Listening: Active Listening Strategies B2 - Lesson 4: Tolerating Ambiguity and Incomplete Understanding

B2 STRATEGY

Tolerating Ambiguity

ការយល់ដឹងទោះបីមានពាក្យមិនច្បាស់

🎯 The Challenge: You will hear an interview about technology. Some words are blurred (simulating words you don't know). Do not stop! Use the surrounding words to understand the main idea.

Host "Welcome back. Today we are discussing the sudden rise of AI art. It seems to have really captured the zeitgeist this year."

Guest "Absolutely. But there is a downside. Many artists feel this technology is insidious, slowly stealing their style without permission."

Host "So, is it a useful tool, or just something ephemeral that will disappear next year?"

What do the blurred words mean based on context?

1. "Captured the [BLURRED]..."

Context: "Sudden rise", "this year".

2. "Technology is [BLURRED]..."

Context: "Downside", "slowly stealing".

3. "Something [BLURRED]..."

Context: "Disappear next year".

Identify the Logic:

Which words helped you guess the meaning? Click to reveal.

Word: Zeitgeist (Spirit of the times)

Clue: "This year" + "Sudden rise".
It suggests something popular right now.

Word: Insidious (Harmful/Sneaky)

Clue: "Stealing" + "Downside".
We know it must be a negative adjective.

Word: Ephemeral (Temporary)

Clue: "Disappear next year".
This is a direct definition of the hard word built into the sentence!

Strategy Check: What do you do?

You are in a meeting. The speaker says: "We need to ameliorate the situation immediately." You don't know the word "ameliorate".