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Listen to the following words and expressions and repeat after the recording.
Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with the words and expressions you have just heard.
I have been learning English for more than 10 years.I can’t say I’ve got 1)__________to learn English.However, I can talk about my experience and understanding about English learning.I would like to 2)__________the following two questions about it.
Question 1: Does the accent really matter?
If your 3)__________with other people is going well, what you are saying is far more important than your accent.Some celebrities speak English with their accent while they are having 4)__________.However, you can gain your confidence from a good accent, especially for the beginners.5)__________, a good accent can impress other people really well when you first meet them.For your English teachers, it will take some time for them to judge whether your English is good or not.If your accent is 6), at least, it proves that you make a strong effort in learning English.In that case, you can easily 7)__________the back for it, which would encourage you to speak it better than others.
Question 2: Can watching English movies help improve English?
Learning English is not 8)__________be exhausting, but it is surely not easy.Normally, watching English TV series or movies once won’t work for you.However,you may get a basic understanding of the English language by watching.Next, taking notes of useful and interesting expressions will help improve your vocabulary.Then, review and 9)__________them.If you want to practice your extensive listening, try to pick those TV series or movies 10)__________.Just like learning to ride a bicycle,you won’t know how to ride it if you only rely on its training wheels.Without subtitles,understanding the English may be difficult, but as you persevere with your listening you will understand more and more of the English being spoken.
Listen carefully and decide whether the following statements are true or false based on the information you have just heard.
1．□ True □ False
Many of you fail your compositions because you often obtain wrong advice.
2．□ True □ False
It is extremely important to have a good topic for a high-quality English composition.
3．□ True □ False
A detailed outline helps to record every essential subtopic and subcategory.
4．□ True □ False
The most important section of an English composition is its main body.
5．□ True □ False
A sound thesis statement may not be able to improve the quality of your introduction.
6．□ True □ False
You should always start your discussion with a weak argument and finish with a weighty one.
Watch the video and fill in the blanks with the information you have obtained from it, and then retell what the speaker says.
Knowing two or more languages means that your brain may actually look and work differently than those of your 1)__________friends.
I.What does it really mean to know a language?
● Language ability is typically measured in two active parts, 2)__________, and two passive parts, 3)__________.
● While a balanced bilingual individual has near equal abilities across the board in two languages, most people around the world know and use their languages in varying proportions.
II.Most people who are bilingual can be classified into three general categories.Take Gabriella as an example.
● She is a compound bilingual.
● Her teenage brother might be a 4)__________bilingual.
● Her parents are likely to be 5)__________bilinguals.
III.How specific aspects of language learning affect the bilingual brain?
● The brain’s left hemisphere is more dominant and analytical in 6)__________, while the right hemisphere is more active in 7)__________.
● According to the critical period hypothesis, children learn languages more easily because the plasticity of their 8)__________lets them use both sides of their brain in language learning, while in most adults, language is confined to one of the brain hemispheres, usually the left side.
IV.Being multilingual gives your brain some 9)__________.
● Some of these are 10)__________, such as the higher density of the grey matter in your brain.
● It also 11)__________the onset of diseases, like Alzheimer’s and dementia by as much as five years.
● While bilingualism may not necessarily make you smarter, it does make your brain more 12)__________.