2015-08-17 VOL:12

海羽每週電子報

我們希望透過這份免費的電子報來幫助你加強你的美語能力,我們在這邊已為您準備了3個不同的練習,希望對您的美語能力提升有所幫助!

Exercise 1: Listening exercise

1. Listen to the audio file and see how much you understand.

2. Check your understanding by going to the article to read the transcript.

3. Listen again a few times to build the ability to recognize the words.

UnnaGroup Education Listening exercise

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Exercise 2: Movie trailer

1. Watch the entire trailer and see how much you could understand and follow.

2. Now, try to listen to every detail in the trailer. Take your time, do it piece by piece, and write down what you think you hear.

3. Compare what you have written down with the correct text, and take note of any mistakes or new words.

4. Listen to the same section again to make sure that now you have the correct understanding.

5. After you got the whole trailer done, listen to it a few times during the week to strengthen the understanding and build the experience to understand the trailer.

Correct Text

This summer me and my family went on our holiday.

Is this Scotland?

No, darling, this is Warford.

We got stuck on to some farm.

Are you okay back there?

I am grand, apart from the sand up my arse.

Which meant mom and dad could get a good rest.

I learned lots about what it's like to be a grown up.

He's weaving his magic.

And so it begins.

Like how sometimes you have to pretend to enjoy yourself.

This is killing me. Right now do you realize this is killing me?

It's not killing you, darling.

You should always make yourself sound important.

Uncle Gavin are you rich?

This place is enormous.

Comfortable.

I'm a short seller.

You sell shorts?

You are short sealer?

Not a short sealer, a short seller.

And best of all you can get away with pretty much everything.

Mom and dad swear all the time.

She uses the C word the B word and the other ones

Exercise 3: Vocabulary exercise

1. Check out the vocabulary of the week.

2. Try to remember how the meaning can be different when it pairs with different verbal phrases.

abide by	To respect or obey a decision, a law or a rule	If you want to keep your job here, you must abide by our rules.
account for	To explain, give a reason	I hope you can account for the time you were out!
add up	To make sense, seem reasonable	The facts in the case just don’t add up.
advise against	To recommend not doing something	I advise against walking alone in this neighborhood.
agree with	To have the same opinion as someone else.	I agree with you. I think you should go as well.

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