Englisch BHS, Maturatraining mit Audio-CD

7 Tips and tricks Example: This task is about TaskRabbit, an online jobs agency: Recording script: Juan Diego: TaskRabbit take a 30% cut, but if I take home less than $ 3,000 dollars a month I’m disappointed … Allie: What appealed to me was the fact that you could work as little or as much as you wanted to and that there would be a variety of tasks … Task: 3 Juan Diego expects to 5 Allie liked TaskRabbit because it isn’t necessary to G earn a minimum amount every month. H buy an important food item. I expand to other cities. J sign up for regular hours. K charge more per hour. Answer and explanation: 3 – G Although all of the options would fit 3 grammatically, only G corresponds to the recording script. Juan Diego is “disappointed if he earns less than $3,000” is another way of saying that is the minimum amount he expects to earn. 5 – J Similarly, although all the options could fit 5, only J corresponds to “work as much or as little as you wanted.” Four-word answers / Four-word sentence completion In this task type you have to either answer questions or complete sentences in four words. · Use the 45 seconds preparation time to read through the questions carefully to get an idea of the topic and to think about the kind of information you need. · You may not hear exactly the same words in the recording as in the questions or sentences, but the meaning will be the same. · Your answer should mean the same as the recording. · Write no more than four words. Longer answers will not be accepted. · It may be necessary to rephrase the words from the recording and omit articles (a, an, the). Example: This task is about a marathon in Afghanistan: Recording script: Kris: Race dates would usually be publicised to attract as many runners and crowds as possible. Here organisers had to take a different approach, keeping the details quiet and maintaining a low profile to avoid creating a potential target for trouble-makers. Task: The date and venue of the marathon were kept secret to keep away … Answer and explanation: trouble-makers ‘to avoid creating a potential target for trouble-makers’ means the same. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des s Verlags öbv