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Main deasarethe biggestandmostimportantideas.In a longer, forma ta k,youcanf ndthe
mainideasbylistenlng fo. ph16ses speakers usualy useto ntroducethem.Suchphrases
include Themain point is ..., /d /iketo talk about... and Theimportant thing is... .

Listento the lecture and match the two oarts of the statements.

WeJl,os you o)l know, studentsdo not have to weor

uniforms... .
2 I d like to tolk obout studentsqt our school hove to weqr
uniforms.
3 For exqmple,in the United Stcltes, . whot studentsin other ports of the
world weor ot school.
 Write the namesof the different grade levelsin your schooland the age at
which students begin each level.

Grqde Level Age

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Listento the lectureand Pqrt B
take notes.
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. Phrose:
I h e p o i n t I w a n l L o m a k eL o d a Y
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. Moin ideo:

. Moin ideo:

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wordsor using
symbols
Fora istofcommonnote-taking
shortcuts,go to pages70-72.
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{1glt0@ Circlethe correctanswers,usingyour notesto guideyou.Thenlistenagain
to the lectureto checkvour answers.

Whot ore the two moin ideasof the lecture?

a schoollevelsin Austrolio
b different schoolsystemsbetweencountdes
c different schoologesaround the world
d elementqryschool entry oge in the United Stqtes

Which two phrosesintroduce eqch of the moin ideos?

a The point I wqnt to mqke todqy is thot
b For exqmple,did you know thqt
c In Austroliq kids cqn stqrt
d My mqin point here is lZi Don'tmisrake thedetarts
forthemainideas. Details
aresmaer bitsof information
thatsupport
themainideas.

Speokersoften sqy two words closelytogether,mqking them sound like one word.
For exqmple: he + is = he's.

Listen. fhey'recolledprimory schoolond secondoryschool.

Listento the dialoguesand underlinethe two wordsthat

are contracted.

I No, they are not. They ore six yeors old this yeor.
2 He is excited,especiqllybecqusehe will be going to RivertownSchool.
3 Sorry,we ore leoving for New York tomorrcw ond I hqve to finish pqcking.
4 Well, it is bodng to live in this town. I think I will hqve more fun in the city.

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 Listento the classreport and take notes on a
pieceof paper.Thenwrite the answers.

Who is the sDeoker?

2 Whqt phrose introducesthe moin ideo?

3 Whot is the moin ideo?

Ott a classmate
and write what he/sheusuallyhasfor lunch t school,
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Name:

Monday

Tuesdoy

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

fl *ff the classaboutyour classmate's

schoollunches.