11.1 Listening Conversational

Question 1

Have you ever made an assumption about someone or something that turned out to be incorrect?

Answer 1

Assumption (assume)
believe without proof

Question 2

What is your main priority in learning English?

Answer 2

Priority
things that are important

Question 3

Do you agree that time is highly elastic? If you had to find 10 hours to volunteer, could you do it?

Answer 3

Elastic
able to change and adapt to many situations

Question 4

Are there any words or phrases in your first language that have no equivalentin English?

Answer 4

Equivalent exactly the same as something

Question 5

What is one professional goal that you have? What about personal?

Answer 5

Professional/Personal
related to work or job/career (attitude/skill)

Question 6

How organized are you? Do you like to schedule things or keep your plans open?

Answer 6

Schedule
time table to organize your activities

Question 7

What kinds of exercise are doable for you? Climbing 10 flights of stairs? Boot camp? Hot yoga? Doing 50 pushups? (or anything else?)

Answer 7

Doable

something that is achievable, possible

Question 8

How do you shave off time from your day to spend more time doing your least favorite task?

Answer 8

Shave off - take off (reduce gradually)

Question 9

If you had to give yourself a performance review in this class, what would be your score (out of 10).

Answer 9

Performance Review
formal discussion with your superior about your work or development

Question 10

Do you agree that we cannot make more time, but time will stretch to accommodate what we choose to do or have to do? Could you give one example similar to the woman with the water heater? (from yesterday’s listening)

Answer 10

Accomodate -being flexible with your time to help someone or a situation