Part I Listening and Reading
I Listen and read along.
br —brain, breeze, brown, bring
cr—cry, cream, crown, crime
dr—dry, dream, drown, drive
fr—fry, freeze, fruit, Friday
gr—great, green, grow, grape
pr—pray, preach, pretty, price
tr—try, tree, trip, translate
II Listen to the sentences and underline the monograms mentioned above.
1. Try this cream—it’s great for spots.
2. You can’t put a price on a friendship.
3. I dropped my glasses and broke them.
4. He paused, drawing a deep breath.
5. Dust masks are graded according to the protection they offer.
Listening Skills
Listening for Proper Names of Workplace’s Supporting Buildings
Proper names of workplace’s supporting buildings usually refer to working environment and working responsibilities of a company. They can clearly indicate the identity of speakers and the specific working situation. They are very popular in language communications.Here are some tips for listening for them.
1. Develop the habit of preparing for some relevant background information about workplace’s supporting buildings.
2. Be familiar with the words and expressions used in workplace’s supporting buildings.For example, names of workplace’s supporting buildings may include: room, centre,office etc. The names of workplace’s supporting buildings can be learned better if we associate the spelling with the pronunciation.
3. Practise the pronunciation of some proper names of workplace’s supporting buildings.Group these names together by the pronunciation similarity or their functions. Quick response to names of workplace’s supporting buildings requires not only memory but knowledge, so more drills are needed in this way.