Cambridge IELTS 4
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M: Good morning!
W: Good morning! How can I help you?
M:I understand that the school organizes … umm, trips to different…
W: Yes. We run five every month, three during weekends and two Wednesday afternoon trips.
M: What sort of places?
W: Well. Obviously, it varies, but always places of historical interest and also which offers a variety of shopping, because our students always ask about that. And then we go for ones where we know there are guided tours because this gives a good focus for the visit.
M: Do you travel far?
W: Well, we are lucky here obviously because we are able to say that all our visits are less than three hours drive.
M: How much do they cost?
W: Again it varies, between 5 and 15 pounds a head, depending on distance.
M: Ah ha
W: Oh and we do offer to arrange special trips if, you know, there are more than 12 people.
M:Oh right. I’ll keep that in mind. And what are the times normally?
W: We try to keep it pretty fixed so that the students get to know the pattern. We leave at 8.30 a.m. and return at 6 p.m. We figure it’s best to keep the day fairly short.
M: Oh yes and then how do we reserve a place?
W: You sign your name on the notice board. Do you know where it is?
M: Ah ha. I saw it this morning.
W:And we do ask that you sign up three days in advance so we know we’ve got enough people interested to run it and we can cancel if necessary with full refund of course.
M:That’s fine. Thanks.
M: And what visit sub plan for this term?
W:Right. Well. I’m afraid the schedule hasn’t been printed out yet. But we have confirmed the dates and planed the optional extra visits, which you can also book in advance if you want to.
M:Oh that’s all right. And if you can just give some ideas of the weekend ones so I can, you know, work out then to see friends and such I…
W:Oh sure. Well, err the first one is St. Ives. That’s on the 13th of February and we will have only 16 places available because we’re going by mini bus. And that’s the day in town with the optional extra of visiting the Hepworth Museum.
M: All right. Yes ah. That sounds good.
W:And then there’s a London trip on the 16th of February. And we will be taking a medium size coach so there will be 45 places on that. And let’s see the optional extra is the Tower of London.
M:Oh, I’ve already been there.
W: Yam. After that is Bristol on the 3rd of March.
M: Where?
W: Bristol. B-R-I-S-T-O-L.
M: Okay.
W:That’s in a different mini bus with 18 places available. Oh and the optional extra is visit to the S.S. Great Britain.
M: Okay.
W:We’re going to Salisbury on the 18th of March. And that’s always the popular one because the optional extra is Stonehenge. So we’re taking the large coach with 50 seats.
M: Oh good.
W: And then the last one is to Bath on the 23rd of March.
M: Oh yes, is Bath the Roman city?
W:Yes, that’s right. And that’s in th e 16 seats mini bus.
M:And where’s the optional visit?
W:It’s to the American Museum, well worth visit.
M:Okay, that’s great. And thanks all that.
W: My pleasure. Oh by the way, if you want more information about any of the trips, have a look in the student newspaper.
M: Ok.
W:Or have a word with my assistant. Her name is Jane Yentob. That’s Y-E-N-T-O-B.
M:All right. I’ve got that. Thank you very much for all your help.
W:You’re welcome. I hope you’ll enjoy the trips.
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Good afternoon everybody and welcome to Riverside Industrial Village. To start your visit, I'm just going to give you a brief account of the history of the museum before letting you roam about on your own. I won't keep you long. OK?
Now from where we're standing you've got a good view of the river over there. And it was because of this fast flowing water that this site was a natural place for manufacturing works. The water and the availability of raw materials in the area, like minerals and iron ore, and also the abundance of local fuels, like coal and firewood, all made this site suitable for industry from a very early time.
Water was the main source of power for the early industries and some of the water wells were first established in the twelfth century, would you believe? At that time, local craftsmen first built an iron forge just behind the village here on the bank near the river. By the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the region's rivers supported more than 160 water mills and many of these continued to operate well into the nineteenth century. But then the steam engine was invented and then the railways came and the centres of industry were able to move away from the rivers and the countryside and into the towns. So industrial villages like this one became very rare.
So that's the history for you. If you'd like any more information, you can ask me some questions, or you can read further in our excellent guidebook.
Now I’m going to give you a plan of the site and I’d just like to point out where everything is and then you can take a look at everything for yourself. I’ve already pointed out the river, which is on the left. And of course running along the bottom is Woodside Road. Got it? Ok, now, we are standing at the entrance. See at the bottom, and immediately to our right is the ticket office. You won’t need that
because you’ve got your group booking, but just pass it are the toilets, always could to know where they are. In front of us is the car park as you can see. And to the left by the entry gate is the gift shop that is where you can get copies of the guide like this one here. Now beyond the car park, all the buildings are arranged in a half circle with a yard in the middle. The big stone building at the top is the main workshop. That’s where the firm is a nd where all the metal was melted and tools were cut as you will be able to see. Now in the top right hand corner, that building with bigger windows is the show room where samples of all the tools that were made through the ages were on display. In the top left corner is the grinding shop where the tools were sharpened and finished. And on one side of that you can see the engine room and on the other is the café, which isn’t too antique you would be pleased to know though they do serve very nice old fashion teas. The lower buildings you can see on the left are the cottages. These were built for the works towards the end of the eighteenth century and they are still furnished from that period so you can get a good idea of ordinary people living conditions. Across the yard from them, you can see the Stables where the horses were kept for transporting the products. And the separate building in front of them is the Works Office and that still has some of the old accounts on display. Right. If any one wants a guide d tour, then I am starting at the engine room. If you’d like to, come along this way please, ladies and gentlemen.
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W: Excuse me, Dr. Johnson. May I speak to you for a minute?
M: Sure. Come in.
W:I’m Melanie Griffin. I’m taking your course in population studies.
M: Right, so, well, Melanie, how can I help you?
W:I’m having a bit trouble with the second assignment and it’s due in 12 days.
M:What’s the sort of trouble are you having? Is the assignment question a problem?
W:Well, that’s part of the problem. I’m also having… been having trouble getting hold of the books. I’ve been to the library several times and all the books were out.
M: It sounds like you should start borrowing the books a bit earlier.
W: Well I have really a big assignment due for another course and I have been spending all my time on that and I thought…
M: And you might get an extension of time to finish your assignment for me?
W:If that’s possible. But I don’t know…
M:Well. Yes it’s possible. But extensions are normally given only for medical or compassionate reasons. Otherwise, that’s really a question of organizing your study and we don’t like giving an extension to a student who simply didn’t plan the work properly.What did you get for your first assignment?
W: I got 87 percent.
M: Umm. Yes, you did very well indeed. So obviously you can produce good work.
W:I don’t think I need too much extra time, as long as I can get hold of some important references. M: Well, s ince you did so well in your first assignment, I’m prepared to give you an extra two weeks for this one. So, that will mean you need to submit it about a month from now.
W: Oh thank you.
M: Now what about the reading materials? So you check out the journal articles in the list?
W:Oh, no, not yet. There were about twenty of them I wasn’t sure which ones should be most useful or all important.
M:Well they’re all useful, but I don’t expect anyone to read them all because a number of them deal with the same issues. And let me give you some suggestions. The article by Anderson and Hawker is really worth reading.
W:Right. I’ll read that one.
M: You should also read the article by Jackson but just look at the part at the research methodology how they did it.
W: Ok, Jackson, I got that.
M:And if you have time the one by Roberts says very a lot of things although it’s not essential.
W:Ok. If it’s useful I’ll try with that one.
M:Now the one by Morris. I wouldn’t borrow with that at this stage if I were you.
W: O k, I won’t borrow with Morris. Oh now, someone told me that the article by Cooper is important. M: Oh yes, but just look at the last part where it discusses the research result.
W:And last there’s Forster. I can’t think why I included that one. That’s not bad and could be some help but not that much.
M:Now let’s deal with the assignment question. What’s the problem there?
W:It’s graph from page 2.
M: It seems to be the problem is just about the bar graph showing reasons why peoples change where they live.
W:Well I’ve got a photocopy but the reasons at the bottom are missing.
M: Ok. Look at the first bar on the graph. Now that indicates the number of people who move because they want more space.
W:Oh, I see. Bar one. Ok, now what’s about the next bar?
M: Bar two is to do with the people who live nearby disturbing them so they chose to move away to somewhere quieter. Now let’s look at bar No.3. Another reason people change their places of living is because they want to be closer to the city.
W: Ok. Proximity to the city is the issue.
M:Now bar No.4 refers to problems when the owner of the property won’t help fix things go wrong. In other words, the owner is not helpful and so the tenants move out.
W: Ok, now what about Bar 5.
M: Bar 5 is about those people who move because they need a bus or train to get among the city or to go to work.
W: Ok, and Bar 6?
M: Bar No.6 is mid-resting. That reason was given quite a lot. People move in because they wanted to be in a more attractive neighbourhood.
W: Oh yes. Thank you very much.
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Good day, ladies and gentlemen. I've been asked today to talk to you about the urban landscape. There're two major areas that I'll focus on in my talk: how vegetation can have a significant effect on urban climate and how we can better plan our cities using trees to provide a more comfortable environment for us to living.
Trees can have a significant impact on our cities. They can make our cities, as a whole, a bit less windy or a bit more windy as that what you want. They can make it a bit cooler if it's a hot summer
day in an Australian city or they can make it a bit more humid if it's a dry inland city. On the local scale, that is a particular area within the city, trees can make the local area more shady, cooler, more humid and much less windy. In fact, trees and plantings of various of kinds can be used to make city streets actually less dangerous in particular areas.
How do trees do that, you'll ask? Well, the main difference between a tree and a building is a tree has got an internal mechanism to keep the temperature regulated. It evaporates water through its leaves. And that means the temperature of the leaves is never very far from our own body temperature. The temperature of a building surface on a hot sunny day can easily be 20 degrees more than our temperature. Trees, on the other hand, remain cooler than buildings because they sweat. This means they can humidify the air and cool it, a property which can be exploited to improve the local climate.
Trees can also help break the force of the winds. The reason that high buildings may keep windier at ground level is that as the wind goes higher and higher, it goes faster and faster. When the wind hits the building, it has to go somewhere. Some of it goes over the top and some goes around the sides of the building, forcing those high level winds down to ground level. That doesn't happen when you have trees. Trees filter the wind and considerably reduce it preventing those very large strong gusts that you so often find around tall buildings.
Another problem in built-up areas is the traffic noise is intensified by tall buildings. By planting a belt of trees at the side of the road, you can make things a little quieter but much of the vehicle noise still goes through the trees. Trees can also help reduce the amount of noise in the surroundings, although the effect is not as large as people would like to think. Low frequency noise, in particular, just goes through the trees as that they aren't there.
Although trees can significantly improve the local climate, they do, however, take up a lot of space. There're route system to consider and branches blocking the windows and so on. It may therefore be difficult to fit trees into the local landscape. There's not a great deal you can do if you have what we call a street canyon, a whole set of high-rises enclosed in the narrow street. Trees need water to grow. They also need some sunlight to grow and you need room to put them. If you have the chance of knocking buildings down and replacing them, then suddenly you can start looking at different ways to design the streets and to introduce...(End)
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W: Oh, Peter, there you're. It's been ages. What catches so long?
M: Sorry, I'm so late, Sally. Have you been waiting long?
W: Half an hour. But it doesn't matter. I had a coffee and I had been reading this guidebook for tourists. Sit down.
M: Umm.
W: You look very hot and tired. What would you like to drink?
M: I'd love really chill mineral water or something. Would you have another coffee?
W: Yes, I'll. The waitress will be back in a moment. Why are you so late. Did something happen?
M: Yes. You know I went to the bank to cash something traveller's cheques. Well the exchange rate was looking very healthy but I went to the teller they told me that the computer system was
temporarily down. So they couldn't do any transactions. They said the problem would be fixed in a few minutes so I waited. And then I started talking to another guy in the bank and I forgot the time.
W: Oh, really? Someone you met in the bank. Does he work there?
M: No, he was a tourist, from NY. His name is Henry. And he's been here for a week, but he's moving on to Germany tomorrow. He's an architect and he's spending four weeks travelling along Europe. W: Just like us?
M: Yes, just like us. He told me the names of some places where we should eat. Great food and not too expensive, he said. Oh, and he also gave me this map of the buses to me, he said he didn't need it anymore.
W:That's useful. But he's moving on tomorrow. Yes, here's the waitress. Let's order. Do you want something to eat? Or should we just have a drink?
M: Well. I'm hungry. And we've got a lot of sightseeing to do. So let's just have a snack and drink. W: It sounds good to me.
M: Well. Let's decide what we'll see today. I guess the best place to start is the Cathedral and then the Castle. What're the opening times for those two?
W:Well, according to this guidebook, the Cathedral is only open from 9.30 in the morning until midday. (Ah...) No, hang on. That's the Cathedral Museum. (Oh!) The Cathedral itself is open morning and afternoon. The Castle is just open from 1 to 5 so we can't go there until after lunch. I really want to spend some time on the Art Gallery because they've got this wonderful painting by Rembrandt（倫伯朗）that I always want to see.
M: What else should we see?
W: Well the guidebook says the Botanical Gardens worth spending some time in. And there're open all day from 8 to 6 so we go there anytime. (En...) I'd like to go to the markets near the river too. But ... Oh no way, that's only in the mornings too.
M: As well as today and tomorrow, we can see some other places on Monday you know. But I don't think the markets will be open then. They only open on Thursdays. So we miss them for this week. Maybe we can go to the Cathedral today because it's Sunday tomorrow. And even though it's open every day it might be difficult to get in tomorrow because the chair services.
W: That is true. But the Art Gallery isn't open on Sundays at all. So we'll have to go there today. (En) The Castle is open every day except Monday. So it'll okay there. And the Gardens of course is only closed at night.
M: Are all these places free? Or do we have to pay to go in? What does the guidebook say?
W:I think there's a charge for all of them except the Botanical Gardens. Oh and the markets. Of course you don't pay to go in.
M: Okay, well, let's have a look at our plan at this. We'll go to see the painting, you like first, that the Rembrandt, then have lunch then we go on to the Castle after that and then the Cathedral.
W: Okay. It says here that the roof of the Cathedral is really beautiful.
M: Is that right? But I really want to do with the Cathedral is climb the tower. The view is supposed to be spectaculous!
W: Okay well that'll be more than enough today. And tomorrow let's go to the Botanical Gardens and have a picnic. (En!) I want to sit by the river and watch the swans. The city's famous for them.
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So the Counselling Services we are for dealing with any problems arising from your studies or in your
life outside the university.
Let's take academic counselling. If you confuse about subjects or how to combine them of your degree, we can advise you and discuss the career you are aiming for, so that you can see it all in context. We can also chase up your tutor if you're not getting proper feedback on how you will be getting on your subjects.
Besides help with academic problems, you may also need personal counselling. If you think you're already under stress, well, just wait to classes begin next week, you'll have to start adjusting to teaching and learning methods that may be unfamiliar to you as well as the mounting pressures the deadline for that first assignment creates upon you.
And of course you'll have to cope with all these without your usual social network, you know, the social contacts, family and friends, you can normally rely on for help. All of this causes anxiety. Studying overseas can trigger a personal crisis. You may have left a lot of or you might call unfinished business back in your own country. Or you may have interrupted personal relationships or even sometimes broken them off to come overseas. And so students often feel so lonely, unhappy, unmotivated and unable to concentrate on study. Or there may be other things bothering you. Our resident chapel can offer you spiritual guidance if that what you want or we can put you in touch with community groups that can provide you with social contacts and friendship.
What about exam stress? It effects nearly every one to some extent, but especially oversea students like yourselves. There may be a huge amount of family pressure on you to succeed. And if you fail a subject or drop off a course because it's too difficult, then your self-esteem can suffer, but it's not the end of the world if you don't pass an exam. I had a reset first year anthropology so I can certainly offer you a sympathetic hear. Anyway, exam failure can lead varying changes in the way you normally behave.
You may also be off your food or you may have dietary problems because the local food is not to your liking and upset you and this can affect your health and studies. Glenda Roberts is our dietician in the health service and we can put you onto her.
And we all have money problems, don't we? But remember full-time students can get a low interest loan of up to 600 dollars to buy books and for similar study related expenses. That's right. And you can get a double that amount if you can't afford an item or equipment you need for your course, so, musical instrument for example. That doesn't stop there. When you move into a flat, starting-up expenses including furniture afford can be covered by a loan through the welfare service. See Jill Freeman for details.
Can we help you? Well last academic year in spite of staff cuts, we counselled 240 international students for a total of 2600 hours' counselling. And finally we won all the just one of the twelve appeals that we launched on behaves of the students. Not too bad for an understaff service, don't you think? That's all for me. Thank you.
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W:Oh, there you are, good. Sorry I'm a bit late. There was a long queue. So have you work out how to do with the assignment then?
M1:Not yet. We've been here only a couple of minutes ourselves.
W: Can you just remind me what the task is exactly?
M2: Well there're two, err, no, three parts to it. The first we have got to write an essay about ways of collecting data, then...
W: What's the title of the essay exactly?
M1: I've got a here. Assess the two main methods of collecting data in social science research.
W: And how much do we need to write?
M1: 1500 words. That's the essay. Then for the second part of this assignment we have to choose one method of data collection and carry out a small-scale study making appropriate use of the method chosen to get data from at least 5 subjects.
W: And then we have to write a report on the study?
M2: That's right. It's three to four thousands words.
W: Did you get as far as discussing which form of data collection we should go for? Questionnaire or interview, isn't it?
M1:Yes, I think we should do a questionnaire. That would be so much less time consuming than organizing interviews, I recommend. Once we've agreed on the wording we only have to send it out and wait for the responses.
W: Yes...I think it probably would be quicker. But what that are the article gave us last week say about the quality of data from questionnaires？
M1:I'm pretty sure recommended questionnaires are source of highly reliable data as long as you design the questionnaire properly in the first place the data will be fine.
W: No. I'm sure it talks about drawbacks as well, doesn't it, something about the response rate and the problems you get if it is too low.
M1: Yes, but we only need data from 5 subjects, anyway.
W: Oh, I suppose so. Another drawback I remember it mentions was that questionnaire data tends not to reveal anything unexpected because it is limited to the questions fixed in advance by the researcher. M1: Come on, Rose. This is only a practice. It seems not a real research, is it?
W: Well, I'm sure about that.
W: Maybe I'll be back through the article again. Just to be sure. Can you remember what was called? M: Sample surveys and social science research, I think, by Mehta.
W: M-E-H-T-A?
M: Yep. And he also recommended a more reasonable called Survey research by Belle, I think. It's an art series published by London University.
M2:And if we try to use interviews instead I saw a book in the departmental library that will be helpful for this it is called Interviews that work by Wilson published in Oxford in 1988.
W: Right. Oh, I have got a tutorial now. Can we meet up again later this week. What about Friday morning?
M: Suits me. 11 o'clock?
W: Fine.
M: Before Friday, I think we should all look though the reading list.
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So far, in these lectures, we've been looking at crimes like robbery and murder, both from historical view of point and also in contemporary society. And we've seen the preoccupation of western societies with crime and with lawlessness is a pile of long and continuous tradition rather than something which is null and unique to modern society.
But over the past 70 years or so, there's been a massive increase in one type of crime which was what's known as corporate crime. Corporate crime is crime which as the name suggests, is connected with companies, with business organizations. It includes illegal acts leader, individuals or a group within a company. But what is important is that these actors normally in accordance with the goals of the company. They're for the good of the company rather than the individual. It's been defined as, quote, crime which is committed for the corporate organization, the company, not against it, unquote. So crimes like theft by employees, things like... err... embezzlement or fraud against one's actual employer are excluded, according to this definition. The employees maybe involve but they're acting in the first place for the company. They may not even realize that they commit a crime, or they may realize but they feel it's excusable because it's policy, or because otherwise they may lose their jobs. So here we're really talking about the links between power and crime.
Now this is one area that much less generally known about the conventional or traditional crime. It's been relatively ignored by the mass media. For example, it tends to be underreported in comparison with conventional crime in news broadcasts and in crime series of films and so on. They very rarely deal with corporate crime. And it also tends to be ignored in academic circles, as being far more research on conventional crime and far more data is available.
There're several reasons for this lack of interest in corporate crime compared with other types of crime. It's often very complex, whereas conventional crime, it's usually possible to follow what's going on without specialist knowledge. As well as this, whereas conventional crime has a lot of human interest, corporate crime often has much less. The third reason, and possibly the most significant one, is that very often that victims are unaware. They think their misfortune is an accident, or that is the fault of no one in particular. They're unaware that they've been victims of a crime.
So when we look at the effects of corporate crime, we may find it's very difficult to assess the costs, but these costs can be very considerable in both their economic and social aspects.
Let's look at the economic costs first. For example, if a company is producing fruit juice, and it dilutes its product, so that's just a little below the concentration it should be, many millions of people may be paying a small amount of extra for their carrot orange juice. Now some amounts like this may seem insignificant for individual customers, too small to worry about. But for the company, this deception might result in massive illegal profit. However all our studies of corporate crime agree that the individuals are in fact deprived of far more money by such crime than they're by conventional crime like robbery and theft.
In addition to this we have to consider the social costs of corporate crime. And these are again very difficult to assess but they're considerable. They're important because they can undermine the faith of the public in the business world. And also, more importantly, because the main group of people they're
in fact effected not the richer section of the society but the poorer. So here, companies are robbing the poorer then benefit the rich.
There're two more points to do with corporate crime. Then I'd like to illustrate with the reference to a pacific event which occurred several years ago. This was an explosion of a large oil tanker which cost the loss of more than fifty lives of the crew. It was an explosion which never should have happened and the subsequent inquiry laid the blame not on anyone who's actually been on the tanker at the time but on the owners of the tanker. They had deliberately decided not to carry out necessary repair work on the tanker as it was due to be sold. And it was this lack of repair work which was directly responsible for the explosion.
Now this illustrates two points to do with corporate crime. First of all, that it's not had to be intentional. The owners of the tanker certainly did not intend it to explode but very serious consequence can result from people or organizations not considering the possible results are their actions seriously enough. The main crime here was indifference to the human results rather than actual intention to harm anyone. But that didn't make the results any less tragic. And this leads to my second point. That corporate crime can have very severe consequences. It's not just a matter of companies making big profits they should do, but of offense which may affect the lives of innocent people. And here're very often companies, because they say they didn't intend to harm anyone, can avoid taking responsibility for the results of their actions, and that has been a very dangerous slop hole in the law.
Now further example of corporate crime was the...
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W: Sarah, I've heard that you want to move into a home-stay family, is that correct?
S: Yes, that's right. I've been staying with my aunt and now my cousin is arriving from Singapore and my aunt need serve room for him.
W: Oh, that's bad luck. Well I'll need to get some particulars first. Err, Sarah, what's your full name? S: Sarah Lhim, and that's Sarah with Lhim。
W: En, how old are you Sarah?
S: 23, only just. It was my birthday on the 21st of August.
W: Ah, happy birthday for yesterday. How long have you been in Australia?
S: A year in Adelaide and 6 months in Sydney. I prefer Sydney. I've got more friends here.
W: What's your address, your aunt's house?
S: Flat 1, 539 Forest Rd. Canterbury and the post code is 2036.
W: Okay. What're you studying now?
S: I was studying general English in Adelaide. And now I'm doing academic English because I'm trying to get into medicine next year.
W:That sounds good, but it'll take you a long time. When would you like to move out from your aunt's?
S: My cousin arrives on Friday morning. So I'd better to be out on Thursday.
W: What... the 7th of September.
S: Yes, that's right.
W: That doesn't leave us much time. Right, okay. I need to know what kind of accommodation you'd
like, so I can get you something suitable.
S: Can I share room with someone else. I've been alone in my room of my aunt's and I've always shared with my sister and I like that.
W: Yes. Fine. That'll save you money too. Would you like to live with the family or do you think that a single person will be better for you. I've lots of very nice single people on my books.
S: Do you have any women living alone, retired women?
W:Yes, I've quite a few whose children have grown up and left home. In fact, I have some really lovely retired ladies living by themselves who just love the accompany of students. Most of them living in flats but that's not a problem for you, isn't it?
S: Not at all. I'm used to that. My aunt lives in a flat too, remember? I'm not used to a big house with a golden swimming pool, pets song on that.
W: Okay fine. I know quite a bit about what you want now. I should let you know that your rent will be 160 dollars a week. I'll have to pay me 320 dollars as a deposit before you move in. The deposit is as insurance in case you break something. You need to pay monthly to me by cash or cheque, I don't mind. You don't need to pay for gas, like electricity or water. But you'll need to pay your proportion of the phone bill. Most families do that on their own system but you have to wait and see. Have you got any more questions for me?
S: When will you know where I can go?
W: I'll work on it now. So come and see me tomorrow and I should have some news for you then.
S: Thanks a lot.
W: Goodbye, see you tomorrow. After lunch will be better for me.
S: Okay, see you then. Bye.
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GEOFFREY: Good evening, and in this week's edition of 'Focus on the Arts', Jane Hemmington is going to fill us in on what's in store for us at this year's Summer Festival. Over to you, Jane.
Jane: Thank you, Geoffrey. This year, the Summer Festival is the biggest we've ever seen, so there should be something for everybody. This is the third year they've run it and the timing's slightly different: for the last couple of years it's been around the fifth to seventeenth, but this year they wanted to allow everyone enough time to recover from the first of January celebrations and they've put it at the end of the month.
The programme has sensational theatre, dance and also a large number of art exhibitions, but the thing the Festival is most famous for is its great street music. For today's report though, Geoffrey, I'm looking at some of the theatrical events that you might like to see; in particular, at this year's theme -- circuses.
I'm going to tell you about two circus performances, but there're plenty of others in the programme. I've chosen these because they represent distinct movements within circus performance. The first is the Circus Romano from Italy. As this is a travelling circus, it follows a long tradition by performing in a marquee, which is really like a canvas portable building, usually put up in a green space or car park, rather than in a theatre or stadium.
In spite of this, Circus Romano isn't at all like the traditional circuses I grew up with. There are no animals, just very talented clowning and acrobatic routines. The show has a lot of very funny moments, especially at the beginning, but the best part is the music and lighting. They're magical. At forty-five dollars it's very expensive anyway. It's really for adult tastes. In fact, much of it would be wasted on children, so I suggest you leave them at home.
The second circus performance is Circus Electrica at the Studio Theatre. The purists are suggesting that this isn't a circus at all. It's a showcase for skills in dance and magic, rather than the usual one you expect in a circus. With only six performers, it's a small production, which suits the venue well -- the Studio only seats about two hundred people. For my money it's the aerial displays which are outstanding as well as the magical tricks -- features which are missing from Circus Romano. An interesting feature of the show is the performers are so young -- the youngest is only fourteen. But it's still well worth seeing, a good one for the whole family.
And finally, as it's summer, you may wish to see some of the Festival performances that are being presented outdoors. Like the famous Mekong Water Puppet Troupe, performing in the City Garden this week. Now water puppetry is amazing. It's large puppets on long sticks, controlled by puppeteers standing waist deep in the lake. The puppets do comedy routines and there is some terrific formation dancing. This is a fantastic show and the best one comes at the end -- seeing the puppeteers. When the troupe walks up out of water, you get this amazing feeling. It's really hard to believe it what you've been watching is lifeless wood and cloth. As an adult, I had a great time, but I did note that other older people in the audience weren't quite as taken with as I was. It's a must for young children though, and that's the audience it's really aimed at.
Well, that's all I've time for today, but I'll be back next week with more news of what's worth seeing and what it's best to miss.
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Officer: Hello. Er, I'm Dawn Matthews.
Student: Yes, hello. I've been referred to you because I'm enquiring about the refresher courses that you run. I'd like to find out a bit more about them.
Officer: OK. Well, we run quite a few different short courses for students who are either returning to study or studying part-time. Um, tell me about your situation.
Student: Well, I think I really need some help in preparing for the coming semester, especially to build up my confidence a bit and help me study effectively because, you see, I've been out in the work-force for nearly twenty years now, so it really is a long time since I was last a student.
Officer: Yes, it can seem like a long time, can't it? Um, well, let me start by telling you what courses we have that might suit you. Are you an undergraduate or postgraduate? Arts or Sciences?
Student: Undergraduate, and I'm in the Business faculty.
Officer: Right then. First of all, there's our intensive "Study for Success" seminar on the first and second of February. It's aimed at students like you who are uncertain about what to expect at college, and looks at a fairly wide range of approaches to university learning, to motivate you to begin your
study and build on your own learning strategies.
Student: Mm, that sounds good. What're some of the strategies that are presented.
Officer: Well, we try to cover all aspects of study. Some of the strategies in writing, for example, would be improving your planning for writing, organising your thinking and building some techniques to help you write more clearly. With reading, there will be sessions aimed at getting into the habit of analysing material as you need it, and tips help you record and remember what you have read. It really is very important to begin reading confidently right from the beginning.
Student: Mm.
Officer: There's also advice on how to get the most from your lectures and practice in giving confident presentations as well as how to prepare for exams.
Student: What about the motivational side of things?
Officer: Ar, well, there's a range of motivational exercises that we do to help student feel positive and enthusiastic about their study. The process of learning and exploring a subject can lead to a whole new way of looking at the world and the study skills and techniques you build up can be applied in all sorts of different ways.
Student: Actually, I... I'm very excited about the whole thing of taking up study again but, you know, I'm a little nervous about whether I'll manage to get everything done. I suppose it's the same for all mature students?
Officer: Of course, it is. Two of the key components of the course are time management and overcoming procrastination. People discover that, once they learn to plan their days, all the work can be accomplished and there'll still time be for leisure.
Student:Is there an enrolment fee?
Officer:Well, er, oh, just a minute, let's see... Ah, the cost is 30 pounds, which includes all cost materials and morning tea. You have to arrange your own lunch.
Student: That won't be a problem. Er, I already make sandwiches for my three kids and my wife and myself every day. I won't have to change my routine.
Officer: No. Now, I need to tell you that this is a very popular course and it's essential that you book well ahead of time. In fact, the Course Convenor tells me that there're only five places left. Student: What other course might be good for me?
Officer: There's one other that you can benefit from. It's simply called 'Learning Skills for University Study' and is on three consecutive mornings starting on a Monday from 9 to 12 and costs 25 pounds. This is aimed at upgrading the study skills most school-leavers have and help them cope with the increased demands of university study. It focuses mainly on making student more responsible for their own success.
Student: What sort of things are covered in this course?
Officer: Well, basically, it's more advanced thinking, note taking, reading and writing strategies but also some input about stress management.
Student:I think I'd better off starting from the basics and looking at all the strategies, don't you? Officer: Yes, from what you've told me, I think that's more in line with your situation.
Student: Alright then, um, can I book a place on the 'Study for success' seminar course now? Officer:Yes, let me just get out a registration form and take down your details.
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We're very grateful that the Committee has agreed that a representative for the Students' Union can
present students' suggestions about the design for the proposed new Union building. We appreciate that some of our ideas may not be feasible in the circumstances. But we do feel that it is important that the ultimate beneficiaries of the facilities should have some say in its design.
If I could start by briefly explaining what steps were taken to find out student opinion, and how we have arrived at conclusions. Firstly, a meeting was held in the current Union for our SU committee to explain the options. Then we invited all students to submit written suggestions for the design, placing cards in a suggestion box. Theses suggestions then provided the basis for the design of a questionnaire which was completed by approximately two thousands of the College students over a period of three weeks. Finally, the SU Committee collected the results and drew up a report. If I can just hand around a copy of that report. This presentation is essentially a summary and discussion of the key points of this report.
So, in broad terms, the consensus was as follows. Firstly, regarding the crucial matter of the site, we presented the three options that you have proposed. One: in the city centre, near the Faculty of Education; two: on the outskirts of the city, near the park , and three: out of town, near the halls of residence. We asked students to cite reasons for and against these sites, and .... and there was remarkable agreement on all three. Site One was unpopular because of traffic and parking problems. Site Two had a number of supporters, mainly because it was close to most lecture rooms. And Site Three, out of town, near the halls of residence, was clearly the most popular because of access from living quarters. It was clear that the Union was mainly to be used after lectures. It was also felt the larger site would allow more room for a choice of facilities.
Our second area of interest was obviously the facilities. There was minimal interest in having a library on the premises. But one option seemed to be a reading room instead, more useful. We would like the current table games room to be replaced with a small gym and if possible, small swimming pool, not, of course, Olympic size. There was a large number of respondents in favour of a travel agent's and insurance centre. We also request that there be the offices of the Student Counselling Centre, moving this from the Refectory. There was however much disagreement about whether to build a drama theatre. Just over forty percent of the respondents were in favour, but largish minority were strongly against it, claiming that it is elitist and a waste of funds. Essentially the jury is out on that.
Finally, given a number of unfortunate incidents in the current Union over the past few months, a strong point was repeatedly made about security. The recommendations would be at least video surveillance and security personnel who would check Student Union cards on request. We doubt if it would be feasible to have a check reception of all people coming in.
Well, this is the summary of the views of student population. As I say, further details are given in our report but I'm happy to take any questions if you have them...
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W: Hi, Tony. Thanks ever so much for coming. You know we've been asked to organise something for John's farewell.
M: Yes, sure. It's about time we started working out details.
W: Exactly. We don't want to leave it so late that it's double the work.
M: Right. Do you want me to take notes?
W: That will be great. Thanks.
M: Well, first thing is when is the best time to hold it?
W: Well, he leaves on the 24th of December.
M: So what about the 22nd?
W: Yes, I think that's about right. We want it quite near the time, don't we?
M: Sure, and what about the venue? In college? A hotel?
W:I think a hotel will probably work out rather expensive and I've been looking at the College Dinning Room. That seems pretty reasonable.
M: Fine, yeah, why not?
W: And then we ought to be thinking about invitations... Who we mustn't forget to invite?
M:Obviously, John and his wife.
W:Right.
M:And the Director. The office staff.
W:And all the teachers and all the students?
M:Anyone else?
W:Faculty heads?
M:No, better draw the line, I don't think it's necessary.
W:Yes, you're right.
M:I don't mind writing invitations. When shall we get them out for?
W:Enough time, but not too early. What about the fifteenth of December?
M:Well, there're exams on the sixteenth, better avoid them.
W:Tenth?
M:Yeah, that should do it.
W:So, what does that leave? Oh, yes, a present.
M:Would you mind doing that?
W:No, not at all. We usually get around with envelope during coffee break, don't we?
M:Coffee break's always the best time because people have got their money handy.
W:Yes, exactly. Do we suggest an amount? Or does it seem a bit unfair?
M:No, I think people welcome it. We suggested six dollars last time. Is that Ok?
W:Yes, plenty I would have thought, which should leave us with about ninety dollars?
M:Have you any ideas for presents?
W: Well, I've been having a little think. I thought, you know, he loves music.
M: Yeah, and books.
W:So, I thought I'd check on prices for, well, perhaps CD players?
M:Yes. That's a good idea and also I thought maybe, you know, a set of dictionaries. I heard him say he needed a good one.
W:The other thing he was saying last week was that his computer printer had broken.
M:No, I'd be really frightened about getting the wrong type. The other thing is something for the home. Jill suggested a coffee maker.
W:Yes, I'll certainly find out what they cost. Ok, have you got all that done?
M:Yes.
W:No, we need to think a little more about the money. I know we've got a set amount from the Social
Fund.
M: Right. What does that cover?
W:It's meant to cover the cost of the room.
M:Yeah.
W:And a certain amount for food.
M:And also drinks?
W:Oh yeah, certainly.
M:But will it be enough?
W:What we've done in the past is to ask guests to bring some snacks.
M:Right.
W:We don't ask them to bring more drinks. Because we figure that's, that should come from the Social Fund.
M:Ok. Anything else for the guests to bring?
W:Well, oh some music. Because there'll be a tape deck there in the room. And we can have some dancing later on.
M:Anything else?
W:Well. It's just a thought. But a couple of years ago that we had a really good party where we set up, you know, some simple games.
M:Yeah, great. Wasn't it based on photos from the students and teachers?
W:That's right.
M:So we should ask the guests to bring photos. Ok, I'll put it on the invitations.
W:Now the last thing is, who shall we ask to do the speech?
M:Don't you think it might be nice to have one of the students?
W:Well then, the Student Leader?
M:Yes, much better than the Director giving speeches again.
W:Ok, then I'll ask her. Lovely, so is that all?
M:Looks like it.
W:Great. Thanks ever so much. （fade out）
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MIKE: Hi Sue.
SUE: Hi Mike,so what happened to you last week?
MIKE: Oh,I was sick with the flu.What's this I hear abour a big assignment we've got to do?
SUE: Well,basically,we've got to find two science experiments to do with a group of eight-year-old children at the local primary school,and we've got to complete it by the end of the week.
MIKE: Oh,that sounds like hard work.Where are we supposed to get the ideas for these experiments from?
SUE: Well,I managed to get hold of two books from the library.
MIKE: Oh,well done!
SUE: How about if we take a look at the experiments in this book first and see if anthing looks suitable? I can make notes as we go,about equipment and the purpose of the experiments.
MIKE:OK,let's see,um,the first experiment is called ‘Make your own hovercraft',which soun ds very ambitious!Mind you,you only need twenty balloons and a table-you don't need any special engines or anything like that!
SUE: What do you do with it all?
MIKE: Er,you blow up the balloons and you balance the table on them,upside down of course,and the kids get to ride around on it,You know,the other kids sort of push them around the room.The main purpose is to show how hovercrafts work,and how things hover around on just a cushion of air.
SUE: OK,that doesn't sound too bad.
MIKE: OK,ready for number two?
SUE: Hmm,hmm.
MIKE:Now this one is called ‘Unusual Measures of Lengths',and you basically use lots of paperclips.The kids go around the class measuring things - you know,how long the desk is,and that sort of thing,um,and then they all compare their answers,Er,and,basically,because not all paperclips are the same lengths,they should come up with some strange answers.It's supposed to demonstrate the importance of having fixed units of measuremen.
SUE: Hmm,yes,that's not bad.
MIKE: OK,now for number three you need rock salt or copper sulphate.
SUE: Oh,I'm not sure about that!
MIKE: Well,just put down the rock salt then,um,apart from that you only need a jar of water.Um,and basically you dissolve lots of salt into the water and watch the crystals form,so it basically teaches the kids about growing crystals.
SUE: I suppose it would be nice to grow something.Hmm ,let's move on and have a look at number four.
MIKE:OK,this one is called ‘Spinning colour wheel',It looks like you get some cardboard and draw a circle on it,divide it into six equal segments and colour each one in using different colours,then you thread a piece of string through the middle.
SUE: So we'd need some string as well.
MIKE:Yes,sorry...um...and you spin the wheel around and if you can get it spinning fast enough,hopefully the colous all merge and show up as white.
SUE: Oh,I didn't know that.What's the principle behind it?
MIKE:Well it's pretty elementary physics,really.It teaches them about how white light or ordinary light is made up.
SUE: Hmm,well that doesn't sound too bad.Now there's only one more left in this book isn't there?What does that one say?
MIKE: Um,well it's another one where they'd get to make something.
SUE: Sounds very interesting.
MIKE:You need quite a lot of equipment actually-a hand drill,an old record,a pin or needle,some paper and a bolt.
SUE: Hmm,go on, what do they have to do?
MIKE:Well,they basically make a record player.The main idea is to teach them about recording sound,but hopefully they'd also see that you need motion and an amplifier to make the sound heard. SUE: OK,well it does sound interesting.Shall we go through all of those again and decide if any of them are going to be suitable?
MIKE:Right,number one.I thought this one sounded nice:there'd be lots of activity and it doesn't need too much in the way of equipment.
SUE: Yes,that's true,but don't you think it's a bit risky to get a group of eight-year-olds pushing each other around a classroom like that?Someone could get hurt,NO.1 don't like the sound of that one at all! MIKE:Maybe you're right.
SUE: What about number two,with the paperclips?It sound tame enough.
MIKE:Yes,a bit too tame if you ask me.I think it needs to be something a bit more netive and interesting than that,don't you?
SUE: Yes,I suppose you're right.We won't get a very good mark if the children don't actually enjoy the experiments,and I suppose we could turn them off science for good!Well,what about the next one,number three?
MIKE:Now.I quite like the idea of this one.
SUE: Yes,so do I,but I seem to remember when we did it at high school we had to wait up to a fortnight before we saw any halfway decent results.
MIKE:Oh,yes well,that won't be any good then.We'll only see the kids for one or two hours at the most.
SUE: Yes,and we have to do the experiments and write up our results within a week,so that one won't do at all.
MIKE:OK,well,what did you think of number four?
SUE: I like the idea of it,but do you think it will be a bit elementary for them?
MIKE:Hmm,maybe you're right.
SUE: They might have fun but,I mean,cutting out a circle and colouring it in?
MIKE:OK.well.what about number five?
SUE: I thought this one sounded a bit too good to be true-great equipment!
MIKE:Yeah.
SUE: But don't you think it's a bit ambitious for this age group?I mean,I don't want to start off something and then have to abandon it if they just can't cope with it.I could see us ending up doing just about all of the work for them.
MIKE:I guess you're right.Oh well,maybe we could store that idea away for later.
SUE: Yep,let's hope this second book has something better!
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Today we are going to look at one of my favourit fish -the shark.as you know, sharks have a reputation for being very dangerous creatures capable of injuring or killing humans.and I'd like to talk about sharks in Australia.
Sharks are rather large fish,often growing to over ten metres.and longest sharks caught in Australia have reached sixteen metres.sharks vary in weight with size and breed, of course,but the heavest of sharks caught in Australia was a White Pointer.that weight seven hundred ninety-five kilograms-quite a size!sharks have a different structure to most fish :instead of skeleton made of bone.they have a tough elastic skeleton of cartilage.unlike bone,this firm, pliable material is rather like your nose,and allows the sharks to bend easily as it swims.the shark's skin isn't cover with scales, like other fish :instead the skin's covered with barbs, giveing it a rough texture like sandpaper.as you known,sharks are very quick swimmers.this is made possible by their fins, one set at the side and another set underneath the body .and the tail also help the shark move forward quickly.unlike other fish,sharks have to keep swimming if they want to stay at a particular depth. and they rarely swim at the surface.mostly,they swim at the bottom of ocean, scavenging and pick up food that's lying on the ocean floor.while most other animals, including fish ,hunt their prey by means of their eyesight, shark hunt essentially by smell.they have very acute sense of smell-and can sense the presence food long before they can see it.
in Australia where people spend a lot of time at the beach,the government have realised that it is must
prevent sharks from swiming near it beaches.as a result, they have introduced a beach-netting program ,beach-netting or meshing involves setting large nets parallel to the shore, this means that the nets on New South Wale beaches are set on one day .and then lifted and taken out the sea on the next day.when shark-netting first began in 1939, only the sydney metropolitan beaches were meshed-these beaches were chosen because beaches near the city usually the most crowed with swimmers.ten years later,in 1949 ,systematic meshing was extended to include the beaches to the south of Sydney.as a result of the general seccess of the program in Sydney.shark-meshings was introduced to the state of Queensland around 1970.the New Zealand authorities also looked at it ,but considered meshing unecomonical-asdid tahiti in the Pacific .at around the same time, South Africa introduced meshing to some of its most popular swimming beaches.when meshing began, approximately fifty hundred sharks was cought in the first year.however ,this declined the year that followed.and since that time,average annual catch has been only about one hundred fifty years.the majority of sharks are caught during warmest months.from November to Febraury.when shark are most active and when both air and the ocean are at their maximum temperature.despite quite large catches,some people believe that the shark meshing is not the best way to catch sharks.it's not they think that the sharks are afraid of nets.or because they eat holds in them.because neither of these is true. But meshing does appear to be less effective than some other mithods, especially when there are big seas with high rolling waves and strong currents and anything lets the sand move-the sand that's holing the nets down when this moves the nets will also become less effective.
SECTION 1 答案拼写内容 a break 一次休息 a concert 一场音乐会 a good dictionary 一本好字典 a relative 一个亲戚 a single item 一件 a yellow box 黄色盒子 Academic English 学术英语accommodation 住宿 Advance Insurance Co. 前进保险公司Advance English 高级英语advanced level 高级水平 airport 机场 alarm system 报警系统 all ages 所有年龄 American Museum 美国博物馆answer the phone 接电话armchair 扶手椅 Australian 澳大利亚人 back door 后门 back pain 后背疼痛 back wall 后墙 backing n.帮助，支持 bad eyesight 视力不好 band 乐队 bank statement 银行对账单 bank transfer 银行汇款转账bargain n.特价商品 bath 沐浴，浴缸 bathroom 浴室 bed sheet 床单 bedroom 卧室 bed-sit 合租房中的一间 beginner 初学者 behind the station 在车站的后面Berlin 柏林 bicycle 自行车 bills n.账单 black 黑色 black raincoat 黑雨衣 black skirt 黑裙子 blue gate蓝色大门 blue sweater 蓝色羊毛衫bookkeeping簿记breakfast 早餐 brick 砖 bridge 桥 bright 光亮的 Bristol 布里斯托尔（英国西部港口）brother-in-law 内弟/兄，姊妹的丈夫building 建筑物 bus stop 公交车站 bus time 公交车间隔时间 bushes 灌木丛 by cheque 付支票 by fax 以传真的形式 by plane 坐飞机 by subway 乘地铁 by the door 在门的旁边 cab 出租车 café 咖啡馆 cake 蛋糕 call the police 报警 camera 照相机 campus 校园 canteen食堂 carpet 地毯 cars 小汽车 casual clothes 休闲服 cathedral 大教堂 CD 光盘 central 中心的 central heating中央供暖系统Central Park 中央公园 Chapter 10 第十章 chemist’s 药店 chicken 鸡肉 church 教堂 City Center Branch 市中心分店classroom 教室 clean 清洁的 cleaner 清洁工 clear voice 清澈的嗓音 climb the tower 爬塔楼 clothes 衣服 coffee 咖啡 coffee break 喝咖啡的休息时间College Dining Room 学校食堂
剑桥雅思4Test4 听力 Sectio n-1答案+解析 剑桥雅思4Test4听力Section 1 答案+解析 Section 1 谈话场景：筹备告别会。人物关系：关系亲密的同事。谈话话题：讨论将给要离开的同事 开告别会的有关事宜：时间、地点、邀请人员、礼物等。 交际与语言表达 1.这部分考查的是一个日常生活场景一一为要离开的同学/同事举办一个告别晚会。其中涉及到活 动举办的地点和时间、邀请人员、何时发岀邀请、活动项目以及需携带的物品等。 2. “1 think a hotel will probably work out rather expensive, and I 've been looking at the College Dining Room. ”我觉得去酒店太贵了，我一直在考虑学校的餐厅。“work out ”表示“解决，解答,做出，制订出，消耗完”的意思。例如：It will work out rather expensive. 这样做成本很高。 “be looking at ”表示“留心，注意”。 3. “ We usually go round with an envelope during coffee break, don 't we? ”我们通常在喝 咖啡的休息室带着信封顺便过去，不是吗？“Coffee Break”这个词早在1952年就出现在报刊上了，《咖 啡的益处》中说：“只需清晨的一杯咖啡就足以使我们拥有顺利度过一天的好心情。这也正是工作休息时 间喝咖啡的意义所在。”管理者发现“Coffee Break ”作为一种办公室文化，不但可以激发员工的创意和 灵感，提升工作的热情与专注，而且还是一种特殊的沟通方式。现在公司开设的“Coffee Break ” 都是了解咖啡、互相沟通、提升公司形象的良好模式。接待客户抑或朋友小聚，如果您可以不经意间对咖啡的“前世今生”侃侃而谈，那必将令对方刮目相看。而为客户提供一杯贴心的现磨咖啡，更是对客户表示尊敬、 拉近彼此距离的法宝。
Text 1 Section1 W: Good evening. King's restaurant. M: Good evening. I'm ringing about the job I understand you have vacant? W: Oh, yes. M: I'd like to find out a few more details if I may. W: Yes, of course. Can I take your name? M: It's Peter Chin. W: Ok, Peter. Well, if you want to ask about the job and then if we're both still interested, we could arrange you to come for an interview. M: Great, thanks. I'm afraid I missed the advert for the job but I heard about it from a friend. W: That's no problem at all. What would you like to know? M: Well, um, what sort of work is it- washing up? W: It's answering the phone. M: Oh, right, fine. W: And not waiting at table. M: That'll be good. And how many nights a week would it be? W: Well, we're really only busy at the weekend. M: So two nights? W: Three actually, so it would work out 12 hours a week. M: That'd be fine. It wouldn't interfere with my studies. W: Are you in the university? M: Yes, first year Physics student. W: Oh, right
剑桥雅思8 TEST 2必背词汇 Section 1 本节必背词汇 belonging n.所有物，财产crack n.破裂 take out insurance 买保险cabinet n.柜橱 claim n.索赔towel n.毛巾，浴巾 current adj.目前的，现在的Indonesia n.印度尼西亚 suburb n.郊区quote v.开价，报价 via prep.经由saucer n.茶盘托 reference number咨询号码replacement n.替代，替换 词汇拓展 term/policy period 保险单有效期sum assured/insurance amount/cover赔付费death benefit 死亡保险金premium保险费 premium paying term 保费交纳期限maturity benefit 期限利益 Section 2 本节必背词汇 amongst prep.在...之中complex n.综合建筑物 remit n.宗旨plan n.图纸，平面图 situate v.坐落block n.区域 route n.路线graze v.放牧 circular adj.圆形的rectangular adj.长方形的 marsh n.沼泽out of bounds禁止进入 poultry n.家禽nutritional adj.营养的 breed n.品种broaden v.变宽，增加 display n.展示orchard n.果园 browse v.浏览diversify v.使不同，使多样化 词汇拓展 accommodation capacity 接待能力 adventure tourism(需要—定技能的) 探险旅游 affinity group有共同兴趣、爱好的旅游组 after-departure charge离开后付费（比如电话费,在离开酒店的时候一般不收,以后再通过信用卡支付） Section 3 本节必背词汇 quarantine n.&v.检疫，隔离moisten v.使潮湿 infest v.扰乱，骚扰scrunch v.揉皱；紧缩microscopic adj.极小的，极微小的eradicate v.根除，扑灭 die out 灭绝mite n.小虱；螨类devastating adj.破坏性极大的，毁灭wipe out 消灭，彻底摧毁
S e c t i o n 1 题目解析： 原文难句 1.Will that work out to be any cheaper? 那样会不会便宜一点呢? that 指代前面所说内容：I know the conference is for three days but actually I want to attend on the Friday and Saturday only. 一般对于前面所重复的信息不会在下一句话中重复出现，避免语句重复现象，用指示代词 that/this/these/those等指代即可。 work out的本意为：解决;算出;实现;制定出;消耗完;弄懂;锻炼，但是在这句话中没有特别的含义。 2.They are only ￡15 per night, but they are very basic and you’ll have to get your own breakfast, because they don’t provide you with that. 那些房间每天晚上只需15磅，但是房间里面只有一些基础设施，而且你要自己买早餐，因为它们不提供早餐。 basic指的是房间内只有一些非常基础的设施。get 的意思有 vt. 使得;获得;受到;变成n. 生殖;幼兽vi. 成为;变得;到达，在这句话里面指的是自己买早餐吃。 provide sb. with sth. 给某人提供什么 3. The details are all in our conference pack, which I’ll send you. 细节内容在我们的会议安排表内有具体说明，我会邮寄给您的。 pack的本意是n. 包装;一群;背包;包裹;一副 vt. 包装;压紧;捆扎;挑选;塞满vi. 挤;包装货物;被包装;群集。在这句话中的意思是“所有费用都包含在会议的费用之内”。which引导非限定性定语从句，指代前面所说conference pack 4.Otherwise, you can take the bus which runs every half an hour from the station - that's the 21A — and it brings you straight to the conference centre. 或者，您可以乘坐21A路公共汽车，每半小时一趟，直接到会议中心。 which引导限定性定语从句，指代前面所说bus that's the 21A是插入语成分 straight a.直接的 题目答案： 1. 75 2. cheque/check 3.15 4,.25 5. 10minute(s')/min(s') 6. conference pack 7. South 8. library 9. 5 10.21A
剑桥雅思4Test1听力Listening Section 1答案+解析 谈话场景：咨询旅游事宜场景，电话交谈。 人物关系：学校社会活动咨询员和学生。 谈话话题：咨询学校组织的旅游线路、旅游费用和旅行地点。 交际与语言表达 1. 在这个旅游场景讨论中，学生就英国某学校组织的旅游活动事宜向学校负责人进行咨询。 2. 为帮助国际留学生更好地感受英国文化，英国大学通常为他们提供类似的旅游活动，游览地点多为英国的著名城市和名胜古迹，如：本题中提到的伦敦塔( Tower of London) 以及 Salisbury 平原上的史前巨石柱( Stonehenge)。国际留学生办公室 ( International Office) 会将游览的安排事宜先公布，学生需要提前报名，并交纳一定的费用。学校负责当天的游览交通，学生可以自行活动，也可参加有导游的游览。若想了解更多的旅游信息，可以上网搜索一些不错的旅游网站，这样就可以在出国前订下自己的旅游计划。 3. “Yes, we run five every month: three during weekends and two Wednesday afternoon trips.”是的，我们每个月组织 5 次旅行活动，其中 3 次是在周末， 2 次是在周三下午。“ run”在此句中表示“组织，运营”和“ organize”是同义转换。 4. “Well, obviously it varies, but always places of historical interests….”很明显，他们是不一样的，但肯定都是历史古迹，“ vary”做不及物动词表示“( 使) 变化, 改变”，“ vary from… to…”表示“从……到……不等”, 例如： The sword hardly varied in form from the 12th to the 15th century. 剑的样式从 12 世纪到 15 世纪几乎没有什么改变。 5. “… because we’ re able to say that all our visits are less than three hours drive.”因为我们所有的旅游地的车程都不超过 3 小时。类似的表达还有：“ ten minutes walk”( 10 分钟的步行路程), “two- mile distance”( 两英里的距离)。 6. “Again it varies— between five and fifteen pounds a head.”价格同样不等——每人在 5- 15 英镑之间。原文中的“ a head”和题干中的“per person”是同义替换，指每人花多少钱。类似的表达还有“per capita”( 每人，按人计算的)，常用在政治、经济学的范畴中;“ per day” (每天);“ per week”( 每周);“ per month”( 每月);“ per year”( 每年);“ per hour”( 每小时)。 7. “We figure it’ s best to keep the day fairly short.”我们觉得最好把一天的行程控制得短一点。“figure”在口语中做动词表示“考虑，认为”。例如： I can’ t figure out (解决，弄明白) what he was hinting at. 我想不出他在暗示什么。“figure”做名词使用时有“外形; 画像; 数字”的意思。
剑桥雅思听力超详细解析（1） 场景背景介绍 在国外留学时，学生在学习过程中经常要针对某一专题找资料，整理之后在课堂上以演讲的方式展示给大家。老师经常布置这类任务，有的还要评分。 在这段对话中，由于是第一次课堂演讲，所以不评分。因此，男生听到这个消息后会说“Good news”。 本节必背词汇、词组 presentation n. 针对某一专题发表的演讲overhead projector 投影仪 assess v. 评估scale n. 规模 historical a. 历史的resource n. 资源 geographical a. 地理的brochure n. 小册子 overview n. 综述literacy n. 识字，读写能力;有学问 nope ad. (口语)不encyclopaedia n. 百科全书 seminar n. 研讨会enthusiastic a. 有激情的，热情的 positive a. 确定的，肯定的tutorial n. 指导课，个别指导 词汇拓展 assignment n. 作业survey n. 调查，研究 deadline n. 最后期限，截止日期questionnaire n. 调查问卷 extension n. 延期 文本及疑难解析 1. No...not this time round...because it's the first one...you know. 不，这一次不评分，你知道，因为这是第一次。 该句的难点：“this time round”的意思就相当于“not this time”。另外“you know”没有什么具体含义，只是一个口头禅。
hello,and thank you for asking me to your teachers' meeting to told about the dinosaur museum and to tell you a bit about what you can do with your students on there Well let me give you some of the basic information first In regard to opening hours We are open every day of the week from 9.am to 8.pm except on mondays,when we close it at 1.30 pm And in fact the only day in the year when we are closed is on the 25th december You can book a guided tour for your school group any time that we are open if you bring a school group to the museum when you arrive we ask you to remain with your group at your car park one or more of the tour guides will welcome you there and brief you what the tour will be about we do this there because our entrance is quite small and we really haven't got much room for briefing group in the exhibition area as far as the amount of time you'll need goes if you bring a school group you should plan on allowing a minimum of 90 minutes for the visit this allow 15minutes to get on and off the coach 45 minutes for the guided tour and 30 minutes for the after tour activities if you are going to have lunch at the museum youwill,ofcourse,have to allow to have more time there are two cafes in the museum with sitting for 80 people if you want to eat there you'll need to reserve some seating as they can get quite crowded at lunch time then outside the museum at the back there are tables and students can bring their own lunch and eat there in the open air when the students coming into the museum foyer we ask them to check in the backpacks with their books lunch boxes at the cloakroom before they enter the museum proper i am afraid in the past we have had few things gone missing after the school visit so this is a strict rule also some of the exhibits are fragile and we don't want to be accentidentally knocked but we do provide school students have handouts with questions and quizzes on them there is so much that students can learn in the museum and it is fun for them to have something to do of course they'll need to bring something to write with for these we do allow students to have photographs
Section1 Question 1 答案 Milperra? 听前预测 :提示词为 address,此处应填地址。? 题目解析 :本题难度不大,按照拼写记录下来即可得分。英文地址顺序是由小到大,普通为：门牌号+路名+区域名。紧记该模式,听录音之前,可以达到精确预测目。 Question 2 答案 First Class Movers? 听前预测 :提示词为 shipping agent,此处应填机构名称。? 题目解析 :所听即所得,机构名称属于专有名词,答案应大写首字母。 Question 3 答案 28 November? 听前预测 :定位词为 arrival,提示词为 date,此处应填日期或星期。? 题目解析 :本题出题句为 It left on the 11th of October and got to Sydney on the 28th of November(货品 10 月 11 号寄出,11 月 28 日到悉尼)。要注意区别出发时间和到达时间,本题强调 arrival(到达),故答案为 28 November。 Question 4 答案screen? 听前预测:定位词为television,提示词为the...needs to be replaced,此处需填名词(单数)。 题目解析:原文中用TV替代了题干中television,出题句为It isn’t an electrical problem. The screen has a huge crack in it so it’s unusable(不是电路问题,屏幕有一种大裂缝,所以看不了)。从而得知是 screen 需要修理。 Question 5 答案 bathroom?
重要的事情要说3遍！剑桥雅思听力真题要听3遍！ 经常会有学生问我，剑桥雅思听力都听完了，还有哪些听力材料适合拿来练习。这种情况通常我都会问他们剑桥雅思听了几遍，而大部分同学都说听了一遍对完答案就没有再听了，甚至都不会翻书后的听力原文。这简直是暴殄天物啊！剑桥雅思真题作为全宇宙最有权威的指导书籍，它的听力材料中的题目一般都来自于官方题库的真题，具有很强的实战价值，这样精华而且珍贵的材料只听一遍就丢在一边，实在太可惜了！那么接下来点课台的老师就来告诉大家，到底应该如何去运用剑桥雅思才能更充分高效地提高雅思听力。 首先，你要记住，听力真题要听三遍！听完第一遍之后，千万不要就心急火燎的去对答案，这个时候，再听一遍录音，把自己第一遍没有听到的或者不确定、蒙出来的答案尽可能地听到，效果会更好。虽然正式考试录音只放一遍，但是平时练习的时候，要多给自己一次机会，锻炼自己寻找正确答案的能力，带着疑问去听录音，可以更有针对性的去练习自己的弱项，提高耳朵的灵敏度。 听完两遍之后对答案，把做错的、蒙对的、听了两遍还是听不出答案的题目都做上记号，然后去书后翻看听力原文。如果答案句中有某个单词不认识，那么立刻把这个单词抄在单词本上，回头务必把它背下来。如果单词全部都认识还听不出答案，那么就要分析一下原因了，有可能是同义词替换，有可能是对单词的发音不够熟悉，也有可能是单词的形式错误。分析完原因之后，再听一遍听力材料，这回就应该全都能听懂了，本来听不懂的现在能听懂，这不就是进步嘛！ 最后再强调一下听力原文的重要性。大家千万不要以为只看答案句就行了，其实每份雅思听力原文都可以视作一份阅读文章，有具体的场景、前后文以及丰富的词汇。做完题目后，去仔细阅读研究听力原文，不仅能帮助你找到听不懂的地方，而且可以补充大量的词汇。所以，在做完练习后，一定要认认真真的把听力原文研读一遍，把生词查出来，不是光会拼写就行了，最重要的是要学会发音，毕竟我们练习的是听力！ 雅思考试再怎么变，它总归是有范围的，而剑桥雅思的内容就是这个范围的精华。所以Phoebe老师希望这篇文章能够教会大家充分利用剑桥雅思的听力材料去猛提分数！
名师点题剑桥雅思8听力： 1. 本段对话发生在两个学生之间。一开始 Nina 就冲 George 喊“你终于回来了呀,不知道多少人打电话给你了”(Glad you’re back. Loads of people have phone you)。glad 之前省略了 I am,口语一般不说 I am glad,比如“很高兴见到你”可以直接说 Glad to meet you。 loads of sth. 是英式英语,不太正式,口语中常用,相当于 a lot of sth.。 2. George 耐心给 Nina 解释说“我去图书馆看报纸了,回来的路上遇见了有趣的事情——夏季节日演奏的西班牙音乐”。Nina 说“听起来不错哦(sounds great)”,George 建议说“要不我们去看看,给自己放松一下(Shall we go then? Spoil ourselves?)”。spoil 一般意为“宠爱, 溺爱”,但是此处 spoil 意为“友好地对待”。spoil oneself 意为“善待自己”(to look after someone in a way that is very kind or too kind)。 3.Nina积极响应了George的提议,不过George又提出了一个问题,票价不便宜。于是Nina
说“如果那样的话我们就坐在正前方,到时候就看得比较清楚(in that case we could sit right a 、t the corner—we’d have a really good view)”。In that case意为“在那种情况下”。case做名词,有“案件,事实,例子”之意,关于case的短语有:a case in point意为“例证,恰当的例子”;as is often the case意为“这是常有的事”;in any case 意为“无论如何,总之”;in case意为“如果,万一,假如”;in case of意为“如果发生......”;in no case意为“绝不”;just incase意为“以防万一”。Have a good view 意为“清楚地看到”,have a good view of sth. 还可表示“对......有很好的看法”的意思。 4. Nina 与 George 一起填表,George 说他不擅长数字(I’m really bad at numbers)。be bad at 意为“不擅长......”,而 be good at 意为“擅长......”。 5. George 问 Nina 对那些歌手的看法(how do you feel about the singer)。how do you feel about... 意为“认为......怎么样”,还有两个句型也表达同样的意思,用于征询别人的意见: How do you think of ... ? / How do you like... ? 6. Good heavens 意为“天哪”,感叹词,用于口语中,表示惊讶或生气。相似的短语有 : Heavens (above)。 7. $10.50 对 Nina 与 George 来说有点贵,所以 George 才会发出 Good heavens 的感叹。Nina 说“真希望我们是学生,因为学生与老人是半价”。George 说“要是我们是学生多好啊(if only...)”。if only 表示由于客观条件限制,为某事不太可能或完全不可能实现而感到惋惜或遗憾的复杂情绪,常用虚拟语气。如 :If only I were as clever as you.(要是我像你一样聪明该多好啊)。if only 还可引导条件句,通常用来表示说话人对某事所寄予的某种强烈愿望,相当于 as long as。英语中还有 only if,一般用来引导条件状语从句,表示“只有......才,唯一的条件是......”的意思。 名师点题剑桥雅思8听力： Question 1 答案 C 听前预测 :题干定位词为 lobby,特别要注意题干动词 saw 的时态(一般过去时);三个选项的关键词分别为 group、display 和 video。题目解析 :该题难度不大,video 属于原词重现。 Question 2 答案 B 听前预测 :题干定位词为 sit at the back,三个选项的关键词分别为 see、hear 和 pay。题目解析 :该题难度不大,hear the whole thing better 和 hear clearly 的同义替换很容易就可以听出来。 Question 3 答案 48 North Avenue 听前预测 :提示词为 address,此处应填数字 + 街道。题目解析 :本题所填单词不难,但考
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剑桥雅思4Test1听力Section 4答案+解析 谈话场景：环境知识讲座。 人物身份：讲话者为园林绿化专家。 谈话话题：介绍植被在调节城市气候方面所起的作用，以及如何更好地利用植被来美化环境。 交际与语言表达 1. 这部分是一个关于树木对城市地貌影响的讲座，其中谈到了城市中树木与气候以及树木与噪音的关系。 2. 西方人在讲座时的风格是开门见山，首先指出本次讲座的主题是什么, 第一段中就说到“There are two major areas that I will focus on in my talk: how…and how…”。 3. “Well, the main difference between a tree and a building is a tree has got an internal mechanism to keep the temperature regulated.”一棵树和一幢楼的主要区别在于树有一个内在的机制可以控制自己的温度。口语中，“ well”可以用来引出新的话题或内容，要作为听音重点。除此之外， Oh, OK, right, hang on, let me see 等都要引起重视。 4. “The reason that high buildings make it windier at ground level is that, as the wind goes higher and higher, it goes faster and faster.”高楼的存在使得其他地表附近风大的原因在于：随着风越升越高，风速也就越来越快。“ the reason that… is…”表示“某事发生的原因在于……”。例如： The reason that I’ d like to go abroad is to broaden my horizons. 5. “Low- frequency noise, in particular, just goes through the trees as though they aren’ t there.”特别是低频噪音，依然能穿过树木带，仿佛那些树木根本不存在一样。“in particular”表示“尤其，特别”，相当于“especially”, “as though”是“仿佛，好像”的意思。例如： The house was lit up as though a big celebration was going on. 整个屋子灯火辉煌, 犹如在举行盛大庆典。 考题解析 Question 31 cities 观察已知信息，可以知道文章的总体脉络非常清晰。文章先提到将要谈到的两个方面，然后阐明了树木的大范围影响和小范围影响，最后把树木和建筑物的相关信息作了比较。做题前的观察往往有利于更好地听题，使听题时不至于很盲目。此题空前给出文字里提到“ plan”一词，因此，在听原文时，注意“ plan”这个信号词至关重要。另外，此题一定要填复数“ cities”，否则不给分。
为期两周的intensive磨课交流结束了，在繁忙的暑假到来之前, AnnaMama抓紧时间，做完了剑桥雅思10的四套听力题目，现在带大家分析一下吧。绝对原创，希望童鞋们读完了，有所收获。 从场景内容来说，基本还是保持剑桥一贯的style，都是常规的生活性（Survival）和学术性（Academic）场景。具体请看下面表格。 从题型来看，主观（各种填空）客观（选择配对）的比例 很容易看出，除了第一套题目中，填空比例占到了大部分；其余3套题目都可以反应出：客观题（单选、多选、配对）占到半壁江山。客观题的重要性不容小视哦！有意思的是，在剑桥10里面，没有出现图示类题目（地图、装置、流程）。但是这并不意味着在真正的剑桥考试中，就没有图示类题目出现。例如：2015年4月18日考试Section 2 (地图6)；2015年 4月30日Section 2(地图4)。所以大家在备考时，还是要对这部分题目有所准备。
下面我们把场景和题型结合，一一分析每个Section. ●Section 1还是以基本生活话题为主，包括：旅游场景、采访场景、注册场景、住房场景。这些以基本生活话 题为主的对话，说白了，就是各种咨询。考察的重点信息，仍然集中在：人名、地址、邮编、时间等常见的个人信息。需要注意的是，尽管听力内容本身很简单，但是有些答案与答案之间相隔很近，这对同学们的反应速度要求提升。 ●Section2的内容核心是一个地方或组织的介绍，包括：健身俱乐部、城市发展、动物保护组织和港口。这个部 分的难点，主要体现在题型上，多以单选、多选和配对，两两结合的形式出现，难度上较第一部分有很大提升。 ●Section3传统上，多是老师指导学生关于课程和作业方面的对话，或者是同学之间关于课程作业的讨论。在剑 桥10中，有2个Section 3都不是直接和课程学习的内容有关，而是课外相关内容：一个是Dishwasher的设计比赛，另一个是工作实习(Work Placement，注意：work placement和intern 是有区别的。Intern是可以不算学分的，学生自己去找；work placement是完成一个course必须有的部分，是算credit的)。另外两个Section 3，在介绍人类学中的历史名人和讨论剧院研究的场景中，有专业性词汇出现，加上这部分题目多以单选和配对形式出现。两种因素叠加在一起，这部分题目的难度，其实不亚于Section 4。 ●Section4的话题依旧跟以往的剑桥系列一样，五花八门。自然科学2个：动物（环境保护）类、科技类；人文 科学2个：管理学类和自我调控理论。这一部分，听力内容本身的专业性是难点，但是在剑桥10的4套题目里面，基本都是以notes填空形式出现（只有test4里面出现了3个单选题目）。以填空形式出现，Section 4的难度也就降低了不少。对于想靠猜答案碰运气的同学来说，填空形式的题目或许不是好事情，因为这对单词拼写精准性要求极高，苦练基本功还是王道。 听AnnaMama啰嗦了这么多关于剑桥10听力部分的零零总总，小盆友们还有收获吧？但话说回来，不管场景内容怎样，题型怎么变，想在听力部分提高，不去苦练基本功，说什么都百搭哦！最后送大家一句AnnaMama自己特别喜欢的话吧：It is your attitude, not your aptitude, that determines your altitude. 原文作者：晟睿教育-李高岩老师
C8Test 1 Section 1 A: Hi，George! Glad you're back. Loads of people have phoned you. B: Really? A: I felt just like your secretary! B: Sorry! I went into the this afternoon to have a look at a and I came across something really interesting A: What? A book? B: No，a from a festival - mainly music. Look，I've got it here. A: music? I really love the. Let's have a look. So what's this ‘Guitarrini'? B: They're really good. They had a with all the highlights of the festival at a stand in the lobby to the，so I heard them. They play fantastic instruments - and flutes and old kinds of. I've never heard anything like it before. A: Sounds great. B: Okay. Shall we go then? Spoil ourselves? A：Yes，let's. B: The only problem is there aren't any cheap . . . it's all one . A: Well，in that case we could sit right at the front - we'd have a really good . B: Yeah，though I think that if you sit at the back You can actually hear the whole thing better. A: Yes. Anyway we can decide when we get there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A: So will you fill in the or shall I? B: 1'11 do it. Name: George O'Neill. : ,West sea. Do you remember our new postcode? Still can't remember it.