Lesson 20 A Winter Adventure

Exercises:

Scene Ⅰ

1．____ When the play begins, some children are making a snowman.

2．____ They give the snowman some stones for buttons.

3．____ At that time they hear a train coming.

4．____ It's the fast train from London.

5．____ No fast train ever stops at the station.

6．____ The children ask the train to stop because there is an enormous snowdrift on the line.

Scene Ⅱ

7．____ Tony goes down the hill on his sledge.

8．____ John and Julia are going to tell the men on the farm about the train and the snowdrift.

9．____ Mr. Barker works at the station.

10．____ Mr. Barker thinks John and Julia want to catch the train.

11．____ He asks John to telephone the next station.

12．____ Mr. Barker will go with some men to dig away the snow.

Lesson 20 A Winter Adventure

Lesson 20  A Winter Adventure

Purpose:

Listening for pleasure

Ex.

Directions: Decide whether the statements are true or false.

Key:

1．T      2．F         3．T         4．F         5．F         6．F       7．T       8．F

9．T     10．T      11．F       12．T

Tapescript:

A Winter Adventure (2′55″)

Scene Ⅰ

John: What a marvellous snowman!

Julia: But he hasn't got any eyes. I'm going to give him some eyes.

John: Here are two stones, one for his right eye and one for his left eye.

Tony: I'm going to give him some buttons for his coat. One, two, three, four, five, six. Six buttons for his coat.

(The sound of a coming train)

John: Listen!

Tony: What is it ?

John: Listen! I can hear a train. Can you hear It?

Julia: Yes, I can. And look ! Look! Look down there! There's the train! It's going very fast, isn't it?

Tony: That must be the fast train to London. It's the express train. It doesn't stop at the station, does it?

Julia: No, it doesn't.

Tony: But the train is stopping. It is stopping. Look!

John: Why is the train stopping?

Tony: I don't know. Oh, yes, I can see now. There's an enormous snowdrift on the line. We must do something.

Julia: We must do something. What can we do?

Scene Ⅱ

John: I know what we can do. Tony, you go on your sledge to the farm. You can go quickly down the hill. Tell Daddy about the train and the snowdrift.

Tony: But what can Daddy do?

John: He can go and help to dig the snow away.

Julia: But what can we do, John?

John: You and I can go down the hill on our sledges and tell the man at the station about the train and the snowdrift.

Julia: All right. Well, let's go. We must hurry.

Tony: Ready, let's go.

Julia: Mr. Barker! Mr. Barker!

Mr. Barker: Hello, Julia! Hello, John! What's the matter?

Julia: The express train, Mr. Barker! The express train!

Mr. Barker: Oh, it's coming now. It's the three o'clock train to London. You're going to catch it? Hah ! Hah! It doesn't stop here, you know. It doesn't  stop at this station.

Julia: The train's in a snowdrift. A very big snowdrift. It's an enormous snowdrift. The train can't go.

Mr. Barker: What? The train cant go? We must hurry up! We, we must hurry up! I must telephone the next station! Then I must go with some men and we must dig away the snow. The train must get to London on time. Thank you!

John、Julia: Good-bye, Mr. Barker. Thank yon! Good-bye…