Hearing comprehension 9

We propose you a hearing comprehension exercise. We're going to give you a paragraph every week (Mondays) to practice with it. Try to understand every single word. We advise you to write it, as if it were a dictation. You can send us your writtings here below clicking in 'comments'. We'll give you the right answer the following week. Try it!


Here is the transcription to the last week listening:
I don't feel like working this morning. I've had three cups of coffee and I still can't keep my eyes open. I hardly slept last night after the hailstorm woke me up. It must have been around 4:30 before I was able to go back to sleep. It seems that the older I get, the more trouble I have getting a good night's sleep.

Practice your listening 1, AMERICAN ACCENT

Todd explains who the people are on the face of American dollar bills.

English jokes - Not that funny...

Some jokes to practice passives

1. What kind of ants are found in houses?
     > I don't know.
    OccupANTS!

2. Why was the tennis player given a cigarette lighter at the end of the competition?
    > I don't know.
    Because he had lost all his matches!

3. Mum, do all fairy tales begin with "Once upon a time"?
    > No, darling. Some start with, "Sorry I'm so late, darling, I was detained at the office.

4. A man went to a hospital for a new brain. He was given a choice between two brains -an engineer's for €20,000 or a politician's for €500,000.
    Does that mean the politician's brain is much better?
    > Not exactly, said the doctor. The politician's brain has never been used.

5. I have been asked to get married hundreds of times.
    > Oh! Who by?
    My parents.

6. The body of a man was found in a house yerterday. The body had been chopped up into a thousand pieces and placed in a large plastic bag. Police have not ruled out suicide.

7. One week after he arrived in prison, Walter Gidon had his appendix removed. Soon after that he had two fingers amputated after an acciden in the prison kitchen. The prison boss said to one of the wardens:
    > Keep an eye on him. I think he's trying to escape bit by bit.

Pronunciation tips - Short Vowels - 5

The most important sound in English
Perhaps the most difficult issue to learn in a foreign language is differences between vowels. Here we provide you some very useful pronuntiation tips. Don't miss them every Saturday.

Financial English Vocabulary Lesson for ESL: GM Bankruptcy

Hearing comprehension 8

We propose you a hearing comprehension exercise. We're going to give you a paragraph every week (Mondays) to practice with it. Try to understand every single word. We advise you to write it, as if it were a dictation. You can send us your writtings here below clicking in 'comments'. We'll give you the right answer the following week. Try it!



Here is the transcription to this week listening:
There's been a breach in security. Last night somebody got into the server and messed up several database files. We'll need a couple of days to get things back the way they were, but I'm worried about how this happened. Whoever it was could've destroyed more than a year's work.

Head Idioms - BBC Learning English (The Teacher)

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What about some fun in learning? Here there are some very usual and useful idioms.

Pronunciation tips - Short Vowels - 4

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Perhaps the most difficult issue to learn in a foreign language is differences between vowels. Here we provide you some very useful pronuntiation tips. Don't miss them every Saturday.

Weekly quotation from La Teacher

LIFE ISN'T ABOUT FINDING YOURSELF.

LIFE IS ABOUT CREATING YOURSELF.

George Bernard Shaw

Hearing comprehension 7

We propose you a hearing comprehension exercise. We're going to give you a paragraph every week (Mondays) to practice with it. Try to understand every single word. We advise you to write it, as if it were a dictation. You can send us your writtings here below clicking in 'comments'. We'll give you the right answer the following week. Try it!



Here is the transcription to the last week listening:
You're not going to believe it, but Harold left the keys in the car. We're still here at the roadside restaurant where I called you from an hour ago, trying to find a way to break into the car. We called a local locksmith but he hasn't arrived yet. If worst comes to worst, I'll break one of the windows.

Pronunciation tips - Short Vowels - 3

Perhaps the most difficult issue to learn in a foreign language is differences between vowels. Here we provide you some very useful pronuntiation tips. Don't miss them every Saturday.

Weekly quotation from La Teacher

By three methods we may learn wisdom:
First, by reflection, which is noblest;
Second, by imitation, which is easiest;
and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

Confucius

English Vocabulary for ESL: Legal Vocabulary - Commercial Law

Every Wednesday we'll be publishing a new lesson of Business vocabulary. So, if you don't want to miss any of them, remember to visit us next week.

Hearing comprehension 6

We propose you a hearing comprehension exercise. We're going to give you a paragraph every week (Mondays) to practice with it. Try to understand every single word. We advise you to write it, as if it were a dictation. You can send us your writtings here below clicking in 'comments'. We'll give you the right answer the following week. Try it!



Here is the transcription to the last week listening:
We've been going over the figures on the new construction project and we feel that it's not the right time yet to seek a partner. The last joint venture we got involved in was a fiasco in the end and we're still paying for it. We'd like a couple more months to see how operations are progressing in general before commiting a new alliance.

Pronunciation tips - Short Vowels - 2

Perhaps the most difficult issue to learn in a foreign language is differences between vowels. Here we provide you some very useful pronuntiation tips. Don't miss them every Saturday.

Weekly quotation from La Teacher

It doesn't matter who you are,

where you come from

the ability to triumph begins with you.

Always.

Oprah Winfrey

English Vocabulary for ESL: Legal Vocabulary - Court Cases

Every Wednesday we'll be publishing a new lesson of Business vocabulary. So, if you don't want to miss any of them, remember to visit us next week.

Hearing comprehension 5

We propose you a hearing comprehension exercise. We're going to give you a paragraph every week (Mondays) to practice with it. Try to understand every single word. We advise you to write it, as if it were a dictation. You can send us your writtings here below clicking in 'comments'. We'll give you the right answer the following week. Try it!



Here is the transcription to the last week listening:
Listen, John, we've got to find a way to absorb the noise in the general office area. The acoustics are terrible and when everyone's on the phone, the noise bounces off the floor, walls, and ceiling like crazy ping-pong balls. Couldn't a few rugs on the floor and maybe an additional plant or two reduce some of the noise?

Pronunciation tips - Short Vowels - 1

Perhaps the most difficult issue to learn in a foreign language is differences between vowels. Here we provide you some very useful pronuntiation tips. Don't miss them every Saturday.

Relationship phrasal verbs - to go out