Test 3 Part 1

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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

International Students.

We have many international students at my school. 
Some of the students come from England. 
They speak English, but they have an accent that is different from a Canadian accent. 
Many students are from Japan. 
They are learning our language and our customs. 
We have students from Germany, Italy, China, Korea and Iran. 
We try to make those students feel welcome here. 
The students like to see what is here. 
They go sightseeing. 
They visit all the places that the tourists like to go to. 
Niagara Falls and Toronto are interesting places to visit. 
The students practice their English by talking to Canadians. 
When they first get here, we show them around. 
They do many exercises to learn the language. 
They listen to English songs. 
They read story books that are written in English. 
They listen to English language tapes. 
The best way to learn the language is to talk to other people. 
It is good to ask questions in English. 
Canadians try to be helpful to international students. 
Some of the international students live with host families. 
The host families have the students living in their homes. 
It is a good way for the host families and the students to make friends. 
Many of the international students stay in contact with their friends and host families 
even after they have gone back to their homelands. 
The international students learn a lot from their host families because they eat Canadian 
foods, and they learn what it is like to live in a Canadian household.

English Listening Level 1 - Lesson 23 - International Students

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 43 The Kitchen

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Learn English via Listening Level 1 Unit 45 Pets

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