Dictation16
Battered, soaked and flooded, the Philippines is being hit by its 2nd typhoon in a week.
Batter=continuously hit
Soak= completely wet
Dictation17
Source: stray dogs in the animal shelter are trained into search and rescue dogs.
A few years ago they were thought to be useless- past their prime- no tnow!
Past their prime
I feel creative, active, I am still in my prime.
A 7-year child,15-year girl are before their prime.
Dictaiton18
If you are breathing, it is not too late. Get up and get going.
Using it is instead of it's to emphasis.
Dictation 19
A 67-year-old grandpa has been found alive after being stuck for /fur/ 6 days at the bottom of a ravine.
Stuck=in someplace, you can't leave.
We are stuck in the meeting. We are stuck in traffic.
Dictation 20
Saturday, an ultralight plane crashed into a Ferris wheel at a rural festival in Australia, yet somehow no one on the amusement ride nor the plane was hurt.
Ferris wheel
the opposite of rural= urban. rural: few people, not much happening.
somehow= magically
