IELTS Mock Test 2021 August

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Part 1: Question 1 - 10

1 King
2 Light
3 4 chairs/four chairs
4 King
5 European design

6 Dave Lane
7 Sunday
8 Credit Card
9 Truck
10 FG0418

Part 2: Question 11 - 20

11 north suburb
12 3,000/3000/
13 65 degrees/C/65 degrees Celsius
14 jewellery
15 SPA pools

16 Villa Part
17 Merry Water World/Water sports center/centre
18 Leisure Centre/Center
19 Sports Centre/Center
20 Restaurant

Part 3: Question 21 - 30

21 A
22 B
23 24 D,E
25 record
26 Presentation(s)

27 username and password
28 skimming
29 draft plan
30 proof-reading

Part 4: Question 31 - 40

31 satellites
32 speed
33 (the) sea ice
34 radar
35 difficult

36 time-consuming
37 (shades of) grey
38 (poor) internet connection
39 JPEG2000
40 laptop

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Part 1: Questions 1-10

Questions 1-5

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Your Best Furniture
Example Information about special offer	Answer Press two

ITEM	REQUIRED	PRICE
Bed	1 size	£189
2	White colour	£69
Dinner table	Round with 3	[£4:229\|229 pounds\|229 GBP@229/229 pounds/229 GBP]
Wardrobe	5	£399

1 Answer: King

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Q1: ______ size

Clerk 2: Yes. And what kind of bed do you want?
Customer: Do you have a king -size one?

+ This question provides us 2 information: this is a bed and the price is £189. And the missing information is about requirement, especially the size of the bed

+ First, the question of the clerk “what kind of bed do you want” is a suggestion for the answer

+ Customer’s answer is king –size.

+ Moreover, following information about the price 189 pounds can helps us surely confirm this is the bed as mentioned in Q1. So the missing word is king.

2 Answer: Light

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Q2: ________ White color £69

Customer: Yes. And I need a light.

Clerk 2: We have a set of white furniture.
Clerk 2: It is very cheap, only 69 pounds if you take the bed.

+ Q2 requires us to find out the item with White color and £69 in price.

+ At first customer said that he needs a light. Following information from above sentences, we can easily found that it is white color and the price is 69 pounds which match with information of the question.

So the item we are looking for is light.

3 Answer: 4 chairs/four chairs

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Q3: Dinner table: Round with ________	Customer: And with four chairs, not, six that’s better
+ For Q3, we need to find information about requirement of the dinner table. The customer stated that four chairs is better than six. So answer of Q3 should be 4 chairs/four chairs.

4 Answer: King

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Q4: Dinner table: Round with 4 chairs ________	Clerk 2: The domestic one is 229 pounds, but the imported one is 369 pounds. Customer: I will take the first one
For Q4, the price information is missing. When the clerk provided 2 different prices: 229 pounds and 369 pounds, customer confirmed to take the first one. So the price in Q4 is £229 as it is mentioned first.

5 Answer: European design

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Q5. Wardrobe: __________ £399

Customer: Really? I prefer a European design.
Clerk 2: You are so lucky. We've got a new one yesterday that just came from Italy.

+ Missing information is the requirement of Wardrobe with the price £399

+As the conversation, it is noticeable that this customer want to have an European design wardrobe through the sentence “I prefer a European design”

So we can conclude that European design is the missing information of Q5

Questions 6-10

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Customer’s Details
Name:	Daniel Kahn
Address:	Hill House 6 16th
Contact number:	4478 0135
Delivery time:	1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. on next 7
Total cost:	£760
Payment:	8
Delivery Fee:	Free
Delivery transport:	9
Reference number:	10

6 Answer: Dave Lane

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Q6. Address: Hill House _________ 16th

Clerk 2: Right. And your address?
Customer: Hill House, 16 Dave Lane.
Clerk 2: Could you spell the street name?
Customer: D-A-V-E.

+ The key word concerned in Q5 is address.

+ We can see the clerk’s question “And you address?” is an indicator to find out answer

+ The customer then provided the address detail which is Hill House, 16 Dave Lane and the spelling of D-A-V-E.

+ As we have already had information of Hill House 16th in the question, the missing words should be Dave Lane

7 Answer: Sunday

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Q7. Delivery time: 1:00 p.m – 2:00 p.m on next _________

Clerk 2: How about 1 p.m to 2 p.m on Saturday?
Customer: Sunday is better.
Clerk 2: OK. On Sunday.

+ From the question, we know that the answer should be a day of the week

+ When the clerk asked about delivery on Saturday, customer answered that “Sunday is better” and this information is reconfirmed by the clerk.

So delivery time would be 1:00 p.m – 2:00 p.m on next Sunday

8 Answer: Credit Card

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Q8. Payment: _________

Customer: OK. May I pay by credit card?
Clerk 2: Of course you can.

+ We can hear the question of customer “May I pay by credit card?” so credit card is payment term suggested by customer.

+ And the clerk answer “Of course you can” confirm that credit card payment is accepted so they will use this term for payment.

Therefore our answer for Q8 is credit card

9 Answer: Truck

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Q9. Delivery transportation: _________	We have a truck to deliver all your orders to your house next Sunday.
The clerk informed that they have a truck to deliver the cargo so delivery transportation is truck

10 Answer: FG0418

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Q10. Reference number: _________	Clerk 2: Can you take down your reference number? Customer: Yes. Please tell me. Clerk 2: f g 0418.
The customer is suggested to take down reference number and this reference number is fg0418, so this is what we should type.

Part 1

Part 2: Questions 11-20

Questions 11-15

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

TULIP HOT SPRING GARDEN RESORT

Location: 11 close to Peak Mountains

Hot spring was exploited 12 metres under the ground,

Temperature of Tulip hot spring is 13

Notice for tourists:

Adjust water temperature before bathing.

Do not bath immediately after drink

Do not take your 14 when bathing.

There are:

56 different water sports.

21 different 15

11 Answer: north suburb

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Q11: Location: ____ close to Peak Mountains

It is located in the north suburb near Peak Mountains

+ For Q11, we need to find out a location that closes to Peak Mountains.

+ In the conversation, the receptionist said “It is located in the north suburb near Peak Mountains”. So the north suburb is the location that we are looking for. As it should be no more than 2 words, the answer is north suburb

12 Answer: 3,000/3000/

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Q12: Hot spring was exploited _____ metres under the ground

C: Could you give me some introduction about the hot spring?

R: The millennium precipitation of the Tulip hot spring was exploited 3,000 metres deep under the ground

+ The customer asked receptionist to introduce about hot spring, this is a suggestion for Q12.

+ Then the information provided by receptionist is totally compatible with Q12: hot spring was exploited 3,000 metres deep under the ground so we can conclude that 3,000 is missing information here.

13 Answer: 65 degrees/C/65 degrees Celsius

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Q13: Temperature of Tulip hot spring is _______

C: That’s so great. How about its temperature?
R: It’s 65°C.

+ This question requires us to find information about Temperature of Tulip hot spring

+ In the script, when customer asked about temperature, the answer from receptionist is 65°C.

So the correct answer is 65 degrees/65 degrees Celsius.

14 Answer: jewellery

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Notice for tourists:

Adjust water temperature before bathing.

Do not bath immediately after drink

Do not take your _____ when bathing

R: There are some attentions about the hot spring

R: …. Adjust water temperature to one’s comfort before bathing.
R: And do not bath immediately after drinking and please take your jewellery off when you are bathing.

+ Firstly, we can see that information of Q14 belongs to Notice for tourists content or some attentions as the conversation.

+ As receptionist’s information, there are 3 points should be noticed: Adjust water temperature before bathing, Do not bath immediately after drink, and take your jewellery off when you are bathing.

+ The 2 first points are almost compatible with the question so the last attention is what we are looking for. The phrase take … off paraphrases for the phrase do not take in the question. So jewellery is the thing you should not bring when bathing.

So we can conclude that jewellery is the missing word of this question.

15 Answer: SPA pools

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There are:

56 different water sports.

21 different ________

R: Merry Water World has 56 different water sports for tourists. You can experience four different sauna rooms and 21 different spa pools

The receptionist introduced that there are 56 different water sports and 21 different spa pools. So we can easily found that spa pools is missing information here.

Questions 16-20

Complete the map below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

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16 Answer: Villa Part

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R: Now we are standing at the reception of the Main Hall. It is at the bottom of your map and immediately to our left is Villa Part. There are deluxe villas and suites which have their own hot springs.

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+ First, we have to locate position of the Main Hall. It is said that the Main Hall is at the bottom of your map and it is also marked on the map. So our current location is at Main Hall.

+ The receptionist said that immediately to our left is Villa Part, or Villa Part is on the left next to the Main Hall. Looking at the map, this is Q16 position. So for Q16, we should fill in Villa Part

17 Answer: Merry Water World/Water sports center/centre

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R: The large building with a big glass roof behind the Main Hall is Merry Water World – the water sports centre.

NOTE: According to the script, behind the Main Hall is Merry Water World and this is Q17 location on the map. So we can conclude that Q17 is Merry Water World. "water sports center/centre" can also be accepted.

18 Answer: Leisure Centre/Center

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R: On the top left of the map is the Leisure Centre

NOTE: It is described that On the top left of the map is the Leisure Centre. On the top left of the map, we can see Q18. So Leisure Centre is the correct answer for Q18.

19 Answer: Sports Centre/Center

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C: Great. And where is the tennis court?
R: It is in the Sports Centre which is located between the leisure centre and the Tulip Garden.

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+ The tennis court is indicated that in the Sport Centre that is between the leisure centre and the Tulip Garden

+ Looking at the map, Leisure centre is on top left of the map and Tulip garden is on top right. Between the leisure centre and the Tulip Garden is position of Q19. So the answer should be Sport Centre.

20 Answer: Restaurant

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R: Of course. The building next to Garden is the restaurant.

NOTE: As the receptionist’s description, The building next to Garden is the restaurant. In the map, Q20 is next to the garden. So answer for Q20 should be restaurant

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Part 2

Part 3: Questions 21-30

Questions 21-22

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

The conversation may take place in a _____________

A university.
B bookstore.
C canteen.

Answer: A

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The conversation may take place in a _____________

A. university.
B. bookstore.
C. canteen.

Welcome to the Study Centre of The Cardiff University

From the start of conversation, the Professor said “Welcome to the Study Centre of The Cardiff University”. So it is easy to determine that university is the location where this conversation takes place. Therefore we choose answer A. university for this question.

The topic of the first lecture is ______________

A local snack.
B study strategies.
C social life.

Answer: B

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The topic of the first lecture is ______________

A. local snack.

B. study strategies.

C. social life.

So we will have three consecutive lectures: study strategies on today, social life and local snacks on next Monday and Tuesday

+ It is mentioned by the professor that there are 3 topics and study strategies is the one would be talked about today. Remaining 2 topics (social life and local snacks) would be on next Monday and Tuesday.

So the answer for Q22. The topic of the first lecture should be B. study strategies

Questions 23-24

Choose TWO letters, A-E,

Which TWO main factors are important for students’ successful study?

A using time effectively
B doing researching
C taking more lectures
D working independently
E coping well with stress

23-24 Answer: D,E

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Which TWO main factors are important for students’ successful study?

Student 1: Do you mean we should read and think independently?
Professor: Yes. That’ the first important factor of being a successful university student.

Professor: Another factor is to overcome your stress

+ When the student asked “Do you mean we should read and think independently”, professor’s answer is “Yes” and he also confirmed that “That’ the first important factor of being a successful university student” so we can conclude that “working independently” is the 1st factor of students’ successful study.

+ Then professor continue with the 2nd factor: “Another factor is to overcome your stress”. We can see that coping well with stress in the question has same meaning as overcome your stress so this is the 2nd answer.

Because Q23 and Q24 don’t required about the sequence of 2 factors so for these 2 questions, we can choose D. working independently or E. coping well with stress for Q23 & Q24 in any order.

Questions 25-30

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS FOR each answer.

Listening to lecture	25 the lecture Prepare for lecture ahead check notes after lecture
26	PowerPoint Group work
Reading online materials	need a 27 approach: 28 method of analyzing
Writing essay	a good 29 do 30 before handing in

25 Answer: record

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25. Listening to lecture

+_________ lecture

+ Prepare for lecture ahead check notes after lecture

Student 1: How about listening to a lecture?

[…….]

Professor: OK. If you cannot keep up with the lecture why not prepare a recorder or something like that to record the lecture.

+ For Q25, we need to find information about Listening to lecture. The student’s question: “How about listening to a lecture?” is a signal for the answer of this question. So we will pay attention to the following information.

+ As professor’s suggestion, if they can’t keep up with the lecture, that can record the lecture. So the missing word in this case is record

26 Answer: Presentation(s)

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Q26. ________

PowerPoint

Group work

Student 1: Great. And how about presentations

Student 1: Should we use powerpoint?

Student 2: And can we choose a partner to do presentation together?

+ For this question we need to find out the topic of information about PowerPoint and Group work.

+ At the beginning, the student have a question “And how about presentations”. From the following conversation, we can hear that the students asked about “Should we use powerpoint?” and “And can we choose a partner to do presentation together?”. These information totally match with the information given in Q26.

So presentation(s) is the issue that they are talking about. We will fill Presentation(s) into the space of Q26

27 Answer: username and password

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Reading online materials

+ need a ________

Professor: Yes. But, you must have a username and password from The Computer Centre.

+ For Q27 and Q28, the missing information is about Reading online materials.

+ The Professor said that student “can read materials at the computer at home”, but they “must have a username and password from The Computer Centre.” So we can conclude that answer of Q27 is username and password.

28 Answer: skimming

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Reading online materials

+ need a username and password

+ approach: _______ method of analyzing

Professor: And usually you will have many academic journals to read, so a proper reading method is very important. [….]. The approach I use is skimming. It means to skim the book first to see what’s important and what isn’t.

The 2nd thing about Reading online materials is about method of analyzing. We can get this information from the professor explanation: “so a proper reading method is very important” and as mentioned by professor, “The approach I use is skimming”. So the correct answer of Q28 should be skimming.

29 Answer: draft plan

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Writing essay

+ a good ________

Professor: First you should make a good draft plan for writing, and pay attention to the deadline.

+ The Q29 and Q30 related to Writing essay

+ The question from the student: “How about the strategy of writing essays?” is an indicator for us about answers of these questions.

+ The first strategy that professor mentioned is “should make a good draft plan for writing”. So the space of Q29 should be filled with draft plan.

30 Answer: proof-reading

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Writing essay

+ a good draft plan

+ Do ________ before handing in

Professor: And before handing in your work to your tutor or department you should do proofreading first to check form, grammar, spelling and references.

The 2nd thing is before handing in, student should do proofreading. So it is easy to identify that the missing information of Q30 is proofreading.

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Part 4: Questions 31-40

Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

The Antarctic Polar View project maps Antarctic sea Ice by using 31

Problems to navigate through the water:

the safety of the ship

the 32 of the ship, the efficiency of the ship

NVSAT Satellite:

Collect data

Identify difference between open water and 33

Scientists can see surface of sea clearly by using 34

Helicopter:

Advantage: can map the sea in the air

Disadvantages:

much more 35

The colour of the map is 37

Problem of sending pictures in Antarctic ship: 38

Measure to the problem: com press images into 39 format

The equipment scientists need for mapping is a 40 on ship.

31 Answer: satellites

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The Antarctic Polar View project maps Antarctic sea Ice by using _______

the Antarctic Polar View project is using satellites to map the sea ice

+ It is easy to identify the information related to the Antarctic Polar View project at the beginning of Andrew’s introduction. Based on his information, “the Antarctic Polar View project is using satellites to map the sea ice”

+ So comparing with Q31, we can see that the missing word is satellites.

32 Answer: speed

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Problems to navigate through the water: the safety of the ship, the ______ of the ship, the efficiency of the ship

navigating through it is an important problem, not only in terms of the safety of the ship, but in terms of the speed of the ship , and the efficiency of the ship

+ Andrew said that “navigating through it is an important problem” which has same meaning as “Problems to navigate through the water” in the question so this is an indicator for the answer.

+ The following information is a list of problem. Looking at the question, “the speed of the ship” is missing information. So the answer should be speed.

33 Answer: (the) sea ice

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NVSAT Satellite:

Collect data, Identify difference between open water and _______

Therefore, we use a satellite named NVSAT which is a satellite that collects information and picks up differences in ocean surface roughness and that helps us to see the difference between open water and the sea ice

+ We can hear much information such as a satellite named NVSAT, collects information and difference between open water from Andrew’s introduction and these information is compatible with the Q33 so this is where we can find the answer.

+ From Andrew’s speech, the difference is between open water and the sea ice so the sea ice is correct answer of Q33

34 Answer: radar

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Scientists can see surface of sea clearly by using _________

Radar allows the Antarctic team to see straight through the clouds down to the surface of the sea

+ We can realize that “see surface of sea clearly” in the question is another paraphrase of “see straight through the clouds down to the surface of the sea” in Andrew’s speech. So from this clue, we can find answer for Q34.

+ Q34 requires the tool that can help scientists see surface of sea clearly. It is said by Andrew that “Radar allows the Antarctic team to see straight through the clouds down to the surface of the sea”. So radar is the tool that we are looking for. We fill radar into the space of Q34

35 Answer: difficult

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Helicopter:

Advantage: can map the sea in the air

Disadvantages: much more______,

Wherever possible we would use helicopters quite a lot and put them up in the air to map the ice [...] But it is certainly a much more difficult and time-consuming operation.

+ Q35 and Q36 are related to the Disadvantages of helicopters

+Andrew stated in his speech that when using helicopter, “it is certainly a much more difficult and time-consuming operation”, so it is easy for us to identify difficult is the answer for question 35.

36 Answer: time-consuming

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Helicopter:

Advantage: can map the sea in the air

Disadvantages: much more difficult, _______

Wherever possible we would use helicopters quite a lot and put them up in the air to map the ice [...] But it is certainly a much more difficult and time-consuming operation.

+ Andrew stated in his speech that when using helicopter, “it is certainly a much more difficult and time-consuming operation”. Since “difficult” is the answer for question 35, “time-consuming” must be the answer for question 36.

37 Answer: (shades of) grey

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37. The colour of the map is ________

The map was coloured in various shades of grey

+ The main key words of this question is The colour of the map which we can found in the sentence “The map was coloured in various shades of grey” from Andrew’s speech.

+ As his information, the colour of the map is various shades of grey. Because we can only fill no more than three words, we can fill shades of grey or only grey into the space of this question

38 Answer: (poor) internet connection

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Problem of sending pictures in Antarctic ship: ________

Internet connection in the Antarctic and on ships is notoriously poor.

+ Andrew said that “Internet connection in the Antarctic and on ships is notoriously poor” so he has to do many things such as compressing, cutting and deleting the images before sending them. So the problem is mainly the Internet connection.

We can conclude that Internet connection is the correct answer of Q38

39 Answer: JPEG2000

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Measure to the problem: compress images into _______ format	The normal way that we are doing this is by compressing the images into a format known as JPEG 2000
+ When Andrew is asked about how he solved the problem of sending pictures, he said that “The normal way that we are doing this is by compressing the images into a format known as JPEG 2000”. From this sentence, we can easily found that JPEG 2000 is the format that used to measure to the problem and it is the answer for question 39.

40 Answer: laptop

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The equipment scientists need for mapping is a _______ on ship.

We just need a laptop on the ships

+ From the position, we can see that missing word is a noun.

+ It is noticeable that laptop is the missing word hear from the sentence “We just need a laptop on the ships” by Andrew. So we fill the blank with word “laptop”.

Part 4

Change Audio Sources

SECTION 1

Clerk 1: Thank you for calling Your Best furniture Information Line. In order to deal with all calls effectively, we offer you a number of options. Please listen carefully and press your required number. If you want to know about our latest prices, please press 1. If you want to hear about our new special offers, please press 2. If you want to make a complaint, please press 3.

Clerk 2: Good afternoon. What can I do for you?

Customer: Good afternoon. I’d like to know some furniture prices.

Clerk 2: Fine. What about furniture would you like to know?

Customer: First of all, I’d like to know about beds. I’d like to buy a new bed.

Clerk 2: Yes. And what kind of bed do you want?

Customer: Do you have a king-size one?

Clerk 2: Of course. What colour do you like?

Customer: I prefer white.

Clerk 2: Let me check. Yes, we have a new one from France that came in last week.

Customer: How much is it?

Clerk 2: It is 189 pounds.

Customer: Do you have any discount at the moment?

Clerk 2: If your total cost is over 800 pounds you will get a 15% discount.

Customer: Great.

Clerk 2: Do you want this bed?

Customer: Yes. And I need a light.

Clerk 2: Where will you fix it in your house?

Customer: My bedroom.

Clerk 2: On the ceiling?

Customer: Yes. Oh, I hope it’s white too.

Clerk 2: We have a set of white furniture. How about the light?

Customer: How much is it?

Clerk 2: It is very cheap, only 69 pounds if you take the bed.

Customer: OK. I will take them both.

Clerk 2: Fine. And anything else?

Customer: I want to buy a new dinner table for my dining room.

Clerk 2: What’s your requirement?

Customer: Do you have a round one?

Clerk 2: Yes.

Customer: And with four chairs, not, six that’s better.

Clerk 2: Right. Round with chairs.

Customer: What’s the price of it?

Clerk 2: The domestic one is 229 pounds, but the imported one is 369 pounds.

Customer: The same style?

Clerk 2: Yes.

Customer: I will take the first one.

Clerk 2: OK.

Customer: The last thing I need is a wardrobe.

Clerk 2: Wardrobe? Oh, we have some new styles.

Customer: Really? I prefer a European design.

Clerk 2: You are so lucky. We've got a new one yesterday that just came from Italy.

Customer: Great. How much is it?

Clerk 2: It is 399 pounds.

Customer: A little expensive.

Clerk 2: Yeah, but it is white.

Customer: Really? That’s fine. I will take it.

Clerk 2: A good choice. Are you our member?

Customer: Yes.

Clerk 2: OK, can you tell me your details?

Clerk 2: Let me take down your details first.

Customer: OK.

Clerk 2: What’s your full name?

Customer: Daniel Kahn.

Clerk 2: Could you spell the last name?

Customer: K-A-H-N.

Clerk 2: Right. And your address?

Customer: Hill House, 16 Dave Lane.

Clerk 2: Could you spell the street name?

Customer: D-A-V-E.

Clerk 2: Fine. And your contact number?

Customer: 44 78 01 35.

Clerk 2: Well, what time do you want your furniture to arrive?

Customer: How about next week?

Clerk 2: OK. Morning or the afternoon?

Customer: Afternoon.

Clerk 2: How about 1 p.m to 2 p.m on Saturday?

Customer: Sunday is better.

Clerk 2: OK. On Sunday.

Customer: Fine. How much is it all together after the discount?

Clerk 2: Let me see. The total price is 896 pounds, after discount is… 760 pounds okay.

Customer: OK. May I pay by credit card?

Clerk 2: Of course you can.

Customer: Oh, does this price include delivery fee?

Clerk 2: Because you are our member and live not far from us, the fee is free.

Customer: That’s so great.

Clerk 2: We have a truck to deliver all your orders to your house next Sunday. Can you take down your reference number?

Customer: Yes. Please tell me.

Clerk 2: f g 0418.

Customer: Great. Thank you very much.

Clerk 2: You are welcome. Good bye.

Customer: Good bye.

SECTION 2

(R=Receptionist; C=Customer)

R: Good afternoon. How can I help you?

C: Good afternoon. I’d like to enquire about some information regarding your resort.

R: What kind of resort would you prefer?

C: I want a hot spring resort and it is better to have some indoor or outdoor water activities.

R: OK. Let me check. How about Tulip Hot Spring Garden Resort?

C: Tell me some details, please.

R: Fine. It is located in the north suburb near Peak Mountains. Covering about 66 acres of green land with refreshing environment, the resort provides various kinds of facilities for sports, entertainment, leisure and meetings. And the best part is its hot spring.

C: Great. Could you give me some introduction about the hot spring?

R: The millennium precipitation of the Tulip hot spring was exploited 3,000 metres deep under the ground. It is sulphur hot spring. The major ingredient is sulphur.

C: I heard that sulphur when it is sterilized, it’s harmless to the human body.

R: Yes. It plays a significant role in softening the skin, hydrating the skin and beautifying the skin. It can lower blood pressure and reduce blood fat.

C: That’s so great. How about its temperature?

R: It’s 65°C. There are some attentions about the hot spring.

C: Attentions?

R: Yes. The hot spring water contains various minerals which come out. First in black colour, change to clear water afterwards with a mineral smell. Adjust water temperature to one’s comfort before bathing.

C: OK.

R: And do not bath immediately after drinking and please take your jewellery off when you are bathing.

C: Fine. How about water activities?

R: Merry Water World has 56 different water sports for tourists. You can experience four different sauna rooms and 21 different spa pools. For a change, one can try the standard swimming pool, tennis courts and the bowling.

C: Can you tell me the location?

R: Let me show you the map of the resort.

C: Fine.

R: Now we are standing at the reception of the Main Hall. It is at the bottom of your map and immediately to our left is Villa Part. There are deluxe villas and suites which have their own hot springs.

C: Fine.

R: The large building with a big glass roof behind the Main Hall is Merry Water World – the water sports centre.

C: Yes. I know.

R: On the top left of the map is the Leisure Centre. There are sauna baths for women, 4D movie theatre, a kids room, video games room, a VIP room, a tea house and a beauty salon.

C: Great. And where is the tennis court?

R: It is in the Sports Centre which is located between the leisure centre and the Tulip Garden.

C: Tulip Garden?

R: Yes. You can appreciate the beautiful tulips in the garden.

C: Fine. Can you tell me what kinds of sports are there in the centre?

R: There is a tennis court, badminton, table tennis, shooting, arrow shooting, and climbing.

C: Do you have a restaurant?

R: Of course. The building next to Garden is the restaurant.

C: What dishes does it serve?

R: We have French food, Spanish food, Indian food and Chinese food.

C: Oh. That’s so great.

R: If you want to book a villa, please fill in the form.

C: Thank you very much.

R: You are welcome.

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Professor: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Study Centre of The Cardiff University. I am Professor Jody, your student study consultant. I know as a new student you will meet some troubles with your studies and life. So we will have three consecutive lectures: study strategies on today, social life and local snacks on next Monday and Tuesday. I will introduce you to some study skills and answer your questions. Well, first of all, let’s talk about some of factors which can affect your study. What problems do you meet as a freshman?

Student 1: Yes, professor, what’s the biggest difference between university and middle school regarding study?

Professor: A good question. I think the biggest difference is that a university student will have to do a lot of work on their own, such as doing research.

Student 1: Do you mean we should read and think independently?

Professor: Yes. That’ the first important factor of being a successful university student.

Student 2: Fine.

Student 1: How about taking more lectures? I heard that they can help our studies. Is that right?

Professor: Some students prefer to attend more extra lectures to improve themselves. But in fact, it might affect their own study. My advice is to use your holiday time. I mean you should know how to take control of your time and work effectively.

Student 1: Fine.

Professor: Another factor is to overcome your stress. Many students usually have a feeling of homesickness, particularly for overseas students. There is no family or friends here so maybe loneliness and heavy studies can lead to great stress. So I suggest if you come in contact with such troubles, it is a good way to make some new friends or take up some social activities on the weekends.

Student 2: How do we know about the social activities, professor?

Professor: You may get the activity schedule from the Student Union.

Student 2: Fine.

Professor: Well, let’s talk about some study strategies. Where should we begin?

Student 1: How about listening to a lecture?

Student 2: Yes. I am worried about that too.

Professor: OK. If you cannot keep up with the lecture why not prepare a recorder or something like that to record the lecture.

Student 2: Good idea.

Professor: And I think you should prepare lecture materials in advance and then check your notes with other students after the lecture if you cannot take them all at the lecture.

Student 1: Great. And how about presentations. Do we have to do many presentations?

Professor: Yes. You will do presentations nearly on all subject lectures.

Student 1: Should we use powerpoint?

Professor: Yes. Of course.

Student 2: And can we choose a partner to do presentation together?

Professor: Maybe or maybe not. Sometimes you can have a group presentation but you have to do it by yourself on most of the lectures.

Student 2: OK. I know.

Student 1: Professor, I know we have to spend a lot of time reading materials. I want to know if we can get them from the Internet.

Professor: Sometimes you can read materials at the computer at home.

Student 2: Really?

Professor: Yes. But, you must have a username and password from The Computer Centre.

Student 2: Fine.

Professor: And usually you will have many academic journals to read, so a proper reading method is very important.

Student 1: What kind of method?

Professor: The approach I use is skimming. It means to skim the book first to see what’s important and what isn’t.

Student 2: Do we need to master a skill of analysing reading?

Professor: Yes. That’s the next important method of reading. The method can help you to remember what you have read.

Student 2: Fine. And how about the assignments?

Professor: You will write a lot of essays as your assignments.

Student 2: Essays?

Professor: Yes.

Student 1: How about the strategy of writing essays?

Professor: First you should make a good draft plan for writing, and pay attention to the deadline.

Student 2: Deadline?

Professor: Yes.

Student 2: Can we extend that?

Professor: You could ask for your personal tutor.

Student 2: Fine.

Professor: And before handing in your work to your tutor or department you should do proof reading first to check form, grammar, spelling and references.

Student: OK.

Professor: If you meet some other problems with your study you can ask your tutor for help. Well, any other questions?

SECTION 4

(Christine = C; Andrew Flemming = A)

C: Welcome to “The Magic Earth”. I’m Christine. Today, we have invited a geographer Andrew Flemming – the leader from “The British Antarctic Survey” – to give us an introduction about “using satellite to map Antarctic sea ice”. Welcome Andrew Flemming.

A: Thank you Christine. Well, as you know, cruising in the Southern Ocean isn’t always plain sailing. But as it is becoming important to find better ways of navigating safely and avoiding future collisions because of increasing visitor ships, the Antarctic Polar View project is using satellites to map the sea ice to help ships find the best way in the vast white continent. There are very large lumps of heavy ice in the water which might look beautiful and white with penguins dancing on top of it, but I believe you do not want to hit it very fast with a ship. Otherwise your ship will be damaged, and therefore navigating through it is an important problem, not only in terms of the safety of the ship, but in terms of the speed of the ship, and the efficiency of the ship. So you could have another choice for example, take a quicker and cheaper route rather than spending an excessive amount of time going through an area of very thick ice. The quickest way to travel is to clear water channels , but it is a difficult task to find these routes. The area we’re dealing with is absolutely enormous. The only way of monitoring that area of ocean effectively is by using satellites. Therefore, we use a satellite named NVSAT which is a satellite that collects information and picks up differences in ocean surface roughness and that helps us to see the difference between open water and the sea ice. Radar allows the Antarctic team to see straight through the clouds down to the surface of the sea. With detailed images, it’s even possible to see cracks in the surface which can lead to dangerous ice falls. Wherever possible we would use helicopters quite a lot and put them up in the air to map the ice and look for where we might find what we call leads, you know, which are large areas of clear water that the ship might be able to move through. But it is certainly a much more difficult and time-consuming operation.

C: So does the image that you get from the Polar View map give a good description of what you’re actually seeing out there on the sea?

A: Yes, it does. We cannot yet know clearly about the thickness of the sea ice, but one of the science researchers that we were doing last summer was looking at doing some of that work using satellites as well, so that’s going to be quite an exciting development. The map was coloured in various shades of grey. But it didn’t take long to spot the difference between the dark smooth open water and light textured areas of sea ice. The first step is to take the image merely, which has to be sent to the ship.

C: How about others?

A: Internet connection in the Antarctic and on ships is notoriously poor.And that has meant that we have to compress the image a lot, cut a lot and delete some of the details in the image as a result.

C: Have you solved the problem?

A: Yes. The normal way that we are doing this is by compressing the images into a format known as JPEG 2000. JPEG 2000 allows us to, No. 1, compress the imagery a lot more, and secondly it allows us to maintain the geographic position of the image. So, it knows where the image is and allows us to position that on a map.

C: And how long does this take?

A: I tested this January over a very narrow dial-up satellite connection and it took a few minutes. Sure. For us it’s an enormous achievement, I mean we now know fairly well the kind of sea ice conditions we’re likely to encounter, so it’s a fantastic and useful system. We just need a laptop on the ships.

C: That’s great. Thanks for Andrew’s introduction, and…

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