03 Daily Dictation 011-015

Dictation11

New York swept the Tampa Bay Rays by identical 4-2 scores in a day-night doubleheader Wednesday.

1 Pronunciation

See the remarks

2 Vocabulary

2.1 New York is referring to New York baseball teams.

New York Yankees& NewYork Mets

Here we are talking about New York Yankees.

2.2 Identical= the same

2.3 Swept the series= won every game

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Dictation12

Source: the Muppets

Jim Henson,creator of The Muppets- from Kermit the Frog to Sesame Street-is born in Greenville, Mississippi!

1 Pronunciation

See the remarks

2 Vocabulary

Muppet: monster puppets

Homework:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street

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Dictation13

Asian tiger mosquitoes are native to the tropics of Southeast Asia, but in the past few years they've spread all across the southeastern United States.

1 Vocabulary

1.1In Wisconsin,

they call the mosquitoes skeeters

1.2Native to:Shane is native to United States.

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Daily Dictation14

Cats reputedly have nine lives, and he clearly wanted to/d/ spend at least one of them here in New York City.

1 Vocabulary

1.1Reputedly=supposedly=I've heard= Somebody told me=there鈥檚 a rumor that

1.2 Clearly=absolutely=without a doubt= there is no question

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Dictation15

Source: Sponge BOB

The frantic-pacing--scene changes every 11 seconds on average often leaves kids zoned out and spun up; unable to /d/ concentrate.

1Vocabulary

Pacing= speed

Frantic=lose of control

Teletuby=天线宝宝

Leave: make somebody remain a state

The beer left me drunk.

Zone out= space out

Spun up= wind up =hyper active