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IELTS Listening.
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Now turn to Section 1.
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Section 1.
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You'll hear a student phoning a student careers office about a job at a holiday resort.
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Hello.
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I saw an advert for holiday staff on the notice board and I'm very interested.
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Can you tell me something about the resort?
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Let me see.
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Yes, those jobs are at the Sandy Shores Resort.
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You may have heard of it, as it's quite well known in the area.
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I'm not sure.
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Where exactly is it?
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It's on Jameson Island.
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I haven't heard of that one.
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How do you spell it?
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J-A-M-I-E-S-O-N.
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It was named after a famous explorer.
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Oh, sounds interesting.
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Yes, it's a beautiful place and as it's a large resort they have vacancies in a few different areas.
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When would they want someone to start?
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It looks like the applications close by the 12th of May
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and they would need you to begin from the 11th of July.
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Oh, that's perfect.
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My exams finish on the 5th of July.
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Can you tell me something about the jobs?
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Well, first of all there is a vacancy in the Calypso Bistro.
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That's for a waiter.
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The work is quite easy, taking orders and serving meals.
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You don't need any experience as they will train you.
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That's good.
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They've also got a few vacancies in what is called the Guest Liaison Department.
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They are involved with the entertainment in the resort, especially the daily music shows and parades.
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They definitely need people who can sing.
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What's your voice like?
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It's shocking, but I can play piano.
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Would that be useful?
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I don't think so.
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They already have a band.
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OK.
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So what else is there?
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Among the most popular things for guests are the games and water sports activities, which take place on the beach that belongs to the resort.
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They are always looking for fit young people to help out with things like volleyball,
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surfing and cricket, but they definitely need people who have worked with children for that vacancy.
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Well, I coach junior basketball.
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Sounds great.
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Finally, there are vacancies in the reception area.
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You'd work as part of the concierge department, carrying bags to and from rooms.
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A requirement for this role is that you can drive.
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That might seem strange, but some of the villas are quite far away from the resort hub, so they have little golf buggies to take the bags over to them.
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I expect you'd like to know a bit more about the general benefits for staff?
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Yes, please.
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Do they provide free accommodation for staff?
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It looks like they only provide it to permanent employees, but staff don't have to pay for transport to and from the island,
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so you'd have to stay in Port Thomas, but there are plenty of cheap places there.
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What about meals?
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Yes, they're provided when you're on duty, so you would save money on groceries.
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If you are interested, we can set up an interview for you.
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I know the resort personnel manager wants interviews on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday here at the college.
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Which day would suit you?
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Can we do it on Thursday as I work on Wednesdays?
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Fine.
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Is two o'clock OK?
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Perfect.
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OK.
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I've booked you in for then.
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Is there anything I need to take to the interview?
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Let me see.
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Yes, you need to bring a CV giving details of your work experience and qualifications.
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and because they are planning on interviewing a lot of people, they've asked everyone to provide a photo as well so they can remember who is who.
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Do you have any questions?
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That is the end of Section 1.
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Now turn to Section 2.
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You will hear a radio talk by Peter Gentle, the organiser of an annual walk called the Tavy Point Walk.
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Today we're pleased to welcome Peter Gentle, who is organising this year's famous Tavie Point Walk.
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Can you tell us about the walk, Peter?
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Well, it's an organised group walk which takes place every year on one day in October, across some of the most beautiful scenery in the country.
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Just about anyone with normal fitness can do it, but we have lots of volunteer stewards who are posted at regular intervals along the way to offer help if needed.
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The walk is mainly aimed at families.
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We want to help people to walk with their children.
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It's healthy exercise, and it helps people get to know their local area better.
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Now, for those of your listeners who might be interested in doing the walk, it takes place this year on Sunday the 27th of October.
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It's 18 miles in length, so quite long, but we ensure walkers are very well looked after.
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We like to involve as many people as possible, and it's getting busier every year.
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For most of the walk's history, we set a maximum of 220 walkers.
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But this year, we've been able to expand to 280 because we've got a total of 50 volunteers to help us.
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You provide a lot of support then.
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We have to be pretty strict about arrangements, but we do what we can to help people.
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If someone arrives without proper clothing, we can help out from our stocks of waterproofs, for example.
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We don't just turn them away.
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The only time we do that is if people behave badly at the start.
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We also spend a lot of time fielding walkers' questions about safety, both before the walk and while it's going on.
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Do you ever cancel the walk for very bad weather?
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Yes, but it hasn't happened for several years.
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However, a couple of years ago, the organisers made a decision to cancel
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because we didn't get as many volunteers as we needed to act as stewards on the walk.
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The team felt really awful about it, but these things happen.
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If something does go amiss, we try to inform all walkers well in advance.
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Now, if any of your listeners are interested in joining the walk,
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they should go to our website at www.tavywalk.org and give us their details.
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It costs £4.50 each to enter, and that covers a bottle of juice and a hot pie.
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It also helps towards maintaining the 12 staff checkpoints at different parts on the route.
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About 90% of our walkers do complete the whole 18-mile route, but if you're not well or feel you can't go any further, just inform the stewards when you get to the checkpoint,
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and they'll organise transport to get you where you need to go.
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If you do complete the course, you are entitled to receive a badge.
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Now, unfortunately, we can't give those to you immediately on finishing.
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If you want one, you have to order it one week before the walk, and you'll get it by post two weeks after the walk.
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As long as you finish, of course.
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It may seem a strange system, but we found it works because only those walkers who really want a badge get one.
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What do walkers need to take with them?
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Good question.
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When you register for the walk, we send you a booklet with all the key information.
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But basically, we do say that you should be properly dressed.
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Now, it must be emphasised that this doesn't mean that you wear thick trousers like jeans.
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Lighter, waterproof apparel is better.
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Some people like to bring their mobile phones, but there isn't always a good signal.
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And remember, the checkpoints are there, so you can always rely on those.
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Some people asked if they should bring a torch, but frankly, they're a waste of space and weight.
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It's a relatively gentle, straightforward walk
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Another thing people ask about is refreshments Whether you carry things like high-energy drinks is up to you And finally,
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we say it's a very good idea to bring a rucksack But what size is up to the individual
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But as I say, there's full information in the walker's booklet Well,
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thank you very much, Peter That is the end of Section 2 Now turn to section 3.
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You will hear two students, called Charlie and Delia, discussing a joint assignment for their human geography course.
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Hi, Delia.
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Shall we get down to planning our assignment?
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We haven't got long now before the deadline.
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I know.
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And it's quite open-ended, isn't it?
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Just research and analyze data about energy consumption in a given region.
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Yes, and all we've done so far is check out a few likely websites.
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Shall we exchange ideas about those first? those first?
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Hmm, good idea.
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Let me look at my notes.
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Okay, I had a preliminary look at one or two websites.
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There was National Geographic.
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The thing there that struck me was a facility for creating tailor-made maps.
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We might like to use that when it comes to presenting our findings.
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Right.
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That would make some types of data instantly clear, I guess.
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Also, I checked out the United Nations website.
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That one had masses of useful stuff, only I couldn't get at it.
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I know.
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It was for subscribers only, right?
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And we don't want to get into that sort of thing.
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After all, it's not a major piece of work we're doing.
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Yes, I agree.
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I looked at the website of an agency called the Energy Information Administration.
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There were some population statistics there that we could use, But there didn't seem to be any figures for energy use,
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so that site would only be suitable to a limited extent for our purposes.
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I thought the British Petroleum website might be a good place to get information about energy use.
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Oh, good thinking.
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There was lots of data, actually.
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The only thing is, it went into more depth than was necessary for our assignment,
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and we'd have to collate a lot of the figures to arrive at an overview.
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So I didn't think it was quite what we were looking for.
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I also looked on the Central Intelligence Agency website.
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Hmm, I never had thought of that.
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Something worth noting.
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It seemed to be the only place I looked at that had data for this current year.
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Oh, right.
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I'm not sure about the websites I looked at.
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I didn't look carefully enough, I guess.
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And I also found stuff on the World Bank site, and that had figures going back quite a long way.
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Okay.
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Fine.
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We know roughly what we're doing, but have you got any more definite thoughts about what our subject matter should be?
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I think one thing we've got to be careful about is biting off more than we can chew.
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Yes, especially as it doesn't count towards our final assessment anyway.
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So, shall we just limit it to data about population size and energy consumption?
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How about if we add in one other factor, carbon emissions?
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I think it'd be interesting to see what the interaction between those three factors is like.
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Okay.
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But in that case, we originally planned to stick to countries in North and South America.
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But what if we narrowed it down further?
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I'd be happy with that.
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How about, let's say, 20 countries in all, the top 10 consumers of energy in the region, and also the bottom 10?
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Sounds good.
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And we can calculate per capita consumption and per capita emissions to allow valid comparisons.
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Actually, it would be interesting to look at a breakdown of the types of energy each of those countries uses.
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You know, how much coal, how much wind power, how much nuclear power, and so on.
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But we did just agree to restrict our data.
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I know.
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And then, what about the way we present our data?
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Our tutor said that's one of the things she'll be looking at in particular, especially our graphics.
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Don't you think a bar chart would be more effective than a set of tables with figures?
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It might, but I've got another idea.
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I'm keen to display our data on a map instead.
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We can easily find a software program to do that.
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Brilliant.
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Thanks.
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One last thing, Charlie, and then we better go away and get started.
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Who's going to do what?
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Your math is better than mine, so I'll volunteer to search out all of the raw data we need if you're prepared to do the necessary number crunching.
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OK, but can you get them to me as soon as possible?
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I'll do it tonight.
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OK, and I tell you what, since the graphics were my idea, I'll take those on.
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But do you mind doing the text?
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You've got a better way with words than I have that's
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okay with me as long as you'll agree to look over everything
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and give it the finishing touches before we hand it in
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it's a deal shall we meet at the same time tomorrow or
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that is the end of section 3 now turn to section
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4 you will hear a university lecturer talking to his students
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about an architectural studies assignment okay before this morning's lecture on
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successful design of public buildings I want to draw your attention to your next assignment
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so your assignment is on public monuments and by
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that I mean any structure or statue
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that is built to remind us of important events
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or of historic figures the assignment should be divided into three
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sections at the beginning of section one you should identify the monument you're examining
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and say why you've chosen it include a comment on whether you think the monument works by
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that I mean its success you may think it's wonderful you may think it's a public eyesore something
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that people hate looking at next you should also include in
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this first section information about where the monument was built its geographical site
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and also a a discussion of its social importance how relevant it was for the people of the time
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you should also include information on when it was built its historical background
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and make sure you illustrate the assignment appropriately too i shall expect
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that insert any plans you can find
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and make sure any photographs you use have captions and are clearly referred to in the text
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or they will be meaningless to end this section you should
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include something about the record of the person who designed the monument showing how the monument relates to his
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or her other work
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right in section two of the assignment you'll need to give a detailed account of the design
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and construction of the monument firstly i'll want to read about
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any particular influence you think is apparent in the design more often than not there will be something in it
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that links it to an established style classical greek for example
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or it may reflect a movement like bauhaus
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or art nouveau you decide secondly i want information about the choice of materials not only those
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which were used but reasons why they may have been selected from others
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that were available at the time
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and in the area where the designer worked next i'll want to mention of any particular skills
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that were necessary in the construction too the third section is the most important one
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here you'll go into much more critical detail to add to
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your own comments you'll need to carry out a survey for this section to be as comprehensive
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and rounded as possible ask yourself
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and others the following questions firstly was the reason for erecting
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the monument a valid one for example was it one
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that ordinary members of the public the man
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or woman on the street can readily relate to
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and did it justify how much public money it cost was it a waste
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or does it represent a sound cultural investment then think about its emotional impact
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when someone looks at it how do they feel
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angry sad indifferent and don't forget to consider how well the monument sits in its environment
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does it harmonize with it or does it clash with it
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and is that important does it add to the effect
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or take away from it right those guidelines should help oh
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and remember it is important to weigh up carefully how to
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make the maximum impact in this kind of critique within the
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number of words allowable you don't get extra marks for lots
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of factual information you get those for a well constructed analysis that's what counts
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and that needs to be based on your personal opinion that is the end of section 4.
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