2018-05-16 TOEFL: listening main idea

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-we-sweat-john-murnan
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Homework: finish the handout (the rest of 2.1 and 2.2)
exercise 2.1
18 alone
19 noticeable / remarkable / strong
20 clear / see-through
21 search (especially for food)
22 fearful / timid
23 avoiding / escaping
24 disadvantages
25 responsible (especially legally, for the cost of something)
26 disagreements / arguments
27 trouble / “infect”
28 end
29 cut
30 final / last
31 tiny
32 understand
33 expand
34 unclear / vague
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The most common way to make a short noun into a verb is to verb it.
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exercise 2.2
19 C
20 B
21 C
22 A
23 B
24 D
25 D
26 B
27 A
28 A
29 D
30 B
31 A
32 D
33 B
34 A
35 C
36 C
37 C
38 A
39 D
40 B
41 C
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to _____: hither, thither, whither (and hitherto)
from ___: hence, thence, whence (and henceforth)
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Listening Question Types
- main idea
- inference
- purpose
- function
- attitude
- organization
- prediction
- detail
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Main Idea Questions
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DELTA p. 197 - What is the subject of the conversation you just heard?
B - A course reading list
not A: class, not organization
not C: political, not physical
not D: about one summer class, not a summer school program
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For conversations, main idea questions are often about the purpose of the conversation (“Why is the student meeting with her professor?”)
For lectures, it’s usually about the content (“What aspect of ____ does the professor mainly discuss?”)
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Take notes and don’t read the questions until after each conversation.
p. 199 exercise 2.1.A
1 C
2 C
3 B
4 A
5 D
	xylem / phloem
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p. 200 exercise 2.1.B - Do the same for lectures.
1 B
2 A
3 C
4 D
5 A
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BREAK
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Handout (Cambridge) exercise L9 - From the opening statement, what do you think will be the main topic?
1 the United Kingdom
2 the Award for Architecture
3 (patterns of) Irish linen
4 human and animal figures carved in hillsides
5 (Professor Brown’s talk on) the geology of Mars
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exercise L10 - Choose the correct topic from the opening statement.
1 C
2 B
3 D
4 D
5 A
6 D
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exercise L11 - Is the topic stated in the first sentence (or is the first sentence part of a more general introduction)?
1 Yes (magic squares)
2 No (public zoos)
3 No (the Pony Express)
4 Yes (butterfly farm in Penang)
5 No (gargoyles)
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exercise L12 - What will be the topic of each talk? (It’s different from what the first sentence is about.)
1 a written system to represent dance movements
2 reasons to settle in the Americas
3 contemporary photography’s lack of historical value
4 no official language of the United States
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Cengage exercise 9.1 - Listen and take notes. Then answer the main idea question about each conversation.
1 C
2 B
3 C
4 A
5 A
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Homework: exercise 9.2 - The handout and audio are in the Google Drive folder I sent to your email.