Shadowing Practice: IELTS LISTENING PRACTICE TEST 2026 WITH ANSWERS | 13.10.2026 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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now turns to part one part one you will hear a man called tim
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and a woman called laura discussing preparations for their holiday first
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you have some time to look at questions one to six
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Transcription by CastingWords hear the recording a second time listen carefully
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and answer questions one to six our plane tickets arrived this
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morning it reminded me how much there is to do before we go let's write everything down shall we
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so we don't forget anything yes
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and last time we went away we almost forgot to collect our currency from the bank
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so let's start with that good thinking and wasn't there an appointment you said you'd got to cancel?
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Yes, the hairdresser.
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Thanks for reminding me.
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Can you write that down too?
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The shop will be closed now, but I'll do it first thing on Monday.
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Okay.
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Then starting on Tuesday, we've got to take the tablets we got from the pharmacy.
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We really mustn't forget to do that.
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We're not protected against malaria till we've been taking them for at least seven days.
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No, so that's really important.
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And what about shopping?
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There's still a few things we've got to buy the next time we're in town.
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We need some more sunblock, don't we?
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We've only got that factor 10 stuff.
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It won't be strong enough.
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I've already bought that, but what we do still need to get is sunglasses.
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The ones I've got aren't good enough, and I don't think yours are either.
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Okay, I've noted that down, and I think I'm going to get another bag too, just a small one.
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We always seem to come back with more things than we take.
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Should we get an extra lock for our suitcase as well
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just in case the one we've got breaks they don't seem
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to last long yes they are a bit flimsy okay right oh yes
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and we need an adapter for our electrical things your hair dryer
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and my shaver the plugs on them are bound to be
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the wrong type we could get one at the airport they
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always have them there well i'd rather get it beforehand
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so i'm writing it down and then i think that's it isn't it i think
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so as far as shopping's concerned
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but we also need to order a taxi to take us to the airport we should do
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that well in advance my sister left it too late
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and she had to take the train with
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that huge suitcase of hers i know she really struggled with
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it before you hear the rest of the conversation you have some time to look at questions 7 to 10.
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Now listen and answer questions 7 to 10.
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Now let's see, your mother said she'd come in regularly while we're away, so what do we want her to do?
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I'll write some instructions and we can give them to her tomorrow.
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Good idea.
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Well, the cat's the main thing.
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Okay, feed the cat.
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We ought to leave her the vet's details as well, just in case there's a problem.
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Yes.
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Have you got them handy?
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Hang on.
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I'm just looking.
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Yes.
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His name's Colin Jeffrey.
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Is that spelt with a G?
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Actually, it's J -E -F -F -E -R -E -Y.
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Quite an unusual spelling, isn't it?
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Hmm.
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And his number?
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077 -594 -128.
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It's a mobile.
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OK.
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And you should write down where it is.
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It's 4th Street, not sure what number, but it's next to the bus stop, isn't it?
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That's not a very good landmark, but it's on the other side of the road to the church, so I'll tell her that.
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Let's hope she won't need a vet anyway.
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Yes.
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Right, apart from that, there are the plants to water.
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Ask her to make sure they don't dry out.
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Oh, yes.
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And I've already mentioned a problem with the boiler, and your mum said she'd come round to meet the heating engineer and let him in.
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Yes.
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It's a lot for her to do, but we really need to get the problem sorted out.
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And the earliest date I could get an appointment was April the 30th.
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Isn't it the day after we go?
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Yes, we leave on the 29th, and she'll have to hang around till the job's finished.
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Oh, well, she won't mind, I'm sure.
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She likes helping people out.
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Yes, she does.
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Okay.
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That's it then, I think.
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Unless you can think of anything else.
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Not at the moment.
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Leave the list there, and I'll add to it.
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That is the end of Section 1.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Thank you.
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Before we move to the second section, if you want to practice IELTS speaking with teacher for free
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now turns to part 2 part 2 you will hear a
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speaker talking about saving energy in the home first you have some time to look at questions 11 to 12
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Now listen, and answer questions 11 to 12.
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many thanks for inviting me along to talk about saving energy
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in the home this is a key issue for many people who now find themselves on tight budgets
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so today i'd like to spend a few minutes going through
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some simple tips to help keep those energy bills to a
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minimum i'll start with some easy cheap ideas before talking about
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more major solutions later i think we're all aware of the importance of insulating our homes
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and although I'd advise you to get it done I appreciate
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it can sometimes be inconvenient to have building work carried out
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and though they're growing in popularity having solar panels installed on
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the roof isn't a cheap enough option for many of us to consider seriously.
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So what other steps can we take?
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Well most people will make a point of turning the heating down when temperatures outside rise,
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but they ignore other equally useful ways of saving energy when they're making dinner or doing their weekly laundry.
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Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 13 to 20.
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Now listen, and answer questions 13 to 20.
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If you're living in a relatively new apartment or house, you're probably blessed with a cosy, draft -free living space.
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But for those of us in older properties, the chances are there are gaps all over the place where cold air is getting in.
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Walk around your home and place the back of your hand around window frames.
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Can you feel cold air coming in from outside?
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Get down on your knees at the doors.
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Is there a draft at floor level?
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Fix these drafts with some cheap draft excluders and savings in heating bills will begin straight away.
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And are you using the latest energy -saving light bulbs?
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i'm not recommending you go around your entire property throwing out older ones
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and replacing them all immediately but next time a bulb goes make sure you buy an energy efficient alternative
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and what about heating
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if you have radiators in every room do you need them all switched on throughout the day
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if they're on timers set them efficiently.
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Then there's a laptop or your TV.
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Do you leave them switched on overnight or on standby?
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Don't waste money.
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Turn them off.
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And that goes for lights as well.
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You'd be surprised how many people leave them on when they go out.
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There are also guaranteed savings to be made in the kitchen.
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I'm always telling my husband not to overfill the kettle when he makes a cup of tea.
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Why boil more water than you actually need?
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When you consider how many times that kettle gets used every day, you'll appreciate just how much electricity can be saved by boiling what you need and no more.
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And the next time you're cooking pasta or potatoes, keep a lid on the pot.
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The water will boil much more quickly than if you leave it off.
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And if you've bought yourself a pressure cooker or steamer and it's sitting in the cupboard never being used, get it out.
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They're much more efficient than pots and pans.
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Now, the refrigerator and freezer.
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If the fridge is next to the cooker, it's having to work harder to stay cold.
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But as I'm giving cheap, easy solutions here, a kitchen redesign might be out of the question.
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Still, there are other energy -saving steps you can take.
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Keep an eye on the temperature control.
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We often forget to turn it down in the colder winter months
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when a high setting is unnecessary also remember to defrost the freezer frequently
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and try not to overfill it as this isn't the most efficient way of using it
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the washing machine is another potential money saver a lot of people wash at 40 degrees celsius
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but it's often okay to drop the temperature down to 30 degrees celsius with similar results
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and remember to either wash full loads or select the half load program.
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Again, a surprising number of people forget to do this.
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And is it really necessary to dry your clothes in a tumble dryer?
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If you have a garden or a yard, hang them outside.
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Or if you're drying them inside, get yourself a cheap clothes rail rather than hanging things over radiators, which robs you a valuable heat.
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Now, let's turn to some of the help our local council is offering to householders to save energy.
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That is the end of part two.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Now turns to part three.
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Part three.
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You are going to hear a conversation on rivers.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 25.
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Transcription by CastingWords the tape
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and answer the questions 21 to 25 please tell me about the current state of the amazon
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we have increased deforestation increased human population relating to deforestation
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and a role of fire in the amazon on a scale that's never been seen in history
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at the same time you can see progress in trying to counter that negative trend
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how do you see this we see this in the creation of national parks
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and indigenous areas and efforts to fund sustainable development activities for locals.
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We see both good and the bad, and it's going to be a race to finish.
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I understand that you started the minimum critical size of ecosystems project.
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Could you tell me about it?
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A number of years ago, it became apparent that those practising conservationists didn't have the scientific information available to properly design a conservation area.
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They didn't know how big it had to be, right?
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People were learning that as forests fragment, the fragments begin to shed species after they become isolated, so they end up becoming poor examples of what they had been.
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This relates to the size of the fragment.
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Do people still study this?
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Yes, there is a rich subfield of conservation biology that looks at the efforts of fragmentation.
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One of the consequences is a general policy response to set up protected areas that are fairly large,
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something on the order of 1 ,000 square kilometres.
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Now look at questions 26 to 30.
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As the talk continues, answer questions 26 to 30.
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Can you talk a little bit more about the forest fragmentation?
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As habitats are destroyed, they are accompanied by habitat fragmentation.
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So when 50 % of a forest is lost, the remaining 50 % being is not one large block,
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but smaller pieces, which makes the conservation problem even worse than saying that 50 % has been lost.
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And this affects not just forest, but species diversity, correct?
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In terms of species loss, we can't give you precise numbers about how many species are lost because of these fragmented landscapes,
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but we're beginning to get close to where we can make that estimation.
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And so one of the policy responses to all of this, beyond just trying to create large protected areas, is to try and reconnect the fragments.
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You've been active in many projects studying the Amazon region over the years.
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Can you tell us about that process of understanding the Amazon?
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When people first started looking at conservation priorities, there was not much information about the geography of plant and animal species.
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One of the first clues was an analysis done in 1969.
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This looked at bird species and found geographic clusters of species which occurred nowhere else.
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And those are priority areas for conservation.
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Was this when people began prioritising refuges?
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Yes, it was the first time that someone looked basin -wide at priorities, giving priority to so -called refugee in areas.
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Was this when the new trend to use geographic information systems, or a GIS, started?
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That was in 1990 after we worked out a whole set of biological
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and conservational priorities and produced a big map using GIS.
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What are some of the things that GIS does?
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Well, there are several advantages of using a geographic information system.
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First, you can continually update the system so that it's now a constantly changing picture.
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You can actually watch changes.
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Then you can include large amounts of data, including information about the vectors of development.
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Roads, railroads, pipelines, hydroelectric projects, etc. And finally, because it is accessible on the internet,
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it makes this information available to anyone who's interested.
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This 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 turns to part 4.
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Part 4 You're going to hear a talk on wild rice.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40.
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Now listen to the tape and answer the questions 31 to 40.
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Good morning.
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Today we'd like to talk about wild rice.
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Contrary to what many people believe, wild rice is not rice at all, but a grass.
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much of it sold in the world today is not even wild but rather cultivated varieties that do not occur naturally
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Wild rice is really an annual aquatic seed found mostly in the upper freshwater lakes of Canada,
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Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota in North America.
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Indians gathered wild rice before any explorers set foot on the North American continent.
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Early explorers were greatly impressed with the strength and hardness of the woodland Indians,
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and attributed their vitality to their ample servings of wild rice.
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Wild rice can grow in water as shallow as three or four feet along marshes and muddy waters.
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A tall plant, it grows to a height of eight to ten feet, with a long flower cluster.
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that reminds one of a narrow broom.
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The grains in their husks on the tall stalk look somewhat like oats.
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Truly wild rice is a challenging crop to grow,
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even today, it's very susceptible to failure due to weather conditions.
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If a heavy windstorm comes along just before harvesting, the seeds can be blown into the water, ruining an entire crop.
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Harvesting at just the right time becomes a matter of beating the birds to it,
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since wild rice is considered a delicacy by many birds living in the area.
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Other challenges include insects, disease, poor drainage and high waters.
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If the grains are too green, they are difficult to thresh or beat out of their husks.
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If left on the plant too long, even a few days too long, they fall off the plant into the water.
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Airboats have brought about recent improvements in commercial harvesting of the wild rice, while newer techniques for parching,
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winnowing and hulling have been a help in saving time and labour.
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Still, it takes about 3 pounds of grass seed to yield 1 pound of wild rice.
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Buyers should be aware of two types of wild rice, gathered and commercial.
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Foraged, or hand -harvested, wild rice is gradually being pushed out of the market by hybrid commercial varieties.
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Hand -harvested wild rice makes up less than 20 % of the market today.
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Heirloom varieties of this foraged grain still exist.
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In fact, it is the only heirloom grain sold commercially.
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However, package labels can be deceiving.
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Though the label may read Indian harvested or organic,
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the product may be hybridised wild rice placed in freshwater lakes and gathered by Indians in airboats.
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Hand -harvested, organic and from the Great Lakes region is the real thing, with superior flavour and aroma,
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but it may be difficult to find.
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Though wild rice is one of the most expensive grains, it goes a long way.
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Some say that one pound of the grain can feed 30 people.
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To compensate for its high cost, try combining wild rice, half and half, with brown rice.
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For a truly colorful presentation, try one -third of each, white rice, brown rice, and wild rice.
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That is the end of part four.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “IELTS LISTENING PRACTICE TEST 2026 WITH ANSWERS”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: rice, wild, answer. This video has 254 sentences and 2859 words to shadow. The speech runs for 25:55. The speaker talks at a steady 110 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| harvest noun | /ˈhɑɹ.vəst/ | The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting. |
| grain noun | /ɡɹeɪn/ | The harvested seeds of various grass food crops, especially wheat, maize, rye, barley, and rice. |
| fragment noun | /ˈfɹæɡmənt/ | A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not. |
| fragmentation noun | /ˌfɹæɡmənˈteɪ̯ʃən/ | The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration. |
| boil verb | /bɔɪ(ə)l/ | To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas. |
| geographic adjective | /d͡ʒiəˈɡɹæfɪk/ | Pertaining to geography (or to geographics). |
| airboat noun | A flat-bottomed boat driven by an in-air propeller and used in shallow water. | |
| cooker noun | /ˈkʊkɚ/ | A cookstove. |
| deforestation noun | /dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/ | The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system. |
| forage noun | /ˈfoɹɪd͡ʒ/ | Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses. |
| heirloom noun | /ˈɛɚ.lum/ | A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations. |
| husk noun | /hʌsk/ | The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside. |
| overfill verb | To fill beyond capacity or beyond what is appropriate. | |
| radiator noun | /ˈɹej.di(j)ˌej.tɚ/ | Anything which radiates or emits rays. |
| freshwater adjective | /ˈfɹɛʃˌwɔːtə(ɹ)/ | Living in fresh water. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| carry out verb | /ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/ | To hold while moving it out. |
| come along verb | To accompany. | |
| dry out verb | To cause moisture to be completely removed from; to make dry. | |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. | |
| fall off verb | To become detached or to drop from. | |
| get down on verb | To come to be down (hostile to) regarding something. | |
| go around verb | To move or spread from person to person. | |
| go away verb | To depart or leave a place. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Can you write that down too?
- We need some more sunblock, don't we?
- Have you got them handy?
- Isn't it the day after we go?
- Can you feel cold air coming in from outside?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've already bought · I've noted · I've already mentioned |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | will be closed · are bound · are also guaranteed |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | people who now · pieces, which makes |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 68 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, isn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: fragmentation /ˌfɹæɡmənˈteɪ̯ʃən/, deforestation /dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/, freshwater /ˈfɹɛʃˌwɔːtə(ɹ)/, transcription /tɹænˈskɹɪpʃən/, estimation /ˌɛs.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: fragmentation /ˌfɹæɡmənˈteɪ̯ʃən/, deforestation /dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/, radiator /ˈɹej.di(j)ˌej.tɚ/, delicacy /ˈdɛlɪkəsi/, estimation /ˌɛs.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/
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 harvest, grain, fragment.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.