9割くらい聞き取れて、8割くらい発話できるような感覚です。目標は 9割9分聞き取れて、9割発話だなあ。
ESL Podcast はとても面白いです。アメリカの文化をからめてフレンドリーに話してくれるスタイルが好きです。これなら続きそうだー。
メモ
- TV system
- there are about 1,000 (!) TV stations in US
- major TV channels are ABC, CBS, NBS, and little smaller channels are Fox and WB
- satellite TV stations are Dish TV and Direct TV
- PBS (public station) is non-profit TV station. government gives money to PBS, but it's smaller than other country's (e.g. England) government does
- spelling bees
- contest that people listen to words and write down each spelling
- if he has mistake, it's the end of his challenge
- most participants are junior high school students
- spelling bees takes 6 hours
- pronunciation of Minnesota
- little different. e.g. "o" sound of Minnesota is longer
- difference between policy and politics
- policy is a rule, regulation and program to fix some problems. ex. government has a policy for saving environment
- politics are mostly related to government and organization