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LISTENING EXERCISE
Titlte: THE HOLY MAN WHO RESCUED THE SCORPION?
You are going to listen to a woman talking about the story of an scorpion.
Answer the questions based on the information you hear.
1. What is the story about?______________________________________________
2. What was the scorpion trying to do?_____________________________________
3.

Who tried to help the scorpion?_________________________________________

4. What did the man do after being bitten?__________________________________

5. Why did the scorpion bite the holy man?_________________________________
6. Why did the man keep picking the scorpion up?___________________________

WHAT WILL BE SAID (BEFORE

LISTENING)
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
KNOW
SCORPIONS? WANT TO KNOW LEARNT
*Its an arachnid

*Can scorpions kill

people?
*Why do they bite?

*Scorpions is a hard *hits

rock band that
*about the
comes from
members.
Germany
*how long have
they been together.
*what are they
doing now.

UNKNOWN WORDS (BEFORE LISTENING)

Lake
Began
Drown
Holy
Bit
Pick up
Nature

PAUSE AT REGULAR INTERVALS DURING

THE LISTENING TO CHECK
COMPREHENSION (WHILE LISTENING)

Who said.? Why cant the

?
And ask yourself: Does it
make sense that a man
bite a scorpion?

TAKE NOTES, WRITING DOWN RELEVANT

INFORMATION IN SHORTHAND
*Wiriting information quickly.
*Identify key words (the stressed words) in full sentences

WHO

WHERE

WHAT

WHY

PICK UP ONLY SALIENT POINTS,

LISTENING SELECTIVE AND IGNORING
IRRELEVANT DETAILS (WHILE LISTENING)
Listening for detail:
Example: train timetables, cinema
listings information.

USE LINGUISTIC KNOWLEDGE TO

PREDICT WHAT WILL BE SAID
The story is about the scorpion that needed to cross a________ . Now
as you know, scorpion _________swim. So the little scorpion went
_____ the water and began to drown a holy man standing near
the water saw the scorpion. He reached in and picked it up, and
what do you think that happened next? The scorpion ______him.
Well the holy man went to the doctor and was ________.
The following day the same doctor needed to cross the lake. So it
went into the water and again began to drown. Now, you
remember the holy man who rescue ______ scorpion?
Well this same ______ man was passing by. And he saw the scorpion
and rescue ____ again. And what do you think happened? It bit
him again.
Every _____ for a whole week the holy man rescued the scorpion
and every day the scorpion bit the holy man.
Anyway, eventually the doctor asked ______does the scorpion keep
biting you when you rescue it? and the holy man replied, Its
the scorpions nature. And the doctor asked so what _____you
keep picking the scorpion up instead of leaving it drown? And
the holy man replied, Because that is my nature

LISTEN FOR KEY WORDS FOR TOPIC

IDENTIFICATION: TAPESCRIPTS
The story is about the scorpion that needed to cross a lake. Now as you know,
scorpions cant swim. So the little scorpion went into the water and began to
drown. And it was drowing a holy man standing near the water saw the
scorpion. He reached in and picked it up, and what do you think that happened
next? The scorpion bit him. Well the holy man went to the doctor and was
saved.
The following day the same doctor needed to cross the lake. So it went into the
water and again began to drown. Now, you remember the holy man who rescue
the scorpion? Well, this same holy man was passing by. And he saw the
scorpion and rescued it again. And what do you think happened? It bit him
again.
Every day for a whole week the holy man rescued the scorpion and every day the
scorpion bit the holy man.
Anyway, eventually the doctor asked, Why does the scorpion keep biting you
when you rescue it? And the holy man replied, Its the scorpions nature.
And the doctor asked so what do you keep picking the scorpion up instead of
leaving it to drown? And the holy man replied, Because that is my nature

EXERCISES
Before listeningTHE USE OF GAP- FILL EXERCISES
FILLING THE GAP EASY LEVEL TEST 01
a. How are _____ doing?
b. Great. Thanks ___ asking .
a.

____ can I do for you today?

b. I _____like to deposit some money.

c. _____you depositing cash or a check?
b. I want to ________cash.
a.

How _____are you depositing?

c. I would ____to deposit #300

d. What account ___you want your money in?
b. I ______to deposit into my checking account.
a.

Do you ____anything else?

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REFERENCES
How to teach English, Jeremy Harmer, Pearson 2008.
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