Listening audioscript

Number 2, Page 289
[ mp3 124] 
Listen to a conversation between two students. 
(Woman) 
Your notes for this class are pretty bad, Alan. I see why you wanted help.
(Man) 
I know. So, the thing is, when I’m in class, I think I’m taking really good 
notes. I mean, I understand what the professor’s saying and I write down 
lots of stuff. But then, when I go back to my notes a few weeks later, they 
don’t make any sense.
(Woman) 
You should do what I do. After I take notes during a lecture, I go over the 
notes and reorganize them. That way, I can rewrite anything that’s 
confusing and they’re all ready for a quick review before the exam. 
(Man) 
I don’t usually have time to go over my notes again right after class. 
(Woman) 
Then do it on the weekend. You’ll still probably remember what you 
meant. I’m telling you, it’ll save you time in the end.
(Man) 
It would take some discipline. 
(Woman) 
Or you could use the note-taking service. 
(Man) 
What’s that? 
(Woman)
For the big lectures, there’s a service where they pay someone who’s 
already done well in the class to go to the lecture and take notes that you 
can buy. 
(Man)
Why would they do that? 
(Woman)
It’s for people like you who don’t feel that they take good notes. You go 
to the lecture, listen, and then use their notes to study from. 
(Man)
Are the notes any good? I might not be able to understand someone 
else’s notes any better than my own. 
(Woman)
I guess that might be true. I think most of them are good, but I don’t know 
about the ones for this class. They’re also a little bit expensive, but at 
least you’d probably have good notes to study from.