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The New Dynamic English radio course will help you learn English through listening to conversations with Americans.
This week, on New Dynamic English, Kathy talks with Simon Tompkins, Sandra Harris, and Sara Scott.
Last week Simon Tompkins visited Princeton University. He gave a lecture on "The Art of Photography." The lecture was in the Princeton University Library.
Sandra Harris has two children, John and Collette. Every summer, John and Collette have summer jobs. Last summer Collette worked as a waitress at a French restaurant.
Sara Scott is a doctor at a large hospital in Chicago. The fourth floor of the hospital is only for children. Most of Sara's patients are children.
Visit this website each week for a new Study Activity. You can also listen to a new Daily Dialog. Try to answer the Question of the Week.
This week, Simon Tompkins talks with Kathy about some of the buildings on the Princeton University campus. Let's find out about some of the famous buildings in Washington, DC.
Look at this map of the museums on the Mall in the center of Washington, DC. At the far end of the Mall, you can see the Capitol building. Answer these questions.
1. What building is located between the Museum of American History and the National Gallery of Art?
2. What building is directly across the Mall from the Air and Space Museum?
3. Which museum is closer to the Capitol, the Hirshhorn Museum or the Freer Gallery of Art?
Now look at the map again. The top of the map is North. Answer these questions.
4. What famous monument is located directly between the Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial?
5. Is the White House north or south of the Washington Monument?
6. Which of these museums is not located on Constitution Avenue: the Museum of Natural History, the National Gallery of Art, or the Air and Space Museum?
Click on any of the blue buildings on the map for more pictures and information.
Answers to last week's Study Activity
| went extinct | 3 died |
| after-effects | 1 results |
| an asteroid | 5 a meteor (a rock from space) |
| impact | 4 when something hits something else |
| atmosphere | 2 air |
| True | False | |
| X | The dinosaurs (except for birds) died after an asteroid hit the Earth. | |
| X | The asteroid was 100 miles across. The asteroid was 4-9 miles in diameter. |
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| X | Huge fires caused the asteroid to hit the Earth. The impact of the asteroid caused huge fires. |
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| X | When the asteroid hit the Earth, it caused storms with high winds. | |
| X | Because dust in the air blocked the sunlight, the Earth became warmer. The temperature on the Earth went down because the dust blocked the sunlight. |
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| X | The atmosphere of the Earth changed after the asteroid hit the Earth. | |
| X | First animals died, and then plants began to die. First the plants died, because they didn't get enough sunlight. Then the plant-eating animals died, because they didn't get enough to eat. |
| Kathy: | Is the library near the art museum? |
| Simon: | It's not very far. The art museum is in the center of campus, behind Nassau Hall. The library is in the northeast corner of campus. It's at the intersection of Nassau Street and Washington Road. |
| Kathy: | What did you do after the lecture? |
| Simon: | I went to the Student Center for coffee with some students. The Student Center is next to the library. It's between the library and Nassau Hall. |
Unscramble these words from this week's lesson. They are all names of places.
| brilyar | l |
| emsumu | m |
| nuivetyrsi | u |
| fficeo | o |
| uatstnrea | r |
| aeretht | t |
| Kathy: | Do Collette and John work in the summer, when they're not in school? |
| Sandra: | Yes, they both have part-time jobs. |
| Kathy: | What kind of jobs do they have? Where do they work? |
| Sandra: | Well, for example, last summer, John worked at a movie theater. |
| Kathy: | What did he do? |
| Sandra: | He sold tickets, and sometimes he sold popcorn and soda. |
| Kathy: | What did Collette do? What did she do last summer? |
| Sandra: | She worked in a restaurant. She was a waitress. |
Where did they work? Match the job with the workplace.
| b | He sold tickets. | a. | a fast food restaurant |
| She was a waitress. | b. | a movie theater | |
| She's going to sell children's clothing. | c. | a park | |
| He's going to teach sports to children. | d. | a drug store | |
| He's going to make hamburgers and French fries. | e. | a department store | |
| I sold toothpaste, shampoo, and so on. | f. | a French restaurant |
| Kathy: | Sara, can parents visit their children in the hospital? |
| Sara: | Of course, they can. Parents can visit their children any time, day or night. There are extra beds in the children's rooms so that their parents can sleep there. And there is a kitchen so that parents can cook food for their children. |
| Kathy: | Is there a school at the hospital? |
| Sara: | No, there isn't a school. But there is a teacher so that the children get some help with their school work. |
Match the question with the answer:
| c | Why is there a kitchen on the fourth floor of the hospital? | a. | So that the children can play together. |
| Why is there a teacher at the hospital? | b. | So that the children can look at the pictures when they are lying in their beds. | |
| Why are there extra beds in the children's rooms? | c. | So that parents can cook food for their children. | |
| Why are there pictures on the ceilings? | d. | So that the children's parents can sleep there. | |
| Why is there a playroom? | e. | So that the children can get help with their school work. |
Last Week's Practice 1: Answers
| Kathy: | Ellen, what causes air pollution? |
| Ellen: | There are many causes of air pollution. Automobiles are one major cause of air pollution. |
| Kathy: | What about factories? Do factories cause pollution? |
| Ellen: | Yes, factories cause lots of pollution. Factories cause air pollution. They also cause water pollution. |
Last Week's Practice 2: Answers
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1. Did your kids enjoy their visit to the museum? 2. Oh, yes. They saw (learned) lots of interesting things. 3. What did they like best? 4. They liked the dinosaurs best. 5. We learned about different kinds of dinosaurs. 6. Dinosaurs were very big, weren't they? 7. Not all of them were big. 8. There were big dinosaurs and there were small dinosaurs. 9. What did the dinosaurs eat? 10. Most dinosaurs ate plants, but some dinosaurs ate meat. |
Last Week's Practice 3: Answers
| 1. Many Americans feel that... | guns are bad. |
| 2. They think it is wrong... | for people to own guns. |
| 3. Well, I ... | don't agree. |
| 4. I like to ... | go hunting. |
| 5. I need ... | a gun to go hunting. |
| 6. I don't ... | think it is wrong for people to own guns. |
Listen to the dialog. Fill in the missing words.
| Nancy: | Excuse me, officer, but... but... someone stole my car! |
| Policeman: | Someone stole your car? |
| Nancy: | Yes, they stole it! They stole my car! |
| Policeman: | Where was it? Where was your car? |
| Nancy: | It was right here, in this . |
| Policeman: | OK. Tell me what happened. |
| Nancy: | I parked my car here, a green car, and I went into the bank. And when I came out, my car was gone! |
| Policeman: | Where is the green car? |
| Nancy: | It's too! |
| Policeman: | Tell me again... Where did you park your car? |
| Nancy: | Here in Parking Lot A, right the bank. |
| Policeman: | Parking Lot A? This is Parking Lot B, behind the bank. |
| Nancy: | Ooops. |
Missing words from last week's Daily Dialog: mean, because, why, cookies
Listen to the New Dynamic English radio course on the Voice of America radio network, then answer this week's question.
What does Simon Tompkins do?
Last week's Question of the Week: Who does Ellen Williams work for?
Answer: She works for the US government.
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