Listening Practice Test 7| Hostel Accommodation in Darwin #ieltslistening #ieltstest

foreign conversation between two friends called Julie and Nick about cheap

accommodation

in Darwin city Australia first you have some time to look at questions one to six hi Nick, I'm Julie, have you managed to find any information about

accommodation

in Darwin hi, I was just going? To call you, I found some on the Internet. There were quite a few backpacker

hostel

s. The first possibility I found was a

hostel

called Top End Backpackers. Oh, it's pretty cheap. You can get a bed in a dormant tree for 19 per person. Private rooms cost a little more, but we'll be fine in the dorms, we're not sure?

So that hostel has parking, although we don't mind that since we will be using public transportation. Well yeah they are not that good, although some people said they didn't like the staff, they had an unfriendly attitude and really welcoming, that's what I thought. People said they liked the pool and the fact that the rooms had air conditioning but the problem with that was that it was too loud so they were staying awake but it was too hot if they turned it off so they had to put up with it. Someone told them that there is another hostel called Gumtree.

The dorms, which is more like it, seems to be in a pretty good location, a little out of town and quiet, but with good transport and fairly close to the beach, it has a pool, yes, and its own gardens. The reviews for that place are mostly okay, except. for a person who said they couldn't sleep because there were bugs flying in the bedrooms, not for me then and I would rather be somewhere central. There's actually a place called kangaroo Lodge, they have dorms for $22 and it's downtown. Close to all the restaurants and clubs and whatever suits you and it doesn't close at night, that sounds good.

The only criticism I saw was that the rooms were a bit messy and messy because people just left their clothes and things everywhere. the beds and the floor don't, hostels usually have lockers in the rooms where you can leave your things, yes they usually do, but apparently they don't listen, but hostels are never particularly tidy places, so that doesn't bother me and the same person said. that the level of cleanliness was quite good and especially the bathrooms were excellent as far as that goes, yes i think kangaroo lodge sounds better, me too a lot of people who reviewed it said it was a lot of fun there, like every night everyone will stay there.

They got together and ended up having a party, so it seems like there's a really good atmosphere. For the rest of the conversation you will have some time to look at questions 7 to 10. Now listen and answer questions 7 to 10. Did you get the address? from kangaroo Lodge yes it's on Shad 4th Lane can you spell Shad f o r h? It is close to the transit center where intercity buses and airport buses leave you great. I'm really looking forward to this. I have never stayed in a hostel before. They provide bedding, sheets and stuff like that yes and you can usually bring your own towel or rent one there but they usually don't provide them for free and what happened is you don't have to pay extra for breakfast, it varies a lot on different places, but overall it's okay and there's usually a cafeteria where you can buy a snack or a hot meal for lunch, but actually, if you're really traveling on the cheap, usually for every five or six rooms there's a kitchen where you can prepare a snack. and that saves a lot of money great, well I'll go ahead and book.

That's the end of section one. Now you have half a minute to check your answers. Now move on to section two. You'll hear a guide talking in an outdoor sculpture park. a group of visitors first have some time to review questions 11 to 16. Hello everyone and welcome to Anglia Sculpture Park. Well, the idea behind the Sculpture Park is that it is a place where works of art such as large sculptures and carvings are found. It can be displayed outdoors in a natural setting, as you may have noticed when you drove here, most of the land around the park is farmland, the park itself belonged to a family called the Dequinces who had made a lot of money manufacturing machinery agricultural. and who also owned significant tracts of forest land to the north of the park, built a house in the center of the park, not far from where we are now, but it burned down in 1980 and the fifteen then sold the land to Anglia Sculpture.

Park is not the only one in the country, several of London's parks sometimes display contemporary sculptures and there are a couple of other permanent sculpture parks in England, but we are unique in that some of our sculptures were actually created for the places they occupy. here and we also show sculptures from a wider range of artists than anywhere else in the country, for example we currently have a Joe Tremaine exhibition of what he calls burnt sculptures, these are wood and stone sculptures that he carved and marked with fire to illustrate. The ferocity and intensity of the forces that have shaped our planet for millions of years look truly dramatic in this rural setting.

To see some of the sculptures, you will have to follow the path along the Lower Lake. We had to renovate it after the lake. It overflowed a couple of months ago and flooded the area. The water levels are back to normal now and you shouldn't have any problems. The trails are very level. You should be back at the visitor center around four if you have time. The center itself is worth a look, it's not possible to climb the stairs at the moment as the builders are working there adding another floor, but the rest is worth seeing.

The architect was Guy King. He was actually born in this part of England, but recently he designed a Museum in Canada that won an award for innovation in public buildings. If you want to eat something when you get back, like a snack or a sandwich, the Terrace lounge is currently closed, but you can go to the kiosk and buy something and then sit at one. From the chairs overlooking the Lower Lake and enjoy the view while you eat before

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to the rest of the conversation, you will have some time to look at questions 17 to 20. Now listen and answer questions 17 to 20.

Now let me. I'll just tell you a little about what you can see in the Sculpture Park. If you look at your map you will see the visitor center where we are now at the bottom right next to the entrance, since we only have an hour you may not be able to make it. tour the park, but you can choose to visit some of the highlights. You might like to take a look at the Joe Tremaine sculptures displayed on this side of the Upper Lake, just behind the education center and near the bridge. Impressive, but remember not to let his children climb on them.

One of our most popular exhibits are Giorgio Catalucci's bird sculptures. They are just across the bridge on the north side of Lower Lake. I love the way they are scattered in the tall grass next to the lake looking like they are about to raise their wings. You can also go to the Garden Gallery. It is on this side of Lake Superior from the Visitor Center. Go to the education center and then continue along the path. and you will see it on your right, there is an exhibition of animal sculptures that is worth seeing. We also have the longhouse which is a good walk from here, you go to the bridge and soon turn left on the other side.

You'll see a winding path going up towards the northern edge of the park, go up there and you'll find it at the top. They have some abstract metal sculptures that are worth seeing if you have the time. Well, now, that's the end. from section two you now have half a minute to check your answers now move on to section three you will hear a first year marketing student named Leo talk to a second year student named Anna about her marketing report first you have some time to watch questions 21 to 26. Anna I wanted to ask you about my marketing report.

I'm not sure. Alright. Leo, so what do you have to do? Choose a product or service and then compare two organizations that produce it. I'm making instant coffee, but didn't you get a weekend job at a clothing store? Why didn't you choose clothes? That was my first thought because I thought it would give me some practical examples, but when I searched for men's clothing online there were almost no articles. So I looked up coffee and found out there were tons, yes there are so many brands on the market now. Well, how much have you really written?

I did the first part on economic and technological factors. I found some good data on technological changes. In Australia, fewer people are buying instant coffee because of the cheap coffee makers they can use to make real coffee at home, but there is also a movement away from drinking coffee and towards things like herbal teas because they think it's more healthy, but that's not really what you should do. with technology it is more cultural anyway for the second part. I am comparing it to instant coffee companies, coffee now and chaffers, and I have made this product table correctly.

You have the brands, the prices, the sales size and the descriptions. Okay, the table looks good. you will get marks for the research, where will it go in the section on the marketing mix under the product, it is not in the appendix, it is not right, but it is too factual on its own, you need to add some comment in that section about the implications of the figures, right? I will now. I mean, I think Schaffer's is more of a follower than a leader in the coffee industry. Now I put it in the market share section.

Do you think it's OK? Let's see, so you've already started. When explaining what the market share is, that's important, but you have to be careful when giving that opinion. Do you think it should go in another section? Well, it's okay where it is, but you need to back it up with some data or them. I will say that your report lacks weight. Well, one thing I worry about is finding something original to say. Well, since this is your first marketing report, you're not expected to go out and do interviews and things to collect your own data.

I only use published data so that the analysis you do doesn't turn up anything that people didn't know before, but the focus is more on how you handle the data. I mean, you could take something like a sales graph directly from a website, but what does it do? your original work is the perspective you provide through your interpretation oh, you know, it's all very different from business studies assignments in school. I was really surprised how much research you have to do. I expected it to be more. He knew exactly what he had to do. do to get a good grade in school and I knew I was expected to delve deeper into things here, but I have no information on how the teacher will grade my work.

What you're looking for now listen and answer questions 27 to 30. Well, one thing you have to remember is that in a marketing report you have to have what they call an executive summary at the beginning. I forgot and wrote it down. Yes, I have written it. I have an overview, do you have anything on the background? Yeah, okay, so I just summarized the main points. I wasn't sure whether or not I should have my goals there. No, that's too personal. The executive summary is like what a manager does. I would read it to get a general idea of ​​your report if I was in a hurry at that time.

I'm fine for the first main part, all the macro environment stuff, but when I get to the problems section I listed all the problems that coffee now and the chaffers are facing, but then how well you have to prioritize, so please state the problems main ones and then you analyze each one connecting it with the theory, that's where your reading comes in. Ok, have you done your implementation section? I've already thought about it. That's where I write about what could be done about problems, yes, and it has to be practical, so don't forget to specify things like who would be involved and the cost and order in which things would be done correctly.

It wouldn't take long, you'd be surprised, actually, that's the part that tends to get done wrong because people are running out of time and the conclusion, oh, any clue about that, well, you should extract the main points from your report. , so it should be quite general, you should avoid introducing new things here, it has to summarize what you said before. Okay, thanks Anna, it's been a great help. This is the end of section three. Now you have half a minute to check your answers. Now move on to section four you will hear part of a lecture on the history of fireworks in Europe you will first have some time to look at questions 31 to 40. now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40. an interesting aspect of fireworks Its history tells us a lot about the changing role of scientists and technicians in Europe.

Fireworks were introduced from China from the 13th century to the 16th century. They were generally used for military purposes, launching rockets and fire tubes at the enemy, but were also sometimes a feature. of plays and festivals where their purposeMainly related to religion in the 17th century, the rulers of Europe had begun using fireworks as a way to mark royal occasions. Technicians were employed to put on spectacular shows that showed aspects of nature with representations of the sun, snow and Although these shows were designed for the enjoyment of the nobility and to impress the common people, fireworks also aroused the interest of the Scientists, who began thinking of new uses for them after watching a fireworks display in which a model dragon was propelled along a rope by Rocket scientists thought that humans could similarly achieve flight, a dream of many scientists at the time other scientists such as when chemist Robert Boyle noticed how at displays one firework could actually light another and it occurred to him that fireworks could provide an effective way to demonstrate how stars formed. , scientists of the time often depended on the patronage of the Royal Courts, but there was considerable variation.

In the relations between the courts and scientists of different countries this was reflected in attitudes towards fireworks and the purposes for which they were used. In London in the mid-17th century there was a general distrust of fireworks among scientists; However, later in the century, scientists and technicians began to analyze the practical purposes for which fireworks could be employed, such as using rockets to help sailors establish their position at sea. It was a different story in Russia, where the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences played a key role in creating fireworks displays for the Here at court, those in power considered fireworks an important element in education. of the masses and the exhibits often included a scientific message.

Members of the Academy hoped that this might encourage the royal family to keep the Academy open at a time when many in the government were considering closing it in Paris. The situation was different again. The Paris Academy of Sciences played no role. in staging the fireworks, but the task fell to members of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture as in Russia the work of the technicians who created the fireworks was given little attention; Instead, the fireworks and the spectacle they created were designed to encourage the public to believe in the king's supreme authority; However, science was also enormously popular among the French nobility and fashionable society flocked to demonstrations such as Nikola Lemery's exhibition depicting an erupting volcano.

The aim of the scientists was mainly to provide entertainment to modern society and academics. They delighted astonishing audiences with demonstrations of the universal laws of nature in the 18th century the circulation of skills and technical exchange led to the further development of fireworks Specialists from Italy began to travel around Europe organizing shows for many of the courts European. The architect and set designer Giovanni Savandoni composed Great Shows in Paris with colorfully painted temples and triumphal arches. A fireworks show organized by Sevendoni would be structured in the same way as an opera. It was even split into separate acts.

Italian fireworks specialists were also invited to perform in London, St. Petersburg and Moscow. As these specialists circulated through Europe, they sought to exploit the appeal of fireworks to a wider audience, including the growing middle classes, as in the previous century. Resources to demonstrate scientific laws and theories, as well as new discoveries and exhibits now showed a fascinated public the curious phenomenon of electricity. In the mid-18th century, fireworks were sold for private consumption, so the history of fireworks shows us the various relationships that existed between technical scientists and the rest of society thanks to