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Aptis Advanced · Listening · Part 3 · C1

Listening Part 3: him, her or both, on a single listen

Aptis Advanced Listening Part 3: six statements, a single listen and the short formulas used to show that both speakers hold the same view.

16 min video (Spanish narration)2 mini-quizzesC1

1/2The task: a single listen

You hear a man and a woman arguing about marking exams with artificial intelligence. There are six statements, and for each one you decide whether it is his, hers or both. And here comes the hard part of the Advanced: it plays only once.

Do it as in the exam: read the six statements in the 20 seconds beforehand and mark as you go.

Check what you have learnt

You need 2 out of 3
1.How many times does Part 3 of the Advanced play?
2.How many statements are there in Part 3 of the Advanced?
3.What do you do in the 20 seconds beforehand?

2/2The six answers and the short formula

1 is his (he says it right at the start: the machine is more consistent than he is at four in the afternoon). 2 is hers alone: consistency isn't the same as accuracy, and he does not buy it (I want to see that evidence before I accept it). 3 is both: he admits that humans drift too, and she tops it off with On that I'd go further than you, which is agreement even though it starts out sounding like an objection. 4 is both: he draws the line at high marks and she replies That's the case I'd make, too. 5 is both: she has no objection to the bulk of it and he answers Nor I. 6 is his alone: he proposes telling the candidate who marked their paper and she distances herself with That's where you and I part company.

Remember this: in this part, «both» is almost never said by repeating the idea: it is said with a short formula of agreement. If you miss those few words, you lose the item.

Check what you have learnt

You need 2 out of 3
1.How is it usually expressed that both hold the same view?
2.What does «Nor I» mean?
3.Who says «That's where you and I part company» and what does it show?
Put it together

Now, practise

Read the six statements in the 20 seconds beforehand and mark as you go: M (man), W (woman) or B (both). Underline the agreement formulas («Nor I», «That's the case I'd make, too») that make you mark «both».