Exercises to Accompany Weather in March, Hard Level,
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The Pluck
Method to Listening Comprehension (phrases plucked)
Latitude Explained
Listen to the reading of a long article
from Wikipedia. Basically understood it but not sure how much you retained? To
find out, let's review each paragraph.
1. First just Part 1: Listen:
or
Download all of Part 1. Listen to it until you know it well. To retain the
plucked phrases requires intense concentration. Now we'll take Part 1 sentence-by-sentence. The following
phrases have been
plucked
from the sentences in Part 1 and replaced with a pluck:
1-1. Sentence 1. Phrase plucked:
Phrase
restored:
1-2. Sentence 2. Phrase plucked:
Phrase restored:
1-3. Sentence 3. Phrase plucked:
Phrase restored:
1-4. Sentence 4. Phrase plucked:
Phrase restored:
2. On to Part 2: Listen:
or
Download Part 2. The following phrases have been removed
from the sentences in Part 2 and replaced with a pluck:
2-1. Sentence 1. Phrase plucked:
Phrase
restored:
2-2. Sentence 2. Phrase plucked:
Phrase restored:
3. On to Part 3: Listen:
or
Download Part 3. The following phrases have been removed
from the sentences in Part 3 and replaced with a pluck:
3-1. Sentence 1.
Phrase plucked:
Phrase
restored:
3-2. Sentence 2. Phrase plucked:
Phrase restored:
Congratulations! You've finished listening to the entire Wikipedia article on latitude. Now why not try reading the same article through a gap-fill exercise?