Listening audioscript

THE READING AND LISTENING PASSAGES BOTH DISCUSS THE ISSUE 
OF NULLIFICATION. EXPLAIN WHAT NULLIFICATION IS AND HOW 

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LPREP IBT 3 E AudioScript 
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THE EXAMPLES THE PROFESSOR GIVES ILLUSTRATE THE CONCEPT. 
 
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 mp3 192-193]
Question 3.
Listen to the passage. Then respond to the question. 
(Student 1) 
Hey, Liz, I think I’ve got some bad news. 
(Student 2) 
What? What do you mean? 
(Student 1) 
Dr. Collins offered a position as an intern in her lab next semester, but 
the position is Tuesday and Thursday late afternoon. 
(Student 2) 
Thursday is soccer day, Jamie. You can’t seriously be thinking about not 
playing this year. 
(Student 1) 
Look, Dr. Collins is doing almost exactly what I want to do in grad school.
She’s working on what I want to work on and it’ll be a great opportunity to 
learn a lot. 
(Student 2) 
Jamie, you’ve been playing with us for three years now, and we’ve even 
got a shot at the co-ed championship. It’s all of your friends and we need 
you. 
(Student 1) 
It’s not the university team, Liz. It’s just intramurals. Look, I know I’ve 
played every year, but this is an awesome chance to get a head start on 
my graduate work. 
(Student 2) 
Life isn’t all study and work, Jamie. This is your last year, last chance to 
play on a team like this with people you really like. You’ve always said 
yourself that soccer is important for you to blow off steam from all your 
heavy studies. 
(Student 1) 
Mmm. And we do talk about the games when we all hang out. I’d feel 
left out. 
(Student 2) 
Right. Anyway, what happened to the internship with Dr. Roberts? 
(Student 1) 
Oh, I can still do that, but like I said, what Dr. Collins is doing is exactly 
what… 
(Student 2) 
(interrupting) Then do the other internship with Dr. Roberts. Look, man, 
for once do something that isn’t about your future. The internship with 
Dr. Roberts may not be as perfect as the one with Dr. Collins, but it’s 
good enough, and you really enjoy being on the soccer team.
(Student 1) 
You’re right, playing with you guys is pretty important for me. Plus it 
wouldn’t ruin my future to do the other internship with Dr. Roberts. I’ll 
have to think about it. 
Now answer the following question. You have 20 seconds to prepare an answer 
and 60 seconds to give your spoken response.