2019-10-09 TOEFL: listening signal words

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-hospitals-have-particle-accelerators-pedro-brugarolas
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Homework: finish exercises 2.1 and 2.2 (also: bring your books tomorrow)
exercise 2.1
18 alone
19 strong, remarkable
20 see-through
21 look for (especially with food)
22 fearful
23 evading, getting away from
24 disadvantages
25 responsible
26 disagreements, fights
27 affect (in a bad way), hurt
28 finish, end
29 cut
30 last
31 tiny
32 understand
33 expand
34 blurry, unclear
exercise 2.2
27 A
28 A
29 D
30 C
31 A
32 D
33 B
34 A (They don’t just explain it, they also have an effect on it.)
35 C
36 C
37 C
38 A
39 D
40 B
41 C
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hence = from here / from now / from this
thence = from there / from then
whence = from where / from when
hither = to here / to now
thither = to there / to then
whither = to where / to when
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Listening Question Types:
- main idea
- inference
- detail/fact
- purpose
- prediction
- attitude
- function/replay
- complete a chart or table (multi-part detail questions)
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p. 25 - Signal words and predicting content
1L1 - In statements (a) through (g), which words or phrase signal the upcoming content?
a) Why? Number one (now you’ll hear the first of a list of reasons)
b) today we’ll be...four major types
c) For instance
d) let’s move on… What happens then?
e) next topic on the agenda
f) The major difference
g) we’re going to be looking at
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https://www.wordandphrase.info/analyzeText.asp - type a list of words on the left, click “search”, and click each word on the right. This will give you a lot of information about the word, including its frequency rank. Prioritize learning words with low numbers (this means they’re more common).
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/
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p. 26 exercise 1L2 - What content will be discussed after each signal?
b) explanation of how they work / the process
c) example(s) of the types of messages
d) answer to the question, explanation of research
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BREAK
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1L3 - Listen to the lecture and take notes.
Are your notes similar to the sample on p. 26? Did you catch the same information?
p. 27 exercise 1L4 - Answer the questions
1 d
2 d
3 b
4 a d
5 d
6 d (They never discuss reasons why males choose mates.)
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p. 28 1L5 - What will the professor and student discuss? What are some words and ideas they’ll use?
Listen to the conversation and take notes. Were your predictions correct?
p. 29 part 1L6 - answer the questions
1 c
2 c
3 no no yes no yes yes
4 b
5 a b d
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p. 30 exercise 1L7 - What content will probably follow each statement? (Don’t worry about predicting specific words or ideas.)
2 interesting details about emperor penguin parenting
3 explanation of the role that males play (details about what the males do)
4 what the males do to deal with the cold
5 what the male and female do after the female returns
6 something we can learn from the penguins
exercise 1L8 - Listen and take notes, then answer the questions.
1 c
2 a
3 a
4 c d
5 b d
6 F M M F M F
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p. 37 1L14
1 b
2 b
3 b
4 a b
5 b c
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p. 39-40 exercise 1L15
1 b
2 d
3 d
4 c
5 a b
6 a3 b2 c1 d4