Dear Arteenies,

As you know, there are four basic language skills which are reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
In this topic, we're going to focus on listening and practise our listening skill and learn more about what to say in certain situations that we may face in practical life.
Each time I'll add one voice clip then you've to try to write down what you hear. After picking up the best reply, I'll add some notes or explanation for some structures where is necessary.

I'll do my best to make the size of the clips as small as possible in order to make things easier for you.
I collected the clips from different sources such as the BBC courses and other ones. Most of the clips are in British English. I'll try to add some American ones as well.

Now are you ready for the challenge?! We'll see!!

Here is the first clip :The first clip
Duration: 00:01:55
Size: 438 KB

Who's brave enough to write what s/he hears correctly without any gap?!!
1, 2, 3, or 4 gaps are ok

With my best wishes

Abeer


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First clip // Part I was done correctly by Wissamo

MR. Hardcastel : Well now, I wounder if there is anything special you would like to do
Barbara : No , It's bliss just relaxing in like this, and the sun's actually shinnig.
MR. Hardcastel : Tomorrow we'll be going to the village fair, I hope you come. Later on , I thought we might drive down to the sea, but this morning we can laze around if you like.
Harry : Yes. This time ,next week, we'll probably be rushing round London again trying to intrest people in inflatable umbrellas, so we'd better get all the leisure we can.
MR. Hardcastel : How long will you actually be staying?
Harry: Oh I don't think we can stay more than 3 or 4 days.
MR. Hardcastel : Is that all?
Harry : well, you know the old spanish proverb : " The fish and the guest both smell after three days."

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First clip //Part II

MR. Hardcastel : Oh , nonsense! I do hope you'll stay a little longer.Before you go , I want to put you in touch with a friend who can certainly help you with your inflatable umbrella.
MRS. Hardcastel : He's away at present isn't he ,darilng?
MR. Hardcastel : Yes , but as soon as he comes back I'll give him a ring
Harry : I'd love to see him when he arrives. Thank you .
Barbara : But please darling don't start building castles in the air until you know he can do something . Otherwise you'll be disappointed again.
Harry : Oh , I won't feel disappointed this time. Now that I've got my inflatable umbrella with me , I feel completely confident.

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Part III

Barbara : Yes, but ___
Harry : I'm so sure now that my invention is sensible and useful that I just feel anyone who doesn't accept it is old -fashioned. Why, when one thinks of these absurd umbrellas that people still use, which have to pushed up and down, which get in the way, which leave puddles on the floor!
Barbara : Oh, Harry, you're beginning to sound like a politician!
MR. Hardcastel : No __ I think he's quite right. In the crowded city our traditional umbrellas really are clumsy and ridiculous .And to think that abroad they're supposed to be one of the symbols of life in England!
Harry : Well said, my friend! You're my first English convert. I shall reward you in time with a beautiful silk umbrella, inflatable and printed with your name.

 
عبير,

This is the most amazing topic
Great idea
I'll be back

Osama,
It is a temporary issu , try again

 

I'm afraid it's NOT cuz I also have tried but it didn't work ..

عبير,

As usual , so important and special topics
I'm so excited to share and challenge! but I need to downdloead the clip first

 
Osama, فارس, تيماء, Basil,
You are all the most welcome

I've downloaded the file two times before posting the topic to make sure that eveything is working properly. As Fares said it is a temporary error
Please try again it we'll not take more that 10 minutes by using the dial up connection

Good luck

 
عبير,
Oh my God ! I've been searching of such a topic for a long time I'm so eager of such challenging but unfortunately it isn't working I could hear just " Hello , Yeah " please, try to solve this problem coz I wanna participate Thanx

 
Raghad,
Welcome dear
It seems that you've downloded another clip

Basil,
Happy to know that the file worked. Ok I divided it into three parts. Here is the first one

First clip // Part I

Duration :00:45:00
Size : 303.73 KB


That's kind of you


Are you ready now?

Osama, فارس, تيماء, Basil, Raghad, and all !

Who'll be the first hero?

 
عبير,

this what I got :

A: Well now , I wonder if there anything special you'd like to do ..
B: No …
A: Tomorrow we'll be …… village there I hope you come , later on I might go down to the beach , but this morning we can play around if you like .
B: Yes good time next week we'd properly be rushing around London trying …. We can
A: How long you are actually would be staying ?
B: I think we can stay more than three or four days
C: Is that all ?
B: well , you know the Spanish …. Three days


Please Abeer don't make the sound quality less than 32 KB/s
nice work ..... keep going ... and sorry for the loss in my passage