Arriving late to class

Arriving late to class

Listen to the conversation between two students to practise and improve your listening skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation

Transcript

Student 1: Sorry. Sorry, excuse me. I'm just … just coming to sit over here. Phew. Hey. How's it going? So, what have I missed?

Student 2: Nothing. He just started around five minutes ago.

Student 1: Did he say anything about the mid-term?

Student 2: What?

Student 1: About the mid-term tests. Did he say anything about when he was going to hand them back?

Student 2: He's almost finished marking them, he said. We get them next Tuesday.

Student 1: I'm sorry, I didn't catch that. When do we get them?

Student 2: Tuesday. Next Tuesday.

Student 1: OK. Got it. Sorry. What page are we meant to be on?

Student 2: Page 34.

Student 1: Page … 34. Oh, wait. I don't have my textbook. Can I … share with you? Wow. This is hard stuff.

Student 2: Mmm.

Student 1: What does SEO mean?

Student 2: What?

Student 1: SEO. This is all about SEO but he hasn't said what it means.

Student 2: Search engine optimisation. How to appear on internet searches.

Student 1: Internet searches. Right. Right. OK.

Student 2: He said what it meant.

Student 1: What?

Student 2: He explained it before you got here.

Student 1: Oh. Right. OK.

Student 2: Can you be quiet? I'm trying to listen to the lecture.

Student 1: So am I. Sorry. Sorry, one more question. What does this have to do with the American Revolution?

Student 2: What?

Student 1: I don't get it. Why is he talking about search engines in a course on the American Revolution?

Student 2: What are you talking about? This is a class on software engineering.

Student 1: You mean, it's not Early American History?

Student 2: You're in the wrong class.

Student 1: Oh, wow. Now it all makes sense. I'm so sorry.

Student 2: It's fine. 

Student 1: Here, I'll just … excuse me. I'm in the wrong class. Excuse me. Thanks. Sorry.  

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Submitted by BryanMendezR. on Wed, 30/07/2025 - 14:38

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When I was in class, my teacher explain their topics and when I was late, I saw the cupboard so automatically I can get it without other help with my classmate

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Submitted by Thanh Binh on Wed, 23/07/2025 - 22:28

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It is great to learn English.

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Submitted by emadship on Sun, 22/06/2025 - 20:46

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Firstly i am going to ask my  classmate if i didn't get what i am asking for ii will shift directaly to my  teacher. 

Submitted by Peter_Pl on Thu, 15/05/2025 - 20:17

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When I don't understand something in class, I try to ask my teacher. He always helps me understand and explains things clearly. I try to review the material so I don't forget it and can remember it for a long time.

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Submitted by Tmosquera on Fri, 11/04/2025 - 04:58

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I usually ask my professors when I do not understand clearly something in class. I think clarifying wrong ideas is key to a good learning process.

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Submitted by Crist.ns43 on Tue, 25/03/2025 - 09:22

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When I was teacher some students games late and didn't understand the class. Now I'm a university student and I know how the laters disturbing the class. I try don't come late, if possible I always come early.

Submitted by Sharpknife on Sun, 09/03/2025 - 14:04

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When ı don't understand lecture or my teacher generally ı ask close friends in class if ı don't have, I ask my teacher. I thing this shape better.

Submitted by David Ushi on Thu, 27/02/2025 - 16:20

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When I don't get anything in the class, then I just sit and thinking about other stuffs like what I have to do tomorrow. Before ending the lecture I took a note of the topic and page of what they teach me that day. After the school especially after evening I tried to understand the things that I took for notes with my friend whose name is Chat-GPT and also some helps from web.

Submitted by Glittery on Tue, 18/02/2025 - 20:06

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When I don't understand something, I used to ask my nearby colleagues, if I don't get it yet, I ask my teacher... to repeat it for me 

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Submitted by David.Osorio on Wed, 12/02/2025 - 15:25

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When you don't understand something in class, what do you do?

Well, in my opinion, I think the most important thing, is to ask to the teacher questions about the topic that he o her is talking about. But, if you don´t want to asking, you will have to do your own research.