LISTENING NO. 15: Adrenaline Rush

LISTENING NO. 14: How to make candy apples

INTRODUCTION

Before working on this listening, we are going to review some basic vocabulary: handy, skewers, parchment paper, coating.

handy adjective (USEFUL)

/ˈhæn.di/

useful or convenient

a handy container/tool

First-time visitors to France will find this guide particularly handy.

It's a nice house and it's handy for (= near) the station.

informal Don't throw those bottles away - they'll come in handy (= be useful) for the picnic next Sunday.

skewer noun

/skjʊər//ˈskjuː.ɚ/ [C]

a long thin metal pin used for holding pieces of food, especially meat, together during cooking

Parchment paper, also known as baking parchment paper, is a cellulose-based paper that is used as a disposable non-stick surface intended for use in baking.

coat noun (COVER)

/kəʊt//koʊt/ [C]

(also coating) a layer of a particular substance that covers something

I'll give the walls a quick coat of paint.

two coats of varnish

a thick coating of chocolate

Cheap Recipes:
How To Make Toffee Apples

LISTENING NO. 13: The United States Flag

Let's listen to Randall's videos again. This time, let's learn a little bit more about the American flag.

Click below:

http://www.esl-lab.com/tradition/usflag-video.htm

LISTENING NO. 13: Breakfast at home

Today, we will work on a listening exercise from Randall's lab.

Click below to do the listening:

http://www.esl-lab.com/breakfastrecipes/breakfastrecipes-video.htm

LISTENING NO. 12: 007 - The Living Daylights

The expression "living daylights" is a very limited one in English, restricted to a couple of expressions:

"To knock/beat the living daylights out of someone"
"To scare the living daylights out of someone"

beat/knock the (living) daylights out of sb

to hit someone very hard, many times

I'll knock the living daylights out of him if he says that again!

frighten/scare, etc. the (living) daylights out of sb

to frighten someone very much

Don't jump out on me like that! You scared the living daylights out of me!

In our listening session today, we will watch a trailer from the movie "007 - The Living Daylights". After watching the trailer, you will need to complete a gap-filling exercise.

LISTENING NO. 8: New York Travel

Let´s listen to this passage on a trip to New York and see how much we understood.

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LISTENING NO. 1: UK mums protest over pink girls' toys

In our session today we are going to listen an interesting news: it seems that some mums (or moms, that is, mothers) in the United Kingdom are protesting over the spreading of too many pink toys for girls.

You should listen to this paragraph at home, with headphones (not earphones) and when you are alone and quiet at home or at some other comfortable place. You will realize that using headphones help a lot to understand more than by just listening to it in the classroom.

After listening to this several times, you can check how much you have understood/remembered about the paragraph you have just heard. Click on the link below:

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0912/091209_pink_toys-t.htm