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IMPORTANT: The examples in this part of SECTION I are shorter than the actual mini
talks on the TOEFL examination. The actual mini talks usually have four
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Informative Speeches |
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Informative speeches are short talks that províde factual information.
In many
ways, Informative speeches are like Announcements and Advertisements.
In some talks on Part C, you will hear factual information.
When you hear a talk, you must be able to summarize the important ideas. You
must also be able to answer questions that begin with the following words:
who,
what, when, where, why? |
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EXAMPLE: |
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Speaker: |
Welcome to the Lincoln Memorial, located, as you can see, on the west bank of
the Potomac River on the axis of the Capitol Building and the Washington
Monument. |
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The structure itself was designed by Henry Bacon in 1912, and completed ten
years later at a cost of 2.9 million dollars. |
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The outer walls of the memorial are white Colorado marble, 189 feet long and
118 feet, 8 inches wide. The thirty-six outer columns are also of marble,
representing the thirty-six states that were in the Union at the time of
Lincoln's death. The name of each state is cut into stone above the column. |
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Inside the memorial, the walls are Indiana limestone and the floor is pink
Tennessee marble. |
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Three commemorative features include the huge seated statue
of Lincoln and two inscribed stone tablets. |
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Question: |
Why are there thirty-six columns? |
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There is one for each state
in the Union at the time of Lincoln's death. |
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PRACTICA DE AUDIO PARA ESTA
MINI-LECCION |
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Pulsa aquí
para ingresar a las prácticas de comprensión auditiva en inglés
americano. El enlace te llevará a nuestro curso de conversación
(Lección 23). Trata de escuchar las tres partes que la componen: Key
Expressions, Conversation Practice y Dialogues. |
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