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section one you will hear a man asking at a resort about activities suitable for families first you have some time to look at questions one to four you will see that there is an example that has been done for you on this occasion only the related conversation Hello, I can help? I would like to know if you have any

excursions

suitable for families. Sure, how about taking your

family

on a cruise? We have a steamboat that takes passengers several times a day. It is more than a hundred years the cruise takes place on a steamship so steamship 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 the questions one to four hello can I help you?

I would like to know if you have any

excursions

suitable for families. Sure. How about taking your

family

on a cruise? We have a steamboat that takes passengers out several times a day. It is more than a hundred years old. Sounds interesting. How long? The trip takes about an hour and a half and don't forget to take pictures of the mountains, they are all around you when you are on the boat and they look fantastic, okay, and I guess there is a cafe or something on board. How old are your children? My daughter is 15 years old and my son is seven.

Well, there are several things you can do once you've crossed the lake for the day. One thing that is very popular is a visit to Country Farm. The farmer takes him off the boat and takes him to the pens where the sheep are kept. Children love to feed them. My son would love to really like animals. There is also a 40 minute walk around the farm on horseback if he wants, do you think he would make it? He hasn't done it before. It is surely suitable for beginners. Well, and again, visitors can explore the farm on their own, as long as they are careful to close the gates etc., there are a few.

Very beautiful gardens along the lake side that also belong to the farm. They will be at their best now, you could easily spend an hour or two there. Well, everything sounds good. Can we have lunch there? You can and it's very good, although it's not included in the basic cost, you pay when you get there just before you hear the rest of the conversation. You have some time to look at questions five through ten. Now listen and answer questions 5 to 10. So is there anything else I can do? Do it on that side of the lake, well what you can do is take a bike on the boat and then go on a bike trip.

There is a trail there called the secondary road, you could easily spend three or four hours exploring it and the scenery is wonderful, they will give you a map when you get your ticket for the cruise. There is no additional charge. What is the trail like in terms of difficulty? Quite challenging in places. It wouldn't be suitable for your seven year old. Need someone who has a little more experience hmm well my daughter loves cycling and so do I so maybe the two of us could go and my wife and son could stay at the farm that could work out quite a bit okay, but we don't have bikes here, is there somewhere we can?

I could rent them, yeah, there in town, his name is Ratchet. I'll just make a note of that, how do you spell R-A-T-C-H-E-S-O-N-S? It is right next to the cruise terminal. Okay, you would also need to pick up a repair kit for the bike from there. to take with you and you would need to bring a snack and some water, it would be better to get them in town, that shouldn't be a problem and I suppose I can rent a helmet at the bike place. You should definitely understand that it's a big trip, but you need to be well prepared because it's very remote, you won't see any shops around there or anywhere to stay, so you need to get back in time for the last boat, yeah, so what kind of Los prices we're looking at here, let's see that would be one adult and one child for the farm tour cruise, that's 117 and one adult and one child just for the cruise, so that's 214 total.

Wait a minute, how old did you say? My daughter was 15 years old. So I'm afraid it's 267 because she has to pay the adult rate, which is 75, instead of the child rate, which is 22. Sorry, okay, how do we know? That's the end of section one. Now she has half a minute to check her answers, section two, you will hear a restaurant manager talking to a small group of new staff who are starting to work as kitchen assistants in a restaurant. First, you have some time to review questions 11 to 16. Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 16. Good morning everyone, my name is Joy Parkins and I am the manager of the restaurant and I understand that none of you have had experience prior assistance in the kitchen.

Well, you may be feeling a little nervous now, but most of us. Kitchen helpers say they enjoy the work. Okay, sometimes they get yelled at, but it's nothing personal and they're happy to have so many different things to do, which means they never get bored and I'll tell you straight away if you do. Well, we could think about promoting them and giving them more responsibilities. Well, everyone arrived on time, which is a great start. I'm glad to see that none of you have inappropriate footwear, so that's good, you should be careful. Since flaws can get very wet and slippery, those of you with long hair have it out of the way, but some of you will need to take off your rings and bracelets, just put them somewhere safe for today and remember to leave them at home tomorrow. as they can be a security hazard, today will be a very busy day for all of you, we have no free tables for tonight and only a few for lunch, luckily we have our head chef back, he was on vacation. all last week, which meant the other chefs had extra work.

Now I'll tell you a little more about the job in a minute, but first some general rules for all of you, whatever your age, there are some equipment that you should not use until you have been properly trained, such as the waste disposal system For example, for health and safety reasons, then I believe there are two of you here who are under 18 years old. That's Emma and Jake, isn't that correct? So for you two, the meat slicer is off limits and Of course, neither of you can use the electric mixer until you have been shown how it works.

You may have heard that this can be a stressful job and I have to say that may be true: you will be working eight hours. hours a day for the first week, although you will have the opportunity to do overtime afterwards too if you wish, but no matter how long the hours are, you will have a break in between, what you will discover is that you are on your feet all day lifting and loading, so if you're not in shape now, you will soon be and you'll find that you don't have much chance of taking it easy.

When someone tells you to do something, you should do it immediately, but at least we have a very efficient air conditioning system compared to some kitchens. Before you listen to the rest of the talk, you have some time to read questions 17 to 20. Now listen and answer questions 17 to 20. Now let me tell you some of the people you need to meet, like I said, I'm Joy Parkins and I I decide who does what during the day and how long they work. I will try to get you to work with as many different people in the kitchen as possible. possible for you to learn while you are at work from a person whose name you should remember is David Field.

If you get hurt, even if it's really minor, you should tell him and he will make sure the incident is recorded and you get proper treatment, he himself is trained to provide basic treatment to the staff or send you somewhere else if necessary, then there's Dexter Wills, he's the person you need to see if he breaks a plate or something, don't just leave him. and I hope no one notices that it is very important to write down and replace things or there could be problems later and finally there is Mike Smith, he is the staff member who runs all the perishables stores, so if you notice that we're running out of flour or sugar or something, make sure you let him know so he can place an order, okay, okay, I gotta go, that's the end of section two.

Now you have half a minute to check your answers. In section three you will hear from two students named Trudy and Stuart, they are both studying to be librarians and are discussing a paper they are going to write together. First you have some time to look at questions 21 to 23. Thank you, now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 23. Okay, Stuart, we need to start planning. our document on public libraries, have you thought about an angle? Well, there are so many things we could analyze, for example how libraries have changed over the centuries or how different countries organize them.

What do you think? Trudy, perhaps we should concentrate on this country and try and relate the changes in libraries to external developments such as the fact that many more people know how to read than a century ago and that the local population can speak many different languages ​​we could also include something about changes in funding source, yes, but remember that we're only supposed to write a short article, so it's probably best if we don't go into funding in detail. Well, should we just exchange some ideas to get started? Well, obviously we need to look at the impact of new technologies, particularly the Internet now. that many books have been digitized, people can access them from their own computers at home and if everyone did that, libraries would be obsolete, yes, but digitized books that are available online for free mostly have no rights Author's, isn't it?

The country lasts 70 years after the author's death, so you won't find the la

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best seller or updated information. Anyway, that's an important point. I find it difficult to concentrate when reading long text on a screen. I prefer to read a physical book and it takes longer to read on a screen. Oh, I prefer it. I guess it's just a personal preference. I hope libraries continue to evolve in the years to come. Some have already become centers where community activities take place. like local clubs meeting there, I think that will be even more common. I'd like to think so and that they will continue to serve their traditional role, but I'm not so sure there will be financial implications after all, which I fear.

What will happen is that the books and magazines will disappear and they will just be rows and rows of computers, they won't look anything like the libraries we are used to, well we'll see before you hear the rest of the discussion they are having. some time to look at questions 24 to 30. Now listen and answer questions 24 to 30. I just had an idea why we don't do an in-depth study of our local public library as background to our article. If that. It would be interesting and raise all kinds of questions. Let's make a list of possible things we could ask about and then work on some kind of structure.

For example, we could interview some staff members and find out if the library has its own budget or if it is controlled. by the local council and what their policies are. I know they don't allow food, but I'd love to know what types of noise they prohibit. There always seems to be a lot of talking, but never music. I don't know if that's a policy or it just happens. I've often wondered, there are things like how the library is affected by labor laws. I suppose there are rules about working hours, facilities for staff, etc., then there are other issues related to the design of the building and how patrons use it, what measures the library takes to ensure their safety, would they need coverings to non-slippery floors and emergency exits, for example, and another thing is the question of the type of insurance the library needs.

I have in case someone gets hurt yeah that's more than just finding out you know something I've often wondered what that is good you know they have an archive of local newspapers going back years next door they have the Journal from a well-known politician from the late 19th century I wonder why it is there. Do you know what his connection to this area was? No idea, let's add it to our list of things to discover. I just thought you know people might ask at the library. about local organizations like sports clubs, well I wonder if they maintain a database or if they just search online properly.

I would like to find out what the differences are between a library that is open to the public and one that is part of a museum, for example, they must be very different hmm, so another thing I would like to know is that this is the end of section three . Now you have half a minute to check your answers. In section four you will hear part of a lecture for business students on business values. First you have some time. To look at questions 31 to 40. foreigner carefully and answer questions 31 to 40. in the public discussion about business we giveFor granted certain values ​​today I'm going to talk about four of them collaboration hard work creativity and excellence most people would say they are all good things.

I'm going to suggest that it's too simple. See the problem with these values ​​is that their theoretical concepts, far from the reality of day to day business, pursue the values ​​by all means, but be prepared for what may happen. As a result, they can actually cause harm, which is not the intention at all. Business leaders generally try to do the right thing, but too often the right thing backfires if those leaders embrace values ​​without understanding and managing the side effects that arise, the values ​​can easily obtain. in the sense of what is actually intended, okay, so the first value I'm going to discuss is collaboration.

Let me give you an example from a management training course I once attended. We were put into groups and had to build a bridge across a stream using building blocks which we were given the rule that everyone on the team had to move at least one building block during construction, this was to encourage working on team, but in reality it was a job that was best done by one person, the other teenagers tried to collaborate in the construction of the structure and got confused with everyone. interjecting each other, our team leader solved the challenge brilliantly, simply asking everyone on the team to move a piece a few centimeters to comply with the rule and then letting the person on the team with an aptitude for puzzles like this build it only.

I finished before any other team. My point is that the task wasn't really suitable for teamwork, so why make it a teamwork? Teamwork can also lead to inconsistency, a common cause of poor sales in the case of a smartphone that a certain company launched. Targeting the business market and other demanded that it be targeted at consumers. The company wanted both directors involved, so it gave the product a consumer-friendly name but marketed it to businesses. The result was that it did not meet the needs of either group. It would have been better. let one director or another get their way not now both industriousness and hard work it is easy to make fun of people who say they work hard after all a hamster running in a wheel is working hard and getting nowhere of course the Hard work is valuable but only when it is properly focused, otherwise the resources that companies value most, time and energy, are wasted and that is bad for the organization.

There is a management model that groups people according to four criteria: intelligent, hardworking, stupid and lazy. Here lazy means having a rational determination not to carry out unnecessary tasks; it does not mean trying to avoid work altogether. Most people display two of these characteristics and the most valuable people are those who are both intelligent and lazy; they possess clarity. intellectual and do not rush to make decisions find solutions to save the time and energy spent by the stupid and hard-working group instead of devoting more hours of work to a problem, the intelligent and lazy group looks for a more effective solution.

Then we get to creativity, this often works well when creating an attention-grabbing TV. A commercial, for example, can increase sales, but it is not always good for some advertising campaigns to be remembered for their creativity without having any effect on sales. This happened a few years ago with the launch of a chocolate bar. Later research showed that many consumers remembered the ads but had no idea what was being advertised, the problem is that the Creator is happy to have the idea and wrongly assumes that the campaign's audience will share that feeling that a company that launches thousands of new products may seem more creative than a company that only has a few, but it may be too creative and make lower profits.

Creativity should be aimed at solving a problem that the company has identified. Simply creating more and more novel products is not necessarily a good thing and Finally, excellence, we all know companies that claim to strive for excellence, but it takes a long time to achieve excellence in business. Being the first to offer a product is more profitable than having the best product. An important study on company performance in comparison. Pioneers, that is, companies that present the best product. first version of a particular product with followers the companies that copied and improved that product the study found that the Pioneers had an average market share of 29 while the followers achieved less than half of that product, only 13 Although Your product could have been better insisting on excellence in everything we do consumes time, wastes energy and leads to missed opportunities.

Sometimes a second-rate job is worth more than excellence. Make sure it's great. It sounds like a good approach to business, but the "just starting out" approach will probably be more successful. It's the end of section four. Now you have half a minute to check your answers. Thank you Foreign Foreign.