TOEFL Speaking Task 2 Practice Test #21

Narrator: Now listen to two students discussing the letter.

Woman: Hey, Paul, you’re an actor, right? What do you think about this idea? that I think it’s great?

Man: Absolutely. I mean, for the people in town, there’s sometimes not a lot going on, not a lot to do. There’s not even a movie theater nearby. And if you want to see a professional show, you have to travel. I think the nearest professional theater’s like an hour away.

Woman: Yeah, plus, those professional plays can be really expensive. I saw one last semester, and the ticket cost me like forty dollars.

Man: Right, so it’ll be good for people to have another entertainment option, an opportunity to see live shows that won’t be so expensive.

Woman: Sure.

Man: Plus, it would definitely be helpful for us actors.

Woman: Yeah?

Man: Yeah, because on some nights, there’s not a lot of people that go, not a lot of people there to watch us, and that can have a bad effect on the show. It might not be as good.

Woman: Yeah, I can imagine it must be a completely different energy for you and the other actors if the seats are half empty.

Man: Exactly. Like, if the show was a comedy and it’s supposed to be funny, in order for it to really seem funny, there needs to be a lot of people there to laugh at the jokes. Otherwise, it just doesn’t seem as humorous. Having a crowd there laughing at the jokes really helps the show along, helps it to be good.

Woman: That makes sense. So this proposal would help that.

Man: Yeah, help make it more likely that there’d be a full house, a lot of people watching.