Shadowing Practice: Cambridge IELTS 11 | Listening Test 4 Section 2 | Audio, Questions, Answer Key and Transcript - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Section 2 You will hear a guide at an art museum talking to a group of visitors.

First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 16.

Thank you.

Good morning and welcome to the museum, one with a remarkable range of exhibits which I'm sure you'll enjoy.

My name's Greg and I'll tell you about the various collections as we go around.

But before we go, let me just give you a taste of what we have here.

Well, for one thing, we have a fine collection of 20th and 21st century paintings, many by very well-known artists.

I'm sure you'll recognize several of the paintings.

This is the gallery that attracts the largest number of visitors, so it's best to go in early in the day before the crowds arrive.

Then there are the 19th century paintings.

The museum was opened in the middle of that century, and several of the artists each donated one work to get the museum started, as it were.

So they're of special interest to us.

We feel closer to them than to other works.

The sculpture gallery has a number of fine exhibits, but I'm afraid it's currently closed for refurbishment.

You'll need to come back next year to see it properly, but a number of the sculptures have been moved to other parts of the museum.

Around the World is a temporary exhibition.

You've probably seen something about it on TV or in the newspapers.

It's created a great deal of interest because it presents objects from every continent and many countries

and provides information about their social context, why they were made, who for, and so on.

Then there's the collection of coins.

This is what you might call a focused specialist collection

because all the coins come from this country and were produced between 2,000 and 1,000 years ago,

and many of them were discovered by ordinary people digging their gardens and donated to the museum.

All our porcelain and glass was left to the museum by its founder when he died in 1878, and in the terms of his will, we're not allowed to add anything to that collection.

He believed it was perfect in itself, and we don't see any reason to disagree.

Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 17 to 20.

Now listen and answer questions 17 to 20.

Okay, that was something about the collections, and now here's some more practical information, in case you need it.

Most of the museum facilities are downstairs in the basement, so you go down the stairs here.

When you reach the bottom of the stairs, you'll find yourself in a sitting area, with comfortable chairs and sofas,

where you can have a rest before continuing your exploration of the museum.

We have a very good restaurant which serves excellent food all day in a relaxing atmosphere.

To reach it, when you get to the bottom of the stairs, go straight ahead to the far side of the sitting area, then turn right into the corridor.

You'll see the door of the restaurant facing you.

If you just want a snack or if you'd like to eat somewhere with facilities for children, we also have a café.

When you reach the bottom of the stairs, you'll need to go straight ahead, turn right into the corridor, and the cafe is immediately on the right.

And talking about children, there are baby-changing facilities downstairs.

Cross the sitting area, continue straight ahead along the corridor on the left, and you and your baby will find the facilities on the left-hand side.

The cloakroom, where you should leave coats, umbrellas, and any large bags, is on the left-hand side of the sitting area.

It's through the last door before you come to the corridor.

There are toilets on every floor, but in the basement, they're the first rooms on the left when you get down there.

Okay, now if you've got anything to leave in the cloakroom, please do that now, and then we'll start our tour.

That is the end of Section 2.

You now have half a minute to check your answers.

Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Cambridge IELTS 11”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: museum, collection, corridor, stairs, facilities. This video has 45 sentences and 699 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:34. The speaker talks at a steady 125 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
corridor noun	/ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/	A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
stairs noun	/ˈstɛɹz/	A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.
cloakroom noun	/ˈkləʊkɹʊm/	A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club.
downstairs adverb	/daʊnˈstɛɹz/	Down the stairs.
sculpture noun	/ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ/	A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
visitor noun	/ˈvɪzɪtɚ/	Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest.
donate verb	/ˈdoʊˌneɪt/	To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.
exhibit verb	/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/	To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
basement noun	/ˈbeɪsmənt/	A floor of a building below ground level.
coin noun	/ˈkoɪ̯n/	A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
collections noun	/kəˈlɛkʃənz/	A state being beyond merely past due.
refurbishment noun		The act of refurbishing; a renovation.
porcelain noun	/ˈpɔɹs(ə)lɪn/	A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial…
sofa noun	/ˈsoʊ̯fə/	An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people.
umbrella noun	/ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/	A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
come back verb		To return to a place.
get down verb	/ɡɛt ˈdaʊn/	To bring or come down; to descend; to cause to bring or come down.
go around verb		To move or spread from person to person.
go down verb		To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	was opened · have been moved · were made
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	have been moved · You've probably seen

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 18 contractions and reduced forms, such as you'll, I'm, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: collections /kəˈlɛkʃənz/, exploration /ˌɛkspləˈɹeɪʃən/, specialist /ˈspɛʃəlɪst/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like corridor, stairs, cloakroom.

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