Read a short passage and listen to a talk on the same topic. Reading Time: 45 seconds Health Insurance All students

Narrator 2: Number 3. Read a short passage and listen to a talk on the same topic. Then listen for a question about them. After you hear the question, you have 30 seconds to prepare and 60 seconds to record your answer.
Narrator 1: A student is discussing the university’s health insurance policy with the foreign student advisor. Read the policy in the college schedule printed on page 195. You have 45 seconds to complete it.
Please begin reading now.
[Reading time: 45 seconds]
Narrator 1: Now listen to the foreign student advisor. He is explaining the policy and expressing his opinion about it.
Advisor:
I think it’s very important for you to know that this policy wasn’t instituted in order to increase fees for international students. In fact, the university doesn’t make a profit from the sale of health insurance. The problem is that health care costs in this country are so high that it could be financially disastrous for the family of an international student who needed more than just a simple visit to the doctor’s office. A trip to the emergency room at the hospital could cost thousands of dollars without health insurance! Most families abroad just don’t realize how costly it is. As for foreign health insurance providers—well, it was just too difficult to validate their coverage for medical services, and the local doctors and hospitals simply stopped accepting them. So... to be sure that our students are protected, we’re offering low-cost health insurance through the school.
Narrator 1: The foreign student advisor expresses his opinion of the policy for health insurance. Report his opinion and explain the reasons that he gives for having that opinion.
Narrator 2: Please prepare your answer after the beep.
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[Preparation time: 30 seconds]
Narrator 2: Please begin speaking after the beep.
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[Recording time: 60 seconds]
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