CET-4 Listening Passages: Why We Put Things Off and Learning to Swim at Seventy

Passage One.

Teks satu.

Why do we put off important tasks, even when we know they matter?

Mengapa kita menunda tugas penting, padahal kita tahu itu penting?

Many people think it's because they're lazy.

Banyak orang mengira itu karena mereka malas.

But researchers say the real reason is our feelings.

Tapi para peneliti mengatakan alasan sebenarnya adalah perasaan kita.

When a task feels boring or difficult, we feel bad.

Saat sebuah tugas terasa membosankan atau sulit, kita merasa tidak nyaman.

So we do something easy instead, like checking our phones.

Jadi kita melakukan hal yang mudah, seperti mengecek ponsel.

We feel better for a moment, but the task is still there.

Kita merasa lebih baik sesaat, tapi tugasnya tetap ada.

The good news is that there's a simple trick.

Kabar baiknya, ada trik sederhana.

Tell yourself you'll work for just five minutes.

Katakan pada diri sendiri bahwa kamu hanya akan bekerja lima menit.

Once we start, the task usually feels much easier than we expected.

Begitu kita mulai, tugas itu biasanya terasa jauh lebih mudah dari perkiraan.

Questions sixteen to eighteen are based on the passage you have just heard.

Soal 16 sampai 18 didasarkan pada teks yang baru saja kamu dengar.

Question sixteen. What is the real reason people put off tasks?

Soal 16. Apa alasan sebenarnya orang menunda tugas?

Question seventeen. Why do people check their phones instead of working?

Soal 17. Mengapa orang mengecek ponsel alih-alih bekerja?

Question eighteen. What does the speaker suggest?

Soal 18. Apa saran si pembicara?

Passage Two.

Teks dua.

Margaret Hill was seventy when she decided to learn to swim.

Margaret Hill berusia tujuh puluh tahun saat memutuskan belajar berenang.

As a child, she had almost drowned in a river, and she'd been afraid of water ever since.

Waktu kecil, ia hampir tenggelam di sungai, dan sejak itu ia takut air.

At her first lesson, she couldn't even put her face in the water.

Di pelajaran pertamanya, ia bahkan tidak bisa memasukkan wajahnya ke air.

But her teacher was patient, and Margaret came back every week.

Tapi gurunya sabar, dan Margaret datang lagi setiap minggu.

After six months, she swam her first full length of the pool!

Setelah enam bulan, ia berhasil berenang satu panjang kolam penuh untuk pertama kalinya!

Now she swims three times a week and helps other older beginners.

Sekarang ia berenang tiga kali seminggu dan membantu para pemula lansia lainnya.

She says the hardest part wasn't swimming. It was walking through the door.

Ia bilang bagian tersulit bukanlah berenang, melainkan melangkah masuk ke pintu itu.

Questions nineteen to twenty-one are based on the passage you have just heard.

Soal 19 sampai 21 didasarkan pada teks yang baru saja kamu dengar.

Question nineteen. Why was Margaret afraid of water?

Soal 19. Mengapa Margaret takut air?

Question twenty. What happened at her first lesson?

Soal 20. Apa yang terjadi di pelajaran pertamanya?

Question twenty-one. What does Margaret say was the hardest part?

Soal 21. Menurut Margaret, apa bagian tersulitnya?

Two stories, one lesson: the first step is always the hardest.

Dua kisah, satu pelajaran: langkah pertama selalu yang paling sulit.

So take it today.

Jadi, ambillah langkah itu hari ini.