Long Listening · Section 3

School and University

When I was younger, I went to school from Monday to Friday. I didn't have any classes on Saturdays or Sundays.

Level: B1 · 51 sentences

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  1. When I was younger, I went to school from Monday to Friday.
  2. I didn't have any classes on Saturdays or Sundays.
  3. My parents took me to school every day by car.
  4. I lived very far away from my school
  5. So I couldn't walk there.
  6. When I arrived, I went into the classroom
  7. To wait for the lesson to start.
  8. My classroom was medium-sized.
  9. It had three windows, one door, one whiteboard with whiteboard pens,
  10. And there were a lot of desks and chairs in the classroom.
  11. When the teacher arrived, we started the lesson.
  12. We had three or four lessons and then it was break time.
  13. We went to the playground to chat with our friends.
  14. Walk around and rest a little.
  15. After the break we had some more lessons
  16. And school finished at 3pm.
  17. I had to take a lot of tests and exams at school.
  18. I didn't like to do tests
  19. Or exams because I didn't like studying.
  20. My favorite subjects were physics and biology.
  21. I had to do a lot of homework every afternoon.
  22. I took two or three
  23. Hours to do my homework at the weekends
  24. And one hour from Monday to Friday.
  25. My favorite homework to do was English literature because I thought
  26. It was easier than the other subjects.
  27. When I finished high school,
  28. I went to university and that was totally different.
  29. I loved my courses that I was taking.
  30. It wasn't like high school
  31. Because I didn't like all my subjects in high school.
  32. I had lessons in the evenings.
  33. Some people have their lessons in the mornings
  34. And other people have them in the afternoons or evenings.
  35. I had six hours of lessons per day.
  36. In my university classes there was a whiteboard,
  37. A projector to show videos and photographs, and we sat on benches,
  38. Not on normal chairs.
  39. At university I didn't have homework.
  40. I had tasks and projects.
  41. I enjoyed going to my university classes and studying the subjects
  42. Because it was what I'm interested in.
  43. When you are at school, you can't choose what to study,
  44. So there are some subjects that you don't like,
  45. Like PE or maths.
  46. But at university, you don't have a lot of subjects
  47. That you don't like.
  48. So they are more interesting.
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  50. Thank you.
  51. I'll see you in my next video.