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Interactive Java Audio Lesson 10 - Beginner

by Paolo Rossetti


Please do this exercise before reading the full e-mail text.

correct on first try

Click Here, adjust the volume, listen as many times as necessary and answer the questions.


  1. Who is speaking?    

  2. Where are the people in this story?    

  3. What happens to the car?    

  4. What do the first three engineers want to do?    

  5. What does the computer engineer suggest doing?    

  6. Do you think this joke is funny?    


This Javascript is by Doug Mills, University of Illinois, Urbana. His Interactive Listening Comprehension can be found on the Web at http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/lcra/.