Listening audioscript

6. HOW DOES THE PROFESSOR PRESENT THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF
GEMS? 
7. WHAT DOES THE PROFESSOR SAY ABOUT FACETING? 
8. ACCORDING TO THE LECTURE, WHICH IS TRUE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT 
STYLES OF FINISHING GEMS? 
9. WHICH STYLE OF GEM IS NO LONGER USED MUCH BECAUSE IT DOES NOT 
REFLECT LIGHT WELL? 
10. WHAT CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN FROM THE LECTURE?
11.IN THE TALK, THE PROFESSOR EXPLAINS HOW EACH OF THESE 
STYLES OF GEMS WAS FINISHED. CHECK WHETHER EACH STYLE WAS 
CUT OR POLISHED TO ITS FINAL SHAPE, ACCORDING TO THE 
PASSAGE. 
 
SPEAKING 
 
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Question 2. 
Now listen to the conversation.
 
(Student 1) 
Hey Julie, do you want to go to the coffeehouse with us tomorrow night? 
(Student 2) 
I would, Jason, but I want to go to this student council meeting. 
(Student 1) 
Student council? Since when do you go to student council meetings? 
(Student 2) 
It’s an open-house for students. You can stand up and give your opinion 
for everyone to discuss and then I think the student council makes a 
recommendation to the university. 
(Student 1) 
Oh, this is about finals week, right? 
(Student 2) 
Yes, exactly. 
(Student 1) 
I don’t know about that. It would be ridiculous to have a final at eight 
o’clock at night, or two or three in one day. 
(Student 2) 
Yeah, that might be a little rough, but it’s so worth it, Jason. Everyone 
would be done Thursday, so everyone would have Friday to travel or 
relax and pack before they went home. It would just be easier to get 
flights and everything. 
(Student 1) 
But Julie, people will still be handing in papers and other projects on 
Friday. It’s not going to be free for everyone. 
(Student 2) 
OK, that’s true, but there’s another good point. I’ve had papers due that 
Friday and a final on the same day and that’s horrible. You can’t study 
for your final because you have a paper to work on. It would be better to 
have that Friday free just for assignments and have all of the exams out 
of the way. 
(Student 1)
Maybe, but I think it’ll just shuffle exam and papers times around without 
really making much of a difference.