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section one you will hear a woman

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a robbery to an officer at a police station first you will have some time to look at questions one two three you will see that there is an example that has been done for you on this occasion only the conversation related to this will be will play first good morning, what can I do for you? I want to

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a theft. Yesterday some things were stolen from my bag. I'm sorry to hear that, so I'll have to take in some details. Can? start with your name louise taylor the woman's name is louise taylor so taylor has been written in space now we will begin you must answer the questions while

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because you will not listen to the recording a second time listen carefully and answer questions one, two, three Good morning, what can I do for you?

I want to report a theft. Yesterday some things were stolen from my bag. I'm sorry to hear that, so I'll have to take in some details. Can I start with your name, Louise Taylor? Ok thanks, are you based in the UK? No, I'm actually Canadian, although my mother was British and your date of birth was December 14, 1977, so you are visiting this country. That's right, I come most summers on business. I am an interior designer and I come to buy old furniture, antiques. You know, there are some really beautiful things around here, but you need to get out to small towns.

I've had a very good trip this year until this happened. Okay, so you've been here. quite a long time yes, I'm here for two months. I'll be back next week so can I ask where you're staying now? Well, right now I have a place at Park Apartments which is on King Street. I was staying at Riverside Apartments on the same street but the apartment there was only available for six weeks so I had to look for another property and apartment number fifteen, you listen to the rest of the conversation you have some time to look at questions 4 to 10 . now listen and answer questions four to ten now I need to take some details of the robbery, so you said that some things were stolen from your bag, that's right, and were you really carrying the bag when the robbery occurred?

Yeah, I really can't understand it. I put my backpack on and I went into a supermarket to buy some things and when I opened it my wallet was not there and what did your wallet have inside well fortunately I don't keep my credit cards in that wallet I keep them with my passport in an interior compartment of my backpack, but there was quite a bit of cash there, about £250. I think I withdrew £300 from my account yesterday, but I did some shopping so I must have already spent about fifty pounds. "Okay, at first I thought I must have left my wallet in the apartment, but then I realized my phone was gone too, it was only a week old and that's when I realized I had been robbed anyway." , at least they don't." I don't have the keys to my rental car, yeah, so you're saying the theft happened yesterday.

Yes, that was September 10th. Do you have any idea where or when the things might have been stolen? Well, at first I couldn't believe it. It was because the bag had been on my back since I left the apartment after lunch. It's just a small backpack, but I usually use it when I travel because it seems safer than a purse anyway. I met a friend and we spent a couple of hours at the museum, but I remember that when we were leaving there, around four o'clock, a group of young people ran up to us and crowded around us and asked us what time it was and then everyone suddenly ran away, can you remember anything about them?

The one who talked the most was wearing a t-shirt with a picture of something, uh, let's see a tiger, right? Any idea how old he might have been, around 12 years old? Can you remember anything else about his appearance? Not much, he was quite thin. Hair color. I do remember that he was blonde. Everyone else was dark haired. And any details from the others. No. Actually, they came and went so quickly. And? What I'm going to do now is give you a criminal reference number so you can contact your insurance company, so that's ten digits eight seven nine five four eight two three six one thank you, so should I contact me?

That's the end of section one. have half a minute to check your

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now move on to section two section two you will hear a manager giving a welcome talk to a group of apprentices who are starting their training in the company first you will have time to look at questions 11 to 14. Now listen Sincerely and answer questions 11 to 14. Good morning everyone. My name is Janet Parker and I am the human resources manager. We are very happy to welcome you to your new apprenticeship. I hope the next six months are positive and enjoyable. experience for you I would like to start with some general advice on how to become an apprentice.

Most of you have very little or no experience working for a large organization and the first week can be quite challenging, there will be a lot of new in

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ation. to take in, but don't worry too much about trying to remember everything, the important thing is to consult with someone, if you are not sure what to do you will find that your supervisor is very approachable and won't mind explaining things or helping. You are here to learn, so make the most of that opportunity. You'll spend time in different departments during your first week, so make an effort to talk to as many people as possible about their work.

You will make new friends. and discover a lot of useful in

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ation, in addition to having a supervisor, each one will be assigned a mentor. This person will be someone who has recently completed an apprenticeship and will meet with them weekly. Their role is to provide help and support. Throughout your apprenticeship, of course, this doesn't mean they will actually do the work for you, but rather they will ask you what goals you have achieved so far and help you identify any areas of improvement you can. Also discuss your longer-term ambitions with them. Before you listen to the rest of the talk, you'll have some time to discuss questions 15 through 20.

Now listen and answer questions 15 through 20. Now I just want to go over a few. company policies for our learning plan with you, the most important thing is the Internet as part of your work. You'll do some research online, so obviously you'll have unlimited access for that, but don't use it for personal use. You will have your own phones for that, some of you have already asked me about flexible working after your three month trial period. Some of you will be eligible for this, but it will depend on what department you are in and what your personal circumstances are, so please don't do it.

Don't assume that you will be allowed to do this automatically. I want to make sure there is no confusion about our vacation policy, other than official holidays. We ask that you do not book any holidays until your six-month apprenticeship has finished. should only be taken if you are unwell, speak to your supervisor if this is going to be a problem, you will be expected to work 40 hours a week, but there may be opportunities to work overtime during busy periods, although this is not mandatory . Doing this can be a valuable experience, so we recommend that you undertake it if possible.

Obviously we understand that people have commitments outside of work so don't worry if there are times when you are not available as you know we don't have any. A formal dress code here you can wear casual clothing as long as it is practical and the only restriction for shoes we have is high heels for health and safety reasons, it is preferable to wear comfortable shoes such as sneakers. There is a heavily subsidized canteen on site where you can get cheap hot meals or salads, snacks and drinks are also provided, so we have decided to introduce a policy of no packed lunches, this is partly to encourage healthy eating in the work and partly to prevent people from eating at their workplace, which is unhygienic.

It's the end of section two, now you have half a minute to check your

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, now move on to section three, section three, you will hear two urban planning students named carla and rob discussing their presentation on cities built by the sea following the instructions from your tutor first. have some time to discuss questions 21 to 25. Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 25. Okay, so what I would like you to do now is talk to your partner about his urban planning presentations that should have been made by the Most. I'm reading now, so I'd like you to share your ideas and talk about the structure of your presentation and what you should do next.

Okay Rob, I'm glad we chose a pretty specific topic: cities built by the sea, he did that a lot. It's easier to find relevant information, yes, and cities are growing very quickly. I mean, we know that now more than half of the world's population lives in cities. Yes, although that is all cities, not just those on the coast, but most of the larger cities are built by the sea. I hadn't realized it before and what's more, many of them are built in places where rivers flow into the sea, but apparently this can be a problem because as the city expands, agriculture and industry tend to to extend further inland along the rivers and therefore agriculture moves even further inland of the river, that is not necessarily a problem, except that it means that more and more pollutants are discharged into the rivers, so that these are taken downriver to the cities, right?

Did you read that article about Miami on the east coast of the United States there is no well apparently in the 1950s they built canals to drain water in case of floods, it sounds sensible, yes they spent quite a bit of money on them but what they didn't take into account account was global warming, so they built drainage canals. too close to sea level and now the sea level is rising they are more or less useless if it rains a lot the water can't escape there is nowhere to go the whole design was flawed so what are the authorities doing about it?

Now I don't know, I did read that their goal is to stop dumping sewage into the ocean over the next 10 years, but that won't help with flood prevention. It is not like this? They really just need to find the money for something to replace the drainage channels to protect against flooding now, but in the long term they need to consider the whole ecosystem properly, although coastal cities cannot deal with their problems alone. Can I just say that you have to start? act together internationally rather than just doing their own thing. The thing is, everyone knows what the problems are and environmentalists have a pretty good idea of ​​what we should do about it, so they should be able to work together to some extent, but it will be a long time before countries make a decision on what principles they are willing to respect.

Yes, if they ever do. Before

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to the rest of the discussion, you have time to examine questions 26 to 30. Now listen. and answer questions 26 to 30. So I think we probably have enough for our presentation. It's only 15 minutes. Well, I guess we'll start with some general historical background on why coastal cities were established, but we don't want to spend. too long for the other students to already know a little about it, it's all about communications etc, yes we should mention some geographical factors, things like wetlands, river estuaries and coastal erosion etc, we might have some maps of different cities with these characteristics marked on a brochure, you mean, or on some slides that everyone can see yes, it would be better, it would be good to analyze the mistakes of the past in a little more detail.

Did you read that case study of the problems in the new ones? Orleans with the floods a few years ago yes, we could use that as a basis for that part of the talk. I don't think the other students read it, but they will remember hearing about the floods at the time. Hmm, okay, so that's probably it. Enough background so that we can then move on to talk about the measures that have been taken to address the problems of coastal cities. Well, what else do we need to talk about? Maybe something about future risks, looking more long term if populations continue to grow.

Yes. We'll have to do some work there. I don't have much information. No? We'll have to look at some websites. It shouldn't take long. Well, I think we should end by talking about international implications. Maybe we can. You could ask people in the audience. We have people from many different places. It would be interesting if we had time. Yes. Now, we should go. 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 renewable energy using the power of the sea.

First you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40. Now listen carefully andanswer questions 31 to 40. Producing enough energy to satisfy our needs has become a serious problem. Demand is increasing rapidly due to increasing global population and industry expansion. Burning fossil fuels such as gas, coal and oil severely damages the environment and will eventually be depleted over several years, scientists have been working on. How we can obtain energy from renewable sources such as the sun and wind without causing pollution today I will describe renewable marine energy, also called ocean energy, which takes advantage of the movement of the oceans.

Renewable marine energy can be divided into three main categories. Wave energy. Tidal energy. and the conversion of ocean thermal energy and I will say a few words about each of them: the first wave energy. Numerous devices have been invented to harvest wave energy with names such as the wave dragon, the penguin and the mighty whale, and research is being done to try to find a truly efficient method, this form of energy has a lot of potential since that the source is constant and there is no danger of the waves reaching a dead point.Standing electricity can be generated using land systems using a reservoir or marine systems, but the problem with ocean waves is that they are erratic and the wind It makes them travel in all directions, which adds to the difficulty of creating efficient technology.

Ideally, all waves would travel. smoothly and regularly along the same straight line, another drawback is that sand and other sediments on the ocean floor can be prevented from flowing normally, which can cause environmental problems. The second category of marine energy I will mention is tidal energy. One of the main advantages of using the tide instead of waves as an energy source is that it is predictable - we know the exact times of high and low tides in the coming years so that tidal energy is effective the difference between high tides and lows must be at least five meters and This occurs naturally in only about 40 places on Earth, but the right conditions can be created by building a tidal lagoon, an area of ​​seawater separated from the sea.

A current plan is to create a tidal lagoon on the coast of Wales. This will be an area. of water within a bay in Swansea protected by a U-shaped breakwater or a dam built on the coast, the breakwater will contain 16 hydraulic turbines and, as the tide rises, water rushes through the breakwater activating the turbines that They spin a generator to produce electricity and then For three hours, when the tide goes out, water is retained within the breakwater, increasing the difference in water level until it is several meters higher inside the lagoon than at sea. open, then, to release the stored water, the floodgates on the breakwater are opened and it is poured out. powerfully out of the lagoon by driving the turbines on the breakwater in the opposite direction and again generating thousands of megawatts of electricity, since there are two high tides a day, this lagoon project would generate electricity four times a day, every day, for a total of approximately 14 hours. in every 24 and enough electricity for more than a thousand homes, this system has a lot in its favor, unlike solar and wind energy, it does not depend on the weather, the turbines operate without the need for fuel, so it does not generate any greenhouse gas emissions and is It requires very little maintenance.

It is estimated that the electricity generated in this way will be relatively cheap and that the manufacturing of the components would create more than two thousand jobs, a great boost for the local economy. On the other hand, there are fears that the gaps could harming both fish and birds, for example, by altering migration patterns and causing a build-up of sediment that affects local ecosystems. There are other forms of tidal energy, but I will move on to the third category of marine energy. Ocean thermal energy conversion. This depends on there being a big difference. in the temperature between the surface water and the water a couple of kilometers below the surface and this occurs in tropical coastal areas the idea is to bring cold water to the surface using a submerged pipe the concept dates back to 1881 when that is the end from section four you now have half a minute to check your answers, i.e. the end of the listening

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in the IELTS exam, you will now have 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheet that