Exercise in Understanding Spoken English
Because so many people said that they need help in understanding spoken English, I have made an exercise for you.
First, you will listen to an interview of Rachel Barton Pine on Youtube. Ms. Pine is a star violinist and a happy, energetic person. Then you will write answers to the questions below. You can listen to the interview as many times as you need to. You can have as much time as you need to complete this exercise. Try to answer the questions in correct English. I will make corrections for grammar and spelling in your response.
This is not a test, so try to relax and do the best you can.
Questions
1. How old was Rachel Barton Pine when she played her first concert with a major symphony orchestra?. What was the orchestra?
2. She had a serious accident with a train. Describe the accident.
3. A near death experience is an experience in which a person dies or nearly dies but returns to life. Rachel Barton Pine had a near death experience. Why did she choose to come back to life?
4. At the very end of the interview, she talks about her dream come true. What is that dream?
I think that Rachel Barton Pine is an awesome person. I hope you enjoyed listening to her.
Replies
1-BY ten Rachel was already performing with one of the world most orchestras in the world,chicago symphony
2-in January morning 1995....Rachel in twenty was getting off the train near chicago when her Violents dropped......the door she was pulled under knees ..one leg amputated and the other severely damaged
3-she chose to come back as she knew she had many things to accomplish with her life.
4-her dreams come true..as she is playing music she loves , travelling around the world sharing music with people and learn more new music everyday.
Thank yooou very much for this useful discussion ....i tried to answer these question correctly as possible as i can...i know i made many mistakes.but.i'll be happy to know the correction for them...thank yooou very much..:):)
Karol, You made only a few mistakes. Overall, your answers to the questions were good, although you did make some mistakes in grammar.
1. By ten, Rachel was was performing with one of the world's best orchestras, the Chicago Symphony.
2. One January morning in 1995, when Rachel was only 20 years old, her violin's strap got caught in the train she had just gotten off. She was dragged along and then pulled under the train. One of her legs was amputated and the other one was several damaged
3She is playing music she loves, traveling around the world sharing music with people, and learning more new music everyday.
Thank you very much for his useful discussion and I really appreciate your effort and help...I really hope that you provide us with more discussions like this one ...it really works and i think we need to learn how to listen videos in english and find who corrects our mistakes..:):)
Karol, thanks for writing to me. Only a few people answered the questions on the exercise, so I'm especially happy that you liked it and that you'd like more. Would you like listening and answering questions or reading and answering questions or both?
i like both....in both cases .....they are ways of training...but actually i prefer listening and answering.....:):):)..as iam not good at listening and hope to be better by training..:):):)..Thank yoooou very much..I really appreciate your help..:):):)
OK, Karol. I will look for some spoken English and then make another exercise for you.
Cool..:D..Thank yooou...i am waiting for it..:)):)
1. She was three years old
2. She was trying to enter in a train, when the doors closed. She was amputated a leg.
3. Because she had a lot of things to do
4. Play music for all the world
Hi there Pauline,
I'm unable to open the youtube video from the link you shared here. Will you please share the URL and name of the video?
The link works for me. I don't understand why it doesn't work for you. Here is the URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEzBq4xyIRM Please let me know whether this works.
Pauline
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