Community Centre Evening Classes|ielts Listening Test 2023 |ielts listening practice test 2023|ielts

You'll overhear a conversation between an attendee at a

community

center and a man who wants to join some

evening

classes

first. You have some time to review questions one through six. Hello, Eastwood Community Center. Oh hello. Okay, Mr. Dyson, is there a particular class that you're interested in? Yes, you have a class, right, it's a popular class, so this term it's going to be moved to the hallway so you guys have more space. I know it's Tuesdays, but what time exactly was 6:30? last quarter, but let me take a look at the details. Okay, this time it will be 7:30.

It probably suits more people. Well, it's my what do you need to bring? Well, the paintings are provided by the tutor. I know, um, the information says. You will only need a jar for water and some pencils for drawing. There are also plenty of aprons here so you don't need to worry about what you're wearing and the cost for four

classes

is 45 including paints like I said. Okay, now we're both pretty good. If you are interested in the Maori language class, there are spaces in the next course for you to join. Oh, well, which room will it be in when you walk through the entrance of the

community

center building?

You will have to go up the stairs in front. from you to the top and it is the small room that you will find there. I see well and let me check when it starts. I heard from someone that the July course was delayed until August. I'm afraid so and we're halfway through the June term at the moment so there's not much to take in, I guess we'll just have to wait. Well, when you come, the tutor recommends bringing a small recorder with you so you can listen again later and the cost. for five classes it currently costs forty dollars, okay, useful information to know, there is one more class that interests me, that is the digital photography class, oh, I took that class myself, the tutor is very good, he will be in the room nine and will start in two weeks afternoon every Wednesday at six o'clock um pose, it would also be helpful to have the instructions that come with the camera.

I would say that some people bring a lot of accessories like additional lenses, but there is really no need for this class, I will really focus mainly on composition and getting the most out of the basic camera. What I need and how much it costs. Let's see, for four classes it's 35, but if you take eight, it's equivalent to fifty-five dollars. you're saving a little fifteen bucks, that's before you hear the rest of the conversation. You will have some time to look at questions seven to ten. Thank you. Now listen and answer questions seven to ten. Okay now just another question for watercolor class I, I just remembered my wife asked me to figure out who the level is for, well you don't have to be super skilled or anything, it's designed for beginners actually , people who might see art as a hobby rather than a career opportunity, that sounds like my wife and who do I talk to if I want to know more about Maori language classes, it's probably best to speak directly to the tutor, he will be on the office in about half. one hour his name is Jason Kuai that's k a h u i well I'll call him oh if you decide to come to the photography class don't forget to look at your camera battery and make sure it's charged.

I know it sounds obvious, but I've seen some people suddenly discover that their camera stopped working right in the middle of class. Yes, I imagine it would be easy to forget. Oh, that reminds me that in the last week of the photography course, is it true that there is a visit to a show in the local area? I work in the city, you see, so I may have to come home early for that . Yes, they will decide the date once the class has started. Is there anything else I can? That's the end of section one. Have half a minute to check your answers in section two, you will hear a project manager talking to volunteer workers about which tasks need to be done first. will have some time to review questions 11 to 14. good morning, great to see many people here, thank you all so much for coming as you know the community gardens in Hadley Park really don't look as good as they should, they really are quite badly and although the local council has a budget to address some of the problems we need.

You volunteer for other tasks, if you don't mind, I will divide you into two groups so that everyone on this side of the room is group A and the rest of you are group B, so in group A there are a couple of things we can do. I would like you to help me with um, first of all, don't worry about the trash or empty bottles, if you see that you are lying, one of the local schools has offered to help with that, as part of their own environmental project, The priority for you will be to give us a hand with the new wooden fence that needs to be built along parts of the cycle track, as there are parts that have now fallen or broken, as I am sure you have probably seen.

You may also have noticed that some of the paths coming from the cycle path are quite narrow and there are plans to make them wider, but the council will deal with that later this year and they have also promised to produce some information signs about the plants in the gardens, hopefully it will be ready within a few weeks, the other thing we are doing is getting rid of some of the foreign species growing in the gardens and bringing back some native plants and trees, so you will do a little digging for us and get them. on the ground, so group a, there are some items you will need to take with you.

I was going to say raincoats, but the forecast has changed, so you can leave them at home. I would definitely recommend a pair of sturdy, waterproof boots would be best. It's quite muddy at the moment and your own gloves would also be advisable. There will be tools available. Shovels and hammers, that sort of thing, you just need to make sure they get back on the trucks and, oh, no need to worry about food and drink, as we. We'll serve you sandwiches and coffee, possibly some cookies before you even hear the rest of the conversation. You will have some time to look at questions 15 to 20.

Thank you, now listen and answer questions 15 to 20. Okay, Group B, your turn. everyone have a copy of the plan oh great, okay, we'll all meet in the parking lot at the bottom of the plan. Now see if they have assigned you the vegetable gardens to get there, leave the parking lot and go up the path until you reach the circle of trees there they are in the middle of the plane and you see that the path goes around them well, to the left of that path Circular there is a short path that takes you directly to the orchards you can see a marked bamboo fence just above them, okay, okay, if you are helping with the hives, pay attention, look again at the circle of trees in the middle of the plane and the path around them on the On the right side of that circle, you can see that the path turns off in an easterly direction and heads towards the right side of the plan and then the path splits in two and can go up or down.

If you want the path that goes down and at the end of this you see two areas divided by a bamboo fence and as we look at the plan, the beehives are to the right of the fence, the smaller section, I mean, now don't worry, all the bees have been removed you just need to transport the hives back to the car park it's ok for the seating look at the circular path at the top there is a path that goes from there and takes you up to the seating area next to the cycle path and with a good view of the island I guess it's okay, if you volunteer for the Adventure Playground area, let's start from the parking lot again and go up the trail, but then you want the first left turn to go up there and you'll see there's a short path that goes out to the right. go down there and that is the adventure play area over the bamboo fence, that fence needs repair.

I'm afraid, what else? Oh yes, the sand area. We have that circular path in the middle. Find the path that goes east to the right hand side. side of the plan and where that track splits, you need the small path that goes up towards the bike track, the sand area is just above the bamboo fence and finally the pond area, so it's on the left side of your plan towards the top. above the fruit bushes and to the left of the small path, okay, as I already said, hopefully this is the end of section two, now you have half a minute to check your answers, now move on to section three, you will hear two students arguing. a presentation they are going to give first, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 25.

Hi Robert, hi, sorry, I'm late. I was printing some pages about food waste in Britain. Do you want to include Great Britain in the presentation? I thought we were focusing on the US. Well, it's a global problem, so I thought we should provide some statistics showing it's pretty fair. What did you discover? I was looking at a British study from 2013. It basically concluded that 12 billion pounds. Every year, worth of food and drink was wasted and ended up in landfills, more than 8 million tonnes and that's not including packaging, an incredible amount, yes, and they were only looking at what households threw away, so there is no information about restaurants and the restaurant industry, but one thing that the study did look into was the amount of milk and soda that was wasted and I think it was probably pretty unique in that sense.

It is interesting to know that in other European reports that I have read there is one thing they have in common when they talk about carbon dioxide emissions. I know what you're going to say, they never refer to the fuel that farms and factories need to produce food and the exact carbon dioxide that is released. We could really reduce carbon emissions if there was less food. Firstly, in my opinion, the reports talk too much about the carbon dioxide produced by the trucks that deliver the fresh produce to the stores and take away the waste, they completely forget about one of the key causes of carbon dioxide, If the reports are actually going to be useful to people, they need to be more comprehensive, well, government industries, people who make TV shows, have you seen any documentaries about food waste?

I don't exactly remember my point these days, everyone seems to focus on where the meat is produced. and the vegetables come from places where we are encouraged to buy locally, not abroad, that's probably a good thing, but I'd still like to see something about waste. Yes, the same thing happens with magazine articles. It's all about the fat and sugar content and the type of additives and colorings in the foods, but nothing about how they get to the table and what happens after they end up in the trash. Well, we only have 15 minutes for this presentation, so I think we'll have to limit what we say about the consequences of food waste, what do we want to focus on?

I know some of the other presentations look at food and farming methods and what they do to the environment, so I think we'll avoid that and the fact that in some countries people can't afford food grown on their own farms that is they covered last semester, ok we don't want to repeat things, what worries me above all is that in a recession governments should encourage companies to find ways to cut costs, apparently supermarkets in the US lose. about 11 of your fruits go to waste, that's wasting money, okay, we'll focus on that problem, it should get others' attention anyway.

Now, how do you want to start the presentation? However, let's not start with Statistics because that's what everyone does. I agree on how. about we give the other students a series of questions to answer about what they suspect they waste every day. I agree with that, it's probably a better option than showing pictures of landfills. That way it will be more personalized. Right now, let's start now. listen and answer questions 26 to 30. Okay, now let's look at the projects that different researchers and organizations are working on for me. The project I really liked was the one at Tufts University, you know, where they invented little edible patches for Keep Fresh Food that show you what level of bacteria is present and therefore whether you can still eat it.

This is a great idea as it tells you if you should hurry up and eat the food before it disappears. The other good thing about patches. is that apparently they will be cheap to make, so the other thing I thought was cool was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology project. I hadn't seen this good, they have developed these sensors that can detect small amounts of ethylene. Ethylene is natural. plant hormone in fruit that causes them to ripen apparently researchers think they can attach the sensors to cardboard boxes and then supermarkets can scan the sensors with a handheld device to see how ripe the fruit is inside, that must be a fas

test

way to check to determine the maturity thattake each box off the shelf and open it for good and I thought that lean path was also worth mentioning.

Its waste tracking technology means caterers can see how much food is wasted and why that will increase profits for them eventually, yes and did you read about zero percent? They have produced this smartphone app that allows restaurants to send donation alerts to food charities. Charities can then collect the unwanted food and distribute it to people in need in the long term, which will definitely benefit poorer families. No child in the neighborhood should go to school hungry. I agree and read that quite a few local governments in the US are thinking about introducing mandatory composting in their states so that no food waste can be put in the trash bins, only the compost bin.

Well, I guess that means a little more work for I mean, they have to separate the organic and inorganic waste themselves before taking it to the compost bin and you know how lazy some people are, but I guess if we all started composting and we would be doing something positive about the problem of ourselves wasting food instead of depending on the government to fix it. Having said that not everyone has a garden, I guess 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 a First, give a lecture on Maori kite making, you will have some time to look at questions 31 to 40. Thank you foreigner, now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40. Well, good morning everyone, as you know , we have been looking at different types of arts and crafts. which were

practice

d by the Maori people of New Zealand at least before Europeans began arriving in the 18th century, so the focus of this lecture is kite making, how kites came to be and the purposes they served . Let's start with the way they were made as with other Maori art traditions.

Kite making involved certain rituals, so at first only priests were allowed to fly and handle the largest and most sacred kites, there were also rules for the size and scale of the kites that the priests had to follow and during the preparation. From both small and large kites, food was strictly prohibited in terms of appearance. Kites were frequently designed with the image of a native bird or a Maori god and sometimes, perhaps less often, a well-known hero. As you can imagine, when the Maori first arrived in the new country. In one country of New Zealand, it may have taken them some time to find suitable materials for their kites, but through trial and error they no doubt found plants and trees that provided them with bark and even roots that they could use to make the frames and wings. wings of their kites and then the frame had been built, the kite then had to be decorated for this the priests used long grasses and these, when the kite was in the air, flowed behind it, they also used a variety of feathers to add color to his creations, well, all this meant It was easy to see a kite in the sky, but you could also hear the Maori kites.

In fact, they could be quite noisy and this was because some priests like to hang a long string of shells from the kite. You can imagine how they would ring and clatter. in the Wind how they could completely capture your attention, as I said before the most common image was probably a bird and that's the same for other kite making cultures, but kites were designed in particular shapes so there were kites that were triangular, rectangular and also diamond shaped and some of them were so large that it would actually take several men to operate them. Some of the kites were also covered in patterns and to make these patterns the Maori used different pigments of red and black and these were made from a charcoal or reddish brown clay base that had been combined with oil obtained from a local species of shark. .

Now before, I forget. If you get the chance, visit the Auckland Museum because they have the last surviving mankite bird on display. This is the type of kite that has a wooden mask on top of the frame it is a mask of a human head and you can clearly see that it has a tattoo and also a set of teeth quite impressive and a good example of the craftsmanship and symbolism Maori that get straight to the purpose. and the function of kites certainly had multiple uses mainly, flying kites was a way of communicating with the gods and when kites rose into the air the Maori used them to deliver messages perhaps requesting a good harvest, good fortune and a war , a successful hunt.

Expedition, so these kites were incredibly valuable to a community, treasured objects that one generation would pass on to the next. People also flew kites for other reasons, for example to attract the attention of a neighboring village. This was done when a meeting between Māori elders was required. It is a really convenient method and finally, when it comes to war, there are traditional stories that describe how when a Maori warrior found himself surrounded by his enemies, a kite could give him the chance to escape. Kites were powerful enough to lift a man into the air and for this reason could also be used to lower him into enemy fortifications so that an attack could begin from within.

I'm happy to say that there seems to be a resurgence and growing interest in kite making and I think