English Skills for the Real World: Listening English Practice - By Learn English with EnglishClass101.com
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00:26 | of online content . Let's go Level one Absolute Beginner | |
00:32 | . A woman and a man are looking at a | |
00:34 | photograph . Which photo are they looking at ? This | |
00:41 | is a photo of the soccer team your son is | |
00:44 | on , isn't it ? Which one is your son | |
00:47 | ? This one ? Oh , he's the tallest one | |
00:51 | , yep . He's even taller than the coach . | |
00:56 | A boy is reading from his journal . What was | |
00:59 | the first thing the boy did today ? The weather | |
01:05 | was great . Today I went swimming this afternoon at | |
01:08 | the pool and I went to a movie in the | |
01:11 | evening . I also studied all morning . Today wasn't | |
01:15 | bad . A man is calling the doctor's office . | |
01:22 | What time does he need to be at the doctor's | |
01:24 | office by ? Hello . How can I help you | |
01:30 | ? What time do you close today ? We close | |
01:33 | at 6:00 but please come in before 5:30 PM . | |
01:37 | Okay thank you . A man and a woman are | |
01:43 | looking over a menu at a restaurant . What's the | |
01:47 | man going to order ? What are you going to | |
01:52 | order ? The pizza looks delicious . I think I'll | |
01:55 | go with that . I had pizza yesterday so okay | |
02:00 | then what about the hamburger ? Sounds good . I'll | |
02:05 | go with that . A woman is asking a store | |
02:09 | clerk something at a bookstore . Which book does the | |
02:14 | woman want to see . Excuse me . I'd like | |
02:20 | to take a look at a book on that shelf | |
02:22 | . Which book would you like ? The one about | |
02:25 | cars ? One moment please . This one , yeah | |
02:31 | , that's right . Here you go . Level two | |
02:36 | beginner . A man and a woman are talking about | |
02:41 | the design of the company business card . Which design | |
02:45 | did they decide on ? We've got some new designs | |
02:51 | for the company business card . Which one do you | |
02:54 | think is best . Let's see . I think the | |
02:57 | company name should be bigger . Okay then it should | |
03:01 | be one of these . Right . I like these | |
03:04 | because the company name is big and on top one | |
03:08 | of these has a space for a photo . What | |
03:11 | do you think ? Mm I think it makes the | |
03:14 | text a little too small . Yeah , the text | |
03:17 | could be a little hard to read with the picture | |
03:20 | . Okay then let's go with the other one . | |
03:26 | You're listening to the weather forecast . What's the forecast | |
03:33 | ? We'll have sunny weather all through the morning in | |
03:36 | the afternoon though . It's going to get cloudy and | |
03:39 | we'll have rain in the night . The rain will | |
03:42 | continue through the night until early tomorrow morning when the | |
03:45 | sun will start coming out again . A man is | |
03:50 | talking with his wife on the phone . What's he | |
03:53 | going to buy ? Hey , heading home now . | |
04:00 | Okay . Could you buy something on the way home | |
04:03 | ? Sure . What do you want me to get | |
04:06 | ? We need some milk and bread for tomorrow's breakfast | |
04:10 | . Milk and bread . Got it . How many | |
04:13 | cartons of milk ? one should be fine . Okay | |
04:17 | . Anything else ? 1 2nd . Let me check | |
04:20 | if we have butter . Okay , We've got some | |
04:24 | . All right . Do we have any beer left | |
04:27 | ? Yes . We still have a bottle here . | |
04:30 | Okay . So we don't need to buy any right | |
04:33 | now . Right . I think we're good . Thank | |
04:37 | you . A man and a woman are talking about | |
04:42 | printers in the office . Where is the old printer | |
04:49 | ? Where should we put the new printer ? Mm | |
04:53 | I think we should put it where the old printer | |
04:55 | is now . But the old one still works . | |
04:58 | We're going to keep using it . Okay so we | |
05:02 | can't put the new one there . It's too bad | |
05:05 | . It would be nice to have the new one | |
05:07 | in the bookshelf next to the door but there's only | |
05:09 | room for one printer there . Okay then I think | |
05:13 | we should put it on the other side of the | |
05:14 | room . Right . How about next to the window | |
05:18 | . That sounds good . A man is looking for | |
05:23 | a birthday present for his wife at a jewelry shop | |
05:27 | . Which necklace is he going to buy ? May | |
05:33 | I help you ? I'm looking for a birthday present | |
05:36 | for my wife . What do you recommend ? Well | |
05:39 | what about this necklace ? Mm It looks a little | |
05:43 | long . What about these ? Over here ? We | |
05:46 | have one with the flower pendant and another one with | |
05:49 | a heart . I'm looking for something a bit more | |
05:52 | sophisticated . How much is this pearl necklace over here | |
05:56 | ? It's $5,000 . Mm That's too expensive . Okay | |
06:03 | , I'll take the first one . Sure thing . | |
06:06 | Here you are . Level three intermediate . A woman | |
06:13 | is trying on a dress and talking to a shop | |
06:15 | clerk . Which dress is she going to buy ? | |
06:22 | It looks very nice on you and it fits perfectly | |
06:26 | . Yeah , it fits . But I usually wear | |
06:28 | plain colors . I'm not used to this kind of | |
06:31 | a pattern . Well , I think you look great | |
06:34 | . Yeah . Still it would take some courage for | |
06:37 | me to actually wear this . What about this dress | |
06:40 | then ? The pattern is much more reserved so it | |
06:42 | won't feel as flashy . You're right . Let me | |
06:46 | try that one on , Go right ahead . What | |
06:51 | do you think ma'am ? This one suits me much | |
06:53 | more than the last . Do you have a long | |
06:55 | sleeved version with this design ? Yes we do . | |
06:59 | Thanks . I'll buy that . A male and female | |
07:05 | students are looking at job advertisements . Which job is | |
07:09 | the female student going to apply for ? Hey what | |
07:15 | do you think about this job ? The hourly pay | |
07:17 | is pretty high . Sure the pay looks great . | |
07:20 | But could you really do a newspaper delivery route ? | |
07:23 | Of course I'm good at riding bikes but I'm worried | |
07:26 | about waking up early . What about this 1 ? | |
07:30 | The pay isn't as high but you can work two | |
07:32 | or 3 days a week and start working from the | |
07:34 | evening . Oh this one a supermarket cashier . Huh | |
07:39 | . Well it would be good to work after school | |
07:42 | . This one for a coffee shop . Might be | |
07:44 | good to . Oh yeah , I love that place | |
07:47 | . And it's on my way to school . Not | |
07:50 | bad . Huh ? Mm . Which one should I | |
07:52 | apply to ? Which to is it between the coffee | |
07:56 | shop and a newspaper delivery route ? Yeah . The | |
07:59 | pay for the newspaper route is really nice . Okay | |
08:02 | . My mind's made up . I guess I'll just | |
08:04 | have to get up early . A woman is talking | |
08:09 | to her hairstylist . How would she like to change | |
08:13 | her hair ? Hi , may I help you ? | |
08:19 | Hi . I've got a 3:00 reservation for Ritchie . | |
08:22 | Ah Yes . Welcome miss Richie . Please come this | |
08:25 | way . What can I do for you today ? | |
08:27 | I'd like to change my hairstyle a little bit . | |
08:30 | Okay . What length would you like about shoulder length | |
08:34 | ? All right . And what about your bangs ? | |
08:37 | Keep the bangs straight down or parted on the side | |
08:41 | to the side of it ? Which side ? Maybe | |
08:45 | a little left from the middle . Got it . | |
08:48 | We'll start with the shampoo . So please come this | |
08:50 | way . A man is making a reservation at a | |
08:55 | hotel . Which room is he going to stay in | |
09:02 | seaside hotel ? How may I help you ? Hi | |
09:06 | . I'd like to stay for one night on September | |
09:08 | 22 . Certainly one night from September 22 . How | |
09:13 | many people ? Two would you like a smoking or | |
09:16 | a non smoking room sir ? Non smoking . The | |
09:20 | only non smoking room available on that day is a | |
09:23 | mountain view room . Is that okay ? Well I | |
09:27 | was hoping for an ocean view room . I'm sorry | |
09:30 | but the only ocean view room available on that day | |
09:33 | is a smoking room . I see . Is there | |
09:36 | a non smoking ocean view room available on september 23rd | |
09:41 | ? Yes there is . Okay we'll stay on September | |
09:44 | 23 . Husband and wife are looking at some floor | |
09:50 | plans . Which room are they going to see ? | |
09:57 | How about this 1 ? It's got a nice large | |
09:59 | living room mm I like a big living room but | |
10:04 | I want the parking space . Let's see how about | |
10:07 | this 1 ? Yeah that's nice . Should we go | |
10:10 | see this 1 ? Wait a second . Isn't the | |
10:13 | closet a bit too small ? Good point mm There | |
10:18 | doesn't seem to be one that's perfect . Wait How | |
10:22 | about this 1 ? It's got everything we need doesn't | |
10:25 | it ? And the closet is pretty large too . | |
10:28 | Let's go see this one . Okay . Level four | |
10:34 | advanced A man and a woman are talking about preparations | |
10:39 | for a presentation they'll be making tomorrow at their office | |
10:43 | . What will the woman check after the conversation ends | |
10:48 | ? Okay I think we're almost ready for the presentation | |
10:51 | tomorrow . Just a few more things . The meeting | |
10:54 | will start at nine sharp . So could you double | |
10:56 | check the meeting room today ? Yep . I've already | |
10:59 | checked the room . Okay great . Did you make | |
11:01 | sure the projector is working ? Okay . Oh I | |
11:04 | was going to check the projector tomorrow morning when I | |
11:06 | have my laptop . No we've got to get that | |
11:09 | check today . We won't have time to deal with | |
11:11 | it in the morning if there's a problem . So | |
11:13 | make sure to check that projector today . That's the | |
11:15 | most important thing . Okay we'll do . And did | |
11:19 | you get the copies of those handouts ? Miss Tanaka | |
11:23 | is making them now . Let's see what else . | |
11:26 | Oh did you check the white board ? Yes I | |
11:29 | did . Sometimes the pens don't have enough ink left | |
11:32 | in them . Did you get a chance to check | |
11:33 | them ? Not yet but I'll make sure to do | |
11:36 | that later . Yes please make sure to do that | |
11:38 | today . A woman is calling on the phone to | |
11:43 | reserve tickets for a play . Which two seats did | |
11:47 | she get ? Hello this is Blackfriars Playhouse . Can | |
11:54 | I help you ? I'd like to get two tickets | |
11:56 | for King Lear at 5 30 this evening . Do | |
11:59 | you still have any tickets available ? We do have | |
12:01 | a few seats left but I'm sorry to say we | |
12:04 | don't have any next to each other . If you | |
12:06 | don't mind though we can get you to seeds separately | |
12:09 | . Okay We don't mind . Do you have any | |
12:12 | particular requests ? Well do you have any aisle seats | |
12:16 | ? Yes we have an aisle seat at the left | |
12:18 | side of the center section and to the right of | |
12:21 | it three seats over we have another free seat to | |
12:24 | the side . Okay then please book that aisle seat | |
12:28 | Certainly . How about the other 1 ? Do you | |
12:31 | have any seats near the center ? The only centre | |
12:33 | seats we have left are from the first row to | |
12:35 | the 3rd row . I'm not too crazy about having | |
12:38 | actors spit on me . So this room is relatively | |
12:41 | small and I think you could enjoy the play even | |
12:44 | at the end of the row on the side . | |
12:46 | Is that so then I'll take the one you mentioned | |
12:48 | before On the left side . A woman is talking | |
12:53 | with a man who works for an outsourced printing company | |
12:56 | about a brochure for a new product . When is | |
12:59 | the deadline for the first design draft for the brochure | |
13:05 | ? We decided to launch the new product on October | |
13:07 | 15 and we'd like to offer you the contract to | |
13:10 | make the brochure . Thank you so much . We're | |
13:13 | definitely excited about helping you with this project . So | |
13:16 | , could you tell us a bit about the schedule | |
13:19 | ? When will you need everything by ? Well , | |
13:22 | considering the time needed for printing , we'd like to | |
13:24 | get the brochures to the printing stage by the end | |
13:26 | of september . So , would it be possible for | |
13:29 | you to get us the first design draft by the | |
13:31 | middle of august ? Well , we'd like to give | |
13:34 | you three design options for the initial draft and then | |
13:36 | have you choose the one which best fits your concept | |
13:39 | , then we'll make the final design based on your | |
13:41 | choice . So it will be very helpful if you | |
13:44 | could give us two more weeks to prepare for this | |
13:46 | stage . Mm Okay , maybe one month will be | |
13:50 | enough time to choose one of the designs you've made | |
13:52 | and then decide on the final design . All right | |
13:55 | , we'll be counting on you . You're in good | |
13:57 | hands . Our design team is the best . Thank | |
14:00 | you so much . A man is joining a sports | |
14:04 | club and getting information on its policies . What type | |
14:08 | of membership will he choose ? Let me start by | |
14:14 | explaining our clubs different membership options as described in this | |
14:17 | brochure . Regular members can use the gym and the | |
14:20 | pool at any time on any day of the week | |
14:23 | , but we also offer early morning memberships where people | |
14:25 | can use the facilities only in the early morning and | |
14:28 | night memberships , for people who only want to come | |
14:31 | in the evening . What are the hours for ? | |
14:33 | Early morning members ? Early morning members can use the | |
14:36 | facilities from six am to 10 am and night . | |
14:39 | Members can use them from six pm to 11 PM | |
14:43 | . I see so early morning members can stop by | |
14:45 | and use the facilities on their way to work Exactly | |
14:49 | . The early morning type is popular among people with | |
14:51 | 9-5 jobs , and we also offer memberships just for | |
14:55 | the gym or just for the pool . If you | |
14:57 | only want to use one of those , I want | |
14:59 | to use both the gym and the pool . I | |
15:02 | think I'll use the gym in the early morning before | |
15:04 | going to work on weekdays and then use the pool | |
15:06 | on the weekend . Do you have a membership that | |
15:08 | covers something like early mornings for the weekdays , but | |
15:11 | all day on the weekend ? We're sorry , but | |
15:13 | we don't offer a membership like that sir . Okay | |
15:17 | . I don't think I can get up that early | |
15:18 | on the weekend , so I'll choose this membership option | |
15:24 | . A man is reporting about his company's sales performance | |
15:27 | at a meeting , Which two charts is he using | |
15:30 | for his presentation . Please look at the handout . | |
15:36 | The left chart shows our company's sales over the past | |
15:38 | three years and the sales forecast for the current year | |
15:41 | . And the right chart shows the monthly breakdown in | |
15:43 | sales up to october of this year . Now , | |
15:46 | please have a look at the left chart . It | |
15:48 | shows that sales have been steadily increasing over the past | |
15:51 | three years and if we can keep increasing our sales | |
15:54 | , the total sales for this year will show an | |
15:56 | increase over last year . Next please look at the | |
16:00 | right chart . The right chart shows that the campaigns | |
16:02 | we ran in april in august were fairly effective . | |
16:05 | I see but the sales decreased in May and september | |
16:08 | following the campaigns . Yes , but this kind of | |
16:11 | decrease is unavoidable . I expect the annual sales for | |
16:15 | this year will show an increase over last year . | |
16:17 | If we can keep increasing our sales , how was | |
16:21 | it now ? You can check your answers . Level | |
16:25 | one absolute beginner answer . Which photo are they looking | |
16:32 | at ? A woman and a man are looking at | |
16:39 | a photograph . Which photo are they looking at ? | |
16:44 | This is a photo of the soccer team your son | |
16:47 | is on , isn't it ? Which one is your | |
16:49 | son ? This one ? Oh he's the tallest one | |
16:54 | , yep . He's even taller than the coach . | |
16:59 | What was the first thing the boy did today ? | |
17:07 | A boy is reading from his journal . What was | |
17:11 | the first thing the boy did today ? The weather | |
17:15 | was great . Today I went swimming this afternoon at | |
17:18 | the pool and I went to a movie in the | |
17:21 | evening . I also studied all morning . Today wasn't | |
17:25 | bad . What time does he need to be at | |
17:30 | the doctor's office by ? A man is calling the | |
17:38 | doctor's office . What time does he need to be | |
17:41 | at the doctor's office by ? Hello . How can | |
17:45 | I help you ? What time do you close today | |
17:49 | ? We close at 6:00 but please come in before | |
17:51 | 5:30 PM . Okay , thank you . What's the | |
17:58 | man going to order ? A man and a woman | |
18:05 | are looking over a menu at a restaurant . What's | |
18:09 | the man going to order ? What are you going | |
18:13 | to order ? The pizza looks delicious . I think | |
18:16 | I'll go with that . I had pizza yesterday so | |
18:21 | Okay then . What about the hamburger ? Sounds good | |
18:25 | . I'll go with that . Which book does the | |
18:30 | woman want to see ? A woman is asking a | |
18:37 | store clerk something at a bookstore . Which book does | |
18:42 | the woman want to see ? Excuse me . I'd | |
18:46 | like to take a look at a book on that | |
18:47 | shelf . Which book would you like ? The one | |
18:51 | about cars ? One moment please . This one , | |
18:56 | yep . That's right . Here you go . Level | |
19:01 | two beginner answer which design did they decide on ? | |
19:08 | Uh huh . A man and a woman are talking | |
19:15 | about the design of the company business card . Which | |
19:19 | design did they decide on ? We've got some new | |
19:23 | designs for the company business card . Which one Do | |
19:26 | you think is best ? Let's see . I think | |
19:29 | the company names should be bigger . Okay then . | |
19:33 | It should be one of these . Right . I | |
19:36 | like these because the company name is big and on | |
19:39 | top one of these has a space for a photo | |
19:43 | . What do you think ? Mm I think it | |
19:46 | makes the text a little too small . Yeah , | |
19:49 | the text could be a little hard to read with | |
19:51 | the picture . Okay then . Let's go with the | |
19:54 | other one . What's the forecast ? You're listening to | |
20:05 | the weather forecast ? What's the forecast ? We'll have | |
20:10 | sunny weather all through the morning in the afternoon though | |
20:13 | . It's going to get cloudy and we'll have rain | |
20:16 | in the night . The rain will continue through the | |
20:18 | night until early tomorrow morning when the sun will start | |
20:22 | coming out again . What's he going to buy ? | |
20:31 | A man is talking with his wife on the phone | |
20:35 | . What's he going to buy ? Hey , heading | |
20:38 | home now . Okay . Could you buy something on | |
20:42 | the way home ? Sure . What do you want | |
20:45 | me to get ? We need some milk and bread | |
20:47 | for tomorrow's breakfast . Milk and bread . Got it | |
20:52 | . How many cartons of milk ? 1 ? Should | |
20:55 | be fine . Okay . Anything else ? One second | |
20:59 | . Let me check if we have butter . Okay | |
21:02 | , We've got some . All right . Do we | |
21:05 | have any beer left ? Yes . We still have | |
21:08 | a bottle here . Okay . So we don't need | |
21:12 | to buy any right now . Right . I think | |
21:15 | we're good . Thank you . Where is the old | |
21:20 | printer ? A man and a woman are talking about | |
21:28 | printers in the office . Where is the old printer | |
21:33 | ? Where should we put the new printer ? Mm | |
21:36 | I think we should put it where the old printer | |
21:39 | is now . But the old one still works . | |
21:42 | We're going to keep using it . Okay so we | |
21:45 | can't put the new one there . It's too bad | |
21:49 | . It would be nice to have the new one | |
21:50 | in the bookshelf next to the door but there's only | |
21:53 | room for one printer there . Okay then I think | |
21:56 | we should put it on the other side of the | |
21:58 | room . Right . How about next to the window | |
22:02 | ? That sounds good . Which necklace is he going | |
22:07 | to buy ? A man is looking for a birthday | |
22:14 | present for his wife at a jewelry shop . Which | |
22:18 | necklace is he going to buy ? May I help | |
22:22 | you ? I'm looking for a birthday present for my | |
22:25 | wife . What do you recommend ? Well what about | |
22:29 | this necklace ? Mm It looks a little long . | |
22:33 | What about these ? Over here ? We have one | |
22:36 | with the flower pendant and another one with a heart | |
22:39 | . I'm looking for something a bit more sophisticated . | |
22:42 | How much is this pearl necklace over here ? It's | |
22:46 | $5,000 . Mm That's too expensive . Okay , I'll | |
22:52 | take the first one . Sure thing . Here you | |
22:55 | are . Level three . Intermediate answer . Which dress | |
23:03 | is she going to buy ? A woman is trying | |
23:10 | on a dress and talking to a shop clerk . | |
23:14 | Which dress is she going to buy ? It looks | |
23:17 | very nice on you and it fits perfectly . Yeah | |
23:21 | , it fits . But I usually wear plain colors | |
23:24 | . I'm not used to this kind of a pattern | |
23:27 | . Well , I think you look great . Yeah | |
23:30 | . Still it would take some courage for me to | |
23:32 | actually wear this . What about this stress then ? | |
23:35 | The pattern is much more reserved so it won't feel | |
23:38 | as flashy . You're right . Let me try that | |
23:41 | one on , go right ahead . What do you | |
23:46 | think ma'am ? This one suits me much more than | |
23:49 | the last . Do you have a long sleeved version | |
23:51 | with this design ? Yes we do thanks . I'll | |
23:55 | buy that . Which job is the female student going | |
24:00 | to apply for ? A male and female students are | |
24:08 | looking at job advertisements . Which job is the female | |
24:12 | student going to apply for ? Hey what do you | |
24:16 | think about this job ? The hourly pay is pretty | |
24:19 | high . Sure the pay looks great . But could | |
24:22 | you really do a newspaper delivery route ? Of course | |
24:25 | I'm good at riding bikes but I'm worried about waking | |
24:28 | up early . What about this 1 ? The pay | |
24:31 | isn't as high but you can work two or 3 | |
24:33 | days a week and start working from the evening . | |
24:36 | Oh this one a supermarket cashier . Huh ? Well | |
24:40 | it would be good to work after school . This | |
24:43 | one for a coffee shop might be good to . | |
24:46 | Oh yeah I love that place . And it's on | |
24:49 | my way to school . Not bad . Huh Mm | |
24:52 | . Which one should I apply to ? Which to | |
24:55 | is it between the coffee shop and a newspaper delivery | |
24:58 | route ? Yeah . The pay for the newspaper route | |
25:01 | is really nice . Okay . My mind's made up | |
25:04 | I guess . I'll just have to get up early | |
25:09 | . How would she like to change her hair ? | |
25:16 | A woman is talking to her hairstylist . How would | |
25:19 | she like to change her hair ? Hi , may | |
25:23 | I help you ? Hi . I've got a 3:00 | |
25:26 | reservation for Ritchie . Ah yes . Welcome Miss Richie | |
25:30 | . Please come this way . What can I do | |
25:32 | for you today ? I'd like to change my hairstyle | |
25:35 | a little bit . Okay . What length would you | |
25:37 | like about shoulder length ? All right . And what | |
25:41 | about your bangs ? Keep the bangs straight down or | |
25:45 | parted on the side to the side of it ? | |
25:49 | Which side ? Maybe a little left from the middle | |
25:53 | . Got it . We'll start with the shampoo . | |
25:55 | So please come this way . Which room is he | |
26:00 | going to stay in ? A man is making a | |
26:07 | reservation at a hotel . Which room is he going | |
26:11 | to stay in seaside hotel ? How may I help | |
26:15 | you ? Hi . I'd like to stay for one | |
26:17 | night on September 22 . Certainly one night from September | |
26:22 | 22 . How many people ? Two . Would you | |
26:26 | like a smoking or a non smoking room sir ? | |
26:29 | Non smoking . The only non smoking room available on | |
26:33 | that day is a mountain view room . Is that | |
26:35 | okay ? Well I was hoping for an ocean view | |
26:39 | room . I'm sorry but the only ocean view room | |
26:42 | available on that day is a smoking room . I | |
26:45 | see . Is there a non smoking ocean view room | |
26:49 | available on september 23rd ? Yes there is . Okay | |
26:54 | . We'll stay on September 23 . Which room are | |
26:59 | they going to see ? Husband and wife are looking | |
27:07 | at some floor plans . Which room are they going | |
27:10 | to see ? How about this 1 ? It's got | |
27:14 | a nice large living room . Mm I like a | |
27:17 | big living room but I want the parking space . | |
27:21 | Let's see how about this 1 ? Yeah that's nice | |
27:25 | . Should we go see this 1 ? Wait a | |
27:27 | second . Isn't the closet a bit too small ? | |
27:31 | Good point . Mm There doesn't seem to be one | |
27:35 | . That's perfect . Wait How about this 1 ? | |
27:38 | It's got everything we need doesn't it ? And the | |
27:41 | closet is pretty large too . Let's go see this | |
27:43 | one . Okay . Level four . Advanced answer . | |
27:51 | What will the woman check after the conversation ends ? | |
27:59 | A man and a woman are talking about preparations for | |
28:02 | a presentation they'll be making tomorrow at their office . | |
28:06 | What will the woman check after the conversation ends ? | |
28:09 | Okay I think we're almost ready for the presentation tomorrow | |
28:13 | . Just a few more things . The meeting will | |
28:15 | start at nine sharp . So could you double check | |
28:17 | the meeting room today ? Yep I've already checked the | |
28:20 | room . Okay great . Did you make sure the | |
28:23 | projector is working ? Okay ? Oh I was going | |
28:25 | to check the projector tomorrow morning when I have my | |
28:27 | laptop . No we've got to get that check today | |
28:30 | . We won't have time to deal with it in | |
28:32 | the morning if there's a problem . So make sure | |
28:34 | to check that projector today . That's the most important | |
28:37 | thing . Okay we'll do . And did you get | |
28:41 | the copies of those handouts ? Miss Tanaka is making | |
28:44 | them now . Let's see what else . Oh did | |
28:48 | you check the white board ? Yes I did . | |
28:51 | Sometimes the pens don't have enough ink left in them | |
28:53 | . Did you get a chance to check them ? | |
28:55 | Not yet but I'll make sure to do that later | |
28:58 | . Yes please make sure to do that today . | |
29:03 | Which two seats did she get ? A woman is | |
29:10 | calling on the phone to reserve tickets for a play | |
29:14 | . Which two seats did she get ? Hello this | |
29:17 | is Blackfriars Playhouse . Can I help you ? I'd | |
29:21 | like to get two tickets for King Lear at 5 | |
29:23 | 30 this evening . Do you still have any tickets | |
29:25 | available ? We do have a few seats left but | |
29:28 | I'm sorry to say we don't have any next to | |
29:30 | each other . If you don't mind though we can | |
29:33 | get you to seeds separately . Okay . We don't | |
29:36 | mind . Do you have any particular requests ? Well | |
29:40 | do you have any aisle seats ? Yes . We | |
29:42 | have an aisle seat at the left side of the | |
29:44 | center section And to the right of it . three | |
29:47 | seats over we have another free seat to the side | |
29:50 | . Okay then please book that aisle seat Certainly . | |
29:54 | How about the other 1 ? Do you have any | |
29:56 | seats near the center ? The only centre seats we | |
29:59 | have left are from the first row to the 3rd | |
30:01 | row . I'm not too crazy about having actors spit | |
30:04 | on me . So this room is relatively small and | |
30:07 | I think you could enjoy the play even at the | |
30:09 | end of the row on the side . Is that | |
30:12 | so then I'll take the one you mentioned before on | |
30:14 | the left side . When is the deadline for the | |
30:19 | first design draft for the brochure ? A woman is | |
30:27 | talking with a man who works for an outsourced printing | |
30:29 | company about a brochure for a new product . When | |
30:33 | is the deadline for the first design draft for the | |
30:36 | brochure ? We decided to launch the new product on | |
30:39 | October 15 and we'd like to offer you the contract | |
30:42 | to make the brochure . Thank you so much . | |
30:45 | We're definitely excited about helping you with this project . | |
30:48 | So , could you tell us a bit about the | |
30:50 | schedule ? When will you need everything by ? Well | |
30:54 | , considering the time needed for printing , we'd like | |
30:56 | to get the brochures to the printing stage by the | |
30:59 | end of september . So , would it be possible | |
31:01 | for you to get us the first design draft by | |
31:03 | the middle of august ? Well , we'd like to | |
31:06 | give you three design options for the initial draft and | |
31:09 | then have you choose the one which best fits your | |
31:11 | concept , then we'll make the final design based on | |
31:14 | your choice . So it'll be very helpful if you | |
31:16 | could give us two more weeks to prepare for this | |
31:18 | stage . Mm . Okay , maybe one month will | |
31:22 | be enough time to choose one of the designs you've | |
31:24 | made , and then decide on the final design . | |
31:26 | All right , we'll be counting on you . You're | |
31:29 | in good hands . Our design team is the best | |
31:32 | . Thank you so much . What type of membership | |
31:37 | will he choose ? A man is joining a sports | |
31:44 | club and getting information on its policies . What type | |
31:48 | of membership will he choose ? Let me start by | |
31:52 | explaining our clubs different membership options as described in this | |
31:55 | brochure . Regular members can use the gym and the | |
31:58 | pool at any time on any day of the week | |
32:00 | , but we also offer early morning memberships where people | |
32:03 | can use the facilities only in the early morning and | |
32:06 | night memberships for people who only want to come in | |
32:09 | the evening . What are the hours for ? Early | |
32:11 | morning members ? Early morning members can use the facilities | |
32:15 | from six AM to 10 am and night members can | |
32:18 | use them from six PM to 11 PM . I | |
32:21 | see so early morning members can stop by and use | |
32:23 | the facilities on their way to work . Exactly . | |
32:27 | The early morning type is popular among people with 9-5 | |
32:30 | jobs . And we also offer memberships just for the | |
32:33 | gym or just for the pool if you only want | |
32:35 | to use one of those , I want to use | |
32:37 | both the gym and the pool . I think I'll | |
32:40 | use the gym in the early morning before going to | |
32:42 | work on weekdays and then use the pool on the | |
32:44 | weekend . Do you have a membership that covers something | |
32:47 | like early mornings for the weekdays , but all day | |
32:49 | on the weekend . We're sorry , but we don't | |
32:51 | offer a membership like that , sir . Okay . | |
32:54 | I don't think I can get up that early on | |
32:56 | the weekend , so I'll choose this membership option . | |
33:02 | Which two charts is he using for his presentation ? | |
33:10 | A man is reporting about his company's sales performance at | |
33:13 | a meeting . Which two charts is he using for | |
33:16 | his presentation ? Please look at the hand out . | |
33:20 | The left chart shows our company's sales over the past | |
33:22 | three years , and the sales forecast for the current | |
33:25 | year . And the right chart shows the monthly breakdown | |
33:27 | in sales up to october of this year . Now | |
33:30 | , please have a look at the left chart . | |
33:32 | It shows that sales have been steadily increasing over the | |
33:34 | past three years and if we can keep increasing our | |
33:37 | sales , the total sales for this year will show | |
33:39 | an increase over last year . Next please look at | |
33:43 | the right chart . The right chart shows that the | |
33:46 | campaigns we ran in april in august were fairly effective | |
33:49 | . I see , but the sales decreased in May | |
33:51 | and september following the campaigns . Yes , but this | |
33:55 | kind of decrease is unavoidable . I expect the annual | |
33:58 | sales for this year will show an increase over last | |
34:00 | year . If we can keep increasing our sales , | |
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34:17 | studied your target language , but you can barely understand | |
34:20 | native speakers , you might be doing something wrong , | |
34:23 | you know , the vocabulary and grammar they're using . | |
34:26 | But for some reason when they speak at a faster | |
34:28 | speed , you can't keep track of what's going on | |
34:31 | . Why is this happening ? Have you spent all | |
34:33 | this time learning in vain ? This is a common | |
34:36 | issue that all language learners face at some point or | |
34:39 | another . The truth is , it's actually a good | |
34:41 | problem to have because only students with a higher level | |
34:45 | of skill will experience it when you know a lot | |
34:48 | of the language but have trouble understanding native speakers . | |
34:51 | The problem is almost always with your listening skills , | |
34:54 | learning what words mean , and practicing how to use | |
34:57 | them in a sentence are both invaluable skills to develop | |
35:00 | . But people often forget that in addition to speaking | |
35:03 | writing and reading , we have to develop our listening | |
35:06 | skills in a foreign language as well . In this | |
35:09 | video , we'll look at three practical ways to improve | |
35:12 | your listening skills . Number one practice active listening . | |
35:16 | One of the best ways to practice listening is too | |
35:19 | well listen to your target language . But this doesn't | |
35:22 | mean putting on some music and listening to it in | |
35:24 | the background as you do other things you need to | |
35:27 | practice active listening , get your hands on a recording | |
35:30 | of spoken language . You can use a movie , | |
35:33 | news , broadcast or podcast . You can even try | |
35:36 | subscribing to a Youtube channel , listen to a segment | |
35:39 | of the audio and do your best to write down | |
35:42 | what you hear after a couple tries at this , | |
35:44 | go back and double check what you wrote against the | |
35:47 | script of what was actually said . If you're watching | |
35:50 | a movie , you can double check yourself by turning | |
35:52 | on the subtitles are language learning program is one of | |
35:55 | the best tools for developing your listening skills . You | |
35:58 | can listen to the conversation in a lesson and then | |
36:00 | check it back against the lesson transcripts . This is | |
36:03 | simple , easy and you can be sure that the | |
36:06 | transcripts are correct . Number two . Practice pronunciation . | |
36:10 | Any problems you have pronouncing new words correctly will be | |
36:14 | reflected back in your listening skills . It's hard for | |
36:17 | your brain to decipher and remember a sound , be | |
36:20 | it a letter or a word that you don't know | |
36:22 | how to make yourself a good accent will give you | |
36:25 | the ability to hear and pick out the otherwise unnatural | |
36:28 | new sounds . To develop your accent focus on any | |
36:32 | sounds or letters that feel difficult or unnatural for you | |
36:35 | . Once you get more comfortable with the basic sounds | |
36:38 | start to combine them using words and whole sentences . | |
36:42 | Listen to native speakers as much as possible and take | |
36:45 | note of how words and sounds can blend morph or | |
36:48 | get dropped in rapid speech . Do your best to | |
36:51 | listen to this phenomenon and imitate what you hear . | |
36:54 | Focus more on how the syllables are set together rather | |
36:57 | than simply saying the words next to each other . | |
37:00 | There is often a significant difference between how words are | |
37:03 | set individually and how they are said when spoken together | |
37:06 | in a rapid fire sentence . This is a big | |
37:09 | part of the reason . Language learners can know a | |
37:11 | lot of vocabulary and grammar but still not understand native | |
37:14 | speakers . Our playback feature is great for pronunciation practice | |
37:19 | . You can play back the podcast itself or listen | |
37:21 | to words individually . You can even listen back at | |
37:24 | a slower speed . If you're having trouble catching the | |
37:26 | correct pronunciation at native speaker speed number three , make | |
37:31 | listening part of your routine Now that you've started practicing | |
37:34 | active listening and pronunciation , make it a part of | |
37:37 | your regular learning a lot of specific amount of time | |
37:40 | for each of your listening activities . For example , | |
37:43 | you might practice 10 minutes of active listening , followed | |
37:46 | by 10 minutes of practicing bowels and then 10 minutes | |
37:49 | of imitation practice with a podcast . Now you don't | |
37:52 | have to use this schedule exactly tailor it to your | |
37:55 | own needs and availability . The point is that you | |
37:58 | should make a conscious and decisive effort to practice your | |
38:01 | listening skills on a regular basis . It could be | |
38:03 | 30 minutes a day or it might be 10 . | |
38:05 | What matters most is that you practice consistently . These | |
38:09 | three tips will help you close any gap that might | |
38:12 | exist between your knowledge of your target language and you're | |
38:14 | listening abilities . Understanding native speakers may seem daunting at | |
38:18 | first , but with a little time and perseverance you | |
38:21 | will see your skills improve and for even more ways | |
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