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Words in Context: Mini Dialogues

Listen to 3 short dialogues and match them to the pictures.
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Answer

  1. Right
  2. Left
  3. Middle

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The Prince’s Last Feast

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New Term at Uni

Listen to two friends who bump into each other at university.
Who’s studying arts, and who’s doing science?
Which one is getting financial support from the university?

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Answer

Jamie’s doing English literature (arts) and Alix is doing physics (science)

Jamie is on a scholarship from the university.

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Communication Words in Context

The Appeal

Scene: A large courtroom filled with members of the public and media. The judge, a serious yet fair figure, sits at the bench, while the defense solicitor and prosecutor sit at their respective tables. The atmosphere is tense as the appeal hearing begins. The defendant, a middle-aged man, sits nervously beside his solicitor.

Listen to a short dialogue between the judge, defense solicitor and prosecutor. Which words and expressions from the Wordlist do you hear?

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Clothes & Appearance: Words in Context

Read the following extracts from a description, and decide which words from the Wordlist could replace the words in bold.

“a woman whose style captivates every stranger she passes by.”

“she looks like someone famous”

“Though her clothes may be simple – trainers, shorts, stockings…”

“a simple (sleeveless) running top“

“her confidence flows like an invisible head covering“

“transcending ethnic grouping, culture and creed”

“Her appearance is the rhythm of a poem”

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Words in Context

Listen to 4 short dialogues, and decide which picture above best illustrates each situation. Click ‘Answer’ below when you have finished.

Answer

  1. Skiing accident (2nd picture from right)
  2. Doctors consulting (picture on right)
  3. Interview about a patient (picture on left)
  4. Gene test (2nd picture from left)

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Words in Context: Fruit Salad

Read the following short texts and decide which word from the Arts and Media Wordlist and Flashcards replaces each fruit word.

“And now to the world of bananas, and our correspondent in Cannes for all the latest cherries of the film festival.”

“Yeah, I’ve appeared on grape a couple of times in small roles and as an orange. Always nice to see your name there on the credits.”

“We were melons, running this peach on building safety, when the studio ceiling suddenly fell in. Luckily no-one was hurt. But yeah, it was weird, kind of spooky.”

“It wasn’t meant to be a finished pineapple, just a quick kiwi to give them an impression. But before I could say anything, they said they loved it and decided to use it on the film poster.”

“And we’re going to interrupt our scheduled pear on the blood scandal now, and go directly to Washington with breaking fruit on violence that has broken out near the House of Representatives.”

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Read the texts again to see if you can remember the Arts & Media vocab.

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