Assignment #5 How do I like ESL Randall's Cyber Listening Lab as a language learning resource?

I like this language learning resource very much due to following some reasons. I find these listening passages including different accents from foreigners, various situations and providing three levels.

First, I think that it can  help me to understand the listening passages whether the speaker has accent or not. Initially, I have the problem in accent, I think that I will overcome the difficulties gradually.  Second, these listening passages are formed in a variety of situations including campus, stores and professional terms.  It will be helpful to students to adapt any situations.  Third, the listening passages are classified with three different levels.  In this way, learners can choose the level properly to practice their listening skills.  They will not be frustrated when they choose the high level, on the contrary, they will motive themselves to learn positively.

Actually, I know this language learning resource before, and I gave up when I listened twice because I feel frustrated and don't want to strength listening skills at that time.  Now, I think that learning English is very important and not difficult, just try and face it.

Assignment #5 unfamiliar vocabularies in three videoes

hectic(adjective)-very busy; full of activity.ex:Today was too hectic for me.
voila(noun)-a musical instrument with strings, that you hold under your chin and play with a bow.ex:a viola player.
butcher(noun)-a person whose job is cutting up and selling meat in a store, or killing animals for this purpose.ex:My brother tried to cut his own hair with school scissors and without a mirror, and he really butchered it badly.
prank(noun)-a trick that is played on someone as a joke.ex:The incident was a prank that went wrong.
decent(adjective)-of a good enough standard or quality.ex:The movie was actually halfway decent.
convention(noun)-a large meeting of the members of a profession, a political party, etc.ex:the Democratic Party Convention.
renovation(noun)-to repair and paint an old building, a piece of furniture, etc. so that it is in good condition again.ex:There will be extensive renovations to the hospital.
amenities(noun)-a feature that makes a place pleasant, comfortable, or easy to live in.ex:The campsite is close to all the local amenities.
trim(verb)-to make something neater, smaller, better, etc., by cutting parts from it.ex:to trim your hair

Assignment #4 Randall's Cyber Listening Lab

pantry(noun):a closet or small room in a house, used for storing food.ex:No food was left in the pantry except some bread .
rations(noun): a fixed amount of food given regularly to a soldier or to someone who is in a place where there is not much food available.ex:Once these latest rations run out, the country will again face hunger and starvation.
live out(verb):to spend the rest of your life in a particular way.ex:He lived out his days alone.
enroll(verb):to arrange for yourself or for someone else to officially join a school, start a program of study, etc.ex:You need to enroll before the end of August.
diagnose(verb):to say exactly what an illness or the cause of a problem is.ex:The test is used to diagnose a variety of diseases.
hospice(noun):a hospital for people who are dying.ex:an AIDS hospice
benefactor(noun):a person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization such as a school or charity.ex:friends and benefactors of the hospital.

Assignment #3 corpus

The following sentences about the speaking of 粽子 in English are found in website which is introduced by teacher:

1. To pay off a debt of NT$1 million to a cooperative loan club, these women sell rice dumplings and give the proceeds to the club; this money is then used to do good deeds.
2. According to the custom of Taiwan and southern Fukien, families in mourning are not supposed to make nien-kao or tzung-tzu for the holidays, but they can be given some as a present by their neighbors.
3. "I've waited eleven years!" said Mr. Chen, who lives in Kaohsiung, as he viewed the scenery and ate his tsung tzu (a large dumpling of glutinous rice).

Other speaking of 粽子 in English are found in Yahoo:

1. Steamed rice dumpling
2. wrapped in bamboo leaves