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English Speaking Exercise (All Levels)

Course 201, Unit 7, Lesson 2

Highways - Up, Down, Over, Under

Instructions: Please recite the following paragraph. Press the 'add audio submission' button to record and submit this exercise.

A highway is a main road people use to travel between different public places. Highways connect cities, towns, and villages. Sometimes, drivers pay money to use the highway, and sometimes highways are free. Highways can go over water, across bridges, and through tunnels. Highways can also go up, down, or under mountains. Some highways have homes or businesses on them. Other highways don't have any buildings on them.

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  • Rie
    Mochapoints: 16516  |  Teacher Score: 1949
    Pode corrigir minha pronunciação, por favor? Portugues 201-6 『Minha familia mora no centro da cidade. Nós podemos ir pela estrada em qualquer direção. A universidade e o mercado ficam ao leste. O shopping e o posto de gasolina ficam ao norte. Ao oeste da nossa casa fica o posto de correio, a praia, e o nosso restaurante favorito. Ao sul da cidade há escritórios e fábricas. As veses nós dirigimos para leste pela estrada em direção às montanhas. Há flores e àrvores bonitas nas montanhas. 』
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  • Americano
    Mochapoints: 7621  |  Teacher Score: 4131 (100%)

    The audio won't play for me...

    ...and I don't know any Portuguese for the paragraph below.

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  • James
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    No English audio desu.
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  • Rie
    Mochapoints: 16516  |  Teacher Score: 1949
    Really? Why you can't listen it? I can hear my English voice! OK... I will read it later and send it again. Could you check it again for me?
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  • Diego Lesnock
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    I could listen it perfectly ^_^, and also your pronunciation is perfect. Just pay attention to the words "drivers" and "up", everything else is perfect.
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  • Diego Lesnock
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    About the portuguese one what else can I say? It's just perfect, you speak like a brazilian person ^_^ おめでとう Perfeito né.
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  • lucio lemos
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    Perfeito!!!
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  • Renata Inforzat...
    Mochapoints: 7613  |  Teacher Score: 1067 (0%)

    Oi Rie,

     

    Como sempre você está muito bem em Português. Só continue treinando o L na palavra pela. Vc falou peRa. Mas é só isso, você é ótima, excelente!

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  • benedito rocha
    Mochapoints: 25961  |  Teacher Score: 17087 (100%)
    Great works Rie! English and Portuguese are perfect.
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  • moicano
    Mochapoints: 12504  |  Teacher Score: 1491 (100%)
    Tudo bem rie....depois eu passo o audio meu computador deu pau...
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  • moicano
    Mochapoints: 12504  |  Teacher Score: 1491 (100%)
    Olá...
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