T e x a s

Have you ever been to Texas? Now just imagine that you are in this American city and happened hearing an interesting story told in local dialect.Listen carefully and see how much you can understand that.

Lester climbed a tree.Buford, Billy Bob and Lester went swimming.Lester thought the catfish would eat him.Buford and Billy Bob laughed.Lester saw a catfish.Now Lester is too afraid to visit the place.

Put the sentences in the right sequence

1.What does Buford think of Texas? How do you know?

2. How large was the catfish?

He believes it’s quite a different country from the US. The listening text tells it is so.

The boys thought that the catfish was almost the size of a house.

3. Why did Lester get out of the water very quickly?

4.Why did Buford and Big Bob laugh?

He though the catfish would eat him.

They laughed because Lester believed the catfish would hurt him.

Part 1Hey, y’all, this here is Buford. I come from a big oil town in Texas. Now, y’all need to understand that we ain’t really a state, but a whole’s nother country.Now let me tell ya a story about when I was just a pup. One hot summer’s day I was swimmin with my cousins Little Lester and Big Billy Bob.

Listening text

We was jumpin’in the water and feelin’ good. Then along comes this catfish’bout the size of a house. Well, alright, maybe a little smaller than that. Little Lester starts to thinkin’ it’s goin’ to eat him sure ’nough. Man, you shoulda seen him! He got outta the water fast as lightning and climbed up a tree.

Big Billy Bob and I just laughed and

laughed. To this day, Lester won’t go

near that place.

Part 2

　 Hello, everyone, I am Buford’s

teacher, Jane, from British. Perhaps you

didn’t quite understand everything

Buford said. He said that he lived in

Houston, a city in Texas.

He wants everyone to know that he

doesn’t believe Texas is a state in USA

but a different country. Buford says that

he would like to tell you a story about

him when he was a small child. One hot

summer’s day he was swimmin with Big

Billy Bob and Lester.

They were jumping into the water,

which felt good. Then he says that they

saw a catfish almost the size of a house

but, he adds, that the catfish was really

smaller. Buford says that Lester thought

he was going to be eaten by the catfish.

He says, goodness, you should have

seen Lester! He says that Lester got

out of the water faster than lightning

and climbed up a tree. Buford and

Big Billy Bob just laughed a lot. To

this day, he says, Lester won’t visit

that place.

Amy (American) Lady (British)

subway

left

keep going straight

two blocks

right

Try to write down the words from the dialogue.

underground

left-hand side

go straight on

two streets

right-hand side

• share ideas with others;

• decide which are the best ideas;• make a list of those ideas;• put those ideas into a map so that you can easily see them;• use the map to help you as you write.

BrainstormWhy we should learn English?

Why should I learn English?

to use for business. to use in school.

to write to pen friends.

to talk to native speakers.

to read English books.

to listen to English music and movies.

Homework :Writing My Experience of Learning English

Para 1. My problems in learning English.

Para 2. How I can improve my English.

Para 3. What I like about learning English.

Para 4. How I hope to make use of my English.

(Guidance for reference)