І семестр

UNIT 4. ROUND THE CALENDAR

LESSON 45

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Цілі: перевірити рівень умінь учнів з аудіювання; розширити знання учнів про країну, мова якої вивчається.

PROCEDURE

Listen to the text and do the tasks.

New words: nostrils — ніздрі, a bill — дзьоб.

Kiwi

Sometimes you can see a living emblem. One of such “emblems” is the kiwi, a very unusual bird found only in some parts of New Zealand. It has no tail, almost no wings, and its nostrils are situated near the end of its bill which is used to find food.

The kiwi lives in thick forests and prefers to spend its time in the dark.

Although the kiwi weighs only a little over two kilogrammes, it has a very good appetite. It can eat as many as three hundred worms a day, which are its main food.

The female kiwi lays only one egg, but it is a very large egg — it is about one-fifth of her own weight. After laying it, she loses all interest and leaves her husband to hatch the egg. This takes seventy-five days and by the time the chick is hatched father kiwi has usually lost one- third of his normal weight.

In some English-speaking countries New Zealanders are known as Kiwis, because the bird is also the symbol of the people of New Zealand.

True or False

1) The kiwi lives only in Australia.

2) It has a short tail.

3) It weighs a little over two kilogrammes.

4) The female kiwi lays only one egg.

5) Nobody takes care of the egg during seventy-five days.

6) New Zealanders are known as Kiwis.

Fill in the gaps.

The kiwi is an unusual ______. It has almost no _____. It lives in _______ forests and likes to stay in the _______ . Although the kiwi is not very _____ it eats a lot.

Answer the questions.

1) What is a kiwi.

2) Does this bird fly?

3) What does it look like?

4) What is its main food?

5) Who hatches the egg?

6) Why are the New Zealanders called Kiwis?