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Basic Listening Lesson #03
Step 1:
Listen to Dialog
Do not view the questions until after you have listened to the audio file. Reading the questions first will not help you improve your English listening skills.
Step 2:
Quiz - View Questions
1. What types of movies does this person like?
Action and drama
Drama and science fiction
Suspense and horror
Western and horror
2. Choose one type of movie this person dislikes?
Suspense
Comedy
Western
Action
3. Why does this person not like horror movies?
Too scary
Too boring
Stupid and childish
Predictable and obvious
4. How does the person asking the questions think about horror movies?
Entertaining
Funny
Scary
Suspenseful
View Answers
1. Drama and science fiction
2. Western
3. Stupid and childish
4. Entertaining
If you are uncertain about the answers to the questions, listen to the audio file again after having read the questions. After you have made all your selections, you may view the answers to see how you did.
Step 3:
Show Conversation Dialog
A: "What type of movies do you like?"
B: "I like all sorts of movies, primarily drama and science fiction."
A: "That's an interesting combination. How about western movies?"
B: "Western and horror are the two types of movies I don't care for."
A: "Why don't you like horror? They're entertaining."
B: "Some are entertaining, but I find most of them stupid and childish. For example, I don't understand why a person always goes into the house alone when something is suspicious."
A: "Ha ha. I know what you mean. But it's just a movie. They need for the characters to do that."
You should read the Conversation Dialog to help you study after going through the listening lesson. Do not view the Conversation Dialog prior to listening to the audio, or prior to answering all the questions.
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