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) |
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Monday |
https://youtu.be/Cp4FH67PXkw?si=DTrzR8nbB5l72Vay |
delegation (n).代表團 compromise (v).妥協 |
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Tuesday |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w21jw_yMjVg |
hallucination (n.)幻覺 proponent (n.)支持者 avatar (n.)虛擬化身 |
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Wednesday |
‘Oceans are not for sale’, says French President Emmanuel Macron | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9lUr_LZXWc |
ratification (n.)核准、批准（特指條約等正式文件） high seas (n.)公海、國際水域 activist (n.)活動人士、倡議者 |
Thursday |
Austria holds vigil for Graz school shooting victims | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nZZevWWIzs |
farewell letter (n.)告別信、遺書 vigil (n.)守夜、悼念活動 solidarity (n.)團結、一致 |
Friday |
Air India confirms 241 on board plane killed with one survivor in Ahmedabad crash | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p4mx2CRzQw |
fatalities / death toll (n.)死亡人數 cockpit (n.)駕駛艙 stall (n.)失速（升力不足） drag (n.)空氣阻力 |
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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… |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9lUr_LZXWc |
The French president Emanuel Makon says a treaty to protect international waters is on track for ratification in January
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leave stock 留下庫存 |
Week 2 – Keep Going! 🚀🔥
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Weekday record sheet
Day |
Topic |
Link |
Key vocabularies(at least two) |
Monday |
Donald Trump signs order confirming parts of US-UK tariff deal | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SIkX8EnFlQ |
levy (n./v.)徵收、課稅 moratorium (n.)暫停、中止令 liability (n.)負債、責任（此處指稅務負擔） |
Tuesday |
Immigration raid at LA car wash shows how Trump’s crackdown is changing | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_DrSb1Yras&t=33s |
surveillance (n.)監視、監控（通常指警方或政府進行的監控） detain (v.)拘留、扣留 deportation (n.)驅逐出境 raid (n./v.)突襲、突擊檢查 |
Wednesday |
How Ukraine’s operation ‘Spider Web’ in Russia unfolded | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YuMxd44Y5o |
camouflage (v./n.)偽裝（此處用於隱藏無人機） operation (n.)行動、作戰計畫 quadcopter (n.)四軸無人機 |
Thursday |
Former PhD student jailed for at least 24 years for raping women in London and China | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMEfdmULJhg |
parole (n.)假釋 remand (n.)羈押候審 sentencing (n.)判刑、宣判 verdict (n.)裁決、判決 |
Friday |
Starvation alert as children fill Kenya refugee ward after US aid cuts | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bC-KJ89_v8 |
ration (n./v.)配給；定量供應 handout (n.)補助金；救濟品 dwindle (v.)逐漸減少；縮小 respite (n.)暫緩；喘息 |
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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 |
BREAKING: Trump announces “total ceasefire” between Iran and Israel | BBC News | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5QD6oBM8tg |
retaliation (n.)報復 intercept (v.)攔截 scenario (n.)情境、可能的情況 |
Tuesday |
Seven killed in Kyiv after Russian aerial attack | BBC News | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz_bW_EkIYA |
strike (n./v.)攻擊；打擊 casualty (n.)傷亡 bilateral (adj.)雙邊的 |
Wednesday |
Iran executes three men accused of spying for Israel | BBC News | http://Iran executes three men accused of spying for Israel | BBC News |
truce (n.)休戰；停戰 volatile (adj.)不穩定的；易變的 maneuver (v.)調動；策略性移動 |
Thursday |
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Friday |
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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 |
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Thursday |
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Friday |
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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… |