#5: How do you like ESL Randall's Cyber Listening Lab as a language learning resource?

I love the website so much.  Because it's much useful for anyone who is really poor in English listening such as me.  In general, listening has more problems than other English skills for Taiwanese.  Because we already have practiced a lot of readings and grammar in our past school lives but less practiced in our listening skills.  Naturally our listening skills is relatively weak, so we must need more practicing in listening.  Before I know this website, I often used TED to train my listening. It's also a awesome website for listening but it's different from ESL Randall's Cyber Listening Lab. TED is harder, and the contents of TED are many kinds of speech.  It may make some people feel that is too hard to listen.  On the contrary, ESL Randall's Cyber Listening Lab's contents are more simple.  It divides into three levels, and most subjects are related to our daily lives. After doing the listening, you are going to have a small quiz about the content of listening, so you can test yourself and check the answer.  Then you will know how many points you can understand.  Since, I will recommend anyone who want to improve their listening skills this website.

#4 ESL-LAB

Where are you from ?

transfer (v.) to move from one place, person, or position to another

e.g. She studied for two years at Smith College, then transferred to the University of Chicago.


originally (adv.) in the beginning; when something first existed:

e.g It was a bedroom originally, but we turned it into a study.

military (n.) the armed forces of a country:

e.g. My Dad was in the military.

representative (adj.) the same as other people or things in a particular group:

e.g. Are his views representative of the rest of the department?

receptionist (n.) someone who works in a hotel or office building, answering the telephone and dealing with guests:

e.g. I asked a hotel receptionist about the address which I wanted to go.



What a Busy Day!


hardly (adv.) only just or almost not:

e.g. Something is wrong with the phone – I can hardly hear you.

slave (n.) a person who is legally owned by someone else and has no personal freedom:

e.g. There were more slaves than citizens in ancient Athens.

come up with (ph.) to suggest or think of an idea or plan:

e.g. He came up with a great idea for the ad campaign.


due (adj.) owed as a debt or as a right:

e.g. The rent is now due.


assignment (n.) a particular job or responsibility given to you:

e.g. The homework assignment was to read Chapter 2 in our history book.

#3 Concordancer Exercise

粽子


1. Rice dumpling


2. Zongzi


3. Rice wrapped in leaves


4. Glutinous rice dumpling