Shadowing Practice: [VOL 7] IELTS Listening Test 3 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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ielts listening version 58099 you will hear a number of different recordings
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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 sections.
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Write all your answers in the listening question booklet.
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At the end of the test, you will be given ten minutes to transfer your answers to an answer sheet.
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Now turn to section one on page two of your question booklet.
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Section 1.
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You will hear a telephone conversation between a man who is planning a party for his wife
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and a woman who organizes special events at a restaurant.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 1 to 4 on page 2.
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You will see that there is an example that has been done for you.
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On this occasion only, the conversation relating to this will be played first.
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Good afternoon.
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Good time, restaurant.
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Hi.
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Is this Michelle?
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Yes, speaking.
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This is Brian Troy.
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We spoke last week about planning a party to celebrate my wife's promotion.
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Well, I would like to go ahead with it.
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And I have a list of things that I would like to go through with you.
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The reason for the event is his wife's promotion.
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So, promotion has been written in the space.
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Now we shall begin.
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You should answer the questions as you listen, because you will not hear the recording a second time.
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Listen carefully and answer questions 1 to 4.
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Good afternoon.
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Good time, restaurant.
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Hi.
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Is this Michelle?
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Yes, speaking.
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This is Brian Troy.
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We spoke last week about planning a party to celebrate my wife's promotion.
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Well, I would like to go ahead with it.
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And I have a list of things that I would like to go through with you.
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Yes, I remember.
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We'd spoken about a few dinner options, like a romantic dinner for two or a small group for dinner.
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Have you decided yet?
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Well, I think I would like to surprise my wife with a huge party.
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In fact, I've already started to contact a few of our friends and family, as well as some of the people my wife works with.
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All right.
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So, let's get the party details confirmed.
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So, how many guests would you like?
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Are you thinking of over 100?
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No, I was thinking of more like 50.
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But then I realized that we have friends that are living out of town.
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So let's say 80, in case everyone wants to come.
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Okay.
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And do you still want October 6th?
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Actually, no. I need to change that.
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My daughter can't make it then, because she has a piano recital.
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Would the 26th of September work for you?
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No problem.
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That date's still open.
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Now, do you realize that's not a Saturday?
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Are you okay with that?
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Yes, I am.
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When I look at my schedule, Friday is a better choice for all of us.
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Great.
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Now we need to decide on the times.
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How does 6 o 'clock to 10 o 'clock sound?
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That's fine.
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So now let's talk about the room.
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I have several options that might work.
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There's the Queen Room, the Royal Room, the Palace Room, and the...
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The King Room, right?
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I've been there before.
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Actually, we recently renovated that room, and I think that it would be great for your party.
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You'll be very happy with it.
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Shall I book it for you?
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Sure, that would be fine.
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Have you planned on having music while you're eating?
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Um, I hadn't thought about it, but it would be nice.
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Well, you have some choices.
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We can arrange for a group to play jazz, or one to play the latest pop.
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I suspect my kids would prefer to have the pop music, but my wife is a jazz fan, so let's book that.
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Okay, then.
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I'll book that today.
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They're very good, and they might even sing at your table.
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Great.
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Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 5 to 10 on page 2.
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Now listen and answer questions 5 to 10.
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Okay, now we need to talk about the type of service you want for the dinner.
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We have two options, a self -service buffet or table.
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Let's go with the last choice.
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Just so you know, the price is the same for either chicken or a vegetarian plate.
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One last thing to decide on.
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Are you planning anything special for your wife?
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Well, I was thinking that at 8 o 'clock or so, I would like to have a cake brought out.
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Very nice.
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And because you're making reservations for such a large group, the cake is complimentary.
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What flavor would you like?
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Well, it would have to be lemon.
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I really love chocolate, but it is her day, so let's go with her favorite.
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Good decision.
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Now, let me tell you about the cakes.
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We have a square cake, which would easily serve all of your guests, or you could have two cheesecakes.
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They're really popular right now.
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I prefer the first option, because I would like to have something special written on it.
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But let's keep it simple.
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How about congratulations?
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Okay.
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I can have our baker take care of that.
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He's happy to show you what it would look like if you wish.
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Now, is there anything else?
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No, I don't think so.
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I think that we have pretty well talked about everything.
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So let's look after the reservation detail.
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I'll need to have a deposit of $50.
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Let's make it for $100, and I'll put it on my MasterCard.
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Is that okay?
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Sure.
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What's the 16 -digit account number?
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55 -44 -12 -00 -43 -26 -888 -7,
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and it expires in November.
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Is there another name on the card beside Brian Troy?
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A middle name or initial?
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Yes, Sebastian.
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I will spell it for you.
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S -E -B -A -S -T -I -A -N.
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Is there anything else?
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No, I think that's it.
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However, you need to be aware of an additional fee.
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For large groups, there is an extra charge which covers service.
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But I think that that's all for now.
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We look forward to having your celebration dinner here.
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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.
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Now turn to Section 2 on page 3.
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Section 2.
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You will hear a radio talk on horse riding for disabled people.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 14 on page 3.
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Thank you.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 14.
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This week, our slot is A Life in the Day of Joan Gilbert, local organiser for Riding for the Disabled.
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Joan, would you like to tell us about this?
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Well, I always have the very best intentions of starting the
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day at 5 .30 to give the horses a really good muck out.
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but reality intervenes, and I finally wake at about 6 .30.
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That probably still sounds very early to you, but for a farm worker, which is what my son is at the moment,
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that's cutting things pretty fine.
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Once I've managed to get him safely on his way,
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at about 7am, I can start turning my attention to the other important tasks of the day.
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For about five years, we've been taking overseas students from the International Centre at our local college,
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and I have to give them a proper breakfast.
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Most of our students used to be from the Middle East, but they're no longer coming, so we tend to have
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Malaysian girls, and they like to have a cooked breakfast, much more than any
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Europeans we've had, including me, and I don't have anything these days.
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After cooking, I finally get round to the poor horses
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It's only after this that I can start thinking about what I regard as my most important task
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Work for Riding for the Disabled I've been involved with this organisation, on and off, for over 20 years
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But I've only recently taken on the job of chairperson
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Most of the work seems more secretarial but that's how charities get organised
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In our immediate district we have had as many as 30 riders but currently we've only got 22
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The number of helpers who have volunteered is actually 40
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but we can rely on 25 to come regularly to help in the different groups
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We now have four separate groups which cater for disabled children and adults from 6 to 40 years old
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Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 15 to 20 on page 4.
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Now listen and answer questions 15 to 20.
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As I say, I feel that although I no longer have any proper full -time paid employment, I do have a full and busy life.
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I'm a housewife, which I don't mind
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because I don't really object to doing things like washing and cooking then there's my own horses,
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which I adore, even the revolting stuff like cleaning out the stables.
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The official RDA stuff is a mixed bag, really.
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I don't have major problems with all the letter writing and correspondence which it entails, but like lots of shy people, I find the fundraising horrendous.
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Other regular RDA duties, such as ringing round the riders to fix times, etc., is one of the pleasantest aspects of the work.
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After all, that's why I'm involved with charity work, the contact with people.
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My working day ends with the least enjoyable job of all, sorting the accounts.
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I got involved with RDA because I've always loved horses and I can see disabled people gaining so much.
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I know all the medical evidence that shows that it does wonders for muscle building and so on,
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which is important, but from talking to the riders, they say it is the confidence they gain,
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and also the opportunity to be part of a new and exciting environment, which gives them the greatest benefit.
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In terms of the RDA organisation itself, I feel it works very well, but we're always striving to make it better.
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I wish, for example, our helpers and the organisers in the various centres could really rationalise the fundraising efforts,
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which sometimes are very inefficient.
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And it also saddens me how unaware some of the stables can be about the difficulties faced by people who are disabled.
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Anyway, I feel very privileged to work with our riders and to see such tangible benefits.
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It sends me to sleep with a feeling that though the day has been hard, it has been worthwhile.
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That is the end of Section 2.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Thank you.
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Now turn to section 3 on page 5.
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Section 3.
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You will hear two trainee teachers called Dean and Hannah talking about their recent teaching practice in an elementary school.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 24 on page 5.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 24.
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Hi, Dean.
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Did you have a good weekend?
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Yes.
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It was good to relax after a whole week of teaching practice.
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I really enjoyed the experience, though.
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Yes, so did I.
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And I think it went well.
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Anyway, are you okay to talk about the report we've got to write on the geography lesson we taught together?
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I was thinking we could make notes now and then divide the actual writing up between us.
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Sure.
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Good idea.
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Let's begin with our lesson aims, shall we?
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Right.
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Well, I know the main one was getting the class to think
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about how people in different parts of the world are connected to each other through the things they buy and sell.
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Yes, we took that from the syllabus for grade four, and then we decided to use pencils as our example
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because they're relatively simple in design and everyone's used a pencil at some time or other.
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We should include that information too.
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Right, and we also wanted to get the class thinking about how things are moved around the world in different ways,
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from the farms and the mines to the factories and then the stores.
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That wasn't in the core syllabus.
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I think we added that ourselves.
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Yes, I think you're right.
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Okay, then the last section of the report contains a post -lesson analysis.
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We have to mention any problems we identified in our lesson when we taught it.
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So, any ideas?
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Well, I know we were really satisfied with our handouts and worksheets.
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We both thought they'd been at just the right level for the class.
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And I don't know about you, but I think we worked well as a team.
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Absolutely.
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Neither of us was too dominant, and we supported each other.
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Personally, the thing I think we didn't get right was the way we paced things.
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Some things seemed to be rushed, and others seemed to drag out too long.
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I don't know how you feel about that.
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The same as you.
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If we did the same lesson again, I'd want to make some adjustments to that, but keep the same basic lesson plan.
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Okay, we see eye to eye on that.
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But there's one other thing.
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At the time, I seem to remember we both thought that organizing the children in sets of six didn't work very well,
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and that pairs would have been better for certain tasks, so that the Shire kids got more chance to contribute.
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Yes, I remember that too, and we should put it into our report as well.
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Before you hear the rest of the discussion, you have some time to look at questions 25 to 30 on page 6.
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You Now listen and answer questions 25 to 30.
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Now should we go over our lesson plan together before we write the report?
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It seems ages ago now.
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Fine.
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Well, the whole lesson was based on the production and distribution of pencils.
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First we gave out the pencils and got the students to decide what they're made of.
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Then when they'd come up with all five of the component materials, we talked about which countries produce most of these materials.
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Oh, yes.
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And we got volunteers to come to the front and mark the location of those on a map of the world.
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I remember they were really keen to volunteer.
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We had to stop them from calling the answers out loud.
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Right.
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Then we brainstormed all the different ways of getting goods from one place to another
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and what the advantages and disadvantages of each one would be.
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I remember one girl talking about using horses.
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That's right.
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She seemed to be a bit stuck in the past.
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It was hard not to smile.
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Yes.
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After that, we put them in small groups, and each group represented each of the countries on the map.
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They had to use their atlases to decide an itinerary for sending their raw materials to the USA,
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specifying the different ports and places on the way there.
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That's right.
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And by the time they'd done that, it was break time.
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And after the break, they had to imagine they were pencil manufacturers in Chicago
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and fill in details on a worksheet about how they'd dispatch their pencils to different parts of the country.
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Oh, yes.
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Okay.
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And then we had a class discussion about whether people will still be using pencils in 2050
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and whether the design of pencils is likely to change.
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And to round the lesson off, the kids had to spend 10 minutes planning a short presentation for another class about possible developments.
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And that was it.
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Good.
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So I'll write up that part.
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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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Thank you. on page 7.
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Section 4.
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You will hear a university lecturer talking to students about the world's oldest mechanical computer, which is called the Antikythera mechanism.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40 on page 7.
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Thank you.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40.
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Today, I'm going to talk about what is sometimes described as the world's oldest mechanical computer, the Antikythera mechanism.
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This device was able to calculate where the sun, moon and planets would be in the sky on any date in the past or future.
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It has transformed our understanding both of the world of ancient Greece and of the history of science.
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The mechanism was discovered in 1900 at the bottom of the sea off the Greek island of Antikythera, hence the name by which it's now known.
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It was in the cargo of a ship that sank about 2 ,100 years ago.
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Divers brought various items to the surface, and they were taken to a museum for examination.
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One item was assumed to be a lump of rock.
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However, a few months later, the object started splitting, and a museum curator realised that it was actually something man -made,
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covered with shells and other objects from the sea.
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Further investigation revealed that it was in fact some sort of mechanism, and they decided to call it the Antikythera mechanism.
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Although it was badly damaged, it had survived in three main parts and around 80 smaller fragments.
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The Antikythera mechanism has been studied a great deal since its discovery, and particularly in recent years,
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when highly sophisticated equipment has been available to analyse it.
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One machine, called a dome, can surround a sample and take photographs with the light coming from slightly different angles.
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This has made far more of the inscriptions on the mechanism legible, even though they're faded and worn.
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Another state -of -the -art machine,
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the Blade Runner, has been used to take x -rays which show parts of the mechanism that would otherwise be invisible.
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Despite weighing nearly eight tonnes, it was transported from its place of manufacture to Greece,
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as the Antikythera mechanism is too fragile to be moved from there.
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The Blade Runner was originally designed to examine engines for cracks, and it can work at an accuracy of less than a tenth of a millimetre.
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It seems the device was originally about 33 centimetres high, 17 centimetres wide, and 9 centimetres thick.
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It consisted of at least 30 metal gear wheels, that is, wheels which interlocked with each other.
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The surfaces of the gear wheels were inscribed with the names
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of the months explanations of how the different parts of the device were to be operated and other information
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These gear wheels in turn operated small movable models of the sun, moon and the five planets that were known to the ancient
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Greeks The mechanism is thought to have been mounted in a frame for which wood was used
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So what was the Antikythera mechanism used for?
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It clearly had an astronomical function.
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The person using the device simply rotated a handle to operate the gear wheels.
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These engaged with each other to move the sun,
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moon and planets around the Earth to show how they would appear on whatever particular date the operator was interested in,
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which could be years into the future.
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bearing in mind that the ancient greeks believed the sun
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and planets all revolved around the earth their movements are shown
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with remarkable accuracy perhaps most astonishing of all the mechanism also showed
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when an eclipse was going to take place this was very important in the ancient world
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and being able to predict this accurately would have given the user great power.
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The mechanism probably also helped in planning the timing of festivals,
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both agricultural and religious, by acting as a kind of calendar of events.
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Surprisingly, to the best of our knowledge, no device equaled the complexity of the Antikythera mechanism for at least a thousand years afterwards.
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The ideas seem to have survived in some form, however, particularly in the Byzantine Empire of the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Around the 13th or 14th century, knowledge of the technology seems to have reached
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Western Europe, and a large number of clocks were made, providing astronomical information as well as showing the time of day.
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It's hard to believe that nothing reached the sophistication of the Antikythera mechanism for a thousand years, yet that might might well be the case,
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and that has implications for our understanding of how scientific knowledge progresses.
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That is the end of Section 4.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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That is the end of the listening test.
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You now have 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the listening answer sheet.

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Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “[VOL 7] IELTS Listening Test 3”. Este vídeo tiene 320 frases y 3399 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 29:29. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 115 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
mechanism sustantivo/ˈmɛk.ə.nɪ.zəm/mecanismo
lesson sustantivo/ˈlɛs.ən/lección
pencil sustantivo/ˈpɛnsəl/lápiz
disable verbo/dɪsˈeɪbəl/inutilizar
carefully adverbio/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/cuidadosamente
gear sustantivo/ɡɪɚ/pertrecho, pertrechos
clock sustantivo/klɑk/cuentakilómetros
promotion sustantivo/pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/ascenso, promoción
rider sustantivo/ˈɹaɪ̯.dəː/jinete, pasajero
volunteer sustantivo/ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/voluntario
stable sustantivo/ˈsteɪ.bəl/establo, cuadra
charity sustantivo/ˈtʃæɹɪti/entidad benéfica, organización caritativa
sheet sustantivo/ʃit/hoja, folio
mechanical adjetivo/məˈkænəkəl/mecánico
jazz sustantivo/d͡ʒæz/jazz

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
bring out verborealzar, resaltar
clean out verbodesvalijar
come up with verboingeniar, ingeniarse
drag out verboeternizar
go over verbosentar, pasar
look forward to verbono ver la hora de, quedar a la espera de
move around verbomovilizarse

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Are you okay with that?
  • Shall I book it for you?
  • Have you planned on having music while you're eating?
  • Are you planning anything special for your wife?
  • Let's begin with our lesson aims, shall we?

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 been done · has been written · Have you decided
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacewill be played · will be given · has been done
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosaman who is · woman who organizes · friends that are

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 46 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I've, they're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: thick /θɪk/, tenth /tɛnθ/, worthwhile /ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: promotion /pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/, sheet /ʃit/, organisation /ˈɔː.ɡə.naɪˌzeɪ.ʃən/, reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, rush /ɹʌʃ/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: mechanism /ˈmɛk.ə.nɪ.zəm/, organisation /ˈɔː.ɡə.naɪˌzeɪ.ʃən/, mechanical /məˈkænəkəl/, accuracy /ˈæk.jɚ.ə.si/, reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: stable /ˈsteɪ.bəl/, spell /spɛl/, slot /slɑt/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: volunteer /ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/, reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, discovery /dɪˈskʌv.ɹi/, overseas /ˌoʊvɚˈsiːz/, privilege /ˈpɹɪv.(ɪ.)lɪd͡ʒ/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: mechanism /ˈmɛk.ə.nɪ.zəm/, organisation /ˈɔː.ɡə.naɪˌzeɪ.ʃən/, jazz /d͡ʒæz/, reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, fundraising /ˈfʌndˌɹeɪzɪŋ/

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 mechanism, lesson, pencil.

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