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You will hear the chairman of the Highways Committee of Granford, speaking to members of the public about proposed changes to traffic and parking in the area.
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First, You have some time to look at questions 11 to 13.
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Now listen carefully.
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and answer questions 11 to 13.
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Good evening everyone.
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My name's Phil Sutton and I'm Chairman of the Highways Committee.
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We have called this meeting to inform members of the public about the new regulations for traffic
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and parking we are proposing for Granford.
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I'll start by summarising these changes before we open the meeting to questions.
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So, why do we need to make these changes to traffic systems in Granford?
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Well?
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We're very aware that traffic is becoming an increasing problem.
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It's been especially noticeable with the increase in heavy traffic while they've been building the new hospital.
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but it's the overall rise in the volume of traffic of all kinds that's concerning us.
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To date, there's not been any increase in traffic accidents, but that's not something we want to see happen, obviously.
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We recently carried out a survey of local residents, and their responses were interesting.
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People were very concerned about the lack of visibility on some roads due to cars parked along the sides of the roads.
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"'We'd expected complaints about the congestion near the school,' when parents are dropping off their children or picking them up.
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But this was on top of the list, and nor were noise and fumes from trucks and lorries, though they were mentioned by some people.
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We think these new traffic regulations would make a lot of difference.
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But we still have a long way to go.
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We've managed to keep our proposals within budget, just so they can be covered by the Council.
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But, of course, it's no good introducing new regulations
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if we don't have a way of making sure
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that everyone obeys them.' and that's an area we're still working on with the help of representatives from the police force.
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Before you hear the rest of the talk, You have some time to look at questions 14 to 20.
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Now listen and answer questions 14 to 20.
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OK, so this slide shows a map of the central area of Granford, with the high street in the middle and school road on the right.
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Now, we already have a set of traffic lights in the High Street at the junction with Station Road, but we're planning to have another set at the other end,
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at the School Road Junction, to regulate the flow of traffic along the High Street.
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We've decided we definitely need a pedestrian crossing.
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We considered putting this on school road just outside the school, but in the end we decided that could lead to a lot of traffic congestion.
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So we decided to locate it on the High Street, crossing the road in front of the supermarket.
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That's a very busy area, so it should help things there.
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we are proposing some changes to parking at present parking isn't allowed on the high street outside the library
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but we are going to change that and allow parking there
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but not at the other end of the high street near school road
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There'll be a new 'no parking' sign on School Road, just by the entrance to the school, forbidding parking for 25 metres.
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This should improve visibility for drivers and pedestrians, especially on the bend just to the north of the school.
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As far as disabled drivers are concerned, at present they have parking outside the supermarket.
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But lorries also use those spaces, so we've got two new disabled parking spaces on the side road up towards the bank.
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It's not ideal, but probably better than the present arrangement.
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We also plan to widen the pavement on School Road.
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"'We think we can manage to get an extra half metre
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on the bend "'just before you get to the school.' "'on the same side of the road.' Finally,
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We've introduced new restrictions on loading and unloading for the supermarket, so lorries will only be allowed to stop there before 8am.
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That's the supermarket on School Road.
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We kept to the existing arrangements with the High Street supermarket.
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Okay, so that's about it.
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That is the end of section two.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “IELTS Listening Practice Section-2(Traffic Changes in Granford) with answers”. Las palabras que más se repiten: road, traffic, parking, supermarket, questions. Este vídeo tiene 51 frases y 718 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:06. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 118 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 88 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
supermarket sustantivo/ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/supermercado
propose verbo/pɹəˈpəʊz/proponer
disable verbo/dɪsˈeɪbəl/inutilizar
congestion sustantivo/kənˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/congestión
pedestrian sustantivo/pəˈdɛstɹiən/peatón, peatona
metre sustantivo/ˈmiːtəɹ/metro
visibility sustantivo/ˌvɪz.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/visibilidad
junction sustantivo/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/juntamiento
bend verbo/bɛnd/cimbrar, cimbrear
unload verbo/ʌnˈloʊd/descargar, desfletar
pavement sustantivo/ˈpeɪvm(ə)nt/pavimento, pavimiento
forbid verbo/fɚˈbɪd/prohibir, vedar
noticeable adjetivo/ˈnəʊtɪsəbl̩/notorio, palmario
restriction sustantivo/ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/restricción
obey verbo/oʊˈbeɪ/obedecer

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
carry out verbo/ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/llevar a cabo, llevar al cabo
drop off verbodormirse, caer

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 ahorahave called · It's been · there's not been
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacewere mentioned · can be covered · isn't allowed

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 14 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we've, we're, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: junction /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/, restriction /ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/, visibility /ˌvɪz.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: visibility /ˌvɪz.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, pavement /ˈpeɪvm(ə)nt/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: propose /pɹəˈpəʊz/, visibility /ˌvɪz.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: congestion /kənˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/, junction /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/

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 supermarket, propose, disable.

¿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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