2018-09-12 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/is-there-any-truth-to-the-king-arthur-legends-alan-lupack/
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Homework: finish exercise 6.1 in the handout (passages 12-18), answer the questions about passage 5 and 6 in the new handout
Check your answers with your partner. Convince them they’re wrong if you disagree.
exercise 6.1
12 this method = satellite photography
13 them = American importers
14 where = NYC
   the time = the 1920s
   there = Paris
15 this creature = anemone
   it = the nest (or the clown fish)
16 his = Hamlin Garland
   his mentor = William Dean Howells
17 they = fats
   these = basic types of nutrients (“of these” means fat is one of “these”, so it can’t be calories)
   which = fat-soluble vitamins
   some = fats
18 there = the Wisconsin Dells
   others = strange formations
exercise 6.2
21 D
22 A
23 D
24 A
25 A
26 C
27 C
28 A
29 B
30 B
31 A
32 D
33 C
34 D
35 B
36 B
37 C (The Parthians were their enemies.)
38 A
39 C (“The Silk Road had effects on history, not just on that of Rome, but on that of all the lands...”)
40 A
41 A
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Pronouns in dependent and independent clauses:
- John lost his wallet.
- John couldn’t pay for lunch.
Because John lost his wallet, he couldn’t pay for lunch.
Because he lost his wallet, John couldn’t pay for lunch.
John couldn’t pay for lunch because he lost his wallet.
*He couldn’t pay for lunch because John lost his wallet. (This makes it sound like someone else couldn’t pay for lunch, possibly because John lost that other person’s wallet.)
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Listening Section: second section, 60-90 minutes, 2-3 sets of three listenings, each set has about 17 questions and 10 minutes to choose answers (not including listening time)
Listening Question Types:
- main idea
- purpose
- attitude
- organization
- inference
- detail
- function
- prediction
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DELTA p. 196 - Read through the strategies for the listening section.
p. 197 - Listen to the conversation and answer the question.
Look at the wrong answers. Often incorrect answers include some of the same words (or similar words) to the listening, but not quite right.
p. 199 describes some other ways an answer can be wrong
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BREAK
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Handout (Cambridge) p. 265 exercise L9 - Identify the topic in your own words.
1 United Kingdom (and the countries in it)
2 architecture award
3 Irish linen
4 figures carved into hillsides
5 geology of Mars
p. 266 exercise L10 - Choose the correct topic
1 C
2 B
3 A
4 D
5 A
6 D
p. 267 exercise L11 - Identify the topic and whether the topic is mentioned in the first sentence.
1 yes - magic squares
2 no - public zoos
3 no - Pony Express
4 yes - butterfly farm in Malaysia
5 no - gargoyles
p. 268 exercise L12 - What is the topic of each lecture?
1 representing movements in dance
2 reasons to settle in the New World
3 the (un)reliability of photography for historical evidence
4 (lack of) official languages in the US
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de jure = according to the law
de facto = based on what actually happens in fact
- The US has no de jure official language, but the de facto national language is English.
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Cengage exercise 9.1
1 C
2 B
3 C
4 A
5 A
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Homework: Cengage exercise 9.2 (The pdf and audio are at the link I emailed to you.)