TASK 5 - What Do You Like And Dislike About Your Country? (25th October - 7th November 2014) - KILL YOUR FEAR OF TALKING!

Hello guys,

here I am with the TASK 5. This time I have to post it via my phone because till Wednesday I am without laptop. Hope, I am able to manage it but for you, guys..everything :D

My thanks go to those of you who were brave and posted their records, killed their fear of talking. Well done and thank you for reading slowly ;)

By the way Hamza came up with an interesting idea. He suggested we should also record our comments. It means that instead of text message, there would be audio records in which we would comment other records. Do you agree?

However, high time to post the topic..

A) SPEAKING

What's going to be today's topic? Hope you all are curious!! Well, I would like you to think properly because maybe it isn't so easy to answer my question. So please share with us: What do you like and dislike about your country?

Try to sum it up, write down some helpful points and record yourself. Of course you can write a blog on this topic and read it for us.

B) READING

Here is the text for those of you who prefer reading and don't feel confident to speak.

First people in Europe

The oldest human footprints outside of Africa have been discovered in Britain, dating back around a million years.
They were found on a beach on the Norfolk coast and are direct evidence of the earliest known humans in Northern Europe.
“They’re without doubt the oldest human footprints in Europe and some of the oldest human footprints in the world, so they’re really incredibly important finds.”
The prints were first discovered in May last year during low tide. Storms and rough seas had eroded the sand at Happisburgh to reveal hollows resembling human footprints. They recorded the surface using photogrammetry, a technique which can stitch together digital photographs to create a permanent record and 3D image of the imprint.
The images and model were unveiled at a news conference at the British Museum in London.
“The spread of footprint size gives us an indication that we have children, a number of children and then probably some adults there with at least one, probably male.”
Discoveries of ancient man footprints are extremely rare. The Happisburgh ones are the only ones of this age in Europe. There are only three other sets that are older and they are in Africa.
Scientists now say the discovery will rewrite our understanding of human occupation of Britain and Europe.
“This suggests that these people indeed had greater capabilities than we thought to expand really to the edge of the inhabited world of that time.”

Difficult words: resemble (be similar to), stitch (put), unveil (show).

Here is the link of the website with the tex btw awesome website, check it!!!

http://m.newsinlevels.com/products/first-people-in-europe-level-31/

So that's all and I am waiting and waiting for your records :) Don't be cowards and go for it, record yourself and join us!!!

Replies

- Lady Anne > Chandra November 1, 2014 13:38
  
  Wow.....what a captivating voice you have Chandra! You have a perfect pronunciation and your diction is very very good.
  
  I just have one negative comment. You read the whole thing as if you treated it as one sentence only. A pause for each sentence can render your reading flawless. Take it slowly and never read an article as if the full stop is at the end of it.
  
  Good luck!
- Chandra > Lady Anne November 1, 2014 19:18
  
  Hi, Anele
  
  http://vocaroo.com/i/s059V5Jr6mET
- Lady Anne > Chandra November 2, 2014 2:08
  
  Did I hear it right? Reader master? Hahaha....you're kidding. Anyway, thanks for such a great reply. Since you recorded it, I also recorded mine:
  
  https://audioboom.com/boos/2614040-reply-to-chandra
- tawfeeq > Lady Anne November 4, 2014 19:29
  
  Hi Anele @ I was looking for your record …..Wow it is always charming .
- Lady Anne > tawfeeq November 8, 2014 7:46
  
  Thank you Tawfeeq. I am looking forward to your recording, too!
- Luci > Chandra October 30, 2014 13:24
  
  Hello Chandra,
  
  here is my reply: http://vocaroo.com/i/s1rRX3O8MkjY
- Chandra > Luci October 30, 2014 22:15
  
  Hello Luci,
  
  http://vocaroo.com/i/s02FKHUwG4vF
Prual René October 29, 2014 16:53

Good afternoon everybody. This time, I prefer record the "reading" part of Task N° 5:

Here it is:

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1tSJP0qcO8T
- Luci > Prual René October 30, 2014 13:48
  
  Hello Mr. René,
  
  here is my comment :
  
  http://vocaroo.com/i/s0oYKSPlh0DO
- Prual René > Luci October 31, 2014 10:32
  
  Luci, good morning, and thank you for your comment.
  
  Apparently, the word "direct" may be pronounced the two ways, according www.howjsay.com. But I have sometimes some problems to know the exact pronunciation of
  
  the "i" English. i.e: the word "practice"
  
  regards

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