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Study Tip #2 :
Shadowing
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Jeff, Canada
My favorite season is the fall. I love the fall because it's perfect, a perfect time of year. It's not too hot. It's not too cold. There's lots of color in the earth, in the sky, in the leaves, in the trees. It's a nice time. It's a nice quiet... it's a peaceful time of year. I like the fall the best.
Shibika, India
I think I would have to say summer, because I really like summers, you know, you can just go out, wear whatever you want to, you know, in winters you have to be all dressed up, sweaters and stuff and you can eat all cold stuff. I love to eat ice-creams and stuff, so I like summers.
Kevin, South Korea
I like winter because, well, I love to play snow sports, including skiis, snowboarding. Well, in winter I always go to a ski resort for a week or two.
Rebecca, Australia
My favorite season has to be spring because it's when all flowers come out. All the birds start chirping. The weather starts to warm up. It isn't too hot like it gets and that would be my favorite time of year is springtime.
Sabriya, Oman
My favorite season is summer. I think summer is a lively season and I'm a lively person and in winter I tend to be cold and quiet and, you know, all closed up.
I think summer is what I like the most.
Tini, Vietnam
My favorite season, huh! It would be spring. It is when it's not very cold, and it's not very hot and then the flowers are blooming and then you can just be fresh, and well usually people say that you gain weight in winter and you lost weight in spring and then so that is why I prefer spring more.
lots of color
There's lots of color in the earth.
Here, lots of color means many natural colors. Notice the following:
- There's notS lots of color during the winter months.
- Spring flowers bring lots of color to the mountains.
dressed up
You have to be all dressed up,
When we get dressed up, that means we wear fashionable clothes. Notice the following:
- Do we need to get dressed up?
- She was all dressed up for the wedding.
chirping
All the birds start chirping.
A chirp is a short high pitched sound that birds make. Notice the following:
- Birds were singing and chirping up in the trees.
- Chirping birds signal the arrival of spring.
lively
I think summer is a lively season.
Something or someone who is lively is active and energetic. Notice the following:
- It was a lively concert.
- The festival was lively and fun.
blooming
The flowers are blooming.
A flower begins to bloom when it starts to open. Notice the following:
- It's best to visit when the flowers are blooming.
- The flowers begin blooming in the spring.