DIALOGUE:

1. Listen to the following podcast about having problems concentrating, and answer the following questions:

1. What did Liesel have trouble concentrating?

2. What test is she going to take?

3. What different reasons did Wagner and Liesel give for her to pass the test?

video1

Vocabulary:
– Throw in the towel: giving up, stop trying to do something

– wander: walk without a destination (my mind keeps wandering = I cannot concentrate on anything)

– chauffeur: drive someone around

2. Explain the meaning of these expressions in italics

 “Reading this manual is deadly”

“I’ve tried to keep my mind on the rules of the road (…)”

 “I’m here to crack the whip”

“What’s in it for you?”

3.  Now listen to the dialogue at its natural speed