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listen [|here] Question 5

Listen to the passage. On a piece of paper, take notes on the main points of the listening passage.

(man) Hey, Beth. I saw you running across

campus this morning. What was the hurry?

(woman) Oh, hi, Todd. I do that every morning I'm

on campus. This morning was nothing

unusual.

(man) You go running across the campus every

morning just for fun?

(woman) Oh, I'm not running for fun. I have to do that. It's the only way I can get to class on time.

(man) You have two classes in a row that are on opposite sides of the campus?

(woman) Oh, it's much worse than that. I have

four classes in a row, and I seem to have managed to choose four classes with one in each of the four comers of campus. So every day I end up running from the first class to the second, and from the second class to the third, and from the third class to the last one.

(man) Why on earth did you schedule your classes that way?

(woman) It sounded like a good idea when I scheduled my classes. I thought it was a good idea to bunch my classes together. I have classes at eight o'clock in the

morning, at nine o'clock, ten o'clock, and at eleven o'clock Monday through Thursday.

It means that I'm finished with all of my classes by noon.

(man) But it's not working out for you, is it?

(woman) No, it's not. I can't get from one class to the next without running because the classes are so far apart. And even though I move

pretty quickly from class to class, I'm still usually late to each class. Here r thought

I was making such a great schedule for myself when I selected these classes. I mean, it does sound nice to have all of my classes in the morning four days a week, doesn't it?

(man) That part of it sounds good. It would be nice to have afternoons and evenings

free ... but the part where the classes are so far apart and you have to run from class

to class and you're still late all of the time, that part doesn't sound so good.

(woman) It's not, I can assure you.

(man) Maybe next semester you need to consider where your classes meet and not just when they meet.

(woman) That absolutely makes sense to me. HOW DOES THE MAN FEEL ABOUT THE PROBLEM THE WOMAN HAS?