Practice listening easily with just 15 minutes a day! This book features 2-minute short passages with moderate difficulty, perfect for beginners. Through four stages — “pre-listening, keyword catching, sentence-by-sentence understanding, and overall retelling” — learners progress step by step to comprehend over 90% of the content. Consistent practice leads to qualitative improvement, greatly enhancing your English listening skills! Below is a selection of beginner to intermediate listening materials suitable for junior and senior high school students, curated by the Qicai website editor.
I live in a house. My house is small. My house has two bedrooms. My mom and dad sleep in one bedroom. My sister and I share the other bedroom.noun
1. any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
Synonym: pocket billiards
2. an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
3. an association of companies for some definite purpose
Synonym: consortiumsyndicate
4. an organization of people or resources that can be shared
e.g. a car pool
a secretarial pool
when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool
5. something resembling a pool of liquid
e.g. he stood in a pool of light
his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines
Synonym: puddle
6. a small lake
e.g. the pond was too small for sailing
Synonym: pond
7. a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
e.g. there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain
the body lay in a pool of blood
Synonym: puddle
8. the combined stakes of the betters
Synonym: kitty
9. any communal combination of funds
e.g. everyone contributed to the pool
noun
1. the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level
often used for storage
Synonym: cellar
2. the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture
noun
1. a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet
Synonym: bath
2. a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
Synonym: toiletlavatorylavcanjohnprivy
noun
1. furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
e.g. they had too much furniture for the small apartment
there was only one piece of furniture in the room
Synonym: piece of furniturearticle of furniture
noun
1. an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles
2. a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired
Synonym: service department
noun
1. a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
2. a yard or lawn adjoining a house
3. the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden
noun
1. a room equipped for preparing meals
noun
1. a brief intensive course for a small group
emphasizes problem solving
2. small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
Synonym: shop
noun
1. a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
Synonym: living-roomsitting roomfront roomparlorparlour
noun
1. a room used primarily for sleeping
Synonym: sleeping roomsleeping accommodationchamberbedchamber