IELTS Basic - Listening - Lesson 4
1. snack
The restaurant caters for all appetites, with anything from a light snack to a full three-course meal.
2. entrance
For those of you who'd like some entertainment, just next door to us on this deck is a 40-seat cinema showing the latest full-length feature films. The cinema programme is available here at reception, but you'll have to buy the tickets themselves at the cinema entrance just before you go in.
3. key
To access your cabin, just show your boarding pass to a steward, who will give you the key.
4. shopping
On this deck, that is B Deck, you'll also find an area where you can either play games in our special electronic games arcade or do your shopping.
5. viewing
Just beyond that on the same level, people who want a bit of fresh air or just want to see the sea can go out onto the viewing deck, which is in the open air.
1. B
Keywords: what time, arrive
The ship leaves port at 7 p.m. and the journey takes just over 12 hours and 45 minutes, reaching our destination at about eight tomorrow morning.
2. A
Keywords: children, restaurant
Passengers with children in their party are informed that there is a special section in the restaurant with kids' food and a play area.
3. C
Keywords: reduced price
you can get your train tickets here, which will save you time queuing in the station tomorrow morning. If you buy them on the ship, you can get them for 20 percent off.
4. C
Keywords: lounge
For those using the lounge and wishing to check their email, there's a wireless connection, but you'll have to bring your own laptop. You can also watch the latest TV programmes there or in the coffee bar next to the restaurant.
5. C
Keywords: special event, during, voyage
Finally, a unique feature on this crossing only…has the chance to win a free holiday. All you have to do is complete a sentence starting 'I like Sealand Ferries because ...' and the best sentence wins the prize of a holiday in Switzerland with tickets to a three-day music festival included. Talk to any member of staff for more details.
1. B
Keywords: main purpose
Our remit is to give educational opportunities to the wider public as well as to offer research sites for a wide variety of agriculturists and other scientists.
2. forest
Keywords: grazing area, area
Next to this... moving east... is the large grazing area for the rare breeds. Then further east... in the largest section of our Park is the Forest Area.
3. fish farms
Keywords: lake
In the middle of the Park... this circular area is our lake.... These two small rectangular shapes here... are the Fish Farms
4. market garden
Keywords: marsh, area
To the east of those is the marsh area which attracts a great many migrant birds. In the south-eastern corner, beyond the marsh, is our Market Garden area
5. C
Keywords: when, experimental areas, closed, public
All these areas can be visited by the general public for almost all the year ... . although... please take note of the large signs at the entrance to each area which tell... which tell you when certain areas are being used for particular controlled experiments and are therefore temporarily out of bounds to the public.
6. A
Keywords: how, move, around the park
You can see for yourself what a huge area the park covers and a key question is always, how can we move around? Well you have a choice of means... all environmentally friendly... cars are banned in the park. We have bicycles which you can hire behind the Reception block... here... the healthy ones of you can go on foot and finally there's our electric tram, powered from solar cells.
7. C
Keywords: rare breed animals, include
A good place to start on your tour is the Rare Breeds section. We keep goats, sheep and hens and other kinds of poultry.
8. B
Keywords: main purpose, Rare Breeds Session
of course we mustn't lose sight of the main purpose of having this section, not as such to preserve rare animals but to maintain the diversity of breeds to broaden the gene pool for agricultural development.
9. C
Keywords: what, see, present
May will be perhaps our most spectacular month … but there are interesting events on all year round... for example John Havers, our expert fly fisherman, is currently giving displays on the lake.
10. A
Keywords: books about
Do take time to browse round our shop... there is a wide selection of books on wildlife
1. Internet
Keywords: leisure center, access
directly below us is a, well, we call it our leisure centre. There are some games machines, a television, a small library and so on. If you've brought a laptop or computer with you, you can also get onto the Internet here, as it has full wi-fi capability.
2. restaurant
Keywords: midday, evening meals
For lunch and dinner, you'll use the restaurant car
3. washing
Keywords: second-class, basic, facilities
The two cars behind the restaurant are where you'll find the second-class cabins. Each cabin has seats which are changed into beds at night. You'll also find a simple basin for washing
4. lounge
Keywords: first-class, only, evening
First-class passengers, your cabins are at the back of the train. To get to them, you'll need to pass through the lounge. This can be used by everyone during the day, but is exclusive to first-class passengers after 6 p.m.
5. manager
Keywords: contact, by phone
If anyone needs to see me, though, please use the phone in your cabin rather than coming to the office. Just press one and you'll get me. If I'm not there, tell your steward you need to see the manager, and he or she will look for me.
6. C
Keywords: how long, to Paris
The first part of our journey is from London to Paris, going through the Channel Tunnel. It will take us just over an hour to get to the Tunnel, …From there, it'll be another three hours to Paris, so we're looking at four hours altogether
7. B
Keywords: dp with passports
A quick bit of advice about passports. You won't need these until we get to the Italian border, so I suggest you keep them in the safe which you'll find in your cabin.
8. A
Keywords: when, in restaurant car, dinner
and dinner is at 8 o'clock, although we'd like you all to be at your table about fifteen minutes earlier, at a quarter to, if you could.
9. B
Keywords: Italian border
When we get to the Italian border tomorrow morning, our train will change engines, and we'll also be getting a new crew. We'll be taking advantage of the stop to have a look around.
10. C
Keywords: not do
Some of you might have brought your own food or drink on board. That's fine, but could we ask that you consume it in your cabins and not in the restaurant or lounge? Could we also ask you to make sure your cabin windows are closed when you're not in your cabin? And whatever you do, don't get off the train until we reach the Italian border.
1. C
Keywords: kind of tour, Sally leading
I'm Sally, your guide for this tour of the Bicentennial Park... I hope that you're all wearing your most comfortable shoes and that you can keep up the pace. So let's get under way on our tour around this wonderful park.
2. B
Keywords: original buildings
There used to be a lot of factories in this area until the 1960s…so most of the exciting park space all around you was originally warehouses and storehouses.
3. A
Keywords: local, want, use, for
…proposed a high-rise housing development, but the local community wasn't happy. If the land was to be cleaned up, they wanted to use the site for recreation.
4. B
Keywords: tower, center
t has two areas, a nature reserve and a formal park with man-made features and gardens. The tall blue-and-white building in front of us is called The Tower and is the centre point for the formal gardens.
5. car park
Keywords: station
The Olympic site has its own station to encourage the use of public transport. There is also a car park
6. rose garden
Keywords: benches
And around to the west, you can relax and sit on a bench to smell the flowers in the rose garden
7. café
Keywords: lake, island
if you look in front of you now, there's a lake with a small island in the centre, you can hire rowing boats at the boat shed, which you can't see from here, but if you look through the trees, you can see the café, which has lovely views across the water.