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Text-based listening practice | transcript and 9 questions | אנגלית לתיכון, כיתות י׳ ו־י״א

אנגלית | כיתה י, כיתה יא | Making Decisions: Plans and Evidence | תשפ״ז

Text-based listening practice | transcript and 9 questions: יחידה משולבת באנגלית לכיתות י׳ ו־י״א בנושא קבלת החלטות על סמך ראיות, ברמות 3, 4 ו־5 יחידות, עם הסברים מלאים, תשובות לדוגמה ומחוונים.

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Transcript

Council meeting

Text-based listening practice: council meeting (transcript)

There is no audio recording for this task. Read the transcript as if you were listening: read it once quickly for the main idea, then a second time for details.

Chair (Daniel): OK, let's start. The early survey shows the homework café slightly ahead, but only by sixteen votes over the bike lanes. So nothing is decided yet.

Noa: Can I add something? I spoke to the librarian yesterday. She said the library could stay open late on only three evenings a week, not five, because of staff costs.

Daniel: That's important. Did she say whether that would change the price?

Noa: Yes. Three evenings would cost about forty thousand a year instead of sixty.

Amir: Then here's an idea. If the café costs forty thousand and the skatepark costs ninety, we could do both for one hundred and thirty thousand, and still have twenty thousand left over.

Daniel: Interesting, but we promised voters one project. If we change the rules now, people might stop trusting the council.

Noa: Unless we ask them. We could add a fourth option to the vote: the café and the skatepark together.

Daniel: All right. I'll write to the city today and ask whether that's allowed. Let's meet again on Thursday.

תרגול

[3 pts | A2+] Which project is ahead in the early survey?
1. The skatepark
2. The bike lanes
3. The homework café
4. No project
[3 pts | A2+] Who spoke to the librarian?
1. Daniel
2. Noa
3. Amir
4. The mayor
[3 pts | A2+] When will the group meet again?
1. Tomorrow
2. On Thursday
3. On 20 March
4. Next month
[4 pts | B1] Why can the library open on only three evenings?
1. Because of staff costs
2. Because students prefer weekends
3. Because the building is old
4. Because of a city law
[4 pts | B1] What is Amir's idea?
1. To build only the bike lanes
2. To run the café and renovate the skatepark together
3. To cancel the vote
4. To ask for more money
[4 pts | B1] How much money would be left after Amir's plan?
1. ₪10,000
2. ₪20,000
3. ₪40,000
4. ₪60,000
[5 pts | B2] Why is Daniel worried about Amir's idea?
1. It costs too much
2. Changing the rules could damage voters' trust
3. The skatepark is unpopular
4. Noa disagrees
[5 pts | B2] How does Noa solve Daniel's problem?
1. She suggests asking voters by adding a fourth option
2. She withdraws the café idea
3. She offers to pay the difference
4. She agrees to change the rules quietly
[5 pts | B2] What does 'only by sixteen votes' tell us about the speaker's view of the survey?
1. He thinks the café has clearly won
2. He thinks the difference is small, so nothing is decided
3. He thinks the survey is false
4. He supports the bike lanes

תשובות לתרגול

The homework café
1. Correct answer: The homework café.
2. Daniel says the survey shows the homework café slightly ahead.
Noa
1. Correct answer: Noa.
2. Noa says: 'I spoke to the librarian yesterday.'
On Thursday
1. Correct answer: On Thursday.
2. Daniel ends: 'Let's meet again on Thursday.'
Because of staff costs
1. Correct answer: Because of staff costs.
2. Noa reports the librarian's reason: staff costs.
To run the café and renovate the skatepark together
1. Correct answer: To run the café and renovate the skatepark together.
2. Amir calculates that a ₪40,000 café plus a ₪90,000 skatepark costs ₪130,000, so both are possible.
₪20,000
1. Correct answer: ₪20,000.
2. 150,000 − (40,000 + 90,000) = 20,000. Amir says so explicitly.
Changing the rules could damage voters' trust
1. Correct answer: Changing the rules could damage voters' trust.
2. Daniel says they promised one project, and changing the rules might make people stop trusting the council.
She suggests asking voters by adding a fourth option
1. Correct answer: She suggests asking voters by adding a fourth option.
2. 'Unless we ask them. We could add a fourth option': consulting voters keeps the process fair.
He thinks the difference is small, so nothing is decided
1. Correct answer: He thinks the difference is small, so nothing is decided.
2. 152 − 136 = 16. 'Only' minimises the gap, and Daniel adds 'nothing is decided yet'.