3 PRONUNCIATION final -s / -es Okey Lice and trdothe verb with a different and
S.
z/ /z/
Ende
zebra
Eyes
runs
b Read the article again. Mark the sentences T (true)
or F (false)
1 The people who take part in 'Singles' Day'
arcu urmarried
2 Many people register for the event on
the Internet
J All of the daung events are in the town hall,
People who don't register for the event can't
nal a partner on 'Singles' Day!
5 Every year, there are more single adults in
Shangbal.
• Underlins five words you don't know. Check their
meaning and pronunciation with a dictionary
teaches
Cooks
arts
Jualche drinks
washes
b Listen again and repeat the words
• Underling the stressed syllable.
1 Alive
7 curly
2 extrovert 5 moustache
quiet
3 uniriendly 6 serious
9 overweight
a 0 Listen and check. Theo listen again and repear
the words
5 LISTENING
Checker Listen to a radio programme about
online dating How many people call the
programme?
b Listen again and match the callers with the
sentences A-P.
4 READING
a Read the article. What happens on Single Day' in Shanghai?
C
1 Alan
2 Kite
3 Paolo
A He/She doesn't have time for a social life.
B He/She made a mistake,
C HefShe had a child with the partner beshe
met
online
D He/She married someone who was Darried before,
L He She doesn't like meeting new people,
P He/She is happily married now, but doesn't have
any children
'Singles' Day!
in Shanghai
November is Singles Day in Shanghal, and every year a dating
ever takes place where all the single men and women of the city
have the chance to meet a partner. Last year, it was so popular that
the organizers had to close online registration because there were
no more places
Between 10,000 and 40,000 people attend the event every year
It's held in a district of Shanghal called Thames Town. At least 50
dating agencies take part They set up stands in the town hall with
billboards displaying cards with the height, birth date, education, and
anoual income of thousands of dients. People who did not manage
to register for the event organize their own unofficial dating system
by ung their names and phone numbers on bits of paper and
artaging them to the fence outside the toun hall.
More people take part in 'Singles' Day every year because of the
growing number of single adults in Shanghal. Io the centre of the city,
more than 24% of people over the age of 15 are unmarried.
USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES
Learn these words and phrases.
guy gu
partner pa na
single person sngl 'pen/
smile lamail
sociable sofab
be Into (sth) /bi 'intal
feel like (doing something) Tel laik/
ger on well (with) /get on well
go on a dare go on a dei
sense of humour sens by "hju:ma
One Sunday Agnes and her mother went to the zoo. Agnes was very excited. She was interested in everythig she saw.
"Mother, look" she said. "There (is) a monkey in this cage. It (is eating) an apple. Now it (is giving) a bite to another monkey. I (think) monkeys (like) apples very much."
"Yes, dear," said her mother.
"Now I ( want) to go and see the lions and tigers. Where (are they living), mother?"
"In that big house over there. Come along."
Agnes enjoyed herself very much in the lion house. "Mother," she said, "the tiger (wants) a drink: it (is going) to the dish of water there in the corner. And the lion (is looking) right at me. Do you (think) it (wants) to eat me up? When do the lions and tigers (have) their dinner, mother?"
"The keepers (bring) them great pieces of meat every day at four o'clock. And they (make) a big noise before their dinner time, so everybody (knows) they (are) hungry."