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[{"id":50,"title":"Maria Introduces Herself","audio":"008-19.mp3","dialog":"\r\n All right.\r\nHi, my name is Maria.\r\n<br>Um, i'm a Croatian.\r\nI'm thirty-two years old.\r\n<br>Uh... I live in Croatia with my parents.\r\n<br>And um ... And i have a brother whose is married and, uh, he has two kids.\r\nBut he lives in Dubrovnik, where i was born.\r\n<br>And ,uh, i lived there for fourteen years, uh, i finished there high school.\r\n<br>And, uh, just a year of the, uh, university.\r\nWhich i quit, uh, because i found a job in the meantime and, uh, you know, i couldn't carry on with two, two things.\r\n<br>Working and studying was quite hard.\r\n<br>Um, i live on the island which is uh, near Dubrovnik and, it's a beautiful place, it's a national park.\r\nAnd, um, there are ten places, ten villages.\r\nAnd just a very few, few people live there.\r\n<br>And um it's a, touristic place, uh, lots of foreign people come there to, to relax.\r\nAnd um... Um... <br>Uh in nineteen-ninety-two i, uh, decided to, to travel around.\r\nSo I came here in Oxford, and i stayed for two years and a half.\r\nAnd uh, after that i decided to move to Italy to... <br>To learn Italian.\r\nAnd, it took me quite long.\r\nAhah it took me quite a long time to lear- to learn Italian.\r\n<br>And now i, i speak it fluently anyway.\r\nAnd i'm thinking of, going to France for, um, few mo- a couple of months probably, to learn French and, um, something about French people and French culture.<br><br><div align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><a data-cke-saved-href=\"market:\/\/details?id=com.kimco.english.grammar.in.use.test.ultimate.englishgrammar\" href=\"market:\/\/details?id=com.kimco.english.grammar.in.use.test.ultimate.englishgrammar\">Learn And Test Your Grammar - Click here<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>","status":0,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3398","question":"[212,213,214,215]","vocabulary":"","note":"[\"Accent: Croatian\",\"Gender: Female\",\"Speed: Very Slow\",\"Words\/Minute: 123\",\"Length: 2:5\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2017-07-10T04:28:17.000000Z","liked":0,"question_link":null,"duration":null,"size":null,"video":0,"video_id":"","has_sub":0,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":212,"question":"Where does the speaker come from?","answers":"[\"Croatia\",\"Italy\",\"France \",\"Germany\"]","correct":"Croatia"},{"id":213,"question":"How long did she live in Oxford?","answers":"[\"Two and a half years\",\"Three and a half years\",\"Two years\",\"Three years\"]","correct":"Two and a half years"},{"id":214,"question":"Where does she live now?","answers":"[\"In France\",\"In England\",\"In Italy\",\"In Croatia\"]","correct":"In Italy"},{"id":215,"question":"What is the main purpose of the speaker's talk?","answers":"[\"To introduce a friend\",\"To describe her favorite food\",\"To share her experiences\",\"To talk about her family\"]","correct":"To share her experiences"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":50,"ordering":1000}},{"id":1501,"title":"Salsa Dancing","audio":"811-Dance-Salsa32.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n <strong>Todd:<\/strong> So, Katia and Fred, we're talking about your dance school, and before we were talking about the belly dance, and Katia you do the belly dance, but you also do Salsa. <p><strong>Fred:<\/strong> That's right, Todd. <\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> And that takes two?<\/p> <p><strong>Fred:<\/strong> That takes two. <span class=\"style6\">It takes two to salsa<\/span>.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> It takes two to salsa. So you are part of the salsa team?<\/p> <p><strong>Fred:<\/strong> Yes. If we could call it a team, I mean, <\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> Yes.<\/p> <p><strong>Fred:<\/strong> It's mostly Katia teaching me how to dance and then I try to <span class=\"audionotes\">pass it on<\/span>to the others.<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> That's not true. Fred... Fred is a very good teacher, I think he's just very humble but where I think we make a very good team: We're both patient and we know what a student is struggling and that's the important part.<\/p> <p><strong>Fred:<\/strong> And it's also good to have partners like this to teach other people, whether they're partners or not, or they just want to learn salsa, like the men would come to me to learn about a special move and then the women would <span class=\"audionotes\">have a tendency<\/span> of going more towards Katia so we're making... <span class=\"audionotes\">striking a perfect balance<\/span> in teaching, I think.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Now, do you get a fair balance of students, of male to female students, for salsa class?<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> Right now, we have more women than men so hopefully we'll have a balance in there, but yeah.<\/p> <p><strong>Fred:<\/strong> I guess women are <span class=\"audionotes\">more open towards <\/span>taking dance lessons than men are. Maybe men feel a bit scared. I don't know. How do you feel, Todd? Would you come to the school?<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Well, you know what, I will. I will come, but I have to admit my feeling would be that I would be intimidated. That I would look really foolish, so yeah. I think most guys would probably feel the same way.<\/p> <p><strong>Fred:<\/strong> Yeah, that's why we have more girls I think.<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> Unfortunately, but the truth is from what I've heard from the guys, from the men, they do want to learn how to dance.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Yeah, it does sound fun. It does.<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> And women also like it. Women like for the men to dance, and especially in Salsa, usually it's the man is the leader,so it's very important that the man is who leads.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong>That sounds like more pressure.<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> No, no, no. Well, you learn how to be a good leader and how to lead, and the woman how to follow.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong>So, let's say somebody goes to your school, like myself and they have <span class=\"audionotes\">two left feet<\/span>. They cannot dance. How long does it take to where you can do a salsa reasonably well?<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> We... right from the beginning, at least we can a little bit, where the person is and does it, can they hear the music or not. From the first class, you dance with a partner. Of course not freely. We can tell you what steps to take. And we advance accordingly, so it might take in one step, it might take a long time, so it depends on people that are in the class, and it all depends on the person.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Right. So some people learn faster than others.<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> Yes.<\/p> <p><strong>Fred:<\/strong> But definitely after one class, you will have learned a minimum two steps<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> OK. Really.<\/p> <p><strong>Fred:<\/strong> Yeah.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong>OK.<\/p> <p><strong>Fred:<\/strong> Guaranteed. <\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> I'm sold. I'll definitely come and try it out.<\/p> <p><strong>Fred:<\/strong> Please do.<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> Please do.<\/p> \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0801\/T811-Dance-Salsa.htm","question":"[3500,3501,3502,3503]","vocabulary":"<div><b>pass it on<\/b><\/div><div><br><\/div><ul><li>Then I try to pass it on.<br><\/li><\/ul><div><br><\/div><div>When we 'pass something on,' that means we give it, either a physical thing or a piece of information, to another person. <br>Notice the following:<\/div><div><br><\/div><ol><li>I'll pass it on to my boss.<\/li><li>Can you pass it on for me?<\/li><\/ol><div><b><br><\/b><\/div><hr><div><b>have a tendency<\/b><\/div><div><br><\/div><ul><li>Women have a tendency of going towards Kati.<br><\/li><\/ul><div><br><\/div><div>A 'tendency' is what we usually do in a given situation. <br>Notice the following:<\/div><div><br><\/div><ol><li>I have a tendency to fall asleep in class.<\/li><li>She has a tendency to interrupt when others are speaking.<\/li><\/ol><div><b><br><\/b><\/div><hr><div><b>striking a perfect balance<\/b><\/div><div><br><\/div><ul><li>We're striking a perfect balance.<br><\/li><\/ul><div><br><\/div><div>When we 'strike a perfect balance,' that means we spend a desired amount of time between two or more activities. <br>Notice the following:<\/div><div><br><\/div><ol><li>Striking a perfect balance between work and play is difficult.<\/li><li>Striking a perfect balance between diet and exercise is the key.<\/li><\/ol><div><b><br><\/b><\/div><hr><div><b>more open toward<\/b><\/div><div><br><\/div><ul><li>Women are more open toward dance lessons.<br><\/li><\/ul><div><br><\/div><div>When we are 'open toward' something, that means we are willing to consider new or different things, ideas or suggestions. <br>Notice the following:<\/div><div><br><\/div><ol><li>I'm more open toward new music than most of my friends.<\/li><li>He was more open toward it than I expected.<\/li><\/ol><div><b><br><\/b><\/div><hr><div><b>two left feet<\/b><\/div><div><br><\/div><ul><li>He has two left feet.<\/li><\/ul><div><br><\/div><div>When we are not good at dancing we say we have two left feet. <br>Notice the following:<\/div><div><br><\/div><ol><li>My boyfriend has two left feet.<\/li><li>Before I took dance lessons, I had two left feet.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: Mexico, Canada\"]","downloaded":null,"updated":"2023-11-12T09:13:23.000000Z","liked":790,"question_link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0801\/T811-Dance-Salsa.htm\/..\/..\/..\/quiz\/views\/0801Q\/T811.js","duration":191,"size":3825938,"video":0,"video_id":"GI1Zk3yLBq0","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":3500,"question":"1) Who teaches the salsa class?","answers":"[\"Mainly Katia\",\"Mainly Fred\",\"Both of them\"]","correct":"Mainly Katia"},{"id":3501,"question":"2) Who makes up most of their students?","answers":"[\"Mainly women\",\"Mainly men\",\"A balance of both\"]","correct":"Mainly women"},{"id":3502,"question":"3) What does salsa dancing teach men?","answers":"[\"How to balance\",\"How to lead\",\"How to follow\",\"All answers are correct\"]","correct":"How to lead"},{"id":3503,"question":"4) What can you learn in one class?","answers":"[\"One step\",\"Two steps\",\"All the basics\"]","correct":"Two steps"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":1501,"ordering":1000}},{"id":1502,"title":"The Belly Dance","audio":"810-Dance-Belly32.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n <strong>Todd:<\/strong> So, Katia and Fred, we're going to talk about your dance school. <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> OK.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong>So, first can you explain where your dance school is and what it is?<\/p> <p><strong>Fred: <\/strong>OK, Todd. Well, we have a school that's called International School of Dance, where we teach belly dance and Latin American dance, which mainly consists of Salsa, merengue, bachata, and it is located in Beppu, Japan.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong>So, when did you think of this idea for...?<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> We thought about it maybe a month, a month ago. Not long ago. Right the next day, or right away, Fred was already working on everything, so we just gave some e-mails, were doing this, and what about this, and so everything he started right away and we actually had an integration for the school maybe almost three weeks ago, and since we opened the following day we already are teaching.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Already. <\/p> <p><strong>Fred: <\/strong>So, we have something close to twenty students in three weeks of the school opening.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> That's pretty fast.<\/p> <p><strong>Fred:<\/strong> Yeah. It is very, very fast.<\/p> <p><strong>Katia: <\/strong>Yes. I think we are surprised.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> So, why did you choose those two dances: belly dance, right, and salsa?<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> I think mainly because this is what people are interested in right now and it's something that a lot of people can learn and it's popular and of course I can teach this kind of dance so of course.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> So, you're saying that belly dance is popular?<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> Yes, it is. Yes, it is.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> I had no idea.<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> It's very popular, and especially around women. It's something that gives <span class=\"audionotes\">a certain feeling<\/span> to the woman so it's of course you workout. You use your body movements, but also there's <span class=\"style6\">a special feeling<\/span> about doing <span class=\"audionotes\">belly dance<\/span> so it's popular.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Could you kind of explain a little bit more? Like, what do you mean it has a special feeling? Like, this dance has special... I don't know, uses special muscles or...<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> No, not exactly like that. Of course the music has to do a lot with it. When you hear a Latin music, you feel different and you move different. When you hear Oriental music, then you have completely <span class=\"audionotes\">a different posture<\/span>and for example, as a woman, you will tend to take a different posture. Your body will be different <span class=\"audionotes\">depending on the music<\/span>. With belly dance, your body posture is very different, that for somehow, some reason... and maybe because of the history of belly dance, it's very <span class=\"audionotes\">related to femininity<\/span>, being feminine and dancing.<\/p> \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0801\/T810-Dance-Belly.htm","question":"[3496,3497,3498,3499]","vocabulary":"<div><b>a certain feeling<\/b><\/div><div><br><\/div><ul><li>It's gives a certain feeling.<br><\/li><\/ul><div><br><\/div><div>A 'certain feeling' is similar in meaning to a special feeling. <br>Notice the following:<\/div><div><br><\/div><ol><li>I get a certain feeling when I visit my home town.<\/li><li>People get a certain feeling when they hear songs from the past.<\/li><\/ol><div><b><br><\/b><\/div><hr><div><b>belly dance<\/b><\/div><div><br><\/div><ul><li>There's a special feeling about belly dance.<br><\/li><\/ul><div><br><\/div><div>'Belly dance' is popular in Middle-Eastern countries. The dancers move their stomach and hips around to the music. <br>Notice the following:<\/div><div><br><\/div><ol><li>Belly dance would be fun to learn.<\/li><li>There was a belly dancer at the Egyptian restaurant last night.<\/li><\/ol><div><b><br><\/b><\/div><hr><div><b>a different posture<\/b><\/div><div><br><\/div><ul><li>Completely different posture.<br><\/li><\/ul><div><br><\/div><div>'Posture' is how we position our body when we sit or stand. <br>Notice the following:<\/div><div><br><\/div><ol><li>He has poor posture.<\/li><li>Good posture is important.<\/li><\/ol><div><b><br><\/b><\/div><hr><div><b>depending on the music<\/b><\/div><div><br><\/div><ul><li>It's different depending on the music.<br><\/li><\/ul><div><br><\/div><div>We move our body in different ways for different kinds of music. We say 'depending on' the music. <br> Notice the following:<\/div><div><br><\/div><ol><li>I like to dance, depending on the music.<\/li><li>Depending on the music, it's a great club.<\/li><\/ol><div><b><br><\/b><\/div><hr><div><b>related to femininity<\/b><\/div><div><br><\/div><ul><li>It's very related to femininity.<br><\/li><\/ul><div>The word 'femininity' is used to describe qualities that we traditionally associate with women such as beauty, pink color, etc. <br>Notice the following:<br><\/div><div><br><\/div><ol><li>What we call femininity varies from culture to culture.<\/li><li>Maintaining an image of femininity is not so important in the West.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: Mexico, Canada\"]","downloaded":null,"updated":"2024-01-20T21:59:10.000000Z","liked":794,"question_link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0801\/T810-Dance-Belly.htm\/..\/..\/..\/quiz\/views\/0801Q\/T810.js","duration":178,"size":3568371,"video":0,"video_id":"KFP_CwKrqBk","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":3496,"question":"1) What other dances do they teach?","answers":"[\"Tango and Waltz\",\"Merengue and Bachata\",\"Break dancing\",\"All of them\"]","correct":"Merengue and Bachata"},{"id":3497,"question":"2) What were Fred and Katia surprised to get?","answers":"[\"Their school's location\",\"A business permit\",\"Students so fast\",\"All of them\"]","correct":"Students so fast"},{"id":3498,"question":"3) What do women like about belly dancing?","answers":"[\"There's a special feeling.\",\"It's easy to do.\",\"It burns many calories.\",\"All of them\"]","correct":"There's a special feeling."},{"id":3499,"question":"4) What is very different about belly dancing?","answers":"[\"How it's taught\",\"The posture\",\"No partner is needed\",\"All of them\"]","correct":"The posture"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":1502,"ordering":1000}},{"id":380,"title":"Lucas's Self-Introduction","audio":"022-22.mp3","dialog":"\r\n Hi I\u2019m, um, Lucas and hopefully I\u2019m gonna help you, learn a bit of English.\r\n<br>How people in Oxford talk about it, and the way we talk and so on.\r\n<br>Basically, like, I\u2019m your average person who lives in Oxford.\r\n<br>Well, yeah.\r\nNo one\u2019s average.\r\nEveryone\u2019s different.\r\n<br>And since I\u2019m different that makes me average.\r\n<br>Um, I love this place.\r\n<br>Love everyone in it.\r\nIt\u2019s quite lucky.\r\n<br>I hope you come here, 'cause it\u2019s, it\u2019s not like your average city.\r\n<br>It\u2019s not, um, it\u2019s not so big.\r\nIt\u2019s not like Winnipeg, uh, where my dad comes from.\r\nWhich is huge.\r\n<br>The roads are huge and everything\u2019s wide.\r\n<br>Um, everything\u2019s very, very compressed because it was built so long ago.\r\n<br>Um, uh, every- everyone\u2019s part of everyone\u2019s life in Oxford.\r\n<br>Everyone knows each other.\r\n<br>You get loads of groups of people who associate with each other and, it\u2019s, it\u2019s quite a complex place because it\u2019s so small, and there are so many things going on.\r\n<br>Like all the music and, uh, all the films and everything.\r\n<br>I mean like there\u2019s, some pretty <b>astounding <\/b>music.\r\nIt\u2019s quite <b>controversial<\/b>.\r\n<br>A lot people say that the music in Oxford is nowhere, and it\u2019s tiny.\r\n<br>And I, I agree with a lot of other people who say we\u2019re very lucky, for the amount of people we\u2019ve got, we\u2019ve got a huge music scene.\r\n<br>With loads of different kinds of musics.\r\n<br>Um, loads of different styles.\r\nLoads of different really good singers.\r\n<br>And I work with a, a singer whilst I pay for my, uh, <b>tuition <\/b>fees.\r\nWho\u2019s not too good.\r\n<br>So, uh, I won\u2019t talk about him.\r\n<br>He\u2019s all into really loud singing with lots of laaaahs and ruuuhs and it\u2019s all sort of heavy metal <b>influenced<\/b>.\r\n<br>I\u2019m much more into a calmer sort of m- more musical, technically arranged thing, like jazz or <b>reggae <\/b>or, especially_ I said jazz and reggae like Herbie Hancock, and, um, old reggae.\r\nSka.\r\n<br>Um, eh, the specials.\r\nWhich I've recently recorded a few, a few choice songs from here and there onto a tape with a bit of ragga which is_ it's like <b>reggae<\/b>.\r\n<br>It\u2019s not, it\u2019s not <b>reggae<\/b>.\r\nNo ragga came from reggae.\r\n<br>Rag is sort of a, really, really fast, uh, beat w_ the lyrics and the words really fast.\r\n<br>Um, really speedy.\r\nAnd the beat is, is simple.\r\n<br>And, it\u2019s done, it\u2019s done how dance music is created on, on decks, records_ players with a mixer and sampler and a collection of records basically.\r\n<br>And it, it\u2019s like nothing you\u2019ve ever heard.\r\n<br>It\u2019s becoming very <b>fashionable <\/b>at the moment.\r\n<br>With a lot of people I know.\r\n<br>It\u2019s, uh, it\u2019s very, very unique.\r\n<br>It\u2019s not_ it\u2019s an <b>acquired <\/b>taste.\r\nAt first it\u2019s, it\u2019s like alcohol.\r\nAt first it tastes bitter.\r\nIt sounds bitter.\r\n<br>Sounds too fast, too <b>aggressive<\/b>, uh, too nasty, about nasty things.\r\n<br>But once you start deciphering it within your head.\r\n<br>And once you've learnt about it.\r\n<br>And you, you know a bit about this person and that person and why they did this.\r\n<br>You start to appreciate it, because it is actually_ it\u2019s quite a spiritual music.\r\n<br>It\u2019s got quite a lot of moral, uh, views in it.\r\n<br>And it, it helps people_ when <b>reggae <\/b>and ragga is playing it helps people to keep their heads straight.\r\n<br>It makes_ it helps them not make bad decisions, I believe.\r\n<br>Because you\u2019ve got, a very loud voice in your ear, telling you to be a nice person.\r\n<br>And telling you not to go and have fight.\r\n<br>Um, so you\u2019re less likely too.\r\n'Cause it\u2019s in your face.\r\n<br>And it\u2019s brilliant to dance to.\r\n<br>You can definitely, definitely move to this music.\r\nIt\u2019s so quick.\r\nSo quick.<br>It would just be, running everywhere flipping about, trying to break dance, breaking you bones.\r\n<br>Hitting your head against other people, knocking into people this way.<br>\r\nIt\u2019s absolutely great. <br>And it\u2019s usually played extremely loudly.\r\nWhich I like.\r\n<br>Cause the louder a music gets_ I didn\u2019t like it at first, but now_ there\u2019s, there\u2019s something about the loud music.\r\n<br>The base line.\r\nThe way on, on a large music system the base line it, it\u2019s got more to it.\r\n<br>There\u2019s more <b>hertz <\/b>underneath it and above it.\r\n<br>So you can hear more of this base.\r\n<br>You can hear, more of the base note.\r\n<br>More of the, <b>reverberation <\/b>and the, um, can hear just more of the music.\r\nAnd there\u2019s more hi-hat.\r\nThere\u2019s more <b>trebles<\/b>.\r\n<br>There\u2019s_ it\u2019s higher.\r\nIt\u2019s faster.\r\nIt\u2019s, you know, it's going places basically.\r\n<br>And anyone can be into it.\r\n<br>Um, it\u2019s not like drum and base which is_ it\u2019s getting evil.\r\n<br>It\u2019s getting <b>nasty <\/b>sounding.\r\n<br>It\u2019s too_ drum and base to me sounds too simple, and too_ base line is too loud. <br>Its_ hurts your ears.\r\nI\u2019ve got a deaf ear.\r\n<br>I\u2019m deaf in one left ear at the moment.\r\n<br>Probably down to listening to too much drum base at a party.\r\n<br>Um, and some_ it is some_ it came from jungle.\r\n<br>Which is quite surprising because it doesn\u2019t sou-_there\u2019s like two forms of jungle at the moment.\r\n<br>You get jump up jungle which is, so those are high notes, and there\u2019s loads of <b>futuristic <\/b>sounds.\r\n<br>And it\u2019s real jump up.\r\nYou jump to the beat.\r\n<br>You_ the minute you hear it the, the introduction you\u2019re dancing.\r\n<br>And it\u2019s, it\u2019s like there's a_ all jump up jungle has a set form to the song.\r\nThere\u2019s an introduction.\r\n<br>Then from the introduction it, it drops.\r\n<br>It becomes, very loud and very fast, very suddenly.\r\n<br>And it\u2019s mixed with something else.\r\n<br>And it will go on, and it will go on.\r\nAnd then it\u2019ll be changed, to another song, with another intro.\r\n<br>And it\u2019s, it is, it\u2019s a real_ you can get a really nice feeling out of this.\r\n<br>Because, well I don\u2019t know I think I\u2019ve heard somewhere that base helps you live longer and, and, uh, makes you feel younger even.<br>I don\u2019t know.\r\nIt might, it might.\r\nI think there\u2019s truth in it.\r\n<br>It certainly makes me feel a bit young- younger and a bit more <b>energetic<\/b>.\r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3600","question":"[1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795]","vocabulary":"<p><b>astounding <\/b>\/\u0259\u02c8sta\u028and\u026a\u014b\/ adjective<br>\u200bso surprising that it is difficult to believe<\/p><hr><p><b>controversial <\/b>\/\u02cck\u0251\u02d0ntr\u0259\u02c8v\u025c\u02d0r\u0283l\/ adjective<br>causing a lot of angry public discussion and disagreement<\/p><hr><p><b>tuition <\/b>\/tu\u02c8\u026a\u0283n\/ noun<br>the act of teaching something, especially to one person or to people in small groups<\/p><hr><p><b>influence <\/b>\/\u02c8\u026anflu\u0259ns\/ verb<br>to have an effect on the way that somebody behaves or thinks, especially by giving them an example to follow<\/p><hr><p><b>reggae <\/b>\/\u02c8re\u0261e\u026a\/ noun<br>a type of popular music with strong rhythms, developed in Jamaica in the 1960s<\/p><hr><p><b>fashionable <\/b>\/\u02c8f\u00e6\u0283n\u0259bl\/ adjective<br>following a style that is popular at a particular time<\/p><hr><p><b>acquire <\/b>\/\u0259\u02c8kwa\u026a\u0259r\/ verb<br>acquire something to gain something by your own efforts, ability or behaviour<\/p><hr><p><b>aggressive <\/b>\/\u0259\u02c8\u0261res\u026av\/ adjective<br>angry, and behaving in a threatening way; ready to attack<\/p><hr><p><b>hertz <\/b>\/h\u025c\u02d0rts\/ noun<br>a unit for measuring the frequency of sound waves<\/p><hr><p><b>reverberation <\/b>\/r\u026a\u02ccv\u025c\u02d0rb\u0259\u02c8re\u026a\u0283n\/ noun<br>\u200b[countable, usually plural, uncountable] a loud noise that continues for some time after it has been produced because of the surfaces around it<\/p><hr><p><b>treble <\/b>\/\u02c8trebl\/ noun<br>[uncountable] the high tones or part in music or a sound system<\/p><hr><p><b>nasty <\/b>\/\u02c8n\u00e6sti\/ adjective<br>very bad or unpleasant<\/p><hr><p><b>futuristic <\/b>\/\u02ccfju\u02d0t\u0283\u0259\u02c8r\u026ast\u026ak\/ adjective<br>extremely modern and unusual in appearance, as if belonging to a future time<\/p><hr><p><b>energetic <\/b>\/\u02ccen\u0259r\u02c8d\u0292et\u026ak\/ adjective<br>\u200bhaving or needing a lot of energy and enthusiasm<br><\/p>","note":"[\"Accent: Northern England\",\"Gender: Male\",\"Speed: Medium\",\"Words\/Minute: 157\",\"Length: 6:31\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-01-25T09:44:12.000000Z","liked":692,"question_link":null,"duration":390,"size":10923199,"video":0,"video_id":"bBdcUIbWRMo","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":1789,"question":"How does the speaker describe himself?","answers":"[\"Average\",\"Old\",\"Smart\",\"Talented\"]","correct":"Average"},{"id":1790,"question":"Why does the speaker like Oxford?","answers":"[\"There are people from around the world.\",\"It is full of intellectuals.\",\"Everyone knows each other.\",\"It has a long history.\"]","correct":"Everyone knows each other."},{"id":1791,"question":"What does the speaker think of the Oxford music scene?","answers":"[\"There is little talent there.\",\"It is quite diverse.\",\"It isn't well developed.\",\"Many famous bands got their start there.\"]","correct":"It is quite diverse."},{"id":1792,"question":"What kind of music does the speaker like?","answers":"[\"Rock and roll\",\"Pop and folk\",\"Classical and gospel\",\"Jazz and reggae\"]","correct":"Jazz and reggae"},{"id":1793,"question":"What is ragga?","answers":"[\"A music invented in Oxford\",\"A new kind of music\",\"The music the speaker produces\",\"A kind of reggae\"]","correct":"A new kind of music"},{"id":1794,"question":"What is special about ragga's lyrics?","answers":"[\"They are often poetic.\",\"They focus on morals.\",\"The words tell a story.\",\"There are no words.\"]","correct":"They focus on morals."},{"id":1795,"question":"What is this talk mainly about?","answers":"[\"The history of Oxford\",\"The career of the speaker\",\"The interests of the speaker\",\"The story of Ragga\"]","correct":"The interests of the speaker"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":380,"ordering":9}},{"id":342,"title":"Chris's Company","audio":"022-04.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n \r\n Okay, my name is Chris Morgan, although my friends tend to call me 'Mog'.<br>\r\nI live in Oxford and I work as a publisher.<br>\r\nUsually when I say that a lot of people don\u2019t actually know what a publisher is.<br>\r\nA publisher is someone who takes, someone\u2019s idea basically, maybe a, idea for a story or, a ,a topic, and turns it into a book.<br>\r\nAnd edits it a_ and, and, and the books see on your shelves that\u2019s, that\u2019s my work really.<br>\r\nSo I\u2019m kind of like, a manufacturer, I suppose, of pieces of knowledge.<br>\r\nSo that\u2019s what I do.<br>\r\nI\u2019ve always like books and I\u2019m, uh, always been interested in reading and writing.<br>\r\nAnd always wanted to be a writer myself.<br>\r\nAnd it just seemed the easiest way to, make your way in the world as a writer was actually to, publish your own_ well publish books to work in the industry.<br>\r\nAnd then you know, get my stuff out.<br>\r\nAnd so, I\u2019m kind of doing what I\u2019ve always wanted to do really.<br>\r\nWhich is, sort of be involved in the wor_ uh, world of books.<br>\r\nI don\u2019t like all books.<br>\r\nI like kind of books that are a bit unusual or, or a bit weird in, in some ways.<br>\r\nAnd some of the titles, that we\u2019ve, done_ cause I\u2019ve got a partner as well I should say in, in the company.<br>\r\nUm, I\u2019ll properly give you an idea how strange_ we\u2019ve done books on Jack the Ripper.<br>\r\nWe\u2019ve done books on, <b>surrealism <\/b>and, and art and stuff like that.<br>\r\nSo we, we\u2019re interested in art but it would be the, kind of stranger sides or art.<br>\r\nWe\u2019ve done books on, Indian religion and,uh, sort of stranger sides of, of India and, and the eastern ideas.<br>\r\nAnd we\u2019ve done books about, kind of <b>pagan <\/b>ideas and <b>esoteric <\/b>ideas and strange things that might be, you might find in, in Britain if you, if you know where, haha, where to look.<br>\r\nSo , that gives you an idea wha- of what we do.<br>\r\nUm, and we sell our books all over the world in fact.<br>\r\nSo the company\u2019s called Mandrake.<br>\r\nWhich to me is such a_ so sort of familiar that eh I kind of, can\u2019t believe that people don\u2019t know what a <b>mandrake <\/b>is.<br>\r\nBut, uh, I meet people all the time , haha, who have never_ who have no idea what a what a mandrake is.<br>\r\nA mandrake is actually, a little plant, uh, like a kind of carroty type thing.<br>\r\nUm, that has all sorts of folklore.<br>\r\nAround the world I mean I think they\u2019re probably different names for it in in kind of what part of the world you\u2019re from.<br>\r\nMandrake itself isn\u2019t an English word I don\u2019t think.<br>\r\nI think it\u2019s_ nobody knows quite where they got that word from.<br>\r\nAlthough people think it looks like a little man or something like that.<br>\r\nThey say people take the, the mandrake here they\u2019re supposed to have a sort of mystical visions and stuff.<br>\r\nSo it\u2019s just seemed an appropriate kind of name for a, publishing company.<br>\r\nSo that\u2019s what I do.<br>\r\nI\u2019m,i\u2019m also interested, you know, when i\u2019m not working, I spend my time sort of walking around and, looking at nature and taking photographs.<br>\r\nMaybe studying interesting things like, uh, Egyptology or, the past or, folklore.<br>\r\nOr maybe just sitting in the woods playing me drum.<br>\r\nThat\u2019s me.\r\n \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3582","question":"[1599,1600,1601,1602,1603]","vocabulary":"\r\n \r\n <b>surrealism <\/b>\/s\u0259\u02c8ri\u02d0\u0259l\u026az\u0259m\/ noun<br> a 20th century style and movement in art and literature in which images and events that are not connected are put together in a strange or impossible way, like a dream, to try to express what is happening deep in the mind<br><hr><b>pagan <\/b>\/\u02c8pe\u026a\u0261\u0259n\/ noun<br> \u200ba person who holds religious beliefs that are not part of any of the world\u2019s main religions<hr><b>esoteric <\/b>\/\u02cces\u0259\u02c8ter\u026ak\/ adjective<br> \u200blikely to be understood or enjoyed by only a few people with a special knowledge or interest<hr><b>mandrake <\/b>\/\u02c8m\u00e6ndre\u026ak\/ noun<br> a poisonous plant used to make drugs, especially ones to make people sleep, thought in the past to have magic powers<br>\r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: Northern England\",\"Gender: Male\",\"Speed: Fast\",\"Words\/Minute: 192\",\"Length: 2:59\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-02-01T14:02:56.000000Z","liked":1499,"question_link":null,"duration":180,"size":5036662,"video":0,"video_id":"nCBwci6EWHk","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":1599,"question":"According to the speaker, what is the job of a publisher?","answers":"[\"To market the writing of popular authors\",\"To take ideas and turn them into books\",\"To expose new writers to a large audience\",\"To print large numbers of profitable books\"]","correct":"To take ideas and turn them into books"},{"id":1600,"question":"What does the speaker mention about writing?","answers":"[\"He often writes about unusual topics.\",\"Writing is why he became a publisher.\",\"Publishers have difficulty find good writers.\",\"He is always too busy to write.\"]","correct":"Writing is why he became a publisher."},{"id":1601,"question":"Why does the speaker mention Indian religion?","answers":"[\"He has trouble finding books on that topic.\",\"It is a topic of great interest to him.\",\"It is a popular topic among readers.\",\"His company publishes books on that topic.\"]","correct":"His company publishes books on that topic."},{"id":1602,"question":"According to the speaker, why is 'Mandrake' a good name for his company?","answers":"[\"The plant is unique to Britain.\",\"The word is familiar to artists.\",\"The plant is believed to cause mystical visions.\",\"The word is understood in many languages.\"]","correct":"The plant is believed to cause mystical visions."},{"id":1603,"question":"What does the speaker mainly discuss?","answers":"[\"His recent writing goals\",\"His knowledge of other cultures.\",\"His company and personal interests\",\"His passion for art and nature\"]","correct":"His company and personal interests"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":342,"ordering":7}},{"id":1286,"title":"Delivery Day","audio":"644-Simon-Baby-Birth.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> So, Simon, how old is your son now?<\/p> <p><strong>Simon:<\/strong> He's just over three months now.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> OK, so it should be pretty <span class=\"audionotes\">fresh in your memory<\/span>. Do you remember what it was like the day he was born?<\/p> <p><strong>Simon:<\/strong> Yeah, sure. I was in the operating room.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> No kidding. The delivery room.<\/p> <p><strong>Simon:<\/strong> In the delivery room. Not the operating room. Sorry. Well, the do operate, kind of, but the delivery room so.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Well, let's go to the very beginning, like your at home, like what happened?<\/p> <p><strong>Simon:<\/strong> So I was, as usual it happens when you never expect it, and it came a couple of days earlier than we thought, and she had <span class=\"audionotes\">labor pains<\/span> at about 4 o'clock in the morning.<\/p> <p><strong>Simon:<\/strong> Then we took her to the hospital. I took a couple pictures of her, just for the buddies, \"Hey, look at my better half in pain. <\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Right. So you got the hospital by car, by taxi. Were you driving fast?<\/p> <p><strong>Simon:<\/strong> I think we went by car and then I said, and then I went back home to get breakfast and then because labor usually takes a long time so I thought we'd have time but, I went home for breakfast and and went back to the hospital and she was already on the table in the delivery room table.<\/p> <p> She was quite fast. It took about three hours I guess which is on the quick side of delivery but when I saw here she was a total different person. She was like not a real human being because the pain was so hard, like <span class=\"audionotes\">delirious<\/span> or subconcious but I think all woman are like that because I saw a couple other women and they looked like they were zombies. That's why I said, like they say women have a higher threshold for pain. It's true. I think men would die.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Right. Right.<\/p> <p><strong>Simon:<\/strong> But having said that, it was quite a <span class=\"audionotes\">mind-boggling<\/span> experience, you know, like all of a sudden there's this little putple lump in front of you and it goes to purple to skin color before your eyes. (Wow) Yeah, and yeah, it's awake. A human being.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> So the baby cries instantly when comes out.<\/p> <p><strong>Simon:<\/strong> I don't think it really cries that much. It doesn't have that image that many of us have that the doctor slaps the, and then cries like a baby, but yeah, maybe it <span class=\"audionotes\">wimpers<\/span> a little bit every now and then. It's for the most part, quiet.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Well, I'm sure it was an amazing day. That's cool. Thanks Simon.<\/p> <p><strong>Simon:<\/strong> Yeah, no problem.<\/p> <p><br> <\/p> \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0601\/T644-Simon-Birth.htm","question":"[4472,4473,4474,4475]","vocabulary":"\r\n \r\n <p class=\"items\"><b>fresh in your memory<\/b><\/p><ul><li>Your son is only three months old, so his birth must still be fresh in your memory. <br><\/li><\/ul><p>When\r\n something is 'fresh in your memory,' it means that you have recently \r\nthought about it, experienced it or learned about it. <br>Notice the \r\nfollowing:<\/p><ol><li>I want you to tell me about the meeting when it is all still fresh in your memory.<br><\/li><li>Let's review this again while the subject is still fresh in your memory.<br><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"items\"><b><br><\/b><\/p><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>labor pains<\/b><\/p><ul><li>My wife had labor pains at about 4 o'clock in the morning. <br><\/li><\/ul><p>'Labor pains' are the intense pains that a woman feels when she is about to have a baby.<br> Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>What do labor pains feel like?<br><\/li><li>Her labor pains started almost 20 hours before the baby was born.<br><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"items\"><b><br><\/b><\/p><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>delirious<\/b><\/p><ul><li>I thought my wife looked delirious because of the pain. <br><\/li><\/ul><p>When\r\n you are 'delirious' you are kind of crazy or not acting like yourself. \r\nThis is usually because you are excited, enthusiastic, or, in this case,\r\n because of pain. <br>Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>She was absolutely delirious after she won the lottery.<br><\/li><li>You are kind of delirious. I think you need to get some sleep.<br><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"items\"><b><br><\/b><\/p><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>mind-boggling<\/b><\/p><ul><li>I would have to say it was quite a mind-boggling experience. <br><\/li><\/ul><p>If something is 'mind-boggling,' it is difficult to comprehend. Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>The ocean is so big it is almost mind-boggling.<br><\/li><li>It is mind-boggling how much garbage we create each year.<br><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"items\"><b><br><\/b><\/p><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>whimper<\/b><\/p><ul><li>The baby whimpers a little bit every now and then, but it's quiet for the most part. <br><\/li><\/ul><p>A 'whimper' is like a very quiet whine or cry. A dog would whimper if it wants to go outside. <br>Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>Hold on a second. The baby is whimpering, and I need to go check on her.<br><\/li><li>Our new puppy was whimpering all night, so I barely slept at all.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent\"]","downloaded":null,"updated":"2024-02-26T16:19:11.000000Z","liked":1248,"question_link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0601\/T644-Simon-Birth.htm\/..\/..\/..\/quiz\/views\/0601Q\/Q644.js","duration":172,"size":6879652,"video":0,"video_id":"f6c9b7hevL4","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":4472,"question":"1) What does Simon mention?","answers":"[\"Labor pains\",\"His son's age\",\"Delivery room\",\"All three\"]","correct":"All three"},{"id":4473,"question":"2) What does he say happened?","answers":"[\"He drove to the hospital.\",\"He ate breakfast at home.\",\"Both\"]","correct":"Both"},{"id":4474,"question":"3) What is he talking about?","answers":"[\"The process of giving birth\",\"The pain of giving birth\",\"Both of these\",\"Neither of these\"]","correct":"The pain of giving birth"},{"id":4475,"question":"4) What did his baby do?","answers":"[\"Scream\",\"Change colors\",\"Cry\",\"All Three\"]","correct":"Change colors"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":1286,"ordering":0}},{"id":1557,"title":"Island Home","audio":"854-Ivan-Home32.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n \r\n <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> So, Ivan, can I ask you about Indonesia? <\/p> <p><strong>Ivan:<\/strong> Yes, sure. <\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Now, Indonesia has many islands. <\/p> <p><strong>Ivan:<\/strong> Yes. <\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> So, what island is your favorite in Indonesia? <\/p> <p><strong>Ivan:<\/strong> Well, I think maybe most Indonesians will say that it\u2019s Bali, but <span class=\"audionotes\">as for myself<\/span> I think that, yeah I think the most favorite one is the island where I was born, Bangka Island because, I don\u2019t know, it\u2019s just that it is a nice feeling if you\u2019ve been to the place where you were born and then you just get the feeling that\u2026 you, I mean like, <span class=\"style5\">you get to know<\/span> <span class=\"audionotes\">the real you<\/span>. <\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Right. <\/p> <p><strong>Ivan:<\/strong> Yeah, and that\u2019s the most important thing that I have. And recently I went there after, like, 15 years and then, really, I felt that kind of thing. I felt that this is <span class=\"audionotes\">my roots<\/span> of myself and even though I stayed in Jakarta for the past 12 years or so but really being there is really my home. <\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Ah, you went home for the first time in 15 years? <\/p> <p><strong>Ivan:<\/strong> Yes, that\u2019s true. The last time I went there was like, well it\u2019s not 15 years, but actually the last time I went there\u2019s like <span class=\"audionotes\">in \u201995<\/span> so it\u2019s like 12 years. <\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> That\u2019s a long time ago. <\/p> <p><strong>Ivan:<\/strong> Yeah, it\u2019s a really long time ago. But you know what, I have a driver over there and then when I went there in the last holiday I came to see him. And it\u2019s just so nice to see\u2026 well, he\u2019s getting older of course, he\u2019s really old like 70 years or so but he still remembers me and how do I behave when I was a child and all. Like, I was hard to eat something and he had to take me around to make me finish my food. He still remembers <span class=\"audionotes\">the small things<\/span> and it\u2019s really giving me, like, a recall to my past and get to know who I am, who I was when I was small, so... <\/p> \r\n \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0851\/T854-Ivan-Island.htm","question":"[3943,3944,3945,3946]","vocabulary":"\r\n <div><b>as for myself<\/b><\/div><ul><li>As for myself, it's where I was born.<br><\/li><\/ul><div>We use the phrase 'as for myself' to express an opinion. <br><\/div><div>Notice the following:<\/div><ol><li>As for myself, I don't like the idea.<\/li><li>French food is famous, but as for myself, I prefer Thai.<\/li><\/ol><div><b><br><\/b><\/div><hr><div><b>the real you<\/b><\/div><ul><li>You get to know the real you.<br><\/li><\/ul><div>The 'real you' is how we act when we are not trying to impress other people. It's just being yourself. <br><\/div><div>Notice the following:<\/div><ol><li>Show me the real you.<\/li><li>I can't be the real me at work.<\/li><\/ol><div><b><br><\/b><\/div><hr><div><b>my roots<\/b><\/div><ul><li>These are my roots.<br><\/li><\/ul><div>We use the word 'roots' to talk about a connection we feel with a place because we were born there. <br><\/div><div>Notice the following:<\/div><ol><li>I've got small town roots.<\/li><li>He's American, but his cultural roots are Chinese.<\/li><\/ol><div><b><br><\/b><\/div><hr><div><b>in '95<\/b><\/div><ul><li>The last time I went was in '95.<br><\/li><\/ul><div>'In '95' is simply a short way to talk about the year 1995. <br><\/div><div>Notice the following:<\/div><ol><li>I was born in '91.<\/li><li>They played here in 2008 and '10.<\/li><\/ol><div><b><br><\/b><\/div><hr><div><b>the small things<\/b><\/div><ul><li>He still remembers the small things.<br><\/li><\/ul><div>The phrase 'small things' can mean details or things that don't seem important. <br><\/div><div>Notice the following:<\/div><ol><li>It's sometimes the small things that are important.<\/li><li>Don't worry about the small things.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: Indonesia, US\"]","downloaded":null,"updated":"2024-03-30T20:28:46.000000Z","liked":727,"question_link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0851\/T854-Ivan-Island.htm\/..\/..\/..\/quiz\/views\/0851Q\/T854.js","duration":119,"size":2376143,"video":0,"video_id":"mAY7HKyYv1o","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":3943,"question":"1) What is his favorite island?","answers":"[\"Bali\",\"Java\",\"Bangka\"]","correct":"Bangka"},{"id":3944,"question":"2) When was he there last?","answers":"[\"Not long ago\",\"About 5 years ago\",\"Over 10 years ago\"]","correct":"Not long ago"},{"id":3945,"question":"3) What year did he visit the island?","answers":"[\"1991\",\"1995\",\"1996\"]","correct":"1995"},{"id":3946,"question":"4) Who did he meet on his last trip home?","answers":"[\"His teacher\",\"His coach\",\"His driver\"]","correct":"His driver"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":1557,"ordering":0}},{"id":193,"title":"Move to Oxford","audio":"031-09.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n I come from Plymouth. <br>Which is in Devon, in the south-west. <br>But last year to start university, I moved to Oxford. <br>It was quite a change for me, because, uh, where I live near Plymouth is in the country. <br>And it's really quiet, and there's animals roaming around. <br>Whereas, in Oxford there's a lot of <b>ambulance sirens<\/b>, and traffic, and noise. <br>I really enjoy living in Oxford. <br>The, the shops are better which is quite important to me. <br>And I find the people more friendly. <br>But maybe that's because, I need to make a greater <b>effort <\/b>to meet people when I'm up here. <br>I think I'll probably always see Plymouth as home, because I was <b>brought up<\/b> there as a child. <br>And my family are based down there. <br>And I spent most of my life in Plymouth. <br>Plymouth and Oxford are both, <b>historic <\/b>cities. <br>So there's a lot of tourists, especially in the summer. <br>So it can get really busy. <br>But both places have a really nice <b>atmosphere<\/b>. <br>And there's always plenty of uh, <b>sights <\/b>to see, and places to go. <br><br>\r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3792","question":"[862,863,864,865,866]","vocabulary":"<p><b>ambulance <\/b>\/\u02c8\u00e6mbj\u0259l\u0259ns\/ noun<br>\u200ba vehicle with special equipment, used for taking sick or injured people to a hospital<\/p><hr><p><b>siren <\/b>\/\u02c8sa\u026ar\u0259n\/ noun<br>\u200ba device that makes a long loud sound as a signal or warning<\/p><hr><p><b>effort <\/b>\/\u02c8ef\u0259rt\/ noun<br>[countable] an attempt to do something especially when it is difficult to do<\/p><hr><p><b>bring up<\/b> phrasal verb<br><b>bring somebody up<\/b><br>[often passive] to care for a child, teaching him or her how to behave, etc.<\/p><hr><p><b>historic <\/b>\/h\u026a\u02c8st\u0254\u02d0r\u026ak\/ adjective<br>important in history; likely to be thought of as important at some time in the future<\/p><hr><p><b>atmosphere <\/b>\/\u02c8\u00e6tm\u0259sf\u026ar\/ noun<br>the air around a place<br>[singular] the mixture of gases that surrounds the earth<\/p><hr><p><b>sight <\/b>\/sa\u026at\/ noun<br>[plural] the interesting places, especially in a town or city, that are often visited by tourists<br><\/p>","note":"[\"Accent: English\",\"Gender: Female\",\"Speed: Fast\",\"Words\/Minute: 201\",\"Length: 0:54\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-04-08T13:32:17.000000Z","liked":1188,"question_link":null,"duration":54,"size":1503862,"video":0,"video_id":"AnKBJKMrxw0","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":862,"question":"Why did the speaker move to Oxford?","answers":"[\"To experience a new culture\",\"To go to the university\",\"To work in a shop\",\"To be near her family\"]","correct":"To go to the university"},{"id":863,"question":"Why was the speaker's move to Oxford such a change?","answers":"[\"She was expecting much more traffic.\",\"She had a difficult time getting to know people.\",\"She was used to a quieter environment.\",\"She had never seen so many animals.\"]","correct":"She was used to a quieter environment."},{"id":864,"question":"Why does the speaker say she will always see Plymouth as her home?","answers":"[\"It is her favourite place to spend time.\",\"She wants to start a family there.\",\"It has many nice sights.\",\"She grew up there.\"]","correct":"She grew up there."},{"id":865,"question":"What does the speaker like about both cities?","answers":"[\"There are many activities.\",\"There are many good shops.\",\"They are both noisy.\",\"They are both quiet.\"]","correct":"There are many activities."},{"id":866,"question":"What is the purpose of the talk?","answers":"[\"To persuade people to move to Oxford\",\"To describe the history of Plymouth\",\"To promote tourism in Oxford and Plymouth\",\"To compare Oxford and Plymouth\"]","correct":"To compare Oxford and Plymouth"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":193,"ordering":10}},{"id":1599,"title":"The Big Drop","audio":"907-Jade-Drop32.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n \r\n <strong>Todd:<\/strong> Hello. I am here with Jade from Korea and we are going to talk about life in the military. So Jade, you were in the army correct?<p><strong>Jade: <\/strong>Yeah, I was in the army 'til just a year ago.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Ah, so pretty recently.<\/p> <p><strong>Jade:<\/strong> Yeah, recently.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong>So how did you feel about being in the army. Did you enjoy it?<\/p> <p><strong>Jade:<\/strong> Yeah being in the army, I enjoyed it. Maybe some other Koreans will really surprised when I say I really enjoyed the military right? But ... because you know we have to go there for compulsory business and <span class=\"audionotes\">compulsory service<\/span> for two years. Two years is very long but to me it was a very <span class=\"audionotes\">significant time<\/span> and very precious time to me. For saying the truth, I am sort of <span class=\"audionotes\">ashamed to say<\/span> this but I was 117 kilogram before entering the army.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong>117! I can't believe that! <span class=\"audionotes\">You're tiny<\/span>. How much do you weigh now?<\/p> <p><strong>Jade:<\/strong> Now I am 68 kilogram.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Oh my gosh, that's half.<\/p> <p><strong>Jade:<\/strong> Yes, it's almost half. When I finished the army just a year ago I was almost 62. I gained 6 more kilograms when I finished the army, now I'm... I get a little bit fat, but I'm still 68 kilograms.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Wait a minute, you lost what is that 50 kilograms, 55 kilograms in one year?<\/p> <p><strong>Jade:<\/strong> Yeah, in a year, in the army.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Oh my gosh, 55 kilograms in one year? How did you do it? ... Was it the food, was it the exercise?<\/p> <p><strong>Jade:<\/strong> In the army, every day, about the amount of food we ate it doesn't matter I think I ate more but everyday we ate regularly, like three meals on the exact time and everyday we had to do lots of training(s) like, you know, maybe somebody knows about the martial arts TaeKwonDo, a Korean traditional thing. Everyday we practice that and we ... everyday we practice lots of martial arts and lots of training things for health, so it helps me to lose weight. You know that ??? life is the best way to lose your weight.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> When you came out of the army and you went back home, people must have been shocked?<\/p> <p><strong>Jade:<\/strong> Yeah, everyone was <span class=\"audionotes\">shocked<\/span>, everyone but ... they understood because most of Korean boys when they finish the army, they get changed.<\/p> \r\n \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0901\/T907-Jade-Army.htm","question":"[3744,3745,3746,3747]","vocabulary":"<div class=\"text_box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <p class=\"items\"><b>compulsory<\/b><\/p><ul><li>We have compulsory service in the\r\n army for two years.<br>\r\n <\/li><\/ul>\r\n <p>When something is compulsory that means we must do it. <br>Note\r\n the following:<br>\r\n <\/p>\r\n <ol><li>It is compulsory for all students to take math.<\/li><li>Army service is compulsory for all young adult males.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n <\/div><hr><div class=\"text_box\"><p class=\"items\"><b>ashamed to say<\/b><\/p><ul><li>I am ashamed to say this but I\r\n weighed 117 kilograms before.<br>\r\n <\/li><\/ul>\r\n <p>The phrase 'ashamed to say' means we are embarrassed to talk about\r\n something we have or have not done. <br>Note the following:<br>\r\n <\/p>\r\n <ol><li>I am ashamed to say that I only speak one language.<\/li><li>She was ashamed to say that she had never left her hometown.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n <\/div><hr><div class=\"text_box\"><p class=\"items\"><b>tiny<\/b><\/p><ul><li>You're tiny. How much do you weigh\r\n now?<br>\r\n <\/li><\/ul>\r\n <p>The word tiny means very thin or small. <br>Note the following:<br>\r\n <\/p>\r\n <ol><li>His waist is tiny.<\/li><li>The baby has tiny fingers.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n <\/div><hr><div class=\"text_box\"><p class=\"items\"><b>significant<\/b><\/p><ul><li>It was a very significant time and\r\n very precious time to me.<br>\r\n <\/li><\/ul>\r\n <p>Something significant has important or special meaning. <br>Note\r\n the following:<br>\r\n <\/p>\r\n <ol><li>High school was a significant time in my life.<\/li><li>His gift was small but it was significant.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n <\/div><hr><div class=\"text_box\"><p class=\"items\"><b>shocked<\/b><\/p><ul><li>People must have been shocked?<br>\r\n <\/li><\/ul>\r\n <p>The word shocked means very, very surprised. <br>Note the\r\n following:<br>\r\n <\/p>\r\n <ol><li>We were shocked to lose the game.<\/li><li>They were shocked to find out their teacher was married.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: Korea, US\"]","downloaded":null,"updated":"2024-04-17T19:19:11.000000Z","liked":783,"question_link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0901\/T907-Jade-Army.htm\/..\/..\/..\/quiz\/views\/0901Q\/Q907.js","duration":155,"size":6187929,"video":0,"video_id":"i8D77Ehb2dU","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":3744,"question":"1) How does he describe his time in the military?","answers":"[\"Stressful\",\"Precious\",\"Boring\"]","correct":"Precious"},{"id":3745,"question":"2) How much weight did he lose?","answers":"[\"52\",\"55\",\"62\",\"68\"]","correct":"55"},{"id":3746,"question":"3) What helped him lose weight?","answers":"[\"Eating less\",\"Eating at set times\",\"Skipping meals\"]","correct":"Eating at set times"},{"id":3747,"question":"4) What does he say about his expereince?","answers":"[\"It is rare in Korea\",\"It is common in Korea\",\"Most boys don't change\"]","correct":"It is common in Korea"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":1599,"ordering":0}},{"id":386,"title":"New York and Mammoth Lakes","audio":"036-01.mp3","dialog":"\r\n <p>\r\n Hi. Uh, my name's Bill. <br>I'm fifty years old, and I live in Mammoth Lakes, California. <br>And right now it's snowing. <br>And, when I look outside and see where I live I, have a <b>tendency <\/b>to, uh, think about where I've come from. <br>And, at one point of my life I was in the <b>corporate <\/b>world. <br>And I lived in New York City. <br>And, uh, if you haven't been there, it's an interesting place. <br>Uh, you might want to go some time. <br>But be careful uh, when I was living there, which was uh, back in the early eighties, I um, asked a beautiful woman out. <br>Her name was Alison. <br>And it was my first and last date with Alison. <br>And uh, you might be asking why. <br>Well, we ha_ went out to dinner. <br>And then after dinner we decided to go to the Upper East Side, and uh, go out and go dancing, have a few drinks, and get to know each other. <br>And then we got in a <b>cab<\/b>, and we were at the <b>intersection <\/b>of like Second, and Lexington. <br>And we got hit from behind by another car. <br>It knocked us both out of the back seat. <br>And I immediately, uh, got out of the cab. <br>And, when I stood up and looked back at the car that hit us, a man walked up, uh, put a gun to my <b>temple<\/b>, I will never forget this. <br>He had a pink <b>washcloth <\/b>over the gun. <br>And he said, \"if you move, I'll blow your head off.\" <br>so I said, \"okay. What do you want me to do.\" <br>And he got_ he put me back in the cab, and they <b>grabbed <\/b>the cab driver, put him in their car, and they <b>kidnapped <\/b>us. <br>And uh, two people got in the front. <br>And they, uh, they said, \"give us your money.\" <br>And, uh, we gave them everything we had, except I had a hidden pocket where I had a few extra bucks and I didn't give them that. <br>And they took us up, Manhattan, and then back down, [throat clear] pardon me, FDR Drive. <br>And basically, left us off, where they <b>kidnapped <\/b>us. <br>But, in the process of going up Manhattan, uptown to the East Side, they ran every light. <br>And there was no way I could grab Alison, and <b>bail out <\/b>of the car. <br>So, after they left us off. <br>We, uh, all got together, Alison, myself, and the cab driver, and went to the police station. <br>And, uh, made positive i-ds. <br>And then we went to an Irish bar, and got drunk 'til seven AM and, uh, you know, a few days had passed, and I say, \"Hey Alison, you want to go out again.\"<br>And she said, \"no way McBride. Uh, you didn't save me.\" <br>And so I, you know, we kind of laugh about that, but uh, um, it was a scary time, and, um, and that's the thing about Manhattan is you have to be careful. <\/p><p>So in any event, I um, i_ I'm living in Mammoth Lakes now, where I was in the corporate world before, I now have my own little uh, business. <br>And where I had short hair before, and was a bit <b>pudgy<\/b>, I now have long hair, and my friends <b>tease <\/b>me that I look like Yanni [popular musician]. <br>And I'm in good shape, because I like to ski and climb and run. <br>And uh, and that's one thing about living in the, Mammoth Lakes area. <br>Is that you can do, uh, physical activities year-round. <br>You know, sometimes you have to deal with the environment, but, uh, if you're willing to, you know, go out there and try, you're gonna have a good time. <br>Uh, the things I like to do, uh, include trail running, uh, nordic skiing, which is skate-skiing, and then the classic style. <br>I also like back country. <br>And I have a bunch of friends, and particularly during the spring, when the weather is nice, we'll go into the back country, and pick a line, and, um, traverse back and forth up a mountain, and ski down a gully, or a face. <br>And it's a lot of fun. <br>And, uh, we've never had any problems with <b>avalanches<\/b>. <br>And, um, it's, uh, it's always a pleasure to go up there, and take a look at how beautiful the area is, and be grateful for where we live. <br>Uh, this morning for example, with the snow coming down. <br>I took my dog into the back country. <br>And it was just us. <br>And we were able to ski through the trees with two feet of <b>powder<\/b>, and, uh, we just had a <b>blast<\/b>. <br>It's kind of fun watching him play, because he really enjoys the snow. <br>So, uh, as I'm moving forward in my life. <br>I, uh, I'm very grateful to be where I am. <br>And, um, that's my story, and I'm sticking to it. <br><br>\r\n <\/p>\r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3857","question":"[1819,1820,1821,1822]","vocabulary":"\r\n <p><b>tendency <\/b>\/\u02c8tend\u0259nsi\/ noun<br>[countable] if somebody\/something has a particular tendency, they are likely to behave or act in a particular way<\/p><hr><p><b>corporate <\/b>\/\u02c8k\u0254\u02d0rp\u0259r\u0259t\/ adjective<br>of or shared by a whole group and not just of a single member<\/p><hr><p><b>cab <\/b>\/k\u00e6b\/ noun<br> a taxi<\/p><hr><p><b>intersection <\/b>\/\u02c8\u026ant\u0259rsek\u0283n\/ noun<br>[countable] (North American English or formal, British English) a place where two or more roads, lines, etc. meet or cross each other<\/p><hr><p><b>temple <\/b>\/\u02c8templ\/ noun<br>each of the flat parts at the sides of the head, at the same level as the eyes and higher<\/p><hr><p><b>washcloth <\/b>\/\u02c8w\u0251\u02d0\u0283kl\u0254\u02d0\u03b8\/ noun<br> a small piece of cloth used for washing yourself<\/p><hr><p><b>grab <\/b>\/\u0261r\u00e6b\/ verb<br> [transitive, intransitive] to take or hold somebody\/something with your hand suddenly or roughly<\/p><hr><p><b>kidnap <\/b>\/\u02c8k\u026adn\u00e6p\/ verb<br><b>kidnap somebody<\/b> to take somebody away illegally and keep them as a prisoner, especially in order to get money or something else for returning them<\/p><hr><p><b>bail out<\/b> phrasal verb<br>to escape from a situation that you no longer want to be involved in<br> \u200bto jump out of a plane that is going to crash<\/p><hr><p><b>pudgy <\/b>\/\u02c8p\u028cd\u0292i\/ adjective<br>slightly fat<\/p><hr><p><b>tease <\/b>\/ti\u02d0z\/ verb<br>\u200b[intransitive, transitive] to laugh at somebody and make jokes about them, either in a friendly way or in order to annoy them or make them embarrassed<\/p><hr><p><b>avalanche <\/b>\/\u02c8\u00e6v\u0259l\u00e6nt\u0283\/ noun<br> \u200ba mass of snow, ice and rock that falls down the side of a mountain<\/p><hr><p><b>powder <\/b>\/\u02c8pa\u028ad\u0259(r)\/ noun<br>[uncountable] a very fine, soft, dry substance that you can put on your face to make it look smooth and dry<\/p><hr><p><b>blast <\/b>\/bl\u0251\u02d0st\/ noun<br>[singular] (informal) a very happy experience that is a lot of fun<br><\/p>\r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: General American\",\"Gender: Male\",\"Speed: Fast\",\"Words\/Minute: 195\",\"Length: 4:14\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-04-17T22:44:00.000000Z","liked":667,"question_link":null,"duration":254,"size":7116845,"video":0,"video_id":"b4KqRl8nuik","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":1819,"question":"What experience does the man describe in New York?","answers":"[\"Going out late at night with two friends\",\"Working as a businessman\",\"Being a cab driver\",\"A date that turned into a dangerous situation\"]","correct":"A date that turned into a dangerous situation"},{"id":1820,"question":"How has the speaker's life changed since he moved to the Mammoth Lakes area?","answers":"[\"He has a better boss.\",\"He spends more time indoors.\",\"He is healthier.\",\"He has more friends.\"]","correct":"He is healthier."},{"id":1821,"question":"What does the speaker enjoy all year in the Mammoth Lakes area?","answers":"[\"Working\",\"Outdoor activities\",\"Sports competitions\",\"Dating\"]","correct":"Outdoor activities"},{"id":1822,"question":"What is the purpose of this talk?","answers":"[\"To describe an athletic event\",\"To teach environmental awareness\",\"To discuss a life transition\",\"To provide safety recommendations\"]","correct":"To discuss a life transition"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":386,"ordering":6}},{"id":166,"title":"Introduction to Jane","audio":"031-01.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n \r\n Hello, my name's Jane.\r\n<br>I'm from Devon in the south-west of England.\r\n<br>I'm twenty-five years old.\r\n<br>I've just done one year at University.\r\n<br>I'm doing social work, which is of course for <b>mature students<\/b>.\r\n<br>You have to be twenty-one to start.\r\n<br>Um, eventually I'd like to work with old people.\r\n<br>Mainly with Alzheimer's.\r\n<br>I started the <b>course <\/b>a year ago.<br>\r\nIt's a three year course <b>altogether<\/b>.<br>\r\nIt's a degree course.<br>\r\nBut you can qualify after two, if you do the <b>diploma<\/b>.\r\n<br>It's a very mixed group of people on the course.\r\n<br>Uh, people who want to work with children, or with <b>disabled <\/b>people.\r\n<br>A lot of people want to work with um, adults with <b>learning disabilities<\/b>.\r\n<br>But I'd personally would like to work with old people.\r\n \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3784","question":"[738,739,740]","vocabulary":"\r\n <p><b>mature student<\/b> \/m\u0259\u02cct\u0283\u028ar \u02c8stu\u02d0dnt\/, \/m\u0259\u02cct\u028ar \u02c8stu\u02d0dnt\/ noun<br> an adult student who goes to college or university some years after leaving school<\/p><hr><b>course <\/b>\/k\u0254\u02d0rs\/ noun<br>a series of lessons or lectures on a particular subject<hr><b>altogether <\/b>\/\u02cc\u0254\u02d0lt\u0259\u02c8\u0261e\u00f0\u0259r\/ adverb<br>completely<p><\/p><hr><p><b>diploma <\/b>\/d\u026a\u02c8pl\u0259\u028am\u0259\/ noun<br>a document showing that you have completed a course of study or part of your education<\/p><hr><p><b>disabled <\/b>\/d\u026as\u02c8e\u026abld\/ adjective<br>unable to use a part of your body completely or easily because of a physical condition, an illness, an injury, etc.; unable to learn easily<\/p><ol><li>The museum has special facilities for disabled people. <\/li><li>Does the theatre have disabled access?<br><\/li><\/ol><hr><p><b>Learning disabilities <\/b><br>hard to understand or use spoken or written language, do mathematical calculations, coordinate movements, or direct attention.<br> <br><br><\/p>\r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: English\",\"Gender: Female\",\"Speed: Fast\",\"Words\/Minute: 18\",\"Length: 0:42\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-04-27T21:18:21.000000Z","liked":1240,"question_link":null,"duration":43,"size":1199587,"video":0,"video_id":"XigVUhz6DdQ","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":738,"question":"What does the speaker mention about her social work course?","answers":"[\"It has a strict schedule\",\"It takes a year to complete\",\"It is not required for a degree\",\"It has an age requirement\"]","correct":"It has an age requirement"},{"id":739,"question":"What does the speaker mean by the phrase 'mixed group'?","answers":"[\"People of different ages\",\"People from different backgrounds\",\"People with different study habits\",\"People with different interests\"]","correct":"People with different interests"},{"id":740,"question":"Who does the speaker want to work with?","answers":"[\"University students\",\"Old people with Alzheimer's\",\"Children\",\"Adults with learning disabilities\"]","correct":"Old people with Alzheimer's"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":166,"ordering":12}},{"id":191,"title":"Michael's Self Introduction","audio":"002-07_new.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n Hi, my name is Michael, I'm twenty-one years old, and I'm a college student.\r\n<br>I live in New Jersey and I went to Penn State University for my first three years of college.\r\n<br>I <b>switched majors<\/b>, so I am going to live back in New Jersey, and go to the College of New Jersey to finish out two more years to get a degree in education.\r\n<br>When I live at home, I'm with my mother, and my father, and my sister.\r\n<br>My mom's name is Janice, and she's a <b>manager <\/b>for, a <b>lumber <\/b>store.\r\n<br>My father was in the army national guard, and he is now <b>retired<\/b>.\r\n<br>So he just does odd jobs and, helps out with the the army <b>every now and then<\/b>.\r\n<br>My sister is a senior in high school, she's been <b>recruited <\/b>for her <b>athletic <\/b>ability.\r\n<br>And I myself, I've run cross country and track and field in college.\r\n<br>So, maybe one day we'll both be in the Olympics, or All Americans together. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3275","question":"[856,857,858]","vocabulary":"\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <p><b>switch <\/b>\/sw\u026at\u0283\/ verb<br>[intransitive, transitive] to change or make something change from one thing to another<\/p><hr><p><b>major <\/b>\/\u02c8me\u026ad\u0292\u0259r\/ noun<br>[countable] (North American English) the main subject or course of a student at college or university<\/p><hr><p><b>manager <\/b>\/\u02c8m\u00e6n\u026ad\u0292\u0259r\/ noun<br>a person who is in charge of running a business, a shop or a similar organization or part of one<\/p><hr><p><b>lumber <\/b>\/\u02c8l\u028cmb\u0259r\/ noun<br>wood that is prepared for use in building, etc.<\/p><hr><p><b>retired <\/b>\/r\u026a\u02c8ta\u026a\u0259rd\/ adjective<br>\u200bhaving retired (to leave your job and stop working) from work<\/p><hr><p><b>(every) now and again\/then<\/b><br> \u200bfrom time to time; occasionally<\/p><hr><p><b>recruit <\/b>\/r\u026a\u02c8kru\u02d0t\/ verb<br>[transitive, intransitive] to find new people to join a company, an organization, the armed forces, etc.<\/p><hr><p><b>athletic <\/b>\/\u00e6\u03b8\u02c8let\u026ak\/ adjective<br>\u200bphysically strong, fit and active.<br>connected with sports such as running, jumping <\/p><hr><p><br><\/p>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: General American\",\"Gender: Male\",\"Speed: Medium\",\"Words\/Minute: 167\",\"Length: 1:3\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-05-04T08:16:45.000000Z","liked":1099,"question_link":null,"duration":63,"size":1763519,"video":0,"video_id":"mwIFX9LHUJc","has_sub":1,"fixed":1,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":856,"question":"How old is the speaker?","answers":"[\"Twenty-one\",\"Twenty-two\",\"Twenty\",\"Twenty-three\"]","correct":"Twenty-one"},{"id":857,"question":"Why did the speaker change to the College of New Jersey?","answers":"[\"To get a degree in education\",\"To live with his family\",\"To be able to study another year\",\"To change to a school he likes better\"]","correct":"To get a degree in education"},{"id":858,"question":"What is the speaker's sister good at?","answers":"[\"Music\",\"Running\",\"Math\",\"English\"]","correct":"Running"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":191,"ordering":11}},{"id":94,"title":"Introduce Oneself","audio":"013-01_new.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <p>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n Because, I have been a musician, all of my adult life.\r\n<br>I brought some of my skills in listening to a concert given recently at Princeton University.\r\n<br>One of the, performers, was a guitarist and composer named Steven Mackey.\r\n<br>S-T-E-V-E-N-M-A-C-K-E-Y <br>who performed beautifully on the electric guitar with a large <b>chamber ensemble<\/b>, meaning, about ten or eleven musicians.\r\n<br>They are playing notes that he had written.\r\n<br>But the music was unpredictable. <br>It was very, very new.<br> And not to everyone's taste.\r\n<br>But I loved it.\r\n<br>He played electric guitar throughout the whole performance as improvisation.<br>\r\nAnd it was, wonderful.\r\n<br>I think if anyone asked me who is the best, or one of the better modern composers I would say, \"Steven Mackey.\"<br> I loved what he did.\r\n<br>He also had a tape.<br>\r\nAnd the tape played at points, throughout that performance, the sound of dogs barking.\r\nOh boy.\r\n<br>And I loved that, because I remember having read about the German poet Goethe.\r\n<br>In Goethe's old age he couldn't sound the sound of dogs barking.\r\n<br>And here this fellow was using the barking of dogs as part of the music.\r\n<br>When the performance was over, there was <b>dutiful applause<\/b>.<br>\r\nPeople didn't know what to think.\r\nI was pleased.<br>\r\n<\/p><p>I've been teaching since I was about twenty-five, without a degree.\r\n<br>It didn't matter.\r\n<br>I worked for many years, over twenty, at a school called Horace Mann School, in Riverdale on the very West Bronx, New York.\r\n<br>I taught guitar there, mostly one to one, a student and a teacher.\r\n<br>At this point I had a few students, enough to give me the will to write arrangements for them.\r\n<br>They're adults.\r\nThey practice without being told.\r\n<br>I had to teach little boys for a long time.\r\n<br>It was hard because they never practiced.\r\n<br>They were very ,very polite children.\r\n<br>But they would say, \"Mr Morris I didn't practise guitar last week because my family and I went to Tahiti.\" some place like that you know.\r\n<br>And you couldn't <b>nail them down<\/b>.\r\n<br>So that was difficult.\r\n<br>However those days are over.\r\nThankfully.\r\n<br><\/p><p>So I have a piano.\r\n<br>It is very expensive to have it tuned.\r\n<br>It costs seventy-four dollars and twenty cents, to have it tuned a few weeks ago.\r\n<br>But it is worth the investment, because when I play it, I get a good response.\r\n<br>I have a couple of guitars.\r\n<br>One of which is fixed with a German microphone for electric playing.\r\n<br>But it doesn't have quite the bite of a real electric guitar, which is shaped differently.\r\n<br>Strings are closer together, they are all steel.\r\nAnd one usually plays it with a pick.\r\n<br>And... Because, of the thin walls and my concern about neighbors, I almost never play the electric guitar.\r\n<br>So, I play these classical guitars, which are much quieter.\r\n<br>When I play piano for some time I hear, knocks on the wall.\r\n<br>Which I have learn to ignore, and not become annoyed.\r\nBecause I am annoying them as I play a song, on the piano.<br><\/p><div align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><a data-cke-saved-href=\"market:\/\/details?id=com.kimco.english.grammar.in.use.test.ultimate.englishgrammar\" href=\"market:\/\/details?id=com.kimco.english.grammar.in.use.test.ultimate.englishgrammar\">Learn And Test Your Grammar - Click here<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <p><\/p>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3460","question":"[402,403,404,405,406]","vocabulary":"\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <p><b>chamber <\/b>\/\u02c8t\u0283e\u026amb\u0259r\/ noun<br> [countable] a hall in a public building that is used for formal meetings <\/p><hr><p><b>ensemble <\/b>\/\u0251\u02d0n\u02c8s\u0251\u02d0mbl\/ noun<br> \u200b[countable + singular or plural verb] a small group of musicians, dancers or actors who perform together<\/p><p><b>chamber ensemble = a group of musicians play Chamber music<\/b><\/p><hr><p><b>dutiful<\/b> \/\u02c8du\u02d0t\u026afl\/ adjective<br> \u200bdoing everything that you are expected to do; willing to obey and to show respect<b><br><\/b><\/p><hr><p><b>applause <\/b>\/\u0259\u02c8pl\u0254\u02d0z\/ noun<br> \u200bthe noise made by a group of people clapping their hands and sometimes shouting to show their approval or pleasure<\/p><hr><p><b>nail somebody down<\/b> (to something)<br> \u200bto force somebody to give you a definite promise or tell you exactly what they intend to do<\/p><hr><p><br><b><\/b><\/p>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: General American\",\"Gender: Male\",\"Speed: Medium\",\"Words\/Minute: 166\",\"Length: 3:17\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-05-15T10:38:03.000000Z","liked":1678,"question_link":null,"duration":198,"size":5534765,"video":0,"video_id":"LaW20X_-60w","has_sub":1,"fixed":1,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":402,"question":"What was the speaker's opinion of Steven Mackey's performance?","answers":"[\"He was surprised that it wasn't very good.\",\"He disliked the part with barking dogs.\",\"He liked it, even though it was unpredictable.\",\"He didn't think the performer was well-prepared.\"]","correct":"He liked it, even though it was unpredictable."},{"id":403,"question":"How does the speaker describe the audience's reaction to the concert?","answers":"[\"Several people tried to interrupt the concert.\",\"Everyone loved the part with electric guitars.\",\"Most of the audience left before the end.\",\"Most people were confused by it.\"]","correct":"Most people were confused by it."},{"id":404,"question":"According to the speaker, what was difficult about teaching young boys?","answers":"[\"They usually didn't practice enough.\",\"They were not very polite.\",\"They sometimes broke their instruments.\",\"They often missed their lessons. \"]","correct":"They usually didn't practice enough."},{"id":405,"question":"What does the speaker say about his neighbors?","answers":"[\"He can't practice anymore because of them.\",\"He finds their complaints annoying.\",\"He invites them to listen to him play.\",\"He tries not to bother them.\"]","correct":"He tries not to bother them."},{"id":406,"question":"What is the main purpose of the talk?","answers":"[\"To explain the importance of music in schools\",\"To encourage music students to practice more\",\"To describe the man's life and interests\",\"To teach us about Steven Mackey's work\"]","correct":"To describe the man's life and interests"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":94,"ordering":1000}},{"id":364,"title":"How I Became What I Am","audio":"013-09.mp3","dialog":"<p>\r\n I am a grandfather.\r\n<br>Although you'd never know it.\r\n<br>I have two grandchildren, whom I've never seen.\r\n<br>I have one child, a daughter.\r\n<br>A violinist, who's married to a <b>physician <\/b>who is a <b>gene <\/b>g-e-n-e doctor.\r\n<br>They live in Manhattan, and, um, we don't get along.\r\n<br>I have never seen the children.<br>\r\nI haven't seen her since a few weeks after her marriage, about ten years ago.\r\n<br>Her name is (Nadjestra).\r\n<br>Her mother was Russian, and_ for_ for short his_ her name is Nadia.\r\n<br>I myself, am the son of a worker which may explain some of the things I have been able to do.\r\n<br>And other things I could not do.\r\n<br>My father, was a <b>structural<\/b>, steel, ironworker.\r\n<br>Very rough trade, dangerous, hard work, and very high areas, thousands of feet above the ground and all, you know.\r\n<br>And I had five brothers, no daughter, no sisters.\r\n<br>And I tried iron work, but I found it wasn't for me.\r\n<br>I just was too afraid of walking on a little, <b>girder <\/b>way up in the air.\r\n<br>Uh, they say you only can do this if you don't think about falling, just think about where the foot goes next.\r\n<br>By the way some American Indians like the Iroquois, from Canada, as well as upper New York state.\r\n<br>Make wonderful iron workers, because they can work at heights, without any less_ any, any loss of efficiency.\r\n<\/p><p>So I tried different things.\r\n<br>It was clear for me to do what I wanted to do.\r\n<br>My father didn't say I should or should not become a musician.\r\n<br>He didn't even know, nor did my mother, what it meant to be a <b>physicist<\/b>.\r\n<br>She said, \"son, is there any money in physics.\" <br> I didn't know I was just a student.\r\n<br>I got through two years of it and sometimes... I get a little <b>despondent<\/b>.\r\n<br>And I think, \"how much easier things would be for me if I had become a scientist.\" gone through with what I started.\r\n<br>But it's a false <b>illusion<\/b>.\r\n<br>Now I would feel very unhappy, if I had to give up the hours each day I spend with music.\r\n<br>And, the joy I feel looking forward to a good lesson with a student.\r\n<br>I know it would take me, a few weeks of_ a few, taking the classes of_ as a senior here at the university.\r\n<br>Free courses, but it wouldn't last.\r\n<br>I would back- be in the same state I am in now.\r\n<br>Which is to say I have longings and great respect for people who, are physicists and mathematicians.\r\n<br>But you know there is always someone better at a job than you are.<br>\r\nI_ I'm pleased to hear that the Russian mathematicians are better than ours.\r\n<br>I am respectful, of friends who are scientists but that's about, it.\r\nMost enthusiastic about music.\r\n <\/p>","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3468","question":"[1713,1714,1715,1716,1717]","vocabulary":"<p><b>physician <\/b>\/f\u026a\u02c8z\u026a\u0283n\/ noun<br> a doctor, especially one who is a specialist in general medicine and not surgery<br><\/p><hr><b>gene <\/b>\/d\u0292i\u02d0n\/ noun<br>a unit inside a cell that controls a particular quality in a living thing that has been passed on from its parents<hr><b>structural <\/b>\/\u02c8str\u028ckt\u0283\u0259r\u0259l\/ adjective<br> connected with the way in which something is built or organized<br><hr><b>girder <\/b>\/\u02c8\u0261\u025c\u02d0d\u0259(r)\/ noun<br> a long strong iron or steel bar used for building bridges and the framework of large buildings<hr><b>physicist <\/b>\/\u02c8f\u026az\u026as\u026ast\/ noun<br> \u200ba scientist who studies physics<hr><b>despondent <\/b>\/d\u026a\u02c8sp\u0252nd\u0259nt\/ adjective<br> sad, without much hope<p><\/p><ol><li>There are times when it is hard not to feel despondent.<\/li><\/ol><hr><p><b>illusion <\/b>\/\u026a\u02c8lu\u02d0\u0292n\/ noun<br> a false idea or belief, especially about somebody or about a situation<\/p><hr><p><br> <br><br><\/p>","note":"[\"Accent: General American\",\"Gender: Male\",\"Speed: Fast\",\"Words\/Minute: 194\",\"Length: 2:29\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-05-16T05:09:04.000000Z","liked":1846,"question_link":null,"duration":150,"size":4187473,"video":0,"video_id":"kmgb2DPpB9M","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[{"id":73,"title":"Present perfect tense with FOR and SINCE ","sentence":"I haven't seen her since a few weeks after her marriage"}],"questions":[{"id":1713,"question":"When did the speaker last see his daughter?","answers":"[\"Just last week, after her tenth anniversary.\",\"About ten years ago, just after her wedding.\",\"Last year, at his older grandchild's birthday.\",\"Last month, when he visited her home.\"]","correct":"About ten years ago, just after her wedding."},{"id":1714,"question":"How often does the speaker see his two grandchildren?","answers":"[\"He rarely sees them.\",\"He sees them a couple times each year.\",\"He has never seen them.\",\"He sees them on the weekends.\"]","correct":"He has never seen them."},{"id":1715,"question":"How did the speaker feel about becoming an ironworker?","answers":"[\"He found that the work was not interesting.\",\"He found that he was afraid of heights.\",\"He found that the work did not pay well.\",\"He found he couldn't get along with the other workers.\"]","correct":"He found that he was afraid of heights."},{"id":1716,"question":"What is the speaker's current job?","answers":"[\"He is a musician.\",\"He is an ironworker.\",\"He is a scientist.\",\"He is a physician.\"]","correct":"He is a musician."},{"id":1717,"question":"What is the main purpose of the speaker's talk?","answers":"[\"To tell about his future plans\",\"To introduce himself\",\"To detail his family history\",\"To describe his father's job\"]","correct":"To introduce himself"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":364,"ordering":5}},{"id":1378,"title":"Bad Jobs","audio":"750-Tim-BadJobs.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n \r\n <p><strong>Tim: <\/strong> So, Jeff, you asked me about what kind of job I'd like. Well, what about a job you definitely you wouldn't want to do. There's lots of jobs out there and some of them aren't so good, so what would you not want to do?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Jeff: <\/strong>That's a difficult question. <span class=\"style13\">I don't like working period<\/span>, really.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Tim: <\/strong><span class=\"style13\">Yeah, but who does<\/span>?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Jeff: <\/strong>Yes, that's right, but I think a type of job I wouldn't like to do would be an office job, a straight desk job, where it is just task work, where you get paper - maybe sort of like an accountant - where you are doing nothing but sitting at your desk sort of by yourself all day, <span class=\"audionotes\">crunching numbers<\/span> or putting things into the computer. I think it's very <span class=\"audionotes\">anti-social<\/span>, a little bit boring, not so healthy, and even if the pay was good, I still wouldn't want to do it because you're <span class=\"style13\">compromising your life<\/span>, which is short, to something that's not so fun so maybe a desk job, something at a desk, I wouldn't like to do. How about you? What job would you not like to do?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Tim: <\/strong>Well, to be honest with you I don't think I would make a very good police officer. I really wouldn't want to be a police officer. I know it's exciting and it's always different but I kind of feel like I would be <span class=\"audionotes\">judging people<\/span> and I'm not anti-police. I think they're needed but sometimes I don't agree with everything that a government believes in and I think it would be difficult for me to be <span class=\"audionotes\">busting people<\/span> for somethings that I don't agree with. And I think that, you know, it's a hard job. It's a hard job and you've got to deal with with people that you know need help in different ways, and a police officer is just coming and putting them in jail.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Jeff: <\/strong> Another thing, sort of related to police officer is I wouldn't want to be a nurse or a doctor.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Tim: <\/strong> Oh, I'm surprised.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Jeff: <\/strong> A great job and it would be rewarding to save people's lives or to make them better if they're sick, to make them healthy again, but I hate blood.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Tim: <\/strong>Oh, really.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Jeff: <\/strong>I can't stand blood so if there is... I can't even stand somebody with a bloody nose so I think in a situation where there is any blood around<br>\r\n<span class=\"audionotes\">I wouldn't be your man<\/span>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Tim: <\/strong>Well, I think another job I wouldn't want to be is a garbage man, to be honest with you.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Jeff: <\/strong>Oh, a garbage man would be great.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Tim: <\/strong>I understand. Like, I like the idea of driving from house to house. I think I would be a great post office worker, and I don't mind the <span class=\"audionotes\">manual labor<\/span> of just lifting stuff up and stuff.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Jeff: <\/strong> A bit smelly though.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Tim: <\/strong>Yeah. That's the biggest thing. I think the smell would really get to me, like kind of like you were with blood. I think that eventually that smell would sometimes make me sick, and you'd be surprised what people people throw away. I mean, needles, all kids of things, dirty diapers. Things like that. I don't think I could deal with that very well.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Jeff: <\/strong>OK, so you'll never be a garbage man and I'll never be a nurse.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Tim: <\/strong>Ah, fair enough I suppose.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0701\/T750-Tim-BadJob.htm","question":"[3727,3728,3729,3730,3731]","vocabulary":"\r\n <p><strong>crunching numbers<\/strong><br><\/p><ul><li>\r\nYou are doing nothing but sitting at your desk sort of by yourself all day, crunching numbers.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>'Crunching numbers' means that you spend time doing calculations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Notice the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol><li> I am an accountant, so I spend my time crunching numbers.<\/li><li> She says that she is a number cruncher.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p><hr><p><strong>anti-social<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>I think it's very anti-social, a little bit boring, not so healthy.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>When something is 'anti-social,' it means that it does not allow you to see your friends or socialize like a normal, healthy person.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Notice the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol><li> Working as a chef can be very anti-social.<\/li><li> I find that working shifts can be very anti-social.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p><hr><p><strong>judging people<\/strong><br>\r\n<\/p><ul><li>I kind of feel like I would be judging people and I'm not anti-police.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>When you 'judge people,' it means that you make decisions about them based on what you know.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Notice the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol><li> I do not really judge people, unless I know them really well.<\/li><li> I do not like her, because she is always judging people.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p><hr><p><strong>busting people<\/strong><br>\r\n<\/p><ul><li>It would be difficult for me to be busting people for some things that I don't agree with.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>When you 'bust people' it means that you arrest them, catch them or give them a ticket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Notice the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol><li> The police have busted a lot of people for speeding recently.<\/li><li> I would like to be a police woman and bust people for crimes.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p><hr><p><strong>I wouldn't be your man<\/strong><br>\r\n<\/p><ul><li>I think in a situation where there is any blood around I wouldn't be your man.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>'I wouldn't be your man' means that you think that you are not the right person for the job.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Notice the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol><li> If you are looking for someone who is hardworking, then I wouldn't be your man.<\/li><li> She said that I would not be her man if I could not show commitment.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n<p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: US\"]","downloaded":null,"updated":"2024-06-05T14:26:06.000000Z","liked":2242,"question_link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0701\/T750-Tim-BadJob.htm\/..\/..\/..\/quiz\/views\/0701Q\/Q750.js","duration":175,"size":3497318,"video":0,"video_id":"qegS3L_lQck","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":3727,"question":"1) What does Jeff not like to do?","answers":"[\"talking\",\"walking\",\"working\",\"being bored\"]","correct":"working"},{"id":3728,"question":"2) What kind of job would Jeff hate to do?","answers":"[\"teaching\",\"office job\",\"IT\",\"construction work\"]","correct":"office job"},{"id":3729,"question":"3) What does Tim say he would be bad at?","answers":"[\"being a doctor\",\"being a police officer\",\"being a manager\",\"being an athlete\"]","correct":"being a police officer"},{"id":3730,"question":"4) Why would Jeff be a bad doctor or a nurse?","answers":"[\"He would have to save lives.\",\"He would have to work hard.\",\"It's too stressful.\",\"He can't stand blood.\"]","correct":"He can't stand blood."},{"id":3731,"question":"5) Why could Tim never be a garbage man?","answers":"[\"He would have to drive a lot.\",\"He hates the manual labor.\",\"He cant't stand the smell of garbage.\"]","correct":"He cant't stand the smell of garbage."}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":1378,"ordering":0}},{"id":1196,"title":"Things People Fear","audio":"457-ruth-shark.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n \r\n <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong>Ruth, what is something you are afraid of? Like snakes, spiders, rats?<\/p> <p><strong>Ruth: <\/strong>Probably sharks. <\/p> <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong>Sharks. <\/p> <p><strong>Ruth: <\/strong>I know that sounds quite irrational, especially when I don't live near the sea but just the thought of being eaten by a shark. It's horrific. I really, really, I'm frightened of sharks.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Have you ever seen a shark? <\/p> <p><strong>Ruth: <\/strong>No. <\/p> <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong>No. <\/p> <p><strong>Ruth: <\/strong>Thankfully. <\/p> <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong>Yeah. <\/p> <p><strong>Ruth: <\/strong>I think I'd run a mile. <\/p> <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong>I don't know really what I'm afraid of, I guess,I don't like heights too much. Yeah, so. I have to admit that when I'm on a plane I get kind of freaked out, when I fly, yeah. You think, \"How is this thing staying in the air?\". You know?<\/p> <p><strong>Ruth: <\/strong>You're always happy to land. <\/p> <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong>Yeah, yeah. Always, always, very happy to land, and often when I go home I have to fly across the Pacific and there's no land so you look out your window and you think, \"Ah, if something goes wrong with the plane we can't land anymore, but that's very irrational because most accidents I think happen over mountains, so. I think so.<\/p> <p><strong>Ruth: <\/strong>Although if you landed in the sea, then there might be sharks. <\/p> <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong>That's true. How do you feel when you fly? <\/p> <p><strong>Ruth: <\/strong>I quite like flying actually. I quite like it. I mean I'm quite used to flying. I've flown to a lot of places. If it's a long haul flight, I guess it's a bit boring, but I like the handheld computer you get to play with. <\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Yeah, those are nice. <\/p> <p><strong>Ruth: <\/strong>They're good. <\/p> <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong>Now, you're a vegetarian so what's the food like? <\/p> <p><strong>Ruth: <\/strong>Oh, well the last time I flew I didn't get any vegetarian food. I think I forgot to tell them, so I had to eat the chicken, whatever. <\/p> <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong>Really, you actually ate the chicken? <\/p> <p><strong>Ruth: <\/strong>No, I didn't eat it. I didn't eat it. I just had it in front of me. <\/p> <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong>Yeah, I heard that the vegetarian meal are actually better than the chicken or beef meal. <\/p> <p><strong>Ruth: <\/strong>Really, they're quite good, I mean when I've had then in the past they've been quite good. <\/p> <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong>Well, here's to not seeing any sharks in the future. <\/p> <p><strong>Ruth: <\/strong>Absolutely.<\/p> <p><br><\/p> \r\n \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0451\/457-Ruth-AfraidOf.htm","question":"[3789,3790,3791,3792,3793]","vocabulary":"<p class=\"items\"><b>irrational<\/b><\/p><ul><li>I know that sounds irrational, especially when I don't live near the sea. <br><\/li><\/ul><p>Something that is 'irrational' is not practical or does not make complete sense. <br>Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>He can be quite irrational when he's angry.<br><\/li><li>She's not usually an irrational person, but she's not making much sense right now.<br><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"items\"><b><br><\/b><\/p><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>horrific<\/b><\/p><ul><li>Just the thought of being eaten by a shark is really horrific. <br><\/li><\/ul><p>If something is 'horrific,' it causes you to feel horror or shock. <br>Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>I just saw the most horrific car accident. <br><\/li><li>There are some scenes in that movie that are really horrific.<br><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"items\"><b><br><\/b><\/p><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>heights<\/b><\/p><ul><li>I don't know really what I'm afraid of, but I guess I don't like heights too much. <br><\/li><\/ul><p>If you are afraid of 'heights,' you are afraid of high places. <br>Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>Climbing up the mountain was hard for me, because I'm afraid of heights.<br><\/li><li>He fixes roofs on houses, so he's used to working at high heights.<br><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"items\"><b><br><\/b><\/p><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>freaked out<\/b><\/p><ul><li>I have to admit that when I'm on a plane, I get kind of freaked out. <br><\/li><\/ul><p>'Freak\r\n out' can mean a lot of different things. Here it means to get nervous \r\nabout something. It can also mean a sudden burst of excitement or \r\nanger.<br> Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>You must be in a really bad mood today. I've never seen you freak out like that before.<br><\/li><li>She really freaked out when she came home and discovered the doors were unlocked.<br><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"items\"><b><br><\/b><\/p><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>long-haul flight<\/b><\/p><ul><li>If it's a long-haul flight, it's a bit boring.<br><\/li><\/ul><p>A 'long-haul' flight is one that lasts many hours. <br>Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>It's definitely a long-haul flight from the U.S. to China.<br><\/li><li>Do you have everything you need? This is a long-haul drive.<\/li><\/ol>","note":"[\"Accent\"]","downloaded":null,"updated":"2024-06-08T23:30:22.000000Z","liked":2891,"question_link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0451\/457-Ruth-AfraidOf.htm\/..\/..\/..\/quiz\/views\/0451Q\/Q457.js","duration":123,"size":3438490,"video":0,"video_id":"cmdWhrRE0EU","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":3789,"question":"1) Ruth thinks it would be _______ to be eaten by a shark.","answers":"[\"horrific\",\"terrific\",\"honorable\"]","correct":"horrific"},{"id":3790,"question":"2) Ruth thinks her fear of sharks might seem _______.","answers":"[\"natural\",\"irrational\",\"intentional\"]","correct":"irrational"},{"id":3791,"question":"3) Todd says that he doesn't like _______.","answers":"[\"nights\",\"diets\",\"heights\",\"plane\"]","correct":"heights"},{"id":3792,"question":"4) Todd believes that most plane accidents occur _______.","answers":"[\"over oceans\",\"over mountains\",\"over deserts\"]","correct":"over mountains"},{"id":3793,"question":"5) Ruth says she likes the _______ on flights.","answers":"[\"chicken dishes\",\"handheld computers\",\"movies\"]","correct":"handheld computers"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":1196,"ordering":0}},{"id":1176,"title":"Horror Movies","audio":"477-akane-horror.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n \r\n <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Ruth:<\/strong> So Akane, is there anything that you\u2019re frightened of?<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Akane:<\/strong> Well\u2026 I\u2019m, I\u2019m really scared of horror movies. I never watch them, cuz they really really frighten me.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Ruth:<\/strong> Horror movies wow. Have your ever seen a <b>horror movie<\/b>?<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Akane:<\/strong> Well, um, when I was little I used to watch them with my friends, because, back in the 80\u2019s, horror movies used to be really popular. Like ah \u201cJason\u201d, and \u201cFreddy Cruger\u201d. (Oh yeah) and things like that yeah. But ah, they used to<b> keep me up at night<\/b> and I couldn\u2019t sleep.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Ruth: <\/strong>Yeah, my friend actually had a \u201cFreddy Cruger\u201d poster. It used to frighten me.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Akane:<\/strong> Did she?<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Ruth:<\/strong> Yeah, it wasn\u2019t my favorite. So, ah, what don\u2019t you like about horror movies?<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Akane:<\/strong> Well, um, I think, I think uh, I don\u2019t know, I think it\u2019s the psychological aspect of it. They just really make me feel scared.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Ruth:<\/strong> Ah, heh.. What was the last horror movie that you watched?<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Akane:<\/strong> Um, the last one I watched was, I think it was the \u201cBlair Witch Project\u201d.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Ruth:<\/strong> Oh I know that film, yeah<br>\r\n.<br>\r\n<strong>Akane:<\/strong> The first one, I saw it in the theatre with my friend. And I couldn\u2019t sleep properly for a week after that.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Ruth:<\/strong> Oh no!<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Akane:<\/strong> Ya, I mean, I know it\u2019s stupid. A lot of people think it\u2019s a pretty <b>stupid movie<\/b>. Um, but I think it was just, just the psychological aspect of it that really made me feel scared. And uh, I think, with that movie, after people saw it, they weren\u2019t really sure whether it was real or not.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Ruth:<\/strong> Oh yeah.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Akane:<\/strong> And so there was that element as, as well.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Ruth:<\/strong> Was that the same film that I\u2019m thinking of. The one where they filmed people in a forest, is that right?<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Akane:<\/strong> Yeah, that\u2019s right. It was in a forest. And the whole thing was done with a <b>camcorder<\/b>. A hand held camcorder. And so, it was, a lot of it was, I think, black and white. I can\u2019t remember. And uh, and the camera was very shaky, and\u2026<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Ruth: <\/strong>So it wasn\u2019t professionally filmed?<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Akane:<\/strong> Um, I guess it didn\u2019t look like it was.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Ruth:<\/strong> Right.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Akane:<\/strong> Yeah, I heard that the movie actually only took um, It didn\u2019t take a lot of money to film it.<br>\r\nBut it, it <b>made a lot of money<\/b>.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Ruth:<\/strong> Yeah, I can believe that actually, I can believe that. Well, thanks for that.<\/font><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n<p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0451\/477-Akane-Horror.htm","question":"[3402,3403,3404,3405,3406]","vocabulary":"\r\n \r\n <p><strong>horror movies<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul><li>I'm really scared of horror movies, so I never watch them.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>'Horror movies' are scary movies that usually include a lot of blood and killing. <br>Notice the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>Every Halloween my friends and I get together and watch horror movies.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>He love horror movies.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p><hr><p><strong>keep me up at night<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul><li>Those horror movies used to keep me up at night and I couldn't sleep.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>In this case, something that 'keeps you up at night' is something that makes you so scared that you can't sleep. This can also be used to talk about something that you worry about so much that you can't sleep. <br>Notice the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>You probably shouldn't watch this, because it will keep you up at night.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>It was an image that kept me up at night for weeks.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p><hr><p><strong>stupid movie<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul><li>A lot of people think it's a pretty stupid movie, but it really made me feel scared.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>A 'stupid movie' is one that is dumb and maybe doesn't make any sense. <br>Notice the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>What a stupid movie. I can't believe the actors agreed to be in it.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>I'm not surprised you haven't seen this. It's a really stupid movie.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p><hr><p><strong>camcorder<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul><li>The whole thing was done with a hand-held camcorder, and a lot of it was in black and white.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>'Camcorder' is another way to say 'video camera.' <br>Notice the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>My parents were always holding a camcorder when we were children.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>People with children usually have their camcorders with them.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p><hr><p><strong>made a lot of money<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul><li>The movie didn't take a lot of money to film it, but it made a lot of money.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>Something or someone that 'makes a lot of money' generates income. Used like this, it means that many people paid to see the movie, so the producer got a lot of money for making the film. <br>Notice the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>Many people have made a lot of money with only one successful invention.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>He made a lot of money in his first job, but he spent all of it.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: US\"]","downloaded":null,"updated":"2024-06-16T04:10:12.000000Z","liked":3884,"question_link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0451\/477-Akane-Horror.htm\/..\/..\/..\/quiz\/views\/0451Q\/Q477.js","duration":142,"size":3965119,"video":0,"video_id":"XRrdHMtyGak","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":3402,"question":"1) After watching a horror movie, Akane _______.","answers":"[\"can't stop shaking\",\"doesn't feel safe\",\"can't sleep at night\"]","correct":"can't sleep at night"},{"id":3403,"question":"2) Ruth's friend had a poster of _______.","answers":"[\"Freddie Mercury\",\"Freddy Krueger\",\"Fred Flintstone\"]","correct":"Freddy Krueger"},{"id":3404,"question":"3) Akane says the _______ makes her scared.","answers":"[\"philosophical aspect\",\"psychological aspect\",\"paranormal aspect\"]","correct":"psychological aspect"},{"id":3405,"question":"4) The last horror movie Akane saw was _______.","answers":"[\"The Scary With Project\",\"The Blair Witch Project\",\"The Sandwich Project\"]","correct":"The Blair Witch Project"},{"id":3406,"question":"5) That movie was filmed in _______.","answers":"[\"a forest\",\"a fortress\",\"a foreign country\"]","correct":"a forest"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":1176,"ordering":1000}},{"id":5,"title":"A Self-Introduction","audio":"024-01.mp3","dialog":"\r\n <p>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n My name is Afzal. <br>I'm twenty-eight years of age. <br>I live in East Oxford in a shared house with... <br>Um... A friend of mine. <br>Her name is Sue and she is a yoga teacher. <br>I live there <b>along with someone<\/b> else called Dave. <br>And my little boy who is five and a half years old. <br>His name is Zach. <br>He lives with me for half a week and then he goes off to his mother. <br>She also lives in Oxford. <br>And he goes to school not far from where she lives. <br>He goes to primary school. <br>He likes sweets and biscuits and cartoons and <b>dressing up<\/b>. <br>He likes playing with <b>water pistols<\/b> and having friends round to stay. <br>He likes birthday parties and ice cream. <\/p><p>Um... My hobbies... I like music, <b>gardening<\/b>, reading poetry. <br>A little painting that is oil and not watercolors. <br>I also like to sing in the bath. <br>But I don't do that very often, because there is generally someone in the house. <br>Um, like I said before, it's a shared house. <br>And, uh, we all have to mind what we do. <\/p><p>The other day I was in the garden and I heard, my little boy asking Dave, not to leave his <b>cigarette butt<\/b>s out in the garden. <br>He said this was because, Mrs Martin his teacher said, cigarette butts were poisonous, and the birds would eat them. <br>So we shouldn't do this. <br>Dave, who used to be a Marine, thought this was very funny. <br>But said that he would not leave any more cigarette butts in the garden. <br><br>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/p>\r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3653","question":"[15,16,17,18]","vocabulary":"\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <p>\r\n \r\n <\/p><p>1.<b> along with somebody\/something<\/b><br>in addition to somebody\/something; in the same way as somebody\/something <\/p><ul><li> She lost her job when the factory closed, along with hundreds of others.<\/li><\/ul><hr>2. <b>dress up<\/b><br>\u200bto wear clothes that are more formal than those you usually wear<br><span class=\"pv-g\" id=\"dressup_pvg_1\"><span class=\"sensetop\"><span class=\"def\">to put on special clothes, especially to pretend to be somebody\/something different<\/span><\/span><\/span><p><\/p><ul><li><span class=\"pv-g\" id=\"dressup_pvg_1\"><span class=\"sensetop\"><span class=\"def\">Kids love dressing up. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"pv-g\" id=\"dressup_pvg_1\"><span class=\"sensetop\"><span class=\"def\">The boys were all dressed up as pirates.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><hr>3. <b>water pistol <\/b>\/\u02c8w\u0254\u02d0t\u0259r p\u026astl\/<br><b><\/b>\u200ba toy gun that shoots water<hr>4. <b>gardening<\/b> \/\u02c8\u0261\u0251\u02d0dn\u026a\u014b\/ noun<br> the activity of working in a garden, especially for pleasure<hr>5. <b>cigarette <\/b>butt \/\u02ccs\u026a\u0261\u0259\u02c8ret b\u028ct\/<br>the part of a cigarette that is left when somebody has finished smoking it<br><br>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: English\",\"Gender: Male\",\"Speed: Medium\",\"Words\/Minute: 160\",\"Length: 1:38\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-06-19T14:17:39.000000Z","liked":6842,"question_link":null,"duration":99,"size":2761187,"video":0,"video_id":"zyBavqZUmwE","has_sub":1,"fixed":1,"grammars":[{"id":107,"title":"Possessive Pronouns, Possessive Adjectives and Reflexive Pronouns","sentence":"A friend of mine. "},{"id":110,"title":"Tense changes when reporting speech ","sentence":"The other day I was in the garden and I heard, my little boy asking Dave, not to leave his cigarette butts out in the garden. "}],"questions":[{"id":15,"question":"Who are the adults the speaker lives with?","answers":"[\"Sue and Dave\",\"Zach and Sue\",\"Dave and Zach\",\"Sue and Afzal\"]","correct":"Sue and Dave"},{"id":16,"question":"How long each week does Zach stay with his mother?","answers":"[\"One day each week\",\"Half a week\",\"On school days\",\"On the weekends\"]","correct":"Half a week"},{"id":17,"question":"When does the speaker sing in the bath?","answers":"[\"Every night\",\"When Zach is home\",\"When no one is home\",\"When he gets ready for work\"]","correct":"When no one is home"},{"id":18,"question":"What is this talk mainly about?","answers":"[\"The decorations in the speaker's home\",\"The events that go on in the garden\",\"The life of Zach and his teacher\",\"The speaker and the people he lives with\"]","correct":"The speaker and the people he lives with"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":5,"ordering":2}},{"id":197,"title":"Oliver Introduces Himself","audio":"022-12_new.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n \r\n Hello.\r\nI\u2019m interested in, helping people learn languages. <div>Especially English, because I grew up in countries where English is not the major language.\r\n<br>In particular I spent twelve years in Indonesia. <\/div><div>And<i><u> I went to school there<\/u><\/i>, from when I was six to when I finished school.\r\n<br>And I got to watch, some of the things which happened in Indonesia during that time.<br>\r\nLike the <b>economic <\/b>development of Indonesia was something.\r\n<br>When I first arrived there I remember there were no trees in the capital city Jakarta. <\/div><div>And the traffic was <b>horrific<\/b>.\r\n<br>But after a while they <b>managed <\/b>to actually have the money to sort some of these problems out. <\/div><div>When I finally left Jakarta, the area in which I lived called Menteng was really pretty.\r\n<br>With lots of tress and especially <b>bougainvillaea<\/b>.\r\n<br>But that was also where President Suharto lived. <\/div><div>He lived in the same area just two or three streets away from me.\r\n<br>I remember one new years we had tanks <b>patrolling <\/b>down our street, and when things got a bit <b>tense<\/b>. <\/div><div>And then I left Indonesia when I turned eighteen and finished school. <\/div><div>And went back to London, to study at the school of Oriental and African studies.\r\n<br>And within a few weeks of my leaving Indonesia, everything <b>went pear shaped<\/b>. <\/div><div>And the <b>currency <\/b>crashed and <b>separatism <\/b>in the provinces started happening.<br>\r\nAnd I\u2019m just now planning my first return to Indonesia since there\u2019s a friend of mine runs an East Timor action group in Glasgow.<br>And we\u2019re going to go and <b>monitor <\/b>the elections on August the eighth.<br>\r\nSo my first trip back to Indonesia, may well see Indonesia <b>disintegrating<\/b>.\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3590","question":"[882,883,884]","vocabulary":"\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <p><b>economic <\/b>\/\u02cci\u02d0k\u0259\u02c8n\u0251\u02d0m\u026ak\/ adjective<br> [only before noun] connected with the trade, industry and development of wealth of a country, an area or a society<\/p><ol><li>There will be no quick economic recovery.<br><\/li><\/ol><hr><p><b>horrific <\/b>\/h\u0259\u02c8r\u026af\u026ak\/ adjective<br> \u200bextremely bad and making you feel shocked or frightened<\/p><hr><p><b>manage <\/b>\/\u02c8m\u00e6n\u026ad\u0292\/ verb<br> to succeed in doing something, especially something difficult<\/p><hr><p><b>bougainvillea <\/b>\/\u02ccbu\u02d0\u0261\u0259n\u02c8v\u026ali\u0259\/ noun<br>a tropical climbing plant with red, purple, white or pink flowers<\/p><hr><p><b>patrol <\/b>\/p\u0259\u02c8tr\u0259\u028al\/ verb<br><b> \u200bpatrol (something)<\/b> to go around an area or a building at regular times to check that it is safe and that there is no trouble<\/p><hr><p><b>tank <\/b>\/t\u00e6\u014bk\/ noun<br>a military vehicle covered with strong metal and armed with guns. It can travel over very rough ground using wheels that move inside metal belts.<\/p><hr><p><b>tense <\/b>\/tens\/ adjective<br>\u200b(of a situation, an event, a period of time, etc.) in which people have strong feelings such as worry, anger, etc. that often cannot be expressed openly<\/p><hr><p><b>go pear-shaped <\/b>(UK informal)<br>If a plan goes pear-shaped, it starts to fail or have problems.<\/p><hr><p><b>currency <\/b>\/\u02c8k\u025c\u02d0r\u0259nsi\/ noun<br>[countable, uncountable] the system of money that a country uses<\/p><hr><p><b>separatism <\/b>\/\u02c8sepr\u0259t\u026az\u0259m\/ noun<br>\u200bthe desire by a group of people within a country to separate from the rest of the country and form their own government<\/p><hr><p><b>monitor <\/b>\/\u02c8m\u0252n\u026at\u0259(r)\/ noun<br>a person whose job is to check that something is done fairly and honestly, especially in a foreign country<\/p><hr><p><b>disintegrate <\/b>\/d\u026as\u02c8\u026ant\u026a\u0261re\u026at\/ verb<br>\u200b[intransitive] to break into small parts or pieces and be destroyed<br><\/p>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: English\",\"Gender: Male\",\"Speed: Medium\",\"Words\/Minute: 169\",\"Length: 1:42\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-06-22T07:36:05.000000Z","liked":1464,"question_link":null,"duration":103,"size":2889919,"video":0,"video_id":"4peEl_P0KYE","has_sub":1,"fixed":1,"grammars":[{"id":64,"title":"Simple past tense","sentence":" I went to school there, from when I was six to when I finished school."}],"questions":[{"id":882,"question":"How long did the speaker spend in school in Indonesia?","answers":"[\"His high school years\",\"Two years\",\"His primary school years\",\"All his basic reducation\"]","correct":"All his basic reducation"},{"id":883,"question":"What change to the city of Jakarta does the speaker describe?","answers":"[\"A lot of trees were planted.\",\"Many old buildings were renovated.\",\"Tanks started appearing on the street.\",\"The city was made much cleaner.\"]","correct":"A lot of trees were planted."},{"id":884,"question":"What does the speaker mean when he said that things went 'pear shaped'?","answers":"[\"The number of gardens expanded.\",\"Many problems arose.\",\"A lot of fruit trees were planted.\",\"People became much poorer.\"]","correct":"Many problems arose."}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":197,"ordering":6}},{"id":1588,"title":"Mari's Media Choices","audio":"918A-Mari-Media32.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n <strong>Ron:<\/strong> Hi, I'm Ron from Hawaii. I'm here with Mari from Japan. Today we're going to be talking about entertainment, and how often we do these things. So Mari, how often do you watch TV?<p><strong>Mari:<\/strong> I watch the news in the morning and when I come home at night I sometimes watch TV.<\/p> <p><strong>Ron:<\/strong> Do you have a favorite TV show?<\/p> <p><strong>Mari:<\/strong> I don't have a favorite TV show.<\/p> <p><strong>Ron:<\/strong> OK. How often do you go to the movies?<\/p> <p><strong>Mari:<\/strong> I really like going to the movies. I think I go maybe once a month or maybe once every two months.<\/p> <p><strong>Ron:<\/strong> And other than that do you rent movies?<\/p> <p><strong>Mari:<\/strong> No, I don't rent movies but sometimes I download movies. I like to watch comedies - <span class=\"audionotes\">romantic comedies<\/span> - and a little bit of drama.<\/p> <p><strong>Ron:<\/strong> What is your favorite movie you've watch <span class=\"audionotes\">recently<\/span>?<\/p> <p><strong>Mari:<\/strong> My favorite movie... I don't know if it was my favorite movie, but a movie that I watched recently is called \"27 Dresses\". It is about a girl, or a woman, who is a <span class=\"audionotes\">bridesmaid<\/span> twenty-seven times.<\/p> <p><strong>Ron:<\/strong> And that's a romantic comedy?<\/p> <p><strong>Mari:<\/strong> It is.<\/p> <p><strong>Ron:<\/strong> Interesting. What about reading? Do you like to read books?<\/p> <p><strong>Mari:<\/strong> I do like to read books. Right now, I'm really busy with work so I don't have a lot of time to read but when I'm on vacation or whenever I have free time, I like to read books.<\/p> <p><strong>Ron:<\/strong> What kind of books?<\/p> <p><strong>Mari:<\/strong> I like to read <span class=\"audionotes\">non-fiction<\/span> usually. <span class=\"audionotes\">Biographies<\/span> of people, and I also like to read about like teaching practices so that I can become a better teacher and a little bit of fiction.<\/p> <p><strong>Ron:<\/strong> And what about concerts? Do you enjoy going to concerts?<\/p> <p><strong>Mari:<\/strong> I don't go to music concerts. I don't think I've ever been to one actually but I like to go see musicals and I also like to go to sporting events.<\/p> <p><strong>Ron:<\/strong> Nice talking with you Mari.<\/p> \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0901\/T918-Mari-Media.htm","question":"[3387,3388,3389,3390,3391]","vocabulary":"<div class=\"text_box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <p class=\"items\"><b>romantic comedies<\/b><\/p><ul><li>I like to watch comedies - romantic\r\n comedies.<br>\r\n <\/li><\/ul>\r\n <p>A romantic comedy is a funny movie about love and\r\n relationships. <br>Notice the following:<br>\r\n <\/p>\r\n <ol><li>Romanitc comedies are popular around Valentine's Day.<\/li><li>I hate romantic comedies. They always have the same ending.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n <\/div><hr><div class=\"text_box\"><p class=\"items\"><b>recently<\/b><\/p><ul><li>A movie that I watched recently is\r\n called \"27 Dresses\".<br>\r\n <\/li><\/ul>\r\n <p>We use recently to talk about the near past; maybe a week or a month\r\n ago. <br>Notice the following:<br>\r\n <\/p>\r\n <ol><li>He recently gave up smoking so he is very moody.<\/li><li>I have not seen Joe recently. Is he sick?<\/li><\/ol>\r\n <\/div><hr><div class=\"text_box\"><p class=\"items\"><b>bridesmaid<\/b><\/p><ul><li>It is about a woman who is a bridesmaid.<br>\r\n <\/li><\/ul>\r\n <p> Before a woman gets married she chooses a bridesmaid, usually her\r\n best friend, to help her during the marriage ceremony. <br>\r\n Notice the following:<br>\r\n <\/p>\r\n <ol><li>All the sisters will be bridesmaids at the wedding.<\/li><li>The bridesmaid is suppposed to pay for her own dress, even though\r\n the bride chooses it for her.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n <\/div><hr><div class=\"text_box\"><p class=\"items\"><b>non-fiction<\/b><\/p><ul><li>I like to read non-fiction usually.<br>\r\n <\/li><\/ul>\r\n <p>Non-fiction is a true story that really happened. <br>Notice the\r\n following:<br>\r\n <\/p>\r\n <ol><li>I stopped reading fiction in college. I just read non-fiction,\r\n mainly business books now.<\/li><li>I like reading non-fiction because the topics are real.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n <\/div><hr><div class=\"text_box\"><p class=\"items\"><b>biographies<\/b><\/p><ul><li>I like to read biographies of people.<br>\r\n <\/li><\/ul>\r\n <p>Biographies are books about the lives of interesting or famous\r\n people. Notice the following:<br>\r\n <\/p>\r\n <ol><li>I just read a great biography of Elvis Presley.<\/li><li>The biography showed a different image of the him than he was\r\n portrayed in real life.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: Japan, US\"]","downloaded":null,"updated":"2024-06-22T12:21:11.000000Z","liked":3432,"question_link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0901\/T918-Mari-Media.htm\/..\/..\/..\/quiz\/views\/0901Q\/Q918.js","duration":157,"size":6285105,"video":0,"video_id":"fuCtIwXARgE","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":3387,"question":"1) How often does Mari usually watch TV?","answers":"[\"Twice a day\",\"Twice a week\",\"Not that often\"]","correct":"Twice a day"},{"id":3388,"question":"2) What does she like to do?","answers":"[\"Rent movies\",\"Watch comedies\",\"Eat popcorn\"]","correct":"Watch comedies"},{"id":3389,"question":"3) What does she say about 27 Dresses?","answers":"[\"She liked it.\",\"She hated it.\",\"She wants to see it.\"]","correct":"She liked it."},{"id":3390,"question":"4) What does she say about reading?","answers":"[\"She reads all the time.\",\"She prefers fiction.\",\"She likes to read on vacation.\"]","correct":"She likes to read on vacation."},{"id":3391,"question":"5) Mari likes to ...","answers":"[\"go to concerts.\",\"watch live music.\",\"attend sporting event.\"]","correct":"attend sporting event."}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":1588,"ordering":1000}},{"id":1490,"title":"Sri Lanka","audio":"822-Mini-SriLanka.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n \r\n <strong>Todd:<\/strong> Hello, Mini. <p><strong>Mini:<\/strong> Hello.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Now, Mini, you are from Sri Lanka.<\/p> <p><strong>Mini:<\/strong> Yes.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> If somebody is going to your country, can you recommend three things they should do or three things they should see?<\/p> <p><strong>Mini:<\/strong> OK, the first thing is you can go and see the ancient things that all the Kings and Queens built, like castles. We have <span class=\"audionotes\">a castle<\/span> called... it's called the Rock Castle. It's called Sigirya, so it's very beautiful.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> This is the Rock Castle.<\/p> <p><strong>Mini: <\/strong>Yeah, it's... <span class=\"audionotes\">the castle<\/span> is on the rock itself, so you can see the ruins there. It's really beautiful, with pictures, paintings, arts and stuff.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Oh, really. That's really cool, so this rock castle, how old is it?<\/p> <p><strong>Mini:<\/strong> I'm not sure, but maybe around two thousand. I'm not sure. Sorry.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> What else should people you see?<\/p> <p><strong>Mini:<\/strong> The second thing should be beaches. We have beautiful beaches <span class=\"audionotes\">all over the place<\/span>, blue, clean. You can swim. You can surf. It's very beautiful. That's the second thing.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Surfing is popular in Sri Lanka?<\/p> <p><strong>Mini:<\/strong> M-hm. I mean, not popular <span class=\"audionotes\">amongst<\/span> Sri Lankans but most of the... many tourists come, especially the Germans, they come to my country and surf because the hotels near the beaches are very cheap and it's very beautiful hotels and very cheap. Food is cheap. It's nice.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> OK. So, we've got the Rock Castle, surfing on the beach. Anything else? <\/p> <p><strong>Mini:<\/strong> And then a third thing should be the Tooth Temple. It's like the tooth of a Buddha, so we got it from I guess India, King Ashoka, so it's one of the things that you can see there. It's a really beautiful temple.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> OK, I'm sorry. Can you say the name of that again?<\/p> <p><strong>Mini:<\/strong> Temple of Tooth Relic.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> The Temple of Tooth Relic.<\/p> <p><strong>Mini:<\/strong> Yeah.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> OK. <\/p> <p><strong>Mini:<\/strong> It's in Kandy. A place called Kandy.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Kandy. OK. Well, thanks for the tips Mini.<\/p> \r\n \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0801\/T822-Mini-SriLanka.htm","question":"[3383,3384,3385,3386]","vocabulary":"\r\n \r\n <p><strong>ancient things<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul><li>You can see ancient things.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>'Ancient' things have been around for thousands of years or are really really old. <br>Notice the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>It's an ancient castle.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The great wall is an amazing example of ancient Chinese history.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p><hr><p><strong>a castle<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul><li>We have a castle called the Rock Castle.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>A 'castle; is a large stone building from past history that we can still visit, especially in Europe. <br>Notice the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>I loved the castle in Lord of the Rings.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The castle tour was cool!<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p><hr><p><strong>ruins<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul><li>You can see the ruins there.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>'Ruins' are parts of old buildings that remain after hundreds or even thousands of years. <br> Notice the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>The ruins were interesting to see.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The castle ruins are in quite good condition.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p><hr><p><strong>all over the place<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul><li>We have beaches all over the place.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>The phrase 'all over the place' means in many different places. <br>Notice the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>There are 7-11 stores all over the place.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>We walked all over the place trying to find it.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p><hr><p><strong>amongst <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul><li>It's not popular amongst Sri Lankans.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>In modern usage we use 'among'. Here 'amongst' is used to describe the feelings within a group of people. <br>Notice the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>Rap music is popular amongst American college students.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>English is widely spoken amongst the staff.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: SriLanka, US\"]","downloaded":null,"updated":"2024-06-25T01:39:12.000000Z","liked":4124,"question_link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0801\/T822-Mini-SriLanka.htm\/..\/..\/..\/quiz\/views\/0801Q\/T822.js","duration":121,"size":2425775,"video":0,"video_id":"xrscNwnWn2o","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":3383,"question":"1) What does Mini recommend seeing?","answers":"[\"Old buildings\",\"Nature\",\"Wildlife\",\"All of them\"]","correct":"Old buildings"},{"id":3384,"question":"2) What can you see at Rock Castle?","answers":"[\"Ancient art\",\"Animals\",\"Rock climbing\",\"All of them\"]","correct":"Ancient art"},{"id":3385,"question":"3) What does she suggest people do for fun?","answers":"[\"Scuba diving\",\"Surfing\",\"Both of these\"]","correct":"Surfing"},{"id":3386,"question":"4) What is Kandy?","answers":"[\"A dessert\",\"A place\",\"A statue\",\"None of them\"]","correct":"A place"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":1490,"ordering":1000}},{"id":1391,"title":"Who do you admire?","audio":"737-Matt-Admire.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n \r\n <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong> OK, Matt, I thought we would talk about people that we admire and the qualities about them that we admire. So, first we're both sports fans. Who is an athlete that you admire?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Matt: <\/strong>Athlete that I admire? I would have to say Jackie Robinson, would come to mind, just because <span class=\"audionotes\">the barriers he had to overcome<\/span> and the things that he experienced, that people after him...<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Todd: <\/strong> OK, can you... a lot of people might not know who Jackie Robinson is.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Matt: <\/strong>Oh, sure, yeah, I'm sorry. Jackie Robinson was the first black man, the first man <span class=\"style4\"><span class=\"audionotes\">to break the quote-unquote color barrier<\/span><\/span> in baseball and he was in 1947 brought in to the Major Leagues from the Negro Leagues which were at that time the only place where blacks or colored athletes were allowed to play baseball, so the first three years <span class=\"audionotes\">he endured an enormous amount of racism<\/span> and hatred and he had to basically <span class=\"audionotes\">bite his lip<\/span> and wasn't able to seek revenge or fight for three years, so yeah, just what he went through, above and beyond just playing the game was something that I always admired in him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Todd: <\/strong> Yeah, a special guy. Definitely. How about in movies is there an actor that you admire?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Matt: <\/strong>You know, I mean, I love so many actors and actresses in different roles. I think just in the interviews that I've seen, I really like Johnny Depp because he can play different characters and he's not afraid to play off the wall characters or even bit parts or small roles that other main actors probably would not be interested in and he definitely, he brings humor to every dramatic role that he does. And just being in LA, I had a chance to see him film the movie Blow for about a week and just to see his demeanor on and off the set and he was not superficial or tough to deal with at all just from an outside perspective, he seemed like a really <span class=\"audionotes\">down-to-earth<\/span>, cool guy, so I've always admired him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Todd: <\/strong> Well, what is your favorite Johnny Depp movie?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Matt: <\/strong> I'd have to say, well, the first Pirate, Pirate's of the Caribbean Movie, the first one was fantastic, his role in that, and yeah, that's probably my favorite.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0701\/T737-Matt-Admire.htm","question":"[3259,3260,3261,3262]","vocabulary":"\r\n <p><strong>the barriers he had to overcome<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul><li>I would have to say Jackie Robinson would come to mind, just because the barriers he had to overcome and the things that he experienced.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>The 'barriers that he had to overcome' refers to the obstacles or difficulties that he had to conquer he could achieve something.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Notice the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>I think he did very well considering the barriers that he had to overcome.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>They had a lot of barriers to overcome in order to build the house but it looks great now.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p><hr><p><strong>to break the quote-unquote color barrier<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul><li>Jackie Robinson was the first black man, the first man to break the quote-unquote color barrier in baseball.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>To 'break the quote-unquote color barrier' refers to the metaphorical barrier that exists between people of different races. <br>Notice the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>I am not sure if the quote-unquote color barrier exists any more.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>I think he always wanted to break the quote-unquote age barrier in his law office.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p><hr><p><strong>he endured an enormous amount of racism<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul><li>The first three years he endured an enormous amount of racism and hatred.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>When someone 'endures an enormous amount of racism,' it means that he has come up against a lot of negativity due to their race, and he has suffered because of it.<br> Notice the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>It is such a shame that so many people have had to endure an enormous amount of racism.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The first black footballers had to endure an enormous amount of racism.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p><hr><p><strong>bite his lip<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul><li>He had to basically bite his lip and wasn't able to seek revenge or fight for three years.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>When you 'bite your lip' it means that you stop yourself from saying something. <br>Notice the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>Try and bite your lip, as you don't want to have an argument.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>He had to bite his lip, as he knew that his honesty would not work well in the situation.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p><hr><p><strong>down-to-earth<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul><li>He seemed like a really down-to-earth, cool guy so I've always admired him.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>When someone is 'down-to-earth' it means that they do not have any falseness and they are easy to talk to.<br> Notice the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>Even though I am rich, I still feel as though I am down-to-earth.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>I only make friends with down-to-earth people.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n<p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: American\"]","downloaded":null,"updated":"2024-06-25T10:23:14.000000Z","liked":1113,"question_link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0701\/T737-Matt-Admire.htm\/..\/..\/..\/quiz\/views\/0701Q\/Q737.js","duration":165,"size":3300877,"video":0,"video_id":"2X4oAajx7U8","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":3259,"question":"1) In what sport did Jackie Robinson make changes?","answers":"[\"Track\",\"Basketball\",\"Baseball\",\"Football\",\"All of them.\"]","correct":"Baseball"},{"id":3260,"question":"2) What does he say about Jackie Robinson?","answers":"[\"He had to face racism.\",\"He was the first African-American to play.\",\"He had to bite his lip.\",\"All of them.\"]","correct":"All of them."},{"id":3261,"question":"3) Why does he admire Johnny Depp?","answers":"[\"He brings humor to dramatic roles.\",\"He often takes small roles.\",\"He does different roles.\",\"All of them.\"]","correct":"All of them."},{"id":3262,"question":"4) What is his favorite movie with Johnny Depp?","answers":"[\"Pirates of the Caribbean 1\",\"Pirates of the Caribbean 2\",\"Blow\",\"Platoon\",\"All of them.\"]","correct":"Pirates of the Caribbean 1"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":1391,"ordering":0}},{"id":54,"title":"Nancy's Self Introduction","audio":"002-01.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n hello, my name is Nancy.\r\n<br>I live in the United States, in the state of New Jersey.\r\n<br>The town I live in is called Monroe <b>township<\/b>.\r\n<br>I live in a lovely house, on eight acres.\r\n<br>My yard <b>consists of<\/b> a garden, and a large area of woods that I can walk around in.\r\n<br>I also have a very nice swimming pool.\r\n<br>I have two children, one, a daughter, twenty-four-years-old that does not live with me <b>any longer<\/b>, and the other, a son, fourteen-years-old living with me.\r\n<br>His name is Daniel, and we spend a lot of fun time together.\r\n<br>I work as a <b>dental hygienist<\/b> for a dentist in a town called Princeton.\r\n<br>A dental hygienist cleans people's teeth.\r\n<br>I like my job very much.\r\n<br>I usually work four days a week, which allows me some free time to do the things that I like to do.\r\n<br>My hobbies, <b>consist of<\/b> hiking, and <b>gardening<\/b>, I also like music very much.\r\n<br>I've been taking piano lessons for the past year.\r\n<br>Dancing has also become a hobby for me, and I've been taking dance lesson, to try to get better.\r\n<br>My parents live near by in a <b>retirement community<\/b>.\r\n<br>You have to be fifty-five years old to live in that community.\r\n<br>I visit them, once or twice a week, and they come to me for many special <b>occasions<\/b>.\r\n<br>Now that my children are not so small, I hope to do what I really want to do, and that's travel.\r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3269","question":"[228,229,230,231,232]","vocabulary":"<p><b>township <\/b>\/\u02c8ta\u028an\u0283\u026ap\/ noun<br>(in the US or Canada) a division of a county (one of a number of areas that some countries are divided into, each with its own local government) that is a unit of local government<\/p><hr><p><b>consist of<\/b> phrasal verb<br>to be formed from the things mentioned<\/p><hr><p><b>no\/any longer<\/b><br>used to say that something that was possible or true before, is not now<\/p><hr><p><b>dental hygienist<\/b> \/\u02c8dentl ha\u026ad\u0292i\u02d0n\u026ast\/ noun<br>\u200ba person who works with a dentist and whose job is to clean people\u2019s teeth and gums and give them advice about keeping them clean<\/p><hr><p><b>gardening <\/b>\/\u02c8\u0261\u0251\u02d0rdn\u026a\u014b\/ noun<br>[uncountable] the activity of working in a garden, especially for pleasure<\/p><hr><p><b>retirement community<\/b> \/r\u026a\u02c8ta\u026a\u0259rm\u0259nt k\u0259mju\u02d0n\u0259ti\/ noun<br>a group of homes for older or retired people, with facilities offering activities and services<\/p><hr><p><b>occasion <\/b>\/\u0259\u02c8ke\u026a\u0292n\/ noun<br>[countable] a particular time when something happens<br><\/p>","note":"[\"Accent: General American\",\"Gender: Female\",\"Speed: Slow\",\"Words\/Minute: 133\",\"Length: 1:53\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-06-27T23:29:31.000000Z","liked":3325,"question_link":null,"duration":113,"size":3172250,"video":0,"video_id":"kzKXpMY5Hfk","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":228,"question":"Where does the speaker live?","answers":"[\"New York\",\"Monroe township\",\"Princeton\",\"Jersey township\"]","correct":"Monroe township"},{"id":229,"question":"What do dental hygienists do?","answers":"[\"Make dental appointments\",\"Clean people's teeth\",\"Fix people's teeth\",\"Assist the dentist\"]","correct":"Clean people's teeth"},{"id":230,"question":"How often does the speaker see her parents?","answers":"[\"On special occasions\",\"About twice a week\",\"Usually every day\",\"Very rarely\"]","correct":"About twice a week"},{"id":231,"question":"What new hobby does the speaker want to try?","answers":"[\"Traveling\",\"Swimming\",\"Playing the piano\",\"Dancing\"]","correct":"Traveling"},{"id":232,"question":"What is the main purpose of this talk?","answers":"[\"To describe where someone lives\",\"To introduce oneself\",\"To talk about favorite hobbies\",\"To discuss work\"]","correct":"To introduce oneself"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":54,"ordering":1000}},{"id":39,"title":"Kay Introduces Herself","audio":"014-12.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n I am a <b>retired <\/b>person.\r\n<br>I am seventy-six years old.\r\n<br>And I worked very hard to get to be seventy-six so I don't <b>care <\/b>who knows how old I am haha.\r\n<br>I live in a <b>complex <\/b>of eighty-eight <b>apartments<\/b>.\r\n<br>And there's around ninety some odd people here.\r\n<br>It's nice being here.\r\n<br>I... wanted to forget lots of things that happened in my <b>previous <\/b>life and, um, to retire here and enjoy new people.<br>\r\nMy daughter brought me some gincoba (ginko) <b>tablets <\/b>to take recently.\r\n<br>She said it would help improve my <b>memory<\/b>.\r\n<br>And I said \"well, I don't want to improve my memory.\r\nI am trying to forget.\"<br> and, um, recently she asked me if I am still taking them and I said \"well when I remember\".\r\nHehe.\r\n<br>So the people here some are friendly and some are not and, uh, you learn to <b>adjust <\/b>and relax and <b>go with the flow<\/b> as they say.<br>\r\nHehe.\r\nSo... I, um, I have a great big white Cadillac a nineteen ninety.\r\n<br>Um, it's, uh, a Grande d'Elegance.\r\n<br>And it's still a good car.\r\n<br>So I get called on to take people to the doctor or do grocery shopping for them.\r\n<br>Or one thing and another.\r\n<br>We have a little luncheon group so I am kept busy, and its fun.\r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3495","question":"[157,158,159,160]","vocabulary":"<p><b>retired <\/b>\/r\u026a\u02c8ta\u026a\u0259rd\/ adjective<br> \u200bhaving retired (<span class=\"shcut-g\" id=\"retire_sngs_1\"><span class=\"def\">to leave your job and stop working because you have reached a particular age)<\/span><\/span> from work.<\/p><hr><p><b>care <\/b>\/ker\/ verb<br> [intransitive, transitive] to feel that something is important and worth worrying about<\/p><ol><li>I don't care (= I will not be upset) if I never see him again!<\/li><li>He threatened to fire me, as if I cared!<\/li><li>I don't really care about how much it costs.<\/li><\/ol><hr><p><b>complex <\/b>\/\u02c8k\u0251\u02d0mpleks\/ adjective<br> made of many different things or parts that are connected; difficult to understand<\/p><ol><li>The company has a complex organizational structure.<\/li><li>It's a very complex issue to which there is no straightforward answer.<br><\/li><\/ol><hr><p><b>apartment <\/b>\/\u0259\u02c8p\u0251\u02d0rtm\u0259nt\/ noun<br>a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a building<\/p><ol><li>I was renting a two-bedroom apartment in an old building.<\/li><li>A group of developers wants to build a high-rise apartment complex.<br><\/li><\/ol><hr><p><b>previous <\/b>\/\u02c8pri\u02d0vi\u0259s\/ adjective<br>[only before noun] happening or existing before the event or object that you are talking about<\/p><hr><p><b>tablet <\/b>\/\u02c8t\u00e6bl\u0259t\/ noun <br> a small round solid piece of medicine that you swallow<br>synonym <b>pill<\/b><\/p><hr><p><b><br>memory <\/b>\/\u02c8mem\u0259ri\/ noun<br> [countable, uncountable] your ability to remember things<\/p><ol><li>People have short memories (= they soon forget).<\/li><li>He had a long memory for people who had disappointed him.<\/li><li>He had a great memory for detail.<br><\/li><\/ol><hr><p><b>adjust <\/b>\/\u0259\u02c8d\u0292\u028cst\/ verb<br>[intransitive, transitive] to get used to a new situation by changing the way you behave and\/or think<\/p><hr><p><b>go with the flow<\/b><br> \u200b(informal) to be relaxed and not worry about what you should do <br><\/p>","note":"[\"Accent: General American\",\"Gender: Female\",\"Speed: Slow\",\"Words\/Minute: 126\",\"Length: 1:48\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-06-29T07:01:40.000000Z","liked":3371,"question_link":null,"duration":109,"size":3038399,"video":0,"video_id":"0Z44MiNB28c","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":157,"question":"What does the speaker say about her age?","answers":"[\"She is proud of her age.\",\"She thinks age isn't important.\",\"She doesn't tell people her real age.\",\"She feels that she is old.\"]","correct":"She is proud of her age."},{"id":158,"question":"How does the speaker want to spend her life?","answers":"[\"She wants to move back to California.\",\"She wants to meet new people.\",\"She wants to meet a new man.\",\"She wants to be alone to read and write.\"]","correct":"She wants to meet new people."},{"id":159,"question":"How active is the speaker?","answers":"[\"She has a car that she drives around.\",\"She is taking a dance class for senior citizens.\",\"She stays in her room most of the time.\",\"She exercises regularly.\"]","correct":"She has a car that she drives around."},{"id":160,"question":"Why does the speaker mention \"Cadillac\"?","answers":"[\"It is the medicine that she takes.\",\"It is the name of the building she lives in.\",\"It is the name of the street she lives on.\",\"It is the kind of car she drives.\"]","correct":"It is the kind of car she drives."}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":39,"ordering":1000}},{"id":1426,"title":"Hospital Food","audio":"702-Barb-Food.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong> So, Barbara, we're talking about your time in the hospital. You were in the hospital for sometime. First of all, how long were you actually in the hospital?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Barbara: <\/strong> Well, I was in two hospitals actually. At first, I was in a big hospital for three and a half weeks and I was on a drip for all of that time, and they didn't let me eat anything, and the first couple of days, they also didn't let me drink anything.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Todd: <\/strong> Whoa!<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Barbara: <\/strong> Yeah.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Todd: <\/strong> So you were on a drip\u2026 I'm sorry, how long?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Barbara: <\/strong> Three and a half weeks.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Todd: <\/strong> Whoa! No solid food for three and a half weeks.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Barbara: <\/strong> No food for three and a half weeks.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Todd: <\/strong> Man!<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Barbara: <\/strong> Yeah, I was dreaming about my mother's cooking, and I was dreaming about roast chicken and roast lamb and man, the smells and the tastes came back to me, but there was no food.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Todd: <\/strong> But after like, say two weeks or something, does your body just get used to not having food?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Barbara: <\/strong> Yeah. Yes, it does. Definitely. And I lost a lot of weight, but actually I felt fine. Friends who came to visit me in the hospital were surprised and they were like, \u201cWow! Where's the rest of you?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Todd: <\/strong> You did lose a lot of weight. Actually, how much weight did you lose?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Barbara: <\/strong> I lost, well, I started losing weight because I was changing my diet just before I got ill. In the last eighteen months, I've lost twenty kilos.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Todd: <\/strong> Whoa! That's a lot.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Barbara: <\/strong> That is, indeed, yeah.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Todd: <\/strong> Twenty kilos\u2026 Wow! Well, you look great. You must feel great.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Barbara: <\/strong> I feel much better. Actually I think sick with that was probably a good thing. It made me take stock and reevaluate things and get healthy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0701\/T702-Barb-Food.htm","question":"[4240,4241,4242,4243]","vocabulary":"<div><b>on a drip<\/b><\/div><div><br><\/div><ul><li>I was on a drip for all of that time, and they didn't let me eat anything.<br><\/li><\/ul><div>When you are put 'on a drip it,' means that you are given fluids and medicines intravenously, meaning directly into your body, through your veins, using a tube and needle.<br><\/div><div>Notice the following:<br><\/div><div><br><\/div><ol><li>She looks dehydrated, and I think she might need to be put on a drip.<\/li><li>I hope they do not put me on a drip.<\/li><\/ol><div><\/div><div style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><b style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\"><br><\/b><\/div><hr><div style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><b style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\">solid food<\/b><\/div><div> <\/div><ul><li>No solid food for three and a half weeks.<\/li><\/ul><div>'Solid food' is food that is in its normal state; it has not been liquidized.<br><\/div><div>Notice the following:<br><\/div><div><br><\/div><ol><li>I think you can't give babies solid food until they are about 6 months old.<\/li><li>I can't have any solid food for about three days.<\/li><\/ol><div><b><br><\/b><\/div><hr><div><b>came back to me<\/b><\/div><div><br><\/div><ul><li>The smells and the tastes came back to me, but there was no food.<br><\/li><\/ul><div>When something 'comes back to you,' it means that you are reminded of something in the past.<br><\/div><div>Notice the following:<br><\/div><div><br><\/div><ol><li>I love the smell of freshly cut grass; my schools days always come back to me when I smell it.<\/li><li>The memories came back to me when I thought about it really hard.<\/li><\/ol><div><b><br><\/b><\/div><hr><div><b>get used to<\/b><\/div><div><br><\/div><ul><li>Does your body just get used to not having food?<br><\/li><\/ul><div>When you 'get used to' something, it means that something that was once new for you starts to become normal because you do it so much.<br><\/div><div>Notice the following:<br><\/div><div><br><\/div><ol><li>I hope I get used to living on my own.<\/li><li>You get used to the noise of the city, and pretty soon you don't hear it any more.<\/li><\/ol><div><b><br><\/b><\/div><hr><div><b>take stock<\/b><\/div><div><br><\/div><ul><li>It made me take stock and re-evaluate things and get healthy.<br><\/li><\/ul><div>If you 'take stock' of something, it means that you try and look at it objectively or critically.<br><\/div><div>Notice the following:<br><\/div><div><br><\/div><ol><li>I need to take stock of the situation.<\/li><li>The manager will come in and take stock of the situation, and then he will then decide if we need to make any changes.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent\"]","downloaded":null,"updated":"2024-06-29T12:38:38.000000Z","liked":1074,"question_link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/quiz\/views\/0701Q\/Q702.js","duration":112,"size":4494150,"video":0,"video_id":"bfXiimKVd4U","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":4240,"question":"1) What does she say about her first few days in the hospital?","answers":"[\"She was on a drip.\",\"She couldn't eat anything.\",\"She couldn't drink anything.\",\"All answers are correct\"]","correct":"All answers are correct"},{"id":4241,"question":"2) What does she say about being on a drip?","answers":"[\"It made her restless.\",\"It made her restless.\",\"It lasted for over three weeks.\",\"All answers are correct\"]","correct":"It lasted for over three weeks."},{"id":4242,"question":"3) What does she say about losing weight?","answers":"[\"Her friends were surprised.\",\"She lost 20 kilos.\",\"She was on a diet before.\",\"All answers are correct\"]","correct":"All answers are correct"},{"id":4243,"question":"4) What did being sick make her do?","answers":"[\"Give up drinking\",\"Reevaluate things\",\"Give up chocolate\",\"All answers are correct\"]","correct":"Reevaluate things"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":1426,"ordering":0}},{"id":107,"title":"A Woman Talks about Herself","audio":"015-01.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n Hi.\r\nMy name is Sis... And I would like to speak to you and tell you a little bit about myself.<i> <\/i><div><i>I was born in a little town of Parkland, Pennsylvania. <\/i><\/div><div>And as I was growing up we didn't have all the <b>facilities<\/b>, modern facilities as they have in homes today. <\/div><div>I- <i>we used to have to walk across the park<\/i> and pump our water to drink.\r\nAnd to bathe.\r\nAnd to wash our clothes.\r\nAnd also we had to carry the heat_ the coal from the outside, to feed <b>the pot belly stove<\/b>. <\/div><div>There isn't many people today that really know what a pot belly stove is. <\/div><div>But that was our way of heating the house.\r\nWe cooked on a kerosene stove and we had this, metal thing that we used to sit on top of the burner, which was our oven. <\/div><div>And that's how we did our baking.\r\nAnd I remember the old refrigerator... In the house had a motor on top of it. <\/div><div>And I think if anybody had to remove that from that house it must have taken about ten men to walk out the door with that thing, it was so huge and so thick with <b>insulation<\/b>. <\/div><div>I_ it was a small town I came from.\r\nAnd I, was involved with our church.\r\nI am from a Presbyterian, religious sect.\r\nAnd I sang in the church choir as a grew older. <\/div><div>I became a Sunday School teacher and when I moved from Parkland, I had moved up to a town up towards Walgrove Pennsylvania.\r\nAnd I had met my husband and I had three children.\r\n<br>I have two sons, and I have a daughter. <\/div><div>And I have four grandchildren.\r\n<br>I have three granddaughters and a new grandson.\r\n<br>Finally God blessed me with a grandson.\r\n<\/div><div><br><\/div><div>And... Then from there I have moved over here to New Jersey.\r\nAbout thirty-two years ago.\r\n<br>And I gave birth to my daughter and she is, from New Jersey.\r\nAnd she has Samantha and Breanna. <\/div><div>And Samantha's in her terrible teens of seventeen. <\/div><div><i><b>She's got a young fellow that she likes very much.<\/b><\/i><\/div><div>\r\nAnd she will be graduating next year from high school. <\/div><div>And her field that she wants to go in- into college I believe will be social work.\r\nFor <b>psychology <\/b>and <b>counseling <\/b>troubled teenagers.\r\nWhich I am very proud of.\r\nAnd, Breanna, she's just like her grandmom, the tomboy of the family.\r\nHaha. <\/div><div>Melanie, she is kinda quiet. <\/div><div>And, well Andrew all he can do is cry and screech and smile and blow bubbles at you now because he's still small.\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3505","question":"[464,465,466,467,468]","vocabulary":"\r\n \r\n <p><\/p><p>1. <b>facility <\/b>\/f\u0259\u02c8s\u026al\u0259ti\/<br><b><\/b>buildings, services, equipment, etc. that are provided for a particular purpose<\/p><ul><li>Recycling facilities are provided. <\/li><li>The school is upgrading its outdoor play facilities.<br><\/li><\/ul><p><\/p><hr>2. <b>the pot belly stove<\/b><br>A potbelly stove is a cast-iron, coal-burning or wood-burning stove that is cylindrical with a bulge in the middle. It was used to heat large rooms and was often found in train stations or one-room schoolhouses. The flat top of the stove allows for cooking food or heating water. <hr>3. <b>insulation <\/b>\/\u02cc\u026ans\u0259\u02c8le\u026a\u0283n\/<br>the act of protecting something with a material that prevents heat<p><\/p><hr><p>4. <b>fellow <\/b>\/\u02c8fel\u0259\u028a\/<br>used to describe somebody who is the same as you in some way, or in the same situation<\/p><hr><p>5. <b>psychology <\/b>\/sa\u026a\u02c8k\u0251\u02d0l\u0259d\u0292i\/ \u200b <br> [uncountable] the scientific study of the mind and how it influences behaviour<\/p><ul><li> Kevin has a masters degree in psychology. <\/li><li> She's a professor of psychology at Harvard University.<\/li><\/ul><hr>6. <b>counsel <\/b>\/\u02c8ka\u028ansl\/<br>to listen to and give support or professional advice to somebody who needs help<p><\/p><ul><li> Therapists were brought in to counsel the bereaved.<br><\/li><\/ul>\r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: General American\",\"Gender: Female\",\"Speed: Slow\",\"Words\/Minute: 129\",\"Length: 3:23\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-07-01T13:25:02.000000Z","liked":2575,"question_link":null,"duration":204,"size":5702262,"video":0,"video_id":"Rh3aeorInGA","has_sub":1,"fixed":1,"grammars":[{"id":64,"title":"Simple past tense","sentence":" I was born in a little town of Parkland, Pennsylvania. "},{"id":189,"title":"Used to, Be used to, Get used to","sentence":"we used to have to walk across the park."},{"id":161,"title":"When to Use THAT in Relative Clause","sentence":"She's got a young fellow that she likes very much."}],"questions":[{"id":464,"question":"Where did the speaker grow up?","answers":"[\"In Parkland, Pennsylvania\",\"In Walgrove, Pennsylvania \",\"In New York, New York\",\"In Trenton, New Jersey\"]","correct":"In Parkland, Pennsylvania"},{"id":465,"question":"How was the speaker involved with the Presbyterian church?","answers":"[\"She often played as a child on the church grounds.\",\"She was a teacher and church choir member.\",\"Her father was a minister in the church.\",\"She lived next door to the church.\"]","correct":"She was a teacher and church choir member."},{"id":466,"question":"Why did the woman cross the park as a child?","answers":"[\"To play with her friends\",\"To walk her dog\",\"To see the flowers\",\"To get water\"]","correct":"To get water"},{"id":467,"question":"According to the speaker, who are the 'tomboys'?","answers":"[\"The speaker and her granddaughter\",\"Her husband and a grandson\",\"Her son and her grandson\",\"Her daughter and two granddaughters\"]","correct":"The speaker and her granddaughter"},{"id":468,"question":"What is the main idea of the speaker's talk?","answers":"[\"She didn't have modern conveniences growing up.\",\"She grew up in a very large city.\",\"She started going to church after she was married.\",\"She spent her whole life in one small town.\"]","correct":"She didn't have modern conveniences growing up."}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":107,"ordering":1000}},{"id":115,"title":"Amanda Introduces Herself and Her Cat","audio":"023-11.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n <p>\r\n \r\n Hello.\r\nMy name is Amanda, and I live here in Oxford, very close to the river, in a beautiful flat which is, uh, the top, flat.\r\n<br>And I always joke and call it my <b>penthouse <\/b>flat.\r\n<br>Because I have a wonderful view <b>overlooking<\/b> the hills around Oxford and I can see as far as Boars Hi-, Boars Hill on a clear day.<br>And at the side.\r\n<br>Uh, view from my roof <b>terrace <\/b>balcony I can see the river, and watch the boats going by, and the college <b>crews<\/b>, uh, rowing up there.<br>\r\nAnd people <b>punting <\/b>in the summer too.\r\n<br><\/p><p>And, I also have my little <b>pussy <\/b>cat.\r\n<br>A little black and white cat who is the queen of the rooftops.\r\n<br>She was living semi-wild for a couple of years out on Grandpont nature park.\r\n<br>Which is immediately outside my flat.\r\n<br>And that is a, a beautiful, park which has been <b>cultivated <\/b>especially with wildflowers, and plants.\r\n<br>To encourage, wildlife and local butterf- butterflies_ to, um, encourage them, there.\r\n<br>And, um, she lived out there rough for a couple of years.\r\n<br>Because she was the <b>runt <\/b>of the litter.\r\n<br>Having been born in a flat beneath me.\r\n<br>And, um, the other cats there_ there were eight other cats chased her away.\r\n<br>And the poor little thing was living, as I say, semi-rough for two years.\r\n<br>And used to mew <b>pathetically <\/b>at any one going by.\r\n<br>And eventually, um, I became a real soft touch.\r\n<br>And she, adopted me and kept coming in for odd days.\r\n<br>And of course then, eighteen months ago, she came to stay permanently.\r\n<br>And, um, her name is called Poppy.\r\nLike a flower, poppy.\r\n<br>That was the name she was given by the person who, um, had her originally.\r\n<br>And she's now, four years old.\r\n<br>She was four on the thirty-first of May.\r\n<br>And from being a really <b>timid<\/b>, nervous little cat, very <b>scruffy <\/b>with a poor coat, she's, now got the most beautiful glossy black and white coat.\r\n<br>And is so playful.\r\n<br>And becomes more and more \"kittenish\".\r\n<br>She plays with everything_ she's got loads of toys.\r\n<br>More toys than many little children have, hehe, I'm sure.\r\n<br>And she is so playful where as when she first came to me, she wouldn't run after a ball or, play with anything at all.\r\n<br>But now she\u2019s so kittenish and she\u2019s great company.\r\n \r\n <\/p>\r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3617","question":"[504,505,506,507]","vocabulary":"\r\n \r\n <p><b>penthouse <\/b>\/\u02c8pentha\u028as\/ noun<br>an expensive and comfortable flat or set of rooms at the top of a tall building<\/p><hr><p><b>overlook <\/b>\/\u02cc\u0259\u028av\u0259r\u02c8l\u028ak\/ verb<br>if a building, etc. overlooks a place, you can see that place from the building<\/p><hr><p><b>terrace <\/b>\/\u02c8ter\u0259s\/ noun<br>[countable] a flat, hard area, especially outside a house or restaurant, where you can sit, eat and enjoy the sun<\/p><hr><p><b>crew <\/b>\/kru\u02d0\/ noun<br>[countable + singular or plural verb] all the people working on a ship, plane, etc.<\/p><hr><p><b>punting <\/b>\/\u02c8p\u028cnt\u026a\u014b\/ noun<br>the activity of going along a river in a punt (= a long boat with a flat bottom that is moved by pushing against the bottom of the river with a long pole). People go punting for pleasure rather than sport<\/p><hr><p><b>pussy <\/b>\/\u02c8p\u028asi\/ noun<br>a child\u2019s word for a cat<\/p><hr><p><b>cultivated <\/b>\/\u02c8k\u028clt\u026ave\u026at\u026ad\/ adjective<br>(of land) used to grow crops<br><\/p><hr><p><b>runt <\/b>\/r\u028cnt\/ noun<br>the smallest, weakest animal of the young that are born from the same mother at the same time<\/p><hr><p><b>pathetically <\/b>\/p\u0259\u02c8\u03b8et\u026akli\/ adverb<br>in a way that is weak and not successful.<br>\u200bin a way that makes you feel sad <\/p><hr><p><b>timid <\/b>\/\u02c8t\u026am\u026ad\/ adjective<br>shy and nervous; not brave<\/p><hr><p><b>scruffy <\/b>\/\u02c8skr\u028cfi\/ adjective<br>dirty or untidy in appearance<\/p><hr><p><b>glossy <\/b>\/\u02c8\u0261l\u0251\u02d0si\/ adjective<br>smooth and shiny<br> <br><br><\/p>\r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: Northern England\",\"Gender: Female\",\"Speed: Fast\",\"Words\/Minute: 196\",\"Length: 2:1\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-07-07T13:01:52.000000Z","liked":1161,"question_link":null,"duration":120,"size":3346330,"video":0,"video_id":"YIn9gHj8tw8","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":504,"question":"Where does the speaker say she lives?","answers":"[\"In a flat close to the river\",\"In a small house in a nature preserve\",\"In an old house in the hills\",\"In a penthouse in a large city\"]","correct":"In a flat close to the river"},{"id":505,"question":"How does the speaker describe the park near her home?","answers":"[\"It contains many wild cats.\",\"It has been there for about two years.\",\"There are students who play sports there.\",\"There are many wildflowers and butterflies there.\"]","correct":"There are many wildflowers and butterflies there."},{"id":506,"question":"How did the speaker get her cat, Poppy?","answers":"[\"She found it next to the river.\",\"It was a gift from her neighbour.\",\"She bought it four years ago.\",\"It came in from the wild.\"]","correct":"It came in from the wild."},{"id":507,"question":"What is the speaker's overall attitude toward her cat?","answers":"[\"She is nervous about her cat running away.\",\"She is hopeful her cat will get healthy.\",\"She is happy her cat is so friendly.\",\"She is worried her cat is too wild.\"]","correct":"She is happy her cat is so friendly."}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":115,"ordering":8}},{"id":65,"title":"Selma's Self Introduction","audio":"002-05.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n <p>\r\n \r\n My name is Selma.\r\n<br>I'm seventy years old and <b>retired<\/b>.\r\n<br>I have a part-time job for a car <b>leasing <\/b>company.\r\n<br>I work two days a week, and I really love the job.\r\n<br>It mainly <b>consists of<\/b> answering the phone, doing some typing, paying some bills, and now I'm learning to work the computer.<br>\r\nThe computer is a wonderful thing, and I'm finding it very very interesting to do.\r\n<br>The car <b>leasing <\/b>business is an <b>unusually <\/b>new business.\r\n<br>You can lease a car for two or three years and at the end of that time you can either buy it, or you can <b>trade <\/b>it in for a new car.\r\n<br>Many people seem to like this idea, and it has really <b>caught on<\/b>.<\/p><p>I'm also a <b>homemaker<\/b>.\r\n<br>I have a husband, I have two married daughters and two grandchildren.\r\n<br>The grandchildren's ages are fourteen and twenty-four.\r\n<br>We live in a retirement community.\r\n<br>The retirement community has tennis courts, swimming pools, a golf <b>course<\/b>, and a club house.\r\n<br>The club house consists of a building with a number of rooms where we take classes and courses.<br>\r\nOur community is near a large college town, which is really a wonderful thing to have nearby.\r\n<br>It has an art museum, and we are also able to <b>avail <\/b>ourselves of the classes given at the university. \r\n \r\n <\/p>\r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3273","question":"[276,277,278]","vocabulary":"\r\n \r\n <p><b>retire <\/b>\/r\u026a\u02c8ta\u026a\u0259r\/ verb<br> [intransitive, transitive] to leave your job and stop working, especially because you have reached a particular age or because you are ill; to tell somebody they must stop doing their job <\/p><hr><p><b>leasing <\/b>\/\u02c8li\u02d0s\u026a\u014b\/ noun<br> \u200bthe act of using or letting somebody use something, especially property or equipment, in exchange for rent or a regular payment<\/p><hr><p><b>consist of<\/b> \/k\u0259n\u02c8s\u026ast\/ phrasal verb<br>consist of somebody\/something<br> \u200bto be formed from the people or things mentioned<\/p><hr><p><b>unusually <\/b>\/\u028cn\u02c8ju\u02d0\u0292u\u0259li\/, \/\u028cn\u02c8ju\u02d0\u0292\u0259li\/ adverb<br> \u200bused before adjectives to emphasize that a particular quality is greater than normal<\/p><hr><p><b>trade <\/b>\/tre\u026ad\/ noun<br> [uncountable] the activity of buying and selling or of exchanging goods or services between people or countries<\/p><hr><p><b>catch on (caught on) <\/b>phrasal verb with catch verb<br>to become fashionable or popular<\/p><hr><p><b>homemaker <\/b>\/\u02c8h\u0259\u028amme\u026ak\u0259r\/ noun<br> \u200ba person who manages a home and takes care of the house and family as their main job<\/p><hr><p><b>course <\/b>\/k\u0254\u02d0s\/ noun<br>a large area of land that is designed for playing golf on<\/p><hr><p><b>avail <\/b>\/\u0259\u02c8ve\u026al\/ verb<br>to make use of something, especially an opportunity or offer<br><\/p>\r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: General American\",\"Gender: Female\",\"Speed: Slow\",\"Words\/Minute: 136\",\"Length: 1:38\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-07-09T00:25:33.000000Z","liked":6521,"question_link":null,"duration":98,"size":2734125,"video":0,"video_id":"Qc053P1-itc","has_sub":1,"fixed":1,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":276,"question":"How often does the speaker work?","answers":"[\"Five days a week\",\"Two days a week\",\"Three days a week\",\"One day a week\"]","correct":"Two days a week"},{"id":277,"question":"How many children does the speaker have?","answers":"[\"One child\",\"Four children\",\"Two children\",\"Three chldren\"]","correct":"Two children"},{"id":278,"question":"Where does the speaker live?","answers":"[\"Next to the club house\",\"In a retirement community\",\"In a college town\",\"Near the art museum\"]","correct":"In a retirement community"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":65,"ordering":1000}},{"id":144,"title":"Ebony Introduces Herself","audio":"003-09.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n <p>\r\n \r\n \r\n I'm Ebony Tucker, Ebony Laticia Tucker.\r\n<br>I'm eighteen years old.\r\nI'm a Scorpio.\r\n<br>I was born November nineteenth, nineteen seventy-nine.\r\n<br>And I think I should've been born earlier.\r\n<br>I was_ I came out of my mother's <b>womb <\/b>and, she told me I was green.\r\n<br>And... Um... She said, uh, because I was green, that she thought I would be like an old, old girl like a- old lady.\r\n<br>That's what she called me an old lady.\r\n<br>So, um, I was, I was quite old.\r\n<br>I was beyond my years.\r\n<br>And when my younger, my younger sister was born, I sort of <b>took over<\/b> the mommy like role, with her.\r\n<br>And I took care of her for a while.\r\n<br>Um, I have like two sisters, and two brothers.\r\n<br>One's <b>deceased<\/b>, my oldest_ my older brother.\r\n<br>My oldest brother is twenty-five, my oldest sister is twenty-one, and my younger sister is fifteen.\r\n<br>The girls are three years apart.\r\n<br>Um... I <b>get along with<\/b> my younger sister great.\r\n<br>I love her to death.\r\n<\/p><p>My oldest sister, unfortunately, does not like me.\r\n<br>And I don't know why.\r\n<br>My mom is, wonderful.\r\n<br>She is crazy just like I am.\r\n<br>And I love it.\r\n<br>But, um, she was crazy in bad way too.\r\n<br>So we had some hard times when I was growing up.\r\nUm.\r\n<br><\/p><p>I lo- I go to school.\r\nI go to College of New Jersey.\r\n<br>And I'm majoring in elementary education, and <b>psychology<\/b>.\r\nIt's wonderful.\r\nI love it so far.\r\n<br>I love being in school.\r\nI love being on my own.\r\n<br>I love, working and being busy.\r\n<br>Um, I have plenty of goals that I want to <b>accomplish<\/b>.\r\n<br>And I have a plan that, you know, I could follow, but might not go the right way, yaknow.<br>\r\nUm, I'm in love haha.\r\nBut we won't talk about that now.\r\nUm, in school, I'm also in the <b>army reserves<\/b>, <br>I'm in R-O-T-C which is reserved officer training corps.\r\n<br>And, I use them for money, basically.\r\n<br>Um, I mean, the <b>discipline <\/b>also and to get my body in shape.\r\nUm.\r\n<br>I like fitness and, I want to be in shape and, um, that is definitely helpful hah.\r\n<\/p><p>Um, I also_ I am, I'm also in a group called <b>leadership <\/b>development program.\r\n<br>And I'm a facilitator.\r\n<br>And we give workshops about, how to run meetings, and how to deal with stress in school.\r\n<br>And, um how to... run like your staff meeting and how to have something go well for you.\r\n<br>How to, um, just plan things and be organized.\r\n<br>It's a wonderful group and... and I'm glad I'm in it huhu.<br><\/p><p>\r\nI'm also in the black students union, which is pretty good. <br>Um yeah, we build parties, we have leadership conferences.\r\n<br>We, just have fun, I guess, and we do a lot for, um, the <b>minority <\/b>on campus.\r\n<br>Um, right now, I live in a new <b>residence hall<\/b> on campus.\r\n<br>And I'm happy because it has air conditioning.\r\n<br>And I'm not dying of heat <b>exhaustion <\/b>like I did over the summer.\r\n<br>Because my house unfortunately was really really hot.\r\n<br>And my mum's fan broke and then my mum stole my fan.\r\n<br>And my sister had my fan from school.\r\n<br>So I had no fan.\r\nAnd it was rough, it was very rough.\r\n<br><\/p><p>Over the summer, this past summer, I, um_ my best friend, or my really good friend from Ireland came to visit me.\r\n<br>And,it was great like, um, I found out that he was really in love with me.\r\n<br>And, I mean I loved him before.\r\n<br>But... But, you know, I didn't know how much I did.\r\n<br>But, but the time he came, I was seeing someone across the street from me.\r\n<br>And he was staying in my room, like, he slept in the bed that was next to mine.\r\n<br>Well, you know, on the other side of the room.\r\n<br>And, it wasn't like a big deal or anything.\r\n<br>But the guy I was seeing was very jealous.\r\n<br>And he wasn't even really my boyfriend.\r\n<br>But I was just seeing him like, a little bit seriously, I guess.\r\n<br>And, um, I ended up just losing or wasting three weeks of my, time with a terrible jerk guy who was across the street.\r\n<br>And I had a wonderful, wonderful guy who loved me truly, in my home.\r\n<br>And_ but it worked out for the best anyway, cuz, I <b>dumped <\/b>the guy across the street.\r\n<br>And... Um, Paul, the guy from Ireland, came back for a, a day, before he, uh, flew to Kentucky to see his brother.\r\n<br>Um, well... That was about the end of that summer.<br>And I got my first car.\r\nYes, I got my first car.\r\n<br>That was a highlight of the summer.\r\n<br><\/p><p>And I had a wonderful, wonderful baby-sitting job that I had two lovely kids um the Kraals, Sally and Duncan.\r\n<br>And, it was just wonderful.\r\n<br>It_ the kids were just funny and fun, and... Um, they paid me very well .\r\n<br>Two hundred and fifty dollars a week.\r\n<br>And my_ before I had my car, they gave_ they lent me their car, their old car. <br>Uh, left me money for the kids.\r\n<br>And it was wonderful.\r\n<br>And I went to go buy my car, and I found the perfect car.\r\n<br>My favorite color's blue, and I got a blue car.\r\n<br>It 's four doors.\r\nIt's not too small, it's not too big.\r\n<br>And it runs pretty well.\r\n<br>And I only paid... One thousand four hundred and ninety-five dollars for it.\r\n<br>And... It had eighty-five thousand miles.\r\nSo_\r\n \r\n \r\n <\/p>\r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3299","question":"[630,631,632,633,634,635,636]","vocabulary":"\r\n \r\n <p><b>womb <\/b>\/wu\u02d0m\/ noun<br>\u200bthe organ in women and female animals in which babies or young animals develop before they are born<\/p><hr><p><b>take over <\/b> <br>to begin to have control of or responsibility for something, especially in place of somebody else<\/p><hr><p><b>deceased <\/b>\/d\u026a\u02c8si\u02d0st\/ adjective<br>\u200bdead, <span class=\"def\">a person who has died, especially recently<\/span><\/p><hr><p><b>get on with somebody<\/b> | get on (together)<br>(also <b>get along with somebody<\/b>, <b>get along (together)<\/b> North American English, British English)<br>\u200bto have a friendly relationship with somebody<\/p><hr><p><b>psychology <\/b>\/sa\u026a\u02c8k\u0251\u02d0l\u0259d\u0292i\/ noun<br>[uncountable] the scientific study of the mind and how it influences behaviour<\/p><hr><p><b>accomplish <\/b>\/\u0259\u02c8k\u0251\u02d0mpl\u026a\u0283\/ verb<br><b>accomplish something<\/b> to succeed in doing or completing something<\/p><hr><p><b>reserve <\/b>\/r\u026a\u02c8z\u025c\u02d0rv\/ noun<br>an extra military force, etc. that is not part of a country\u2019s regular forces, but is available to be used when needed<\/p><hr><p><b>discipline <\/b>\/\u02c8d\u026as\u0259pl\u026an\/ noun<br>[uncountable] the practice of training people to obey rules and orders and punishing them if they do not; <br>the controlled behaviour or situation that is the result of this training <\/p><hr><p><b>leadership <\/b>\/\u02c8li\u02d0d\u0259r\u0283\u026ap\/ noun<br>[uncountable] the state or position of being a leader<\/p><hr><p><b>minority <\/b>\/ma\u026a\u02c8n\u0254\u02d0r\u0259ti\/ noun<br>[singular + singular or plural verb] the smaller part of a group; less than half of the people or things in a large group<\/p><hr><p><b>residence hall<\/b> \/\u02c8rez\u026ad\u0259ns h\u0254\u02d0l\/ noun<br>\u200ba building for university or college students to live in<br>(also <b>dorm<\/b>, <b>dormitory<\/b>)<br>(all North American English)<br>(British English <b>hall of residence<\/b>, <b>hall<\/b>)<br><\/p><hr><p><b>exhaustion <\/b>\/\u026a\u0261\u02c8z\u0254\u02d0st\u0283\u0259n\/ noun<br>[uncountable] the state of being very tired<\/p><hr><p><b>dump somebody\/something (on somebody)<\/b> (informal) <br>to get rid of somebody\/something or leave them for somebody else to deal with<br><\/p>\r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: Black American\",\"Gender: Female\",\"Speed: Medium\",\"Words\/Minute: 167\",\"Length: 5:43\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-07-11T19:47:10.000000Z","liked":763,"question_link":null,"duration":344,"size":9632959,"video":0,"video_id":"3XyKdMs8oxc","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":630,"question":"Why did the speaker's mother call her an old lady when she was born?","answers":"[\"She was the eldest daughter.\",\"She was very wrinkled.\",\"She was green when she was born.\",\"She should have been born earlier.\"]","correct":"She was green when she was born."},{"id":631,"question":"How many brothers does the speaker currently have?","answers":"[\"Three brothers\",\"Four brothers\",\"One brother\",\"Two brothers\"]","correct":"One brother"},{"id":632,"question":"What does the leadership development program do?","answers":"[\"It provides additional tutoring for students.\",\"It teaches students how to organize themselves.\",\"It helps students who have difficulties in school.\",\"It prepares students to be army officers.\"]","correct":"It teaches students how to organize themselves."},{"id":633,"question":"Where does the speaker's current boyfriend come from?","answers":"[\"Her college\",\"Her army reserve classes\",\"The same town\",\"Ireland\"]","correct":"Ireland"},{"id":634,"question":"What did the speaker think about her summer baby-sitting job?","answers":"[\"She enjoyed it.\",\"She wanted more money.\",\"She wanted to buy their car.\",\"She learned a lot.\"]","correct":"She enjoyed it."},{"id":635,"question":"What difficulty did the speaker have during the summer?","answers":"[\"Problems with her mom\",\"Stress in school\",\"Too many meetings\",\"Lack of air conditioning\"]","correct":"Lack of air conditioning"},{"id":636,"question":"What is the speaker mainly discussing?","answers":"[\"Work\",\"School\",\"Herself\",\"Family\"]","correct":"Herself"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":144,"ordering":13}},{"id":1190,"title":"Seasons","audio":"463-ruth-conkers.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">My favorite season has to be autumn, although when it gets to autumn I feel slightly disapointed because I know that after summer the weather gets colder and the nights get shorter and the evenings get darker. I still really like autumn. One of my favorite things about autumn is whan all of the leaves fall off the trees and you can walk about and crunch in the leaves. However I think my favorite thing about autumn is the conkers. I love it when conkers fall off trees and you can collect them. <\/font><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p> <\/p>\r\n<font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">When I was at school we used to collect conkers and put them on stings and then we would have a competition to see who had the best conker. We would hit our conkers with somebody elses and if yours didn't smash then you could have one point so after your first game, your conker would be a oner. Then if you won twice, it would be a twoer and so on. It was a really good game and it kept us amused for hours. Conkers are great fun. Have you ever played conkers? Maybe you should. Why don't you try it this autumn?<\/font>\r\n\r\n<p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0451\/463-Ruth-Conkers.htm","question":"[3774,3775,3776,3777,3778]","vocabulary":"<p class=\"items\"><b>disappointed<\/b><\/p><ul><li>When it gets to autumn, I feel slightly disappointed because I know that the weather gets colder. <br><\/li><\/ul><p>You feel 'disappointed' when a situation is not what you hope or expect it to be. <br>Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>I was very disappointed that they couldn't come to my party.<br><\/li><li>My husband was very disappointed when his team lost the game.<br><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"items\"><b><br><\/b><\/p><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>walk about<\/b> or <b>crunch in the leaves<\/b><\/p><ul><li>In autumn, when all of the leaves fall off the trees, you can walk about and crunch in the leaves. <br><\/li><\/ul><p>When\r\n you 'walk about,' you move yourself around by walking to no particular \r\nlocation. It is a very relaxed and casual sort of walk. If you walk on\r\n dry, dead leaves, they make a crunching sound. <br>Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>I just want to go outside and walk about for a while.<br><\/li><li>My kids love to crunch in the leaves.<br><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"items\"><b><br><\/b><\/p><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>conkers <\/b>or <b>collect<\/b><\/p><ul><li>I love it when conkers fall off trees and you can collect them. <br><\/li><\/ul><p>A\r\n 'conker' is a type of nut that grows on trees. When you 'collect' \r\nthings, you gather them and put them in a specific place together. \r\n<br>Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>If you cook conkers, you can eat them.<br><\/li><li>Be sure to collect all the sticks before you cut the grass.<br><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"items\"><b><br><\/b><\/p><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>smash<\/b><\/p><ul><li>We would hit our conkers with somebody else's and if yours didn't smash, then you could have one point. <br><\/li><\/ul><p>'Smash' is another way to say 'crush,' 'break' or 'destroy.' <br>Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>The car got pretty smashed up in the accident.<br><\/li><li>When he got back to his car, he discovered that his window had been smashed in.<br><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"items\"><b><br><\/b><\/p><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>amused<\/b><\/p><ul><li>It's really a good game, and it kept us amused for hours. <br><\/li><\/ul><p>If you are 'amused,' you are entertained or occupied. <br> Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>I can't believe you are so amused by such a simple thing.<br><\/li><li>His friends are really amusing.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: American\"]","downloaded":null,"updated":"2024-07-12T02:03:55.000000Z","liked":5282,"question_link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0451\/463-Ruth-Conkers.htm\/..\/..\/..\/quiz\/views\/0451Q\/Q463.js","duration":107,"size":2985736,"video":0,"video_id":"Vw__5-zbXbs","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":3774,"question":"1) Ruth's favorite season is _______.","answers":"[\"autumn\",\"summer\",\"spring\",\"winter\"]","correct":"autumn"},{"id":3775,"question":"2) One thing Ruth likes to do is _______.","answers":"[\"go to the beach\",\"crunch in the leaves\",\"climb trees\",\"sight seeing\"]","correct":"crunch in the leaves"},{"id":3776,"question":"3) Another name for horse chestnuts is _______","answers":"[\"plonkers\",\"bonkers\",\"conkers\"]","correct":"conkers"},{"id":3777,"question":"4) Students would put the horse chestnuts _______.","answers":"[\"in boxes\",\"on strings\",\"between their fingers\"]","correct":"on strings"},{"id":3778,"question":"5) The target of the game was to _______ the other player's one.","answers":"[\"eat\",\"smash\",\"catch\"]","correct":"smash"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":1190,"ordering":1000}},{"id":1507,"title":"San Francisco","audio":"805-Anita-sf_new.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <strong>Todd:<\/strong> So, Anita, have you been to San Francisco? <p><strong>Anita:<\/strong> I have been there once a long time ago when I was twelve years old I went there with my family.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Great. You know, I'm from San Francisco so what did you think?<\/p> <p><strong>Anita:<\/strong> I think it was a very beautiful city. There's so many nice houses in these little <span class=\"audionotes\">winding streets<\/span>, you know, going up the hills and down the hills, and you get the old historical <span class=\"audionotes\">trams<\/span>.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd: <\/strong>Right, exactly.<\/p> <p><strong>Anita:<\/strong> Right?<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> The cable cars.<\/p> <p><strong>Anita:<\/strong> The cable cars, and the Golden Gate Bridge is beautiful of course.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Yeah, actually I think the Bridge is still <span class=\"audionotes\">pretty amazing<\/span>. I mean, even people that live there, it's just an amazing thing to look at, to cross. It's nice. But one thing about my city is it's really expensive. Did you <span class=\"audionotes\">find<\/span> it expensive when you were there? <\/p> <p><strong>Anita:<\/strong> Well, thankfully I went there as a child so my parents paid for everything, so I didn't have to worry about that so...<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Right.<\/p> <p><strong>Anita:<\/strong> If I went there now, I mean, probably I would be worried about that, yeah.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Yeah, I think... I'm sorry. I forgot. You said you were twelve.<\/p> <p><strong>Anita:<\/strong> Yeah.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> So, OK. Well, when you were in America did you enjoy American food?<\/p> <p><strong>Anita: <\/strong>Yeah. I like any kind of food, so... I don't like to eat too much fast food but I didn't have any problems now that I recall, now that I remember so... It was OK.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Right. Yeah, but in America we don't eat that much fast food, at least not in San Francisco.<\/p> <p><strong>Anita:<\/strong> OK, I'll take your word for it.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Did you talk to anybody, or did you meet people?<\/p> <p><strong>Anita:<\/strong> In San Francisco, not that I remember. Of course, we talked to people we met but we didn't visit friends. We just went there as tourists and you know, took <span class=\"audionotes\">a couple of<\/span> tours, so yeah we talked the tour guide who lives there, and it was nice meeting somebody from San Francisco.<\/p> <p><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Now, my favorite part of the city is... there's two places actually: Golden Gate Park and also the Presidio. The Presidio is also a park. Did you go to either of those?<\/p> <p><strong>Anita:<\/strong> I think we did. I don't remember them very clearly but all the major sites that are there we definitely went to. It's hard to miss.<\/p> \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0801\/T805-Anita-SF.htm","question":"[4152,4153,4154,4155]","vocabulary":"\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <div><b>winding street<\/b><\/div><div><br><\/div><ul><li>There are so many nice houses in these little winding streets.<br><\/li><\/ul><div>A 'winding street' has many curves and bends. It isn't straight. <br><\/div><div> Notice the following:<\/div><div><br><\/div><ol><li>Her house is on a winding street.<\/li><li>Winding streets can be dangerous in bad weather.<\/li><\/ol><div><b><br><\/b><\/div><hr><div><b>tram<\/b><\/div><ul><li> We got to see the historic trams in San Francisco.<\/li><\/ul><div><br><\/div><div>A 'tram' is a train that travels around the streets of a city. <br>Notice the following:<\/div><div><br><\/div><ol><li>We got to ride an historic tram.<\/li><li>Let's take the tram.<\/li><\/ol><div><b><br><\/b><\/div><hr><div><b>pretty amazing<\/b><\/div><div><br><\/div><div>I think the Golden Gate Bridge is pretty amazing.<br><\/div><div><br><\/div><div>Something that is 'pretty amazing' is so good or so surprising that we almost can't believe it. <br>Notice the following:<\/div><div><br><\/div><ol><li>The beaches are pretty amazing.<\/li><li>That's an amazing view.<\/li><\/ol><div><b><br><\/b><\/div><hr><div><b>find<\/b><\/div><ul><li>Did you find it expensive when you were in San Francisco?<br><\/li><\/ul><div><br><\/div><div>To 'find something to be a certain way' means to learn some information or express an opinion about it. We can replace 'find it' with 'think.' <br>Notice the following:<\/div><div><br><\/div><ol><li>I found transportation to be cheap there.<\/li><li>I find organized tours boring.<\/li><\/ol><div><b><br><\/b><\/div><hr><div><b>a couple of<\/b><\/div><div><br><\/div><ul><li>We took a couple of tours in San Francisco.<br><\/li><\/ul><div><br><\/div><div>A couple of means two. <br> Notice the following:<\/div><div><br><\/div><ol><li>He lived there for a couple of years.<\/li><li>I've been there a couple of times.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: Czeck, US\"]","downloaded":null,"updated":"2024-07-12T05:18:57.000000Z","liked":858,"question_link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0801\/T805-Anita-SF.htm\/..\/..\/..\/quiz\/views\/0801Q\/T805.js","duration":138,"size":5519195,"video":0,"video_id":"ZbaEAZa8krc ","has_sub":1,"fixed":1,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":4152,"question":"1) What do local people still appreciate?","answers":"[\"The weather\",\"The cable cars\",\"The Golden Gate Bridge\"]","correct":"The Golden Gate Bridge"},{"id":4153,"question":"2) What does Anita remember about the prices?","answers":"[\"Things being cheap\",\"Things being expensive\",\"Not having to pay\"]","correct":"Not having to pay"},{"id":4154,"question":"3) What kinds of food do they mention?","answers":"[\"Seafood\",\"Fast food\",\"Health food\"]","correct":"Fast food"},{"id":4155,"question":"4) What does Todd recommend?","answers":"[\"Using a tour guide\",\"Visiting the parks\",\"Alcatraz island\"]","correct":"Visiting the parks"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":1507,"ordering":0}},{"id":1513,"title":"A Woman's Life","audio":"898-Paul-Woman32.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n \r\n <strong>Paul:<\/strong> Hi, this is Paul from England and I'm here with Katia from Mexico. Today we're gonna speak about being a woman. <span class=\"audionotes\">I can't imagine<\/span> what it's like to be a woman. It must be really difficult. <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> Well, I wouldn't say <span class=\"audionotes\">difficult, difficult<\/span>. I think it's great, but it comes with some difficult things I guess. Maybe I can think of make-up and it takes us so long to get ready and it's something that we really need to do, so maybe that's one thing that we have to get used to it.<\/p> <p><strong>Paul:<\/strong> Come on. It can't be so difficult: make-up. Putting on make-up on every day.<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> Well, you get used to it, but just imagine, we need to look for the right colors, the right brand, the right price. It really <span class=\"audionotes\">gets tough<\/span>.<br> <br> <strong>Paul:<\/strong> Sounds tough. Anything else difficult about being a woman?<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> Well, some people say that it might not be so difficult but maybe giving birth might be something that woman have to face that is difficult, but perhaps for some women it's not so difficult but I think that's one other thing.<\/p> <p><strong>Paul:<\/strong> Yeah, for sure. I'll never know about that. How about good things, positive things about being a women?<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> Well, there are many positive things. I actually can say I'm happy being a woman. Maybe one thing is, well we have in a sense... we're able to choose if we... once we marry, if we go to work or not, in general. I think that's one good thing. Don't you agree?<\/p> <p><strong>Paul:<\/strong> Yeah, I would agree with that. For sure. Anything else that's positive for you?<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> Well, since I'm not married yet, going on dates I think it's great the man has to pay. So that's a positive thing of being a woman.<\/p> <p><strong>Paul:<\/strong> Great. Yeah. I definitely agree with that. OK, and finally is there one last thing. What's your favorite thing about being a woman?<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> My favorite thing? Maybe having a<span class=\"audionotes\"> sixth sense<\/span>.<\/p> <p><strong>Paul:<\/strong> Could you tell me more?<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> Well, as a woman we sense certain things that men are not able to sense, so I think that's a very positive thing.<\/p> <p><strong>Paul:<\/strong> For example?<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> Well, for example, Paul, as a woman we sense people's feelings even though, for example, a man will not say anything. We can see, or we can feel what the person is feeling. The same with children, or the same with other women.<\/p> <p><strong>Paul:<\/strong> I would agree with that. Women have to <span class=\"audionotes\">be more sensitive<\/span> to these issues I think.<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> Yeah, sensitive. You can call it sensitive. I call it a sixth sense.<\/p> <p><strong>Paul:<\/strong> OK, it was nice talking to you.<\/p> <p><strong>Katia:<\/strong> Thank you, Paul.<\/p> \r\n \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0851\/T898-Paul-Women.htm","question":"[3703,3704,3705,3706]","vocabulary":"<p class=\"items\"><b>I can't imagine<\/b><\/p><ul><li>I can't imagine what it's like to be a woman.<\/li><\/ul><p>Here, the phrase 'can't imagine' is similar in meaning to 'guess'. Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>I can't imagine what it would be like with no internet.<\/li><li>My ex-boyfriend called. I can't imagine what he wants.<\/li><\/ol><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>difficult, difficult<\/b><\/p><ul><li>I wouldn't say difficult, difficult.<\/li><\/ul><p>Sometimes\r\n we repeat a word to make it stronger. 'Difficult, difficult' is similar\r\n in meaning to very difficult. Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>Learning English is difficult, difficult.<\/li><li>It was a difficult, difficult exam.<\/li><\/ol><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>gets tough<\/b><\/p><ul><li>We need to look for the right colors, the right brand, the right price and it really gets tough.<\/li><\/ul><p>We use the phrase 'gets tough' to talk about something that becomes difficult. Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>The last few miles of the race got tough.<\/li><li>Marriage gets tough after you have kids.<\/li><\/ol><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>sixth sense<\/b><\/p><ul><li>Katia says her favorite thing is maybe having a sixth sense.<\/li><\/ul><p>People who have a 'sixth sense' believe they can guess the future. Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>A sixth sense told me you would call.<\/li><li>She has a sixth sense about people.<\/li><\/ol><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>be more sensitive<\/b><\/p><ul><li>Women have to be more sensitive to these issues I think.<\/li><\/ul><p>To 'be more sensitive' means to be more understanding of other peoples feelings. Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>The staff need to be more sensitive to customers.<\/li><li>My wife told me I need to be more sensitive.<\/li><\/ol>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: Mexico, UK\"]","downloaded":null,"updated":"2024-07-18T08:18:07.000000Z","liked":3162,"question_link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0851\/T898-Paul-Women.htm\/..\/..\/..\/quiz\/views\/0851Q\/T898.js","duration":164,"size":6544240,"video":0,"video_id":"fMHd4_6yjVg","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":3703,"question":"1) What does Katia talk about?","answers":"[\"Following fashion\",\"Selecting cosmetics\",\"The pressure to look good\"]","correct":"Selecting cosmetics"},{"id":3704,"question":"2) What does Katia say about childbirth?","answers":"[\"It is always difficult.\",\"Some women say it is easy.\",\"It is overrated.\"]","correct":"Some women say it is easy."},{"id":3705,"question":"3) What choice if she married does she discuss?","answers":"[\"Career\",\"Dates\",\"Family size\"]","correct":"Career"},{"id":3706,"question":"4) What does she say women have?","answers":"[\"Less stress\",\"A sixth sense\",\"Appreciation for little things\"]","correct":"A sixth sense"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":1513,"ordering":1000}},{"id":43,"title":"Louise Introduces Herself","audio":"013-19.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n \r\n Hello.\r\n<br>My name is Louise and I live in Princeton New Jersey.\r\n<br>The <b>apartment <\/b>where I live, is called The Elm Court Apartments.\r\n<br>I like living here because it's like being in the country.\r\n<br>And in the summer time, when I <b>draw my shade<\/b> in the morning there are deer right outside my window.\r\n<br>And.\r\nIts nice for me to walk around.\r\n<br>Because it's <b>heavily guarded <\/b>and it's very <b>safe<\/b>.\r\n \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3478","question":"[177,178,179,180]","vocabulary":"\r\n <p><b>apartment <\/b>\/\u0259\u02c8p\u0251\u02d0rtm\u0259nt\/ noun<br> a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a building<\/p><hr><p><b>draw my shade<\/b><br>To wake up and stand by the window to see outside.<br><\/p><hr><p><b>heavily <\/b>\/\u02c8hev\u026ali\/ adverb<br> to a great degree; in large amounts<\/p><hr><p><b>guard <\/b>\/\u0261\u0251\u02d0rd\/ verb \u200b <br> guard somebody\/something to protect property, places or people from attack or danger<\/p><hr><p><b>safe <\/b>\/se\u026af\/ adjective<br> [not before noun] protected from any danger, harm or loss<br> <br><br><\/p>\r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: General American\",\"Gender: Female\",\"Speed: Very Slow\",\"Words\/Minute: 118\",\"Length: 0:37\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-07-21T06:05:32.000000Z","liked":3310,"question_link":null,"duration":37,"size":1039405,"video":0,"video_id":"Ecx30Wmjm9M","has_sub":1,"fixed":1,"grammars":[{"id":48,"title":"Verbs followed by the gerund","sentence":"I like living here because it's like being in the country. 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What really got me interested was how successful I was in it.\r\n<br>My very first race I got second.\r\n<br>So, if you are good at something, you tend to like it more.\r\n<br>Um as I went on at high school, I received more awards and won more races and, enjoyed running more and more.\r\n<br>And I got more into the sport.\r\n<br>Um, so now, I run <b>cross country<\/b> along with <b>track and field<\/b>, uh, which_ are the distance events.\r\n<br>Um, when I went to college I kept up the running.\r\n<br>Uh, ran for Penn State and, uh, made the varsity team there.\r\n<br>So I was pretty successful early on.\r\n<br>Um but then some injuries, uh, kept me out from running, probably up to my <b>potential<\/b>.\r\n<br>At least I think would be my <b>potential<\/b>.\r\n<br>Uh, that, but that goes with the sport.\r\n<br>Uh, anything from broken bones to hurt <b>ham strings<\/b> and, muscles.<br>\r\nUm, along with running, competitively with the schools, I also, uh, run road races which are just, local races that, uh, communities have anything from three-mile race to, ten-mile races.\r\n<br>Uh, so that might help me continue on, further when I want to, uh, run after college in marathons... And, uh, longer races.\r\n<br>So we'll see where it takes me. <br><br><div align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><a data-cke-saved-href=\"market:\/\/details?id=com.kimco.english.grammar.in.use.test.ultimate.englishgrammar\" href=\"market:\/\/details?id=com.kimco.english.grammar.in.use.test.ultimate.englishgrammar\">Learn And Test Your Grammar - Click here<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3276","question":"[947,948,949,950,951]","vocabulary":"<p><b>force <\/b>\/f\u0254\u02d0rs\/ verb<br>[often passive] to make somebody do something that they do not want to do<\/p><hr><p><b>along with somebody\/something<\/b><br>in the same way as somebody\/something<br>\u200bin addition to somebody\/something <\/p><hr><p><b>get into<\/b> phrasal verb<br>to be admitted to a school, university, etc.<br> to arrive at a place<\/p><hr><p><b>go on<\/b> (with something)<br>\u200bto continue an activity, especially after a break<\/p><hr><p><b>track and field<\/b> \/\u02cctr\u00e6k \u0259n \u02c8fi\u02d0ld\/ noun<br>sports such as running, jumping and throwing that people compete in<\/p><hr><p><b>freshman <\/b>\/\u02c8fre\u0283m\u0259n\/ noun<br>a first-year student at high school or junior high school<\/p><hr><p><b>cross-country<\/b> \/\u02cckr\u0254\u02d0s \u02c8k\u028cntri\/ noun<br> [singular] a cross-country (across fields or open country) running or skiing race<\/p><hr><p><b>potential <\/b>\/p\u0259\u02c8ten\u0283l\/ adjective<br>\u200bthat can develop into something or be developed in the future<\/p><hr><p><b>hamstring <\/b>\/\u02c8h\u00e6mstr\u026a\u014b\/ noun<br>one of the five tendons behind the knee that connect the muscles of the upper leg to the bones of the lower leg<br><\/p>","note":"[\"Accent: General American\",\"Gender: Male\",\"Speed: Medium\",\"Words\/Minute: 149\",\"Length: 2:8\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-07-21T09:07:51.000000Z","liked":1079,"question_link":null,"duration":127,"size":3568685,"video":0,"video_id":"bJ2FkWgtelg","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":947,"question":"When did the speaker start running as a sport?","answers":"[\"In college\",\"In middle school\",\"After college\",\"In high school\"]","correct":"In high school"},{"id":948,"question":"Why does the speaker say he liked running?","answers":"[\"He had many friends who liked the sport.\",\"He felt it made him play baseball better.\",\"He was successful at it.\",\"His parents encouraged him.\"]","correct":"He was successful at it."},{"id":949,"question":"Why does the speaker think he did not reach his potential?","answers":"[\"There were not enough races.\",\"He had too many injuries.\",\"He had to study too much.\",\"There were no races outside school.\"]","correct":"He had too many injuries."},{"id":950,"question":"How did the speaker feel about playing baseball?","answers":"[\"He was unhappy about it.\",\"He felt that he was not good at it.\",\"It was once his favorite sport.\",\"It was his dream to play.\"]","correct":"He was unhappy about it."},{"id":951,"question":"What is this talk about?","answers":"[\"What the speaker did in high school\",\"The best sports to play in college\",\"Something the speaker enjoys doing\",\"The dangers of running\"]","correct":"Something the speaker enjoys doing"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":212,"ordering":0}},{"id":1162,"title":"The Time Change","audio":"491-steven-fatherhood.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Now Steven, I'm single and, but you are married and you are a father, correct?<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Steven:<\/strong> That is correct, yeah. <\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Todd:<\/strong> OK. I'm just curious. What is it like being a father?<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Steven:<\/strong> Ah, right. OK, well, I think if I first of all talk about what it was like not being a father, being me and not being a father. I think I used to make the most of my free time, well in fact I didn't make the most of my free time. I was a very lazy person. I was an incredible time waster, so I would have all of this free time to make use of and I would probably just sit in front of the TV, or I'd probably go to a pub and drink, but anyway I took my time for granted. I thought I have this time. It wasn't such a precious thing for me. I had so much of it.<br> Once I became a father, suddenly my time disappeared but strangely enough, now that I've become a father and I've, it's taught me to appreciate the time I have. My time is now very limited. My work has become busier but I actually make much more use of my time now than when I did so much of it. It's kind of strange.<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Todd: <\/strong>And how many children do you have?<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Steven:<\/strong> Ah, two. BOys, <\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Oh, two boys. <\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Steven:<\/strong> Yep, they're both still very young. They keep us very busy. The eldest is four and the youngest is three.<br><br><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Wow!<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Steven:<\/strong> So they need, they still need quite a lot of attention.<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Yeah, so when you first have kids do you lose a lot of sleep? I'm always worried that I won't be able to sleep. <\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Steven:<\/strong> Well, something that carried over from my previous lifestyle was an ability to sleep very well, and, um, fortunately I have a very understanding wife so if the children woke up, yeah, well because I had to work my wife was, my wife tended to be responsible. She would look after the children if they woke up during the evening, during the night, sorry, and I'm such a good sleeper that even if they were crying incredibly loudly I could just go back to sleep. I don't think there are many fathers like me. I've spoken to some other fathers and they don't have the same talent as I do. <\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Todd:<\/strong> Oh, well, thanks Steven.<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><\/font><\/p> <p><br><\/p> \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0451\/491-Steven-Fatherhood.htm","question":"[4249,4250,4251,4252,4253]","vocabulary":"<p class=\"items\"><b>curious<\/b><\/p><ul><li>I'm just curious: What is it like being a father? <br><\/li><\/ul><p>When\r\n you have questions about things, or you just want more information to \r\nease your mind, you can say that you are 'curious.' <br>Notice the \r\nfollowing:<\/p><ol><li>He has always been curious about how machines work.<br><\/li><li>She was a very curious child.<br><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"items\"><b><br><\/b><\/p><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>time waster<\/b><\/p><ul><li>I was an incredible time waster, and I took my time for granted. <br><\/li><\/ul><p>A 'time waster' is a person who wastes time or doesn't use the time that he has in the way that he should. <br>Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>In his professional life he is very organized, but in his personal life he is a huge time waster.<br><\/li><li>Having a busy schedule does not allow you to be a time waster.<br><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"items\"><b><br><\/b><\/p><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>lose (a lot of) sleep<\/b><\/p><ul><li>When you first have kids, do you lose a lot of sleep? <br><\/li><\/ul><p>If you 'lose sleep,' it means that you don't get all the sleep that you need and you are tired.<br> Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>Drinking coffee too late in the day makes me lose sleep.<br><\/li><li>Working so much has made me lose a lot of sleep.<br><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"items\"><b><br><\/b><\/p><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>carried over<\/b><\/p><ul><li>Something that carried over from my previous lifestyle was an ability to sleep very well. <br><\/li><\/ul><p>When 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0:48\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-07-30T01:41:36.000000Z","liked":4409,"question_link":null,"duration":47,"size":1306376,"video":0,"video_id":"mvYAX38_isc","has_sub":1,"fixed":1,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":69,"question":"Where did the speaker grow up?","answers":"[\"Bristol\",\"Philadelphia\",\"Princeton\",\"New York\"]","correct":"Bristol"},{"id":70,"question":"What does the speaker do?","answers":"[\"She works for a publishing company.\",\"She works for a university.\",\"She goes to graduate school.\",\"She helps her parents.\"]","correct":"She works for a publishing company."},{"id":71,"question":"What does the speaker want to do after about a year or so?","answers":"[\"She wants to go to Bristol.\",\"She wants to get a new job.\",\"She wants to live with her parents.\",\"She wants to go to graduate school.\"]","correct":"She wants to go to graduate school."},{"id":72,"question":"What is the speaker's main purpose?","answers":"[\"To describe her home\",\"To discuss her 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with the libraries, the contact with wonderful students, very interesting students. <br>Especially at a <b>postgraduate <\/b>level. <br>And it is certainly one of my richest experience as a student being here. <\/p><p><br><\/p><p>After my D.Phil. I don\u2019t really know what I\u2019m going to do because you can\u2019t go really further after a <b>D.Phil.<\/b> as far as studying is concerned.<br>Unless I go to academia which is one option. <br>Another option would be to work for organisations or maybe to work for the government in the legal services. <br>I don\u2019t really know.<br>I still have two years to go and I\u2019ll see then. <\/p>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3607","question":"[35,36,37,38]","vocabulary":"\r\n <p><\/p><p><\/p>1. <b>D.Phil. <\/b>(PhD, Ph.D): A Doctor of Philosophy\r\n<ul><li>\r\nI\u2019m doing my D.Phil. in law.\r\n<\/li><\/ul><p><i>\r\nA <b>Doctor of Philosophy<\/b> is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields.<\/i><\/p><hr>\r\n<p>2. <b>alternatively<\/b><\/p><ul><li>I\u2019ve been studying, um, in France and in U-K alternatively.<\/li><\/ul><p><i>\u200bused to introduce a suggestion that is a second choice or possibility<\/i><\/p><ul><li>The agency will make travel arrangements for you. <b>Alternatively<\/b>, you can organize your own transport.<\/li><\/ul><hr><p>3. <b>childhood <\/b>\/\u02c8t\u0283a\u026aldh\u028ad\/<\/p><ul><li>She spent her childhood in Paris.<\/li><\/ul><p><i>the period of somebody\u2019s life when they are a child<\/i><\/p><ul><li>She had a happy childhood. <\/li><li>He travelled a lot throughout his childhood.<\/li><\/ul><p><b>-hood <\/b>suffix: the state, period of somebody's life <\/p><p>EX: childhood, studenthood <\/p><hr><p>4. <b>postgraduate<\/b> \/\u02ccp\u0259\u028ast\u02c8\u0261r\u00e6d\u0292u\u0259t\/<\/p><p><i>A postgraduate is a student who has successfully completed an undergraduate degree level course at a college or university and is undertaking further study at a more advanced (<\/i><i>study or research)<\/i><i> level. <\/i><\/p><ul><li>Developing language skills and learner autonomy in international postgraduates.<\/li><li>She had a postgraduate degree, I think, whereas my mother was only a graduate.<\/li><li>She also has a postgraduate certificate in accounting, obtained from the University of Johannesburg.<\/li><li><br><\/li><\/ul><hr>5. <b>as far as something is concerned<br><\/b>+ as regards to (something)<br>+ case of (something)<br>+ about (something)<br><p><\/p><ul><li>We've done very badly as far as planning is concerned.<\/li><li>Allowing people to bring in large bags is a risk as far as safety is concerned.<\/li><li>The club has an important place in the community as far as golf is concerned.<br><p> \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/li><\/ul><p><\/p><p><\/p>\r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: French\",\"Gender: Female\",\"Speed: Very Slow\",\"Words\/Minute: 121\",\"Length: 1:54\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-07-31T13:30:55.000000Z","liked":14809,"question_link":null,"duration":112,"size":3134216,"video":0,"video_id":"qkpdJus71EE","has_sub":1,"fixed":1,"grammars":[{"id":69,"title":"Present continuous or present progressive tense","sentence":"I\u2019m living in Oxford, at the moment."},{"id":74,"title":"Present perfect continuous tense","sentence":"I\u2019ve been studying in France and in U-K alternatively."}],"questions":[{"id":35,"question":"What is the speaker studying at Oxford?","answers":"[\"International Relations\",\"French\",\"English\",\"Law\"]","correct":"Law"},{"id":36,"question":"What does the speaker say about Oxford?","answers":"[\"It is very good for post-graduate studies.\",\"She would rather study at home in Paris.\",\"She hopes to live there after graduating.\",\"It is hard to meet interesting people.\"]","correct":"It is very good for post-graduate studies."},{"id":37,"question":"What is the speaker's plan after graduation?","answers":"[\"She will decide on a career later.\",\"She already has a job in the government.\",\"She will get a more advanced degree.\",\"She wants to start a family.\"]","correct":"She will decide on a career later."},{"id":38,"question":"What is this passage mainly about?","answers":"[\"Anne's feelings about her studies\",\"Anne's preference for Oxford over Paris\",\"Anne's current courses at Oxford\",\"Anne's reasons for attending Oxford\"]","correct":"Anne's feelings about her studies"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":10,"ordering":1000}},{"id":1157,"title":"English Movie Trailers","audio":"496-andy-movie.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Steve:<\/strong> So do you go by Andrew, or is Andy OK?<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Andy: <\/strong>Ah, Andy please. <\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Steve:<\/strong> Can you tell us about the work you do with your website?<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Andy:<\/strong> Sure. I've made a website for people to study English using movie trailers. (OK) Movie commercials. (OK) On the site you can see lots of different trailers, over 100, (Wow) and you can do various activities (Right) you can read a summary. You can do a cloze exercise (OK) you can read a script, you can pop, you can click on a vocabulary word and it will show you definitions, example sentences. (OK, OK) yeah, I added little quizes and stuff. (OK) Yeah, it's pretty fun.<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Steve:<\/strong> So you have the subtitles on there?<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Andy:<\/strong> Ah, no subtitles. It's all English. (OK, yeah) English trailers with English voices only. <\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Steve: <\/strong>OK, so do you have the transcripts in English? You have the English subtitiles in there?<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Andy:<\/strong> Yes, yes, yes. The students can watch the trailers while they read.<br><br><strong>Steve:<\/strong> Right. OK. <\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Andy:<\/strong> So, yes. <\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Steve:<\/strong> And what kind of movies have you been able to put into use?<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Andy:<\/strong> Oh, gosh, recently we've added \"War of the World's\".<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Steve:<\/strong> Oh, the H.G. Wells classic.<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Andy:<\/strong> Yes, the new Speilberg version. <\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Steve: <\/strong>Oh, OK. OK.<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Andy:<\/strong> Yes. Yes. Um, the new \"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.\" is going to be up there shortly.<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Steve:<\/strong> Right. OK.<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Andy:<\/strong> It looks like a fun trailer.<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Steve:<\/strong> Excellent. Yeah. <\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Andy:<\/strong> Ah, various genres, too, like computer animation or love stories or action (OK. OK) Yeah something for everybody. <\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Steve:<\/strong> Yeah, and who, which type of people have been accessing the website, and who's getting the most from it?<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Andy: <\/strong>Ah, people from all over the world are going now. I've had people e-mail about this site from over 25 different countries, so it's very international.<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Steve:<\/strong> Excellent. Excellent. And how long have you had this website up?<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Andy:<\/strong> Almost three years now. (Yeah) I guess, yeah about three years. <\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Steve:<\/strong> Wow. OK. It sounds extremely interesting. I'll be very much looking forward to having a look at it myself. How can I access this website?<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Andy:<\/strong> The URL is www.english-trailers.com<\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Steve:<\/strong> OK, sounds great, Andy, Good luck with it. <\/font><\/p> <p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><\/font><\/p> <p><br><\/p> \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0451\/496-Andy-Trailers.htm","question":"[4264,4265,4266,4267,4268]","vocabulary":"\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <p class=\"items\"><b>go by<\/b><\/p><ul><li>Do you go by Andrew or is Andy okay? <br><\/li><\/ul><p>What you 'go by' is the name that most people call you. <br>Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>He has gone by many different names during his professional career.<br><\/li><li>My parents named me Theodore, but I have always gone by Theo.<br><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"items\"><br><\/p><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>cloze exercise<\/b> or <b>vocabulary word<\/b><\/p><ul><li>You can do a cloze exercise or read a script or click on vocabulary words. <br><\/li><\/ul><p>'Cloze\r\n exercise' is another name for a practice where you must fill in the \r\ngaps in sentences. A 'vocabulary word' is a new word that you are \r\nassigned to understand and remember. <br>Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>Cloze exercises are a great way to test comprehension.<br><\/li><li>These are the vocabulary words that will be on tomorrow's exam.<br><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"items\"><br><\/p><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>subtitles <\/b>or <b>transcripts<\/b><\/p><ul><li>So, do you have the transcripts or subtitles in English? <br><\/li><\/ul><p>'Subtitles'\r\n are words that appear at the bottom of a screen in a movie. These can \r\nbe set to the original language of the show or movie or to your native \r\nlanguage. <br>A 'transcript' is the entire dialog of something written out. \r\nThis can be for the purpose of recording information or to make it \r\neasier to review. <br>Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>The court needs a transcript of the telephone conversation.<br><\/li><li>Are there subtitles in French?<br><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"items\"><br><\/p><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>genres<\/b><\/p><ul><li>The trailers have various genres, too, like computer animation, love stories, or action. <br><\/li><\/ul><p>A\r\n 'genre' of movies or books is the topic or the type or classification. \r\nSome examples of genres are: action, romance or thriller. <br>Notice the \r\nfollowing:<\/p><ol><li>He listens to all genres of music except heavy metal.<br><\/li><li>True crime is her favorite book genre.<br><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"items\"><br><\/p><hr><p class=\"items\"><b>looking forward<\/b><\/p><ul><li>I'm looking forward to have a look at it myself. <br><\/li><\/ul><p>You 'look forward' to something that you are excited about that will happen in the future. <br>Notice the following:<\/p><ol><li>When you get older, you stop looking forward to your birthday.<br><\/li><li>I am really looking forward to having a long weekend.<\/li><\/ol>","note":"[\"Accent\"]","downloaded":null,"updated":"2024-08-01T16:05:33.000000Z","liked":2657,"question_link":"http:\/\/www.elllo.org\/english\/0451\/496-Andy-Trailers.htm\/..\/..\/..\/quiz\/views\/0451Q\/Q496.js","duration":163,"size":4561965,"video":0,"video_id":"r_Fl2TdsHTw","has_sub":1,"fixed":0,"grammars":[],"questions":[{"id":4264,"question":"1) Andy has a website for studying English using movie ________.","answers":"[\"scripts\",\"scenes\",\"trailers\",\"All of them\"]","correct":"trailers"},{"id":4265,"question":"2) Andy says you can click on a word to see _______.","answers":"[\"definitions\",\"translations\",\"synonyms\",\"All of them\"]","correct":"definitions"},{"id":4266,"question":"3) Recently Andy added the movie _______.","answers":"[\"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\",\"War of the Worlds\",\"H.G. Wells\",\"All of them\"]","correct":"War of the Worlds"},{"id":4267,"question":"4) Andy says he has various movie _______ on his site.","answers":"[\"genres\",\"games\",\"interviews\",\"All of them\"]","correct":"genres"},{"id":4268,"question":"5) Andy says he has received e-mails from _______.","answers":"[\"about 3 different countries\",\"around 20 different countries\",\"over 25 different countries\",\"about 55 different countries\"]","correct":"over 25 different countries"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":1157,"ordering":0}},{"id":51,"title":"Mihael's Self Introduction","audio":"021-01_new.mp3","dialog":"\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <div>\r\n My name's Miheal.\r\nI live in Oxford.\r\nI've lived here for four years now. <br><\/div><div>I came here in 1985 to do a <b>postgraduate <\/b>degree.\r\n<br>Before that I lived for three years in Wales. <br><\/div><div>I did my <b>undergraduate <\/b>degree there.\r\n<br>I spent most of my <b>teenage <\/b>years, eight to eighteen, living in Dublin where my parents were. <br><\/div><div>Before the age of eight I lived in East Africa, where my father was working at the time.\r\n<br><\/div><div><br><\/div><div>My mother's from Dublin. <br><\/div><div>And my father, he was born in East Africa although his father came from Wales to there, and he has a lot of <b>connections<\/b> and family in Wales. <br><\/div><div><br><\/div><div>I've one full brother who's <b>slightly <\/b>younger than me.\r\n<br>And I've a <b>half brother<\/b> and half sister who are considerably older. <br><\/div><div>My mother's first husband, who's Swedish.\r\n<br>So, my sister lives in Sweden, and my half brother lives in Australia.\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","status":1,"link":"http:\/\/www.englishlistening.com\/\/index.php\/passage?passage=3564","question":"[216,217,218,219]","vocabulary":"\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <p><b>postgraduate <\/b>\/\u02ccp\u0259\u028ast\u02c8\u0261r\u00e6d\u0292u\u0259t\/ noun<br> \u200ba person who already holds a first degree and who is doing advanced study or research; a graduate student <\/p><hr><p><b>undergraduate <\/b>\/\u02cc\u028cnd\u0259r\u02c8\u0261r\u00e6d\u0292u\u0259t\/ noun<br> \u200ba university or college student who is studying for their first degree<\/p><hr><p><b>teenage <\/b>\/\u02c8ti\u02d0ne\u026ad\u0292\/ adjective<br> \u200bbetween 13 and 19 years old; connected with people of this age<\/p><hr><p><b>\u200bconnection <\/b>\/k\u0259\u02c8nek\u0283n\/ noun<br><b>connections <\/b>[plural] people who are your relatives, but not members of your close family<\/p><hr><p><b>slightly <\/b>\/\u02c8sla\u026atli\/ adverb<br> a little<\/p><hr><p><b>half-brother<\/b> \/\u02c8h\u00e6f br\u028c\u00f0\u0259r\/ noun<br> \u200ba person\u2019s half-brother is a boy or man with either the same mother or the same father as they have<\/p><hr><p><br><\/p>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ","note":"[\"Accent: English\",\"Gender: Male\",\"Speed: Medium\",\"Words\/Minute: 159\",\"Length: 1:4\"]","downloaded":0,"updated":"2024-08-04T03:40:00.000000Z","liked":4355,"question_link":null,"duration":65,"size":1806673,"video":0,"video_id":"nj66n4tyIPA","has_sub":1,"fixed":1,"grammars":[{"id":73,"title":"Present perfect tense with FOR and SINCE ","sentence":" I've lived here for four years now."},{"id":65,"title":"Past continuous tense","sentence":"where my father was working at the time."}],"questions":[{"id":216,"question":"Why did the speaker move to Oxford?","answers":"[\"To get away from Wales\",\"To live with his family\",\"To get a job\",\"To attend university\"]","correct":"To attend university"},{"id":217,"question":"Why did the speaker iive in East Africa?","answers":"[\"He was interested in African studies.\",\"His father came from there.\",\"His mother moved there.\",\"He was working there.\"]","correct":"His father came from there."},{"id":218,"question":"Why does he have relatives in Sweden?","answers":"[\"His mother was previously married.\",\"His sister moved there to live.\",\"His brother married a Swedish woman.\",\"His father now lives in Sweden.\"]","correct":"His mother was previously married."},{"id":219,"question":"What is the main purpose of the speaker's talk?","answers":"[\"To describe his hometown\",\"To talk about his family\",\"To talk about his future plans\",\"To describe his father's work\"]","correct":"To talk about his family"}],"pivot":{"cat_id":10,"dl_id":51,"ordering":1000}}]