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Listening – Magoosh TOEFL Lecture #3

Listening – Magoosh TOEFL Lecture #3 Script Male Professor All organisms need energy, right? All living things have to consume energy-dense, biological materials…otherwise known as foods, heh… in order to function, grow, and maintain healthy cells. The food that is ingested by the organism has to be DIGESTED in order to be absorbed and effectively used for, uh, for whatever bodily processes needed. So let’s compare digestion in humans and something pretty far removed—single-celled organisms called protozoa. Both protozoa and humans ingest substantial amounts of food material and break it down in THREE PARTS of digestion. I mean, they share the same basic phases. The three parts of digestion are mechanical, chemical, and, uh, absorption. First, let’s—let’s take a look at the three different parts of digestion that are common to both protozoa and humans. For many organisms, MECHANICAL DIGESTION involves the breakdown of large food particles into more… I mean
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Listening – Magoosh TOEFL Lecture #2

Listening – Magoosh TOEFL Lecture #2 Question & Answers: https://t.me/MagooshTOEFLBreakthrough/16 Script: Narrator: Listen to part of a lecture in a marketing class. Male professor: I’ll assume everyone here has a basic idea of what viral marketing is. Can anyone give me an example of this way of advertising a product? Male student: Viral marketing is, um, when you’re shown an ad, but [sounding annoyed]… they don’t  tell  you it’s an ad. Male professor: Well, uh, yes… what you’re describing is—it’s a  form  of viral marketing. Can you give me a more specific example? Male student: Well, the other day, I was reading the news online, and I read a whole article about  car safety . The article focused just on one car company that was taking a lot of safety precautions. And when I got to the end of the article, it said in tiny letters that the article was  sponsored  by that very car company! So it wasn’t really news—it was just a viral advertisement

Listening – Magoosh TOEFL Conversation #1

Listening – Magoosh TOEFL Conversation #1 Questions: https://t.me/MagooshTOEFLBreakthrough/14 Script Male Student Hi. I’m here to discuss my summer plans. Female Counselor Well, you’ve come to the right place! What’s on your mind, Evan? Male Student I’ve decided I want to apply for an internship this summer. I’m not going to settle for another menial job like working at fast food restaurants or making copies and filing briefs at my dad’s law firm. I mean, umm… I mean I want to do something MEANINGFUL this year that’s connected to my studies and that…umm… that will give me a jumpstart finding a position related to my major once I graduate. Female Counselor You know, I wish…umm, I really wish more students would come to see us this early in the spring semester. Now let’s see here…Your file indicates you’re working on a dual major in environmental economics and Arabic. Are you looking for something in the environmental field or something to improve your f