UNITS 9 TO 16 TEST A AUDIO

Main Ideas and Concepts

• The video is an audio-based practice/test with two separate conversations.
• For each conversation, the learner is instructed to:
  1. Read the questions first
  2. Listen to the conversation
  3. Answer the questions
  4. Check the correct answers (implied by “put a check mark next to your answer” / “check the correct answers”)

Methodology / Instructions Presented

• Overall test format

  • You will hear two conversations.
  • You must answer questions about them.

• For each conversation (A and B)

  1. First, read the questions.
  2. Then listen to the conversation.
  3. Answer the questions after listening.
  4. For each question, put a check mark next to your answer.
  5. Afterward, check the correct answers.

Conversation A (Topic and Key Points)

• Speakers: Connor and Keiko
• Content:
  • Keiko says she hasn’t been doing anything “interesting” lately, but she has been working a lot.
  • Connor shares that he saw a movie last weekend (the “format code” is likely a mishearing; it appears to mean a specific movie/topic).
  • Keiko is surprised Connor likes thriller movies, and asks what the movie is about.
  • The movie plot (as described):
    • Scientists travel back in time to save the world from a huge disaster.
    • One scientist falls in love with a victim of the disaster.
  • Keiko connects it to other movie details:
    • It’s the movie that stars Chase Taylor.
    • The director is the same person who directed his last movie.
  • Keiko concludes:
    • The story is more of a love story than a thriller, which explains why she liked it.

Conversation B (Topic and Key Points)

• Speakers: Austin and Teresa
• Content:
  • Austin says he has a problem.
  • A friend asked him to give him one of Austin’s science projects so the friend could:
    • Copy it
    • Put his own name on it
    • Hand it in in another class
    • So the teacher would think the friend made it themselves
  • Teresa asks what Austin told him; Austin says he was surprised and didn’t know what to do, so he said he would think about it.
  • Teresa discusses what she would do:
    • If it were her friend, she would tell him to forget about it
  • She also emphasizes consequences:
    • Even though it’s his project, Austin would also face problems if the teacher found out he gave the project.
  • Teresa and Austin’s conclusion:
    • They agree that even with a good friend, Austin shouldn’t do it.

Speakers / Sources Featured

• Connor
• Keiko
• Austin
• Teresa