Step 1: Transcribe
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Step 1: Transcribe
Emilia – Big Big World
I’m a big big girl
in a big big world
It’s not a big big thing if you leave me
but I do do feel that
I do do will miss you much
miss you much…
Native-speaker ‘mistakes’ – part 2
- innit
- their/they're/they
- what or which, who, that
Princess Rose and the Creature
There was once a beautiful princess named Rose. Her mother, the queen, however, was not as beautiful as the princess. The queen felt bad that she was not the most beautiful woman in the kingdom anymore. She was tired of competing with her daughter. She made a decision. She prepared a drink for the princess. After the princess drank it, she fell asleep. Then the queen took the princess to the forest. She left the princess there. It was a very serious thing to do. “ Either she will be killed by animals or she will get lost in the forest,” the queen though.
The Crazy Artist
Frenhofer was the best artist in the world. Everyone loved him. The quality of his paintings was very high. He always used the best materials. He made a big profit from his paintings. He had delicious meals with his rich neighbours. He taught art classes. Life was good.
Native-speaker ‘mistakes’
- I've done, I have done it
- Johan and I
- adverb + to infinitive, to infinitive + adverb
Meat and Poultry
This dialogue provides most of the basic questions you'll need to know when going to a restaurant alone:
The Laboratory
Mia’s father had a laboratory, but she had no idea what was in it. Her dad always closed and locked the door when he went in. She knew that he used it to do projects for work. He never told Mia what these projects were.
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Are you happy? It is a simple question, one that you can instinctively answer with an easy "yes" or "no." However, for some obscure reason the question "What is happiness?" is more difficult to answer. So too is the question that follows: How do we achieve it?