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Test 2.
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This is the IELTS listening test.
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You will hear a number of different recordings and you will have to answer questions on what you hear.
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There will be time for you to read the instructions and questions and you will have a chance to check your work.
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All the recordings will be played once only.
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The test is in four parts.
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At the end of the test, you will be given ten minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheet.
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Now turn to part one.
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Part one.
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You will hear a man asking about voluntary work in the village that he has just moved to.
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First, you have some time to look at questions one to seven.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 1 to 7.
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Hello, Jane Fairbank speaking.
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Oh, good morning.
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My name's Frank Pritchard.
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I've just retired and moved to Southo.
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I'd like to become a volunteer, and I gather you coordinate voluntary work in the village?
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That's right.
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What sort of thing could I do?
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Well, we need help with the village library.
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We borrow books from the town library, and individuals also donate them.
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So, one thing you could do is get involved in collecting them, if you've got a car, that is.
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Yes, that's no problem.
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The times are pretty flexible, so we can arrange it to suit you.
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Oh, another thing is the records that we keep of the books we're given, and those we borrow and need to return to the town library.
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It would be very useful to have another person to help keep them up to date.
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Right.
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I'm used to working on a computer.
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I presume they're computerised?
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Oh, yes.
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Is the library purpose -built?
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I haven't noticed it when I've walked around the village.
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No. We simply have the use of a room in the village hall.
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The West Room.
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It's on the left as you go in.
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I must go and have a look inside the hall.
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Yes.
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It's a nice building.
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Do you run a lunch club in the village for elderly people?
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I know a lot of places do.
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Yes, we have a very successful club.
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I could help with transport, if that's of any use.
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Oh, definitely.
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People come to the club from neighbouring villages, and we're always in need of more drivers.
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And does the club have groups that focus on a particular hobby too?
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I could get involved in one or two, particularly if there are any art groups.
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Excellent.
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I'll find out where we need help and get back to you.
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Fine.
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What about help for individual residents?
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Do you arrange that at all?
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Yes, we do it as a one -off.
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Oh, in fact, there's Mrs Carol.
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She needs a lift to the hospital next week and we're struggling to find someone.
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When's her appointment? On Tuesday.
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It would take the whole morning.
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I could do that.
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Oh, that would be great.
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Thank you.
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And also next week, we're arranging to have some work done to Mr. Salisbury's house before he moves,
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as he isn't healthy enough to do it himself.
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We've got some people to decorate his kitchen.
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But if you could do some weeding in his garden, that would be wonderful.
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OK, I'd enjoy that.
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And presumably the day and time are flexible?
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Oh yes.
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Just say when would suit you best and we'll let Mr. Selisbury know.
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Good.
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Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 8 to 10.
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Now listen and answer questions 8 to 10.
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The volunteers group also organises monthly social events, which is a great way to meet other people, of course.
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Uh -huh.
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So next month, on the 19th of October, we're holding a quiz.
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A couple of residents are great at planning unusual ones, and we always fill the village hall.
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That sounds like fun.
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Can I do anything to help?
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Well, because of the number of people, we need plenty of refreshments for halfway through.
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So if you could provide any, we'd be grateful.
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I'm sure I could.
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I'll think about what to make and let you know.
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Thank you.
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Then on November the 18th, we're holding a dance, also in the village hall.
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We've booked a band that specialises in music of the 1930s.
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They've been before, and we've had a lot of requests to bring them back.
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I'm not really a dancer, but I'd like to do something to help.
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Well, we sell tickets in advance, and having an extra person to check them at the door as people arrive would be good.
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It can be quite a bottleneck if everyone arrives at once.
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OK, I'm happy with that.
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We're also arranging a New Year's Eve party.
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We're expecting that to be a really big event
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So instead of the village hall,
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it'll be held in the Mountfort Hotel The Mountfort M -O -U -N -T -F -O -R -T hotel
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It isn't in Southo itself, but it's only a couple of miles away
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The hotel will be providing dinner and we've booked a band
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The one thing we haven't got yet is a poster.
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That isn't something you could do by any chance, is it?
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Well, actually, yes.
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Before I retired, I was a graphic designer, so that's right up my street.
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Oh, perfect.
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I'll give you the details, and then perhaps you could send me a draft? Of course.
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That is the end of part one.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers to part one.
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Thank you.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “CAM17 TEST2 P1”. Las palabras que más se repiten: village, questions, answer, hall, library. Este vídeo tiene 103 frases y 929 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:52. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 118 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
arrange verbo/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/arreglar, acotejar
arrive verbo/əˈɹaɪv/llegar, arribar
resident sustantivo/ˈɹɛzɪdənt/residente, habitante
volunteer sustantivo/ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/voluntario
flexible adjetivo/ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl/flexible, doblegable
retire verbo/ɹəˈtaɪɹ/jubilar
voluntary adjetivo/ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/voluntario
borrow verbo/ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/pedir prestado, tomar prestado
carefully adverbio/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/cuidadosamente
unusual adjetivo/ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/inusual, inusitado
designer sustantivo/dɪˈzaɪnɚ/diseñador, diseñadora
sheet sustantivo/ʃit/hoja, folio
collect verbo/ˈkɑlɪkt/juntar, recoger
grateful adjetivo/ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/agradecido
weed sustantivo/wiːd/mala hierba, maleza

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
find out verboaveriguar, anoticiarse
get back to verboresponder / contestar (en un rato), volver / tornar a contactar
walk around verbodeambular

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • What sort of thing could I do?
  • I presume they're computerised?
  • Do you arrange that at all?
  • Can I do anything to help?
  • That isn't something you could do by any chance, is it?

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahas just moved · I've just retired · haven't noticed
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacewill be played · will be given · be held

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 35 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we're, I'm, we've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, sheet /ʃit/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/, refreshment /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ.mənt/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: voluntary /ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/, unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, presumably /pɹɪˈzuːməbli/, coordinate /koʊˈɔɹ.dəˌneɪt/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: arrive /əˈɹaɪv/, volunteer /ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/, voluntary /ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: resident /ˈɹɛzɪdənt/, designer /dɪˈzaɪnɚ/, presumably /pɹɪˈzuːməbli/, quiz /kwɪz/, presume /pɹɪˈz(j)um/
  • /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: halfway /ˌhæfˈweɪ/, hobby /ˈhɑ.bi/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como arrange, arrive, resident.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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