15 minutes a day, practice listening easily! This book selects 2-minute short passages with moderate difficulty, suitable for beginners. Through four stages: "pre-listening — catching keywords — sentence-by-sentence understanding — overall retelling," learners gradually understand more than 90% of the content. With consistent practice, quantitative change leads to qualitative improvement, significantly boosting your English listening skills! Below is a compilation by qicai editors of some listening materials starting from the simplest English listening, suitable for junior and senior high school (beginner level).
Daniel decided to make sushi with her brother Jonathan. They both loved sushi and cooking. They thought this would be the perfect way to bond with each other and have fun. Sushi was something they never made before, so they needed to buy all the supplies to make the perfect sushi. They read recipes and watched videos on how to make sushi. Even if it was not perfect, Daniel was sure it would taste good. Jonathan was in charge of buying the supplies. He stopped by his local Japanese supermarket, which was one of his favorite markets because of its cheap prices and quality products. He started by looking for the seaweed and rice and quickly found them in the same aisle. Then, he began to pick the seafood they would use, deciding on salmon, tuna, and eel. Daniel's favorite was salmon. He also got some cucumbers, carrots, and avocados to add extra flavor. Jonathan brought back his supplies home, and they were ready to make the sushi. They set everything up in the kitchen and were ready to roll. They divided the tasks carefully: one person was in charge of preparing the sushi, and the other was responsible for rolling the sushi and cutting it nicely into pieces. They needed to make enough for themselves and their parents and even made some extras. After all their hard work, they ate their delicious sushi and watched a movie together. The sushi was delicious and tasted really fresh. Their parents approved of their homemade sushi, praising their effort and the quality of the meal.verb
1. judge to be right or commendable
think well of
2. give sanction to
e.g. I approve of his educational policies
Synonym: O.K.okaysanction
noun
1. a connection that fastens things together
Synonym: attachment
2. a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
Synonym: shacklehampertrammel
3. the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
e.g. the mutual adhesiveness of cells
a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion
Synonym: adhesivenessadhesionadherence
4. an electrical force linking atoms
Synonym: chemical bond
5. (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
e.g. the judge set bail at $10,000
a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman
Synonym: bailbail bond
6. a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money
the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal
Synonym: bond certificate
7. a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
e.g. the shifting alliances within a large family
their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them
Synonym: alliance
8. a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper
originally made for printing documents
Synonym: bond paper
noun
1. a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
Synonym: watershedwater parting
2. a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
noun
1. edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc