Listening

Marrying sounds and words

Connecting sounds with their corresponding words takes time and patience.

Individually words frequently differ in pronunciation when spoken; the way sounds and words connect contributes to fluency.

Use the subtitles or transcript to understand how words are spoken: pronunciation, stress and emphasis.

Inside the studio of Britain's most celebrated sculptor

From his formative days at Goldsmiths University to building a space that embodies a manifesto of innovation, Antony Gormley's journey reflects an ethos of pushing boundaries and lifting others.

We step inside his studio to find out how art evolves as a communal practice, with experiments in materials, techniques, and engineering driving the creative process forward.

Source

BBC

Length

00.03.30

Subtitles

20 January 2025

Date produced

Yes

L008

Reference

Task

Listen to the video, then answer the questions.

  • Watch the video (without the transcript or subtitles).

  • Observe how speakers stress words and fit them together to form sentences.

  • Note timestamp for unclear speech, confusing words or phrases or perhaps where the speaker is a little too fast.

  • Watch again (with transcript or subtitles) and check against your noted timestamp: is it any clearer? What is unclear: a word, phrase or the structure?

  • Answer the questions before expanding and viewing answers.

  • Any doubts, contact your mentor.

  • In company - with another person or a group of people

  • By far - to the extent that.

  • Tear you to pieces - criticize someone or something harshly

  • Upping one’s game - begin to perform at a higher level

  • Take over [phrasal verb] - assume control of something

  • As it were - in a way (used to be less precise)

  • Blockwork - blocks of concrete, cement, or similar material in a wall or other structure.

  • Tricky - (of a task, problem, etc.) requiring care and skill because difficult or awkward.

  • Seam - a line where the edges of two pieces of wood, wallpaper, or another material touch each other.

  • Long run -extend or cause to extend in a particular direction.

  • Mould - a hollow container used to give shape to molten or hot liquid material when it cools and hardens.

  • Go - proceed or turn out in a specified way.

  • Thrill - excitement and pleasure.

  • Going to - planned events, where there’s evidence something will happen, a decision made before speaking (I’m going to buy some milk when I out later) | will - decision made instantly (I will go now and get some milk).