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Summary
Anna is on a talk show to tell us about her new career move - acting as a tree in the movies. She looks back at the chances she took in the past year and plans for the future. Will she stay in Hollywood or come back to live in Washington, D.C.?
Anna hadir dalam acara bincang-bincang untuk memberitahu kita tentang karir barunya - berperan sebagai pohon dalam film. Ia melihat kembali kesempatan yang ia ambil beberapa tahun lalu dan rencana di masa depan. Apakah ia akan tinggal di Hollywood atau kembali tinggal di Wahington, D.C.?
Speaking
Use this video to learn the new words for this lesson. Then, learn about some new phrasal verbs.
Gunakan video ini untuk belajar mengenai kata-kata baru. Selanjutnya, belajar phrasal verbs baru.
Pronunciation
Use this video to learn about the blend of two words in the phrase "sit down."
Gunakan video ini untuk belajar menggabungkan dua kata dalam frasa "sit down."
Conversation
Writing
In this lesson, Anna looks back on how she has learned by taking chances over the past year in Washington, D.C. Have you ever taken chances to learn something new or to meet your goal? Tell us about a chance you took and how it helped you to learn or do something important to you . Write to us by email or in the Comments section.
Click on the image below to download the Activity Sheet to practice phrasal verbs and evaluating. Please note, our activity sheets now can be completed on the computer.
Learning Strategy
Learning Strategies are the thoughts and actions that help make learning easier or more effective.
The learning strategy for this lesson is Evaluate. We use this strategy when we look back at how we have learned and look forward to how we can learn more. In learning a language, we can evaluate how well we are learning and also evaluate how we are using strategies to learn. When we think about which strategies helped us, we know that we should use those strategies again.
In this lesson, Anna looks back at how she took chances in learning to do her job and to live in a big city. She is also looking forward to her new career as an actor. She is taking a chance to go to Hollywood and be in the movies.
Look back at how you have been learning English. What helped you the most?Now look forward. What will help you in the future? Are you taking chances to practice in lots of ways? Write to us in the Comments section or send us an email. Teachers, see the Lesson Plan for more details on teaching this strategy.
Quiz
Listen to short videos and test your listening skills with this quiz.
Quiz - Lesson 52: Taking Chances
Start the Quiz to find out
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New Words
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Free Materials
Download the VOA Learning English Word Book for a dictionary of the words we use on this website.
Each Let's Learn English lesson has an Activity Sheet for extra practice on your own or in the classroom. In this lesson, you can use it to practice using phrasal verbs and evaluating.
Unduh the VOA Learning English Word Book sebagai kamus kata-kata yang digunakan di situs ini.
Masing-masing pelajaran dalam Let's Learn English, ada Activity Sheet agar Anda bisa belajar sendiri atau di kelas. Di pelajaran kali ini, Anda bisa menggunakannya untuk berlatih menggunakan phrasal verbs dan evaluating.
For Teachers
See the Lesson Plan for this lesson for ideas and more teaching resources. Send us an email if you have comments on this course or questions.
Grammar: Phrasal verbs; Review of verb tenses
Topics: Discussing feelings and describing accomplishments
Learning Strategy: Evaluate
Speaking and Pronunciation: Blended form of "sit down"
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