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Part 4.
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You will hear a student giving a presentation about a type of tree known as the eucalyptus, which is common in Australia.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40.
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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 the eucalyptus tree.
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This is a very common tree here in Australia, where it's also sometimes called the gum tree.
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First, I'm going to talk about why it's important, then I'm going to describe some problems it faces at present.
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Right, well, the eucalyptus tree is an important tree for lots of reasons.
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For example, it gives shelter to creatures like birds and bats,
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and these and other species also depend on it for food,
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particularly the nectar from its flowers. So it supports biodiversity.
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It's useful to us humans too because we can kill germs with a disinfectant made from oil extracted from eucalyptus leaves.
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The eucalyptus grows all over Australia and the trees can live for up to 400 years.
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So it's alarming that all across the country numbers of eucalyptus are falling because the trees are dying off prematurely.
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So what are the reasons for this?
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One possible reason is disease.
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As far back as the 1970s, the trees started getting a disease called mundula yellows.
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The tree's leaves would gradually turn yellow, then the tree would die.
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It wasn't until 2004 that they found the cause of the problem was lime,
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or calcium hydroxide to give it its proper chemical name, which was being used in the construction of roads.
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The lime was being washed away into the ground and affecting the roots of the eucalyptus trees nearby
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What it was doing was preventing the trees from sucking up the iron they needed for healthy growth
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When this was injected back into the affected trees they immediately recovered
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But this problem only affected a relatively small number of trees By 2000,
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huge numbers of eucalyptus were dying along Australia's east coast of
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a disease known as bell minor -associated dieback The bell minor is a bird
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and the disease seems to be common where there are high populations of bell minors Again,
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it's the leaves of the trees that are affected What happens is
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that insects settle on the leaves and eat their way round them, destroying them as they go, and at the same time,
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they secrete a solution which has sugar in it.
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The bell miner birds really like this solution, and in order to get as much as possible,
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they keep away other creatures that might try to get it.
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So these birds and insects flourish at the expense of other species,
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and eventually so much damage is done to the leaves that the tree dies.
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But experts say that trees can start looking sick before any sign of bell minor -associated dieback.
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So it looks as if the problem might have another explanation.
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One possibility is that it's to do with the huge bushfires that we have in Australia.
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A theory proposed over 40 years ago by ecologist William Jackson is
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that the frequency of bushfires in a particular region affects the type of vegetation that grows there.
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If there are very frequent bushfires in a region, this encourages grass to grow afterwards,
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while if the bushfires are rather less frequent, this results in the growth of eucalyptus forests.
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So why is this?
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Why do fairly frequent bushfires actually support the growth of eucalyptus?
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Well, one reason is that the fire stops the growth of other species which would consume water needed by eucalyptus trees. And there's another reason.
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If these other quick -growing species of bushes and plants are allowed to proliferate,
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they harm the eucalyptus in another way by affecting the composition of the soil and removing nutrients from it.
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So some bushfires are actually essential for the eucalyptus to survive as long as they are not too frequent. In fact, there's evidence
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that Australia's indigenous people practised regular burning of bushland for thousands of years before the arrival of the Europeans.
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But since Europeans arrived on the continent, the number of bushfires has been strictly controlled.
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Now, scientists believe that this reduced frequency of bushfires to low levels has led to what's known as dry rainforest,
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which seems an odd name as usually we associate tropical rainforest with wet conditions.
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And what's special about this type of rainforest?
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Well, unlike tropical rainforest, which is a rich ecosystem,
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this type of ecosystem is usually a simple one It has very thick,
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dense vegetation, but not much variety of species The vegetation provides lots of shade
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So one species that does find it ideal is the bell miner bird,
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which builds its nests in the undergrowth there But again, that's not helpful for the eucalyptus tree.
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That is the end of part four.
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You now have one minute to check your answers to part four.
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Thank you.
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That is the end of the listening test.
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In the IELTS test, you would now have 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheet.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “Cambridge 15 Test 1 Section 4 Listening”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: tree, eucalyptus, bushfires, bell, species. Deze video bevat 63 zinnen en 845 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 9:04. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 93 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 83% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| leaf zelfstandig naamwoord | /lif/ | blad |
| frequent bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈfɹiː.kwənt/ | veelvuldig, frequent |
| vegetation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/ | vegetatie, begroeiing |
| frequency zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɹiːkwənsi/ | frequentie |
| lime zelfstandig naamwoord | /laɪm/ | limoen, limoenenboom |
| ecosystem zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/ | ecosysteem |
| insect zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɪn.sɛkt/ | insect, kerfdier |
| miner zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/ | mijnwerker, kompel |
| harm zelfstandig naamwoord | /hɑːm/ | schade |
| carefully bijwoord | /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ | voorzichtig |
| thick bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /θɪk/ | dik, dikke |
| wash werkwoord | /wɑʃ/ | wassen, spoelen |
| encourage werkwoord | /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ | bemoedigen, aanmoedigen |
| arrival zelfstandig naamwoord | /əˈɹaɪ.vl̩/ | komst, aankomst |
| explanation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/ | verklaring, toelichting |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | being washed · was injected · are affected |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | eucalyptus, which is · name, which was · solution which has |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | has been · has led |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 4 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, wasn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: thick /θɪk/, undergrowth /ˈʌndɚˌɡɹoʊθ/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, vegetation /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/, wash /wɑʃ/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, sheet /ʃit/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, vegetation /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/, ecosystem /ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, composition /ˌkɑm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: encourage /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/, afterwards /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/, arrive /əˈɹaɪv/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/, shade /ʃeɪd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: afterwards /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/, gradually /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəli/, extract /ˈɛkstɹækt/, calcium /ˈkælsi.əm/, practise /ˈpɹæktɪs/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: grass /ɡɹɑːs/, gradually /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəli/, undergrowth /ˈʌndɚˌɡɹoʊθ/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als leaf, frequent, vegetation.
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