Today is the second class in our current four-class set. We will begin class with our collocations exercise. Our reading today is about the IB Programme. The reading is pretty straightforward, so there are no vocabulary words this week. Our listening material was Episode 5 part 1 of Serial. Please answer the listening questions. 

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Key Words and Phrases

• How Woodlawn High School lets out- what the conditions are like at the end of school
• Gauntlet so thrown- Challenge received, challenge accepted
• Giving the state the benefit of the doubt- believing the state, without proper evidence or strong evidence. 
• We are stumped on this one- confused, can't find an answer.
• It seems far-fetched- not realistic or believable
• His overall reaction was incredulity- he did not believe it or he did not accept it
• Debunk the state’s timeline- prove them wrong
• He couldn’t fabricate that, it would have been too big of a coincidence- he could not have made the story up, there is no way
• The way it all meshed was irrefutable- you could not deny the story when you put it together. 
• The next stop is the i70 park and ride- a park and ride is a parking lot where carpoolers meet. 
• They buy two dimes of weed here, that’s a side note- a dime bag is a small amount of marijuana.
• Now we are about to thumb our noses at the thing- complete disrespect something. to show now respect. 
• I think they call that a fool’s errand- this is something that cannot be accomplished. 

Listening Questions

What was the challenge that Adnan gave Sarah?

How long was the window in which Hyemin was killed?

What is there no record of?

What two things did the prosecution use to pin the story of the crime to Adnan? 

What was the important call in the timeline and why was it important?

What happened at Patapsco State Park? Did it really happen?