托福口语TASK5话题范例：Family

Listening Part:

Listen to a conversation between two students.
(man) Hey. Lin. What's up?
(women) Oh. Just getting ready for my grandmother to come to town. She is flying in tomorrow to visit me for a few days at school.
(man) Oh. Yeah. Is she going to stay at your apartment?
(women) Yeah. It would be good. We can spend some time together and I can show her around campus and stuff.
(man) Sounds nice.
(women) Yeah. I am looking forward to it. But I am not sure what to do about picking her up from the airport.
(man) What do you mean?
(women) Well, her flight gets in tomorrow. But the problem is, my biology professor scheduled a special review session...uh...for an upcoming biology exam at the same time I am supposed to pick her up. I didn't know there' d be this conflict.
(man) Oh. Well, how important is the review session? Do you think you can miss it to pick your grandmother up?
(women) It's optional. But this professor's review sessions are usually really helpful, he does a good job going over what's going to be on the exam. So it would be good to go, but... maybe I'll have to miss it.
(man) Is there something else you could do?
(women) Yeah. Actually I spoke with my friend Mary and she offered to pick my grandma up from the airport.
(man) Great. Why don't you do that then?
(women) Maybe. But Mary doesn't even know my grandmother. And I don't know how grandma would feel about being picked up by a stranger. She'd probably be more comfortable being picked up by me.
(man) Oh. Well...

Question:

Briefly summarize the problem the speakers are discussing. Then state which of the two solutions from the conversation you would recommend. Explain the reasons for your commendation.

Sample Answer:

The woman’s problem is that she has a time conflict between picking her grandma up at the airport and attending a biology review session tomorrow.
There are two solutions. The first solution is that she could miss the biology review session and pick up grandma by herself. The other solution is that she could ask her friend Mary to pick up grandma.
I think the second solution would be a better choice. First, the biology review session is really important because it's related to the final exam. If she missed the session, it might influence her performance in this class. As for asking Mary to pick grandma up, although Mary doesn’t know her, the woman could probably show Mary a picture of grandma. Plus, if she talks to grandma about her special situation that the final exam is coming up, I'm sure grandma would be able to understand.
Therefore, I think the second solution is better.

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