Unit 2 Listening and SpeakingStep one Pre—listening Talk about Chinese Putonghua and the Minnan dialect.English Putonghua Minnan dialectthing Dumping hotdirty 东西migia水 饺zuigiao热rua脏yijiStep two While—listening Activity 1: Listen to the passage carefully and do the following exercises.Buford thinks that Texas is _________ A. a little town B. another country C. a mountainous village D. a little boy2. How large was the catfish? 3. Lester got out of the water quickly because he thought ________________4. The second speaker is ______, and she is ________ . She is from ________. 5. Buford says “Hey, y’all ” to greet you. What does the second speaker say to greet you? A. hi B. Good morning C. Hello D. HeyBIt was almost the size of a house.The catfish would eat him.JaneBuford’s teacherBritain • Activity 2: listen to the passage again and feel the difference between British English and American English.• Listening text 听力原文 Hey, y’all, this here is Buford. I come from a big oil town in Texas. Now, y’all need to understand that we ain’t really a state, but a whole’nother country. Now let me tell ya astory’bout when I was just a pup. One hot summer’s day I was swimmin’ with my cousins Little Lester and Big Billy Bob. We was jumpin’ in the water and feelin’ good. Then along comes this catfish’bout the size of a house. Well, alright, maybe a little smaller than that. Little Lester starts to thinkin’ it’s goin’ to eat him sure ‘nough. Man, you shoulda seen him! He got outta the water fast as lightning and climbed up a tree. Big Billy Bob and I just laughed and laughed. To this day, Lester won’t go near that place. Amy Ladysubwaytwo blocks leftrightkeep going straig...
