SKILL 18: ANTICIPATE THE TOPICS

It is exceptionally useful for your general appreciation if you understand what topics to anticipate in the long discussions. You should thus try to wait for the topics you will hear. 

For example, are the conversations about some aspect of school life, or some type of social issue, or a trip someone is planning? A helpful strategy is therefore to look briefly at the answers in the test book, before you actually hear the conversations on the recording, and try to determine the topics of the conversations that you will hear.

Take a gander at the responses to the five questions, together, and try to anticipate the topic of the conversation for those five questions. (Of course, you cannot always determine exactly what the topic is, but you often can get a general idea). Question 1 through 5 have been answered for you.

1.    (A) Find work on campus.

(B) Work in the employment office.

(C) Help students find jobs.

(D) Ask the woman questions.

2.     (A) In the library.

(B) In a classroom.

(C) In a campus office.

(D) In an apartment.

3.    (A) No more than ten.

(B) At least twenty.

(C) Not more than twenty.

(D) Up to ten

4.    (A) Every morning.

(B) Afternoons and weekends.

(C) When he’s in class.

(D) Weekdays.

5.    (A) Fill out form.

(B) Give her some additional information.

(C) Tell her some news.

(D) Phone her.

What is the topic of the conversation for questions 1 through 5?

Looking for a job on campus

You can guess this because of the following clues:

Work on campus

Employment office

Students

Jobs

6. (A) Just before a vacation.

(B) Just after the end of a school semester.

(C) At the end of the summer.

(D) Just after a break from school.

7. (A) A trip to visit the Eskimos.

(B) A trip the woman is planning to take.

(C) A trip the man has already taken.

(D) A camping trip the man and the woman took.

8. (A) Three hours.

(B) Three complete days.

(C) Three classes.

(D) Three weeks.

9. (A) Sleeping outside on the ground.

(B) Spending time in a sauna or hot tub.

(C) Relaxing at the lodge.

(D) Enjoying excellent food.

10. (A) She’d be scared, but she’d like to try.

(B) She can’t wait.

(C) It would be quite exciting for her.

(D) She’d prefer not to try.

What is the topic of the conversation for questions 6 through 10?

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