulary
Individual sports gymnas tics rings horizont al bar trapeze parallel bars weightlifting

weights
judo

boxing
fencing

wrestling
archery

Speaking Vocabulary
Track and field events
middle-distance race dash/sprint 400-m relay decathlon high jump broad /distance /long jump shot put 400 long-distance runner the 400 metre hurdles marathon cross-country race triple jump pole vault discus throw javelin throw/ dart throw 400

throwing the hammer race walking/walking race

Speaking Vocabulary
billiards

snooker softball
golf goalkeepe r to score a goal racket

Ball games / rugby tennis

basketball

baseball hockey
ice hockey throw in, line-out the mixed doubles table tennis

handball
cricket goal kick men's singles bowling

Speaking Vocabulary
Water sports breastst butterfly roke (stroke) backstr oke rowing surfing water- skiing diving competition three-meter springboard diving platform ten-meter platform

swimmin g pool freestyle/ crawl water polo sailing swimmin g lane canoe

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Assignment: Making a survey!

Making a survey on eating habits among your classmates, and then write a report on eating habits and the relationship between them and the geographic area where the people were raised.
1. Design four more questions on eating habits and possible answers to them; 1. Conduct a survey among 5 people; 2. Collect data; 3. Analyze the data 4. Write a report When asking your classmates, use signal words of likes and dislikes ask 2 people in your group and 3 people from other 3 groups

Assignment: Making a survey!

Making a survey on eating habits among your classmates, and then write a report on eating habits and the relationship between them and the geographic area where the people were raised.
Questionnaire 1. 2. A. 3. A. B. B. B. C. B. C. ? D. Where are you from? ? D. A. East China B. South China C. West China D. North China

4.
A. 5. A. C. ? C.

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D. D.