[0:06]Good morning. My name is Miriam Avila and this is my colleague Maria Eugenia De Tomasi. And your names are? My name is Julia. My name is Malena. Can I have your mark sheets, please?
[0:20]Thank you. First of all, we'd like to know something about you. Um, where do you live, Julia? I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina. And you, Malena? I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina, too. Uh, do you enjoy watching TV, Julia? Yes, I enjoy watching TV especially on my free time, but I really enjoyed this show called Modern Family. I enjoy because I like to I can like learn English while also having fun and laughing because it's a comedy show. Malena, do you ever meet your friends in the evenings after school? Sometimes because I need time to do my homework or study, but when I I say I have time for myself, um, I meet with my friends. And what do you do together? Um, going to the club or going to eat a restaurant or watch movies, something like that. Um, Julia, do you prefer to spend time with your family or with your friends at the weekend? Uh, at the weekends, it actually depends on like my mood and what I have to do. Maybe if I have to do a lot of homework, maybe I'd rather spend time with my friends, but if like there's a birthday coming up or something like that, I'd rather spend time with my family. Uh, are there a lot of interesting things to do in your town at the weekend, Malena? Yes, I think. For example, different clubs for for example, Ferro, or different cinemas or parks, for example, Parque Centenario, or something like that. Thank you. In this part of the test, I'm going to give each of you two photographs. I'd like you to talk about your photographs on your own for about a minute and also to answer a question about your partner's photographs. Julia, it's your turn first. Here are your photographs. They show people spending time in the mountains for different reasons. I'd like you to compare the photographs and say what you think people are enjoying about spending time in the mountains, all right? Okay, so the first picture shows a group of kids, and I think one adult, who are skiing. Maybe they live near the mountains and they are on a school trip. The second picture shows three people, but they don't seem to be together. They don't seem to be a group. The first the one in the middle is a woman who is like staring at the mountains that are in front of her. And the other guys seem to be like going back. As for the weather, on the first picture, it seems to be very cold, of course, because there is snow and they are like their clothes show that. While on the second one, it's still seems cold, it's not warm, but it's not as cold as the first one. And I think the people are enjoying about spending time in the mountains is that on the first one, maybe as I said they are on a class trip and they are learning a new sport or just having fun with their classmates. While on the second one, maybe they are on a trip and getting to know new places. Thank you. Malena, which of these things would you prefer to do? I prefer to do skiing because I think is a very nice experience. And I is a think I want to do. Thank you. Now, Malena, here are your photographs. They show people shopping in different places. I'd like you to compare the photographs and say why the people have decided to go shopping in these places, all right? Okay. In the first photo shows two girls like in a shopping what see clothes and friends clothes. And in the different and the second photo shows a a boy in a supermarket, I think, buying different food. I think in the first photo, the girls decide to go to shopping because they want to follow the new trending of clothes, or they need they need to buy a gift or something like that. In the second photo, I think the boy they need to go to the supermarket because they they invite to her his friends for her house and they need to buy different food for them. and cook something like a cake or something like that. Thank you. Now, Julia, which of these things would you prefer to do? I'd rather do what's on the first picture, which is shopping, because I love clothes and fashion and when I grow up, I would like to be a personal shopper. Thank you. Now, I'd like you to talk about something together for about two minutes. Some teenagers don't want to help with the housework, but their parents think they should. Here are some things they talk about and a question for you to discuss. First, you have some time to look at the task.
[6:15]Now, talk to each other about whether teenagers should help their parents with housework each day. So, would you like to start? Okay, I'll continue. Okay, so I I do think that teenagers should help their parents with the housework, but not every day. They should also have time to like for themselves and like to spend like alone listening to music or maybe like playing a video game. I agree with you and I think too, um, they need to time for different activities after school. Some for example, they they practice a humble or football and and I need they need time for their activities. Yes, I agree with you. I also think that it's very important for them to also do something else than school or like helping their parents. I also think that another important thing is school, because having time to like do their homework or to study is very important because it can help them get into a good college and have a better future. I think the same. And I think they need to be responsible as you say, they need to they need time for homework of study for a test and need to, um, they they need to they need to be responsible.
[7:51]for different things for school or activities something like that. What's your opinion? Yeah, I agree with you, they should be responsible and maybe they can take a load off their parents that so that they make sure they they don't have to make sure their parents their kids are doing their homework and everything they have to do. I also think that it's very important that they help not every day, but they they still do it is because they can learn lots of skills that can help them in the future. Maybe if they live alone, they will use them. What do you think? As you say, I think they need to be they need to practice they need to practical for this future. They can say. Thank you. Now you have about a minute to decide what the most important reason is for teenagers to help their parents with the housework. I think the best is having time for homework or being responsible because they need time for the things for for school, for different homework, or they need to study for a test. What do you think? I actually don't agree with you. I think the like the best one is that they can learn practical skills, because it can help them like with their future. Their life isn't just like school, and it has like also other things. What do you think? I agree with you because they need to be independent in the future. And, um, and I think the learning practical is the best, like you say. Uh, why do you think they need to be independent? Because in the future they they don't have the parents all the time and they live alone and they they need to know different things for for for the house or the work or something like that.
[9:56]Thank you. Uh, what's the most important thing teenagers can do to help their parents? I think they they need to cook, for example, I help my mom for cook the cakes or different food for the dinner or something like that, or they need to clean her her bedroom or something something some things is something things for their house. Do you agree? Yes, I agree because, um, if you want to do something, it shows that you're motivated about that. While if you like if they are making you do something, you feel obligated. Uh, and if you do that, you can make mistakes or do it incorrectly. While if you feel motivated, you will do it faster and better. Do you agree? Yes, I agree. Like, she say, you you need to feel motivate and do the best in the activity. Um, some people say that teenagers shouldn't have to do any work at the weekend, but should just have fun. What do you think? I think they need time for theirselves, but to they need to help her her family for different things. Um, they they want they have to help for her for their house, but they need to meet with with her friends or do something like, uh, something he likes they likes. What do you think? Okay, so I agree with her. I think it is important to help like your parents or whoever you live with with the housework, but you also need time like for yourself or to spend time with other people. Should parents decide how teenagers spend their free time? I think, um, I think they don't decide to, uh, the children's do because they need to be independent and they need to decide her their things, they like. What do you think? I agree with you because in the future, they are not going to have someone that is telling them, oh, go do this or no, play this sport. Um, that choosing their own like hobbies can help them with their future. Do you agree? I think the same because they don't have all the time their parents and they need to be independent and need to know how how do different things of the house or work. Thank you. Some people say that the most important thing for parents to teach their children is how to be kind and helpful. What do you think? I agree with that because, um, maybe you cannot be helping people all the time or maybe like doing something for them, but maybe just if someone's having a bad day, just saying, hey, how are you? Are you okay? Can help them and maybe cheer them up. And I agree with her because you need to be social. And if you don't if you don't are kind, um, you don't have you you don't have time for friends or do you have friends directly? Thank you. That is the end of the test.
