Listening 2b Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab Homework 16

Web address of listening activity:
http://www.esl-lab.com/show/showrd1.htm

Listening exercises:

1. How many minutes before show time does the box office open?
A. 25 minutes
B. 35 minutes
C. 45 minutes

2. What would be the next movie we could see if we arrived at the movie theaters at 3:30 p.m.?
A. Return to Mars II
B. Road Trip
C. Friends Forever

3. For a sixteen-year-old, how much does a ticket cost for the 4:15 p.m. showing of Go for the Gold.
A. $2.00
B. $4.50
C. $6.00

4. On which day could you take a family of five, and it would only cost them $10 for the entire family?
A. Tuesday
B. Thursday
C. Saturday

5. Look at the simple map of street corners. If the Richards Science Museum is found on corner A, on which corner are the Cinemas located?
A. B
B. C
C. D

Score = 80%
Correct answers:
1. 45 minutes
2. Road Trip
3. $4.50
4. Tuesday
5. D

Answers to pre or post-listening questions:

I. Pre-Listening Exercises [Top]
What points do you consider most when going out to see a movie (e.g., movie theme or content, ticket price, show times, theater seating and sound system, etc.)?

Answer:
When going out to see a movie, I consider movie content and ticket price most.

Vocabulary Exercises:

Hello and thank you for calling Riverview Cinemas, the city's (1)finest theaters with stadium seating. Box office opens 45 minutes before show time. Movies (2)currently playing include: Return to Mars II, rated PG 13 with a run time of 1 hour 53 minutes, showing at 12:00, (3)2:15, 5:00, and 7:20; Road Trip. rated R, a run time of 1 hour 49 minutes at 11:15, (4)1:20, 3:45, and 6:05; Go for the Gold, rated PG. Run time, 1 hour 37 minutes. Playing at 11:50, 2:00, 4:15, and 6:30, and Friends Forever, rated G, at 12:10, 2:00, 3:50, 6:15, and 8:30. Run time, 1 hour (5)32 minutes. These times are (6)valid through the 17th of the month.
Matinee tickets are $2.00 before 4:00 p.m. for all (7)patrons. Regular tickets are $6.00 for adults, $2.50 for children 3-11, and $4.50 for ages 12-17. Seniors are only a (8)buck fifty. All tickets on Tuesdays are $2.00. You can also purchase tickets online. No wait, no lines.
We're (9)located downtown on 1313 South 260 East, kitty-corner the Richards Science Museum. Visit our website for up-to-date (10)information.

Score = 90%
Correct Answers:
1. finest
2. currently
3. 2:15
4. 1:20
5. 32
6. valid
7. patrons
8. buck
9. located
10. information

Key Vocabulary [Top]

finest (adjective): best, superior quality

PG 13 (adjective): parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13. Some material

might be inappropriate for these children

run time (noun): the length of time a movie plays

R (adjective): restricted, no one under 17 without a parent or guardian

G (adjective): general audience

valid (adjective): applicable, relevant, current

patrons (noun): customers or attendees

senior (noun): an older person

buck (noun): informal for dollar

purchase (verb): buy

kitty-corner (adjective): slanted diagonally across two corners of a street intersection

up-to-date (adjective): current or latest