Thursday, August 16, 2012

Me, reading in English, please rate my accent/ pronunciation...






I'd like you to comment on this reading.Please tell me if i do it well, and tell me the mistakes i make. Thanks in advance! This is a transcription of the actual text: My family has always felt a deep connection to the outdoors. When I was young, my dad used to take my brother and I camping several times a year. On these trips, he taught us the importance of being able to take care of ourselves. The great thing about camping is that it takes you back to the basics: food, shelter, water, and heat. Most of the projects that consume your time and energy have to do with one of those necessities. The completion of a big project like gathering and chopping wood, building a great fire, setting up camp, or catching some fish to eat gives me a great satisfaction that is hard to match. It also gives me some comfort to know that I would have a good chance of surviving if I were ever stuck in the wild. Survival at Home While wilderness survival is a great skill to have, its more important to know how to survive by yourself in your own house! Most of us were never taught to live on our own. Men are especially vulnerable. A lot of us lived extremely well under the comfortable care of our mothers until we gave the real world a shot. Imagine the stereotypical bachelor pad: Two guys as roommates, pizza boxes on the coffee table, nothing on the walls, and nothing in the fridge except a case of beer and a tub of butter (ahh, the good-ole days). If you were lucky enough, you took your ...


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