Listening For TOEFL

Lecture 1

conversion

  • 1-2 sounds = 1 unit ->1 topic: about 3 words each topic
purpose
key word
student would like, want, hope
teacher ask questions
  • What you need do after finishing taking notes:
    classification of notes
Questions from conversion:
  1. purpose
  2. causes/suggestions/explanation
  3. solution(condition, reason)/prediction
Assignment vocabulary
  • assignment/dissertation/proposal(outline)/thesis
  • draft/edited version/final version
  • rewrite/revise
  • due date/deadline
  • extension(ask for an extension)
  • bibliography
  • plagiarism
  • go over board -- narrow down the topic
  • confusing structure - paragraphing
  • go off on tangents/get sidetracked/wander off the topic -- stick to the topic
  • distract the main argument - cut
phrase
  • ease the pain
  • patron: a regular customer of an establishment or someone who provides financial support to some person or cause, such as a patron of the arts
  • loan period
  • archive: a grouping of information, documents, and/or objects; a place to keep important information, documents, or objects
  • special collections
  • course reserved
  • recall on the item
  • renew books or media
  • grace period
  • accrue
  • borrowing privilege suspended
  • aromatic, pungent
  • herb
  • Medieval
  • the collapse of the Roman Empire
  • crusade
  • plague
  • black death
  • potato
  • tulip
  • bulb
  • shroud



HW
  • review TPO30/TPO20-1/TPO26-2

Lecture 2

lecture

  • 3(structure)+3(major detail)+4(junk information)
introduction

arch \left\{\begin{array}{cc} date \left\{\begin{array}{cc} paleolithic\\ Neolithic \end{array}\right.\\ site \end{array}\right.

caution
  • main idea Vs. purpose
  • exceptions
note-taking
  • concentration!
  • common notes-chemical elements
    sulfur: S
    phosphorus: P
    iron: Fe
    Copper: Cu
    aluminum: Al
    sulfuric acid: H2SO4
    sulfide iron: FeS
abbreviations
  • initials
    South America(SA)
  • consonants
    Management(mgm)
    Population(bdg)
    Building(bdg)
  • head+ tail
    technology(tech)
important words and phrases
  • T-Rex
  • proteus
  • coral, bleach, reef
  • solar eclipse
  • acoustic
  • cetacean


black death.jpg
crusade.jpg
plague.jpg
tulip.jpg
sacks.jpg

asthma.jpg
copper ore.jpg
grind.jpg
ingredient.jpg
ivory.jpg
leap year.png
mammoth.jpg
playwright.jpg
recipe.jpg


succulent plant.jpg

Telomere.jpg

botany.png
  • respire \left\{\begin{array}{cc} inhale \\ exhale \end{array}\right.
  • esophagus
  • proximity
  • vicinity
  • periphery
  • mega fauna
  • upper Paleolithic - Mesolithic
  • Neolithic
  • Bronze Age
  • Iron Age
  • ivory
  • pitch
  • reptile
  • antelope
  • cheetah
  • pivotal
  • epoch
  • outrun
  • macular
  • droppings
  • era>period>epoch
  • Paleozoic
  • Cambrian
  • Mesozoic
  • Cenozoic
  • Jurassic
  • cretaceous
  • mutualism
  • parasitism
  • commensalism
  • gland
  • uncharted territory
  • at the end of a century's guessing
  • should be the last resort
  • let me back up/ recap
  • to back up
  • drought-tolerant plant
  • succulent plant
  • vulnerability
  • spell it out
  • a different story
  • results are telling
  • a long shot
  • I am overwhelmed
  • tell me about it
  • that's a start
  • I hear you: I understand it
  • be all ears/eyes
  • keep an eye on
  • do's and don's
  • waster one's breath
  • same old story
  • that's your story
  • that's a no-no
  • couch potato
  • it's Greek to me
  • welcome to the party
  • off color
  • parchment
  • Palimpsest
  • enzymes
  • algae
  • fungus
HW
  • TPO17
  • sss16
  • TPO18

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