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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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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “Cambridge IELTS 16-Test 4”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: cottage, questions, answer, test, hear. Questo video contiene 95 frasi e 803 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 6:36. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 122 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 84% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:

Parola	Pronuncia	Significato
cottage sostantivo	/ˈkɒt.ɪd͡ʒ/	casolare, rustico
bedroom sostantivo	/ˈbɛdˌɹum/	camera da letto, camera
carefully avverbio	/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/	minuziosamente, accuratamente
wash verbo	/wɑʃ/	lavare
bath sostantivo	/bɑːθ/	bagno, vasca da bagno
guarantee sostantivo	/ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/	garanzia
deck sostantivo	/ˈdɛk/	pedana, pavimento
pot sostantivo	/pɑt/	pentola, vaso
sheet sostantivo	/ʃit/	foglio
garage sostantivo	/ɡəˈɹɑʒ/	garage, autorimessa
deposit sostantivo	/dɪˈpɑ.zɪt/	deposito, versamento
pleasant aggettivo	/ˈplɛz.ənt/	piacevole, gradito
instruction sostantivo	/ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/	istruzione, addestramento
convert verbo	/kənˈvɝt/	convertire
nowadays avverbio	/ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/	oggidì, oggigiorno

I phrasal verb che sentirai

Parola	Significato
go out verbo	uscire, andare fuori

Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

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?

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

Struttura	Nel video
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso	We've budgeted · we've just finished · we've just put
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa	will be played · will be given · was built

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 24 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come we've, I'm, isn't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

I suoni “sh” e “zh”: wash /wɑʃ/, sheet /ʃit/, garage /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/, accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: cottage /ˈkɒt.ɪd͡ʒ/, pound /ˈpaʊ̯nd/, wash /wɑʃ/, bath /bɑːθ/, deck /ˈdɛk/
/æ/ — più aperta della “e”: guarantee /ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/, patio /ˈpæt.i.əʊ/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come cottage, bedroom, carefully.

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?

Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.

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