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today we are going to do a listening exercise.

So this will help you improve

your listening skills. So

let's get started. So

let's just have a look at the plan

for the lesson. So

first of all, we will start with

some vocabulary. So I

will explain about

three words to you. There are three words which are

important to know for this lesson...

and then I will

show you the questions. So you will be able to

read the questions before the listening

exercise starts okay...

and then I will play you

the .... the text. I will...

you will listen to

the news report okay. So it is

a news report that you're going to hear. So I will let you

listen to it okay...

and if necessary you can listen to it

a second time. You will have the

opportunity to rewind...

to rewind the news report.. to listen to it

a second time if necessary. And then

I will give you the answers to the questions and then I will show you

the transcript or

the text. So you will be able to read what you listen to

okay. So do not worry. There will NOT be any subtitles

during the listening exercise

okay because that would be cheating! But do not worry,

there will be captions...

you will be able to see the text AFTER

the exercise ok? So do not worry.

There is..there are subtitles

AFTER the listening exercise. Ok..

let's carry on. So

the vocabulary - The first word

is "gig"

Now this is a "gig" here.

So a gig is a concert -

a pop ... usually a pop concert

or a rock concert okay.

So gig... you could for example say

"Last night I went to

the Michael Jackson gig." or

"to the Madonna gig" okay. So

it is used for pop music

or rock music. You would not say

"gig" for classical music. If it was

classical music,

you would just say it was a concert.

"truck" -

ok, so what is a truck?

Well this is a truck.

Okay so it is a vehicle

for transporting heavy goods.

So...

this is a truck here ... now

"truck" is

British English and also American English

ok? But in British English, there is

also another word for "truck".

So in British English,

this is also called a "lorry" ...

ok? So British English this

is a "truck" or

a "lorry" but in American English

it is only a "truck" ... they only really say "truck"

for this.

Okay next word...

"audience" - So what is an audience?

Well

an "audience" is ....

the word that we give to

people who are watching a show

or listening to a show.

So for example, on this picture, the

people in blue... the blue people...

that is the "audience"

Ok? So the show

is the person in red - they are watching a show

and they are the "audience"

They make up the "audience"

And so, for example,

if they went to the theatre,

the audience would

sit in these seats here....

okay so the audience

is the word given to the people

who are watching a show.

Very important to note that the word

"audience" is only

ever singular... ok.

It is NEVER a plural word.

So you never say "audiences"

okay. So although there are

several people in the audience,

the word itself... the word "audience"

is only singular.

Ok, so that is the

end of the vocabulary. I am now going to give you

the questions. So these are the questions that you must

answer during the listening test.

So the first question is: 1) How old

is the singer ? So

you have to give me the age of

a singer. Question two:

What did the singer say to the audience?

Question three: Why was Harel

disappointed? Harel

is a person.

Harel is a person ... so...

Question four: Complete

the sentence.

So you will hear

a sentence and I want you to give me

the last five words of the sentence.

So, the beginning of the sentence you ... you will hear

"In an interview with the BBC, Paul said

'It was very exciting.' ...and then

you will hear five words and I want you to tell me

what those five words are.

Question 5:

When did the singer surprise his fans

in New York?

And the last question. Question 6:

Who had the idea for these surprises?

Okay so that is the

end of the questions.

So you are now going to hear the

the listening exercise okay? So get ready....

I'm going to start it.... NOW!

(END)

Okay, so that is the end of

the listening erm..

okay... so if you would like

to listen to that again,

then you can click here on the screen

and it will go back and you can listen

to it again. OR

if you have finished, and you would like to continue,

you can just wait 10 seconds for the answers

and I'll give you the answers in 10 seconds. So,

click here to go back and listen again

or just wait 10 seconds.......

Ok, let's go on and I will give you the answers

to the questions. So

here are the questions. Question 1 - How old

is the singer? Well the singer

he is 71.

71 years old. Question 2 -

"What did the singer say to the audience?"

Well he said

"Thank you very much. Okay now, back to work!"

Question 3 -

"Why was Harel disappointed?"

Well he was disappointed

because the singer... because Paul McCartney...

he only sang four songs. And "Complete

the words below. In an interview with the BBC,

Paul said 'It was very exciting.

It felt like a dream.'

"It felt like a dream." Question 5 -

"When did the singer surprise his fans

in New York?" Last week.

So he was in New York... he

gave a surprise performance last week.

And the last question...

"Who had the idea for these surprises?"

The answer is:

His daughter. His daughter who is called

Stella. Okay, so

that is the end

of the exercises. There are the answers

and I will now play you

the listening exercise a last time

and I will

display the text on the screen for you so that you can see

the text on the screen.

So here we go!

Okay,

so that is the end of the listening.

So as you can see

here in the second

paragraph, it tells us that

before the concert, he announced it

on Twitter. So Twitter

is a messaging service

on the Internet. So I'm going to show you

the message that he.. that Paul McCartney wrote

on Twitter:

So here we are. This is the actual

.... original message. So

this is a true story! This happened

last week. It happened on the

18th of October. You can see the

date here.

He wrote this on the 18th of October...

so just last week. And so you if you go to his Twitter account,

@PaulMcCartney, you can see this message there.

So he wrote "I'm getting ready to pop up

in Covent Garden at 1 pm today.

Oh baby!" So "oh baby!" just means he's very excited!

And this is an expression...

to "pop up" ...

so "to pop up", it means

to appear ... to appear.

So this is very informal English ...

okay ... so to "pop up"

means to appear.

I am preparing to appear

in Covent Garden." And.. Covent Garden is a very famous

square in the centre of London.

Okay? So,

there we go. That is the end of the lesson.

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this one is comparing the words

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because these words often cause

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this is a lesson to explain when you should use

the word "borrow" and when you should use the word

"lend" Alright?

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And I give little

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I give you some advice on learning English.

So on Twitter, I write probably 1 or 2 messages

every day. Okay so

that is the end of the lesson. I hope you enjoyed it.

Thank you very much for watching.

This is Andrew from Crown Academy of English.

Bye bye and I will see you next time :-)