Added: May 2, 2009
From: AnEnglishStudent
Duration: 2:54
I'd like you to comment on this reading.Please tell me if i do it well, and tell me the mistakes i make. Thanks in advance! This is a transcription of the actual text: My family has always felt a deep connection to the outdoors. When I was young, my dad used to take my brother and I camping several times a year. On these trips, he taught us the importance of being able to take care of ourselves. The great thing about camping is that it takes you back to the basics: food, shelter, water, and heat. Most of the projects that consume your time and energy have to do with one of those necessities. The completion of a big project like gathering and chopping wood, building a great fire, setting up camp, or catching some fish to eat gives me a great satisfaction that is hard to match. It also gives me some comfort to know that I would have a good chance of surviving if I were ever stuck in the wild. Survival at Home While wilderness survival is a great skill to have, its more important to know how to survive by yourself in your own house! Most of us were never taught to live on our own. Men are especially vulnerable. A lot of us lived extremely well under the comfortable care of our mothers until we gave the real world a shot. Imagine the stereotypical bachelor pad: Two guys as roommates, pizza boxes on the coffee table, nothing on the walls, and nothing in the fridge except a case of beer and a tub of butter (ahh, the good-ole days). If you were lucky enough, you took your clothes to your mother on the weekends to get it washed and made up for a weeks worth of mal-nourishment. Women arent completely in the clear. Believe it or not, women have weaknesses to! Usually in a relationship, there is one person who is more equipped than the other to do any given task such as doing the finances, fixing the car, organizing the closet, cutting the lawn, or decorating the house. You see, one of the great things about relationships is that we make up for each others weaknesses. Hopefully, between two people, you cover all the basics for survival (If you cant, thats a whole different thing).
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lilucraz Says:
Jul 9, 2009 - pretty good, relax a bit ;)
BlakLotus Says:
Jul 10, 2009 - In english, usually any emphasis is made on the second or third syllable. ex: out- DOORS nor OUT-doors. the 'o' in 'Brother' doesn't really make an 'oh' sound, but more of an 'UH' sound. so it's pronounced 'bruhther' . when speaking, try to enunciate each word. to help with your accent, watch some american/british movies from the 1950's-0's it's should help you with the correct pronunciation of the words.
ElisavanYaslana Says:
Sep 15, 2009 - I think your pronunciation is good, I'll post a reply in a while with some specifics so you can hear an american pronounce some of the words. I think specific aid is very important. Until later, then!
Vaxliscious Says:
Jul 1, 2010 - Very technical. But I think if you're talking to native english people, you will pick it up quickly.
. . . . . . . because these video appear directly from youtube.com which we cannot control it.)
wasearcher Says:
May 3, 2009 - Very well done. Check your pronunciation of author, basics, person.