Important points to remember while listening and taking notes:
- Listen to the audio more than once, if possible first
time with transcript to understand better.
- Look for key ideas conveyed: What? When? Where? Who?
How many? Why?
- Avoid writing subjects, auxiliary verbs, prepositions,
articles, conjunctions, if not necessary
- Use hyphen throughout the notes, in between the key
points
- Use abbreviations, numbers and symbols as much as
possible to keep brevity
- Give a suitable title by finding out central idea of
the passage
- Take notes with pencil fast ,first as a rough draft and then make changes and prepare a fair draft of the notes
A typical well-prepared
notes= expandable into a similar passage covering all important aspects
a) Listen to the following speech and take down notes:
I am happy to join with
you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for
freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great
American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation
Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to
millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the
flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long
night of their captivity. But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not
free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by
the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years
later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty.
I have a dream that one
day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
equal."
I have a dream that one
day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of
former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of
brotherhood.
I have a dream that one
day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of
injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an
oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my
four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be
judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one
day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having
his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification"
-- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be
able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and
brothers.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one
day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made
low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made
straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall
see it together."
This is our hope, and
this is the faith that I go back to the South with.
With this faith, we will
be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith,
we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a
beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work
together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to
stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
And this will be the day
-- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with
new meaning:
My country 'tis of thee,
sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the
Pilgrim's pride, From every mountainside, let freedom ring!
And if America is to be
a great nation, this must become true.
And so let freedom ring
from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
Let freedom ring from
the mighty mountains of New York.
Let freedom ring from
the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.
Let freedom ring from
the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.
Let freedom ring from
the curvaceous slopes of California.
I Have a Dream! (by Martin Luther King)
Demonstration for
freedom -100 yrs before, emancipation proclamation – Negro slaves burnt by
injustice – as a joyous daybreak to end captivity - still not free – after 100 years, still
segregation and discrimination – living on lonely island of poverty – dream:
nation to realise all = - on Red Hills of Georgia, sons of slaves
and slave owners as brothers – State of Mississipi, from sweltering injustice
to freedom and justice – my 4 children, judged, not by colour of skin but by
character – in Alabama, against words of interposition and nullification, black
boys & girls with the white as sisters & brothers – all valley exalted,
hill low, rough plain, crooked straight-going to south with this hope – hewing
out from mountain of despair a stone of hope- from discords to brotherhood
–work, pray, struggle, go jail, stand together for freedom –America to be a
great nation- freedom from hilltops of Hemsphire and New York – from
Pennsylvania – from snowcapped colorado – from curvaceous California.
b) Listen to the following TV News and take down notes:
Impact of Covid 19 on India
Total
recovery cases 9 lakh – 30000 recoveries on the 4th day – ↓ fatality
rate 2.28%, lowest in the world – Govt:
aggressive testing & effective containment strategies - >5 lakh test per
day for 2 days – 26th this month
5L 15 k, 27th 5L 28k samples tested – worst affected states: Maharashtra: 8706 discharged- 57.84 % recovery - 7924 new cases, 227deaths,– 3.62%
fatality.rate –TN: 6993 cases, 77d, 5723
→ - 220760 total cases – Delhi: 88.68% recovery – 613 cases – 26 died –
1497 recovered – lockdown status: Kerala, a committee in Thiruvananthapuram – CM Pinarayi Vijayan, relaxation to follow
on committee report –long term measures taken – Shillong: 72 hour lockdown
–from yesterday – 30 localities as containment zones.
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