Asides

Karen Blixen, A life made for film ( PAU September 2021)

In the following conversation you are going to hear some new words. Read and listen to them. Make sure you know what they mean.
supplies /spells of drought / hazardous / auction / engaged /breakdown
Ready?
Now read the questions. Read them carefully before listening to the conversation.

After the listening exercise you can check your answers by reading the script.

KAREN BLIXEN, A LIFE MADE FOR FILM ( PAU September 2021)

Journalist: Among the many stories that Kenya hides, one of the most interesting is that lived by Karen Blixen, the Danish writer who published some of the most beautiful stories of the twentieth century under the name of Isak Dinesen. However, it was in 1985 when the film directed by Sydney Pollack, Out of Africa, starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, brought her universal fame. But today we are not here to talk about the film but rather about the woman Karen Blixen. And to do so, we have here with us, Professor Jensen from the University of Copenhagen, who has just published Blixen’s biography. Good morning, Dr Jensen.

the script.

Goalball, a Unique Sport (PAU June 2021)

In this radio programme you are going to hear some new words. Read and listen to them. Make sure you know what they mean.
goalball /low vision / eyeshade
Ready? Now read the questions. Read them carefully before listening to the radio programme.

After the listening exercise you can check your mistakes reading  the script

Goalball, a Unique Sport (PAU June 2021)

Interviewer: The Paralympic Games are a series of international multi-sport events involving athletes with different disabilities. What you may not know is that there is one sport played in the Paralympics which does not have an Olympics counterpart: goalball. My guest today is Chloe Thompson, and she is here to tell us what makes goalball unique. She is a goalball player on the American team.

the script

Counting The Bugs And Bacteria, You’re ‘Never Home Alone’ (PAU September 2020)

In this radio programme you are going to hear some new words. Read and listen to them. Make sure you know what they mean.
microbe/ showerhead / moist / to breed
Ready? Now read the questions. Read them carefully before listening to the radio programme.

After the listening exercise you can check your mistakes reading  the script


Counting The Bugs And Bacteria, You're 'Never Home Alone' ( PAU September 2020)

Presenter: You may be shocked to learn what’s living in your home. The bacteria, the fungi, viruses, parasites and insects – probably many more than you imagined. My guest Rob Dunn says the real goal is to create a healthy balance of all the microorganisms and insects that co-habit with us. Dunn and the team of scientists he works with analyze the populations of microorganisms living on floors, in basements, on water faucets, the surfaces of TVs, etcetera. He’s a professor in the Department of Applied Ecology at North Carolina State University and author of the new book “Never Home Alone” about the microbes, insects, some of them quite exotic, that live in our homes.
[Now listen to the interview]

the script

“Moby-Duck”: When 28,800 Bath Toys Are Lost At Sea. (PAU June 2019)

In the following conversation you are going to hear some new words. Read and listen to them. Make sure you know what they mean.
to end up / deck / to stack / to maneuver

After the listening exercise you can check your mistakes reading  the script

'Moby-Duck': When 28,800 Bath Toys Are Lost At Sea ( PAU June 2019)

This is FRESH AIR, our weekly program devoted to the environment. What happens when 28,000 rubber ducks and other bath toys are accidentally dumped in the ocean? Where do the ocean
currents take them, and what environmental impact do the ducks and other ocean junk have on the seas? That’s what our guest, the journalist Donovan Hahn, investigated in his book “MobyDuck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them”.

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TOEFL Listening Test 4

This is the listening comprehension part of the TOEFL test

Listen to each conversation and lecture only one time. After each conversation and lecture, you will answer some questions about it. Answer each question based on what is stated or implied by the speakers.

Toefl Test 4

In some questions you will  hear, but not see, the question.
Answer each question before moving on. Do not return to previous questions.
It will take about 60 minutes to listen to the conversations and lectures and answer the questions about them.

TOEFL Listening Test 3

This is the listening comprehension part of the TOEFL test

Listen to each conversation and lecture only one time. After each conversation and lecture, you will answer some questions about it. Answer each question based on what is stated or implied by the speakers.

Toefl Test 3

In some questions you will hear, but not see, the question.
Answer each question before moving on. Do not return to previous questions.
It will take about 60 minutes to listen to the conversations and lectures and answer the questions about them.

TOEFL Listening Test 2

This is the listening comprehension part of the TOEFL test

Listen to each conversation and lecture only one time. After each conversation and lecture, you will answer some questions about it. Answer each question based on what is stated or implied by the speakers.

Toefl Test 2

In some questions you will hear, but not see, the question.
Answer each question before moving on. Do not return to previous questions.
It will take about 60 minutes to listen to the conversations and lectures and answer the questions about them.

TOEFL Listening Test 1

This is the listening comprehension part of the TOEFL test

Listen to each conversation and lecture only one time. After each conversation and lecture, you will answer some questions about it. Answer each question based on what is stated or implied by the speakers.

Toefl Test 1

In some questions you will hear, but not see, the question.
Answer each question before moving on. Do not return to previous questions.
It will take about 60 minutes to listen to the conversations and lectures and answer the questions about them.


An interview with a dancer (PAU June 2018)


In the following conversation you are going to hear some new words. Read and listen to them. Make sure you know what they mean.
channel / put so much into something / demanding / rehearsal / chill out / icon

After the listening exercise you can check your mistakes reading  the script

An Interview with a Dancer (PAU June 2018)

PRESENTER (REPORTER): You have probably seen our guest on ITV’s new show “Dance” or maybe you have been to the theater where she is now performing ‘Aladdin’.
After dancing with the ballet company for five years, she is starting to break into principal roles and discover what it means to be at the top of their profession.
Otherwise the chances are that you follow her on Instagram… after all, she boasts over 100,000 followers. In today’s program, I’m going to interview Claire Petty.

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U.S. National Parks: Yellowstone (PAU September 2018)

Hello and welcome to The real world, our weekly programme about nature. My name is Christopher Brown, and today we travel to the western United States, to Yellowstone National Park. With me today is Dr. Catherine Smith, a professor at Montana State University and an expert on the history and development of Yellowstone.

In this radio programme you’re going to hear some new words. Read and listen to them.

Make sure that you know what they mean.

geyser / bison / elk / browse / beaver / dam / endangered / to thrive / carcasses

After the listening exercise you can check your mistakes reading  the script

U.S. NATIONAL PARKS: YELLOWSTONE (PAU September 2018)

Presenter (Christopher Brown): Hello and welcome to “The real world”, our weekly programme about nature. My name is Christopher Brown, and today we travel to the western United States, to Yellowstone
National Park. With me today is Dr. Catherine Smith, a professor at Montana State University and an expert on the history and development of Yellowstone.

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