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 Four-word answers In this task type you have to either answer questions or complete sentences in four words Use the 45 second and to think about the kind of information you need Y meaning will be the same zu Similarly, although all the options could fit 5, only J corresponds to “work as much or as little as you wanted Four-word answers//Fou Four-word sentence completion r-word sentence completion Prüfzwecken Although all of the options would fit 3 grammatically, only G corresponds to the recording script – Eigentum s preparation time to read through the questions carefully to get an idea of the topic ou may not hear exactly the same words in the recording as in the questions or sentences, but the . our answer should mean the same as the recording rite no more than four words It ma It may be necessary to rephrase the words from the recording and omit articles (a, an, the) y be necessary to rephrase the words from the recording and omit articles (a, an, the) mple: des Verlags öbv
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