Mastering Skills For The TOEFL IBT 2/e - Listening - Track 12

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Mastering Skills For The TOEFL IBT 2/e - Listening - Track 05

The Kitchen.

The kitchen is where we make and eat our meals. 
There is a stove in the kitchen. 
Inside the stove there is an oven where you bake things. 
You can put a cake into the oven to bake. 
On top of the stove are burners. The burners get hot. 
You put pots or pans on the burners. 
The refrigerator is where we store the food that needs to be kept cold. 
We keep milk, eggs, cheese and vegetables in the refrigerator. 
At the top of the refrigerator is the freezer. 
The freezer keeps things frozen. 
We have frozen vegetables, ice cream and ice cubes in the freezer. 
We have a toaster in the kitchen. You put the bread in the toaster, and it turns into toast. 
We have an electric kettle. 
We boil water to make tea in the kettle. 
There is a double sink in the kitchen. That is where we wash the dishes. 
We turn on the hot tap, and put some dish detergent into the sink to wash the dishes. 
Sometimes we put the dishes into the dishwasher, and the dishwasher washes the dishes. 
There are other things in the kitchen. 
There are utensils like knives, forks and spoons. 
There are tea towels and dish clothes. 
There are oven mitts and pot holders to take hot things out of the oven. 
There are pots to cook and boil things in. 
There are pans to fry things. 
We have dishes that we eat from. 
We have plates for our dinner, and bowls that we can put our soup in. 
We drink from cups, or coffee mugs, or glasses. 
We keep our juice in a pitcher or a jug. 
There is a timer that you can set when you are cooking. The timer buzzes when the food is ready. 
We also have a microwave oven in the kitchen. 
If we are in a hurry, we cook our food in the microwave.

Learn English via Listening Level 1 Unit 43 The Kitchen

Bugs.

Many people are afraid of bugs. 
Some bugs do bad things like eating crops or clothes. 
Some bugs, such as termites, even eat wood. 
Other bugs can be good. Spiders catch flies. 
Flies are not good because they carry germs. 
Insects get caught in the web that the spider builds. 
Ants get into homes and eat food. 
Bees are good because honey comes from bees. 
It is not good if you get stung by a bee. 
A caterpillar turns into a butterfly. Butterflies can be very beautiful. 
You can find grasshoppers outside on a sunny day. Grasshoppers hop through the grass. 
Crickets make a noise by rubbing their legs together. 
Dragonflies usually live near water. They have large, colourful wings. 
Ladybugs are red with little black dots. 
There are many types of beetles. 
Nobody wants to have cockroaches in their house. 
Centipedes have many legs. 
Fleas get onto your pets and bite them. They make your dog or cat itchy. 
Mosquitoes can make you itchy when they bite you. 
Have you ever had a mosquito bite?

Mastering Skills For The TOEFL IBT 2/e - Listening - Track 05

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