English Listening B2 Episode 01 - Track 04
Fill in the Blanks Exercise
Conversation 1
A: It's one of these games that involve lying and people trying to figure out if you're lying or not, but it's .
B: I like . Are there ?
A: Yeah, there are two teams with on each team.
B: Er ... ?
A: Celebs. .
B: Oh, .
A: There's a team captain on each team, actually the team captains are and they're .
B: So each team has a comedian and .
A: Exactly. The first thing they do is to . So a a personal story...
B: Sorry, ?
A: A panellist. One of the teams.
B: Oh, .
A: So they tell something about themselves, often something .
Now it might be true or they . The key thing is to say something that's so unbelievable that .
B: And then ?
A: Not . What happens next is the the storyteller.
B: Uh, ?
A: Grill him. Ask a to try and find out if the .
B: Yeah, you can tell if someone's lying by .
A: Well, the panellists are . It's surprising .
But for me the best thing is the humour, the . It's .
B: I'll bet I could if they're lying.
A: Maybe. Anyway, after they've finished, the team that asked the questions decide if it or not. If they're right, they .
B: What do they say?
A: Gosh, . One of my favourites was when a female panellist said of the other panellists.
B: And ?
A: I'm not . It's tonight. We can watch and you can show me how great you are at saying if .
B: Oh ...
Conversation 2
A: Oh, you seen it ...
B: No, I've . How ?
A: Well, it sounds , but I'll . It's basically a an obstacle course.
B: Uh... ?
A: An obstacle course. There are that they have to and balance on.
B: Oh, obstacle, .
A: ... and if they , they water or mud.
B: Sounds .
A: It .
B: So what are the ?
A: Well, there are different ones. There's the .
B: Sweeper, .
A: Yeah. Basically, the way it works is that twelve of the contestants over water.
B: They ?
A: On podiums. These , or blocks. Like .
B: And is it ?
A: Well yes, mainly because of the . It's a really, and it turns over the podiums. What you have to do is the arm when it gets to you. Then you have to the podium without falling down.
B: And if they ?
A: They . Sometimes . That's the thing I like best, those . The last one standing .
B: Sorry, ?
A: The round. That the competition.
B: Oh, so there .
A: Oh yeah. It's not just the Sweeper, there are of obstacles. Tippy Tables, Teeter Totters, Dock Maze, Crazy Beams, .
B: Wow. Doughnuts. . And how ?
A: The point is to get round the course in the . The fastest person .
B: Sounds .
A: The studio . They in BA. Imagine, the ...
B: They ?
A: Print BA. Buenos Aires. .
B: They Argentina to ?
A: Yeah, it's a .
B: I'd .
