Nov 19, 2009

Assignment6: Randall's Cyber Listening Lab

1.College Majors---Getting a University Degree
This one is medium, and my listening grade is 40%:
1.They are in the classroom by the sentence:Woman: "I'll tell Mr. Jones you said hello, and maybe we can study together at my house?"
2.The Woman have to start paying the loans after gratuading.
3.She hopes to have interviews with different companies soon cause she said she was trying to line up a few interviews at the job fair next month.
The words I learn are:
1.bat around (idiom): 不同的選擇(無論優缺)
- My daughter batted around a few ideas on where to travel over the holidays until she settled on Hawaii.
2.line up (phrasal verb): 安排
- I need to line up an appointment with my school advisor by the end of the week.
3.bad-mouth (idiom): 批評
- He always bad-mouths people behind their backs. If you have anything to say about people, it's best to say it to their faces.
4.sermon (noun): 說教
- The minister gave an interesting sermon at church this past week about serving others in need.

2.Weekly Activities
    This one is medium, and my listening grade is 60%:
1.The girl need to write a paper on Monday by the setence:Father:"don't you have an essay due in your English class on Tuesday?"
2.The girl have to clean the garage on Saturday by the setence:Father:" ......we have to clean out the garage. You said you'd help. "

The words I learn are:
1.geometry (noun):座標平面
- My daughter is taking geometry in junior high school now.
2.vault (noun): 保險庫
- The millionaire kept all his valuable coins, paintings, and jewelry in a secret vault in his house.
3.spare (verb): give up carefully
- My son needed money to fix his care, but I could only spare $200 since I didn't have much money either.

After listening these two section, I found that the phrases or idioms came from Randall's Cyber Listening Lab all be used in normal life, not in formal.

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