Here are some tips on listening. We hope it can help you in one way or another.
●Relax yourself.
Before you start to listen to something, You need to relax.
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●Listen carefully to the first sentence.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} For example, if eyou hear“Many shops in many parts of China have decided to take away all kinds of Japanese goods off their shelves, but some people say it's not a good idea. Our reporter says…”,you know you will hear a piece of news, not a children's story or a science report.
●Think when you're listening.
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●Listen for important facts.
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●Don't think about one or two words for too long.
You may hear some words that you don't know. But don't spend too much time on them.
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    There is a little boy named Mark. He hopes he could fly like a bird. His parents tell him, “Dear, you can't fly.” “Why can't I? Some birds in the zoo are very big, but they can fly.” The boy can't understand.

    There is another little boy named Barry. He is crippled(跛脚的). He wishes he could walk and run like other children.

    “Why can't I walk or run like other children?” Barry asks his father. His father doesn't know what to say.

    One day, the two boys meet in a park.

    “Do you want to fly like a bird?” Mark asks Barry.

    “No,” Barry says. “ I just wish I could walk and run like you.”

    Mark thinks for a minute, walks to Barry's father and says something into his ear.

    “That's OK,” says the father.

    Mark goes to Barry and says, “Get onto my back. Let's run together.” Then Mark carries Barry and begins to run. He runs faster and faster. He runs across the park with Barry on his back. The crippled boy flaps(拍打) his arms up and down in the wind. He shouts at the top of his voice, “We're flying, Mark! We're flying!”

回答下面5个问题, 每题答案不超过7个词。

    Hot pot(火锅)is many Chinese people's favorite and Liu Yang is one of them.

    Three days ago, Liu Yang arrived in England . There he had three days of hamburgers, sandwiches and potatoes. Yesterday he was very excited when he heard that there was going to be a meal of hot pot to welcome the new students.

    He went into the room and sat next to an American girl. To his surprise, he saw potatoes and bread in front of him. Where was the hot pot?

    When she saw Liu Yang was very surprised , the American girl told him that hotpot is NOT hot pot. China has hot pot in two words but English hotpot is written in one word.

    Hotpot is made from meat, potatoes and onions. People put it in the oven（烤箱）all day in a heavy pot and on a low heat. It is easy to cook.

    Hot pot tastes fine. But Liu Yang still misses hot pot, two words!

    O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen（偷）it. Because of that, he was sent to prison（监狱）. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales（故事）were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader's surprise.

    Started in the year 1970, Earth Day is now celebrated in more than 193countries each year. Every year, the event is celebrated under a different theme. The theme for 2016 is" "Trees for the Earth". Here are five things you can do to celebrate Earth Day (apart from planting trees)and make this a better world for future generations.

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    Cars, being the greatest source of air pollution, can be left at home this weekend. Traveling by public transport is the better choice. Other greener choices are carpooling, riding a bike or you can also walk if your workplace isn't that far away from your home.

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    NO, we don't mean you should be dirty. We simply mean to say, don't take a bath every day. A day or two without a bath won't harm you, but it will certainly do a lot of good for our planet. Water saved is the planet saved.

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    This is one of the best things you can do. Why? Because it will do you good, too. Volunteer to join other tasks. If you have time, you can plant trees, clean a park or simply come up with ways you can preserve mother Earth.

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    This is one of the most common things that people can do at home, that is, turn off their lights. However, this isn't something you should do just for a day. Save energy by turning off all electricity points whenever they are not in use.

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    Do something every day that will improve your surroundings and contribute to making the planet a better place to live in. Always remember that every step counts.