Menschen A1.2

14 Modul 5, 2

School.

There are different types of schools. 
There is an elementary school. 
The children at the elementary school are young. 
There is a playground for them to play in. 
The classrooms are bright and airy. 
There are blackboards in the classrooms. 
The children sit in desks to do their work. 
There is a parking lot for the teachers to park in. 
There is a cafeteria for the students to get food. 
The principal has an office. 
Nobody wants to go to the principal's office. 
It usually means that you are in trouble if you have to go to the principal's office. 
When you finish elementary school, you go to high school. 
Most of the students in high school are teenagers. 
There is a parking lot outside the high school. 
There is also a football field outside. 
The students go to classes in different classrooms. 
They move from classroom to classroom for each subject. 
There is a cafeteria where they can get their lunches or eat the lunches that they have 
brought from home. 
There is a gymnasium where students have physical education. 
Dances are also held in the gymnasium. 
Some students go on to university from high school. 
Students at the university are older. 
Some of the students are even senior citizens. 
People come from all over the world to attend the university. 
There are lots of different things at the university. 
There is a theater where plays and concerts are held. 
There is a bookstore where students can buy their textbooks. 
There is a physical education building that has a swimming pool in it. 
The parking lot at the university is very big. 
They call the land that the university is on a campus. 
Some of the students live on campus in residences.

                              

English Listening Level 1 - Lesson 21 - School

Subjects.

There are many subjects that you can take at school. 
My favorite subject is music. 
I like to sing and to play the clarinet. 
I also like art. 
I am quite good at drawing and painting. 
History is a good subject. 
I like learning about the past. 
Geography is very interesting. 
We look at many maps in geography. 
We learn where there are deserts and mountains. 
I know the names of all the continents and all the oceans. 
Mathematics is my least favorite subject. 
I am not very good with numbers. 
I am good at addition and subtraction, 
but I am not good at division and multiplication. 
In my school we learn to speak French. 
We learn French because Canada has French and English-speaking citizens. 
English literature is a good subject. 
I enjoy reading books. 
I also like to write compositions and poetry. 
Science is my brother's favorite subject. 
He is interested in plants, and he likes to do experiments. 
We also take drama at my school. 
I like to act. 
I got the lead role in the school play.

English Listening Level 1 - Lesson 22 - Subjects

Interests and Hobbies.

It is very rewarding to have different interests and hobbies. 
Some people like to play computer games. 
Other people spend a lot of time watching television. 
There are people who would rather watch movies. 
Some people prefer more physical things. 
They would rather play a sport like baseball, hockey or basketball. 
Some people do exercises at a gym, or they just go for walks. 
There are many ways to exercise. 
You can ride a bicycle or lift weights. 
There are people who like to collect things. 
They can collect all kinds of different things. 
You can collect stamps, coins, dolls, postcards, movies, rocks or posters. 
Some people even collect bugs or leaves. 
Some people are lucky enough to be able to travel. 
You can travel to a nearby place, or you can travel far away to a different country. 
There are people who like to listen to music. 
People have different tastes in music. 
Some people like rock music, rap, classical music, or folk music. 
There are many different types of music. 
Some people would rather play music than listen to it. 
You can play an instrument, or you can sing. 
Many people learn to play the guitar or the piano. 
Some people join bands or orchestras. 
There are people who like to read books. 
There are a lot of different hobbies. 
It depends on what you consider to be fun. 
You can have more than one hobby or interest. 
It is good to be interested in a lot of different things.

English Listening Level 1 - Lesson 24 - Interests and Hobbies

Flowers.

I go to the movies almost every week. 
There are hundreds of different types of flowers. 
Most people like roses. 
Roses grow on bushes, and they smell beautiful. 
You have to be careful that you don't prick your finger on a rose thorn. 
Roses come in many colours. 
There are red, pink, yellow and white roses. 
In the spring, tulips are in bloom. 
In Ottawa, there are many tulips. 
Some people go there just to see all the tulips in the spring. 
Forget-me-nots are also spring flowers. 
They are tiny and blue. 
Lilies of the valley look like white bells. 
Where I live, many of the trees have blossoms on them in the springtime. 
The apple and cherry trees look particularly beautiful when they are in blossom. 
We have a blossom festival in my town. 
My neighbors like to plant geraniums, petunias and marigolds in the summer. 
Some people plant sunflowers. 
Sunflowers grow very tall. 
They have bright yellow petals. 
All of those flowers grow best in the sunshine. 
If your garden is shady, you have to plant different things. 
Hostas grow well in a shady garden. 
Chrysanthemums are fall flowers. 
Chrysanthemums come in many colours also. 
There are purple, yellow and white chrysanthemums. 
Flowers are good to give as gifts. 
Women like to receive a dozen roses on Valentine's Day. 
Carnations also make a nice gift. 
They have a very sweet smell. 
Many people give away lilies for Easter. 
Poinsettias are very festive at Christmas time. 
If someone goes to a dance, they often give their partner a flower to wear. 
Sometimes a girl will get an orchid for her date. 
If you go to a wedding, you will probably see a lot of flowers there. 
Flowers help to make places beautiful.

Learn English via Listening Level 1 Unit 26 Flowers

Pets.

There are many different animals that you can have for pets. 
The most common pets are cats and dogs. 
I think the second most common pets are birds and fish. 
You can hug a cat or a dog. 
You can play with a cat or a dog, but it is difficult to play with a bird or a fish. 
Some birds are very smart, and they can be taught to do things. 
Parrots are very clever. 
Some of them even talk. 
Birds usually stay in birdcages. 
Fish have to stay in the water in a tank or a fishbowl. 
Some people have gerbils or guinea pigs as pets. 
There are even people who have ferrets as pets. 
I have a friend who has a lizard for a pet. 
She has to buy live crickets for her lizard to eat. 
Another friend of mine has a pet snake. 
I don't think I would like to have a pet snake. 
There are different types of dogs. 
Some dogs are very big, 
and some are small. 
A Labrador retriever is a big dog. 
A poodle is usually a small dog, although there are some large poodles. 
Some dogs are noisy, and they bark a lot. 
Other dogs are quiet and obedient. 
I once had a dog. 
It was a cocker spaniel. 
I used to take it for walks. 
There are different types of cats too. 
My favorite type of cat is a Siamese cat. 
Siamese cats have blue eyes. 
My mother had a Persian cat. 
It was very furry. 
My mother said that it used to shed fur all over the house. 
Pets are a lot of fun, but they are a lot of work too. 
To be a good pet owner, you have to be very responsible.

Learn English via Listening Level 1 Unit 45 Pets

The Kitchen.

The kitchen is where we make and eat our meals. 
There is a stove in the kitchen. 
Inside the stove there is an oven where you bake things. 
You can put a cake into the oven to bake. 
On top of the stove are burners. The burners get hot. 
You put pots or pans on the burners. 
The refrigerator is where we store the food that needs to be kept cold. 
We keep milk, eggs, cheese and vegetables in the refrigerator. 
At the top of the refrigerator is the freezer. 
The freezer keeps things frozen. 
We have frozen vegetables, ice cream and ice cubes in the freezer. 
We have a toaster in the kitchen. You put the bread in the toaster, and it turns into toast. 
We have an electric kettle. 
We boil water to make tea in the kettle. 
There is a double sink in the kitchen. That is where we wash the dishes. 
We turn on the hot tap, and put some dish detergent into the sink to wash the dishes. 
Sometimes we put the dishes into the dishwasher, and the dishwasher washes the dishes. 
There are other things in the kitchen. 
There are utensils like knives, forks and spoons. 
There are tea towels and dish clothes. 
There are oven mitts and pot holders to take hot things out of the oven. 
There are pots to cook and boil things in. 
There are pans to fry things. 
We have dishes that we eat from. 
We have plates for our dinner, and bowls that we can put our soup in. 
We drink from cups, or coffee mugs, or glasses. 
We keep our juice in a pitcher or a jug. 
There is a timer that you can set when you are cooking. The timer buzzes when the food is ready. 
We also have a microwave oven in the kitchen. 
If we are in a hurry, we cook our food in the microwave.

Learn English via Listening Level 1 Unit 26 Flowers

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