Practice listening easily every day for 15 minutes! This book selects 2-minute short passages with moderate difficulty, suitable for beginners. Through the four stages of “pre-listening—catching keywords—understanding sentence by sentence—overall retelling,” you will gradually understand over 90% of the content. Keep practicing and you will see qualitative improvement in your English listening skills! Below is a listening content selection for beginners and junior high/high school students from qicai.com.
Mark's favorite sport is hockey. He is 15 years old. Mark practices three times a week. Practices are two hours long. Mark plays one game a week. Mark is a good hockey player.adj
1. (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)
Synonym: pop
2. representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large
e.g. democratic art forms
a democratic or popular movement
popular thought
popular science
popular fiction
Synonym: democratic
3. carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large
e.g. the popular vote
popular representation
institutions of popular government
4. regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
e.g. a popular tourist attraction
a popular girl
cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular
adj
1. having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
e.g. a successful architect
a successful business venture