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[singleguy]

Listening Activity

I guess nobody else has any question about the grammar lesson. Thanks to dear Fara360 who taught us grammar and solved our grammatical problems instead of Sepideh.
by the way let's start the listening activity.
Every one should know the rules of this activity I put at the first post. Please read the first post again.
some of the activities are too long like the 2nd and 3rd one. you don't have to write all of that. try to write however you can! and you also have not to answer the questions.
The 1st one is also really short but in the next activity it'll be longer.

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The 1st one:

Plans for a family

A young college student
talks about her plans
to have children later in life.

Level: easy

Length: 0:30
Accent: General American
Gender: F
Speed: Slow

questions:
Question 1.) How long after marriage does she want children?
Question 2.) Why does she want to live near her parents.
Question 3.) How old is Colleen?

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the 2nd one:

How ideas pop to our minds

An undergraduate describes
how the mind works,
based on an introductory class
he took in cognitive psychology.

Level: Medium

Length: 2:17
Accent: General American
Gender: M
Speed: Fast


Questions:
Question 1.) Where did the speaker got these ideas from?
Question 2.) Thinking about his friend in a plane crash was the end of a chain of thoughts. What did he see that started that?
Question 3.) What does he recommend when you have trouble thinking of things?
Question 4.) How does he say the brain works?

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the 3rd one:

Titanic

The speaker talks about
the movie, Titanic, and explains
why she thinks many different people liked it.

Level: Hard

Length: 4:15
Accent: General American
Gender: F
Speed: Slow

questions:
Question 1.) What major illusion does she think the sinking of the Titanic destroyed?
Question 2.) What does the speaker say was the disadvantage of the era of chivalry?
Question 3.) Why does she think that the film represented the end of an era?
Question 4.) What did she think attracted most people, especially young people, to see the film?
Question 5.) What does she think is essential for a movie to become popular all over the world?

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[extreme2006gh]

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Video Aided Instruction’s English Grammar Series makes the tricky rules of English grammar easier to learn than ever before — whether you’re new to English or you’ve been speaking it for years!
The 10 programs in this series are each divided into 3 to 5 short lessons, making them perfect for classroom use or self-study. They’re also ideal for reviewing forgotten grammar or preparing for many verbal standardized tests such as the SAT, TOEFL, GED, and GRE. Plus, they can really help you improve your grades in school or your performance on the job!
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[singleguy]

Listening scripts

hi
the time of listening activity has just finished. and your answers:

Brain

several month ago I saw the movie called Titanic hmmm I saw it actually
on oppening day in United States and the was .... and ... movie for
several months ppl from all of the worlds ....... to see this movie
including a no ppl fro all of the worlds and I was really ...... to see
how many ppl how many diffrent types of ppl to see this one movie and
from reading report so ... the ppl want to see this movie and when I'd like
that so many ppl like that a I was ... by how many by diffrences but they
found attractted about movie. a lot of ppl espessially young ppl really
like the love story and ... most for than the love story beetween
2 main characters the young poor amerkian played by Leonardo Decaprio
and a he is from west and ....... from Filadelfia who is about ....
marriage and of coruse they fall in love just before the Titanic hits the
iceberg the ship hits the iceberg and .... but and this love story atrracted
many ppl but ... number of other ppl atrracted to ... and ... the end of
the movie ..........what Titanic is about the old ..... of manners ...of ...
women and childern first which words ..... we admire ....





Extreme2006gh

1.
My name is colleen , -------------- right now .I would like to start a family. I would like to get married and then maybe 3 or 4 years later have two children, hopefully one girl and one boy and our ---------

2. -----

3. 7 month ago I saw the movie called titanic ------
And from reading report about the people went to see this movie and why they liked it , so many people liked it . I was -----by how many , by the differences in what they found attractive about the movie , a lot of people specially young people really like the love story and that s what help the most for them.
The love story between two main characters, young poor battalion American play by Leonardo D-caprio and he was made from the west, and upper crust socialized from Philadelphia who is about the lovely marriage, and of course they follow love just before the titanic hits the iceberg, the ship hits the iceberg and it sinks .
And this love story was attractive for many people but from a number of other people were attracted to the notion of an era , the end of a movie pertain to end of an era and That s in a way what titanic is about. the old ------- the era of manners , the era of chivalry ,of women and children first which were good values, which are in a values of we admire but it was also in age of astriction in which women could not necessarily married the man they chose and thinks like that there was an era of good qualities and bad qualities and way titanic merge the passing of this era, because there were many changes that came shortly after the titanic was sank .and one of the changes was that people were ------ from saying that a ship or something else was unthinkable or indestructible that people had this attitude that technology could be made infallible -----
but one the other things that people were attracted to specially Japanese man and that s one thing abstracted me very much , they were attracted to sins of people of man sacrificing around life for other people of man giving up themselves and everything they had , so the people -- - - -
and this is the thing are attractive - - - - -

I think that s element of being able to be many things to many people many different things is really essential for a movie that is
And this is why that movie has become so popular all over the world .





C.Breezy

Hi My name is Collin and I'm Only 18 right now But when I finish my education I would like to start a family . I would like to get married and three or four years later have two children hopefully one girl and one boy and I'll probably live pretty close to my parents cause I miss them




Hoseinist

Plans for a family
Hi my name is Colleen, and I’m only teenage now. By I finish my education I would like to start a family I would ld like to get married and then maybe 3 or 4 years latter has 2 children, hopefully one girl and one boy , and I probably live ….to my parents ……..

Question 1.) How long after marriage does she want children? 3 or 4 years latter she want children
Question 2.) Why does she want to live near her parents?............
Question 3.) How old is Colleen? now she is a teenager

Single Boy


Hi. My name is Colin. And I’m only eighteen right now. But when I finish my education I …….to start a family. I would like to get marred and then maybe 3or 4 years later has 2 children. Hopefully one girl and one boy and I probably live closely to my parents

Thanks to dear Hoseinist who answered the questions in addition to description

Main scripts and answers

plans for a family
hi my name's Colleen. and i'm only eighteen right now, but when i finish my education, i would like to start a family. i would like to get married and then maybe three or four years later have two children, hopefully one girl and one boy. and i'll probably live pretty close to my parents, because i 'd miss them.
Question 1.) How long after marriage does she want children?
Answer 1.) About three or four years after getting married.


Question 2.) Why does she want to live near her parents.
Answer 2.) Because she would miss them


Question 3.) How old is Colleen?
Answer 3.) She is eighteen.












how ideas pop to our minds

um i was speaking with my girlfriend yesterday. and we were talking about how ideas pop into peoples heads. how how people come to think of things. how they are reminded of things. um the brain_ i'm a psychology major. and i took a cognitive psych class. and this is what my professor taught me. the brain works like a network, like a networking system. they are_ it's i guess like a web. and when things_ you_ when you learn new things, you place them some where on the web. and though_ there're networks_ there're connections that are made other things around it. like, you can actually think of it in terms of a physical map where where it's got like stems are coming out of it. like let's say, you're thinking of a dog, the stems right around the dog might be cat, um owner fur and in turn in turn the thing around the cat might be rabbit, cat food, dish and like that, and so and so forth. you could actually_ that's why sometimes like if you think of dog_ if you see a dog you might think of um you might think of your your cat at home. yaknow you might think maybe your cat at home's name was like Spot. and you might think Spot was a dog you had when you were a kid. and it it_ the connections are pretty incredible how and how quickly it happens. uh we're driving home and i saw deer running across the road. and i thought_ and i i realized how how quickly i thought i thought deer and the deer reminds me of a dog, the dog that happened to pop in my head was my friend's. my friend was recently in a plane crash. and that reminded me of something else and just by seeing the deer all this string of this string of memories popped into me, popped into my head. and um... and uh_ huh whatjumacallit... that's why sometimes things pop into your head and that's why, maybe if you_ if you've a trouble thinking of something, you could just think of things that might be related to it. and it will pop into your head because those connections might fire. and um it'll come close to the area where the actual memory of the object that you cannot think of is. if that's clear at all.
Question 1.) Where did the speaker got these ideas from?
Answer 1.) From a psychology class he took.


Question 2.) Thinking about his friend in a plane crash was the end of a chain of thoughts. What did he see that started that?
Answer 2.) A deer crossing the road.


Question 3.) What does he recommend when you have trouble thinking of things?
Answer 3.) He says you should just think of related things, and then what you can??t remember will pop into your head.


Question 4.) How does he say the brain works?
Answer 4.) He says it works like a networking system, or like a web.




Titanic
several months ago i saw the movie called titanic. um... i saw it actually on opening day in the United States, and the the theater was was packed. and... this turned out to be the norm for that movie for a several months. people from all over the world streamed into the theaters to see this movie including uh... people from all over the world. and it was really quite a phenomenon to see how many people_ how many different types of people went to see this one movie. and from reading reading reports about people_ the people who went to see this movie and why they liked it, so many people liked it. uh i was struck by how many_ the_ by the differences in what they found attractive about the movie. a lot of people, especially young people, really liked the love story. and that's what held the most uh for them, the love story between the two main characters, a young ah poor but talented american played by Leonardo Dicaprio and uh... he was from the mid west, and... an uppercrust socialite from Philadelphia who was about to enter a loveless marriage. and of course, they fall in love just before the Titanic hits the iceberg, the ship hits the iceberg and it sinks. but_ and this love story is what attracted many people.
but... from a_ a number of other people were attracted to... the notion of an era_ the end of an_ uh a movie portraying the end of an era. and that's in a way what Titanic is about. the old Edwardian era, the era of manners, the era of chivalry, of uh of women and children first, which were good values which are yaknow values that we admire. but it was also an age of restriction in which women could not necessarily marry the men that they chose. ah... and things like that. so there wa- there was an era of good qualities and bad qualities. and in a way Titanic marked the passing of this era because there were many changes that came shortly after the titanic was sunk. and one of the changes was that people refrain from saying that a ship or something else was unsinkable or indestructible, that people had this idea_ attitude that the technology or the accomplishments of men could be could be made infallible, and indestructible. and this was shuttered by the destruction of titanic.
but one of the other things that people were attracted to, especially japanese men and that's one thing struck me very much, they were attracted to uh_ scenes of people, of men sacrificing their own lives for other people, of men giving up their selves and everything they had, so people they never met could live. and uh this is the thing attracted many many other people. now one can be attracted to one of these things or many of these things, but i think that element of being of being able to be many things to many people, many different things, is really essential for a movie that is going to have a broad base of popularity. and this is why that movie i think has become so popular all over the world.
Question 1.) What major illusion does she think the sinking of the Titanic destroyed?
Answer 1.) The idea that a ship, or any of the works of men, were indestructible.


Question 2.) What does the speaker say was the disadvantage of the era of chivalry?
Answer 2.) That it was an age of restriction when women could not marry the men that they chose.


Question 3.) Why does she think that the film represented the end of an era?
Answer 3.) Because shortly after that there were many changes that brought about the end of the values of the Edwardian era.


Question 4.) What did she think attracted most people, especially young people, to see the film?
Answer 4.) The story of two young people falling in love just before the ship hit the iceberg.


Question 5.) What does she think is essential for a movie to become popular all over the world?
Answer 5.) She thinks that it needs to be able to be many things to many different people; in other words it has to be appealing for a variety of reasons.

Tomorrow we should study the first lesson of the Elementary Vocabulary. Maybe Sepid12ir is going to tell you something about that

Have fun
Single Boy

[sepid12ir]

hey guys, how are 'ya doin?
well, I was away for a while but I'm glad to see this topic lively , hope u all enjoy the holiday
today we should all work on vocabulary. as u know, we work on 'Elementary Vocabulary By B J THOMA', since it is easy I think it would be better if u all could cover two units of that today n if there was any question about the words or the examples dun hesitate n ask us, it will be answered soon

besides, if u like u can have some of yr own examples today to see whether they are correct or not
have a happy dayl
Sepidehl

[singleguy]

I have a problem. What is the first unite? Dictionary practice or The family?
let me ask it in other way: is the Dictionary practice a unite itself or not?
Thanks

[sepid12ir]

I have a problem. What is the first unite? Dictionary practice or The family?
let me ask it in other way: is the Dictionary practice a unite itself or not?
Thanks

no, u should go thru 'the family'
dictionary practice is just sorta trying to make learners familir with the usage of dictionary n how to look up the words...of course there should be a small practice for new learners how to use a dictionary but since u are almost familiar with the whole stuff about dic u should go thru the topicsn I asked u to cover two units bcuz that's a duck soup...really easy n it is just a review
happy studyinl

[singleguy]

Hi....
Is there any volunteer to explain the second grammar lesson?
If yes, hurry up

[masoudtr]

it's really good idea for voc
but it's very easy and i don't think no one have question about it

Is there any volunteer to explain the second grammar lesson?

what is the second grammar?
is your INTENTION from the BOOK (English Grammar in Use with Answers

[brain]

Lesson 2
Present Simple ( I do )

1 . This tense is used when you talk about things in general. Something happens all the time or repetedly, or that something is true in general.

I / you / we / they + drive / work / do etc
He / she / it + drives / works / does tec

example:

I usually go to the movies at the weekends

He eats launch at 12 oclock everyday

Notice:

I work but He works ......... they teach but My sister teaches

2.We use do / does to make question and negative sentences

example:

I go to the movies at the weekends
Do you go to the movies at the weekends

He eats launch at 12 oclock everyday
He doesn't eat launch at 12 oclock everyday


Notice:

He works but Does he work? .......... She teaches but Does she teach?

3. Present Simple can be used with these periods of time


every + (year-day etc)
each + (year-day etc)
during + (a day etc)
every other + (day-week etc)


example:

I go to travel every year

I go to bathroom every other day

4.Present Simple can be used with these adverbs of frequency

ever-never-always-usually-often-sometimes

example:

They never play golf

5.This tense could be used in passive tense

are/is + p.p

example:

We eat food ...... Food is eaten

I pick up oranges ..... Oranges are picked

درس 2
حال ساده

1-حال ساده در مواردی استفاده می شود که ما کاری را به صورت عادت و تکرار انجام می دهیم.

I / you / we / they + drive / work / do etc
He / she / it + drives / works / does tec

مثال:

I usually go to the movies at the weekends

He eats launch at 12 oclock everyday

نکته:

وجود s / es در آخر فعل سوم شخص الزامی می باشد.

He works اما I work
My sister teaches اما They teach

2-با استفاده از do / does می توان جملات حال ساده را سوالی یا منفی نمود.

مثال:

I go to the movies at the weekends
Do you go to the movies at the weekends?

He eats launch at 12 oclock everyday
He doesn't eat launch at 12 oclock everyday

نکته:

Does he work? اما He works
Does she teach? اما She teaches

3-قیود زمان



every + (year-day etc)
each + (year-day etc)
during + (a day etc)
every other + (day-week etc)




مثال:

I go to travel every year

I go to bathroom every other day

4-قیود تکرار

ever-never-always-usually-often-sometimes

مثال:

They never play golf

5-حال ساده در حالت مجهول :

are/is + p.p

مثال:

We eat food ...... Food is eaten

I pick up oranges ..... Oranges are picked

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If you do all practice absolutely understand better this lesson
If you have questions plz ask
Have fun

s your INTENTION from the BOOK (English Grammar in Use with Answers

Yes

but it's very easy and i don't think no one have question about it

We know it but againest the schedule, we should do it

[singleguy]

Thanks to dear Brain who explained the grammar.
why don't you tell me your idea about the subject of Writing activity?:

send Brain or me your idea and suggestion about the subject till tonight. If not, maybe we have to choose a subject that you don't like
I will explain more about what you should do for this activity at night. so bye till night