Bear Hug
CEF level: B2
This is a story about a brown bear. Do you know where brown bears live? 1. What do you know about brown bears?
- where do they live?
- what do they eat?
- how big are they?
Find out about brown bears and hibernation
2. What do you know about hunting?
- where do people hunt?
- which type of gun do they normally use:
a) pistol b) machine gun c) rifle
In this story there are these things:
1 bear *2 men * 1 rifle
What do you think is going to happen? Listen to the first part of a very short and very strange story.
1. Write down three facts you learn about the brown bear.
2. What do these numbers refer to: a) 55? b) 30? c) 770?
Choose from these words: speed * age * weight
3. One of the above numbers is the 'miles per hour'. Can you write the same number as kilometres per hour?
Now listen to part 2
1 bear *2 men * 1 rifle
What do you think is going to happen? Listen to the first part of a very short and very strange story.
Focus on understanding: Listen again.
1. Write down three facts you learn about the brown bear.
2. What do these numbers refer to: a) 55? b) 30? c) 770?
Choose from these words: speed * age * weight
3. One of the above numbers is the 'miles per hour'. Can you write the same number as kilometres per hour?
Now listen to part 2
Final part of the very short, strange story of a meeting between a hunter and brown bear
a) Mr Cogey fights the bear
b) The rifle goes off
c) Mr Cogey enters the wood.
d) Mr Cogey wakes up in hospital
e) A man finds a body.
Focus on understanding: Listen again. Put these events in the correct order
a) Mr Cogey fights the bear
b) The rifle goes off
c) Mr Cogey enters the wood.
d) Mr Cogey wakes up in hospital
e) A man finds a body.
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