How to Speak So That People Want to Listen
B2 · IntermediateBritish English10 minJulian Treasure
About this lesson
Practise crisp British English with Julian Treasure as he explains pace, pitch, volume and silence, and demonstrates each one as he speaks.
Pace: about 173 words per minute, 161 sentences.
Key vocabulary
The more advanced words in this lesson. Click any word in the sentence above for its meaning and pronunciation.
- authenticity/ˌɔθənˈtɪsɪti/C2
- nounAuthenticity is the quality of being authentic; the quality of being true and genuine.
- acoustics/əˈkustɪks/C1
- nounIf a space has good acoustics (or sometimes acoustic) its physical structure makes it easy to hear sound in it.
- monotonous/məˈnɑtənəs/C1
- adjectivetediously repetitious or lacking in variety
- posture/ˈpɑstʃɚ/C1
- nounA posture is a position of the body.
- environment/ɪnˈvaɪɹənmənt/B2
- nounThe environment is the natural world: forests, rivers, grasslands, oceans, etc.
- pitch/pɪtʃ/B2
- nounIn baseball, a pitch is when the pitcher throws the ball to the batter, who tries to hit it.
- exaggeration/ɪɡˌzædʒɚˈeɪʃən/B2
- nounAn exaggeration is when someone says something is better or worse than it really is.
- hail/heɪl/B2
- verbIf you hail something, you say it is very good.
- assemble/əˈsɛmbəl/B2
- verbIf you assemble many people or things, you bring them together.
- bombard/bɑmˈbɑɹd/B2
- nounA bombard is a medieval cannon that is used to throw heavy stone balls.
- cornerstone/ˈkɔɹnɚˌstoʊn/B2
- nouna stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies
- dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəl/B2
- adjectiveSomething dreadful is something very bad.
Levels follow the CEFR scale and are approximate.
