UAS ACADEMIC LISTENING

Name : Rizma Indah Riyanti

Npm : 1611900023

A. Questions for Conversation 4

1. What is the woman’s problem?

- need some help finding accommodation for this semester.

- don’t have her own transport so it’ll be hard for her to get on
and off campus.

- the woman didn't deposit.

2. What is the solution from the man?

- You can either find a motel or a guest house somewhere

closer to the campus where you can stay a couple of weeks
until we know about any students who don’t show up this term.
Mind you, they’re going to be pretty full now, what with all the
students arriving. And there are a lot of people on the waiting
list, so we can’t guarantee you a dorm.

- You may be better off looking for some private

accommodation in town, you know renting a room in a private
house, or sharing a flat with other students.

- you can always look on the student body website. There’s an

accommodation page there too.

B. Questions for Conversation 5

1. What is Amy’s problem?

- about leaving the history course. she's considering transferring

to another major. she's just not sure if history is the right thing.

- she was worried that she won’t have learnt anything useful by
the end of it. It’s not like there are many jobs to be had as a
historian.

- It’s a lot of hard work, after all. And she's not sure she's going
to come away with anything useful at the end of it.

2. What is Jim’s suggestion for Amy?

- college isn’t for making you employable. It’s for really getting
to grips with something you find fascinating, meeting like-
minded people and debating the world’s issues. It’s a golden
opportunity to do the things you love for four years without
being burdened by the outside world.

- but there are a lot of other employers out there who really
appreciate the skills that we history geeks learn as part of our
course. Like sourcing information, gleaning what’s relevant and
what’s not, critical analysis, and writing skills of course. And all
those presentations we do. All those things are transferable to
other jobs. That sort of things makes them really enthusiastic

- What I think you should do is go to the careers office and talk

to them. They’ll be able to tell you what sort of careers you can
get with a background in history. They should be able to
convince you that it’s worthwhile to stay on.

- See someone in the careers office. They’ll know what they’re

talking about. Hopefully they’ll give you some suggestions of
things you can do with a history degree and convince you that
business isn’t the way to go.

C. Questions for Conversation 6

1. What is Carla’s problem?

- wanted to ask prof's about the word limit. At the moment she
way over it, but she found so many useful sources that she
don’t really want to cut anything out.

- I couldn't’t see myself moving on fast if I managed to get my

foot in the door.
- I was hoping to go abroad for a while though. What do I have
to do to apply? Do I need a résumé? I was working on mine just
the other night.

2. What is the Professor’s suggestion?

- Well, it’s meant as a guide rather than a hard and fast rule. It’s
not as if I’ll stop marking as soon as I reach the word limit, but I
don’t really want you to go way over it either. 2800 is the
absolute maximum, I’d say.

- Well, there’s a rather lengthy application form to fill out, so I

don’t think a résumé is needed. Then if you get through the first
stage, you’ll have to do a presentation. If they like you, they’ll
invite you back for an interview. It’s pretty tough, as you can
imagine, but I wouldn't suggest it to you if I didn't’t think you
could do it. I mean, you've done some great presentations in
class, and you've had experience of setting up your own
business too…

- and I’m sure you learnt a lot from that. Well, if you’re
interested in the program, come to my office later on, and I’ll
give you the details. After four is best for me.