Dictation6 10words
Source：seinfield
The secret of life is just to live every moment!
1 pronunciation
Secret of :no consonant, connect
Just:/juss/
To:/t/
2 Vocabulary
Moment= minute
Carpe diem(latin)[藢k蓱:rpe瑟 藞di:em]
= seize the day
Homework:
Carpe diem:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpe_diem
Daily
Dictation7
Source: UBS bank, business
Another rogue trader has cost a bank billion.
1 Vocabulary
rogue
Negative word: someone stealing your money, dishonest person.
Cost:
Smoking will cost you your life.
Daily
Dictation8
Background: Rolf Buchholz, piercings
German, Rolf Buchholz, is the man with the most piercings, he鈥檚 got 453!
1 Pronunciation
Is the: s cancelsthe th. Sounds like /izuh/
Most: s cancels the t
453: the correct one: four hundred fifty three.
Americans like to
add and
Hundred:/hu-nerd/,n cancels d
2 Vocabulary
Piercing: I've got a piercing in my ear.
Homework ear piercing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_piercing_instrument
http://www.claires.com/ear-piercing.html?cid=ear-piercing&lang=en_GB
Dictation9 28words
Background: weather satellite of NASA fell.
A satellite that was carried to space aboard the shuttle Discovery 20 years ago is about to fall to earth, but nobody knows where the debris will hit.
1 Pronunciation
20: twenty
Fall to earth:/tu/ connect a vowel.
Homework:
Space shuttle:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle
Dictation10 6 words
It's a lofty, probably impossible goal!
1 Vocabulary
Lofty: very very high