Directions: For this task, you will listen to a dialogue. You will hear a question about it. You will then have 20 seconds to prepare your response and 60 seconds to speak.
Narrator: Listen to a conversation between two students.
Student 1(female): Ryan, I’m thinking about dropping our Chinese class and going back to Spanish.
Student 2(male): What? Why? I thought you really enjoyed taking Chinese?
Student 1: Well, I do. It’s really fun; it just takes so much extra time to study. I feel like I have to neglect my other classes so I can keep up with the work in Chinese, and I think my grades are starting to slip.
Student 2: That’s really horrible. You’ve already taken two semesters of Chinese. It seems like a waste if you just quit now. Couldn’t you drop one of your other classes so that you’d have more time to study?
Student 1: Maybe, but I also hoped that someday I could be able to get a job where I could speak Chinese. I don’t know if I’ll ever be good enough for that.
Student 2: Well, you’re fairly fluent in Spanish, aren’t you? Didn’t you even work at a Mexican restaurant?
Student 1: Yes, I studied Spanish for four years and got a job where I could speak Spanish.
Student 2: Have you considered studying abroad or taking some courses over the summer? Maybe working at a Chinese restaurant would help you too?
Student 1: Studying abroad can be expensive, and have you ever seen a white person working at a Chinese restaurant? I don’t know...
Narrator: Now get ready to answer the question.
Narrator: The students discuss several solutions to the woman’s problem.
Describe the problem. Then state which of the solutions you prefer and why.
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