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Question 5
. Listen to the conversation. 
(Male) 
Hey, Tina, what’s up? You don’t look too happy. 
(Female) 
Oh, I’ve been trying to choose my classes for next semester. 
(Male) 
And that’s a problem? You don’t like choosing your classes? I actually 
enjoy doing that. 
(Female) 
Sometimes I do enjoy it, but not this time. 
(Male) 
Why not? 
(Female) 
Because I’ve put off taking some of my required classes, a science class 
in particular, and now I can’t put it off any longer. I have to take a science 
class next semester. 
(Male) 
You’re dreading taking a science class? That doesn’t sound too terrible 
to me. 
(Female) 
It doesn’t? Just thinking about science scares me. Have you taken any 
science classes yet? Is there one you can recommend to me? 
(Male) 
No, I haven’t taken any science classes yet either, but I’m looking 
forward to taking some. 
(Female) 
You are? Really? I’m not very good at it. 
(Male) 
But you only have to take one science class, and there’re so many to 
choose from, I mean you can take astronomy, or oceanography, or 
health, or physiology, or geography, or environmental studies. There are 
so many interesting ones to choose from, you should pick one that you 
think you might like. 
(Female) 
(unsure) I guess so…. I could choose a subject I like. At least it would 
be interesting, even if I don’t do well in it. 
(Male) 
You know, you really might enjoy a science class. Think more positively 
about it and you may be pleasantly surprised. 
(Female) 
OK, I’ll try to do that. And how about if we both choose a class and sign 
up for the same course, and we can take it together. 
(Male) 
Now, that sounds like a good idea. Let’s do that, and I’ll get my science 
class completed as well. 
Now answer the following question. You have 20 seconds to prepare an answer 
and 60 seconds to give your spoken response.