LISTENING ACTIVITIES

NARRATIVE TEXT

PRE LISTENING ACTIVITY

Are you ready to begin students?OK, look at the pictures below, and then choose the right sentence based on the picture!

1. a. The two mice are having dinner.

b. The two mice are writing.

2. a. The mouse is bringing an umbrella.

b. The mouse is bringing a bag.

3. a. The two mice are riding a car.

b. A mouse is riding a car.

4. a. The two mice want to eat a cheese.

b. The two mice want to eat a bread.

5. a. The short mouse brings an umbrella.

b. The tall mouse wears a hat.

WHILST QUESTIONS

Well students, here I have an audio. Please listen to the monologue carefully. After that, answer the questions.

Aesop - The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse "> Found at abmp3 search engine

QUESTIONS

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POST LISTENING ACTIVITY

Match the words below with the meaning!

1.Acquaintances	a. a cupboard or small room used, especially in the past, for storing food in a person's home
2. Mouse	b. place where people live and work, containing many houses, shops, places of work, places of entertainment, etc., and usually larger than a village but smaller than a city
3. Country	c. to give someone something that they need
4. Town	d. to ask or request someone to go to an event
5.Invite	e. to be greater than a number or amount, or to go past an allowed limit
6.Oatmeal	f. a small mammal with short fur, a pointed face, and a long tail
7.Provide	g. to risk going somewhere or doing something that might be dangerous or unpleasant, or to risk saying something that might be criticized
8. Exceed	h. a type of flour made from oats
9.Venture	i. and which is not in towns, cities or industrial areas and is either used for farming or left in its natural condition
10.Larder	j. a person that you have met but do not know well

Well students, please send your answer to sha.witri@yahoo.co.id. Don't forget to give your name,class and number (e.g. sawitri, VIII C, 32 ).

Read the story below !

THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE

A Town Mouse and a Country Mouse were acquaintances, and the Country Mouse one day invited his friend to come and see him at his home in the fields. The Town Mouse came, and they sat down to a dinner of barleycorns and roots, the latter of which had a distinctly earthy flavour. The fare was not much to the taste of the guest, and presently he broke out with "My poor dear friend, you live here no better than the ants. Now, you should just see how I fare! My larder is a regular horn of plenty. You must come and stay with me, and I promise you you shall live on the fat of the land." So when he returned to town he took the Country Mouse with him, and showed him into a larder containing flour and oatmeal and figs and honey and dates. The Country Mouse had never seen anything like it, and sat down to enjoy the luxuries his friend provided: but before they had well begun, the door of the larder opened and some one came in. The two Mice scampered off and hid themselves in a narrow and exceedingly uncomfortable hole. Presently, when all was quiet, they ventured out again; but some one else came in, and off they scuttled again. This was too much for the visitor. "Good-bye," said he, "I'm off. You live in the lap of luxury, I can see, but you are surrounded by dangers; whereas at home I can enjoy my simple dinner of roots and corn in peace."

The Important Words

Memorize all the words!

1. Town : kota

2. Country : desa

3. Acquaintances: kenalan

4. Invited : mengundang

5. Distinctly: dengan jelas

6. Fare: makanan

7. Larder : tempat penyimpanan makanan

8. Scampered : berlari – lari

9. Exceedingly : sangat

10. Ventured : melakukan sesuatu yang berbahaya

TASK

Listen to the listening material below on your own time.

Aesop - The Fox And The Crow Found at abmp3 search engine

HAVE FUN STUDENTS !

REFERENCES

http://www.happychild.org.uk/nvs/cont/stories/aesopsfables/page0119.htm

http://abmp3.com/download/2062725-the-town-mouse-and-the-country-mouse.html

http://abmp3.com/download_ht.php?file_name=5318940-the-fox-and-the-crow

http://www.bygosh.com/Features/082000/mouse.htm

http://ezziatiamira.blogspot.com/2011/02/town-mouse-and-country-mouse.html

http://mrdidiktw.blogspot.com/2010/12/town-mouse-and-country-mouse.html

http://www.kidsgen.com/moral_stories/townmouse_countrymouse.htm

http://www.amazon.com/Town-Mouse-Country-Picture-Classics/dp/079451877X