シャドーイング練習: [VOL 5] IELTS Listening Test 1 - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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You will hear two friends choosing a campsite together for their holiday with their families.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 1 to 5.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 1 to 5.
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Shall we have a look at this information about campsites, and then perhaps we can choose where to go on holiday?
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Yes.
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My children are very excited about our two families going away together again this year.
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Shall we look at Westerly Campsite first?
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Yes.
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It says it's most suitable for children under 12 years old.
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So that should be fine for us.
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Your daughter's just 11, isn't she?
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Yes, that's right.
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Now, where is the westerly campsite?
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Is it the one next to a lake?
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That's another one.
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This one's by the sea.
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Perfect.
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Yes.
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That's a good place to go in the summer when the weather's hot.
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This brochure says that most children who go to westerly campsite love the animals they can see there.
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There's a special area where they can go and feed them.
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We might see some interesting birds too.
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Oh, and look, it says a farmer comes every day and you can buy eggs from him.
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Great for breakfast.
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I wonder if he sells other things like cheese, but it's not mentioned.
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I don't know.
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I think they grow a lot of fruit in that area, so he might sell that.
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Another thing I like about this campsite is that they let you make a fire.
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We could cook some sausages and sing songs around it in the evenings.
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And perhaps it would be a good way to meet other families there, too.
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Great!
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And it isn't too expensive – £6 per adult per night, £3 per child – but wait!
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Families of four can get it for £15 .75 a night.
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That works out even cheaper.
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Before you hear the rest of the 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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Let's look at a couple of other campsites before we decide.
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Yes, let's look at Snetton Forest campsite.
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It's even cheaper.
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Five pounds per adult and children under ten are free.
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They say it's a very good place if you're keen on fishing.
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And they even give you tips on where to go to have the best chance of catching some.
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I prefer walking or hiking, and so do the rest of my family, so I'm not sure that will attract us that much.
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Oh, look.
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It says you can rent a bike to go around the forest.
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I'd do that.
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And your children would like that too, wouldn't they?
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Absolutely.
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We could all go somewhere and have a picnic.
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Look, this is interesting too.
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At Snetton, they get all the children together to play football.
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Your children would love that.
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And your husband, Mike, plays too, doesn't he?
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Yes, that sounds good.
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Well, Mike's more into tennis, actually but I'm sure he'd be happy to be a referee if they needed one.
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Here's some information about Trent Valley Campsite.
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I've heard about this one.
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There's a festival near the campsite in June and it's really busy, so they say for families it's better in July when it's a bit quieter.
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Well, that would be just right for us because we have to go in the school summer holidays.
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Let's look at what it says about it.
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Oh, look, it's quite a long way to the nearest village.
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Eight kilometres.
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It's too far to walk.
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But this one has got an open -air pool, which we'd all love in the summer.
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And they have a little shop where you can buy basic things like bread and milk.
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That's really useful.
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And there's lots to do there.
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I think on Saturday night...
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That is the end of part one.
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You now have one minute to check your answers to part one.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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about starting a business first you have some time to look at questions 11 to 16.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 16.
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Good evening.
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My name is Arthur Jones.
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I'm very glad to have this opportunity to speak to you over the radio.
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The host asked me to give a talk about my experience of starting my own business.
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I can't say my business is successful, but there are some things that I want to share with you
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which I think will be helpful if you want to start your own company.
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I've talked to many young people and they told me that they are afraid of making mistakes when they start their business.
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What I want to say is that mistakes are very common, especially when you do something new.
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Mistakes can actually show you where you need to improve, so you can take actions about them and use the chance to learn new methods.
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This is a very important attitude you should have.
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Besides, most mistakes are not that fatal.
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Don't be too anxious when they occur.
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Next, I want to go on to talk about self -confidence, which is quite important in achieving business success.
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Being self -confident means that you can have faith in yourself and what you do.
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Self -confidence can be gained through hard work, even playing sports.
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However, sometimes self -confidence may make you ignore problems and even cause failure.
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Business leaders should remain calm and not take impulsive actions.
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I know that when people start their business, they have confusions.
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They don't know how they can be more professional.
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They read business journals or watch related videos, but these don't seem to help sometimes.
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My suggestion is that, instead of aimlessly trying many new things, they should always be committed to their goal.
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As long as they stick to it, they will not be easily distracted or confused by other things, and they are sure to get better.
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We will all meet difficulties, especially at the beginning.
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We can't always rely on ourselves to solve all the problems.
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I had a problem with marketing earlier this year.
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Luckily I found an expert to help me deal with it so there's always a way, but we should know how and when to seek help from these people.
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Business leaders have different kinds of styles.
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Some are very good at public speaking, others are very down -to -earth and have strong executive skills.
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But in general, they should be able to win the respect from their employees
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so that they can carry out their orders more easily.
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there are times
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when a company might face risks during such times leaders will need to take prompt actions
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and they can't always plan for distant future leaders should analyze
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and deal with the risks with caution if they bear this in mind there is always a way out
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before you hear the rest of the radio program you have some time to look at questions 17 to 20.
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Now, listen and answer questions 17 to 20.
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At the beginning of my business, I experimented with quite a few strategies, hoping to find out the best solution for my business.
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Here is what I found.
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At first, my company wanted to work out prices for the products and make them realistic.
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However, prices are always changing, so they can't be fixed.
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Another thing I always keep in mind is that leaders must stay committed to their jobs.
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Without enough commitment, you may easily give up when problems happen.
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I have some friends whose businesses didn't survive during difficult times it wasn't
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because they were stupid it was just a lack of commitment I can't always be sure
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that my products or services are better than my competitors
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but I pay attention to details
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and try to improve all the little things as they can actually make a big difference you might worry
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that you don't have a very clear
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and sophisticated business strategy personally I don't think it's a problem
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because you will be changing them all the time anyway in terms of support, at any stage we do need support from others to back up our business.
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The support can really make a difference.
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Before I started my business, my family helped me a lot, both financially and mentally.
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There were also people who gave me advice on how to run businesses successfully.
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However, these advice and ideas were not so practical to me, so I didn't really use them.
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Looking back, I felt lucky that I followed my own way of thinking.
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Also, I was short of funds back then, and I loaned money from the bank to start my company.
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I was grateful for that.
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That's what I want to share in today's program.
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If you have any questions for me, please send it to my email, which is...
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That is the end of section 2.
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Thank you.
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about their presentation on some dolphins which are unique to New Zealand.
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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, Mark.
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Thanks for coming around.
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Hi, Fran.
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No problem.
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We need to try and get this presentation finished.
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Mark, let's start with the way dolphins make sounds.
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Well, we all know that dolphins make clicking noises to communicate.
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Yes, they have tongues and larynxes as humans do,
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but what's really strange about the dolphin is that the sounds are focused through an extraordinary organ called the melon, which most other sea mammals don't have.
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So, shall I take over from there and speak about the different dolphin types?
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I want to share what we found out about those rare dolphins that are special just to New Zealand in particular.
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Yeah, great.
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Put the emphasis on them.
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The rarest of all is the Hector's dolphin, isn't it?
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They are endangered, aren't they?
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I think that's mainly because so many of them get tangled up in fishing gear, especially gillnets, and die.
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I know that some conservationists are worried about the impact of the tourism industry on dolphin numbers, but I don't think that's a problem yet here.
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Also, remember that this species has a very long reproductive cycle, so their numbers don't get replenished quickly.
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Yeah, that's really sad.
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But at least the New Zealand government established a sanctuary for them, didn't it?
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The fishing industry was against it, but I remember reading that the general public were very supportive of the decision.
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It was a consequence of a study done by some marine biologists.
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Having a protected breeding area has made a big difference to the dolphin population already.
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Yeah, I think their numbers have swelled to over 7 ,000
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in total with a tiny group of just 89 living down off Southland, nearly 2 ,000 living near Christchurch on the east coast and the biggest group surviving off the west coast.
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It's pretty wild country over there so I guess there aren't as many tourists and fishermen to disturb them.
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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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Thank you.
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twenty five to thirty
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okay so how do you suggest I structure my part of the talk
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well you could start with the common dolphin which inhabits the whole of the sea around New Zealand
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and once you've covered everything to do with them feeding and so on
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you could go on to the more unusual types the dusky dolphin is especially interesting
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because you know how all the dolphins travel in small social groups called pods
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While the dusky dolphins travel in pods as big as 800 members.
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And I think the duskies like to travel along beside fishing and tourist boats, don't they?
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Whereas the hectares dolphins are different in that they prefer to go in the wake of boats, that is, coming along in the rear.
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Yeah, they do.
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But they also dive down deep to avoid fast boats.
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Oh, let's not forget the Maui, because they are endangered too, aren't they?
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There are only 150 of them left and they inhabit only the western coastal waters off the North Island of New Zealand.
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Yeah, it's a pity.
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They also face problems because of their tiny size.
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Now the orca is actually a dolphin too, right?
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Yes, surprisingly.
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So I'll include that in my talk.
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People call them killer whales, but in fact they're not whales.
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They're a huge and very fierce type of dolphin.
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In New Zealand, Kaikoura in the South Island is the best place to spot orcas swimming by, so people mistakenly think that's where they live,
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but actually orcas cover vast distances.
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Let's not forget to mention the bottlenose.
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It's bigger than nearly all the other dolphins, even the common dolphin.
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Oh, but still not as big as the orca, right?
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That's right.
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Well, I think that's our presentation done now.
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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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Now turn to section 4 on page 7.
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Part 4.
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You will hear a man giving a lecture on his tyre recycling company to environmental science students.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40.
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You Thank you.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40.
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Good afternoon.
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I'm the Managing Director of Melectra Technologies and we are involved in recycling tyres from vehicles such as cars and trucks.
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This might not sound new or exciting, but the method we use is quite radical compared to traditional tyre recycling methods.
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We strongly believe that the business of recycling tyres is crucial, as amazingly, every month in Australia alone,
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the number of old tyres that are discarded exceeds 1 .5 million.
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And when you look at the figure globally, it is a staggering 1 .2 billion each year.
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For decades, various recycling methods have been trialled with varying degrees of success.
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In some cases, the solution was as bad as the problem.
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Incinerating tyres, for example, generates toxic fumes which are harmful to the environment.
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Breaking up whole tyres is energy intensive and produces a contaminated product with very little value.
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As a result, there was little incentive to get into the business because there was no profit in it.
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And yet, a tyre is made up of so many valuable components.
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And it is for this reason that we started trying out new recycling methods.
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In the end, our factory came up with a much improved system for recycling old tyres.
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The Melectra process is different for a number of reasons.
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Firstly, it is a lot cheaper to run because our machines are much more compact in comparison to traditional systems.
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This in turn reduces energy consumption.
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The wear and tear on the shredding equipment, which cuts up the tyres, is also reduced, as the tyres fed through them have already been softened.
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Costs are reduced by over 30 % using our system.
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And, significantly, our machines can handle a tyre of any size,
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from the smallest bicycle or wheelbarrow right up to the largest earth -moving truck.
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Most other processes can only handle car tyres.
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Our technology has proven to work
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and we have won many awards including the Australian Museum's Eureka Award
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and last year on a national TV program we were chosen as the invention of the year.
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Winning
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that certainly opened many doors for us with interest coming from 27 countries around the world including the United States and China.
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To cope with the demand, we will soon have 10 more factories which will operate 24 hours a day just to stabilise the current stockpile.
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We are passionate about taking this process further, and so we have chosen to dedicate 5 % of every dollar we make to research.
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In this way, we can ensure we are always the best in the business.
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So, let's look at the process we use, what we extract from the tyre in each stage of the process, and the uses that those materials can be put to.
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The first step of the process mechanically extracts the steel wires from the rim of the tyre.
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This high -quality wire can be cut into small pellets suitable for sandblasting shots.
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Next, after the tyres have been sliced into a number of segments depending on tyre diameter, they are chemically treated.
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This chemical treatment is essential as it removes dirt from the rubber prior to the rest of the process.
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The cleaning process also softens the tyres, making them easier to chop up.
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In the next stage, the fibre cords contained in the tyre segments are separated from the rubber using rollers.
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The fibres, which can include nylon and rayon, can be used as a reinforcement for concrete or they can be used to form plastic panels.
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Then, the rubber is cut up into very small pieces known as crumb rubber.
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For a tyre weighing 10 kilograms,
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Melectra can recover 7 .5 kilograms of crumb rubber that can be used to manufacture a range of rubber products, such as asphalt used in road making.
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It is also used as insulation in buildings, or something simple like tiles for the floor.
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Alternatively, any or all of this crumb rubber can continue through to the final stage.
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This final stage involves our patented Melectrovac machine, which uses industrial microwave energy.
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This changes the remaining rubber into hydrocarbon, which can be used to make three different products.
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We can cheaply produce activated carbon, which is usually quite expensive to make from new materials.
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It's used for treating water, as well as being an integral part of air filters.
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Secondly, as the carbon produced is very pure, in fact it's over 97 .4 % pure,
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we can crush it to form something called carbon black, which is used in the manufacture of batteries and also ink.
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Our process is very flexible and we can alter the quantity of each of the three products depending on demand.
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Finally, we can even use the hydrocarbon to make oil and we use this to generate electricity to power our own machines.
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It certainly helps to keep the costs down.
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And that's just about it.
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That is the end of Part 4.
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You now have one minute to check your answers to Part 4.
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Thank you.
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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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毎日15〜30分の練習で、IELTSスピーキングへの自信と実践的な英会話力が身につきます。
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シャドーイング(Shadowing)は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的:ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影(shadow)」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。
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