2015-09-21 VOL:17

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

Rise and shine, beautiful.

How much do you love me?

Oh good.

Oh, good. Oh, good. Oh, good.

Promise you'll never leave me.

She turned around and gave the kid a huge smile.

Whatever it took, he knew he was going to marry that girl.

– And did he? – I'd marry you 100 times.

Nobody tells you that it's terrifying to love something so much.

Oh my gosh!

– Why didn't you call me? – You were in the hospital.

I mean, the 30 years before that.

– Why did you stop taking your meds? – They were making me fat.

– That's bullshit. – It's true.

So you'd rather be insane?

Lanie? Rise and shine, beautiful.

You're going have to decide what it is you want.

I just want you to be happy, like you used to be.

Mom? I can breathe.

Don't you want to be happy?

What do you want?

I'd love to smile like that again.

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.

set off	To start a journey;	Let’s set off early to miss the rush hour traffic.
set up	To start a business	They set up their own company when they were still in high school.
shop around	To compare prices	Don’t buy that. Let’s shop around and see if we can find something cheaper.
show off	To brag or want to be admired	He’s such a show off. He has to tell everybody about his new computer.
show up	To appear/arrive	I don’t think she’ll show up tonight. Her daughter is sick.

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