In Your Own Words
1. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) for each of the following questions.
(1) When does the programme "In Your Own Words" start?
(2) What is the programme about? a. Patricia will tell stories about some unusual people. b. Some people are invited to tell their unusual stories. c. Anyone can be invited to talk about themselves in their own words.
(3) What does Trevor Cartridge do? a. He is a dentist. b. He is a soldier. c. He is an announcer.
(4) Where does he work and live? a. In Paris. b. In Rome. c. In London.
(5) What is Trevor's story mainly about? a. How he gave up smoking. b. How he became interested in hypnotism. c. His experience as a soldier in the army of Julius Caesar.
(6) Where did Trevor live two thousand years ago according to his story? a. In Britain. b. In France. c. In Italy.
2. True or False Questions.
(1)
When Trevor decided to stop smoking, he gave it up at once.
(2)
Trevor became interested in hypnotism because a hypnotist helped him give up smoking.
(3)
The hypnotist told Trevor that hypnotism could also help him remember his past life and, of course, Trevor believed him immediately.
(4)
After being hypnotized, Trevor could only remember the night he landed in Britain as a soldier of the Roman army.
3. Fill in the following chart with information about the journey the Roman army made according to Trevor.
Number of men:
or more
Journey from
to
Means of transport: by
Weather conditions: a terrible
night
Food: one tin of
Drink:
from the tin
Condition of weapons after landing:
full of water
Fighting or not:
(yes/no)
Equipment lost or damaged:
lost and all the bottles of
broken
Soldiers killed or wounded: about
survivors
4. Point out what is not true in Trevor's story.
5. Fill in the blanks according to what you hear on the tape.
(1) We were all
, because the weather was
and most people were
, because it was very
. There was a
of
, I remember.
(2) We thought we were going to die. In the end the boat was
, and we all
. I remember
the water, and
the beach. The water was up to
and it was a
night.
(3) Finally another boat
, and we
the other soldiers. I remember going into
, and getting
, and
. It was wonderful. We were
, too.
In Your Own Words
1. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) for each of the following questions.
(1) When does the programme "In Your Own Words" start?
(2) What is the programme about? a. Patricia will tell stories about some unusual people. b. Some people are invited to tell their unusual stories. c. Anyone can be invited to talk about themselves in their own words.
(3) What does Trevor Cartridge do? a. He is a dentist. b. He is a soldier. c. He is an announcer.
(4) Where does he work and live? a. In Paris. b. In Rome. c. In London.
(5) What is Trevor's story mainly about? a. How he gave up smoking. b. How he became interested in hypnotism. c. His experience as a soldier in the army of Julius Caesar.
(6) Where did Trevor live two thousand years ago according to his story? a. In Britain. b. In France. c. In Italy.
2. True or False Questions.
(1)
When Trevor decided to stop smoking, he gave it up at once.
(2)
Trevor became interested in hypnotism because a hypnotist helped him give up smoking.
(3)
The hypnotist told Trevor that hypnotism could also help him remember his past life and, of course, Trevor believed him immediately.
(4)
After being hypnotized, Trevor could only remember the night he landed in Britain as a soldier of the Roman army.
3. Fill in the following chart with information about the journey the Roman army made according to Trevor.
Number of men:
or more
Journey from
to
Means of transport: by
Weather conditions: a terrible
night
Food: one tin of
Drink:
from the tin
Condition of weapons after landing:
full of water
Fighting or not:
(yes/no)
Equipment lost or damaged:
lost and all the bottles of
broken
Soldiers killed or wounded: about
survivors
4. Point out what is not true in Trevor's story.
5. Fill in the blanks according to what you hear on the tape.
(1) We were all
, because the weather was
and most people were
, because it was very
. There was a
of
, I remember.
(2) We thought we were going to die. In the end the boat was
, and we all
. I remember
the water, and
the beach. The water was up to
and it was a
night.
(3) Finally another boat
, and we
the other soldiers. I remember going into
, and getting
, and
. It was wonderful. We were
, too.