Listening N3–N2 · Lesson 33

News reports: confirmed facts, guesses and forecasts

市しによりますと、原因げんいんは古ふるくなった水道管すいどうかんとみられています。

News: what happened, then source, cause, what’s next. Know 「〜によりますと」「〜とみられています」「〜の疑うたがい」「〜見通みとおし」: what’s confirmed, what’s a guess.

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In this lesson

  1. 01What you listen for: what is confirmed, guessed or expected
  2. 02How speech sounds: news language and a friend passing it on
  3. 03Listen through once: a live report
  4. 04Scene tips: set phrases in the news

Practice

  • Key-point comprehension: causes and aims in the news
  • Key-point comprehension: confirmed, guessed or planned
  • Quick response: news passed on by someone else
  • What does this news sentence mean?
  • Match the news expressions with their meanings
  • Choose the news expression

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