Module 2 Man's best friends
Unit 3 Our animal friends
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Reading
A blind man and his "eyes" in a fire
One day, John Dancer and Charlie arrived at a hotel.
"Good evening, sir," said the receptionist. "You're welcome to stay, but I'm sorry that we don't allow pets here."
"Charlie isn't a pet," said John. "He's my eyes. I'm blind and I can't go anywhere by myself."
The receptionist apologized and led John and Charlie to their room.
John was very tired. He soon fell asleep. Some time later, Charlie started barking. John woke up and smelt smoke. A fire! Smoke started to come in from under the door. With Charlie's help, John put some wet towels along the bottom of the door. Then he got down on the floor next to Charlie and waited.
Soon he heard the sound of a fire engine. A fireman arrived and got him out of the building, but the fireman did not want to take Charlie. John would not go without his "eyes". Finally, the fireman got Charlie out of the building too and they were both safe.
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Listening
Top dogs
A David is interviewing people about their dogs. Listen to the radio programme and fill in the blanks with the names of the speakers from the box.
David: Welcome to Dogs' World. What's your dog's name, Officer White?
Officer White: He's called Billy.
David: What kind of work does Billy do?
Officer White: He works at the airport. He smells people's bags and tries to find dangerous things.
David: Billy does a great job. Jane, you have your pet dog Suzy with you today. I heard that she helped you a lot last month.
Jane: Yes. I was very sick and I couldn't walk around. She turned on and off the lights, brought me things, and even answered the door!
David: What a clever dog! My dog only knows how to eat and sleep! Miss Brown, your dog Winnie is very famous. She appears on TV very often.
Miss Brown: Yes, but she can't act when she's hungry or tired.
David: Just like me! I can't work when I'm hungry or tired!
B Listen to the radio programme again and complete the notes below. Write one word in each blank.
David: Welcome to Dogs' World. What's your dog's name, Officer White?
Officer White: He's called Billy.
David: What kind of work does Billy do?
Officer White: He works at the airport. He smells people's bags and tries to find dangerous things.
David: Billy does a great job. Jane, you have your pet dog Suzy with you today. I heard that she helped you a lot last month.
Jane: Yes. I was very sick and I couldn't walk around. She turned on and off the lights, brought me things, and even answered the door!
David: What a clever dog! My dog only knows how to eat and sleep! Miss Brown, your dog Winnie is very famous. She appears on TV very often.
Miss Brown: Yes, but she can't act when she's hungry or tired.
David: Just like me! I can't work when I'm hungry or tired!
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Billy
• Billy works at the airport.
• Billy (1)_____ people's bags to find dangerous things.
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Suzy
• Suzy is Jane's pet dog. She helped Jane a lot when she was (2)_____.
• David thinks Suzy is (3)_____.
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Winnie
• Winnie appears on TV very often.
• She cannot act when she is (4)_____ or (5)_____.
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Speaking
A Talk time
/bl/ black blind blow blue
/br/ breakfast bright bring brother
/fl/ flight floor flower fly
/fr/ France free friend from
/ɡl/ glad glass glove glue
/ɡr/ grade great green grow
/kl/ class clean clever club
/kr/ crazy create cross cry
A1 Listen carefully and circle the word you hear from each pair.
1 /bluːm/ /bruːm/
2 /bliːd/ /briːd/
3 /fliː/ /friː/
4 /flæŋk/ /fræŋk/
5 /ɡluː/ /ɡruː/
6 /ɡləʊ/ /ɡrəʊ/
7 /kluː/ /kruː/
8 /klæk/ /kræk/
A2 Read these sentences. Pay attention to the letters in bold.
1 My friend Brian brought his brother a pair of glasses and some crayons.
2 Claire is growing some nice blue flowers in her garden.
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