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Skill 11: THE TOPIC
As you listen to each long talk, you should be thinking about the topic (subject) or
main idea for each talk (as you did with the long conversations). Since the first
sentence is generally a topic sentence, you should be asking yourself what the topic is
while you are listening carefully to the first part of the talk.
Example from the Paper TOEFL® Test
On the recording, you hear:
(narrator) Listen to a talk at the start of a meeting.
(woman) I'd like to call this meeting to order now. This is the third
monthly meeting of the Science Club this semester, and
today we need to discuss the upcoming science fair.
You think:
The topic of the talk is a meeting of the Science Club to discuss the
science fair.
EXERCISE 11: Listen to the first part of each of the talks, and decide on the topic of
each talk.
NOW BEGIN THE RECORDING AT EXERCISE II.
1. What is the topic of Talk 1?
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2. What is the topic of Talk 2?
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3. What is the topic of Talk 3?
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