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安徽省蚌埠市2021届高三英语第三次教学质量检查考试（三模）试卷
When we are learning a new language, carrying on a conversation can be difficult. It is even harder when there is the added pressure of doing a job well using the new language. One of our readers, Emre, works at a job that requires him to talk with customers in English. He recently asked for advice on how he can improve his listening skills.
Predict
The first strategy is to predict what you will hear. Maybe your customers sometimes say they have problems with placing an order on your website.What words do they often use in that kind of conversation? For example, customers may often use the word "order".
Focus
The next strategy is to prepare a list of those words and listen for them when a customer begins talking with you. The next time you are listening to a customer, pay attention to the key words that help you understand their question.
Ask
Next, think about what you can say to the customer to let them know you need a little help understanding them. You can let the customer know you are an English learner.
At the beginning of the conversation, you can ask, "Would you please speak more slowly?" The other kind of question is one I call, "asking to clarify." Remember, you predicted some of the words your customers may use. You should listen closely for those words. When you hear one, you can ask the customer a short question to be sure. "Did you say you want to order?"
Rehearse
You can prepare your answers to customers' questions and rehearse them in your free time. You can practice saying them out loud to yourself.
A. I call this "focusing when you listen".
B. There are two questions you can ask.
C. You can list some common questions.
D. Here are four strategies for you to consider.
E. Customers are advised to concentrate on the key words.
F. You may want to keep a notebook with your usual answers.
G. You can think about the ways they usually ask about that problem.
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A. People think differently from me. B. It taught me disagreements are unnecessary. C. It took a lot of listening, patience and effort. D. The comment was focused on my upbringing. E. He then asked what l would be studying here. F. I was excited and terrified but tried to act bravely. G. In a way, I'm thankful that I had to take those extra steps from the first day. |
I am a Korean-American growing up in Korea. My delayed first day at Wheaton College was my first time in the U.S. in more than 10 years.
From my first time eating at Chipotle to the endless variety of Scotch tapes on display at Target, culture shock affected me deeply. I was flooded with the rush of Starbucks caffeine (咖啡因). {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
On that first day to-do list was a job interview for a worker position. The interviewer asked where l was from. Seoul. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} English literature. He said, "Oh, you must be enthusiastic about coming all the way here to study English from Korea'!"
That comment annoyed me, in a way I couldn't describe then. It's clearer now: {#blank#}3{#/blank#} The interviewer was measuring my passion without knowing anything about me, only based on where l was coming from.
That interview was a small example of what came after that first day of college, but I hesitate to tell the story because some people who made ridiculously ignorant (无知的) comments ended up being my good friends. This wasn't easy. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Through them, I learned to express my feelings clearly in words. To them, I owe this story.
We get to know some people and others we don't. We make decisions to involve in conversations or not. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} otherwise, I would have stayed in my bubble, meeting only people who say things that sound right.
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