Listening audioscript

HOW DO THE BOOKS WRITTEN BY EMERSON AND FULLER ILLUSTRATE 
SOME OF THE MAIN PRINCIPLES OF TRANSCENDENTALISM? 
 

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LPREP IBT 3 E AudioScript 
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SPEAKING QUESTION 5, Speaking Skill 13 
 
Example Question 5, Listening Passage A, Page 285 
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Listen to a conversation between two students. 
(Woman)
Hi, 
Brett. 
(Man)
Hi, 
Karen. 
(Woman)
You don’t look too happy, Brett. Is anything the matter? 
(Man)
Well, I’m having trouble in my economics class, and I just talked to 
the professor. She didn’t seem too sympathetic. 
(Woman)
She didn’t? What’s the problem? 
(Man)
Well, it’s that I’m on the baseball team, and the away games are all 
on the weekend. I mean, usually when we’re traveling to another 
school for a weekend game, we leave around noon on Friday. 
(Woman) 
And? 
(Man)
The thing is that the discussion section for my economics class 
meets on Friday at 1:15. I’ve missed three of the last four Fridays, 
and part of my total grade is going to be based on participation. 
(Woman) 
Did you explain to your professor why you’ve been missing class? 
(Man)
 
Yeah, but she was not happy about it at all. 
(Woman) 
I suppose if they’re grading participation in the discussion you kind of 
have to be there, right? Listen, have you thought about switching to 
a different section of the class? I think there’s another discussion 
section on Tuesdays in the early evening. 
(Man)
Hmm…I hadn’t thought about that... I guess I could check, but then 
I’d have to ask to leave the Tuesday baseball practice a little early. 
(Woman) 
Or you could drop the class and take it over next semester. 
(Man)
Well, then I wouldn’t get credit for the class. And I’d be behind 
schedule to graduate on time. 
(Woman) 
Why not just take more classes next semester? You don’t have to pay 
by the class, and the economics class won’t be as much work 
because you’ll already have done part of it this semester. 
(Man)
Yeah, I suppose next semester I won’t be playing baseball, so I’ll 
have a lot more time to study for an extra class.