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 |
A day in a life of a gypsy Tiktoker |
cringe 畏懼 hassle 麻煩 aspirational 令人嚮往的 caravan 露營車 nomadic 游牧 |
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Tuesday |
Do we get enough sleep? |
circadian rythms 生理時鐘 obsess 過度 oscillate 來回擺動 stretch oneself 逼迫某人達到極限 |
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Wednesday |
Why can’t we stop eating certain foods? |
irresistible 不可抗拒的 satiety 飽足感 potency 效力 texture (口感 |
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Thursday |
TAYLOR SWIFT: Crafting Emotions |
convoluted 複雜冗長的 dynamic 有活力的 scrutiny 仔細觀察 |
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Friday |
how a 10 minutes morning routine can change your entire day |
affirmation 肯定 stack 堆疊 clutter 凌亂 |
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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 |
Work Is Broken. Gen Z Can Help Fix It | https://youtu.be/n8QoLnT4ygo?si=GMPnbJN8W9mERwPZ |
tenure longevity prototype iterate fludity transparency insist inclusion |
Wednesday |
A Survival Guide for Musicians in the Age of AI | https://youtu.be/r4n79ZRepi8?si=haxVbxwEeh6rQTZ3 |
advocate obsolete testify |
Thursday |
How to fix a broken heart | https://youtu.be/k0GQSJrpVhM?si=ziJDxwAFUn6UPX29 |
lump shattered compile void |
Friday |
How Shopping Malls Are Being Transformed Into Apartments In The U.S. | https://youtu.be/J1GIF6VNipE?si=GZucO8bYiyU3GPsU |
deficit conversion anchor adjacent revitalize |
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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 |
Are you drinking enough water ? | https://youtu.be/7F1iJZr-p4E?si=lWCkATMOBAPLum3n |
hydration grip on |
Tuesday |
Learning English with Disney COCO | https://youtu.be/5AMGLvROqsg?si=nQ0S-Q31yFsQr7qM |
altar flee falsify go way back |
Wednesday |
Meet Neo, your robot butler in training | https://youtu.be/p3uBMqCPSDk?si=CVJgZ7Z2M3eTf2m0 |
frontiers agentic companion equivalent symbiosis |
Thursday |
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Friday |
Why Do You Feel More Depressed At Night? | https://youtu.be/ayO9N6s3qIY?si=QYG3kwhcqEjFUyjR |
amplify dwell self compassion |
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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 |
Dancing for the brain | https://youtu.be/p0SUyXLS-ME?si=znLmoS52Fyy1nXWF |
spontaneous divergent |
Tuesday |
How to stay calm under pressure | https://youtu.be/CqgmozFr_GM?si=anNS74Cx-3Fx3Tz5 |
agitaing contestant choking irrelevant ecplicit extol |
Wednesday |
Do you talk to yourself? | https://youtu.be/xb0nLpdWttA?si=z2rMmJaticDfDKN_ |
purported ruminate chatter teltale |
Thursday |
How to stay calm when you know you’ll be stressed | https://youtu.be/8jPQjjsBbIc?si=nguo7YYlJp5OiL4I |
catastrophe designated scupulous proxy rarional |
Friday |
https://youtu.be/OBG50aoUwlI?si=1EwunV-phoUQB-Qt |
pioneer elated grudges retrospective prepetuate chic chameleons |
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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… |