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Test 4.

This is the IELTS listening test.

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 parts.

At the end of the test, you will be given ten minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheet.

Now turn to part one.

Part one.

You will hear a man phoning the owner of a holiday cottage.

First, you have some time to look at questions one to six.

Thanks.

Now listen carefully and answer questions 1 to 6.

Hello.

Oh, hello.

I was hoping to speak to Jack Fitzgerald about renting a cottage.

I'm his wife Shirley and we own the cottages together so I'm sure I can help you.

Great.

My name's Tom.

Some friends of ours rented Granary Cottage from you last year

and they thought it was great so my wife and I are hoping to come in May for a week.

What date did you have in mind?

The week beginning the 14th, if possible.

I'll just check.

I'm sorry, Tom, it's already booked that week.

It's free the week beginning the 28th, though, for seven nights.

In fact, that's the only time you could have it in May.

Oh, well, we could manage that, I think.

We'd just need to change a couple of things.

How much would it cost?

That's the beginning of high season, so it'd be 550 pounds for the week.

Ah, that's a bit more than we wanted to pay, I'm afraid.

We've budgeted up to 500 pounds for accommodation.

Well, we've just finished converting another building into a cottage, which we're calling Cherville Cottage.

Sorry, what was that again?

Cherville.

C -H -E -R -V for Victor, I -L.

Oh, that's a herb, isn't it?

That's right.

It grows fairly wild around here.

You could have that for the week you want for £480.

OK, so could you tell me something about it, please? Of course.

The building was built as a garage.

It's a little smaller than Granary Cottage.

So that must sleep two people as well.

That's right.

There's a double bedroom.

Does it have a garden?

Yes, you get to it from the living room through French doors, and we provide two deck chairs.

We hope to build a patio in the near future, but I wouldn't like to guarantee it'll be finished by May.

Okay.

The front door opens onto the old farmyard, and parking isn't a problem.

There's plenty of room at the front for that.

There are some trees and potted plants there.

Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions seven to ten.

Now listen and answer questions 7 to 10.

What about facilities in the cottage?

It has standard things like a cooker and fridge, I presume.

In the kitchen area, there's a fridge freezer and we've just put in an electric cooker.

Is there a washing machine?

Yes.

There's also a TV in the living room, which plays DVDs too.

The bathroom is too small for a bath, so there's a shower instead.

I think a lot of people prefer that nowadays anyway.

It's more environmentally friendly, isn't it?

Unless you spend half the day in it.

Exactly.

What about heating?

It sometimes gets quite cool at that time of year.

There's central heating, and if you want to light a fire, there's a stove.

We can provide all the wood you need for it.

It smells so much nicer than coal, and it makes the room very cosy.

We've got one in our own house.

That sounds very pleasant.

Perhaps we should come in the winter to make the most of it.

Yes, we find we don't want to go out when we've got the fire burning.

There are some attractive views from the cottage which I haven't mentioned.

There's a famous stone bridge.

It's one of the oldest in the region and you can see it from the living room.

It isn't far away.

The bedroom window looks in the opposite direction and has a lovely view of the hills and the monument at the top.

Well, that all sounds perfect.

I'd like to book it, please.

Would you want a deposit?

Yes.

We ask for 30 % to secure your booking.

So that'll be...

£144.

And when would you like the rest of the money?

You're coming in May.

So the last day of March, please.

Fine.

Excellent.

Could I just take your details so that I can...

That is the end of part one.

You now have half a minute to check your answers to part one.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Cambridge IELTS 16-Test 4”. Las palabras que más se repiten: cottage, questions, answer, test, hear. Este vídeo tiene 95 frases y 803 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:36. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 122 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 84 % 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:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
cottage sustantivo	/ˈkɒt.ɪd͡ʒ/	chalet, chalé
bedroom sustantivo	/ˈbɛdˌɹum/	alcoba, dormitorio
carefully adverbio	/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/	cuidadosamente
wash verbo	/wɑʃ/	lavar
bath sustantivo	/bɑːθ/	bañera
guarantee sustantivo	/ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/	garantía, caución
deck sustantivo	/ˈdɛk/	piso, plataforma
pot sustantivo	/pɑt/	olla, marmita
sheet sustantivo	/ʃit/	hoja, folio
garage sustantivo	/ɡəˈɹɑʒ/	garaje, cochera
deposit sustantivo	/dɪˈpɑ.zɪt/	depósito
pleasant adjetivo	/ˈplɛz.ənt/	placentero, placible
instruction sustantivo	/ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/	instrucción
convert verbo	/kənˈvɝt/	convertir
nowadays adverbio	/ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/	hoy en día, hogaño

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Significado
go out verbo	salir

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

What date did you have in mind?
We'd just need to change a couple of things.
It's more environmentally friendly, isn't it?
We've got one in our own house.
Would you want a deposit?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

Estructura	En el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora	We've budgeted · we've just finished · we've just put
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace	will be played · will be given · was built

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 24 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we've, I'm, isn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: wash /wɑʃ/, sheet /ʃit/, garage /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/, accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

/v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: convert /kənˈvɝt/, stove /stoʊv/
/z/ — sonora, no /s/: deposit /dɪˈpɑ.zɪt/, pleasant /ˈplɛz.ənt/, nowadays /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/, freezer /ˈfɹizɚ/, presume /pɹɪˈz(j)um/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

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

¿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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