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ESL Listening and Vocabulary Exercise

The speaker describes traveling through the desert for nine days on a horse with no name. They encounter hot and dry conditions with little shade or water. After two days, their skin begins to turn red from the sun. They come across the dry river bed and feel sad thinking about how it was once flowing. After nine days, they let the horse run free as the desert had turned to the sea.

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ESL Listening and Vocabulary Exercise

The speaker describes traveling through the desert for nine days on a horse with no name. They encounter hot and dry conditions with little shade or water. After two days, their skin begins to turn red from the sun. They come across the dry river bed and feel sad thinking about how it was once flowing. After nine days, they let the horse run free as the desert had turned to the sea.

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A Horse With No Name

America

On the first part of the long journey 


I was looking at all the life 
There were green plants and birds and rocks and things 
There was sand and hills and rings 
The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz 
And the sky with no white clouds 
The heat was hot and the ground was dry 
But the air was full of sound 

I've been through the desert on a horse with no name 


It felt good to be out of the cold rain 
In the desert you can remember your name 
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain 
La, la ... 

After two days in the desert sun 


My soft skin began to turn red 
After three days in the desert super fun 
I was looking at a river bed 
And the story it told of a river that flowed 
Made me really sad to think it was dead 

You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name 
It felt good to be out of the cold rain 
In the desert you can remember your name 
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain 
La, la ... 

After nine tiring days I let the horse run free 


'Cause the desert had turned to blue sea 
There were plants and birds and rocks and things 
there was sand and high hills and rings 
The ocean is a desert with its life underground 
And a perfect disguise above 
Under the cities lies a heart made of hard ground 
But the humans will give no love 

You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name 
It felt good to be out of the cold rain 
In the desert you can remember your name 
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain 
La, la ... 
What’s the word? Read the definition and think of the word being
described:

 the act of travelling from one place to another, especially in a vehicle _______


 a substance that consists of very small grains of rock, found on beaches and
in deserts __________________________
 a grey or white mass in the sky, made up of
very small floating drops of water________________________
  a large animal with four legs that people ride on or use for carrying things
or pulling vehicles ________________________
 the natural outer layer that covers a person, animal, fruit, etc._____________
 a natural wide flow of fresh water across the land into the sea or a lake______
 a very large area of sea__________________
 a man, woman, or child ______________________

Listen and decide whether the statements are true or false:

1- On the first part of the journey he was looking at death; at things such
as birds, plants and hills ( )
2- The first thing he met was a fly ( )
3- It was hot ( )
4- He’s been through the desert ( )
5- After two days in the desert he started having skin problems ( )
6- The story about the river made him happy ( )
7- He found the sea after 11 days in the desert ( )
8- There’s a lot of life in the ocean ( )

Listen once again and cross the extra words out

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