Arriving late to class

Arriving late to class

Listen to the conversation between two students to practise and improve your listening skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation

Transcript

Student 1: Sorry. Sorry, excuse me. I'm just … just coming to sit over here. Phew. Hey. How's it going? So, what have I missed?

Student 2: Nothing. He just started around five minutes ago.

Student 1: Did he say anything about the mid-term?

Student 2: What?

Student 1: About the mid-term tests. Did he say anything about when he was going to hand them back?

Student 2: He's almost finished marking them, he said. We get them next Tuesday.

Student 1: I'm sorry, I didn't catch that. When do we get them?

Student 2: Tuesday. Next Tuesday.

Student 1: OK. Got it. Sorry. What page are we meant to be on?

Student 2: Page 34.

Student 1: Page … 34. Oh, wait. I don't have my textbook. Can I … share with you? Wow. This is hard stuff.

Student 2: Mmm.

Student 1: What does SEO mean?

Student 2: What?

Student 1: SEO. This is all about SEO but he hasn't said what it means.

Student 2: Search engine optimisation. How to appear on internet searches.

Student 1: Internet searches. Right. Right. OK.

Student 2: He said what it meant.

Student 1: What?

Student 2: He explained it before you got here.

Student 1: Oh. Right. OK.

Student 2: Can you be quiet? I'm trying to listen to the lecture.

Student 1: So am I. Sorry. Sorry, one more question. What does this have to do with the American Revolution?

Student 2: What?

Student 1: I don't get it. Why is he talking about search engines in a course on the American Revolution?

Student 2: What are you talking about? This is a class on software engineering.

Student 1: You mean, it's not Early American History?

Student 2: You're in the wrong class.

Student 1: Oh, wow. Now it all makes sense. I'm so sorry.

Student 2: It's fine. 

Student 1: Here, I'll just … excuse me. I'm in the wrong class. Excuse me. Thanks. Sorry.  

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Submitted by Glittery on Tue, 18/02/2025 - 20:06

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When I don't understand something, I used to ask my nearby colleagues, if I don't get it yet, I ask my teacher... to repeat it for me 

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Submitted by David.Osorio on Wed, 12/02/2025 - 15:25

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When you don't understand something in class, what do you do?

Well, in my opinion, I think the most important thing, is to ask to the teacher questions about the topic that he o her is talking about. But, if you don´t want to asking, you will have to do your own research. 

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Submitted by omarkhadr on Wed, 12/02/2025 - 12:11

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Always I lost in my university front this orders assignment in addition, I tried to be commitment but inshalah to be committed.

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Submitted by Ghofran21 on Sun, 09/02/2025 - 16:23

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In such a situation I asked my nearby colleagues if they know,and if I didn't get it again ,I ask my Doctor to repeat it for me in a polite manner sure.

Submitted by Camiii_ on Sun, 19/01/2025 - 17:37

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When I don’t understand something in class, I always ask the teacher to help me with my doubts. 

Submitted by MohamedAbdelnasser on Sat, 11/01/2025 - 13:45

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I'm trying to do my best.

Submitted by noorshi on Fri, 22/11/2024 - 16:28

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I usually ask my teacher to explain it again,or make the teachers in the youtube explain it to me.

Submitted by Afis Afridho on Mon, 18/11/2024 - 03:57

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Hello, my name is Afis Afridho. I am 18 years old and I come from Indonesia. I study at Tanjungpura University.

When I don't understand something in class, I usually take notes on the material and search for it on Google or other websites. If I still don't understand, I ask for help from my friends who have a better understanding of the material.

 

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Submitted by saguirret on Sun, 17/11/2024 - 03:04

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If I don't understand something in class, I usually just ask the teacher or a friend to explain it. If I’m too shy, I’ll write it down and look it up later. Sometimes, I just wait until the teacher goes over it again or until I can get extra help after class.

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Submitted by Isabel.Alvarez on Sat, 16/11/2024 - 07:10

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When you don't understand something in class, what do you do?
When I don’t understand something in class, I usually ask the teacher to explain it again or sometimes, I ask my classmates for help because they can explain in a simple way and I also like to check my notes and search online to find more information.