Shadowing Practice: IELTS LISTENING PRACTICE TEST 2026 WITH ANSWERS | 19.08.2026 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Part 1 Now turns to part 1.
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Part 1.
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You'll hear conversations.
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The first between two students, and the second between a student and a clerk.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 1 to 5.
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Thank you.
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you will not hear the recording a second time.
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Listen carefully and answer questions one to five.
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Hi, it's Mike, isn't it?
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Yes, and you're...
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Phoebe.
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Phoebe, right.
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Where are you headed?
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I'm looking for the main hall.
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So am I.
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Are you going there to register for next year?
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Yes, I was told to go to administrations and fill in an application form.
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That's what I'm about to do.
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I went to Information and they told me it was at the end of this corridor.
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Then we have to turn left and immediately right.
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That should lead us to the exit where opposite we should find the entrance to ground level main hall.
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It's a big old red building.
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From there we need to go to the first level and then follow the signs.
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Apparently it's the second office opposite the foyer.
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It would be pretty hard to miss.
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That sounds easy.
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It shouldn't be too hard to find.
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Well, since we're both heading in that direction, let's go together.
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Hopefully it won't take too long.
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I haven't had anything to eat and I'm starving.
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Me too.
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Well, how about I go to the canteen and get us something while you make your way to the main hall?
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I'm sure there's going to be quite a wait.
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There always is.
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I can meet you there.
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Sounds like a good plan.
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What do you want me to get you?
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Um, how about a chicken and salad roll and a drink?
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Okay.
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What if they don't have a chicken and salad roll?
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Anything similar like ham and salad or just plain salad and cheese.
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Oh, and don't forget the drink.
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I feel so dehydrated.
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No problem.
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What type of drink?
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I don't know.
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How about a Coke?
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No, nothing like that.
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Something healthier.
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An orange juice?
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They're usually full of sugar unless you get it freshly squeezed.
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Water?
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Yes, that's perfect.
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Here, take two pounds.
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That should cover it.
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If it's more, I'll give it to you when you get back.
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I only have a 20, and you know that they get cranky if you give them large notes.
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Okay, see you in five minutes.
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Before you hear the second conversation, you have some time to look at questions 6 to 10.
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Now listen and answer questions 6 to 10.
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Hi, I'm here to register for first year economics.
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I'll just have to fill out this form for our records.
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What's your name?
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Phoebe Payne.
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Can you spell that for me?
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Sure.
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P-H-O-E-B-E-P-A-Y-N-E.
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Your address?
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6 Wainwright Avenue.
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That's W-A-I-N-R-I-G-H-T, Nottingham.
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Nottingham.
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And your phone number?
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It's not connected yet.
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I've just moved in.
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Okay, when you get your phone connected, contact us.
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I'll just make a note that your phone number is to be advised.
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I'll do that.
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What course were you doing?
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Law?
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No, economics.
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First year.
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First year economics.
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Yes, that's right.
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Okay, take this card across to the economics department and get it stamped.
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And then you need to come back here to pay your fees.
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I've made an arrangement to pay in installments.
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Do you have any documentation verifying that?
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Yes, I have a statement from administration.
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Okay, when you return, we'll have a look at it.
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Thank you very much.
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Here you are.
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It was quicker than I thought, but I have to get this card stamped and return here to organize my fees.
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That's good.
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It means that I won't have to wait long either.
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How did you get on?
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What with?
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Oh, the food.
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Well, there wasn't much left, so I got you a cheese and tomato sandwich and water.
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That's fine.
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Do I owe you any more?
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No, I need to give you back three pounds.
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But I only gave you two.
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Oh, yeah.
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I thought you gave me a fiver.
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OK, so we're square.
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So what do I have to do?
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Go to the desk and give your personal details.
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Then they'll give you a card that you need to take to your faculty.
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What's your major?
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Environmental Science OK, so you'll have to take the card to the Environmental Science Faculty and get the card stamped
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return to administration in the main hall and organise your fees And that's it?
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Yes, that means you're registered
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Then we receive a letter with the details of our course where we'll be informed to go to the notice board
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or online to find out when and where our lectures are.
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OK.
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Let's have this bite to eat first.
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That is the end of Section 1.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers is
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Now turns to part two.
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Part two.
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You will hear a talk by a tour guide.
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First, you will have some time to look at questions 11 to 17.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 17.
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Welcome to San Fernando City Tours.
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I'm Mark, your tour guide.
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We have a lot to see in three hours, so make sure you're comfortable.
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We'll be traveling into the historical district first, and then into the town center.
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After that, it's out to the harbor, and we'll finish up at the lighthouse, just past the harbor.
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That will take us up to midday, and after that, you're free to do what you want.
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At the lighthouse, you'll have a chance to visit the tea room and take photographs of the magnificent coastline.
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Now, as we have only three hours, we won't be able to take you around the shopping district, but we think you'd prefer to look around the shops there in your own time anyway.
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San Fernando has some well-known tourist attractions, the Lighthouse, for example, and the National Library.
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However, the little-known military museum is not to be missed.
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Be sure to visit before you leave.
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Now, there's a lot to do in San Fernando.
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Indeed, there really is something for everyone.
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For those who love the water, I can recommend a trip on the Seafarer, one of the most famous boats on the San Fernando River.
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It does an evening trip with a three-course meal included.
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It's great fun for everyone, but especially for young people in their teens or twenties.
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After nine, there's a disco on the boat, and it gets really lively.
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Then there's a climbing wall near the town center.
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It's incredibly popular, with a large wall for expert climbers and a smaller wall for novices.
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There's a junior wall and a creche, so it's a great day out for those of you with kids.
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And if you like walking, there's some great walking tours.
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The city sights tour is highly recommended, as is the walking tour by the coast, but that one's only for the fit, not really suitable for children or the elderly.
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more mature people or those less able to get around, I would suggest a tour around the vineyards.
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It can be done in the luxury of a coach and it's a wonderful way to explore the region's wines.
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Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 18 to 20.
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Now listen and answer questions 18 to 20.
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Naturally, there's a charge for all these attractions, but you can get 15% off if you have an Explorer Pass.
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If you don't have a pass but would like one, the driver here has application forms.
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Just ask him for one and fill it out while on the tour.
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Then you hand it into the tour office.
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Normally, it costs $10, but this year it's just $7.
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When you hand it in, you'll get your picture taken for the card on the spot, and then your card is ready to use.
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Remember to show it whenever you pay for anything.
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The discounts apply not just to tourist attractions, but some bars and restaurants.
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Basically, everywhere you see a red Explorer symbol.
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Ah, we're coming up to the historical district now.
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If you'd like to look at...
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That is the end of part two.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Now turns to part 3.
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Part 3.
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You will hear a conversation between two students, David and Claire.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 24.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 24.
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Hi David, how are you going with your history studies?
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Very well.
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I've actually finished it.
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That's great!
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What era did you write on?
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I researched Roman London, something I never thought I'd be interested in.
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That sounds interesting.
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I wanted to tie it into the work I've been doing on engineering, and I found it fascinating, and learned many things along the way.
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Such as?
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Well, although there were prehistoric settlements throughout the vast area now called London,
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strangely enough, no evidence has yet been found for any such community at the northern end of London Bridge, where the present city grew up.
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The origins of London lie in Roman times, right?
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Right.
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When the Romans invaded Britain in 43 AD, they moved north from the Kentish coast and traversed the Thames in the London region,
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clashing with the local tribesmen just to the north.
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It has been suggested that the soldiers crossed the river at Lambeth, but it was further downstream that they built a permanent wooden bridge,
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just east of the present London Bridge, in more settled times some seven years later.
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As a focal point of the Roman road system, it was the bridge which attracted settlers and led to London's inevitable growth.
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So London Bridge has been there for hundreds of years?
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Yes, and though the regularity of London's original street grid may indicate that the initial inhabitants were the military,
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trade and commerce soon followed.
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The London Thames was deep and still within the tidal zone, an ideal place for the birthing of ships.
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What other industry did they have?
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Well, as the area was also well-drained and low-lying, it was geologically suitable for brick-making.
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There was soon a flourishing city called Londinium in the area where the monument now stands.
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Londinium?
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That's Latin.
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That's what I thought too, that the name itself is Celtic, not Latin, and may originally have referred merely to a previous farmstead on the site.
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Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 25 to 30.
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Thank you.
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Wasn't London burned to the ground at some stage?
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It happened in AD 60 by the forces of Queen Boudicca of the Iceni tribe from modern Norfolk,
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when she led a major revolt against Roman rule.
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The governor, Suetonius Paulinus, who was busy exterminating the Druids in North Wales,
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marched his troops south in an attempt to save London, London, but, seeing the size of Boudicca's approaching army,
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decided he could not mount an adequate defence and evacuated the city instead.
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Not everyone managed to escape, though, and many were massacred.
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What about the beautiful old architecture?
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Did you research that too?
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I sure did.
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The major symbol of Roman rule was the Temple of the Imperial Cult.
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Emperor worship was administered by the Provincial Council, whose headquarters appeared to have been in London by AD 100.
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A member of its staff, named Anning Pleatus, buried his wife on Ludgate Hill around this time.
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Pagan worship flourished within the cosmopolitan city.
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A temple to the mysterious eastern god Mithras was found at Bucklesbury House and is displayed nearby.
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I quite like St Paul's.
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Traditionally, St Paul's Cathedral stands on the site of a Temple of Diana.
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Other significant buildings also began to appear in the late first century, at a time when the city was expanding rapidly.
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The Forum, a marketplace and basilica which housed the Low Court complex at Leadenhall Market,
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was erected and then quickly re-planned as the largest such complex north of the Alps.
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The forum was much bigger than today's Trafalgar Square.
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Who was in charge of all the town planning at the time?
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Procurator Agricola.
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He encouraged the use of bathhouses and had a grand public suite made, which has now been excavated in Upper Thames Street.
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They were as much a social venue as a place to bathe.
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There was a smaller version at Cheapside, and in later centuries, private bathhouses were also built.
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Another popular attraction was the wooden amphitheatre, erected on the north-western outskirts of the city.
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It's possible that gladiatorial shows were put on here, though lesser public sports, like bear baiting, may have been more regular.
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I thought that happened mainly in the Colosseum in Rome, but I guess London being settled by the Romans explains their lust for blood.
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By about AD 200, the administration of Britain was divided in two.
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York became the capital of Britannia Inferior and London of Britannia Superior.
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Around the same time, the city also acquired its famous walls, probably about 20 foot high.
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And why did they build such high walls?
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It was a protective measure, which may have been due to civil war,
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initiated when Governor Claudius Albinus tried to claim the imperial crown in Rome.
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Was paganism still predominant then?
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Yes, but Christianity appears to have reached the province at an early date,
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and only a year after the religion became officially tolerated in the empire.
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London had its own bishop, Restitutus, who is known to have attended the Imperial Council of Arles.
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You really delve deep.
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I think you'll do well on your tutorial paper.
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Good luck, David.
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Thanks.
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That is the end of Section 3.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Part 4 Now turns to part 4 Part 4
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You will hear part of a lecture on the current and future use of mobile phones.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40.
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Okay, now today we're looking at changes in communication,
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and specifically changes that have just happened or are likely to happen in the next few years.
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Key to this is the mobile phone, which is increasingly being seen as an all-purpose system, rather than just a phone.
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If you only use your phone for texting and making calls now, you will be amazed at how you'll be using it in the future.
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The technology has been developed for a range of other uses.
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For example, phones could be used so that if you are meeting someone and they get lost,
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you could send them a map of your location to help them.
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This will save all those complicated explanations over the phone
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and our poor friends or colleagues trying to drive and find out where they are at the same time.
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And if you get bored waiting, or if you're traveling for example,
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For example, you will soon be able to see TV news on your phone as it is actually being broadcast.
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This means that you won't have to miss any of your favorites if you are away for a few days.
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Most people have got used to texting now and young people send pictures to each other.
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But what is exciting is the possibility of putting music with them before you send them.
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And it's not all frivolous.
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Phones are going to become even more critical in business and education.
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Some recent developments have a highly practical usage.
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So, for example, as lecturers,
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we will be able to send everybody a text to let them know if lectures have been cancelled.
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And the new phones could have a further use in education, as well as business, as they will enable us to go to any destination,
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such as when we are doing a field trip,
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for instance, and from there to send data directly to a computer so that we can access it when we get home.
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This means we will no longer be limited by what the phone can store.
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And it's interesting to look at the different ways that men and women use phones now, as that does affect how the technology will develop.
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Some research has been done on how people use phones, and some of the results are surprising.
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One of the increasing usages of mobile phones is to get all sorts of data, such as phone numbers, the weather,
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train times, etc. And while there's been an attempt to set up connections with things that women might be interested in accessing,
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it is overwhelmingly men who do this.
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But what about the traditional use of a phone?
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To speak to people?
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I suppose we would predict that it is mainly women who use phones as a method of contact for friends and family.
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But, in fact, the genders exploit this facility equally.
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I've spoken about the increased business usages that phones will offer, and I suppose we would associate this usage with men.
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The survey picked up, though, that women are often working from home or catching up with work in the evenings,
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so they use phones in this way as much as men do.
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Most of us are aware we can store photos on our phones.
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It's an ideal method of capturing a moment wherever you are.
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Women tend to be the group that keep photos on their phones,
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but it seems that men use their phones to actually take pictures much more than women do.
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And of course, all this knowledge affects the marketing that the companies will do in order to sell the phone.
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That is the end of part four.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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The End
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Give me a call and give me a call for me
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Oh, here we go.

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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 TEST 2026 WITH ANSWERS”. Este vídeo tiene 291 frases y 2980 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 27:31. El hablante habla despacio, unas 108 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. 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

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
attraction sustantivo/əˈtɹækʃn̩/atracción
salad sustantivo/ˈsæl.əd/ensalada
lighthouse sustantivo/ˈlaɪthaʊs/faro
stamp sustantivo/stæmp/estampado, timbrado
lecture sustantivo/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/aleccionamiento, lectivo
bathhouse sustantivo/ˈbæθˌhaʊs/casa de baños
erect verbo/ɪˈɹɛkt/erigir
flourish verbo/ˈflʊ̈ɹ.ɪʃ/florecer, florescer
harbor sustantivo/ˈhɑːbə/puerto, refugio
amphitheatre sustantivo/ˈæm.pəˌθi.(j)ə.tɚ/anfiteatro
basilica sustantivo/bəˈsɪlɪkə/basílica
canteen sustantivo/kænˈtin/cantimplora
climber sustantivo/ˈklaɪmɚ/escalador, escaladora
cosmopolitan adjetivo/ˌkɑz.məˈpɑl.ɪ.tən/cosmopolita
cranky adjetivo/kɹæki/de mal genio, mañoso

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
find out verboaveriguar, anoticiarse
fill out verbo/fɪl ˈaʊt/rellenar, cumplimentar
get back verboregresar
get off verbobajarse
grow up verbocrecer
pick up verbocoger, asir

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Are you going there to register for next year?
  • What do you want me to get you?
  • Can you spell that for me?
  • What course were you doing?
  • Do you have any documentation verifying that?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Oraciones condicionales if + oración, will/would + verbo — una condición y su resultadoIf it's more, I'll give
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahaven't had · I've just moved · I've made
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacewas told · be advised · be informed
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosathose who love · made, which has · phone, which is

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 52 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, you'll, I've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: bathhouse /ˈbæθˌhaʊs/, amphitheatre /ˈæm.pəˌθi.(j)ə.tɚ/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: attraction /əˈtɹækʃn̩/, flourish /ˈflʊ̈ɹ.ɪʃ/, crèche /kɹɛʃ/, freshly /ˈfɹɛʃli/, initiate /ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: amphitheatre /ˈæm.pəˌθi.(j)ə.tɚ/, basilica /bəˈsɪlɪkə/, cosmopolitan /ˌkɑz.məˈpɑl.ɪ.tən/, exterminate /ɪkˈstɝ.mɪ.neɪt/, inhabitant /ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: stamp /stæmp/, starve /stɑɹv/, strangely /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒli/, squeeze /skwiːz/, suite /swiːt/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: excavate /ˈɛk.skə.veɪt/, frivolous /ˈfɹɪv.ə.ləs/, novice /ˈnɑvɪs/, traverse /tɹəˈvɝs/, starve /stɑɹv/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: cosmopolitan /ˌkɑz.məˈpɑl.ɪ.tən/, paganism /ˈpeɪɡənɪzm̩/, squeeze /skwiːz/, organize /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/, advise /ədˈvaɪz/

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 attraction, salad, lighthouse.

¿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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