English Listening for Beginners | Basic Conversation with Exercises - en

[Music] hello everyone welcome to learn English

with Jessica in today's lesson we will

practice listening skills video includes

three-part watch until the end and test your English listening

skills in part one you will listen to conversations there are some blanks in

the conversations where you have to select the best answers to find the

correct phrases or words you will have 5 seconds for each

[Music] answer so you're going to teach me this

chess thing yeah it's easy once you get the

hang of it where do we even start let's set up the board

first all right these pieces are all over the place each piece has its own

place I'll show you why are the knights shaped like

horses they represent Cavalry hence the horse

shape makes sense and why do they move in an L shape that's just how the game

works it's Unique to Knights okay and what's this piece with

the crown that's the king the whole game

revolves around protecting him got it if the king's trapped that's

Checkmate right exactly you're catching on quick I try

what about this tall piece next to the king that's the queen she's the most

powerful piece because she can move in any

direction right yep as far as she wants but not through other

pieces okay what's the strategy here it's all about control control the

center control the game easier said than done let's play a few moves and you'll

start to see patterns I'm going to be honest this is

tougher than I thought you'll get it chess is like a

dance you learn the steps over time a dance huh guess I've got two left feet

then just take it one step at a time patience is

key I'll Trust you on that this Queen's about to dance

then there you go see you're making moves

already maybe I can actually get good at this with practice you can now let's see

what you can do with your king lead the way

[Music] Chessmaster part two fill in the

blanks in this part you will have to fill in the blanks while listening to

conver please listen carefully so you don't

miss any information you will have 5 seconds for

each answer good morning I need to talk to

someone about my room sure what seems to be the

problem well for starters the air conditioner is not working at

all oh no that's not good did you try the

control panel yep I fiddled with it for ages

nothing I'm sorry to hear that I'll send someone up right away and another thing

there's no hot water

that's definitely not okay after the AC I'll have them check the water heater

thanks and um the room it's kind of dirty dirty in what way there are crumbs

on the carpet and I found a lot of hair on the

[Music] bed

well I'm terribly sorry we'll clean your room

immediately also the TV's stuck on one channel I apologize for all these issues

I'll have our technician look at it as soon as

possible how long is all this going to take we'll

try to fix everything within 2 hours 2 hours I have a meeting in 1 hour

we'll prioritize your room let me offer you a complimentary breakfast for the

inconvenience breakfast won't fix my schedule I understand how about we move

you to a different room right now finally a solution let's do

that I'll have a bell Hop come up with the new key and help you move thanks I

hope this room's in better shape it will be sir again I apologize for the trouble

let's hope so

[Music] hi Mr John I'm Linda from the

receptionist how is your room now sir this is much better thank you you're

welcome and we've added a credit to your account for the

inconvenience I appreciate that you've handled it well

we always strive to make things right enjoy your stay I will

[Music] thanks part three listen and

answer in this part we'll listen to a story you will have to listen to it it

and answer some questions based on the story are you

ready let's [Music]

go have you heard about the new policy change at work no what

policy they're saying we can't have coffee at our desks anymore that can't

be right that's like coffeee is essential I know but Greg from HR told

me it's because of the new carpets that may be fake news there's no

way they do that you think so I was really worried I'll ask around this

needs to be cleared up thanks Lisa I need my

coffee we all do Mark we all do

[Music] a

[Music] I seriously need to stop spending money

what happened now just looked at my credit card bill it's

bad did you go overboard with the shopping again I guess I did those sales

got me you have to be more careful Alex want

help making a budget that' be great I don't even know

where to start first let's cut down on the

takeouts cooking at home will save a lot you're right no more pizza

deliveries for a while and maybe limit those gaming

purchases ouch that's going to be tough but I'll

try [Music]

n that's the end of the video thank you

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