Listening audioscript

How does the information in the listening passage cast doubt on the information 
presented in the reading passage? 
 
 
MINI-TEST 2 
 
LISTENING 

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Questions 1 through 5. 
Listen as a student consults with a professor. 
(Student) 
Hi, Dr. Lane. Uh, are you ready for our meeting? 
(Professor)
: Sure. Come on in. . . . So, you know why you’re here. 
(Student) 
At first I thought I got called in to see you because the outline for my 
research paper isn’t any good, but then someone said that everyone has 
a short meeting. 
(Professor)
: Yes. I want to meet briefly with all fifteen of you in the class to discuss 
your outlines. But it does so happen that there are a few problems with 
yours. 
(Student) 
Is it the topic? Is it because it’s a bad idea to talk about why something 
isn’t important? 
(Professor)
: Uh, no…no.. Actually, I think the argument you’re making is pretty 
interesting. There’s plenty to be said about why the socialist party isn’t 
mainstream in the United States. 
(Student) 
It is in so many other Western countries, so I wondered. 
(Professor)
: No, the topic is perfect. Since you’re going to be a history major, that’s a 
relevant topic for this research paper. I think trying to figure out why 
something is the way it is today because of what happened in the past is 
a good idea. 
(Student) 
So then what’s the problem with my outline? 
(Professor)
: Well, you’ve described the Haymarket Affair in…extensive detail… 
(Student) 
I think it was super important! Plus it’s so ironic that those events in 
Chicago started international Labor Day on May first, but at the same 
time made the government choose September for Labor Day in the U.S. 
(Professor)
: I’m not disputing any of that. My problem isn’t with your idea that 
Haymarket made a huge difference. The problem is…well, there are two 
things. First, you rely too much on that one idea. There are a lot of other 
reasons…you mentioned some of them 
(Student) 
Like the lack of rigid social classes in the U.S.? 
(Professor)
: Exactly. Or the other divisions among workers. But you spent too much 
time on the Haymarket Riot. The other reasons felt comparatively under 
developed. Your points about the workers’ protest on May 1
st 
and the 
tragic events after are really thorough, but then you sort of lost that depth 
in…well, the second half. 
(Student) 
Oh, I see. Those few days in May 1886 and the trials and all are taking 
up almost half the outline. So I have to expand some of the other ideas.
(Professor)
: Yes, but let me get to the other point. Uh, the facts about Haymarket 
would make a good narrative, but that really isn’t the purpose of the 
essay. The assignment specifically asks you to write about either the 
causes of something or the effects. If your thesis is about the causes of 
the absence of socialism in the U.S., then your paper has to spend more 
time analyzing various causes. You need to spend less on describing 
the events in a narrative style.
(Student) 
Alright, so I have to balance it out, and cut out all of this narrative about 
Haymarket and what happened? 

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(Professor)
: Well, here’s the thing. There’s no rule that says you have to look at all 
the causes of the current lack of popular support for socialism here. You 
can narrow your focus to just how the Haymarket Affair affected the 
future of socialism in the U.S. I guess what I’m saying is that you’re 
neither here nor there with your outline. It’s neither just about the 
Haymarket Affair, nor does it do justice to all of the other factors. 
(Student) 
OK, so I have to pick whether to focus more on Haymarket and its 
results, or make it a smaller part and talk more about the other causes. 
(Professor)
: Yes. 
(Student) 
But even if I decide to concentrate just on the Haymarket Affair in 
Chicago, do you still want me to get rid of the details of what happened? 
(Professor)
: Not at all. Or, what I mean is not all of them. You have to give 
background to your readers about the political atmosphere of Chicago 
and the nation at that time, and you have to tell them what happened. 
(Student) 
OK, so explain the atmosphere and briefly what happened, but not too 
much detail… concentrate on effects of the media circus and the trials 
afterwards.
(Professor)
: Yeah, that’s it. Um, in any case, I think you can do a bit of narrative if 
you use it as introduction. If you concentrate specifically on Haymarket 
you can narrate a little more fully, but even the more general essay on 
why the socialist party never got off the ground … even in that one you 
could introduce the paper with a short dramatic narrative on Haymarket. 
(Student)
 
So no matter what the focus is, I can use at least part of the research I 
did on Haymarket. OK, so then you want me to make a decision on the 
focus of the paper, and cut the descriptive part so I can spend more time 
on causes and effects. 
(Professor)
: That is exactly right. Um, so now that you know what I want, do you 
have any questions? 
(Student) 
Uh, not right now. I think I understand what I have to do, and I think I 
want to look at the Haymarket Affair more in depth, and less at the broad 
topic of socialism. Oh, when do you want the outline? 
(Professor)
: Two weeks, but the rough draft is due not so long after. And I think 
you’re probably right that it’s a better choice to go more in depth with one 
thing than trying to look at all of the reasons. 
(Student) 
Alright. I’ll need to check a few more sources to fill out my modified 
thesis, then.