DynEd International, Inc. |
DynEd International, Inc. |
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 Sandy Steele, Jenny Chen, and Pat Miller.
Sandy Steele is a college student. He likes to listen to the radio when he studies. He also likes to watch old movies on television.
Jenny Chen is a fashion model. Today she is wearing a green jacket with a white blouse. Her favorite color is blue.
Pat Miller is a drama student at American University. Next month she's going to be in a radio play. They're going to perform the play on the university radio station.
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, Jenny talks about clothing and colors.
Now look at the Easy Flag Identifier website, designed and maintained by Photius Coutsoukis.
Match the names of the countries with the background colors of their flags.
|
|
Denmark Hong Kong Turkey |
White |
|
|
Finland Israel South Korea |
Blue |
|
Australia Sweden United Nations |
Green |
|
|
Brazil Pakistan Saudi Arabia |
Red |
| True | False | |
| x | Fish is good for you. | |
| x | Vegetables and fruits provide vitamin C. | |
| x | Eating bread and potatoes will make you fat. Bread and potatoes will not make you fat unless you eat very large amounts at one time. |
|
| x | You should eat at least four vegetables each day. | |
| x | Most people need 3-4 glasses of water a day. Most people need 8 glasses of water a day. |
|
| x | Butter is more fattening than margarine. They are the same. |
|
| x | Low-fat milk is good for children less than four years old. Children under four years old need regular milk. |
| Kathy: | Do you like to watch television? |
| Sandy: | Yes, but not when I'm studying. I watch TV late at night, after I finish studying. |
| Kathy: | What do you watch? |
| Sandy: | I like to watch old movies on television. |
| Kathy: | What else do you watch on TV? |
| Sandy: | Well, on weekends, I watch sports. |
| Kathy: | What kinds of sports do you watch? |
| Sandy: | Let's see... I watch basketball ... and football. |
| Kathy: | Any other sports, besides basketball and football? |
| Sandy: | I sometimes watch baseball on TV. |
Fill in the blanks with words from the column on the right.
| Sandy: | I like to listen to the radio when I study. |
to in on off one the |
| I can't listen the radio in the library. | ||
| So I study my room as much as possible. | ||
| Kathy: | What do you listen to the radio? | |
| Sandy: | Mostly music. | |
| But there is problem. | ||
| Kathy: | What's that? | |
| Sandy: | My roommate Jake. | |
| Jake can't study with the radio . | ||
| He likes quiet. | ||
| So I have to turn the radio when Jake wants to study. |
| Kathy: | Jenny, that black skirt looks really good with your green jacket. |
| Jenny: | Thank you. I think the colors black and green look good together. |
| Kathy: | What's your favorite color? |
| Jenny: | My favorite color? Blue. Blue is my favorite color. It's the color of the sky and water. What about you, Kathy? What's your favorite color? |
| Kathy: | My favorite color is... red. Red is the color of the heart. |
| Jenny: | It's the color of love and roses! |
Fill in the blanks with words from the column on the right.
|
wear wears wearing |
| Kathy: | How are things going? |
| Pat: | Well, I'm going to be in a radio play next month. |
| Kathy: | A radio play? |
| Pat: | Yes, we're going to perform it on our university radio station. |
| Kathy: | Is it difficult to act in a radio play? |
| Pat: | Well, it's different from stage acting. When the audience watches a stage play, they can see and hear the actors on the stage. But in a radio play, the audience can only listen. They have to use their imaginations. |
Fill in the blanks with words from the column on the right.
| Kathy: | Pat, which do you like better , stage plays or radio plays? |
fun look better sound prefer different |
| Pat: | I guess I stage plays. In radio plays, I change the way I . In stage plays, I change the way I sound and the way I . I sound like a person and I look like a different person. It's challenging and really ! |
|
1. How many tomatoes will Denise need? 2. How much cheese will she need? 3. How many packages of spaghetti will she need? 4. How many onions will Sam buy? 5. How much spaghetti will Sam and Denise eat? |
| 1. coffee | How many cups of coffee do you drink? or How much coffee do you drink? |
Two or three cups a day. |
| 2. coffee | How much coffee do you drink? | Quite a lot. |
| 3. tea | How much tea do you drink? | Not a lot. |
| 4. water | How many glasses of water do you drink? or How much water do you drink? |
At least eight glasses a day. |
| 1. mystery Martha stories writes | Martha writes mystery stories. |
| 2. computer e-mail for her she uses | She uses her computer for e-mail. |
| 3. faster is the than e-mail mail | E-mail is faster than the mail. |
| 4. writing it's convenient than more a letter | It's more convenient than writing a letter. |
| 5. too she gets many messages | She gets too many messages. |
| 6. costs to less send message an e-mail it | It costs less to send an e-mail message. |
Listen to the dialog. Fill in the missing words.
| Sally: | Is there any other shirt you could wear? |
| Brian: | What do you mean? |
| Sally: | Honey, your shirt is orange and your pants are ! It's awful! |
| Brian: | Oh, no. I thought this was my shirt. |
| Sally: | I'm afraid it's not. |
| Brian: | Well, you know that I'm colorblind! You should tell me how I look. |
| Sally: | Well, right now, you look like a . |
| Brian: | Thanks. Well... how about this blue shirt? |
| Sally: | It's not blue. It's . |
| Brian: | Well, what's the problem? |
| Sally: | Now you look like a Christmas tree! |
Missing words from last week's Daily Dialog: order, instead, glass, little
Listen to the New Dynamic English radio course on the Voice of America radio network, then answer this week's question.
How many characters will Pat play in the radio drama?
Last week's Question of the Week: What is Denise's favorite dessert?
Answer: Her favorite dessert is chocolate cake.
Each week you will receive e-mail Study Tips, news, and activities. Join today!
The New Dynamic English radio course is based on DynEd's New Dynamic English courseware.
For more information about DynEd courseware, contact sales@dyned.com.
If you have any questions or comments, please write to kathy@dyned.com.
Week: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26
DynEd-VOA Radio English Courses
Copyright © 2005 DynEd International, Inc.