TOEFL lesson notes 25th April (Listening)

Resources

Bruce Rodgers, ibt2007

        ✓        Listening Tutorial p.150

Cambridge

        ✓        Listening to Natural Speech p.288 07 track 7 1
        ✓        Identifying topics p. 298 16 track 16
        ❑        Mini test 1 p.269

Bruce Rodgers, ibt2007
        
        ✓        Lesson 11: Purpose / Attitude p.73

        ✓        Lesson 12: Replay p.87 Ex 12.3 questions 10->15

        ✓        Lesson 13: Ordering / Matching p.108

        ✓        Lesson 14: Charts p.126

Attendees
Badr, Sebastian, Yann, Swapnil

Vocabulary

Hybrid = mix of two things.

widgets = widget |ˈwijit|
noun informal
a small gadget or mechanical device, esp. one whose name is unknown or unspecified.
• Computing a component of a user interface that operates in a particular way.
proxy |ˈpräksē|
noun ( pl. proxies)
1 the authority to represent someone else, esp. in voting : they may register to vote by proxy.
• a person authorized to act on behalf of another.
• a document authorizing a person to vote on another's behalf.

pseudo = imaginary / false

you betcha = affirmative

linen |ˈlinin|
noun
cloth woven from flax.
• garments or other household articles such as sheets made, or originally made, of linen.
carve |kärv|
verb [ trans. ]
1 (often be carved) cut (a hard material) in order to produce an aesthetically pleasing object or design : the wood was carved with runes | [as adj. ] ( carved) bookcases of carved oak.

struggle = • a very difficult task : it was a struggle to make herself understood.
Notes

Notetaking

Major points

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