TA12: Unit4-Listening-Listening

Jenny : Look, these are questions about how you got on at school? So have you just got through them?

Gavin : Yes, let’s.

Jenny : OK, so did you always work very hard?

Gavin : Well, I certainly worked pretty hard at the subjects I enjoyed. Yes, I did. What about you?

Jenny : Yes, I did actually. I think I worked very hard. Yeah. Now let’s come to the next question.

Gavin : Did, yeah, did you always listen carefully to your teachers?

Jenny : No, I don't think I did. No, I think I was quite disruptive, actually. What about you?

Gavin : Well, I think I did listen to the teachers certainly when I got to the level where I was doing the subjects that I enjoyed.

Jenny: Yeah, ok, the next question is, did you always behave well?

Gavin : I don’t think I always behaved well. I was a bit, err, a bit of a tearaway.

Jenny : Um. Well, I think I was pretty well-behaved on the whole, so I'd say yes, yeah.

Gavin : Good for you! Did you pass your exams easily?

Jenny : No, I can't say I did. No, I, I found them quite a struggle, actually. What about you?

Gavin : I didn't pass them that easily, though I worked hard I found it very difficult to answer all that long questions in a short time.

Jenny : Yeah, yeah, exactly. What about this one, then? Did you always write slowly and carefully?

Gavin : Quite slowly. Essays took a long time to write and I suppose I took a bit of care, yeah.

Jenny : Yes. I agree. I was also. I was very careful and uhm, yeah, yeah I was quite methodical.

Gavin: And did you think your school days were the best days of your life?

Jenny : Uhm, no, no. I can’t say they were. What about you?

Gavin : No, I went away to a boarding school when I was quite young and I didn't like that. No, they weren’t the best days of my life.