---
id: 67dc0004be58caef2150467e
title: Task 3
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-3
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (Audio) Alice: Can we pick up where we left off? -->

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

# --fillInTheBlank--

## --sentence--

`Can we BLANK up where we BLANK off?`

## --blanks--

`pick`

### --feedback--

This means to continue something from where it was stopped.

---

`left`

### --feedback--

This is used to indicate the point where something stopped before.

# --explanation--

`To pick up` in this context means to continue something that was previously paused. For example:

`Let's pick up this discussion after lunch.` - This means continuing the discussion later.

`To leave off` refers to the point where something stopped. For example:

`Where did we leave off in the book?` - This asks about the last part read before stopping.

# --scene--

```json
{
  "setup": {
    "background": "interview-room2.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Alice",
        "position": {
          "x": 50,
          "y": 0,
          "z": 1.4
        },
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "B1_15-1.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 2.7,
      "finishTimestamp": 4.24
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Alice",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Alice",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 2.54,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "Can we pick up where we left off?",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Alice",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 3.04
    }
  ]
}
```
