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Personal Identity:

Sample listening task answers

 

Task 1 (4 marks)

Comment on Olivia's friend's new relationship.

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Task 2 (5 marks)

In this interview, Marcel, Jacqueline and Sebastien are talking about the role of luck during exam times. How do their attitudes differ?

Marcel

He doesn't really believe in luck. He usually studies a lot and does a lot of serious revision work. He never goes to bed late the night before an exam.(1 mark)
Je n'y crois pas tellement à la chance. En principe, j'étudie énormément et je fais beaucoup de révision sérieuse. Et puis, je ne me couche jamais tard la veille d'un examen.

Jacqueline

She believes in luck but does not think it works all the time. She kisses (gives a little kiss to) her good luck charm in the hope that it will bring her luck. (1 mark)
Moi, avant de passer un examen, j'embrasse mon médaillon, je fais une bise à ce petit coeur que vous voyez là à mon cou, en espérant que ça me porte bonheur.

Sebastien

He believes that number 7 is a lucky number.
Moi, vous savez, je crois vraiment que le numéro 7 est un chiffre porte-bonheur.

He goes to bed at exactly 12pm (midnight) every night during the week before the start of the exams and he wakes up at 7 o'clock every morning,in order to get a 7 hour sleep.
Tous les soirs de la semaine qui précède mon premier examen, je me couche exactement à minuit pour pouvoir dormir sept heures par nuit. Je me réveille donc tous les matins à sept heures.

He goes over (revises) all the page 7 of his textbooks on the eve of (the night before) an exam.
La veille d'un examen je révise toutes les pages 7 de mes manuels.

He feels it's all a little crazy but it helps him keep his nerve.
Je sais c'est un peu dingue mais ça m'aide à ne pas m'everver (3 marks)

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Task 3 (5 marks)

Comment on Marie-Ange's reactions to moving to La Réunion

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