Listening practice
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Weekday – listen to English speaking content for ten minutes daily, no subtitle. Put on the link you listen to on record sheet so that I can make sure you really practice.
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Weekend– choose one episode you feel the most interesting or hardest and answer the questions on the record sheet. We would go through this episode weekly
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Practice resource–
Tedtalk–https://www.youtube.com/@TEDx/videos
BBC–https://www.youtube.com/@bbclearningenglish/videos
CNN–https://www.youtube.com/@CNN
AL Jazeera– https://www.youtube.com/@aljazeeraenglish
Week 1 – Great Start! 💪✨
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Weekday record sheet
Day |
Topic |
Link |
Key vocabularies(at least two) |
Monday |
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Tuesday |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
Donald Trump Wins the US Election | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0k2qtjb |
Campaign 選舉活動 Immigration 移民 |
Friday |
MrBeast named in lawsuit | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jsnzry |
lawsuit 控訴 condition 狀態 |
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Weekend record sheet
Topic |
Link |
What’s the main idea? |
One quote from the episode |
Choose one from the weekday record sheet and enter here… |
Week 2 – Keep Going! 🚀🔥
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Weekday record sheet
Day |
Topic |
Link |
Key vocabularies(at least two) |
Monday |
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Tuesday |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
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Friday |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zajUgQLviwk |
eliminate 淘汰 enduance 持久 |
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Weekend record sheet
Topic |
Link |
What’s the main idea? |
One quote from the episode |
Choose one from the weekday record sheet and enter here… |
Week 3 – Stay Strong! 💯💪
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Weekday record sheet
Day |
Topic |
Link |
Key vocabularies(at least two) |
Monday |
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Tuesday |
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Wednesday |
特朗普與澤連斯基激烈爭吵 白宮會談不歡而散－ BBC News 中文 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kha9dC1Fvcg |
diplomatic 外交 cards 籌碼 gamble 賭博
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Thursday |
Magnitude 7.7 earthquake hits Myanmar with damage reported in Bangkok | BBC News | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTCG8o6Ssj4 |
Myanmar 緬甸 magnitude 規模 substantial 重大的 casualty(n) 死傷人數 footage=clip=video skyscraper initial=original hold(v)+ meeting/event/activity waterfall |
Friday |
NewJeans回應韓國法院禁令爭議：「我們會繼續發聲」－ BBC News 中文 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt7qqYWuqdk |
court 法庭 contract 合同 |
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Weekend record sheet
Topic |
Link |
What’s the main idea? |
One quote from the episode |
Choose one from the weekday record sheet and enter here… |
Week 4 – Almost There! 🎯🏆
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Weekday record sheet
Day |
Topic |
Link |
Key vocabularies(at least two) |
Monday |
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Tuesday |
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Wednesday |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJeGzhpbYfI |
TikTok US deadline extended by President Trump |
consummate 完善 administration 行政 negotiator 談判者 revolt 反叛 |
Thursday |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G9RhpwIhlQ | World leaders criticise Trump tariffs as ‘major blow’ |
tariffs 關稅 executive 管理人員 liberation 解放 bullying 霸凌 value(n) 價值 valuable(a) 很有價值的 asset(n) 資產 data is the biggest asset transparent(a) 透明的＝accessible=available translucent(a) 半透明的 opaque(a) 不透明的 correspondent(n) reporter as donald trump puts(v) say it Simply speaking= Simply put funeral(n) 喪禮 like live streaming rip off (ph) 剝削 executive order(n) 行政命令 Constitution reciprocal(a) mutual unilateral(a) 單方面的 |
Friday |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ryID_SwU5E | $1 vs $100,000,000 House! |
water fall 瀑布 mansion 豪宅 manor 莊園 |
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Weekend record sheet
Topic |
Link |
What’s the main idea? |
One quote from the episode |
Choose one from the weekday record sheet and enter here… |