TOEFL Listening Practice: Conversation20
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Answer
- D
- C
- B
- C
- C
Transcript
| Professor: | Hi, Adam, could you come here for a second? |
| Student: | Okay. Is something wrong? |
| Professor: | Well, I just noticed that you didn’t bring your assignment to class today. Can you tell me why? |
| Student: | My printer broke. |
| Professor: | And you were trying to print it this morning? |
| Student: | Well, yeah, but… |
| Professor: | Couldn’t you have tried to use someone else’s printer, or at least emailed it to me? |
| Student: | I guess…I didn’t really think about it though. |
| Professor: | Because to me it looks like you just didn’t complete the assignment and now you’re trying to make up an excuse so that you don’t get in trouble for it. |
| Student: | I really did do the assignment though! I promise. I mean, I’ve always turned everything else in on time and it just happened this once and I didn’t think it would be a big deal. Everybody leaves things to the last minute, don’t they? |
| Professor: | A lot of students certainly do leave things to the last minute, but given how that has worked out for you, do you really think that’s a good idea? |
| Student: | If my printer hadn’t broken, things would’ve been fine. |
| Professor: | But it did. |
| Student: | Yeah. So…I guess it worked out pretty bad for me. I mean, I’m probably going to get a zero on this paper, huh? |
| Professor: | Some professors come down really hard on this kind of issue. Because it’s the first time something like this has happened to you, I will give you another chance. But like I illustrated earlier, it’s important to know how something like this looks, especially because there are a lot of ways you can prevent something like this from happening. |
| Student: | You’ll really give me another chance? |
| Professor: | Yes, but you have to be more prepared in the future and not leave things to the last minute. I was even thinking of having this assignment due earlier, but I could tell that most students wouldn’t have the time to prepare. |
| Student: | Yikes. I would have been even worse off. |
| Professor: | As would have many of your peers. So again, I want to stress the importance of preparedness. If an assignment is due a week from Friday, have it finished by Tuesday and try to print it then. That way, if your printer breaks or something else happens, you have a few days to figure things out and still get the assignment in on time. |
| Student: | Yeah. I guess I just have to turn things around and be more on top of assignments and stuff. |
| Professor: | It’s a good strategy that will help you with your college career. All things considered, it’s good you’re learning this lesson now and not later. |
| Student: | Okay. I’m really sorry about all this. And thank you for the chance you’re giving me. I’ll get that paper to you first thing tomorrow. |
| Professor: | Alright. Thanks, Adam. I hope we don’t have any more issues like this in the future. |
| Student: | Yeah…yeah I’ll get better at it, don’t worry! |