Likes and dislikes

Listening Practice

Please take down words related

with likes and dislikes!

Signal Words
 likes swimming but she
Maggie _____
doesn’t care for skiing. She _____
______________ loves flying
on planes and traveling by train but she
hates
_____ getting on buses because they are
too crowded and dirty. She is not interested in
__________
prefers reading
playing the piano and she _______
loves
to playing computer games. She _____
tofu
going to Chinese restaurants and her
favorite food is spicy Sichuan bean curd.
_______
 is keen on listening to
After work she __________
prefers light music to rock,
music. She _______
because light music makes her feel relaxed.
enjoys watching TV in the evening.
She ______
thinks a lot of news program but
She _____________
last kind of thing for her
sitcoms are the ___________
to watch. situational
comedy
 try! entertainment
Y

Y
Maggie
N
Sports

food
Y
N Y
Y
transports
N
entertainment
Signal Words of “Likes” and “Dislikes”
Like/Love Answers (YES):
Be interested in • I love it./I really like it.
• It’s ok/all right.
Prefer…(to…)
Favorite
Answers (NO):
Be keen on • I can’t stand it.
Enjoy • I don’t like it at all.
Think a lot of...
Answers (not YES not NO):
hate • I don’t know.
Not care for • I’m not really sure.
• I’ve never (tried it).
Last kind of…
(Prefer…)to…
Listen More, please!
Mary and Stan have decided to go out after work. They’re
talking about what to do. Write their opinions about the
following topics.

Signal words

Chinese food Not really like love

Mary
hamburgers want ok

musicals Really like it hate

documentaries Can’t stand them Want to see

Stan
bowling like like
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 •The Scarlet Letter
• Great Expectations • Gone with the Wind
• Wuthering Heights •The Old Man and The Sea
• Vanity Fair  • A farewell to arms
• Emma •Romeo and Juliet
• Adventures of Robinson • Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Crusoe • Tess
• A Tale of Two Cities •Far From the Madding Crowd
• Pride and Prejudice • The Return to the Native
• Little Woman •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 体操 horizont 单杠 parallel 双杠

tics al bar bars
rings 吊环 trapeze 秋千 weight- 举重
lifting
weights 重量级 boxing 拳击 wrestling 摔跤

judo 柔道 fencing 击剑 archery 射箭

Speaking Vocabulary
Track and field events
middle-distance race 中长跑 long-distance runner 长跑运动
员
dash/sprint 短跑 the 400 metre 400 米栏
hurdles
400-m relay 400 米接力跑 marathon 马拉松

decathlon 十项 cross-country race 越野跑

high jump 跳高 triple jump 三级跳
broad /distance /long 跳远 pole vault 撑竿跳
jump
shot put 推铅球 discus throw 掷铁饼
throwing the hammer 掷链锤 javelin throw/ dart 掷标枪
throw
race walking/walking 竞走
race
Speaking Vocabulary
Ball games
billiards 台球 / rugby 橄榄球 basketball 篮球
桌球
snooker 斯诺克 tennis 网球 baseball 棒球

softball 垒球 handball 手球 hockey 曲棍

球
golf 高尔夫 cricket 板球 ice hockey 冰球
球
goalkeepe 守门员 goal kick 球门发 throw in, 边线
r 球 line-out 发球
to score a 射门得 men's 男子单 the mixed 混合
goal 分 singles 打 doubles 双打
racket 球拍 bowling 保龄球 table tennis 乒乓
球
Speaking Vocabulary

Water sports
swimmin 游泳 breastst 蛙 butterfly 蝶泳
g pool 池 roke 泳 (stroke)
freestyle/ 自由 backstr 仰 diving 跳水
crawl 式 oke 泳 competition
water 水球 rowing 划 three-meter 3 米跳
polo 船 springboard 板
sailing 帆船 surfing 冲 diving platform 跳台
运动 浪
swimmin 泳道 water- 滑 ten-meter 10 米
g lane skiing 水 platform 跳台
canoe 划艇
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. Where are you from?
A. East China B. South China C. West China D. North China
2. ?
A. B. C. D.
3. ?
A. B. C. D.
4. ?
A. B. C. D.
5. ?
A. B. C. D.