Week 10: Listening Comprehension Exercise 2

Listening Comprehension Exercise 2

Listen to the following recording about a trip Sergi and his college friend took to Florida. Decide if the following statements are true (T), false (F), or possible (P). If false, indicate why they are not correct.

01.	T	F	P	Both of them ate ravioli the day in which they got to Florida.
02.	T	F	P	At MGM they got to understand how some movies were made.
03.	T	F	P	After arriving in Key West, they slept for about 5 hours.
04.	T	F	P	At MGM they got a chance to see stunt masters.
05.	T	F	P	They got to Key West before August 1st.
06.	T	F	P	Sergi and his friend are studying in a university located outside Florida.
07.	T	F	P	They left Orlando at about 8 p.m.
08.	T	F	P	In his house in Key West, Hemingway wrote The Old Man and the Sea.
09.	T	F	P	Nightlife in Key West is not really exciting.
10.	T	F	P	They stayed in Florida for about 6 days.
11.	T	F	P	At Daytona Beach they got suntanned.
12.	T	F	P	They didn’t eat seafood in Key West.
13.	T	F	P	There are musicians performing lively outdoors.
14.	T	F	P	While snorkeling they saw a barracuda.
15.	T	F	P	Cars can still race on Daytona Beach today.
16.	T	F	P	The first thing they did in Key West was to find a place to stay.
17.	T	F	P	At the beginning of this century people raced on the beach.
18.	T	F	P	Once the trip to Key West was over, they went back to the university.
19.	T	F	P	Key West is an archipelago.

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Week 9: Listening Comprehension Exercise 1

Michelle’s Date

Watch the following video containing a monologue and answer the following questions.

01. Who likes Frankie?

02. Who is standing by the lockers?

03. What is Frankie wearing?

04. What instrument is he carrying along with him?

05. What does Frankie ask Michelle?

06. How does he ask Michelle out?

07. What hits Michelle on her head when Frankie hugs her?

08. How many stiches does she have on the forehead?

09. When is the social event they are attending together?

10. How is Frankie planning to take Michelle to the event?

11. What does Michelle hope Frankie will forget?

12. How does Michelle feel about the accident?

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Week 8: Linking and Reading Practice

Juan Rios: Magic Juan DJ

A Lifetime behind the Turntables

Read the text below, paying close attention to how the words are pronounced. Don't forget to link the words properly.

How much do you like music? Do you like it enough to become a DJ? Well, this is the case of Juan Ríos, a digital electronics technician and a professional DJ living in Santiago de Chile and whose life is surrounded by music.

Juan’s taste for music started at age 8 when his father bought a radio / tape recorder and player. At age 14, he started with his vinyl or record collection that has not stopped yet. The very first song he recorded on tape for himself was Another One Bites the Dust by the British rock band, Queen. The very first record he bought for his collection was Hit a Run Lover by Carol Jiany.

As a DJ, Juan loves to mix music at home, in parties, or discos. He says that he started mixing at the age of 15 with cassette tapes. He’s now been in this business for almost 25 years. His favorite music genres, he says, are hop and progressive. However, his music collection is not just related to hop and progressive; it also includes rock, disco, electronic, etc.

Juan has definitely a vast selection of music that he shares with his friends and fellow DJs. A way in which he shares his music collection is by broadcasting music on an online radio based in Chile.

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