Series 03 Episode 02
While you listen
While you listen
Elementary Podcasts are suitable for learners with different levels of English. Here are some ways to make them easier (if you have a lower level of English) or more difficult (if you have a higher level of English). You can choose one or two of these suggestions - you don't have to do all of them!
Making it easier
- Read all the exercises before you listen to the podcast.
- Look up the words in the exercises that you don't know in a dictionary.
- Play the podcast as many times as you need.
- Play each part of the podcast separately.
- Read the transcript after you have listened to the podcast.
Making it harder
- Listen to the podcast before you read the exercises.
- Only play the podcast once before answering the questions.
- Play the whole podcast without a break.
- Don't read the transcript.
Now, listen to the podcast and do the exercises on the following tabs.
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Activity 1
Put the phrases in the right place, depending on whether Carolina or Emily did them.
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Activity 4
How do you say hello to your friends? Do you shake hands? Kiss? Hug? Bow? Perhaps you wai like people do in Thailand!
Write to us in the comments and we'll discuss your answers in the next show.
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hello everyone
I have a question
I have listen the dialog in this podcast
I stop it after 3 minutes ! It's unbearable
COULD SOMEONE tell me if it's NORMAL AND USUAL that "normal" people speak with such so exagerated intonations in the real life ?!!!
for me it sound totaly ridiculous and stupid
are we supposed to imitate that !
oh God ! PERSONALY I WON'T
NEVER
Am I wrong ? what do you think ?
(I'am French-Spanish)
team
Hello misterp!
You're right - the intonation is a little stronger and the speed is a little slower than normal speech. It is an elementary podcast, and most learners at that level find full speed native speech quite difficult to follow. You don't have to imitate it!
If you want something more natural and challenging, why not try some of our professional podcasts, or stories and poems? These are closer to normal native speech.
Regards
Jeremy Bee
The LearnEnglish Team
OK, thank you
excuse me, i was a little violent in my first post
it s not a matter of speed. I'm afraid that people like me, and worst, I was worrying for young people (I am 50 years old personally) will believe that they should exaggerate the intonations if they want to speak a normal English or north Americans (worst). and I don't agree with that view
although I am not an English beginner, I am not enough experimented
I began to really work seriously my English 4 months ago.
if I say stupid things don't hesitate to tell me
by the way, is the nickname I choose sounding ridiculous for an English speaker ?
"misterp" (mister pee ? haha !!!)
I just think about that now.
thanks to the amazing tools we have now to learn and practice.
Thanks to "Goggle translate" for example which allows us to check, correct, and to find that word that I am searching and impossible to find in my brain ! :-)
team
Hello Mister P,
Thanks for your comment and your enthusiasm about learning English.
I'm sorry that you didn't like our voices on the podcasts. I think there are two issues. Firstly, different languages have different styles of intonation, so that is probably part of what you are hearing. Secondly, speaking style in a one-to-one conversation is different from speaking style in a broadcast. Presenters generally sound enthusiastic and cheerful, so their intonation is more extreme than other speakers.
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
would like to register the exercises of the audios which are in listen and watch to be able to make them at home. How I make
I does not include English and I would like to be able to speak fluently
thanks you
team
Hello,
I'm not quite sure I understand your question. Do you want to download the exercises from these pages? If so, download the PDF support pack under 'instructions and downloads'.
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
Thanks a lot to help us for free. you are amazing and you have a nice heart.
i try to write in english if I make a mistake sorry.
hello every body I'm from Algeria , and in our country when we meet a woman friend i kiss here and i ask here about her family if they are safe, if it's a man we shake hands and ask him about his family too.
Hello everyone.
I'm Thin Dinh. I'm from Vietnam.
I'm trying to learn english, so i need your help. Who can help me?
Please contact with me follow link: ***************
Thanks.
team
Hello Thin Dinh!
We really like it when students want to practice their English together and find out about people in different parts of the world. That's why we have comment sections on almost all of our pages – so you can talk to other students!
However, please remember our house rules ask you not to share personal information. This is to protect you and everyone else who uses our site.
Have fun, and enjoy your stay on LearnEnglish!
Regards
Jeremy Bee
The LearnEnglish Team