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Listen to a conversation between a student and a professor, take detailed notes while listening.
flunk – to fail or receive a grade that is below the passing mark
extra credit – an extra assignment done to improve one's grade
remaining – left over
semester – time of the two terms that the school year is divided into
throw out – to get rid of
Fill in the following diagram.
Problem
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Reason
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Solution
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Now answer the questions using your notes.
Trouble with a Math Test
Summarize the text using your notes and diagram.
- 1: There Student flunked his math test and is worried about his final grade.
- 2: He was sick when he took the test.
- 3: Professor might throw out bad test if student does well on all future tests.
Listen again:
M: Hi Professor Lindesmith.
W: Hi Trey. What can I help you with?
M: Uh … I'm really worried about my grade for the semester because I failed the test. So, urn, do you think I can do some extra credit to bring my test grade up? My history professor let me do that last semester.
W: Well, Trey, I'd like to see you pass my course too. It's good that you're so concerned. But I don't allow extra credit assignments. Well, normally I would, but not in my introductory level classes.
M: What am I going to do? I'll get in big trouble if I flunk math.
W: You may be able to save your grade for the course yet. This was only the first test. We still have three others plus homework assignments. And each test counts for higher than the last one. If you do well on them, you could still pass.
M: The thing is, I need to do a lot better than just pass. I need to improve my grade point average. And I studied hard for this test. I just wasn't feeling well when I took the class. I went to the nurse right after class. She gave me this note if you want to see proof that I was sick.
W: Well, since that was the case, I'll think about throwing out your grade from this first test. But only if you get better than a B on remaining tests.
M: You bet. if you'll throw out that first bad test, I guarantee that I'll get an A on all the others.
