Test 19 Tapescript
Test 19 Tapescript
Test 19 Tapescript
You will hear a number of different recordings and you will have
to answer questions on what you hear. There will be time for you to read the instructions and
questions and you will have a chance to check your work. All the recordings will be played once
only. The test is in four sections. Write all your answers in the listening question booklet. At the
end of the test, you will be given 10 minutes to transfer your answers to an answer sheet.
Section 1
You will hear two teachers discussing arrangements for a goodbye party for a colleague. First,
you have sometime to look at questions 1 to 4.
Teacher1: Hi, Tony! Thanks ever so much for coming. You know, we've been asked to organize
something for John's farewell.
Tony(Teacher 2): Yeah sure. It's about time we started working out details
Teacher1: Exactly. We don't want to leave it so late that it's double the work.
Tony(Teacher 2): Right. First thing is when is the best time to hold it?
Teacher1: Yeah, I think that's about right. We want it quite near the time. Don't we?
Teacher1: I think a hotel will probably work out rather expensive and I've been looking at the
college dining room. That seems pretty reasonable.
Teacher1: And then we ought to be thinking about invitations. who mustn't we forget to advert.
Teacher1: Yep, and all the teachers and all the students.
Tony(Teacher 2): No better draw the line. I don't think it's necessary.
Tony(Teacher 2): I don't mind riding the invitations. When shall we get them out for?
Teacher1: Enough time, but not too early. What about the 15th of December?
Tony(Teacher 2): Well, there are exams on 16th. Better avoid them.
Teacher1: 10th?
Before you hear the rest of the conversation you have some time to look at questions 5 to 10.
Teacher1: No. Not at all. We usually go around with an envelope during coffee break. Don’t we?
Tony(Teacher 2): Yeah. A coffee break is always the best time because people have got their
money handy.
Teacher1: Hahaha!! Exactly! And do we suggest an amount or does it seem a bit unfair?
Tony(Teacher 2): No. I think people welcome it. We suggested $6 last time. Is that okay?
Teacher1: Yeah. Plenty I would have thought, which should leave us with about $90.
Tony(Teacher 2): Yeah. That’s a good idea. And also I thought maybe, you know a set of
dictionaries. I heard him saying he needed a good one.
Teacher1: The other thing he was saying last week was that his computer printer had broken.
Tony(Teacher 2): Aah! No. I would be really frightened about getting the wrong type.
Teacher1: Okay.
Tony(Teacher 2): The other thing is something for the home. Joe suggested a coffee maker.
Teacher1: Oh! Yeah! Aah!, certainly find out what they cost? Okay..Have you got to write down?
Teacher1: Now… we need to think a little more about the money. I know we’ve got a said
amount from the social fund.
Teacher1: What we’ve done in the past is to ask guests to bring some snacks.
Teacher1: Well! Of some music. Because there will be a tape decker in the room and we can
have some dancing later on.
Teacher1: Well… It’s just a thought. But a couple of years ago, we had a really good party
where we set it up .. you know .. some simple games.
Tony(Teacher 2): Yeah.great. Wasn’t it based on photos from the teachers and students?
Tony(Teacher 2): So we should ask the guests to bring photos? Okay . I will put it on the
invitation.
Teacher1: Now the last thing is .. who shall we ask to do the speech?
Tony(Teacher 2): Don’t you think it might be nice to have one of the students?
Tony(Teacher 2): Yeah. Much better than the Director giving speeches again.
Teacher1: Ok! Then I will ask her. Hmmm.. lovely! So, Is that all?
Teacher1: Great!
That is the end of part one. You now have one minute to check your answers.
Section 2
You will hear a pre-recorded message on the Travelite travel agency information line. First, you
have time to look at questions 11 to 15.
Thank you for calling our Travelite walking holidays line. We have been offering a wide variety
of walking holidays to suit all tastes for just three years, but already we have won two awards for
excellence in this field. We offer guided walking tours to suit the discerning traveller in 12
different centers throughout the whole of Western Europe. We are planning to open our first
center outside this area in the coming year. So watch out for developments.
But the pride of Travelite is the level of guidance and support we offer on our walks. All are
planned in detail by our highly trained guides who all work in a variety of different Travelite
locations. So we can guarantee standards. Each day we offer three separate walks catering for
all skills and fitness levels. We also pride ourselves on our friendly service particularly important
for the increasing numbers of people who choose to holiday alone. Unlike almost all travel
operators who happily charge large supplements for single rooms, we guarantee that no single
client will pay more, even when only double rooms are available for them. And the day doesn't
end with the return to base. After our dinner at communal tables designed to make all our
guests feel part of a family atmosphere, entertainment is laid on nearly every night with tour
leaders on hand to organize lectures, games, quizzes and respond to any special requests from
guests.
Before you hear the rest of the message you have some time to look at questions 16 to 20.
The following is a summary of costs and special inclusive offers on holidays for the coming
summer. We have three links of holiday. Three day, seven day and fourteen-day. The three-day
holiday costs $180 for all accommodation, food and walking and for the first time this year, we
are including in that price the cost of picking you up from the nearest station. The seven-day
holiday costs 350 dollars per person and as well as including the offers of the three-day holiday,
also includes a magnificent book giving the local history. On top of that, we are able to include
free maps for you to better enjoy the walking and even plan in advance if you wish. For the
fourteen day holiday our special price is $690 per person and that includes all the offers for the
three and seven day holidays plus membership of a local walking club. So you can better enjoy
the full flavour of a local life. For further information, please contact your local travel agent.
Thank you for calling the Travelite travel agency.
That is the end of section 2. You now have half a minute to check your answers.
Now, turn to section 3.
Section 3
You will hear a conversation between two students who are studying to be teachers talking
about science experiments. First, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 26.
Mike: Oh! I was sick with the flu. What is this, I hear about a big assignment we've got to do.
Su:Oh, 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: That sounds like hard work. Where are we supposed to get the ideas for these
experiments from?
Su: Well, I managed to get hold of two books from the library.
Su: How about if we take a look at the experiments in this book first and see if anything looks
suitable. I can make notes as we go about equipment and the purpose of the experiments.
Mike: Okay. Let's see. Hmmm…. the first experiment is called “make your own hovercraft” which
sounds very ambitious. Mind you you only need 20 balloons and a table. You don't need any
special engines or anything like that.
Mike: 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 hovercrafts work and how things hover around on just a cushion of
air.
Su: Mhm…
Mike: Now this one is called “unusual measures of lengths” and you basically use lots of paper
clips. The kids go around the class measuring things. You know, how long the desk is, that sort
of thing and then they all compare their answers and basically because not all paper clips are
the same lengths, they should come up with some strange answers. It's supposed to
demonstrate the importance of having fixed units of measurement.
Mike: Okay now for number three, you need rock salt or copper sulphate.
Mike: Well, just put down the rock salt then. Apart from that, you only need a jar of water. And
basically you dissolve lots of salt into the water and watch the crystals form. So it basically
teaches the kids about growing crystals.
Su: Yeah, I suppose it would be nice to grow something. Hmm. Let's move on and have a look
at number four.
Mike: Okay 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 use thread a piece of string through the middle.
Mike: Yes. Sorry. mmm…. and you spin the wheel around and if you can get it spinning fast
enough, hopefully the colours all merge and show up as white.
Su: 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.
Su: 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: You need quite a lot of equipment actually. A hand drill, an old record, a pin or needle,
some paper and a bolt.
Su: Mmm. 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.
Su: Okay. Well, it does sound interesting. Shall we go through all of those again and decide if
any of them are going to be suitable?
Before you hear the rest of the conversation you have some time to look at questions 27 to 30.
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.
Su: 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, for someone could get hurt. Now, I don't like the sound
of that one at all.
Su: What about number two with the paper clips? It sounds tame enough.
Mike: Yes a bit, too tame, if you ask me. I think it needs to be something a bit more active and
interesting than that. Don’t you?
Su: 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 of science for good. Well, what about
the next one number three?
Su: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: Yes. Well, that won't be any good then. You will only see the kids for one or two hours at
the most.
Su: Yes. And we have to do the experiments and write up our results within a week. So that one
won't do at all.
Su: I know. But you know what I mean? Don't you think the activity itself is a bit babyish?
Su: They might have fun but I mean cutting out a circle and colouring it in.
Su: I thought this one sounded a bit too good to be true. Great equipment.
Mike: Yeah.
Su: 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.
Su: Yep. Let's hope this second book has something better.
That is the end of section 3. You now have half a minute to check your answers.
Section 4
You'll hear a lecturer talking about the meshing of sharks in Australia. First, you have some time
to look at questions 31 to 40.
Today, we're going to look at one of my favourite 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 10 meters and the longest sharks caught in
Australia have reached 16 metres. Sharks vary in weight with size and breed of course, but the
heaviest shark caught in Australia was a White Pointer that weighed 795 kilograms. Quite a
size!
Sharks have a different structure than most fish. Instead of a 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 shark to bend easily as it swims. The shark skin isn't covered with scales
like other fish instead the skin is covered with barbs giving it a rough texture like sandpaper.
As you know, 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 tails help the sharp 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 the ocean scavenging and
picking up food that's lying on the ocean floor. While most other animals including fish hunt their
prey by means of their eyesight, sharks hunt essentially by smell. They have a very acute sense
of smell and can sense the presence of food long before they can see it.
In Australia, where people spend a lot of time at the beach, the government has realized that it
must prevent sharks from swimming near its beaches. As a result, they've 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 Wales beaches are set on one day and then lifted and taken
out to 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 are usually
the most crowded with swimmers. Ten years later in 1949, systemic meshing was extended to
include the beaches to the south of Sydney. As a result of the general success of the program in
Sydney shark messing was introduced to the state of Queensland around 1970. The New
Zealand authorities also looked at it, but considered meshing uneconomical as did Tahiti and
the Pacific. At around the same time, South Africa introduced meshing to some of its most
popular swimming beaches.
When meshing began, approximately 1,500 sharks were caught in the first year. However, this
declined in the years that followed and since that time the average annual catch has been only
about a hundred and fifty a year. The majority of sharks are caught during the warmest months
from November to February when sharks are most active and when both the air and the ocean
are at their maximum temperature. Despite quite large catches, some people believe that shark
meshing is not the best way to catch sharks.
It's not that they think sharks are afraid of nets or because they eat holes in them because
neither of these is true, but meshing does appear to be less effective than some other methods,
especially when there are big seas with high rolling waves and strong currents and anything that
lets the sand move. The sand that's holding the nets down, when this moves the nets will also
become less effective.
That is the end of section four. You now have half a minute to check your answers.
That is the end of the listening test. In the IELTS test, you now have 10 minutes to transfer your
answers to the listening answer sheet.