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English Audio Request

mparraud
222 Words / 2 Recordings / 3 Comments
Note to recorder:

If you find errors or unnatural expressions, please let me know! Thanks

However, stiff clothes can be made comfortable by treating them with fabric softener, which makes them lose all their tautness.

Hold your nose (like this) and tilt your head back.
Pinch your nose (like this) and tilt your head back

can you guess the outcome of the game?
If you always complete your assignments and study hard, the logical outcome is that you will have great results in the final exam.

What is your Achilles heel?

Emma's sister gave her a hand me down skirt.

When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.

Many birds stand on one leg when resting on the ground. This behavior can best be observed in long-legged birds like storks, flamingos and herons.

A stork bringing a baby.

Watch a tadpole become a frog.

Who lives in the pond?
What is the term for when a tadpole turns into a frog? This is called metamorphosis.

A beaver with stick, wet fur steers through the pond water toward its dam.
What shares the pond with the beaver?

Teach children swimming kicks with tips from a swimming instructor in this free video swim lesson.
The child tripped over the toys on the floor and fell down.

Don't leave everything lying around

Recordings

Comments

rhodochrome
June 23, 2012

I would make these changes:

"However, stiff clothes can be made comfortable by treating them with fabric softener, which makes them [less stiff / more pliable]."

"Who do you think will win the game?" (The example sentence is correct but I've never heard it used before, except in a math / statistics / game theory context.)

"If you always complete your assignments and study hard, the logical outcome is that you will do well on the final exam."

"Emma's sister gave her a hand-me-down skirt."

"wadded-up"

"What lives in the pond?" ("who" personifies animals / plants)

"A beaver with slick..."

mparraud
June 23, 2012

Thank you!
Will you do me a favor?
Could you record again the phrase "A beaver with slick, wet fur steers through the pond water toward its dam."?

rhodochrome
June 24, 2012

Sure!

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