Use the following link to listen to some authentic English:
Most of us have room for improvement in our listening techniques. I encourage you to practice the methods I've just described in your very next conversation. Like anything new, they won't feel natural until you've used them a lot. But do so, and you'll definitely be on your way to improving this aspect of your charisma. Meanwhile, here are some further ideas on ways to make active listening easier for you:
1. Listen-really listen-to one person for one day.
Choose one person you could relate to better. Commit to listening to them-not just hearing them-for one day. After each meeting, ask ............
ادامه مطلب
A prefix is a letter or a group of letters attached to the beginning of a word that partly indicates its meaning. For example, the word prefix itself begins with a prefix--pre-, which generally means "before."
Understanding the meanings of the common prefixes can help us deduce the meanings of new words that we encounter. But be careful: some prefixes (such as in-) have more than one meaning (in this example, "not" and "into").
The table below defines and illustrates 35 common prefixes.....
ادامه مطلب
Because a large portion of time at university is spent
working with written sources of information, and because there is a
great deal of material to be covered in a short amount of time, it is
essential that your reading is both purposeful and efficient. To ensure
that this is the case, you will need to develop effective reading
strategies. Knowing how to read effectively involves understanding the
structure of texts, how to read for different purposes, and how to
reflect on your reading....
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First, it is often helpful to have some kind of "hook" (i.e., mnemonic or memory-device) to help you to retrieve the word or meaning that you want to remember. |
Second, you need practice in recalling the word. |
Third, you need to hear, see, and understand the word repeatedly in its various forms and in its most typical contexts... |
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Click on a poem below to listen and read the verse. With each poem, you have two options:
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I expect to pass through this world but once
When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride
Monday's child is fair of face
I met a traveller from an antique land
What a piece of work is a man!
At Tara today in this fateful hour
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Homophones
Homophones are words that have exactly the same sound (pronunciation) but different meanings and (usually) spelling.
For example, the following two words have the same sound, but different meanings and spelling:
In the next example, the two words have the same sound and spelling, but different meanings:
bear (the animal)
bear (to carry)
Usually homophones are in groups of two (our, hour), but very occasionally they can be in groups of three (to, too, two) or even four. If we take our "bear" example, we can add another word to the group"
bare (naked)
bear (the animal)
bear (to tolerate)
"Our bear cannot bear to be bare at any hour."
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The following list of 70 groups of homophones contains only the most common homophones, using relatively well-known words. These are headwords only. No inflections (such as third person singular "s" or noun plurals) are included.
| air | heir | |
| aisle | isle | |
| ante- | anti- | |
| eye | I | |
| bare | bear | bear |
| be | bee | |
| brake | break | |
| buy | by | |
| cell | sell | |
| cent | scent | |
| cereal | serial | |
| coarse | course | |
| complement | compliment | |
| dam | damn | |
| dear | deer | |
| die | dye | |
| fair | fare | |
| fir | fur | |
| flour | flower | |
| for | four | |
| hair | hare | |
| heal | heel | |
| hear | here | |
| him | hymn | |
| hole | whole | |
| hour | our | |
| idle | idol | |
| in | inn | |
| knight | night | |
| knot | not | |
| know | no | |
| made | maid | |
| male | ||
| meat | meet | |
| morning | mourning | |
| none | nun | |
| oar | or | |
| one | won | |
| pair | pear | |
| peace | piece | |
| plain | plane | |
| poor | pour | |
| pray | prey | |
| principal | principle | |
| profit | prophet | |
| real | reel | |
| right | write | |
| root | route | |
| sail | sale | |
| sea | see | |
| seam | seem | |
| sight | site | |
| sew | so | sow |
| shore | sure | |
| sole | soul | |
| some | sum | |
| son | sun | |
| stair | stare | |
| stationary | stationery | |
| steal | steel | |
| suite | sweet | |
| tail | tale | |
| their | there | |
| to | too | two |
| toe | tow | |
| waist | waste | |
| wait | weight | |
| way | weigh | |
| weak | week | |
| wear | where |
ابتدا فایل را دانلود کرده و از حالت فشرده خارج سازید. خواهید دید که یک فایل ام پی تری و یک فایل پی دی اف در آن وجود دارد که یکی متن و دیگری صدای خبر است. چند مرتبه اول فقط گوش کنید و در نهایت به متن نگاه کنید و باز هم آنقدر به آن گوش دهید تا تلفظ ها و اینتونیشن خواندن برایتان ملکه ذهن شود. تاثیر آن در دراز مدت و ممارست را خواهید دید.
ابتدا فایل را با حجم حدود ۳ مگابایت دانلود کرده و از حالت فشرده خارج سازید. خواهید دید که یک فایل ام پی تری و یک فایل پی دی اف در آن وجود دارد که یکی متن و دیگری صدای خبر است. چند مرتبه اول فقط گوش کنید و در نهایت به متن نگاه کنید و باز هم آنقدر به آن گوش دهید تا تلفظ ها و اینتونیشن خواندن برایتان ملکه ذهن شود. تاثیر آن را در دراز مدت و ممارست حتما مثبت می بینید.
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