воскресенье, 23 мая 2010 г.

Adventureland

Here's what you do:
  1. Click on the video below.
  2. Watch the video, and pay attention to it! (You can pause and rewind the video.)
  3. Answer the listening comprehension questions below the video.
  4. Check your answers (http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/esl_movieclip15.html).


QUESTIONS:

1. How many giant pandas is James allowed to give away?
Two per day
None
Three per day

2. Which department does James want to work in?
rides
games
food

3. When the man says that James looks like more like a "games guy", he means that ____________________.
James looks like he plays a lot of video games
James would fit in better in the games "section"
James looks like he plays mind games with people

4. The general rule at the amusement park is that ___________________.
nothing is free
you can let your friends ride for free
you can let family members ride for free

5. The man ______________________.
seems somewhat interested in James' resume
wants to take a look at James' resume
doesn't really care about James' resume

ESL Cyber Listening Lab

http://www.esl-lab.com/

Magazine

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine-articles

A selection of recorded articles covering a wide range of topics of interest. They are suitable for intermediate to advanced learners.

Stories and Poems


http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/stories-poems

A collection of stories and poems by writers as famous as Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Tagore or Yeats, as well as stories by our resident writer, Chris Rose, and both stories and poems sent to us by our users. They are suitable for learners at Intermediate to Advanced level.

UK Culture

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/uk-culture

Find out all about contemporary culture in the UK by listening to this series of podcasts.

This material is recommended for intermediate and advanced learners.

Elementary Podcasts

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/elementary-podcasts
LearnEnglish Elementary Podcast site is a way for you to practise your English language listening skills. You can listen on your computer, or download to your mp3 player.

Each episode has got many activities that you can do on your computer while you listen, or print out and do when you want.

I wanna talk about ....

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/talk-about

In this series of podcasts different people talk about things that interest them or interesting things they have done or seen.

Big City Small World

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/big-city-small-world

In this audio soap set in London a group of young people from around the world share their lives over a cup of coffee.