Preliminary listening: notes and longer interviews
| English | 中文 | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|
| monologue/ˈmɒnəʊlɒɡ/ | 独白 | dú bái |
| interviewee/ˈɪntəvjuːiː/ | 受访者 | shòu fǎng zhě |
A decision before an answer
- A tour guide gives a date, a duration and a price. The note heading tells you which number belongs in each gap.
- Your goal: Complete six factual note gaps with the allowed answer form (Part 3).
Read the relationship
- Part 3 is a monologue with six gaps. Read instructions for the permitted word or number form and preview headings.
- Understand detail, attitudes and opinions in a longer interview (Part 4).
A duration heading needs:
Duration asks how long something lasts.
Use the defining rule
- Write the requested detail, not an entire sentence. Keep spelling and number meaning clear.
- Understand detail, attitudes and opinions in a longer interview (Part 4).
An interviewer says “You hated it?” The reply says “Not at all.” The speaker:
Not at all negates the suggestion.
Check the conditions
- Part 4 is a longer interview with six multiple-choice questions. Separate the interviewer’s suggestion from the interviewee’s view.
- Understand detail, attitudes and opinions in a longer interview (Part 4).
Teacher script: “The pottery course starts on 12 May. It lasts six weeks, and the total fee is eighty pounds.” Notes: start—12 May; duration—6 weeks; fee—£80. Six is not the start date just because it is a clear number.
A course lasting “a fortnight” lasts ____ days.
A fortnight is two weeks.
Apply the task format
- Use the second hearing to verify details and reasons. In local practice the teacher reads the original script twice.
- Understand detail, attitudes and opinions in a longer interview (Part 4).
Do not assign the interviewer’s question or guessed opinion to the interviewee.
Which answer fits this case?
Complete six factual note gaps with the allowed answer form (Part 3)
Every statement in an interviewer’s question is endorsed by the interviewee.
The reply can reject its premise.
Keep the distinctions
- monologue 独白 — Speech by one speaker.
- interviewee 受访者 — The person answering interview questions.
- Complete six factual note gaps with the allowed answer form (Part 3).
- Understand detail, attitudes and opinions in a longer interview (Part 4).
Match each term with its precise meaning in this lesson.
Keep the distinctions stated in the teaching example.
Put this lesson’s reasoning or event sequence in order.
The order follows the stated process; check each stage before the next.