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  The Pluck Method to Listening Comprehension (words plucked)

 Radio Zamaneh Interview: Mahmud Khoshnam speaks about Mohammad Nuri's style in an interview by Shahzoda Nazarova.

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 Listen to the entire interview. Didn't catch it all? So, let's chop it up into parts and take it nice and easy.

 
 

1. First just Part 1:  Listen: or  Download all of Part 1. Now we'll take Part 1 sentence-by-sentence. The following words have been plucked from the sentences in Part 1 and replaced with  a pluck:


       سرایندهٔ * نوگرا * متمایز * منتقدِ  


        Listen to each of the following sentences from Part 1, first with a word plucked and then with the word restored.
        1-1. Sentence 1. Word plucked: Word restored:

        1-2. Sentence 2. Word plucked: Word restored:

        1-3. Sentence 3. Word plucked: Word restored:

        1-4. Sentence 4. Word plucked: Word restored:


2. On to Part 2:  Listen: Download Part 2.  The following words have been removed from the sentences in Part 2 and replaced with  a pluck:

      می‏نهاد * زودگذری * عرضه * شبیه * پاپ‏خوانی


        Listen to each of the following sentences from Part 2, first with a word plucked and then with the word restored.
        2-1. Sentence 1. Word plucked: Word restored:

        2-2. Sentence 2. Word plucked: Word restored:

        2-3. Sentence 3. Word plucked: Word restored:

        2-4. Sentence 4. Word plucked: Word restored:

        2-5. Sentence 5. Word plucked: Word restored:

 

3. On to Part 3:  Listen: or  Download Part 3.  The following words have been removed from the sentences in Part 3 and replaced with  a pluck:

      با * ‌پیشینه‏اشو * منظور * اتودهای * به‌بعد *  دههٔ   


        Listen to each of the following sentences from Part 3, first with a word plucked and then with the word restored.
        3-1. Sentence 1. Word plucked: Word restored:

        3-2. Sentence 2. Word plucked: Word restored:

        3-3. Sentence 3. Word plucked: Word restored:

        3-4. Sentence 4. Word plucked: Word restored:

        3-5. Sentence 5. Word plucked: Word restored:

        3-6. Sentence 6. Word plucked: Word restored:

 
 
4. On to Part 4:  Listen: or  Download Part 4.  The following words have been removed from the sentences in Part 4 and replaced with  a pluck:

      سرزمین * برتر * شهرتش * سبکِ   


        Listen to each of the following sentences from Part 4, first with a word plucked and then with the word restored.
        4-1. Sentence 1. Word plucked: Word restored:

        4-2. Sentence 2. Word plucked: Word restored:

        4-3. Sentence 3. Word plucked: Word restored:

        4-4. Sentence 4. Word plucked: Word restored:



This exercise continues....
 

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Taken with permission from Radio Zamaneh 12 Mordād 1389 (3 August 2010)
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