Exercise 6C, page 1 - English File Studetn's book, pre-intermediate, Oxford

1 LISTENING

a In pairs, ask and answer the questions.

• Do you often remember your dreams?

• Have you ever had the same dream more than once?

• Have you ever dreamed about something that then happened?

• Do you think dreams can tell us anything about the future?

b 6.14 Listen to a psychoanalyst talking to a patient about his dreams. Number the pictures 1-6 in the correct order.

c Listen again and complete the gaps with a verb in the correct form.

Dr Melloni So, tell me, what did you dream about?

Patient I was at a party. The room was full of people.

Dr What were they ¹ _______________?

P They were drinking and ² _______________

Dr Were you drinking?

P Yes, I was ³ _______________ champagne.

Dr And then what happened?

P Then, suddenly I was in a garden. There ⁴ _______________ a lot of flowers.

Dr Flowers, yes...what kind of flowers?

P I ⁵ _______________ see – it was a bit dark.

And I could hear music – somebody was ⁶ _______________ the violin.

Dr The violin? Go on.

P And then I ⁷ _______________ an owl, a really big owl in a tree...

Dr How did you ⁸ _______________? Were you frightened of it?

P No, not frightened really, no, but I ⁹ _______________ I felt incredibly cold.

Especially my feet – they were freezing.

And then I ¹⁰ _______________.

Dr Your feet? Mmm, very interesting, very interesting. Were you ¹¹ _______________ any shoes?

P No, no, I wasn't.

Dr Tell me. Have you ever ¹² _______________ this dream before?

P No, never. So what does it ¹³ _______________, Doctor?

d What do you think the patient's dream means? Match five of the things in his dream to interpretations 1-5. Compare with a partner.

e 6.15 Listen to Dr Melloni interpreting the patient's dream. Check your answers to d.

f 6.16 Dr Melloni is now going to explain what picture 6 means. What do you think the meaning could be? Listen and find out.