Ted Talk English listening practice | Entrainement écoute audio et video en anglais

Voici comment améliorer votre score IELTS gratuitement à l'aide des ressources déjà en ligne.

Nous avons sélectionné des contenus sur youtube et des podcasts disponibles gratuitement dont les sujets sont proches de ceux susceptibles d'être testés à l'IELTS (environnement, transport, santé publique, problème sociaux).

Nous avons ensuite préparé des quiz portant sur ces ressources pour vous aider à améliorer votre score IELTS listening et votre vocabulaire pour l'IELTS writing.

éCOUTEZ LE FONDATEUR D'UBER SUR L'avenir du transport de masse

Vous pouvez écoutez le discours du fondateur d'UBER ou visionner la vidéo.

Pour un entraînement dans les conditions réelles de l'IELTS, écoutez la version audio, puis faites le test.

improve your english listening skills

TEDex and TED.com provide a wide variety of talks (discours) from key economic actors on many topics in English.

Chose anyone you like, and watch it once without captions (sans sous-titres), taking notes.

If you feel confident you've understood the talk, take this great quiz about the UBER tedtalk that I've prepared below.

Otherwise, check out the transcripts which you can download from Ted.com.

Then watch the video again with the captions and then take our UBER tedtalk quiz below.

You may use tedtalks to improve your IELTS listening score.

One of the most famous Tedtalk speech, is the one given by the founder of UBER which you can find HERE

Watch it once without the subtitles and try to take notes.

Watch it again with the subtitles (english captions) to make sure you’ve understood all the words.

You may even download the speeches in mp4.

And start practicing now with our quiz about the talk you've just heard.

Uber talk Quiz transcripts

1 What is the talk about?
A.Smartphones
B.Transportation
C.Pollution
D.Self-driving cars

2 Who is Travis Kalanick?
A.The founder of UBER
B.A problem solver
C.The founder of the Jitney
D.A nice guy.

3 According to the speaker, how can we cut pollution?
A.By using public transportation
B.By putting more people into fewer cars
C.By putting cars into fewer people
D.By putting cars in skyscrapers

5 What does the term “congestion” refer to?
A.An issue
B.Pollution
C.Traffic jams
D.A cough

6 What are duplicate rides?
A.A ride back and forth
B.cheap rides
C.Multiple rides going to the same place
D.Three rides

7 How was the growth of the jitney altered?
A.By regulations and licenses
B.Demand for jitney decreased
C.There were too many drivers
D.The backseat light didn’t work properly

9 Where does the speaker reside at the time of the talk?
A. San Francisco
B. Los Angeles
C. New York
D. Everywhere

10 When was the Jitney invented?
A. 1914
B. 1814
C. 1940
D. 1950

11 Pick a synonym for jitney?
A.Nickel
B.Pence
C.Money
D.Car ride

12 What does the term "idle" mean?
A.Still
B.Motion
C.Owned
D.Ideally

13 How many cars transit through Los Angeles per day?
A.3 million
B.200,000
C.2.5 billion
D.2.5 million.

14 Where is the speaker from?
A.San Francisco
B.Los Angeles
C.New York
D.China

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