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Listen to a professor's explanation to practise and improve your listening skills. Skiptomaincontent Skills Listening Pre-intermediateA2 Understandinganexplanation Understandinganexplanation Listentoaprofessor'sexplanationtopractiseandimproveyourlisteningskills. Dothepreparationtaskfirst.Thenlistentotheaudioanddotheexercises. Preparation Matching_MjMzMzE= Transcript Professor:OK,beforewecontinue,doesanybodyhaveaquestion? Oh,lotsofquestions,Isee.OK,we'llgooneatatime.Yes? Student: Thankyou.YoutalkedaboutFibonaccinumbersinthelecture.Sorry,Idon'tunderstand.Canyouexplain? Professor: Ofcourse.Whatdoyouwanttoknow? Student:OK…Ihopethisisn'tasillyquestion,butwhatdoesFibonacciactuallymean? Professor: Noquestioniseversilly–it'salwaysgoodtoask.OK,it'sthenameofaperson.FibonacciwasaEuropeanmathematicianintheMiddleAges. Student: Ah,OK.Thanks.So,weknowhewasaperson,butwhataretheFibonaccinumbers? Idon'tgetit. Professor: TheFibonaccinumbersareasequenceofnumbers.Theygo1,1,2,3,5,8andsoon.Doyouseethesequence?Doyouseehowitworks? Student: I'mnotsure. Professor:OK.Thisishowitworks.Thefirstnumberis1,then1again,then2.Thethirdnumberisthefirstnumberplusthesecondnumber.Thefourthnumberisthesecondnumberplusthethirdnumber: 1plus2is3.Thefifthnumberisthethirdnumber,2,plusthefourthnumber,3.SothefifthnumberinaFibonaccisequenceis5. Student: Ah!IthinkIunderstandnow.Butwhatabouttheirimportance?Yousaidthesewereveryimportant. Professor: Yes,letmeexplain.Thissequenceofnumbersisimportantbecauseweseeitinmanythings.Fibonaccinumbersarecommoningeometry,theyarecommoninnature,forexampleinplants.Weseethesequenceeverywhere. Student: Couldyougiveussomemoreexamples? Professor: OK... well,wedon'thavetimerightnowbutIcanbringmoreexamplesinfornextclass,OK? Task1 MultipleChoice_MjMzMzI=.xml Task2 ReorderingHorizontal_MjMzMzM=.xml Takeyourlanguageskillsandyourcareertothenextlevel Getunlimitedaccesstoourself-studycoursesforonly£5.99/month. Findoutmore Discussion Whatwasthelastlectureyouwenttoabout?Didtheprofessorexplainitclearly? Download Worksheet101.54KB Tryanotherlistening Languagelevel Pre-intermediate:A2 MylastlectureIattendedwasDiscreteMathematics.Itwasaboutrecursivefunction.Myprofessorexplaineditproperly.Icaneasilyunderstandthematerial. Loginorregistertopostcomments ThelastlectureIwenttoaboutJapaneselanguageaboutoneyearagotoday.Yes,myteacherexplainedtheusageofJapanesewordsverywell.Untilnow,Istillrememberthesewords. Loginorregistertopostcomments ThelastlectureIwenttowasaboutAlgebraandyes,theprofessorexplainedwell. Loginorregistertopostcomments Yes,mylastlecturewasheldtwodaysbefore.Itwasabouteconomicsitwasheldonlineduetovirus.Teachercan'texplainwellbecausenetworkissues.HewasseembadacademiciansHehadnoexperiencetohowtoteachstudentsverywell. Loginorregistertopostcomments Ican`tremember Loginorregistertopostcomments ineverhadalecture. Loginorregistertopostcomments itwasaboutlabororganizationandILO.ITWASUSEFULL.ANDMANYLECTURREXPLAIN. Loginorregistertopostcomments itwasaboutkoreanalphabet Loginorregistertopostcomments Well,ifIrememberedclearly,whenIwasintheuniversitythatwehadatroublewithmanysubjects,sotheseprofessorswerewillingtoexplainallofthingsforstudents.However,somesubjectsweredifficultunderstandthattheoneofreasonwasmadeanumberofstudentstofailthefinalexam. Loginorregistertopostcomments Mylastlectureisonpublicfinance.Publicfinanceisabranchofeconomics.Lecturewasheldoffline.Weobeythegovernmentregulations.Wemadeasocialdistancingeachother.Teacherexplainaboutcanonsofpublicexpenditure.Teacherhadexplainedverywell.Therewasnodoubt. Loginorregistertopostcomments Really,Ididn'trememberthelastlecture,Ihadtook,butI'mnotsurethelastonewaslectureondesignthinking,oh,thatwas12yearsago. Loginorregistertopostcomments Idontrememberit.Butusuallythelectureswereboringbecauseacademicsweresobad. Loginorregistertopostcomments Andmylastlectureisaboutenglish. Loginorregistertopostcomments Whatwasthelastlectureyouwenttoabout?Didtheprofessorexplainitclearly? Yes,itwasincredibleandtheteacherexplainsclearly. Loginorregistertopostcomments MylastlecturewasaboutlisteningbutIdidn'tgetitbecauseoftheteacherhadpoortechniquestoexplainherideas. Loginorregistertopostcomments IalsowanttoknowsomeexampleforthelecturebecauseIwasMathematicsstudent.Ididn'tknowaboutMaththatisimportantineverywhere.Teachersinmycountrydidn'texplainlikethat.So,IwanttoknowaboutMaththatisusefulineverywhere. Loginorregistertopostcomments Ithinkitwasalinguisticaspectinthefieldoftechnicaldocumentation.Ithasbeenaskedabouthowworksitthefunctionalelementsinthetext?theprofessorhasexplainedthecircumstanceofmyquestionandhasgivenmesomebook. Loginorregistertopostcomments itwasanEnglishlectureaboutskimmingandscanningididn'tgetitverywell Loginorregistertopostcomments Loginorregistertopostcomments ThelastlecturethatIattended,wasoneyearagowhenIwasastudent. IcanrememberonecasewhenIhaddifficultyunderstandthepayableandreceivableaccounts,andIcouldn'tknowthedifferencebetweenthem.Iaskedmyprofessortofoundtimetoexplainitwithmoreexamples,andhedidit.Hewassatisfiedwithmyquestionandinteresttolearn,soheapproachedmeandexplaineditindetail.Istillrememberhisadviceandlecturesaboutaccounting. Loginorregistertopostcomments Mylastlecturewas3yearsagowhenIstudiedMasteraboutChemistry.Atthattime,Ididn'tknowhowtousethechemicalequipmentsomyprofessorgavemesomeinstructions.Sheexplainedittomestepbystep,clearly,slowly.Then,Icoulddoitrightaway. Loginorregistertopostcomments There'samissingnumberinFibonaccisequence:1,1,2,3,5...inthequestion Loginorregistertopostcomments Hellokbravoz, Thequestionasksaboutaparticularsequence('inthisFibonaccisequence'),soitisnotintendedtobecomplete.   Peter TheLearnEnglishTeam Loginorregistertopostcomments Ican'tlistentoallaudiointhesedays.whathappentome? Loginorregistertopostcomments HelloSoeThuya, I'mafraidouraudiocontentisnotworkingduetoatemporarytechnicalproblem.Weareworkingtoresolveitasquicklyaswecan,andapologizefortheinconvenience. Pleasecheckagaininafewhoursortomorrow.   Peter TheLearnEnglishTeam Loginorregistertopostcomments Thelastlecturewasonecologicalproblemsdeliveredbyprof.HannsMoschamerfromAustriawhereIwasaninterpreter.Itwasveryclear,interstinganduseful. Loginorregistertopostcomments Mylastlectureattheuniversitywasover15yearsagosoit'squitedifficulttorememberwhatitwasabout))Honestly,it'snotdifficult-it'simpossible.ButIthinkitwassomethingspecial,youknow.Afterthosefivelongyearswithsomanylectures,somanysubjectstolearn,somanyexamstopass,andyoufinallygottheverylastlecture.Ithinkwewerehappyandsadatthesametime.Happybecausenomorelecturesandsadbecausethatwastheendofourfunnyandcarelessstudentslife. Loginorregistertopostcomments Thelastlectureiwenttowasattheuniversity,andtherewereprofessorswhoexplainedverywellandalsotherewereprofessorswhodidnotexplainwell. Loginorregistertopostcomments Iamaprofessorattheuniversity.Ihopemylecturesareinterestingandmyexplanationsareclear.MaybeIamright.ButIhadtoremovemyfewlastlecturestonextyearduetocoronaviruspandemic. Loginorregistertopostcomments Thelastlecturewasabout5yearsbeforewhenIwasunversitystudentandtheprofessorwasgoodwhenheexplainedhislesson. Loginorregistertopostcomments ThelastlecturethatIhadwasonlinelecturewithprofessorMostafaelsaidfromegyptaboutkeepingsafeagainstCo19virus.heexplaineditclearlyandthemeetingwassohelpfulandinformativeforme. Loginorregistertopostcomments ThelastlecturethatIwentwason-linecourseaboutclinicalPharmacotherapy2monthsago. TheprofessorexplainedItcleverlyandIenjoyedItsomuch. Loginorregistertopostcomments Sorry,Ican'tevenrememberwhenitwasthelastlectureIwentto.Thattookplacelongago,toolongthatIstartedtomissclasses,I'dreallyliketosignupforsomepresentialcoursetorefreshmemoryandimpovemyskills.Also,classesareagoodwaytocommunicatewithpeopleandmakenewrelationships. Loginorregistertopostcomments Thelastlectureiwenttoaboutanewlifeoutsidesociety.Ittaughtmealotofthings,taughtmehowtolivehealthilyandlivebetterinanewenvironment Loginorregistertopostcomments Ididn'thaveanylecturesrecently,butitwaslastyearthatwehadaniceconferenceandapersonwhoworksforAfghanElectoralCommission,explainedussomeimportantpointsabouttheimportanceofjusticeandequityinelectoralprocess.Healsopreciselydemonstratedthewaysofcheatingintheprocessofelection.SomeexamplesandstatisticswerefromUSAandmanyothercountries.Ilearnedalotinthatday. Bestwishes, Tayyebi Loginorregistertopostcomments RespectedSharif,ohyourpoorland...wishin'yagoodstudiesandcontinuingyastudiesinMumbai/moreexcellentplace!:)) Loginorregistertopostcomments HelloPevelchinskyAlexanderAlexandrovich CouldyoupleaseputyourusernameinRomanletters(i.e.thealphabetusedinEnglishandSpanish)?SomeusersareabletoreadCyrillic,butmanycannot. Thanksinadvance. Allthebest Kirk TheLearnEnglishTeam Loginorregistertopostcomments ThelastlecturethatIwenttowasbeforethreemonths.Itwasaboutteachersprovisionaldevelopment.Well,itwassoboring,everybodywassleepy. Loginorregistertopostcomments ThelastlecturethatIhadwasonlinelecturewithmylovelyEnglishtutoraboutkeepingsafeagainstcoronavirus.sheexplaineditclearlyandthemeetingwassohelpfulandinformativeforme. Loginorregistertopostcomments ThelastlectureIwenttowasaboutmassspectrometry,andunfortunatelymyprofessordid'ntexplainitclearly Loginorregistertopostcomments Mylastlecturewasawesome.It’sGreat. Ilearnedaboutmicroeconomics.Ourprofessorexplainedclearly.ButitisnotsuretoattendtheclassduetoCoronavirus.Iwishmyclasswasopenedearly. Loginorregistertopostcomments ThelastlecturethatisonlineisJapanesehistorylessontoday.Myteacherexplainedoldburialmound. Loginorregistertopostcomments Yes,lasttimewasinmyuniversity. Loginorregistertopostcomments ThelastlectureIattendedwasinformofseminar,itsabout'Career'.Yes,hedid. Loginorregistertopostcomments ThelastlectureIwentaboutwashistoryofIslam.Thelecturerexplaineditveryfluency.IlearnedthatIdon'tknowmanythingsabouthistoryofIslam.TheIslamwasn'tlikethatEuropeanstoldus. Loginorregistertopostcomments ThelastlectureIwenttoaboutthemarketingbyDr.W.H,itwasclearly. Loginorregistertopostcomments thelastlectureyouwenttoaboutissolutionssubject.Ithinkisnotclearbecauseofcovid19,wehavetolearningononline.Wesometimesdon'thearwhatteachersays Loginorregistertopostcomments ThelastlectureIwenttoaboutisLeadershipclassinIFT,theprofessorexplainedsowell,heindicatedalltheaspectofleadershipwillhaveandtaughtussomeskillstobecomeasuccessfulleader. Loginorregistertopostcomments ThegirlthatalwayswearsglassesisthehumanresourcesManagentyoucanaskherallreferencewiththepayment.TheguywhoisneartothewindowheisDavid,heisresponsibleforITsystem,ifyouhaveanyproblemwiththelaptoppleasesenditaemailorjustaskforhelp.Themanthatiswearingagreenhat,heisthemarketingdirectorandthetheblondgirlwhoissetintheconferenceroom,isDianna,sheisouraccountingmanager. Loginorregistertopostcomments gudresources Loginorregistertopostcomments Pagination Currentpage 1 Page 2 Nextpage next Lastpage last Getunlimitedaccesstoourself-studycourses,withnewlessonsaddedeverymonthforonly£5.99/month. 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