TOEFL · Section 2
TOEFL Conversation 9
Good workout, Cindy. You're going to be in good shape for the intramurals next month.
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- Good workout, Cindy.
- You're going to be in good shape for the intramurals next month.
- Yeah. Whoo! If you don't kill me first.
- Wah! Whoosh.... ohh.
- OK, I get the hint. You can call it a day.
- Just be back here tomorrow at the same time, eh?
- I'll be here, but... can I talk to you a minute about something, Coach?
- Sure. What is it?
- Coach, I'm not, uh, I'm not doing so good in my courses this term.
- Huh? What?
- I thought you were an 'A' student. How bad could your grades be?
- Pretty bad, coach.
- The courses are getting harder.
- My grades are pretty awful in Cost Accounting, and I'm failing outright in Economics.
- I'm just not getting the work done that I need to do.
- I just don't have enough time.
- How'd you do in your midterms?
- Not so good either.
- 62% on the Economics test,
- 73% in Cost Accounting.
- And 79% in Marketing,
- and that's supposed to be an easy course!
- I'm not going to graduate, with those kinds of scores.
- I've got to get a lot more studying in before the finals, that's all there is to it.
- Oh. Um. So?
- So... I'm not sure how much time I can give to football anymore.
- I was wondering, wondering, uh...
- how would it be if maybe I moved back to the B Squad, kind of 'in reserve', so to speak?
- 'In reserve'?! Cindy, you're the best forward we've got!
- I don't know, Coach, Marly's good too.
- She just needs a chance to show her stuff.
- Yeah, but, she's not you, Cindy, and I, the team, we're counting on you.
- We've got to take on SFU first off next month,
- and Marly's hardly played with the A Squad at all so far.
- I just don't know whether there's time to break her in now.
- Oh, I can work with her during practice, Coach.
- She can do it, I know she can, and...
- Wait a minute, wait a minute, don't we have any other option?
- What option is that?
- Well... how about a tutor?
- Yeah, how about us finding you a tutor for those courses?
- Somebody that, you know, could kind of give you what you need to pass your finals.
- Aw, Coach, I've gotta learn all this stuff myself.
- There's life after football, you know!
- There's a lot of competition for jobs out there when I graduate, IF I graduate!
- I know, Cindy.
- You're absolutely right!
- I just don't want to lose you right before the tournament.
- You've worked so hard to get this far, and so have all your teammates.
- Yeah. That's why I feel so bad about this.
- But I need this time to study, I really do.
- I know I'm just clutching at straws now, but how about this, then?
- I let you work Marly into your position in A Squad this week,
- and then you take the next two weeks completely off from practice,
- study hard, and, when's your first exam?
- Uh... Economics is first. March 30th.
- OK, you take all the time off you need until then,
- and if you pass that exam, come back for the first round of the tournament at least, OK?
- That's the big one.
- If we can get past SFU, then confidence will carry us along from there.
- And we'll also have time to reassess your situation.
- Deal?
- Can't make a deal yet, Coach, I just can't.
- Let me sleep on it, will you?
- Let me look at my schedule and try to figure this all out,
- and then I'll get back to you. I promise.
- And think about that tutor, too.
- We'll get you one of those too, if you think it will help.
- I don't want to jeopardize your career any more than you do,
- and grades come first in my books, too.
- Thanks, really, I feel like you're taking real good care of me.
- Yeah, well, just take your time, you gotta do what you gotta do.
- But think it over.
- You're going to leave a big hole in the offense if you take off.
- Thanks.
- Anyway, I'll be in tomorrow afternoon for more of your torture.
- Right now I gotta take a shower and get out of here.
- Good. No partying tonight, you hear?
- Got you, Coach. Good night.