ALH - L3 - Tests - Audio Scripts
ALH - L3 - Tests - Audio Scripts
SKILLS TEST UNITS 1–3 L: No problem. Yes, we offer a range of classes so I’m sure we
can sort something out. You say you can already speak
A W: Woman M: Man a little bit of Spanish. How long have you studied it or
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Extract 1 spoken it?
W: I’m going on vacation next week and was just wondering – C: Well, I had lessons at school for about five years, but then I
how do you normally keep in touch with your family when stopped two years ago because there were so many people
you’re out of the country? in the class and I didn’t feel like I was improving.
M: I never call them because it’s just too expensive. I just send L: And what area do you think you need to develop the most?
them texts or emails. Calling from another country just isn’t C: Well, the reason I want to learn is because I often go to
for me. Spain to visit my parents, because they live there, you see.
W: Oh, I should look into the costs before I go! I’m afraid my grammar and my pronunciation aren’t very
good at all. My reading and listening skills are pretty weak,
Extract 2 too, so I guess I need a little improvement in all areas.
M: What do you do when the internet is down and you need L: I’m sure I can help you with that. When are you available for
to contact a client? It doesn’t happen that often, I know, lessons and how often would you like to study?
but I’d like to know what you do in your company. C: I’d like to start as soon as possible. I have Tuesday nights
W: I usually just leave the office and wait until the internet is and all day on Saturdays free and maybe Sundays, too. I was
back. If it’s urgent, or I’m in a hurry, I’ll give them a call. What hoping to study for two hours on one of those days. What
about you? do you think?
M: My boss tells me to call the client and explain I can’t get in L: I don’t work weekends, Colm, I’m sorry, but I do have 5–7 on
touch because of the internet problem. a Tuesday evening. We would start the following week. Is
that OK?
Extract 3
C: Sounds great, and I can come straight from work, since I
W: Have you ever had to deal with an awkward situation
finish at 4:30. How much do you charge by the way?
with a customer over the phone? I’m asking because it
happened to me last week. L: It’s $18 an hour, but for your two-hour lesson it’s $30.
M: Thankfully it hasn’t happened to me, but it happened to C: OK, can I book it now?
my boss one day not long ago when I was in the office L: Yes, of course! Can I take your full name, please? And your
with him and you won’t believe it, they were chatting number …
away and all of a sudden, the other person just hung up C: Sure, it’s Colm Stanhope.
the phone!
L: Hold on a second, how do you spell ‘Colm’ – is that with a ‘K’?
W: Oh dear! I’m sure it was embarrassing for your boss,
C: No, it’s a ‘C’. And my last name is Stanhope S-T-A-N-H-O-P-E.
especially if you were there at the time!
My number is 872-741-6380.
Extract 4 L: Great. So I’ll book you for Tuesday, December 8th, at five
M: How often do you update your statuses on social media? I o’clock. Do you have my address?
update mine almost every day … C: Yes, it’s 59 University Road, Chicago, Illinois, isn’t it?
W: You’re kidding! I rarely do mine because I’m just not L: That’s right! Well, Colm, thank you for your call and I’m
interested in hearing about other people, or telling them looking forward to meeting you then.
about my life. C: Thank you, Linda. Adios!
M: Oh, I love telling everyone what I’ve done or am going to do.
I also love hearing about other people’s lives, especially my
old school friends. Aunts and uncles aren’t so interesting! SKILLS TEST UNITS 4–5
Extract 5 A S: Stefanos J: Julie
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W: How often do you email or speak in French on the phone S: Congratulations on your new job, Julie! I bet you’re happy
at work? you have the job in the city, aren’t you?
M: The funny thing is, I used to use it every day, but now J: Yes, I am. I applied to a lot of companies, and it did take
everyone communicates in English. I have actually a while, but I always knew something would come up. I
asked my boss if I can take Spanish classes so I can didn’t expect a job to come up right away since I don’t have
move departments. a lot of experience.
W: Oh! So what did he say? S: Have you always wanted to be an engineer?
M: Ha ha. He said he would think about it. J: No! I used to want to be a pilot, like a lot of people I guess.
I remember telling my family that I wanted to fly to every
B C: Colm L: Linda country in the world. My mom would encourage me to
2 look at maps of the world, and she even bought me a
C: I’m calling about the ad on the internet for Spanish
lessons. globe, you know, one of those big ball things with the
L: Oh, hello! My name’s Linda and I’m the Spanish teacher.
world map on it. I always thought I would work in another
What kind of lessons were you looking for? country, and my aunt would tell me she would visit me
if I did. What about you? Did you use to think you’d be
C: Hi Linda, my name’s Colm and I want to become more
a mechanic?
fluent in Spanish. Your ad says that you do online classes as
well as exam lessons, though I’m more interested in private
one-on-one classes.
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M: Oh, I never throw my old gadgets away. I hate the idea W: So, are you happy with it?
of filling up landfills with things I could’ve fixed myself. M: I wish I’d chosen a different color. The pink is too dark; it’s
Although I have to admit, I took my last phone into the made the room a lot darker since it was white before. I
repair store and they couldn’t do anything with it. The think next time, I’ll get someone to do it and also advise
battery, screen and power thingy were all completely me on which color I should go for.
broken and there was nothing they could do. I had to
B A: Anna B: Benjamin
throw it away in the end.
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A: Is it true that as part of your degree you had to interview
people about how they remember their childhoods?
SKILLS TEST UNITS 9–10 B: That’s right. I took one class called ‘Remembering Life When
A W: Woman M: Man We Were Children’. It was interesting to see how everyone
9 had different memories, and how brothers and sisters had
Extract 1
very different memories of how their parents behaved. For
W: Have you ever had to spend a lot of money on something example, my sister said that our parents were really strict
that you thought was a waste of money? and fairly unemotional, whereas I remember them being
M: Uh, I had to change the wheel of a car once, and instead warm, friendly and laid back. Very conflicting memories.
of attempting it myself, I just called roadside assistance. It A: Maybe they were both true? Maybe your parents behaved
cost me $150 and it’s something I regret doing, because differently with you both?
I think I could have done it myself. I’d seen my dad do it
B: That could have been the case, but our shared memories
many times before, you know, he’d shown me in case it
are of our parents being friendly and fun. It’s just my sister’s
happened to me.
memory of them being strict. Very interesting, and my
W: Hmm. Would you be able to do a good job at it next time? research follows this line of thought.
M: I think so! A: So how did you end up choosing this subject?
Extract 2 B: Well, someone, it was either a neighbor or an old
M: Have you ever done something you shouldn’t have?
colleague, had told me about a TV show they’d seen
about the school she had gone to 20 years ago, and how
W: I certainly shouldn’t have let my nephew take my dog,
the children remembered always being shouted at by
Pepper, for a walk when he was only eight. their principal. Anyway, this person said that the principal
M: Ha ha. Why, what happened? was a very calm and kind person. So this got me thinking,
W: Well, my nephew, Ed, had offered to take Pepper for a what other memories do people have that differ?
walk. Unfortunately, Pepper was too strong for Ed. I mean, A: What other situations did you discuss with people?
he was only a little boy, and the dog ran off. Ed was B: I interviewed a couple in their 80s who had been married
devastated! He spent all night looking for the dog and we for 60 years.
didn’t find him till the next day.
A: Wow! How did you meet them?
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