[00:02.70]College Life
[00:05.94]Part Two
[00:09.29]Listening-Centered Activities
[00:13.75]Listening I
[00:17.32]Exercise 1
[00:20.74]Directions:
[00:24.12]Listen to the telephone conversation once
[00:29.05]and decide whether the statements you hear are true or false
[00:35.50]Write "T" for true and "F" for false.
[00:41.83]Justin is twenty, and is studying away from home in the north of England
[00:50.11]He never writes home, but often rings his parents on Sunday evening.
[00:57.38]Mother: Hello. Bedford 21698.
[01:02.42]Justin: Hello, mum. It's me, Justin.
[01:06.89]Mother: Hello, love. How are you?
[01:11.21]Justin: I'm fine, but I'm really tired.
[01:16.32]Mother: Oh--what have you been doing?
[01:21.07]I've been studying really hard
[01:25.28]Mother: Of course, it's exam time. When did they start?
[01:31.01]Justin: Last Thursday. We had our first one on Thursday morning
[01:36.84]It was terrible. I don't want to talk about it.
[01:42.67]Mother: OK. What else have you been doing?
[01:48.14]Justin: Not a lot. I've been working too hard
[01:52.72]Sometimes I go round to Lucinda's place and we study together.
[01:58.48]Mother: Lucinda? I haven't heard about her before. Who is she?
[02:05.78]Justin: You know--Lucinda-- I'm sure I've told you about he
[02:10.90]She's doing the same course as me I've known her for ages.
[02:17.92]We often help each other with wor Sometimes we go to the pub or cook a meal together
[02:25.91]Today we've been testing each other on economics and marketin
[02:31.85]She's just gone out to get a Chinese takeaway.
[02:36.67]Mother: Oh, yes--when exactly are you coming home?
[02:42.32]Justin: In two weeks Term ends on the thirtiet
[02:48.08]Oh--mum, would it be OK if Lucinda came to stay in the holiday
[02:54.02]Erm...we have to do a project together.
[02:59.75]Mother: That's fine, love She's very welcome to stay We'd like to meet her.
[03:07.06]Justin: Thanks, mum. Lucinda's come back with the food
[03:12.92]I'll ring again before I come home. Love to dad.
[03:17.78]Mother: Bye, love--and good luck in the exams.
[03:23.11]Justin: Thanks. I need all the luck I can get. Bye.
[03:28.58]Mother: Take care of yourself and work hard. Bye.
[03:35.14]1)Justin has been working hard for his exams
[03:43.16]2)His first exam was last Tuseday
[03:50.22]3)He wants to tell his mother about the exam
[03:57.42]4)Justin's mother said that she had never heard about Lucinda before
[04:06.17]5)Justin and Lucinda have been preparing for their exams
[04:14.63]6)Lucinda is studying Chinese
[04:21.40]7)Term ends on the 30th
[04:27.55]8)Lucinda will be staying with Justin's family during the holiday
[04:35.87]Exercise 2
[04:39.65]Directions:
[04:43.82]Listen to the conversation again
[04:47.82]and fill in the blanks with the information you get from the tape.
[04:54.37]listening II
[04:57.72]Exercise 1
[05:01.32]Directions:
[05:04.99]Listen to the poem twice and fill in the blands with the missing words.
[05:12.26]The Bully asleep
[05:16.08]One afternoon,when grassy Scents through the classroom crept,
[05:23.68]Bill Craddock laid his head Down on his desk, and slept. The children came round him:
[05:33.47]Jimmy, Roger, and Jane;They lifted his head timidly And let it sink again.
[05:41.82]"Look, he's gone sound asleep, Miss."Said Jimmy adair;
[05:48.70]"He stays up all the night, you see.His mother doesn't care."
[05:54.85]"Stand away from him, children."Miss Andrews stooped to see."Yes, he's asleep; go on
[06:04.57]With your writing,and let him be.""Now's a good chance!" whispered Jimmy.
[06:13.10]And he snatched Bill's pen and hid it."Kick him under the desk hard;
[06:20.92]He won't know who did it.""Fill all his pockets with rubbish--
[06:27.29]Paper, apple-cores, chalk."So they plotted, while Jane Sat wide-eyed at their talk.
[06:37.40]Not caring, not hearing.Bill Craddock he slept on;Lips parted,eyes closed |