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Susan's Wedding Day: English Listening Practice for Beginners
- Learn English Listening from the Basics – Perfect for Junior & Senior High Students (Beginner) Tip:It takes [4:18] to read this article.
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DescriptionPractice listening easily with 15 minutes daily! This book selects 2-minute short passages at a moderate difficulty level, suitable for beginners. Through four stages—'pre-listening, catching keywords, understanding sentence by sentence, and overall retelling'—learners progressively understand over 90% of the content. Consistent practice leads to qualitative changes and rapid improvement in your English listening skills! Below is a selection by qicai website editors of some listening materials starting from the simplest level, suitable for junior and senior high school (beginner level).
Susan is getting married. Her fiance's name is Michael. They are in love. They are getting married today. Susan wakes up early. She is getting her hair done. Susan is having her makeup done too. Susan looks beautiful.She puts on her white wedding dress. She puts on her veil. Susan needs something blue. Her garter is blue. Susan needs something old. Her grandmother's ring is old.
Susan needs something borrowed. She is wearing her mother's jewelry. Susan needs something new. Her shoes and dress are new. Susan needs a penny for her shoe. It will bring her good luck. Susan is ready to get married.
Listening Comprehension- veil
noun
1. a garment that covers the head and face
Synonym: head covering
2. a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church
a silk shawlSynonym: humeral veil
3. the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
Synonym: caulembryonic membrane
4. a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
Synonym: velum
- penny
noun
1. a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
Synonym: centcentime
2. a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom
equal to one hundredth of a pound - makeup
noun
1. cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
Synonym: make-upwar paint
2. the way in which someone or something is composed
Synonym: constitutioncompositionphysical compositionmake-up
3. an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event
e.g. he missed the test and had to take a makeup
the two teams played a makeup one week laterSynonym: make-up
- borrowed
- garter
noun
1. a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
Synonym: supporter
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