IELTS LISTENING REAL TEST 1 3

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0:01 good morning Riverdale preschool Sally
0:03 speaking hello my name's Robert I've got
0:06 a four-year-old daughter called Susie
0:08 and I'd like to get some information
0:09 about your preschool please sure Robert
0:13 well Susie is the right age we take
0:15 three and four-year-olds in classes of
0:17 20 students oh great and how many
0:20 teachers do you have we have two the
0:23 first group is taught by Mrs Oliver and
0:25 the second group is taken by Mrs Kio
0:28 just a moment I'll write that down could
0:30 you spell the last name please it's an
0:32 unusual one isn't it yes it's k e o g h
0:37 okay I've got that now I know the
0:40 children attend for two or three days a
0:42 week that's right the older ones like
0:46 Susie are here for 3 days which means 15
0:49 hours a week the younger ones the
0:51 three-year-olds attend 2 days a week
0:54 that's a total of 10 hours and what do
0:56 they do during that time well half the
0:59 the day is spent outside and the
1:01 children can run around and play games
1:04 with their friends or do a CALA activity
1:07 like painting for example we have a
1:09 great outside play area that we're
1:11 improving all the time yes we were
1:14 walking past the other day and Susie
1:16 noticed you've recently put in a new
1:18 slide haven't you yes we're really
1:20 pleased with it it's a big one and the
1:22 children love it and are you thinking of
1:24 adding anything else Outdoors well we
1:27 were hoping to build a playhouse but
1:29 that is too expensive so we're now
1:32 making plans for a garden where the
1:34 children will be able to grow flowers
1:35 and vegetables lovely and what else do
1:39 the children do well the other half of
1:41 the day is spent indoors this year the
1:44 children seem to be very interested in
1:46 music so the teachers are doing a lot of
1:48 activities related to that last year
1:51 there seemed to be more of an interest
1:52 in dancing well Susie would love either
1:55 of those the teachers May sometimes play
1:58 quiet games with the children
2:00 but we always make time for a story each
2:02 day it's a very important part of the
2:05 program here yes of
2:09 course before you hear the rest of the
2:12 conversation you have some time to look
2:14 at questions 6 to 10 on page
2:28 two
2:44 now listen and answer questions 6 to
2:50 10 now I'd like to ask you about the
2:53 fees if that's okay sure we actually had
2:56 to put them up this term I'm afraid yes
2:59 I heard from from a friend of mine that
3:00 it used to be $420 for the term but it's
3:03 just gone up to
3:04 $470 is that right yes we had to add the
3:08 extra $50 to cover costs things got a
3:11 lot more expensive last year I
3:14 understand and I think the fees are
3:16 still quite reasonable another school
3:18 I've spoken to charges $500 per term oh
3:21 really my friend also told me that his
3:24 daughter went on a trip to the local zoo
3:26 and that the cost of that was covered in
3:27 the fees is that right yes we did that
3:30 last year but we'll be going to a farm
3:32 this year instead we vary it so for
3:35 example we may go to the theater next
3:37 year okay it sounds like fun also
3:40 included in the price is membership of a
3:42 special Library children can borrow a
3:45 toy and keep it for a week and choose a
3:47 different one the following week it's
3:49 very popular what a great idea we would
3:52 certainly make use of that system if we
3:54 enroll now is there anything else I
3:56 should know well the children have a
3:58 rest here dur during the day and we make
4:01 up a little bed for them with sheets and
4:03 blankets but we advise parents to pack a
4:06 pillow in the child's bag as we don't
4:08 provide one okay I'll make a note of
4:10 that so what should I do if I want to
4:13 come and look around the school during
4:15 the day and meet the staff the best
4:17 thing is to call the teacher on the
4:19 classroom mobile and she'll tell you
4:21 which time is best to visit shall I give
4:23 you the number yes please okay it's
4:27 0914 638
4:30 520 thanks for all your help Sally and
4:32 we hope to see you soon no problem bye
4:35 for
4:38 now that is the end of section one you
4:41 now have half a minute to check your
4:51 answers now listen carefully and answer
4:54 questions 11 to
4:58 15
5:00 hi thanks for coming along my name is
5:03 Marissa and I'm going to tell you a bit
5:05 about finding part-time jobs not
5:08 everybody wants to work when they're
5:09 studying and as this is your first year
5:12 you may feel that you've quite enough to
5:14 do as it is but you may change your mind
5:17 or find that you need to earn some extra
5:19 cash however if you are a student from
5:22 overseas there may be particular
5:24 conditions attached to working in this
5:27 country so you should check with the
5:28 staff at the center before applying for
5:30 a job right now the university has its
5:34 own job center on the campus well
5:37 actually it's not on this main hilston
5:40 campus it's based in the student
5:42 services building on the campus called
5:45 Woodside spelled w o o
5:50 DSi d e the center works on a dropin
5:54 basis which means that you don't have to
5:56 make an appointment it's open 6 days a
5:58 week Monday to Saturday and 9 hours a
6:01 day from 10:00 in the morning until 8 at
6:04 night the center is run by other
6:06 students but a professional employment
6:08 lawyer is on hand every Tuesday if you
6:10 want any advice about your job there may
6:13 be a cue in which case you will have to
6:15 wait so make sure you allow plenty of
6:18 time part-time jobs become available
6:20 almost every day and they are advertised
6:23 on the University website which you can
6:25 access through the library if the
6:27 computer center is closed
6:29 you should check things daily and if you
6:31 see a job which interests you call in at
6:34 the
6:37 center before you hear the rest of the
6:39 talk you have some time to look at
6:42 questions 16 to 20 on page
6:58 four
7:11 now listen and answer questions 16 to
7:18 20 there's a good variety of jobs on
7:20 offer in the University itself just now
7:23 for example they're looking for people
7:25 to check that all the vehicles using the
7:27 university car Parks have got upto-date
7:30 permits office jobs rarely come up but
7:33 in future the university is hoping to be
7:35 able to offer jobs in the It Center
7:38 there are also recruitment open days
7:41 which are held regularly during the year
7:43 when local employers come into the
7:45 university to recruit students for
7:48 part-time work within their company
7:51 these two-day events are scheduled well
7:53 in advance each term and are advertised
7:56 in the usual places of course part-time
7:59 work is useful to supplement your income
8:02 but it's also a valuable way of building
8:04 up an employment record that reflects
8:06 your skills and
8:08 capabilities one of the most common
8:10 complaints of graduates leaving
8:12 University is that many jobs require
8:15 proven experience so those applicants
8:18 who have evidence of part-time work on
8:19 their CV often have an advantage the job
8:23 center advertises jobs which will give
8:25 you skills such as using word processing
8:27 packages spreadsheet or supervisory
8:31 skills so if you have to work use the
8:34 opportunity to develop skills which will
8:36 help you secure a job in the
8:38 future now what about the financial side
8:41 of things well students who work
8:44 part-time can no longer expect to be
8:46 paid cash an employer will deduct tax
8:49 from what you earn but depending on your
8:51 own individual circumstances and how
8:54 much you earn in a year you should be
8:56 able to reclaim some of this you may
8:58 also have to contribute towards an
9:00 insurance scheme but you must ask your
9:03 employer about these deductions you
9:05 should also check whether you will be
9:07 paid weekly or monthly and if you work
9:10 extra hours what your overtime rate will
9:13 be it's also necessary to make sure that
9:16 your employer knows that you may only be
9:18 able to work during term time
9:21 communication between you and your
9:22 employer is very important but don't
9:24 expect all employers to use email if you
9:28 are ill or cannot get into work for
9:30 whatever reason make sure your employer
9:33 knows in good time that shouldn't be a
9:36 problem now that everyone has a mobile
9:38 phone and if you decide to leave the job
9:41 you should make sure you put this in
9:42 writing some employers require A month's
9:45 notice even for a part-time
9:48 job so what sort of work can you expect
9:51 to find well as I said earlier there is
9:57 a that is the end end of section two you
10:01 now have half a minute to check your
10:04 [Music]
10:12 answers now listen carefully and answer
10:15 questions 21 to
10:20 26 hello John come in and sit down
10:25 you're here to discuss your research
10:27 project are you yes I we've more or less
10:29 decided what to do but I'd like your
10:32 opinion fine you've chosen a topic yes I
10:36 want to look at how people use public
10:38 services in their local area things like
10:41 parks and swimming pools right well the
10:44 kind of information you'll get is very
10:47 useful for town planning of course do
10:49 you have a special interest in public
10:51 services not really it's just that I
10:54 found a report in the college library
10:56 about an investigation that was done 10
10:59 10 years ago and I thought it' be
11:01 interesting to do a parallel one H 10
11:04 years is a relatively short space of
11:06 time what do you expect to find do you
11:09 think things will be more or less the
11:11 same as before I think there'll be some
11:14 differences for example I think the
11:16 number of people going to the library
11:19 will have
11:20 decreased and I'd guess that older
11:22 people are using the sports center more
11:24 often than they used to fine so those
11:28 are your hypoth es now what sort of data
11:32 are you going to use I was thinking of
11:34 using official records from the
11:37 management or the local Council and
11:40 analyzing them they should be easy to
11:42 obtain I don't think that sort of
11:45 information would be confidential yes
11:47 you're probably right there might not be
11:50 as much information as you'd like but it
11:52 is certainly be the easiest kind of data
11:55 to work with but have you considered
11:57 using a questionnaire as well it's okay
12:00 to get data from more than one source
12:03 absolutely it's a bonus you've already
12:06 done the module on questionnaire design
12:09 haven't you and it'll be good to get
12:11 experience because next year you'll have
12:13 to do something similar for your final
12:16 dissertation on a bigger scale okay and
12:19 what are the variables you'll be looking
12:21 at are you going to look at people's
12:24 level of Education whether they have a
12:26 degree for example I hadn't planned to
12:29 do you think I should well you might see
12:32 some interesting patterns okay and
12:35 that'll tie in nicely with my plans to
12:37 analyze the kind of work people do H
12:40 what about the size of your sample have
12:43 you got any thoughts on the number of
12:44 questionnaires you might send out the
12:46 previous study surveyed 120 people I
12:50 don't think I can really analyze more
12:52 than 50 working by myself so I should
12:55 probably distribute about 80
12:57 questionnaires all together to allow for
13:00 wastage do you think that's enough
13:02 definitely I know that your project
13:04 guidelines recommend a minimum of a 100
13:07 but that's an ideal number and you're
13:10 working by yourself and anyway this
13:12 assignment is mainly about giving you
13:14 practice in research methods
13:19 right before you hear the rest of the
13:22 discussion you have some time to look at
13:24 questions 27 to 30 on page
13:48 six now listen and answer questions 27
13:53 to
13:56 30 and think of ways you can encourage
13:59 people to actually complete the
14:01 questionnaire for example to make sure
14:04 that your questions make sense you
14:06 should try them out beforehand okay
14:08 that's no problem my friends will help
14:10 good sometimes you get unpredicted
14:13 responses and you have to rephrase a
14:16 question and I know that you usually get
14:19 a better return if you deliver
14:20 questionnaires in person but there'll be
14:23 too many but I could enclose a stamped
14:26 envelope for the return post
14:29 it's a bit expensive but I think it
14:31 would be worth it yes good some people
14:34 say that another way of increasing
14:36 returns is to make the questionnaires
14:38 Anonymous but usually people put their
14:40 names on anyway so I don't think that
14:43 would make much difference okay and can
14:45 you give me a bit more advice about the
14:48 questionnaire would it be a good idea to
14:50 have a short paragraph at the top
14:52 explaining what I'm doing and why
14:55 definitely and don't forget you'll need
14:57 to get a bit of information information
14:59 about your subjects what age group
15:01 they're in and perhaps how long they've
15:03 lived in the area so you'll need
15:05 questions for that uh yes I suppose that
15:09 will mean it takes a bit longer to
15:11 complete but uh should I give them my
15:14 phone number in case there's anything
15:16 they're not sure about I wouldn't if I
15:18 were you no okay and do I have to use
15:22 open-ended questions as well as closed
15:24 questions I know the books say it's
15:27 better to have a mixture
15:29 well it depends in this case I'd stick
15:33 to close questions the results will be
15:35 much more manageable like that if I
15:37 draft some questions tomorrow would it
15:39 be okay to bring them
15:43 to that is the end of section three you
15:47 now have half a minute to check your
15:53 answers now listen carefully and answer
15:56 questions 31 to 40
16:02 hello everyone I have an exciting
16:04 announcement to make the university has
16:07 decided to enter an international
16:09 competition next year and we are going
16:12 to need some enthusiastic undergraduates
16:14 to help us with the project the
16:17 competition is to make an automated
16:20 vehicle a kind of robot that will be
16:23 able to move quickly and accurately on
16:26 its own all all the vehicles will then
16:29 enter a race which will take place here
16:32 in the US so the engineering school will
16:35 be collaborating with the computer
16:37 science department and possibly the
16:39 automotive design Department although
16:42 that's yet to be
16:43 confirmed what they have to do is try to
16:46 design an automated vehicle which will
16:48 be able to complete the
16:50 course to give you an idea of how tough
16:53 this race is one vehicle last year only
16:57 managed 12 12 km of the 280 km stretch
17:02 of California desert that forms the
17:05 racetrack the vehicles in the race must
17:08 cover the whole distance without a human
17:11 driver and quite autonomously identify
17:15 and steer around corners and avoid
17:18 unexpected hazards things like rocks for
17:21 example it's a challenging task because
17:25 there are lots of obstacles of this kind
17:27 along the Route
17:30 as I said in last year's event the most
17:32 successful vehicle only drove 12 kilm
17:36 then its team decided to deactivate it
17:38 because it had gotten too near a
17:40 cliff in the race held earlier this year
17:44 there still wasn't a winner but they did
17:46 much better and there was one design
17:49 which we will be analyzing carefully in
17:52 seminars its strength was in its onboard
17:56 technology that particular particular
17:58 vehicle built a three-dimensional
18:00 picture of its surroundings using video
18:03 cameras and
18:04 lasers it was equipped with seven laptop
18:08 computers which analyze the incoming
18:10 information 10 times a second and it
18:14 drove along at a comfortable 55 km per
18:18 hour the design details have been
18:21 published so we hope to learn from them
18:24 and go on to make ours even better for
18:26 next year's competition
18:29 the competition is open to all
18:31 universities and there's a prize of $2
18:34 million for the winner but it's really
18:37 about more than that the sponsors are
18:40 hoping to see Innovative design ideas
18:43 that they can transfer into commercial
18:45 production you'll get a lot out of this
18:47 project as well in terms of working as a
18:50 team and broadening your knowledge of
18:52 the
18:53 subject the key to Winning is unlikely
18:56 to be anything to do with what the
18:58 vehicle looks like programming skills
19:01 will decide who eventually wins first
19:04 prize the design will need technological
19:07 expertise in this area above all and
19:10 that's what the team who work on the
19:12 project will need to focus on I'll be
19:15 handing out some scientific reports
19:17 about this year's vehicle
19:19 shortly it's interesting to read that
19:21 even after months and months of planning
19:24 building and trials many of the teams
19:27 were amazed Ed that the vehicles did
19:30 what they wanted them to do at all
19:32 because so many things can go wrong on
19:34 the day so even though no vehicle
19:37 actually completed the course they were
19:40 pleased they got as far as they
19:46 did right if any of you are interested
19:49 this is the plan of action keep an eye
19:52 on the main notice board for
19:55 details firstly at the beginning of may
19:58 we will'll be scheduling a seminar to
20:00 introduce the project to anyone who
20:01 might be
20:02 interested later in the month We'll be
20:05 asking you to submit a short essay
20:07 letting us know why you feel you should
20:10 be chosen to take part in the project
20:13 you'll need to tell us about any
20:15 particular skills that you have and can
20:17 bring to the team and any experience you
20:20 may have had in the field then in June
20:24 we're organizing a trip to a factory to
20:26 chat over some design con considerations
20:29 with Specialists there who have kindly
20:31 agreed to act as consultants throughout
20:33 the project then at the beginning of the
20:36 next semester in September we thought
20:39 we'd hold a weekend Workshop to share
20:41 ideas and see computer AED design
20:45 demonstrations we have a brand new
20:47 package which sponsors have kindly
20:49 financed you'll need to be able to use
20:51 it with confidence before we
20:54 start in December We'll be asking you to
20:57 submit your outline designs and the
20:59 following month we'll choose the team
21:02 and start work in
21:04 Earnest okay it sounds like a lot of fun
21:08 but it will also require serious
21:10 commitment so please think this through
21:13 carefully some handouts are coming
21:15 around now any
21:20 questions that is the end of section
21:23 four you now have half a minute to check
21:26 your answers