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[1:15] Charlie Chaplin – A Master of Humor and Gaokao English Listening Material

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This article uses Charlie Chaplin's humorous performances combined with 3500 words Gaokao English listening materials to help students improve listening skills through immersion. The content is closely related to Gaokao scenarios, with key vocabulary explanations and synchronized reading, aiding students to overcome Gaokao English listening challenges.

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MP3 original voice reading with synchronized English text helps you efficiently master 3500 words through immersive learning. Each passage is close to Gaokao scenarios, accompanied by clear pronunciation and key vocabulary explanations, enabling you to improve listening, consolidate vocabulary, and enhance language sense through repeated listening. Stick to one passage a day to easily conquer the Gaokao English listening difficulty! Start now, let your ears "remember" words, making English learning more natural! Below is the content of this issue's "40 English Passages to Master 3500 Words for Gaokao Immersive Listening". Keep accumulating, and make your English more connected to life!

A great master of humour. Chaplin was an extraordinary performer who starred in and directed many outstanding comedies. Few were bored watching his moustache, his gestures, or his entertaining reactions when chased by detectives. Being drunk, sliding on a banana skin or whispering his own failures to nobody, he made us feel more content with our life without any verbal explanation.

His particular sense of humour has astonished everybody throughout the world up to now. In a small budget film, he played a badly off and homeless person wearing worn-out shoes and messy clothes. On one occasion, he was trapped by a snowstorm in a vast mountainous area.

Though he overcame many difficulties, he wasn't fortunate enough. With all the porridge eaten up, he picked out a shoe and boiled it to eat. He cut off the leather bottom and chewed it like a pancake. According to an actress, his acting was so convincing and amusing that everybody couldn't help bursting into laughter.

The above is the content organized by Qicaiwang about "40 English Passages to Master 3500 Words for Gaokao Immersive Listening". Hope it can help you a little!

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extraordinary
adj
1. far more than usual or expected
e.g. an extraordinary desire for approval
it was an over-the-top experience
Synonym: over-the-topsinful
2. beyond what is ordinary or usual
highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
e.g. extraordinary authority
an extraordinary achievement
her extraordinary beauty
enjoyed extraordinary popularity
an extraordinary capacity for work
an extraordinary session of the legislature
mountainous
adj
1. containing many mountains
2. like a mountain in size and impressiveness
e.g. mountainous waves
a mountainous dark man
3. having hills and crags
e.g. hilly terrain
Synonym: craggedcraggyhilly
entertaining
adj
1. agreeably diverting
e.g. an entertaining puppet show
films should be entertaining
convincing
adj
1. causing one to believe the truth of something
e.g. a convincing story
a convincing manner
astonished
adj
1. filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
e.g. an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation
I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral
astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing
stood in stunned silence
stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses
Synonym: amazedastoniedastoundedstunned