oCoder Education - English listening Audios are suitable for learners with different levels of English. Here are some ways to make them easier (if you have a lower level of English) or more difficult (if you have a higher level of English).
You can choose one or two of these suggestions – you don't have to follow all of them!
Making it easier
Read all the exercises before you listen to the audio.
Look up the words in the exercises that you don't know or don't understand in a dictionary.
Play the audio as many times as you need.
Play each part of the audio separately.
Answer all questions in the exercise.
Read the transcript after you have listened to the audio.
Making it harder
Listen to the audio before you read the exercises.
Only play the audio once before answering the questions.
Play the whole audio without a break.
Don't read the transcript.
Now, listen to the audio and do the exercises on the following tabs.
If you do not complete all the question, you can play the audio again.
After that, read the dialog to make sure that you understand all word in the audio.
1. Why did they start talking about dieting?
They looked at themselves in the mirror
They need to lose weight for a school dance party
They saw a skinny girl that was on a diet
They saw a picture of a skinny model
2. How many different diets has one of the girl been on?
1
3
4
Too many to count
3. Why is one girl reluctant to go on a diet?
Does feel she needs to
Likes to eat ice cream too much
Just completed one diet and wants a break
Doesn't think she can benefit from a diet
4. When are they going to start?
Very soon, probably tomorrow
Very soon, next week
Next month after school is over
During summer break
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A: "Can you believe her? She is not even a hundred pounds and she is going off on how she wants to go on a diet." B: "Tell me about it. If I was as small as her, I wouldn't think about going on a diet." A: "Me too. But what are we going to do? I have been on 4 different diets and I can't seem to lose weight." B: "That's because you don't exercise. If you were more active, you wouldn't have a dieting problem." A: "What do you know? You are over weight too." B: "I'm not on a diet though." A: "I know. But I don't have someone to diet with. If we help each other and motivate each other, then I think we can lose some weight." B: "I like ice cream too much though." A: "C'mon. You'll feel better and look better and as a reward you can eat a little bit of ice cream here and there." B: "It does sound appealing." A: "It's a great idea. I can't believe I didn't think of this earlier. Going on a diet with a friend to back you up is a great way to succeed." B: "Okay. I'm in. Let's do it." A: "Great. I'll get our plan started right away." B: "Can we start tomorrow though?"