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 is this person afraid of bee's?
Because they sting and it hurts
Because the person had a bad experience when that person was young
Because they are weird looking
Because they make a scary buzzing sound
2. Where do they usually tell horror stories?
In the movie theater
At a camp fire
In a funeral
Behind the bushes
3. What is one possible reason this person is afraid of many things?
Watched too many scary movies
Heard too many horror stories
Has too much imagination
Went outside in the dark alone too many times
4. What recommendation is give to be less scared of things?
To be with many people
To leave the lights on at night
To not watch scary movies
To think more realistically
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A: "What are you afraid of?" B: "I'm not sure. I used to be scared of a lot of things when I was young, but not anymore." A: "Are you afraid of death?" B: "Only if I think about it so much. But death is inevitable, so there is no use thinking about it." A: "How about horror movies?" B: "No. I know they're all fake so there is nothing to be afraid of. How about you?" A: "I get scared pretty easily. I'm actually frightened of bee's." B: "Really? Why?" A: "I don't know. I got stung when I was young and ever since, I've always been afraid of them." B: "What other things are you afraid of?" A: "Sitting by the camp fire and telling horror stories is very scary." B: "Wow. You're afraid of many things huh?" A: "I guess so. Aren't you afraid of something coming out of the bushes?" B: "It's not going to happen. We probably went camping dozens of times and nothing ever came out of the bushes. What makes you think something will?" A: "I don't know. I guess I'm terrified at the possibility." B: "If you were realistic, you probably wouldn't be scared of everything. Maybe you have too much imagination." A: "I should try to think more realistically. I'll do that." B: "Good. After awhile, you won't be afraid of so many things."