Exam

[drewa]

Hey guys, I was doing a practice Japanese exam.
And I came across several things. Once again I can gather what it means but can't quite translate it into English successfully.

1)ヤン：あ、あそこでマリアさんやロンさんが美味しそうに食べていますよ。

2)会話と合っている丈は、どれですか。

3) 1)マリア：ロンさんが、ちょっと試してみたけど、やめ ておいた方がいいって言ってました。
2)ヤン：じゃあ、やめておきます。
3)田中：私もそうします。

In Sentence 1, 美味しそう means "It seems tasty" but the に throws me off. Is it describing the way that the eating is being done?

In Sentence 2, it sounds to me like "Which one only matches the conversation?" Is that correct?

In the following, I took a short passage of the conversation.
What's happening in the conversation is(parts not included) there's a party going on and Maria is asked which cakes she likes. So she says she likes the red ones, but then she follows it up by saying the chocolate cakes don't look good.

So now in Sentence 3-1, she is saying that Ron tried the cake but... then I do not know the rest. I think it's "Ron said that you(Maria) had better stop leave it alone.
In Sentence 3-2 it seems as if Yan is deciding to stop eating the chocolate cake and just leave it due to what Ron said.
Lastly in Sentence 3-3 it appears that Tanaka is deciding to do the same.
I searched そう and here's what I got:
1. so; really; seeming
2. (after masu stem and adj-stem) appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
So would that make Sentence 3-3 "I'll do so too."?

Thanks really for all your help. I was hesitant on posting this due to me asking for so much help haha

 

[Andromedashun]

に in そうに is kinda like a conjunction for the verb 食べる. There is also そうな but it connects nouns.
Maria and Ron seem eating in a tasty way.

Ron said that you (ヤン) can try testing it a little but you should prepare to stop
Well then, I will stop
I will also do that

 

[drewa]

Thank you so much!

 

[Andromedashun]

There are some grammar points you should know though, in case...

方がいい: ''hoo ga ii'' is a recommendation, I translated it to ''should'' here.
って: in this situation it is for quotation, =と.
ておく means to do (something) in advanced

 

[drewa]

Yeah, thanks! At first I didn't recognize the Hoo ga ii cause I have been learning and looking at so many different Japanese words recently in order to practice my reading skills. And I knew it beforehand but I was thinking of the word being split.
As for Te Oku, I just didn't know that one.
By the way though, how was my translation of Sentence 2?

 

[Andromedashun]

Sentence 2 is correct I think
And yes you should becareful with 方. Standing alone it can mean person (honorific) or way, but when it combines with other katakana it is difficult to recognize, like the ~より~方が structure, which is a comparision.

 

[drewa]

Oh awesome!
Yeah I'll look more closely into the context and everything. Thank you so much ^^

 

[Toritoribe]

2)
I'm sure it's a typo/misread of 会話と合っている文は、どれですか。

3-1)
The OP's initial translation of the first half of the sentence is correct. Ron tried the cake and said it's better (for you) not to try it (since it's not tasty). ～ておく doesn't always mean "to do previously for a purpose". It means something like "to stay/leave in the state 'not to try it'" here.

3-2)
Yan said "Well, then I'll pass it".

 

[drewa]

Thanks for all your help!