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Tarea 3 de 4 del Listening

Multiple matching del Listening B2 First: audio y respuestas

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Lee las ocho frases, dale al play y elige una para cada hablante. Cada letra se usa una sola vez y sobran tres. Al corregir verás qué parte del audio decide cada pareja.

You will hear five short extracts in which people talk about why they changed careers. For questions 1-5, choose from the list (A-H) what each speaker says about their career change. Use the letters only once. There are three extra letters which you do not need to use. You will hear the recording twice.

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  • Afound their previous job emotionally unfulfilling
  • Bwanted to gain new qualifications
  • Cwas inspired by a personal loss to follow a passion
  • Dwas offered an unexpected opportunity
  • Edesired more social interaction in their work
  • Ffelt their previous industry was declining
  • Gwanted a better work-life balance
  • Hneeded to relocate for family reasons
0 de 5 contestadas. Lo que dejes en blanco cuenta como fallo.
Transcripción del audioMejor después de corregir: si la lees antes, ya no estás escuchando.

Speaker 1

I'd been working in finance for nearly a decade and, on paper, everything looked great — good salary, promotions, the lot. But I woke up one Sunday night dreading Monday morning for the hundredth time and thought, this can't be it. I retrained as a physiotherapist. Yes, I earn less, but I actually look forward to going to work now. That feeling is worth more than any bonus.

Speaker 2

The thing about teaching is that you take the work home with you — marking, planning, emails from parents. It never stops. I loved the classroom, honestly. The kids were brilliant. But I was burning out. A friend suggested I apply for a role in educational publishing, and I thought why not. It still uses my subject knowledge, but I finish at five and my evenings are my own again.

Speaker 3

I was a journalist for fifteen years — newspapers, then online. The industry just kept shrinking. Redundancies every year, fewer staff doing more work. I could see the writing on the wall. So I decided to get ahead of it and moved into corporate communications. It's not as exciting, but it's stable, and stability matters when you've got a mortgage and two kids.

Speaker 4

I'd always wanted to work in the arts, but my parents were very traditional and pushed me towards law. I qualified, practised for six years, and then my father passed away. It sounds strange, but losing him made me realise life is short. I applied to art school, got in, and now I run my own gallery. My mother still thinks I'm mad, but I've never been happier.

Speaker 5

I was a software developer, and I was good at it. But after the pandemic, when I was working from home every day, I realised how isolated I felt. I missed being around people, having actual face-to-face conversations. So when a friend asked me to help run his restaurant, I jumped at the chance. The pay is worse and the hours are longer, but every day is different and I'm surrounded by people.

Qué es el Multiple matching y cómo se puntúa

Cinco personas hablan, una detrás de otra y unos 30 segundos cada una, sobre el mismo tema: por qué cambiaron de trabajo, un viaje que recuerdan, una afición. Tienes una lista de ocho frases, de la A a la H, y decides cuál describe a cada hablante.

Cada acierto vale 1 punto: son 5 de los 30. Las tres frases que sobran están para que dudes, porque casi todos los hablantes tocan dos o tres ideas de la lista.

Los 3 errores que más puntos cuestan

  1. 1.Emparejar por una palabra suelta. Que alguien diga friend no le convierte en la opción del amigo: busca la idea principal de lo que cuenta.
  2. 2.Gastar una letra demasiado pronto. Si en la primera escucha dudas entre dos, apunta las dos y decide en la segunda.
  3. 3.Leer las ocho frases mientras habla alguien. Léelas antes y resume cada una en dos o tres palabras tuyas.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Puedo usar la misma letra dos veces?

No. Cada letra se usa una vez como mucho y tres se quedan sin usar. Si te salen dos hablantes con la misma letra, uno de los dos está mal.

¿Los cinco hablantes se oyen seguidos?

Sí. Hablan uno detrás de otro, con una pausa corta entre ellos, y después se repite la grabación entera.

¿Por qué sobran tres frases?

Para que no puedas acertar la última por descarte. Y cada una se parece a algo que dice alguno de los hablantes, así que obliga a escuchar con atención.

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