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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:
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:
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:
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?