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Listening Comprehension
20 Before listening to a story make sure you understand the meanings of these words. Write their Russian/Belarusian equivalents in the gaps.
| a survey ……………………..... an adolescent ……………………… take smth in (phrasal verb] ………………………. | - a set of questions that you ask a large number of people in order to find out about their opinions or behaviour - someone who is at the age when they change from being a child into a young adult (used especially when talking about problems that young people have at this age). - to understand and remember new facts or information. E.g. “I'm not going to my next class. I'm too tired to take anything in.” | |
| quote (spoken)…………… | - used when you are going to repeat what someone else has said, to emphasize that it is exactly the way they said it. “The minister said, quote: 'There will be no more tax increases this year.'” | |
| a distraction ……………………..... | - something that stops you paying attention to what you are doing “I study in the library as there are too many distractions at home.” | |
| a CD-ROM………………… compact disc read-only memory | - a CD on which large quantities of information can be stored to be used by a computer. | |
| a laptop (computer)…………. | - (A notebook computer) a small computer that you carry with you | |
| a substitute ............................ | - a person or thing that you use instead of the one that you usually have, because the usual one is not available. E.g. a sugar substitute, a father substitute | |
| portable (adj) ……………………………………. | - able to be carried or moved easily. E.g. a portable radio | |
| a bookmark ……………………………………… | - a piece of paper, leather etc that you put in a book to show you the last page you have read | |
| an established author …………………………............................ | - having a good reputation as a writer | |
| glamorous (adj)………………... | - attractive, exciting, and related to wealth and success | |
| to kidnap smb………………… | - to take someone somewhere illegally by force, often in order to get money for returning them | |
| an arms dealer ……………………… | - someone who sells arms (weapons) illegally | |
| a fashion editor………………..…………………........ | - someone who prepares a book or article for printing on the subject of fashion by deciding what to include and checking for any mistakes | |
| background ………………………………….................. | 1. the sounds that you can hear apart from the main thing that you are listening to 2. someone's family, education, previous work etc | |
21 The recording mentions some names as well as titles of books. Which is which? Can you sort them out into names and titles?
Jason Marshall / the Booksellers’ Association/ John Grisham/ The Pelican Brief/ Ruth Rendell/ Gallowglass /Barbara Vine /John Le Carre [ka`rei]/ Dazzle/ The Night Manager/ Rising Sun/
Judith Krantz/ Michael Crichton ['kraitən]
| names | titles |
Note the meanings of these words:
dazzle (n) - the dazzle of a light is its sudden brightness, so you cannot see properly.
brief –a law case that a lawyer will argue in a court
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