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Why You Hate the Sound of Your Own Voice
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Focus Listening
Description FIRST LISTEN TO THE WHOLE VIDEO, AND THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
Instructions Choose the option that best answers or completes the question or sentence.
 
Who hates the sound of their own voice
A- Most people
B- Some people
C- Only teenagers
D- People with an accent
Your recorded voice sounds different to you because...
A- You are not used to hearing your own voice
B- You speak differently when you are recording
C- You normally hear your voice from inside your mouth too
D- The recorder distorts your voice
Link (the guy on the right) was caught recording his own voice by workmates when he was working for IBM. Where was he?
A- In the shower
B- In his office
C- In the park
D- In the toilet stall
What does Link want to be in life?
A- A pop star
B- An awesome talker
C- A news reporter
D- A youtuber
Where are these two guys originally from?
A- New York
B- Great Britain
C- The South (of the USA)
D- California
Their voice is now different from the first videos they recorded. In which way?
A- It is deeper now
B- They speak faster
C- They have a southern accent now
D- Now they sound like an old country lady
These two guys have changed their accents because...
A- They moved to California
B- They lived in North Carolina
C- They want to reach a wider audience
D- People used to think they sounded stupid
They say people with a southern accent sound...
A- More interesting
B- More funny
C- Very old-fashioned
D- Not very intelligent
How does the greeting "Hi" sound in a southern accent?
A- Hoy
B- Hah
C- Hey
D- Huh
When people hear their accent, they don't know what part of the country they're from.
A- False
B- True
C- It depends
These guys think their original accent sounds really horrible and ugly
A- True
B- False
C- We don't really know
Total number of items: 11
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