A. Listen to three men and three women answering the question Did you like school? Match the speakers 1-6 to their answers below. Did the men or the women enjoy school more, or were they about the same?

___ I didn’t like it. I absolutely loved it!

___ No, not really. I didn’t like it at all.

___ I didn’t hate school, but I don’t think I liked it very much.

___ Sometimes. Yeah, most of the time.

___ Well, yes and no.

___ Yes, definitely. I really enjoyed school.

B. Listen again. For each speaker, write down the subjects they liked and didn’t like.

Answers

A

Speaker 1: I didn’t hate school, but I don’t think I liked it very much.

Speaker 2: No, not really. I didn’t like it at all.

Speaker 3: Well, yes and no.

Speaker 4: I didn’t like it – I absolutely loved it!

Speaker 5: Sometimes. Yeah, most of the time.

Speaker 6: Yes definitely. I really enjoyed school.

The women enjoyed school more than the men.

B

Speaker 1: He liked PE and English, but didn’t like math, history, or science.

Speaker 2: He didn’t really like any of the subjects.

Speaker 3: He liked English and math, but hated geography and PE. He enjoyed a lot of subjects.

Speaker 4: She liked all the subjects, especially English and history.

Speaker 5: She hated PE.

Speaker 6: She really liked math and biology.

Audioscripts

I = interviewer, M = man, W = woman

1

I   Did you like school?

M   I didn’t hate school, but I don’t think I liked it very much. I used to enjoy PE; I used to enjoy sport; um, I quite liked English, but there were lots of subjects I didn’t like. I didn’t like maths very much, history was boring, and I found science difficult. I had a small group of friends – not many, but a close group of friends – and I used to spend time with them, talking about sport, talking about music. So it wasn’t too bad, but I didn’t like it very much. I’ve never been back to school – I’ve never been to a school reunion, or anything like that.

2

 Did you like school?

M   No, not really. I didn’t like it at all.

I   Why not?

M   It was a boys’ school and I got bored with just being with boys all the time. And I didn’t really like any of the subjects.

3

I   Did you like school?

M   Well, yes and no. Some things I really loved; some things I thought, ‘This isn’t much fun’; but I used to enjoy quite a lot of the subjects.

I   Like what?

M   I liked English and I liked maths.

I   And what didn’t you enjoy?

M   I hated geography. And I hated PE. The PE teacher once caught me reading a book on the football pitch, and I was punished for that.

4

 Did you like school?

W   I didn’t like it – I absolutely loved it! I liked all the subjects, especially English and history. I remember one time when I was about six or seven, I got ill during the Easter holidays and I was really, really sad, and my mum thought I was sad because I was ill during the holidays, but in fact, I was terrified that I’d never get better and I’d never go back to school.

5

I   Did you like school?

W   Er, sometimes. Yeah, most of the time.

I   What did you like about it?

W   Well, I had some good friends, and I liked learning things, but there were some subjects that I didn’t like very much, and I hated PE. I used to invent a lot of excuses, like saying that I was ill, because I didn’t want to do it.

6

I   Did you like school?

W   Yes, definitely. I really enjoyed school. Elementary school was all fun and we had great teachers. I always really looked forward to getting back to school. High school was harder work and we used to have lots of exams and tests, but we had really inspiring teachers. My favourites were in math and biology. And overall, yeah, I really liked it.

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