Stening skills Understanding signpost phrases 1 The sentences below come from a lecture on history. Decide the function of the phrases
in italics in sentences a-i and add them to the list. Note that some sentences may be used
more than once.
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Starting:
Listing:
Adding
Digressing:
Returning to the subject:
Concluding:
a In addition, we can ask if the study of history has any practical use.
b Anyway, there is a wide range of topics for you to choose from.
c Finally, I wish you good luck.
d By the way, there is a series of lectures on this topic starting on Tuesday.
e I'd like to begin this term's lectures with a few general questions.
f Secondly, what is history?
8 To sum up, as I said, you are fortunate.
h Firstly, why study history?
i Again, we can look at the different kinds of history there are to study.