2016-05-12 Pre TOEFL: conversation listening

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 66 part B
1 encounter
2 discrimination
3 bias
4 dominant
5 ethnic
6 junk food
7 outdated
8 nutrition
9 involuntary
10 obesity
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Handout p. 75-84
p. 75 - make sure you understand these words
explicit / implicit (ex- = out, in-/im- = into, opposites)
in-/im- can also mean “not”: indiscretion is the opposite of discretion
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Main Idea questions for a conversation are about why the conversation is happening.
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p. 76 part A - listen to part of the conversation and choose the correct answers
Woman:
- Removed the battery from the smoke detector.
- Smokes in the room when the weather is bad.
- Doesn’t like to go outside in the rain.
- She’s very careful when she smokes.
- Promises that she will never smoke again in the room.
Man:
- In charge of checking dormitory smoke detectors.
- Has a master key for the rooms.
- Dorm policy explicitly forbids smoking in the rooms.
- It’s dangerous and makes the room smell bad.
- Culprits can be expelled from the dorms for smoking.
- Replaces the battery.
- He thinks she’s genuine so he won’t tell anyone about her smoking.
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p. 77 part C - Choose the correct answers.
1 a
2 a
3 b
p. 78 - listen and take notes, then answer the questions
1 c
2 c
3 d
4 a