**Solutions Pre-Intermediate Student's Book audio 2.38 (Exercise 6,7) — Transcript & Summary | SozAI**
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Students discuss whether schools should spend money on music, sport, or school trips, giving reasons for prioritizing each. Model answers for IELTS-style Solutions Pre-Intermediate Lesson 7G.

## Key Takeaways

- Responses are model answers illustrating how to structure opinion-based spoken English.
- Music is argued as most important by one speaker because home access to instruments is limited.
- Sport is argued as most important by the other speaker, citing teenage fitness.
- Signposting phrases such as 'First', 'Finally', and 'To sum up' organize the arguments clearly.

## What the video covers

- Speaker 1 argues schools spend too little on music, sport, and school trips overall, since few students play instruments or sport beyond PE and trips happen rarely.
- Speaker 1 chooses music as the top priority, reasoning that there are many sport opportunities outside school such as a local sports center.
- Speaker 1 notes students often travel with parents, so schools need not fund trips.
- Speaker 1 emphasizes that few families own instruments or play them, so without school help most students will miss out on music.
- Speaker 1 concludes all three deserve funding but music is most important.
- Speaker 2 questions whether schools should fund music, sport, or trips at all, suggesting books and computers as better uses of money.
- Speaker 2 chooses sport as most important because many teenagers are unfit.
- Speaker 2 argues music is less important since most people prefer listening to it and can self-teach guitar at home.
- Speaker 2 says trips help students relax and make friends, but sport achieves these goals even better.
- Both responses model structured spoken argument: opinion, reasons with first/second/finally, and a summary.

## Chapters

1. 00:00 Opening view: schools should spend more on these areas
2. 00:40 Argument for prioritizing music
3. 01:36 Summary of the music argument
4. 01:57 Alternative view: books and computers, sport prioritized
5. 02:27 Reasons for prioritizing sport
6. 02:49 Conclusion on sport over music and trips

Answers

## Questions about this video

What position does the first speaker take on school funding?

The first speaker believes schools do not spend enough on music, sport, or school trips. They argue music should receive the most funding because students have few chances to learn instruments outside school.

Why does the second speaker think sport should be the top priority?

The second speaker says many teenagers are unfit and need more sport at school. They also argue sport achieves the benefits of trips, such as relaxation and making friends, even better.

What reasons does the second speaker give for deprioritizing music?

The speaker claims most people only want to listen to music rather than play it. They add that anyone wanting to play can teach themselves guitar at home.

## Full Transcript — Download SRT & Markdown

00:00

Speaker A

2.38 Lesson 7G exercises 6 and 7 one I'd like to start by saying that I don't believe schools spend enough money on any of these things. The reason I say that is that very few students in our school play musical instruments and not

00:26

Speaker A

many do sport either except PE which is a lesson. Not only that, we hardly ever go on school trips. Perhaps just once a year.

00:40

Speaker A

Now, let's move on to the question of which of the three schools should spend the most money on. If I have to choose just one, I'd say that we should spend the most on music. I'll tell you why I

00:56

Speaker A

think that. First, there are lots of opportunities for students to do sport outside school.

01:04

Speaker A

In my town, for example, there's a sports center where we can swim, go to the gym, play squash, basketball, football, and so on. Second, students often go on trips and holidays with their parents. So, there's no need for

01:24

Speaker A

the school to spend money on school trips. Finally, and most importantly, very few people have musical instruments at home and not many parents play musical instruments themselves.

01:40

Speaker A

So, without encouragement and help from the school, most students will miss out on music.

01:48

Speaker A

To sum up, I believe that schools should spend money on all these things, but music is the most important.

01:57

Speaker A

Two, first of all, we need to ask ourselves if schools should spend money on music, sport, and school trips at all. In my opinion, they should use the money for things like books and computers.

02:13

Speaker A

However, let's look at which of the three deserves the most money. As I see it, sport is the most important. There are a number of reasons why I believe this.

02:27

Speaker A

First, many teenagers nowadays are unfit. They need to do more sport at school. Second, music isn't very important. Most people just prefer to listen to music. Very few actually want to play musical instruments. And if they do, they can teach themselves guitar at

02:49

Speaker A

home. Finally, although school trips are fun and help students to relax and make friends, sport is even better for doing these things. All in all, I take the view that schools should spend more on sport than on music or school trips.

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