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6. WHAT IS THIS DISCUSSION MAINLY ABOUT? 
7. WHAT IS AN ATOLL? 
8. WHAT DOES THE PROFESSOR EXPLAIN BY DESCRIBING THE MOVEMENT 
OF A BUBBLE IN HONEY? 
9. WHICH OF THESE STEPS OCCUR AS PART OF THE PROCESS OF 
ATOLL FORMATION?
10. WHAT IS TRUE ABOUT A LAGOON?
11. LISTEN AGAIN TO PART OF THE DISCUSSION. THEN ANSWER THE 
QUESTION. 
 (Professor) 
Oh, as usual in my lectures, I’m giving you the simplified version to start, 
but reality is delightfully more complex. The diagram I’ve begun 
with…um, the one we’ve just been looking at…it shows the standard 
formation of the typical atoll – but there are some variations on the 
theme, including some spectacular atoll chains, so let’s take a look at 
some pictures. 
WHAT CAN BE INFERRED ABOUT THE PROFESSOR’S LECTURES? 
SPEAKING 
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Question 2
. Now listen to the conversation. 
(Woman) 
Did you see what they’re making the international students do? They 
have to take a university class before they’re even finished with their 
English. 
(Man) 
Oh, yeah I saw that. Actually, I think it’ll work out pretty well for 
everyone. 
(Woman)
Not for me. I’m a teaching assistant in an introductory psychology 
course and we all have to rate the amount of reading and writing and 
presentations. It’s a hassle. 
(Man) 
Oh, I hadn’t thought about that. But listen, it’s extra work for you, but it 
works better for the students and the university. 
(Woman) 
How, exactly? 
(Man) 
Well, like the announcement says, it lets students try out a class and see 
what’s typical before they’ve got a full load of four or five classes. You 
would be surprised how many of them don’t realize how much they 
expect you to read for a course like psychology…Or, like, they don’t 
know that the lecture material can be way different from the textbook, or 
they can’t participate in a discussion. 
(Woman) 
How do you know all of this? 
(Man) 
Hello! You know I work in the writing center and that some of the 
international students come for help. They tell me lots of stuff. There are 
just some things that are different here, and having one class to ease 
into it would help, I think. 
(Woman) 
That makes sense, but why wouldn’t they want to finish their English 
classes first? 
(Man) 
Because they came here to study something else, not English. They 
want to get going on it. But anyway, once they see how much reading 
and writing they have to do, I’ll bet you anything more students will 
appreciate their English classes. 
(Woman) 
It sounds like more work for me but less for you, Mr. Writing Tutor. 
(Man) 
Oh, don’t you worry. I’ll be plenty busy with the English speakers who 
have trouble writing. 
Now answer the following question. You have 30 seconds to prepare an
answer and 60 seconds to give your spoken response.