Review Three.For this lesson,you need a piece of paper and a pencil.
[00:-1.00]OK.Listen to these sentences from the reading.
[00:-2.00]Just listen.Ready?
[00:-3.00]Park in American Cities When you park your car in an American city,
[00:-4.00]you should read the parking signs.
[00:-5.00]City police give people parking tickets or tow cars away for illegal parking.
[00:-6.00]If your car is towed,you have to pay a fine and the cost for towing it.
[00:-7.00]Be careful not to park near fire hydrants,
[00:-8.00]bus stops,driveways,and corners at intersections.
[00:-9.00]And remember this:It's always illegal to park on a sidewalk.
[00:10.00]Now listen and repeat.
[00:11.00]When you park a car in an American city,you should read the parking signs.
[00:12.00]Now listen to the sentences again and write it down.
[00:13.00]Do you have your paper and pencil ready?
[00:14.00]Listen and write.
[00:15.00]When you park a car in an American city,
[00:16.00]you should read the parking signs.
[00:17.00]Listen one more time.
[00:18.00]When you park a car..in an American city..you should read..the parking signs.
[00:19.00]Did you write it all down?
[00:20.00]Did you put a comma after city and a period at the end of the sentence?
[00:21.00]Good.Now let's do the second sentence.
[00:22.00]Do not write yet.Just listen and repeat.
[00:23.00]City police give people parking tickets or tow cars away for illegal parking.
[00:24.00]Now listen and write.
[00:25.00]City police give people parking tickets or tow cars away for illegal parking.
[00:26.00]Listen one more time.
[00:27.00]City police..give people parking tickets..or tow cars away..for illegal parking.
[00:28.00]Very good.Now the third sentence.
[00:29.00]Don't write;just listen and repeat.
[00:30.00]If your car is towed,you have to pay a fine and the cost for towing it.
[00:31.00]Listen to the sentence and write it this time.
[00:32.00]If your car is towed,you have to pay a fine and the cost for towing it.
[00:33.00]Listen one more time.
[00:34.00]If your car is towed,..you have to pay a fine..and the cost for towing it.
[00:35.00]Put a comma after towed.
[00:36.00]The word and should be underlined in that sentence
[00:37.00]to show that it is emphasized in speaking.
[00:38.00]Let's continue with the fourth sentence.Listen and repeat.
[00:39.00]Be careful not to park near fire hydrants,
[00:40.00]bus stops, driveways,and corners at intersections.
[00:41.00]And listen write.
[00:42.00]Be careful not to park near fire hydrants,
[00:43.00]bus stops, driveways,and corners at intersections.
[00:44.00]And listen again.
[00:45.00]Be careful not to park ..near fire hydrants,..
[00:46.00]bus stops, driveways,..and corners at intersections.
[00:47.00]Hydrants is spelled h-y-d-r-a-n-t-s.
[00:48.00]intersection is spelled i-n-t-e-r-s-e-c-t-i-o-n-s.
[00:49.00]Put commas after hydrants,stops,and driveways.
[00:50.00]Now the last sentence.Listen and repeat.
[00:51.00]And remember this:It's always illegal to park on a sidewalk.
[00:52.00]Good.Now write it down.
[00:53.00]And remember this:It's always illegal to park on a sidewalk.
[00:54.00]You need to put a colon after the word this.
[00:55.00]A colon is two periods,one above the other.
[00:56.00]You also need to capitalize It.Listen once again.
[00:57.00]And remember this:..It's always illegal..to park on a sidewalk.
[00:58.00]Excellent!The dictation is finished.
[00:59.00]You can check your answers in your book.
[-1:00.00]Take your time and check your spelling carefully.
[-1:-1.00]Now we're going to practice the pronunciation
[-1:-2.00]of some of the new words in the lesson.
[-1:-3.00]Listen carefully and repeat.
[-1:-4.00]sidewalk sidewalk
[-1:-5.00]driveway driveway
[-1:-6.00]fire hydrant fire hydrant
[-1:-7.00]intersection intersection
[-1:-8.00]parking ticket parking ticket
[-1:-9.00]tow tow
[-1:10.00]legal legal
[-1:11.00]illegal illegal
[-1:12.00]vary vary
[-1:13.00]temporarily temporarily
[-1:14.00]trespassing trespassing
[-1:15.00]alcoholic alcoholic
[-1:16.00]beverage beverage
[-1:17.00]alcoholic beverage alcoholic beverage
[-1:18.00]Great!Now let's add an S sound to some of these words.
[-1:19.00]First,listen to the difference:sidewalk..sidewalks.
[-1:20.00]Now listen and repeat.
[-1:21.00]sidewalk sidewalks
[-1:22.00]driveway driveways
[-1:23.00]fire hydrant fire hydrants
[-1:24.00]intersection intersections
[-1:25.00]parking ticket parking tickets
[-1:26.00]alcoholic beverage alcoholic beverages
[-1:27.00]Pay special attention to this word.
[-1:28.00]You can't just put an S sound at the end.
[-1:29.00]You have to add a syllable.Which sounds like IZ.Listen.
[-1:30.00]beverage..beverages
[-1:31.00]Now repeat.
[-1:32.00]beverage beverages
[-1:33.00]All of those words are nouns,and by adding the letter s you make them plural.
[-1:34.00]Listen and say whether the nouns are singular or plural.
[-1:35.00]It's always illegal to park on a sidewalk. Singular.
[-1:36.00]He parked his car in the driveway. ingular.
[-1:37.00]Be careful not to park near fire hydrants. Plural.
[-1:38.00]Parking near corners at intersections is illegal. Plural.
[-1:39.00]If you get a parking ticket,you have to pay a fine. Singular.
[-1:40.00]No alcoholic beverages. Plural.
[-1:41.00]Good.Listen carefully to these sentences.
[-1:42.00]If you hear"not-n-o-t"in the sentence,say"not."
[-1:43.00]If you hear"no-n-o,"say "no."
[-1:44.00]You cannot park here. Not.
[-1:45.00]This is no-smoking section. No.
[-1:46.00]There are no pets allowed in this building. No.
[-1:47.00]Customers should not bring food or drink into the store. Not.
[-1:48.00]There is a "No Left Turn"sign at that intersection. No.
[-1:49.00]Be careful not to trespass on private property. Not.
[-1:50.00]You must not enter through the exit. Not.
[-1:51.00]Do not play your radio on the bus. Not.
[-1:52.00]There are no alcoholic beverages served in this restaurant. No.
[-1:53.00]How did you do?Did you notice the difference between no and not?
[-1:54.00]Now listen and repeat.
[-1:55.00]No smoking. Do not park here.
[-1:56.00]No left turn. Do not trespass.
[-1:57.00]No pets. No alcoholic beverages.
[-1:58.00]You cannot park on a sidewalk.
[-1:59.00]Very good!This is the end of Review Three. |