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This article presents a short English passage titled 'Depicting a Beautiful Hometown' with listening materials, designed to help beginners improve their English listening and reading skills while developing a natural language sense.

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One minute a day, learn English with ease! This website offers short English readings suitable for beginners, each accompanied by audio and the original text. The content is interesting and of moderate difficulty. By reading one passage every day, you can develop your language sense and improve your reading and listening skills. Start your English learning journey today! Below is some listening content from beginner-level English reading exercises—one short English text per day—compiled by the editor of Qicai.com.

My hometown. My hometown is very beautiful. It has tall trees and a sparkling lake where ducks love to swim. My friends and I play by the lake every day.

We see pretty flowers and chase the butterflies. When it's dark, the stars come out and the moon is big and bright.

I love my hometown because it's so beautiful and calm.

That’s all for the listening content on the beginner-level English reading exercise 'one short English text per day' collected by Xiao Wu from Qicai.com. I hope you gain something from it!

Listening Comprehension

  • chase

    noun

    1. the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture

    e.g. the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit

    Synonym: pursuitpursualfollowing

    2. a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time

  • calm

    noun

    1. steadiness of mind under stress

    e.g. he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity

    Synonym: composurecalmnessequanimity

    2. wind moving at less than 1 knot
    0 on the Beaufort scale

    Synonym: calm air

  • sparkling

    noun

    1. a rapid change in brightness
    a brief spark or flash

    Synonym: twinklescintillation