TOEFL Listening Practice: Conversation08
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| Student: | Hi, professor, can I come in? |
| Professor: | Certainly. |
| Student: | I just wanted to explain why I didn’t go to the workshop last week. |
| Professor: | I see. |
| Student: | So, I sent you an email already, explaining that I couldn’t make it. I just really want you to know that I didn’t skip it on purpose. Things have been really hectic lately and some unexpected family things came up… |
| Professor: | I did get your email, Steven. Thank you for sending it to me. I do realize that sometimes things happen outside of our control. |
| Student: | So, it’s okay that I missed it? |
| Professor: | Well, yes and no. I don’t want to penalize you for something that wasn’t truly your fault, but the workshop is a really important thing to attend. |
| Student: | I kinda figured, because isn’t one of our assignments to attend the workshop and write a summary about it? |
| Professor: | Precisely, so you will need to attend the workshop in order to complete the assignment. Plus, I would prefer that you do the same work as your peers as opposed to receiving an alternate assignment. |
| Student: | That’s fair. So what should I do? |
| Professor: | I suggest that you make up the workshop as soon as possible. The sooner you go, the sooner you can write the summary and stay on track for class. |
| Student: | Okay. By the way, are you the speaker? Like, the person who hosts the workshop? |
| Professor: | I am not. My friend runs the workshop and you are welcome to confirm the next date with him. |
| Student: | Oh, darn. I mean, I was just hoping you could tell me. |
| Professor: | I’ll provide you with his contact details. Just make sure you send a professional email and I’m sure he’ll be happy to respond with the information you need. It’s important to take responsibility for your own college career, much like you did by coming here to my office today. So just keep it up. |
| Student: | Yeah, I can manage that. I was also wondering….what material does the workshop cover? Maybe I can do some additional reading or research or something. |
| Professor: | It covers some DNA analysis of ancient skeletal remains from Alaska. If you wanted, I’m sure you could borrow some notes from your classmates and that would give you a bit more information. |
| Student: | Okay, cool. I do have some friends in that class that I’m sure would be willing to help out with that. |
| Professor: | That reminds me… here are the handouts from the workshop, might as well give you those too. And now you’ll have the added benefit of a bit of background information before you attend the make-up workshop. Often times, that’ll enhance the learning experience. |
| Student: | I guess things are working out okay after all! |
| Professor: | Just stay focused and I’m sure they will. |
| Student: | Alright, thanks very much! I’ll go right now and email your friend to see about the soonest I can get in the workshop. |
| Professor: | Sounds good. Bye, Steven. |
| Student: | Bye, professor! |