N2 listening practice lesson 9
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Contents
How to practice listening
First, listen and do exercise as usual. After listening and choosing the answer, you can read the translation and struction below for reference.
In addition, you can apply the way of taking this listening test for similar types of exercises.
N2 listening practice lesson 9
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N2 listening practice lesson 9 – Tapescript
会社で、男の人と女の人が話しています。女の人は、最初に何をしなければなりませんか。
男：鈴木さん、明日の大阪出張、帰りの新幹線は何時になってる？
女：えー、…夜8時発の最終ですが。
男：うーん、それだと、家に帰るのに厳しいんだよね。もう1本前のに変更できるかな。
女：それが、調べたんですが、混んでいて取れなかったんです。
男：うーん、じゃ、私は、1泊して次の日に帰るよ。ホテル、取れるよね。
女：はい、どこか取れると思います。えーと、どこにしましょか…
男：それは、あとでいいよ。とにかく、あさっての朝一番ので帰りたいから、そっちを先にお願い。
女：はい、わかりました。
女の人は、最初に何をしなければなりませんか。
１．新幹線のチケットを変更する
２．新幹線の時間を調べる
３．ホテルの場所を確認する
４．ホテルの予約する
Difficult words in lesson :
1泊（一泊）1 night
Translation for Reference :
A man and a woman are talking at the company. What will the woman have to do first?
Man: Ms.Suzuki, I’m going on a business trip to Osaka tomorrow, what time does the shinkansen run to go back here?
Woman: Eh…The last one is at 8pm.
Man: In that case, it will be hard to come back home. Is it possible to change to the one before that?
Woman: I checked it, but it was too crowed to book.
Man: Uhm, well, I will stay for one night and return the next day. You can book at a hotel right?
Woman: Yes, I think I can get somewhere. Well, where …
Man: Later is okay. Anyway, because I want to return by the earliest train the day after tomorrow, please do this first.
Woman: Yes, I understand.
Question: What will the woman have to do first?
- Change the Shinkansen ticket
- Check the time of Shinkansen
- Check the location of the hotel
- Book hotel
Instruction to practice:
Type of lesson: Catch detail description
In order to understand and make this type of lesson effectively, you can apply the following steps:
1.Note the main ideas:
In this type, you need to get key words about object and topic to catch the content of the listening.
夜8時発 （よるはちじはつ）departure at 8pm
家に帰るのに厳しい（いえにかえるのにきびしい）hard to come back home
1本前（いっぽんまえ）1 before
混んでいて取れない（こんでいてとれない）too crowed to book
1泊（いっぱく）1 night
あさっての朝一番（あさってのあさいちばん）the earliest train the day after tomorrow
2. Choose answer
Answer: １．新幹線のチケットを変更する
Based on the key words, we know that the main content of the talk is about the Osaka trip and the time to return home. Let’s perform the analysis as follows:
Note: in this type you need to determine the priority of each action.
The woman has already checked the shinkansen’s time (調べ たんですが) => Answer 2 is not correct
There are 3 answers remaining. We need to focus on the phrase expressing “the first priority” そっちを先にお願い (Please do it first). Before, the man gave reason : あさっての朝一番ので帰りたいから ( because I want to return by the earliest train the day after tomorrow ). This has same meaning with asking the woman to prioritize the exchange of train ticket from tomorrow to the day after tomorrow before other actions.
Therefore, the correct answer is 1. 新幹線のチケットを変更する (Change the Shinkansen ticket)
Above is the content of N2 listening practice lesson 9. Hope you can improve your listening ability effectively. See more similar N2 listening practices at category: N2 listening practice
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