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Reading aloud to the recording of the text improves our literacy skills -- reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Now turn to page 2. First we shall listen and read aloud to the recording of the text. Try to read aloud the text as loudly and correctly as possible.

4. Reading for the forms

It is unlikely that you will understand 100 percent of the vocabulary in the text, especially at a first reading. Use first the context and then your own knowledge of the subject to help you guess the meaning of unknown words.

　　A really useful way to help us with our listening is to become aware of 'thought groups' .

When we speak, we need to divide speech up into small 'chunks' to help the listener understand messages. These chunks or thought groups are groups of words which go together to express an idea or thought. In English, we use pauses and low pitch to mark the end of thought groups.

Then we shall go over the text to read it to: cut/ the sentence into