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Audioscript For Empower A2 Competency Test Listening End of Course
Audioscript For Empower A2 Competency Test Listening End of Course
Audioscript For Empower A2 Competency Test Listening End of Course
Part 1
You will hear five short conversations. For each question, choose the correct picture.
F: Hey, what's the matter, Chris? You don't look very well. Come and sit down.
M: Hmm, actually I don't feel very well. I've got an awful headache.
F: Oh dear! You play too many computer games, Chris. Or is it your new hobby –
playing chess? That can give you a headache!
M: Neither of them. I went to see a band last night with Tom and Nick and it was terrible.
So loud!
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F: Harry! Look over there! I think that's the actor Gerry Saunders, sitting at that table.
M: Where? You mean the man with dark hair?
F: Yes. I know his hair isn't usually so dark but perhaps he's changed it for a film he's
making.
M: It's hard to see him clearly because of his glasses, but yes, he's got the same straight
hair. I think it is him!
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M: Hi Jenny, it's me. I'm just calling to say that I'm going to stop at the supermarket t
onight on my way home from work. I'm going to cook chicken but when I looked in
the fridge this morning I could only see one onion and I need some more. If you want
me to buy anything else, call me back. We're going to have carrots too, and my
special grilled mushrooms. But we've got enough of those. See you at home at 7.
Bye!
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M: Hi Sally. What are you doing in town again? Shopping for more clothes? Didn't you
buy some new jeans on Saturday?
F: Yes I did. But today I'm looking for a shirt for Dave. It's his birthday tomorrow and I
want to get a present for him.
M: Why don't you go to that new shop on the High Street? It's called 'One Stop'. I got a
lovely jacket there and it was really cheap.
F: OK, thanks Mike, I will.
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You will hear a man talking to a friend about the transport he used on his holiday.
(Repeat)
You will hear a radio interview with a man called Tom, talking about a film he went to see
this week.
F: So Tom, last week you saw the film called 'The Two of Us.'
M: That's right. The main actor's German but his Italian's excellent. We had to read the
words in English of course.
F: You said 'we', who did you take?
M: Well, I'm a grandfather, so I took my grandson because the film's about a boy and
how he becomes friends with his uncle.
F: And did he like it?
M: Yes, especially the music. He likes pop and a bit of rock music, but this had jazz from
beginning to end. He loved it!
F: The newspapers are interested in the main actor ...
M: Umm, it's strange. He hoped to become a pilot but couldn't pass the exams. Then he
was a photographer for years. One day he photographed a film director and the
director invited him to be in this film!
F: So does he like acting?
M: Oh yes. In the film he plays rugby so he had to get fit. He ran 10 kilometres every
day. He couldn't go cycling because he didn't have his bike with him.
F: Final comment?
M: Well, it's a long film but that's not going to stop adults or children seeing it. In fact, I
think it's going to do well.
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