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
_____ getting on buses because they are
hates
too crowded and dirty. She is not
__________
interested in
playing the piano and she _______
prefers reading
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
music. She _______
prefers light music to rock,
because light music makes her feel relaxed.
She ______
enjoys watching TV in the evening.
She _____________
thinks a lot of news program but
sitcoms are the ___________
last kind of thing for her
to watch.

situational
comedy

Lets have a try!

entertainment

Maggie
N

Sports
Y

food

Y
Y

transports

entertainment

Signal Words of Likes and Dislikes

Like/Love
Be interested in
Prefer(to)
Favorite
Be keen on
Enjoy
Think a lot of...
hate
Not care for
Last kind of
(Prefer)to

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).

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

Not really like

love

hamburgers

want

ok

musicals

Really like it

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

Wuthering Heights

Vanity Fair

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

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
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

weights
judo

horizont
al bar

parallel
bars

trapeze

weightlifting

boxing

wrestling

fencing

archery

Speaking Vocabulary
Track and field events
middle-distance race

long-distance runner

dash/sprint

the 400 metre

hurdles

400

400-m relay

400

marathon

decathlon

cross-country race

high jump

triple jump

broad /distance /long

jump

pole vault

shot put

discus throw

javelin throw/ dart

throw

throwing the hammer

race walking/walking
race

Speaking Vocabulary
Ball games
billiards

rugby

basketball

snooker

tennis

baseball

softball

handball

hockey

golf

cricket

ice hockey

goalkeepe
r

goal kick

throw in,
line-out

to score a
goal

men's
singles

the mixed
doubles

bowling

table tennis

racket

Speaking Vocabulary
Water sports
swimmin
g pool

breastst
roke

butterfly
(stroke)

freestyle/
crawl

backstr
oke

diving
competition

water
polo

rowing

three-meter
springboard

sailing

surfing

diving platform

swimmin
g lane
canoe

waterskiing

ten-meter
platform

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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. 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.