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worksheet level 2
Try not to look at the transcript while doing these exercises! Always read the
instructions and all the information in the tasks before listening. Listen as many
times as you like.
Good boy!
1 Before listening:
a A guide dog is an example of a working dog. Can you think of any
others?
b Do the tasks on the extra vocabulary worksheet animals: working
dogs from the 'extras' page.
c Which dog do you think does the most important job?
2 Listen for general meaning: Jackie and Richard talk about guide dogs. Which
of the following topics do they not talk about?
The Paralympics The types of dogs The training The cost
3a Listen for detail: listen again and write a number or date by the phrases.
a The start of the Guide Dogs Organisation ________
b The number of dogs the organisation is responsible for ________
c How many weeks old the puppies are at the ________
start of stage 2
d How many weeks that stage 3 lasts ________
e How many weeks training the dogs and ________
their new owners have
f How many years that dogs stay with their owners ________
g How much one dog costs in a lifetime £________
h How much money the government gives £________
i The percentage of dogs that are Labradors, Golden ________
Retrievers or a mix of both
3b Listen for more detail: listen a third time. Then, in your own words (and
using your knowledge / experience / guesswork) explain the reasons for
stages 1, 2 and 3 of the training. Use note form only.
4 After listening: now do the vocabulary worksheet.
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5 After listening: during Guide Dogs Week the Guide Dogs Organisation wants
sighted people to experience a situation as a blind person would. You can
find out more about it here:
http://www.guidedogs.org.uk/news/national-events/guide-dogs-week-
2012/walk-my-way/
Along with Walk my Way there is Dine my Way:
“Invite your friends and family over for a meal with a difference -
hold a dinner in the dark. Cook your favourite dishes but keep
them a secret. When you serve your dinner ask your guests to put
their blindfolds on and guess what they are eating.
Their senses of smell, taste, touch and hearing will take over and
leave them with a new appreciation of how precious sight is.”
Why not have a go yourself and then try and write about
your experience, in English of course!
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answers level 2
1 Do all these tasks before listening to the podcast.
2 The Paralympics
3a a 1931
b 8,000
c 6
d 26
e 3
f 6-7
g £50,000
h £0 (It all comes from the public)
i 87%
3b Example answers, stage 1: puppies get used to other dogs and people /
puppies don't fight or bite other dogs or people
stage 2: dogs get used to the outside world / get used to walking with
someone
stage 3: dogs are trained not to be afraid, not to runaway, not to run across
the road or after something etc etc / dogs get used to being calm, walking
slowly etc
5 If you do this please write to us thepieteam@podcastsinenglish.com and tell
us about your experience, we'd love to hear from you!
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