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[4:38] Mark's Big Hockey Game: English Listening Practice for Teens

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    This English listening passage tells the story of 15-year-old Mark who loves hockey. The simple content is suitable for beginners and helps improve English listening skills through a story about a teenager's sports life.

    Practice listening easily every day for 15 minutes! This book selects 2-minute short passages with moderate difficulty, suitable for beginners. Through the four stages of “pre-listening—catching keywords—understanding sentence by sentence—overall retelling,” you will gradually understand over 90% of the content. Keep practicing and you will see qualitative improvement in your English listening skills! Below is a listening content selection for beginners and junior high/high school students from qicai.com.

    Mark's favorite sport is hockey. He is 15 years old. Mark practices three times a week. Practices are two hours long. Mark plays one game a week. Mark is a good hockey player.

    He plays on Friday nights. Friday night hockey games are popular. Mark's family watches him play. Mark's friends watch him play too. There are always many fans.

    Tonight is the big game. Coaches are coming to watch Mark play. Mark wants to play in the National Hockey League. Mark wants to make a lot of money. It is very hard to play in the NHL.

    Mark's parents want him to go to college. They want him to have an education. They want Mark to be successful. They want Mark to be happy.

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Vocabulary Guide

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  • popular

    adj

    1. (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)

    Synonym: pop

    2. representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large

    e.g. democratic art forms
    a democratic or popular movement
    popular thought
    popular science
    popular fiction

    Synonym: democratic

    3. carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large

    e.g. the popular vote
    popular representation
    institutions of popular government

    4. regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public

    e.g. a popular tourist attraction
    a popular girl
    cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular

  • successful

    adj

    1. having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome

    e.g. a successful architect
    a successful business venture

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