1.Listening: You are going to listen to a funny story about jam.

2.Listen to Part 1 and write down the main idea.

Mary made some jam but left some on the kitchen table for a few days as she had to go to look after her sick mother. Some days later, John, knowing nothing about the jam, came home and threw it into the kitchen yard.

3.Listen to Part 1 again and answer the following questions:

（1）What was Mary going to do with the cooked plums in the pan?

She was going to put them in the fridge later when they had cooled down.

（2）What did John think Mary should have done with the mess in the pan?

He thought she should have thrown it out for the chickens to eat.

（3）What do you think Mary is going to say when she finds out what has happened?

（4）How do you think John will react to her?

4. Before you listen to Part 2, try to put these sentences below in order. Then listen again and check if you were right.

_4_ Mary got angry with John.

_2_ Mary saw the chickens behaving strangely.

_5_ John was sorry.

_7_ The chickens enjoyed the jam.

_6_ John said he thought the jam was porridge.

_3_ Mary looked at the red mess on the ground.

_8_ John said the chickens were drunk.

_1_ Mary came home.

5．Fill in the blanks while listening to Part 2 a second time.

“ You  threw away   my jam,” she shouted.“ Oh, that’s what it was,” he said. “ I’m sorry but I thought it was porridge which had gone bad in the hot weather. The chickens have enjoyed the jam, but it’s made them drunk.”

The story of drunk chicken

Listening text

Part 1

Mary Smith looked at the beautiful ripe plums. They would make lovely jam. When she had finished the cooking, she filled all her empty jam jars and left the rest of the jam in the pan. She would put it in the fridge when it was cooler. But just then the telephone rang, her mother was in hospital after a car accident. Mary picked up her bag and ran out of the house.

    Some days later, her husband, John, came home from a business trip. He had been travelling all day and felt like having a drink and a piece of cake. As he came into the kitchen he saw a pan with a dark red mess inside it. He lifted it up and smelled it. It smelled bad. Mary must have forgotten to clean this pan, he thought. So he poured all the jam into the chicken yard and cleaned the pan. Then feeling comfortable, he began to eat a piece of cake.

Part 2

When Mary returned, she noticed the chickens behaving strangely. They were running around the yard as if they were sick. She saw the dark red mess on the ground and went closer. When she saw a plum stone she went into the kitchen. Her husband was reading a newspaper at the table. Angrily Mary rushed up to him.

“You threw away my jam,” she shouted. “Oh, that’s what it was,” he said. “ I’m sorry but I thought it was porridge which had gone bad in the hot weather.” “ Good heavens!” said Mary. “That must be the jam I left in the pan, but why didn’t you threw it in the dustbin?” John laughed.

“It was a mistake. However, the chickens have enjoyed the jam, expect that it has made them drunk. What are we going to do with these drunken chickens?”