05:32 Narrator: That is the end of Section 1.
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00:00Narrator: Section 1.
00:01Narrator: You will hear an interviewer asking an interviewee called Lee
00:05Narrator: to do a questionnaire (bảng câu hỏi) on residency (cư trú) in the north.
00:11Narrator: First, you have some time to look at questions 1 to 5.
00:41Narrator: You will see that there is an example which has been done for you.
00:46Narrator: On this occasion only, the conversation relating to this will be played first.
00:55Interviewer: Excuse me.
00:55Lee: Yes?
00:57Interviewer: I was wondering if you could spare a few minutes to do a questionnaire (bảng câu hỏi) on your residency (cư trú) here in the north.
01:03Interviewer: It won't take long.
01:04Lee: No, that's fine.
01:05Interviewer: Lovely. First of all, may I get some information about yourself?
01:09Lee: Okay.
01:11Interviewer: May I know your name and age?
01:13Lee: My name's Lee, and I'm 19 years old now.
01:17Narrator: Lee says that he is 19 years old now, so 19 has been written in the space.
01:25Narrator: Now we shall begin.
01:27Narrator: You should answer the questions as you listen,
01:30Narrator: because you will not hear the recording a second time.
01:34Narrator: Listen carefully and answer questions 1 to 5.
01:42Interviewer: Excuse me.
01:42Lee: Yes?
01:44Interviewer: I was wondering if you could spare a few minutes to do a questionnaire (bảng câu hỏi) on your residency (cư trú) here in the north.
01:49Interviewer: It won't take long.
01:50Lee: No, that's fine.
01:52Interviewer: Lovely.
01:53Interviewer: First of all, may I get some information about yourself?
01:56Lee: Okay.
01:57Interviewer: May I know your name and age?
02:00Lee: My name's Lee, and I'm 19 years old now.
02:04Interviewer: Great. And could I ask what your job is? Are you a student?
02:08Lee: Actually, I'm going to continue my study in business management next month.
02:13Lee: But at the moment, I'm a salesman by profession (nghề nghiệp).
02:17Interviewer: All right. And how long have you been living here in the north?
02:21Lee: Well, I have been in this city since I was three years old.
02:25Lee: But my family and I had lived in the east for seven years at first.
02:29Lee: Now I am 19, so I have spent about nine years living here till now.
02:34Interviewer: Great. Which part of the northern area do you live in?
02:38Lee: I live in Spring Park.
02:39Lee: Have you heard of it?
02:41Interviewer: Yes, of course.
02:42Interviewer: So what about your accommodation (chỗ ở)?
02:44Interviewer: Do you live in a house or a flat or something similar?
02:48Lee: I used to live with my family in a big house,
02:51Lee: and now I'm living in an apartment with two of my friends
02:55Lee: who are my colleagues as well.
02:57Interviewer: All right. And one more question.
03:00Interviewer: What means of transport will you take when you need to go somewhere?
03:05Lee: Um, if it's not too far away, I'd prefer to go on foot or by bicycle.
03:10Lee: If there is a long way to go, I take the train or sometimes a cab.
03:15Lee: I rarely take buses because I think the most important things to keep in mind are time and comfort.
03:23Interviewer: Great. Thanks.
03:27Narrator: Before you hear the rest of the conversation,
03:30Narrator: you have some time to look at questions 6 to 10.
03:55Narrator: Now listen and answer questions 6 to 10.
04:01Interviewer: Now, let's go to the second part of my questionnaire (bảng câu hỏi).
04:05Interviewer: I'd like you to tell me, how often do you dine out (ăn ngoài)?
04:08Interviewer: Is it once a week or several times a year?
04:12Lee: I'm afraid neither of those options agree with me.
04:15Lee: I don't often go out for dinner, maybe once a month.
04:20Lee: Every week just seems too often for me.
04:22Interviewer: Okay. Then where do you usually go for recreation (giải trí)?
04:26Lee: I often go to places that other people go to.
04:30Lee: I sometimes go clubbing after work.
04:32Lee: You know there are some fantastic clubs nearby.
04:35Interviewer: And if you do not have to work during the day, will you go for a show or something?
04:41Lee: You know, there is a newly built theatre that opened last month in Spring Park,
04:45Lee: but I rarely go there because it's too expensive.
04:48Lee: I prefer to go to the cinema to see some of the latest movies.
04:52Interviewer: Do you like doing sports? And what is your main form of exercise?
04:57Lee: I like swimming and I go to the gym occasionally,
05:01Lee: but I spend most of my spare time sailing.
05:04Interviewer: All right. Last question.
05:06Interviewer: Have you taken any part-time courses (khóa học bán thời gian)?
05:09Lee: Yes, because I'm really keen on cartoons,
05:13Lee: I'm doing a Japanese course during the weekends,
05:16Lee: but I'm still a beginner.
05:18Interviewer: Wow! What a special language.
05:20Interviewer: Most people I know would like to learn Spanish or Latin.
05:24Interviewer: You must be brilliant.
05:25Interviewer: Well, thank you very much for your time.
05:28Lee: No problem. Bye.
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questionnairebảng câu hỏi
residencycư trú
professionnghề nghiệp
accommodationchỗ ở
dine outăn ngoài
recreationgiải trí
part-time courseskhóa học bán thời gian
Section 2:
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05:35Narrator: You now have half a minute to check your answers.
05:38Presenter: Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 14.
05:43Presenter: Welcome to our holiday special.
05:45Presenter: Today, I'll be talking about a new cycle route (tuyến đường xe đạp) in this area called the Elmsden Way.
05:52Presenter: It's well signposted (có biển chỉ dẫn), so you can see exactly where to go.
05:57Presenter: And it's an easy route with no steep hills.
06:00Presenter: It's 35 kilometers long from Elmsden to Lowington,
06:04Presenter: and consists (bao gồm) partly of cycle paths (đường dành cho xe đạp) and partly roads.
06:09Presenter: Let me outline (phác thảo) the route briefly, starting at Amsden railway station (ga xe lửa).
06:14Presenter: The first part is a cycle path (đường dành cho xe đạp) running eastwards, roughly parallel (song song) to the rail track.
06:20Presenter: Almost immediately, the railway curves away and goes around the southern side of a little lake.
06:27Presenter: But the cycle path (đường dành cho xe đạp) takes the northern route around the lake.
06:31Presenter: Keep your eyes open for the swans that nest there.
06:35Presenter: The path then joins the road, and the next landmark (địa danh) is a group of massive (khổng lồ) rocks
06:40Presenter: which tower over the countryside.
06:42Presenter: You will see them to the east of the road just before the road goes under the railway.
06:48Presenter: They're very impressive (ấn tượng).
06:51Presenter: Soon you'll come to a fork (ngã ba) in the road
06:53Presenter: where you're going to leave the road and head off toward the river.
06:58Presenter: But if you want to make a detour (đường vòng) to Carleen Nature Reserve (khu bảo tồn thiên nhiên),
07:02Presenter: go straight on instead of leaving the road here.
07:06Presenter: Continuing along the cycle path (đường dành cho xe đạp), you'll reach the River Cleeve.
07:10Presenter: The cycle path (đường dành cho xe đạp) follows the river southwards.
07:14Presenter: After a bit, you'll see the Ashington China Factory (nhà máy)
07:18Presenter: which closed in 1962.
07:21Presenter: When you get there, there's a bridge over the river
07:24Presenter: and you carry on with Langton Forest to the south and farmland to the north.
07:30Presenter: The route ends at Langton village where you'll find a railway station (ga xe lửa).
07:35Presenter: So you can either catch the train here or cycle back to Elmsden.
07:41Narrator: Before you hear the rest of the program,
07:43Narrator: you have some time to look at questions 15 to 20.
07:50Presenter: Now listen and answer questions 15 to 20.
07:54Presenter: One point to remember when you're cycling on the Elmsden Way
07:58Presenter: is that you should keep your eyes open for sheep which occasionally stray onto the cycle path (đường dành cho xe đạp)
08:04Presenter: from adjoining fields.
08:06Presenter: So be careful to avoid accidents.
08:10Presenter: The path is well constructed, so it's not affected by wet or muddy conditions.
08:16Presenter: There might be the odd car or tractor when you're cycling on roads,
08:20Presenter: but most traffic has been diverted (chuyển hướng) to the main road that bypasses (đi vòng qua) the whole area.
08:26Presenter: Now, a bit more about some of the places you'll see.
08:30Presenter: The starting point, Elmsden station, was quite busy in the early 20th century
08:36Presenter: with services to several major cities.
08:39Presenter: But it was closed in the 1950s.
08:42Presenter: And actually, a small company was set up to turn it into a sort of railway museum,
08:48Presenter: maintaining it in the style of the 1950s.
08:52Presenter: And the station was ready for trains to start using it again earlier this year.
08:58Presenter: It's only used by a few local trains, though.
09:01Presenter: There's a visitor's centre at the station which has a small exhibition about the history of railway transport
09:08Presenter: all over the world,
09:10Presenter: and a facility (cơ sở vật chất) for hiring bikes if you don't have one of your own.
09:15Presenter: There's also a small shop just across the road from the station that sells refreshments (đồ giải khát).
09:21Presenter: As I said, you can cycle to Langton and return to Elmsden by train,
09:26Presenter: or the other way around because you can take your cycle on the train.
09:31Presenter: There's no need to book.
09:33Presenter: There's plenty of room and no extra charge.
09:36Presenter: However, the service is very limited.
09:40Presenter: And the trains between these two places don't run on weekdays.
09:45Presenter: If you want to see the River Elm, there's a footpath from Elmsden station.
09:50Presenter: And you can safely leave your bike in the car park there.
09:54Presenter: Leave yourself plenty of time, though.
09:57Presenter: Going down's easy, but the climb up is very steep.
10:01Presenter: So the walk back up to the top can take quite a while,
10:05Presenter: but it's worth the effort.
10:08Presenter: The scenery is wonderful,
10:10Presenter: and the footpath runs right next to the river down to a waterfall.
10:15Presenter: Finally, if you'd like to do some more cycling in the area,
10:19Presenter: there are lots of other cycle paths (đường dành cho xe đạp).
10:22Presenter: We'll be talking on the radio about them,
10:25Presenter: and you'll be able to get full details in the Saturday edition of the local paper.
10:31Presenter: The National Cycle Network also has some details on their website,
10:36Presenter: although I have to say they don't have many local ones yet, but that may change.
10:42Presenter: So, we'll be telling you more about...
10:45Narrator: That is the end of Section 2.
10:48Narrator: You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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cycle routetuyến đường xe đạp
signpostedcó biển chỉ dẫn
consistsbao gồm
cycle pathsđường dành cho xe đạp
outlinephác thảo
railway stationga xe lửa
cycle pathđường dành cho xe đạp
parallelsong song
landmarkđịa danh
massivekhổng lồ
impressiveấn tượng
forkngã ba
detourđường vòng
Nature Reservekhu bảo tồn thiên nhiên
Factorynhà máy
divertedchuyển hướng
bypassesđi vòng qua
facilitycơ sở vật chất
refreshmentsđồ giải khát
Section 3
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10:57Narrator: Section 3.
10:58Narrator: You will hear two archaeology (khảo cổ học) students called May and Thomas talking about the excavations (khai quật) they have been involved in.
11:07Narrator: First, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 25.
11:47Narrator: Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 25.
11:55May: Hi, Thomas. Did you have a good time in Turkey?
11:58Thomas: Hi, May. I had a great time,
12:02Thomas: but I have to say, although I've always been keen on being an archaeologist,
12:07Thomas: before I went on an excavation (khai quật), I used to find some of the things we did in class totally mystifying (khó hiểu).
12:13May: Me too.
12:14May: Before I did my trip to Egypt, I was often irritated (bực bội) at not being able to picture exactly what the lecturers (giảng viên) meant.
12:23May: They were always so excited about everything.
12:26Thomas: Yeah.
12:27Thomas: We did a lot of practical (thực tế) stuff on the excavation (khai quật) which I really needed.
12:32May: Was it harder than you expected?
12:34Thomas: Yes, mostly.
12:35Thomas: I learned a lot more about the rules of archaeology (khảo cổ học).
12:38Thomas: I was really taken aback by how precise (chính xác) you have to be with your data collection (thu thập dữ liệu) and recording.
12:44May: I took loads of photographs and they proved very useful,
12:49May: and the drawing went well too.
12:51Thomas: Yes, I think I'm quite good with the camera.
12:53Thomas: I'm minded about the recording though.
12:56Thomas: I had no idea it would take so much time.
12:59May: Did you find anything particularly interesting when you were digging?
13:03May: I did, actually.
13:04May: I had to dig a trench in part of the site.
13:08May: Interestingly, there weren't any bits of pottery (đồ gốm) there like you would expect to find,
13:13May: but I did get out some pieces of cloth and what looked like one or two silver beads (hạt cườm).
13:19May: But our team leader said that they weren't, they were probably lead weights (quả cân chì) for weaving (dệt vải).
13:24May: What about you?
13:26Thomas: I didn't find anything myself, but quite a few of the other students did.
13:31Thomas: What I enjoyed was trying to identify (xác định) what crops (cây trồng) the people who had once lived in the area had grown.
13:37Thomas: They seem to have had a much better diet (chế độ ăn) than I expected.
13:41Thomas: Fish and wheat as well as oats, honey, and fruit.
13:44Thomas: Lots of different things.
13:46May: Yes, it's amazing, isn't it?
13:48May: And from measuring the bones in one of the sites,
13:51May: we found that the people were actually taller and had better teeth than the people who live in the area today.
13:58Thomas: Probably due to less carbohydrates.
14:01Thomas: How were the people you had to work with?
14:03Thomas: My team was great.
14:05Thomas: They were made up of people my age from all over the world.
14:09Thomas: It was good to work with them, lots of fun and they taught me a lot.
14:14Thomas: It was tough for us all though, getting up at dawn every day and being out until late afternoon.
14:21May: Oh, that's true enough. We were all exhausted.
14:25May: And I'd like to have an international team next time.
14:28May: Mine was mainly made up of English and Americans.
14:32May: I enjoyed the field school, but everyone was much more experienced and older than I was.
14:38May: It was a bit scary.
14:43Narrator: Before you hear the rest of the discussion, you have some time to look at questions 26 to 30.
14:46Thomas: Now listen and answer questions 26 to 30.
14:53Thomas: You know there's going to be a question about the excavation (khai quật) projects in our test next week.
14:58Thomas: Should we just run through it for practice?
15:01May: Good idea.
15:02May: Our team leader was very strict about following the right procedure (quy trình).
15:07May: He used to say never excavate (khai quật) anything if you're not sure it's worth excavating (khai quật).
15:13Thomas: Now, I think that when you've decided where to excavate (khai quật), you go to the site hut (lều công trường)
15:18Thomas: and get whatever tools you need.
15:20Thomas: Then clean the area so you know exactly how big it's going to be.
15:24May: Right. Okay.
15:26May: And you need to make sure you can remember what the site looks like before you begin digging.
15:32Thomas: I think photos are probably best for that, rather than drawings at this stage.
15:37May: I agree.
15:38May: You then attach them to a record sheet (phiếu ghi chép) which you get from the team leader,
15:43May: remembering to put in the site code, unit number (số đơn vị) and time.
15:47May: So much red tape (thủ tục hành chính rườm rà).
15:49May: You seem to spend half the time marking rather than digging.
15:53Thomas: That's true.
15:54Thomas: I think you then have to draw up a detailed plan (kế hoạch chi tiết) of where you're digging
15:58Thomas: and then measure the limits.
16:00May: And this is all before you actually start digging.
16:03May: Okay, so far so good.
16:06May: Now you can start with the trowel (cái bay),
16:09May: but first you have to get soil samples (mẫu đất).
16:11May: And you keep them for further analysis (phân tích).
16:14May: Anything that you don't think is useful, you leave in place on the site.
16:19Thomas: Yes, and if you make any finds, that is any object you retrieved (lấy lại),
16:23Thomas: including animal bones, stone, as well as artifacts (hiện vật),
16:27Thomas: they should all be registered (đăng ký) and labeled (dán nhãn).
16:30May: And then you put them in a plastic bag and return them to the site hut (lều công trường).
16:35Thomas: That's right.
16:36Thomas: And remember to leave the tools and site hut (lều công trường) as you would expect to find them.
16:42May: Ha, looks like we've learned something after all.
16:48Narrator: That is the end of Section 3.
16:50Narrator: You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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archaeologykhảo cổ học
excavationskhai quật
excavationkhai quật
mystifyingkhó hiểu
irritatedbực bội
lecturersgiảng viên
practicalthực tế
precisechính xác
data collectionthu thập dữ liệu
potteryđồ gốm
beadshạt cườm
lead weightsquả cân chì
weavingdệt vải
identifyxác định
cropscây trồng
dietchế độ ăn
procedurequy trình
excavatekhai quật
excavatingkhai quật
site hutlều công trường
record sheetphiếu ghi chép
unit numbersố đơn vị
red tapethủ tục hành chính rườm rà
detailed plankế hoạch chi tiết
trowelcái bay
soil samplesmẫu đất
analysisphân tích
retrievedlấy lại
artifactshiện vật
registeredđăng ký
labeleddán nhãn
Section 4
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17:00Narrator: Section 4.
17:01Narrator: You will hear part of a presentation (bài thuyết trình) on recent crocodile (cá sấu) research in Australia.
17:07Narrator: First, you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40.
18:01Researcher: Now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40.
18:09Researcher: Hello everybody.
18:10Researcher: I've just arrived back from my field trip,
18:13Researcher: and Professor Martin has asked me to tell you about it today in our research forum.
18:19Researcher: As many of you know already, my dissertation (luận văn) relates to crocodile (cá sấu) behaviour.
18:24Researcher: My specialty is the saltwater (nước mặn) crocodile (cá sấu), which is much larger than the freshwater (nước ngọt) crocodile (cá sấu).
18:30Researcher: I've just come back from the Northern Territory,
18:32Researcher: where I've been part of a groundbreaking (đột phá) study observing (quan sát) crocodile (cá sấu) movements.
18:37Researcher: Uh, it's not the only time crocodile (cá sấu) movements have been followed,
18:41Researcher: but this study is unique because we tracked (theo dõi) crocodiles (cá sấu) using a satellite (vệ tinh).
18:46Researcher: Up until now, studies like this one have only been able to track crocodile (cá sấu) movements using radio.
18:52Researcher: Not only was this method more stressful for the animal, which had to be caught several times,
18:58Researcher: but it was also not very reliable as the signal was often lost.
19:03Researcher: So, you might be wondering why we chose to track crocodiles (cá sấu).
19:07Researcher: Well, crocodile (cá sấu) attacks on people and livestock are rare,
19:11Researcher: but when they do happen, the government believes that the problem crocodiles (cá sấu) should be relocated (di dời) rather than killed.
19:18Researcher: But can we be sure that the crocodile (cá sấu) won't simply return to the place where it came from?
19:23Researcher: So, we designed a study to try to answer these questions.
19:28Researcher: We wanted to establish, firstly, how far crocodiles (cá sấu) can travel over a period of time.
19:34Researcher: The second thing that we wanted to know was how easy is it for crocodiles (cá sấu) to navigate (định vị).
19:39Researcher: Could they find their own way home again if they were moved to another location?
19:44Researcher: Of course, the biggest challenge when observing (quan sát) crocodiles (cá sấu)
19:48Researcher: is that they are very secretive (kín đáo) animals.
19:50Researcher: They stay well away from people if they can, which makes them really difficult to follow.
20:01Researcher: I'll give you some information about the design of the study now.
20:05Researcher: There were three crocodiles (cá sấu) in our study, all from the Northern Territory,
20:09Researcher: and measuring between three and four and a half meters in length.
20:14Researcher: The crocodiles (cá sấu) were captured, measured and tagged,
20:17Researcher: and then taken by helicopter to new locations up to 400 kilometers away from where they were found.
20:24Researcher: We were then able to use the tracking data to monitor their movements.
20:28Researcher: We used a specially designed transmitter (máy phát) which we attached to each animal's head.
20:33Researcher: The transmitter (máy phát) collected the data and relayed it back to us.
20:37Researcher: The results of our study were quite astounding (kinh ngạc).
20:40Researcher: After they were released, each crocodile (cá sấu) remained in the release site for some weeks,
20:45Researcher: making random movements around the site each day.
20:49Researcher: But then they each swam home, traveling by the most direct route.
20:54Researcher: These crocodiles (cá sấu) showed remarkable navigational skills and stamina to swim such long voyages.
21:01Researcher: So, what conclusions did we draw from this?
21:04Researcher: Well, we proved that crocodiles (cá sấu) are clearly capable of making marathon swims (bơi đường dài) to find their way home.
21:11Researcher: This meant that the current policy should be reconsidered (xem xét lại).
21:15Researcher: You might be wondering how the crocodiles (cá sấu) managed to get home.
21:18Researcher: We concluded that they used factors (yếu tố) such as sight and smell,
21:22Researcher: as well as their position to the sun to point their way.
21:26Researcher: It's a little known fact that crocodiles (cá sấu) are more closely related to birds
21:30Researcher: than they are to any other reptile (bò sát).
21:32Researcher: So we believe it's possible that they use the same system to negotiate (vượt qua) long journeys.
21:38Researcher: Now that the study has been completed...
21:44Narrator: That is the end of Section 4.
21:46Narrator: You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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presentationbài thuyết trình
crocodilecá sấu
dissertationluận văn
saltwaternước mặn
freshwaternước ngọt
groundbreakingđột phá
observingquan sát
trackedtheo dõi
crocodilescá sấu
satellitevệ tinh
relocateddi dời
navigateđịnh vị
secretivekín đáo
transmittermáy phát
astoundingkinh ngạc
marathon swimsbơi đường dài
reconsideredxem xét lại
factorsyếu tố
reptilebò sát
negotiatevượt qua