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TERAKREDITASI A

Name : Day, Date:

Level : MISS RIA

LISTENING
“SMARTPHONES”

PRE-LISTENING ACTIVITY
In today’s world, is a smartphone a necessity for people of all ages, or is it just a luxury item?
Why or why not? How do people who grew up without mobile phones feel about this?
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A. Complete the following conversation based on the recording!

Woman : Hey. Uh, you look really 1) ______________. What’s going on?
Young Man : Ah, you don’t want to know.
Woman : Okay, 2) ______________ ya.
Young Man : Wait, wait, wait! Why are you 3) ______________ away?
Woman : Well, you said I didn’t want to know.
Young Man : No, wait. You see my parents really don’t 4) ______________ me.
Woman : What do you mean? When I 5) ________ them last week, they seemed really 6)
______________.
Young Man : Uh, you don’t 7) ____________________! You see. I want a new 8)
______________. . . I mean, I need one, and my parents 9) ______________ buy
me it!
Woman : Uh, excuse me, but uh, don’t you already have an iPhone?
Young Man : Man, yeah, but it’s 10) ______________ months old, and it has a
11) ______________ scratch on it.
Woman : Where? Let me see. [Look!] I don’t see a 12) ______________.
Young Man : Look, look right here!. [THAT?] [Do] you see it?
Woman : It’s just a speck of 13) ______________.
Young Man : Anyway. And my other phone . . .
Woman : What? You have two 14) ______________?
Young Man : That’s 15) ______________ the point.
Woman : So, so, did your parents give you a 16) ______________ for not buying you a
new phone?

Young Man : Not a good one. Only something about being self-reliant and not being so 17)
______________, or something like that. And now they want me to work . . . on
the neighbor’s farm to 18) ______________ for it. [Good idea!] It’s not 19)
______________.
Woman : Hey, I think I know the problem. [What?] Take a look in the mirror. You’ll see
both the problem and the 20) ______________.
Young Man : Uh! You’re no help.

B. Listen to the recording and answer the questions.

1. The young man needs a new phone because ____.
a. someone stole his last one
b. his parents took his last one
c. his phone is an older model

2. How many phones does the young man already have?

a. two
b. four
c. three

3. According to the conversation, what are the young man's parents like?
a. friendly
b. kind
c. generous

4. What do his parents want their son to do to get a phone

a. ask his brother if he can use an old phone
b. find a job and work to earn money
c. take out money from his bank account

5. What is the BEST word to describe the young man's personality?

a. self-centered
b. talkative
c. mean

POST-LISTENING EXERCISE
Many teachers have concerns about students’ use of cell phones at school and in the classroom.
Think of three reasons for and against this issue and explain your ideas from your own
experience
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VOCABULARY PRACTICE
Do the vocabulary quizzes with the words from the conversation for more practice: