ANSWER KEY LISTENING UNIT 2

Group 2's members: Mac Quoc Khanh, Dam Huong Giang, Le Thi Phuong Anh
Class: 20VC1

C1 Practice 1 (Listening Track 16)

(1) waterfalls ("Or if you’d prefer, there’s the Four-Wheel-Drive tour to the waterfalls, or
the fishing trip…")
(2) 11 a.m. ("...the famous Crocodile Cruise that leaves at 11 a.m. each day…")
(3) Spotlight Tour ("...the Spotlight Tour leaves at sundown…")
(4) walking boots ("Things can tend to get a bit slippery, too, so if you did not bring any
walking boots I’d advise you to hire some from the office")
(5) long trousers ("You’ll be much better off in long trousers rather than shorts because
they will give your legs more protection")
(6) socks ("And socks are a good idea too")
(7) venomous snakes ("There are some venomous snakes to be aware of, but they are
most frightened of you than you are of them")
(8) certain plants ("The other thing is that certain plants can cause irritation if you touch
them with bare skin")

C2 Practice 2 (Listening Track 17)

(1) reference ("…site has a range of reference material on education")
(2) textbooks ("…and a collection of textbooks and…")
(3) secondary ("…most of the subjects taught in secondary schools")
(4) primary ("…material relating to primary education…")
(5) back ("…yes but if you want to look at back issues…")
(6) overdue books ("…but you can't renew overdue books this way…")
(7) 7 working days ("…you'd have to return the book within seven working days.")
C3 Practice 3 (Listening Track 18)
Task 1
(1) one hour ("These are large titans, usually lasting around one hour…")
(2) over 100 ("On some courses there can be over a hundred students in a lecture")
(3) introduce new topics ("…secondly to introduce new topics for further study or
debate…")
(4) main points ("…try to concentrate on the main points and important details.")
(5) common words and ("…abbreviations and symbols for common words and terms can
help you write faster.")
(6) make a note ("If there is something you don't understand, make a note to ask after
the lecture…")
(7) in order ("…keep your notes from your lectures in order in a file…")
(8) a digital recorder ("…that you may want to record the lecture on a digital recorder")
(9) smaller classes ("Seminars are smaller classes where students…")
(10) a short presentation ("…the tutor will usually ask some students to prepare a short
presentation for discussion…")
(11) understand different arguments ("The aim not for students to be told the correct
answer, but to understand different arguments…")
(12) analyze topics critically ("This process helps you learn to analyze topic critically")
(13) contribute ("Participating actively in seminars is an important part of the learning
process, so try to contribute, even if it seems difficult at first")
(14) fifteen and thirty ("These usually last between fifteen and thirty minutes)
(15) advice and guidance ("In a tutorial the tutor will give you advice and guidance on a
piece of work…")
(16) lectures ("You should try to ask questions during tutorials about your work or about
topics raised in lectures and seminars")
Task 2
1. work independently ("…you may only have a few hours timetabled and will be
expected to work independently for a…"
2. workshops, group work, practical work ("There are other methods that you will come
across like workshops, group work and practical work…")
3. after the lectures ("If there is something you don't understand, make a note to ask
after the lecture or in a tutorial")
4. debate about an issue ("Seminars are usually meant to encourage debate about an
issue")
5. They are not used to this kind of teaching ("Some international students think find
that seminars can be a bit frightening, especially if they are not used to this kind of
teaching")
6. meetings between a tutor and an individual student/a group of students ("Tutorials
are meetings between a tutor and an individual student or small groups of students")

C4 Practice 4 (Listening Track 19)

Task 1
1 - positive body language: b, d, e, f, h, i, j
2 - negative body language: a, c, g
Task 2
1. b 2. a 3. f 4. d 5. h 6. c 7. j 8. i 9. e 10. g
Task 3
(1) impression ("Believe it or not, research has shown that this is what makes the
strongest impression on people we meet")
(2) frequent eye contact ("Frequent eye contact is one aspect of body language which
goes down…")
(3) relaxed ("It shows that you are relaxed")
(4) paying attention ("This simple gesture shows that you are listening and paying
attention")
(5) tilt your head ("Another useful head gesture is to tilt your head slightly…")
(6) posture ("Now posture - or the way you carry yourself…")
(7) fidgeting ("…what we do when we are nervous and fidgeting can be very distracting
to watch")
(8) role model ("A good idea is to choose a role model such as an actor or fictional
character…")
(9) watching how people ("You can do this by simply watching how people interact…")
(10) gestures ("…you may want to check if there are any special gestures to avoid.")
(11) similar to me ("It helps to create a special effect known as similar to me")