1-05 The Monkey’s Magic Eyeball

This is an audio for the Active Listening tasks (as directed by Sam).

There are a few things to remember about these audios: 

  1. Don’t do more than 30 seconds at a time
  2. Only listen to it once. In the parts you have trouble understanding, listen to them again and:
    1. Count the words in the sentencees
    2. Write down the words you hear and use your grammatical and lexical knowledge to guess the words that are missing 
    3. Make note of any words that have features of connected speech and identify what happened and why you didn’t understand
    4. Say those words out loud to yourself in the same way the audio said them: get used to hearing them 
  3. Make note of the parts you missed and bring them to class; try to figure out why you missed them or didn’t hear them correctly

First transcribe the audio as usual then use the transcript to check your work … or as Sam tells you. Good luck!

[00:00:00] Narrator: The monkey’s magic eyeball.

[music]

[00:00:03] Woman: What’s this thing you sent me?

[00:00:05] Freddie: What?

[00:00:05] Woman: This-this-this thing in a jar.

[00:00:08] Freddie: It’s a monkey’s eyeball.

[00:00:09] Woman: A monkey’s eyeball?

[00:00:11] Freddie: Did you notice no matter which way you turn it, it’s always looking at you?

[00:00:14] Woman: Eww.

[00:00:15] Freddie: You like it?

[00:00:16] Woman: I hate it.

[00:00:17] Freddie: It’s not just any monkey’s eyeball. It’s from a magic monkey.

[00:00:21] Woman: Oh God.

[00:00:22] Freddie: Make a wish, it’ll come true.

[00:00:23] Woman: Are you insane?

[00:00:24] Freddie: No, try it. You’ll see.

[00:00:25] Woman: All right. I wish you take your monkey’s eyeball and stuff it right up–

[00:00:30] Freddie: No, no, no. Don’t make that wish.

[00:00:32] Woman: Will it come true?

[00:00:33] Freddie: We met a year ago today and I wanted to give you something unique.

[00:00:36] Woman: I expected something else.

[00:00:38] Freddie: What did you expect? An engagement ring? [laughs]

[00:00:40] Woman: [sighs] When you said you were giving me something shiny and round and really special, I didn’t expect a monkey’s eyeball.

[00:00:49] Freddie: Come on. You know I can’t leave my wife. I mean, you know how she is with all the–

[00:00:52] Woman: I wish you dropped dead.

[00:00:54] Freddie: [groans]

[00:00:59] Woman: Freddie? Oh, all right. I wish you’d come back from the dead.

[00:01:05] Freddie: God, that was weird. Huh.

[00:01:07] Woman: Freddie, how many wishes do I get?

[00:01:10] Freddie: Uh, three.

[00:01:12] Woman: And I’voe already used two?

[00:01:13] Freddie: Uh, I guess so.

[00:01:15] Woman: Freddie.

[00:01:16] Freddie: Yeah?

[00:01:17] Woman: I wish you the best of luck-

[00:01:19] Freddie: What?

[00:01:19] Woman: -staying dead.

[00:01:21] Freddie: [groans]

[00:01:27] Woman: Freddie? Freddie?

[00:01:39] [END OF AUDIO]

December 28, 2019

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