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Page 52 - Exercise 5

Listening - Just for fun

Part A - Listen to three people talk about the part-time courses they took recently. What course did each person take?

1 - Linda

• So, Linda, what have you been doing with yourself?

• Not much. Oh wait. That’s not true. I took this great dancing class last semester.

• Oh yeah? What kind of dancing?

• We learned African dance and Samba.

• Wait, why would you want to learn African dance and sama? It sounds exhausting and it’s not like you would dance that way in clubs.

• Oh, just for fun, you should try taking the class. You will see that you learn more than just dancing. You also learn how to be more confident and how to interact better with other people.

• I think with all the dancing around. I’d be too exhausted to interact with anyone.

2 - Rich

• So, how did you enjoy your cooking course?

• It was great.

• What kinds of things did you learn to cook?

• Well, it was a course on vegetarian cooking.

• I didn’t know you are vegetarian.

• Oh, I’m not. But a lot of people are these days. So I thought it would be useful to know how to make some interesting dishes without need for times when I invite friends over for dinner.

• Well I guess that makes sense.

• Oh, but we learned more than just cooking. They also taught us all kinds of useful things about, you know, the health value of different kinds of vegetables and how to prepare them, so that you don’t remove all the vitamins they contain.

• So, when’s dinner?

3 - Gwen

• I just got my grade in the mail. I got an A.

• Wow, that’s terrific. Congratulations. What kind of course was it?

• It was an online course on how to open and run a small business.

• An online course? How interesting. Did it help?

• Yes, absolutely. We learned a lot of general principles and a lot about foreign finance even if I don’t open a business, I learned a lot about investing and managing money.

• Great can you manage my money? My finances are a mess.