1.3 Office Visit
A. Listen to a conversation between a student and a professor, and answer the questions.
apply – to make a request especially in the form of a written application
appreciate – to be thankful for
GPA – grade point average; the grade points a student earns divided by the number of credits
recommendation – a praise or commendation of one as being worthy or desirable
scholarship – a fund of money awarded to a student for school
1. Why does the student go to the professor?
(A) To pick up an application form
(B) To talk about her class grade
(C) To discuss an upcoming trip
(D) To ask for a recommendation
2. What are the speakers mainly discussing in the passage?
(A) If the student is eligible to study abroad
(B) How to apply for scholarships
(C) Information on funding opportunities
(D) How to collect information about a scholarship
B. Listen again and fill in the diagram with the information you hear.
School Trip
C. Summarize the lecture using the diagram.
D. Fill in the blanks with the key words to complete the summary below.
A student speaks to her professor about going on a summer trip to study the Great Barrier Reef. Kim is in college, and this trip is organized by her school. She can't afford it, so the professor tells her to ____________ for a __________ that is awarded to ten students per semester. She needs a __________ of 3.0 to get it, and hers is __________. The professor agrees to write her a __________, and Kim says she ___________ his help.
1.4 Service Encounter
A. Listen to a conversation between a student and a librarian, and answer the questions.
biography – the written hist6iy of a person’s life
call number – a number used by libraries to classify a book and indicate its location on the shelves
catalogue – a complete set of items that has been arranged by a system of numbers
database – a large collection of information organized for quick use on a computer
document – an important piece of paper that contains written information
1. Why does the student talk to the librarian?
(A) To ask about a poet
(B) To get help finding a book
(C) To learn about the electronic reserve
(D) To ask about the library's resources
2. What are the speakers mainly discussing in this passage?
(A) How to use call numbers to find cataloged books
(B) The library's new database of electronic reserves
(C) Where to find a biographical source on James Wright
(D) How to print electronic reserves in the library
B. Listen again and fill in the diagram with the information you hear.
Misplaced Book
C. Summarize the lecture using the diagram.
D. Fill in the blanks with the key words to complete the summary below.
A student is searching the library for a _____________ of poet James Wright. He asks the librarian for help so she asks him for the book's _____________. She uses this number to search the library _____________ for the book. The librarian cannot find it there but realizes it may have been scanned as a _______________. By checking the computer _____________, she finds it. Now the student can print it out to complete his paper on time.