Sports Studies: listening answers and explanations
On a university open day, a lecturer from the Sports Studies department gives a mini-lecture. She explains its purpose, then describes the three strands of the course: sports psychology, sports management and marketing, and sports physiology.
One block of eleven notes in strict order. Questions 32-34 come in the introduction and the list of strands. Then each strand gets its own section, signposted by 'Let's look first at Psychology', 'Now secondly' and 'Now the third branch'.
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Questions 32-42 · Note completion (NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS)
cellular researchAlso accepted: cellular change / body cells / cells
Note completion (NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS)
Questions 32-42
How to attack this block: A classic Part 4: the signposts tell you which strand you're in, and the notes follow the lecture closely. Several gaps are noun phrases you can copy directly. Watch the two places where she gives a second option after a first one.
Question 32
Answer: a university lectureRight at the start, when she says the purpose is twofold
Also accepted: university lecture
What is the first purpose of the mini-lecture?
we want you to experience a university lecture, to give you a taste of what listening to a university lecture is like
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to experiencewe want you to experience a university lecture
Why: 'Experience' comes straight before the answer in both: a university lecture.
The trap: 'Open Day' is mentioned first, but you don't 'experience an open day' in this note. The gap is what she wants you to try.
Question 33
Answer: Sports StudiesStraight after the first purpose, at 'and two'
Also accepted: Sports Studies programme
What is the second purpose?
we want you to find out something about the Sports Studies program at this university
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to find out aboutwe want you to find out something about the Sports Studies program
Why: 'Find out something about' leads to the answer: Sports Studies (or the Sports Studies programme).
The trap: 'Questions during the talk' follows, but that's an invitation, not a purpose.
Question 34
Answer: managementWhen she lists the three strands
What is the second strand of Sports Studies?
Firstly, we've got the Sports Psychology strand, secondly, we've got the Sports Management strand
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(b) Sportssecondly, we've got the Sports Management strand
Why: 'Secondly' marks strand (b), and she repeats the list to recap: management.
The trap: Marketing gets a lot of time later, but she presents it as one side of the management strand.
Question 35
Answer: top athletesWhen she says 'Let's look first at Psychology'
Who do sports psychologists work with?
the people who study Sports Psych want to work with top athletes
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The psychologists work withwant to work with top athletes
Why: 'Work with' is in both, and the answer follows it: top athletes.
The trap: The coach is mentioned later, but as someone the psychologist is compared with.
Question 36
Answer: makes winnersStraight after 'that one percent extra'
Also accepted: makes them win / makes people win
What do sports psychologists want to discover?
they're looking at what will take those athletes that one percent extra. What makes them win?
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They want to discover whatWhat makes them win
Why: The note starts 'what', so the gap continues her question: makes them win. 'Makes winners' or 'makes people win' are accepted too.
The trap: 'One percent extra' sits right before, but 'discover what one percent extra' makes no sense. 'Mental factors' comes later and is too vague for the key.
Question 37
Answer: market forcesWhen she says marketing is the side that interests her more
What does sports marketing look at?
here we will look at the market forces behind sport
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Sports marketing looks athere we will look at the market forces behind sport
Why: 'Look at' is in both, and the answer follows it: market forces.
The trap: Running sports clubs belongs to the management side, which she covers just before.
Question 38
Answer: leisure activitiesAfter the questions about football, CDs and the cinema
Also accepted: other leisure activities
What does sport now compete with?
Sport used to just compete with sport. Nowadays it competes with other leisure activities.
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Sport now competes withNowadays it competes with other leisure activities
Why: 'Nowadays' matches 'now', so the answer is (other) leisure activities.
The trap: 'Sport' is what it 'used to' compete with. The note is about now.
Question 39
Answer: entertainmentWhen she says spectators no longer come out of loyalty
Also accepted: to be entertained
What do spectators want?
they don't want the cheap seats any more they want good seats they want entertainment
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Spectators wantThe spectators go to sport to be entertained
Why: Spectators go 'to be entertained' and 'want entertainment', and she adds that players 'provide the entertainment'. Entertainment is the point.
The trap: Cheap seats is what they don't want any more. Good seats is said too, but the key accepts only entertainment or 'to be entertained'.
Question 40
Answer: exercise scienceWhen she says 'Now the third branch'
What is another name for sports physiology?
Now the third branch of Sports Studies sometimes comes under another name and is also known as Exercise Science.
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is also known asis also known as Exercise Science
Why: The note copies 'is also known as', and the answer follows: exercise science.
The trap: 'Huffing and puffing people' is her joke name for the macro side, not another name for the strand.
Question 41
Answer: fitness testingWhen she describes 'the huffing and puffing people'
Also accepted: body measurements
What does the macro level look at?
What I call the huffing and puffing people. So this looks at fitness testing, body measurements, all that sort of thing.
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Macro levels look atSo this looks at fitness testing, body measurements
Why: 'Looks at' leads to two examples. The key takes fitness testing, and body measurements is accepted too.
The trap: Writing both breaks the three-word limit ('fitness testing, body measurements' is four words). Pick one.
Question 42
Answer: cellular researchWhen she turns to 'the more interesting side'
Also accepted: cellular change / body cells / cells
What does the micro level look at?
the side that looks at the micro level, looking at cellular change. They're doing cellular research, looking at changes in body cells
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Micro level looks atthe micro level, looking at cellular change
Why: The micro level looks at cells. The key's answer is cellular research; cellular change and body cells are also accepted.
The trap: 'Stress' ends the sentence, but it's the condition the body is under, not what the research looks at.
'What makes them win?' is a question in the lecture, and the note turns it into 'They want to discover what ...'. Write 'makes them win' or 'makes winners', not the one-percent detail before it.
She says spectators want good seats and entertainment in one breath. The key takes entertainment, the point she builds on next: 'They provide the entertainment'.
This strand has two branches, management and marketing, and marketing gets the most time later. The strand's name in her list is Sports Management.
Words from this recording worth keeping
twofold(Purpose of the lecture)
having two parts
discipline(What Sports Studies involves)
a subject of study
strands(Three strands)
separate parts of a course or subject
integral(Sports psychology)
necessary and central to the whole
hand in hand(Sports management)
closely linked
market forces(Sports marketing)
the economic pressures that affect what people buy
loyalty(Sports marketing)
strong support for a team or person
cellular(Sports physiology)
relating to the cells of the body
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