Listening Activities for the video clip ‘Geography of Asia’

Listening Activities for the video clip ‘Geography of Asia’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-LFOkGfyZM&feature=related

TASK 1. Fill in the table with the names of the geographical features you can hear and see in the video clip. Make sure that you pronounce all the words correctly.

Note: The numbers in the table match the numbers of the geographical names mentioned in the clip.

	Geographical feature	Name
	oceans	… …
	seas	… …
	rivers	… … … … … …
	mountains	… … …
	continents	… … …
	regions	… … … … … … … … … … … … …
	countries	… … … … … …
	plateaus	1. … 2. …
	deserts	1. … 2. …
	peninsulas	1. …

TASK 2. Match the epithets to thegeographical features they describe in the video clip. Don’t be confused by repetitions.

Part 1

	Epithets		Geographical features
	vast	a	Gobi Desert
	river	b	rainforests
	ragged	c	peaks
	endless	d	Himalayas
	towering	e	mountains
	the vast	f	deserts
	the mighty	g	treeless plains
	lush	h	valleys

Part 2

	numerous	i	south
	tropical island	j	volcanoes
	the scorching	k	group
	impassible	l	deserts
	dense	m	north
	a frozen	n	deserts
	a steamy	o	archipelagos
	unstable	p	forests
	endless	q	mountains

TASK 3. Listen to the clip again and fill in the gaps in the sentences below.

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