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  The Pluck Method to Listening Comprehension (words plucked)

 Longitude Explained

 Listen to the reading of a long article  from Wikipedia. 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:

       فاصله‌اش  * مثبت * جهت‌یابی * نشان‌گر  


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

      رصدخانه * مبداهای * روبروست * متعاقباً * ده‌دهی


        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:

      تغییر * طول * مناطق   


        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:

Congratulations! You've finished listening to the entire Wikipedia article on Longitude. Now why not try reading the same article through a gap-fill exercise?

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