toeflprep1.mp3


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Definitions:
What's what

get on: get on phrasal verb › to make progress or be successful
progresar, avanzar
How are you getting on in your new job?
Couple with
   at      by      count as      coupled      despite      drop off      for      for an easy way to      for the rest of      going for      going on      in      in addition to      in order to      in the last      in time for      like      meet with      on      right away      what’s what      with   
Student: Hi, I’d like to my graduation form.
I understand you need this process my diploma.

Registrar: OK, I’ll take that. Uh, before you leave, lemme check our computer ... Uh, looks you’re OK graduation and ... hmmmm. Actually, I’m getting a warning flag your academic record here.

Student: Really?

Registrar:Yeah, let’s see . Uh, OK, are you familiar our graduation requirements?

Student: Um, I think so.

Registrar:Then you know you need forty-eight credits your major field to graduate, and at least twenty-four credits the intermediate level or higher. Also, after your second year, you have to your department chair to outline a plan your time here. In the past, we also issued letters before a student’s final year began to let them know what they needed to take in their final year to be OK. But we don’t do that anymore ...

Student: I-I definitely met with my chairperson two years ago. Uh, he told me that I needed eight more courses at the intermediate level or higher two years to be OK ... so I’m not sure what the problem is. I made sure I got those credits.

Registrar: Unfortunately, the computer’s usually pretty reliable ... so I’m not sure what’s here.

Student: It could be that I’ve taken two basic courses but both of them field experiences.

Registrar: What do you mean?

Student: Well, I could only take intro courses because there were no intermediate-level courses available for those particular topics. My chairperson told me that if I did independent field research the assigned work in each course, they would intermediate-level courses. My classmates, um, well, some of my classmates, did this meet the intermediate course requirement.

But I did it to get the kind of depth in those topics I was . As it turned
out, I really enjoyed the fieldwork. It was a nice supplement to just sitting and
listening to lectures.

Registrar: I’m sure that’s true, but the computer’s still showing them as basic-level courses, the fieldwork.

Student: I’m not sure what to do, then. I mean, should I cancel my graduation party?

Registrar: No! No reason to get worried like that. Just contact your chairperson
immediately, OK? Uh, tell him to call me as soon as possible so that we can
verify your fieldwork arrangement and certify those credits . It’s not like
there’s an actual deadline today or anything, but if more than a few weeks go
, we might have a real problem that would be very difficult to fix you
to graduate. In fact, there probably would be nothing we could do.

Student: I’ll get that.