Listening 2: practise listening for gist


A You will listen to four extracts from typical exam listening tasks. Read options a–c for Extracts 1–4 below and make predictions about what you could hear. Extract 1 ___


Extract 2 ___ a. A couple discuss moving home. a. A woman talks about the importance of travel.


b. A couple’s children have problems at school. b. A woman gives advice about finding balance in life. c. A couple discuss their children’s friends.


Extract 3 ___ a. Some students compare cities in Britain.


c. Some students agree on which course they should apply for.


B 005 Listen to Extracts 1–4 and choose the correct summary a, b or c, for each extract.


Exam tip: Understanding the gist of a talk or conversation is an essential step towards understanding details and answering questions.


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006 Listen again and complete the sentences. Use NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.


1. In Extract 1, the man wants his children to be able to play in __________. 2. In Extract 2, the woman says that people who work very __________ put their health at risk. 3. In Extract 3, the male student has considered applying to a university in __________ or __________. 4. In Extract 4, the lecturer says that in many parts of Africa, people cannot expect to live for more than __________.


D Check the key on page 181. How many questions did you answer correctly?


E Tick the sentences about the Listening task that are true for you and think about how you can answer more questions correctly next time.


1. Reading the questions and making predictions helped me to understand the gist of each extract. 2. It was quite easy to choose the correct summary from listening to the extracts. 3. Understanding the gist helped me to understand detail.


Key vocabulary in context


Look at these sentences and then look again at the key words in the tapescripts. Circle the correct option.


º WB


1. Your lifestyle is the way you live your life / clothes you like to wear. 2. Your life expectancy is how much you enjoy life / long you are likely to live. 3. Fulfilment is a sense of disappointment / satisfaction. 4. If one thing is in conflict with another, everything is fine / there is some sort of problem. 5. If something interferes with your life, it has a positive / negative effect on it. 6. If you are uprooted, your location and situation improves / changes dramatically.


See Vocabulary development on Workbook page 148. Extract 4 ___ a. A lecturer talks about disease in Africa.


b. Some students discuss where they want to b. A lecturer compares Africa with Afghanistan. go to university.


c. A lecturer emphasizes that people die early in Africa. c. A woman recommends a family health programme.


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