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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.
I just stay quiet.
i usually lose attention but I try to connect the next idea
Hi team, I have a question to ask on task 1 q5. The boy thought this class was about the French Revolution. Why is the answer false and not true? I understand he thought about SEO in American Revolution? Please advise. Thanks
Hello RuthYong,
Student 1 has gone to the wrong classroom. He thought he entered a class on early American history (a time period which includes the American Revolution), but actually he joined a class on digital marketing (or some other similar course) that deals with digital marketing. The man didn't think it was a class about the French Revolution at any time, so that statement is false.
Does that make sense?
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi Kirk, thanks very much for your explanation. It makes sense now. Really appreciate your kind explanation.
I often ask my friends to explain it because they're all willing to help people in the class. If they don't know, I will ask the teacher. I'd avoid keeping questions because if I do that, I cannot learn new things.
one of the problems i always had in class was I fall asleep most of the time and it made me don't understand anything in class and then i was getting textbook of my classmates and i studied it on my own
When i don't understand what is happening in the class, i try to listen the lecture what about is. On the other hand, i ask to somebody what are we talking about. If, i am in the wrong class, i apologize to teacher.
actually i am 53 years old right now . and i can not give details about such cases. but off course it happened many times . and if i do not understand something , i was writing down notes then refer to a colleague to explain.
Normally I prefer ask to my teacher what I don't understand because usually they are ready to answer.