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Read the passage below.
Announcement from the Office of Student Housing
This is a notification that students will no longer be allowed to stay in the dorms over the summer. We require all dorms to have a dorm supervisor. However, we were unable to recruit enough student volunteers to supervise the dorms during the summer. In addition, too few students have applied for on-campus housing this summer to make it cost-effective for the university. Please visit our office for information on alternatives for summer housing.
Write down the main idea and key points in note form, using keywords and key phrases only. Restate the passage in your own words.
notification – an announcement
supervisor – a person who is in charge
recruit – to persuade someone to join you
cost-effective – giving profit
alternative – in place of something else
Reading:
Now listen to a related conversation. Take notes on the woman's opinion.
excuse – a reason for doing something
flier – a paper-based announcement or advertisement
insignificant – not large enough to be important
fault – the responsibility for a bad thing happening
look into – to research something
Listening:
- Opinion: He does not agree with the decision to close the dorms in the summer.
- Reason 1: The university should have searched for supervisors.
- Reason 2: The university did not advertise that the dorms were open.
M: Great, now where am I going to stay when summer classes start?
W: I don't know. Are they really closing the dorms for the summer?
M: Yeah, that's what it says here. But that's not fair. I mean, they say they weren't able to get enough supervisors. But that seems like such a bad excuse. I mean, they should have asked more people. It's not like I saw fliers or announcements or anything asking people to be supervisors.
W: Maybe they did, but no one wanted to be a supervisor.
M: I'm sure they didn't. I would've done it, but no one asked me!
W: Maybe you're right. But that wouldn't really matter since such an insignificant number of students applied for summer housing anyway.
M: I feel like that's the university's fault. They should've advertised that the dorms are available in the summer. They should've put up fliers or something. Most students don't even know they're open for the summer. If they knew they were open, then more people would apply. 1 didn't even find out myself until a couple of weeks ago. One of my professors mentioned that she thought they were open, but she wasn't sure. So I looked into it. But I would never have known if she didn't say something.
Read and think about the prompt below.
The man expresses his opinion concerning the announcement from the Office of Student Housing. State his opinion and explain the reasons he gives for holding that opinion.
WITHOUT looking at the original reading passage, review your notes from the reading and listening passages. Select the information you think is important.
Reading:
Try to fill in the blanks of the sample response below using your notes.
Now listen to a sample response. How does it differ from your response above? Write down any differences in information or phrasing.
Listen again and repeat after the response during the intervals. Pay close attention to pronunciation, intonation, and word stress.
WITHOUT looking at the written sample response, make quick notes on your own response using your notes on the reading and the listening only.
Reading:
Notes for the Response
Now give your own spoken response to the prompt. Try to incorporate useful expressions you remember from the sample, while also paying attention to your pronunciation and intonation. Record your time.
