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3 Listening

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How Was Your Vacation?

a. Listen to a conversation and fill in the blanks with the correct words.

Julia : “Wei! (1) ………..………..……….. So, how was your vacation?”
Wei : “Oh, it was wonderful.”
Julia : “What did you do?”
Wei : “(2) ………..………..……….. I walked around this beautiful garden.”
Julia : “Really? I didn’t know you like gardening.”
Wei : “Oh, I don’t like doing gardening. It’s too much work, but I love to look at beautiful
flowers.”
Julia : “Uhm. So, (3) ………..………..……….., Wei?”
Wei : “Well, I went to some great restaurants. I ate sea food every night.”
Julia : “Really?”
Wei : “Yeah! Crab, lobster. Great food. Not too expensive either. It was just a terrific trip.
So, (4) ………..………..……….., Julia?”
Julia : “Well, I didn’t go anywhere special.”
Wei : “You just rested?”
Julia : “Yeah! It was nice to be home and have a lot of time for reading. I did a lot of that. I
probably read, (5) ………..………..……….., four or five books. And I visited a couple of
museums. So, it was relaxing but also very interesting.”
Wei : “(6) ………..………..………..”

b. Listen to the excerpts of a conversation. For each question, choose the best response (A, B,

or C) to what the other speaker said. Then, listen to the whole conversation to check the
correct answer.

1. What will Katie say in response?
a. ”That sounds great.” b. ”It was exciting.” c. ”I don’t know.”

2. What will Ryan say in response to Katie?
a. ”What did you do?” b. ”That’s boring.” c. ”I drove to visit my
relatives.”
3. What will Ryan say next?
a. ”That’s too bad.” b. ”What about you?” c. ”Sounds great.”

4. What will Ryan say in response to Katie?
a. ”I drove to visit my b. ”The weather was very c. ”That’s shocking! What
relatives.” hot.” happened next?”

5. What will Katie say next?
a. ”It was exciting.” b. ”I wish I could go there c. ”That’s too bad.”
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