Section 1
64 dòng · 3 người nói · 2 từ vựng
00:01Narrator IELTS Listening Version 18144. You will hear a number of different recordings, and you will have to answer questions on what you hear.
00:15 There will be time for you to read the instructions and questions, and you will have a chance to check your work. All the recordings will be played once only. The test is in four sections. Write all your answers in the listening question booklet. At the end of the test, you will be given 10 minutes to transfer your answers to an answer sheet.
00:46 Now turn to Section 1 on page two of your question booklet.
00:56 Section 1. You will hear a woman phoning a restaurant to book a room for a party.
01:04 First, you have some time to look at questions 1 to 5.
01:43 You will see that there is an example that has been done for you. On this occasion only, the conversation relating to this will be played first.
01:56Man Good morning, Shaw's Restaurant.
01:58Woman Hi, I'd like to book one of your function rooms for a party, please.
02:03Man Okay, fine. How many people are you expecting for the party?
02:07Woman Well, I'm not quite sure yet, but about 60.
02:13Narrator There are about 60 people expected, so '60' has been written in the space. Now we shall begin. You should answer the questions as you listen because you will not hear the recording a second time. Listen carefully and answer questions 1 to 5.
01:36Man Good morning, Shaw's Restaurant.
01:38Woman Hi, I'd like to book one of your function rooms for a party, please.
01:43Man Okay, fine. How many people are you expecting for the party?
01:47Woman Well, I'm not quite sure yet, but about 60.
01:51Man Fine. So you will need a big room. And what day were you thinking of?
01:56Woman The party's for my daughter's birthday. It's her 21st. Her birthday's actually on the 17th of November, but that's a Friday. So, we thought we'd have her party on the 18th as that's a Saturday. There'll be lots of her friends there, as well as all the family.
02:14Man And what time would you like the room for?
02:17Woman Oh, I'm not sure. Uh, 7:45, not too late.
02:22Man Okay. And people will probably be leaving about 11.
02:26 Fine. We're open until 11:30.
02:29Woman Excellent. And what about the menu?
02:32Man So, do you want a sit-down meal with waiter service?
02:36Woman Yes, not a buffet.
02:38Man Right. Well, there are several options including different menus at various prices. So, there's the standard menu, that's £25 per person.
02:49Woman Okay.
02:50Man Or the celebration menu, which is three courses. It's very popular. That's £35.
02:57Woman Okay, I think I'd rather go with that.
03:00Man And there's also our gold menu. That's a five-course menu at £50.
03:05Woman No, that's definitely too expensive.
03:08Man Okay.
03:09Woman Now, not all the guests eat meat. Will there be something for them?
03:13Man Of course. We'll make sure there's a vegetarian (người ăn chay) option for each course.
03:18Woman Great.
03:20Man And do you know if any of the guests have food allergies (dị ứng)? Anything like shellfish, for example?
03:26Woman I'll need to check, but I do know that one of my daughter's friends is very allergic to strawberries. Even just being near them can be a problem.
03:36Man Okay, I'll make a note to our chef to avoid those completely. Do you have any other requests for desserts?
03:43Woman Well, I'd like a choice if possible, and could we have cheese as well?
03:48Man Of course, no problem. We can provide that.
03:55Narrator Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 6 to 10.
04:26 Now listen and answer questions 6 to 10.
04:33Man Now, do you have any other requests I could help with? What about after-dinner entertainment? You can book a band if you'd like live music.
04:42Woman Actually, I think a disco would be best if you can arrange that.
04:47Man No problem.
04:48Woman And I heard you might be able to put on a fireworks display. Is that possible?
04:53Man We aren't offering that service anymore, I'm afraid. It was just too expensive.
04:59Woman Oh, I see.
05:00Man Now, the menu package you've chosen includes a few other nice things.
05:04Woman Oh, like what?
05:05Man We'll decorate the room for you, which creates a nice party atmosphere. We can use different colours for the balloons – silver, gold...
05:14Woman She loves pink, but actually, I think she'd prefer flowers to balloons, so let's go for them instead, in the same colour.
05:23Man No problem. Now, you mentioned that the party is for your daughter. We make birthday cakes if you'd like one.
05:30Woman Okay, yes, we'll definitely want a cake.
05:33Man And we can put a special message on top. What would you like?
05:37Woman Um, congratulations and then her name, that's Susie.
05:42Man Fine.
05:43Woman Now, one or two of the guests are coming by train, but they stop running quite early, so they'll need a taxi to take them to the Forest Hotel after the party. Is that something you can sort out?
05:55Man Absolutely, anything else?
05:58Woman I think that's all for now.
06:00Man Okay. Well, just get in touch if you think of anything else. Now, if I can just take some contact details. I just need your name and phone number.
06:11Woman I'm Maria Nelson, and my number's 07749 132760.
06:19Man Excellent. We look forward to seeing you soon.
06:25Narrator That is the end of Section 1.
06:27 You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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vegetarianngười ăn chay
allergiesdị ứng
Section 2
52 dòng · 1 người nói · 10 từ vựng
06:30Narrator Section two.
06:31 You will hear a radio broadcast about a new museum which specializes in vacuum cleaners.
06:37 First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 15.
07:12 Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 15.
07:20 A new museum has just opened, dedicated (dành riêng) to vacuum cleaners.
07:25 Yes, that's right.
07:26 Vacuum cleaners, the machines powered by electricity that suck up the dust and dirt from the floor.
07:33 The museum's opened in a town called Eastwood, in central England.
07:37 Until now, Eastwood used to be an industrial town (thị trấn công nghiệp) where people used to be employed as coal miners.
07:45 But then a local resident called James Brown became frustrated (bực bội) with the nation's failure to recognize the importance of vacuum cleaners, and he decided to set up his own museum.
07:57 James first fell in love with vacuum cleaners when he was only four years old.
08:03 At the time, his mother was unwell, so he used to help her out by vacuuming the house, and it was to be the start of the lifelong love affair with this humble household appliance (thiết bị gia dụng).
08:15 However, it wasn't until James was 8 years old that he first acquired (có được) his own vacuum cleaner.
08:22 After it had been thrown away on the streets, he took it home, cleaned it up, and plugged it in.
08:28 Amazingly, it still worked, and that was the beginning of his collections.
08:34 By the time he was in his teens, his collections had grown to 30.
08:38 The collection continued to grow until it reached the final count of 126, which it stands at today.
08:46 James is delighted to share his enthusiasm of vacuum cleaners with visitors.
08:52 One of his favorite party tricks is to blindfold his eyes so he can't see and ask someone to switch on one of the machines.
09:01 When I tested him out on five different machines, switching them on and pushing them across the floor, he had no problem telling me the manufacturer (nhà sản xuất) of each one, and he could even tell its age.
09:14 Loading on now a common household appliance (thiết bị gia dụng thông thường), it wasn't until the 1950s that most people could afford to buy a vacuum cleaner, as before that, they were very expensive.
09:26 In today's money, you would have had to pay around a third of the price for an average car (xe hơi trung bình), which is around three months' wages for most people.
09:35 Like most modern appliances, the invention of a production line (dây chuyền sản xuất) halved the price almost immediately.
09:42 But James is not the only vacuum cleaner aficionado (người hâm mộ) out there, and a few years ago, he made a special trip to the USA to the factory of his favorite, the Kirby vacuum cleaner.
09:55 There is also an American website called Vacuum Land that's dedicated to vacuum cleaner collectors.
10:02 This year, they're even holding a convention in Texas with competition, awards, and lectures on the subject.
10:09 So James might want to pop back to the United States to meet some vacuum lovers.
10:15 So, if you've been inspired and want to visit James's vacuum cleaner museum, what days could you go to visit?
10:23 Well, they're open all year round from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. from Tuesdays to Saturdays.
10:30 Except Thursdays when they're open until 7:00 p.m., and Mondays when the museum is closed.
10:40 Before you hear the rest of the broadcast, you have some time to look at questions 16 to 20.
11:16 Now listen carefully and answer questions 16 to 20.
11:24 The history of the vacuum cleaner is an interesting one.
11:27 The first commercially available powered vacuum cleaner was invented in 1901 and was called the Puffing Billy.
11:36 It was so large it had to be pulled by horses and parked outside the house where the cleaning was being done.
11:44 It was initially driven by an oil engine.
11:47 Although it was later adapted to be powered by electricity, and it was used to clean the carpets and the palace of King Edward VII in London.
11:57 One of the most famous electric vacuum cleaners is known as the Hoover.
12:02 This was developed in the USA in 1908.
12:06 It's often thought that it was created by a Mr. Hoover, but in fact, it was created by a James Spangler, who worked as a cleaner in a department store.
12:16 Mr. Hoover was a businessman who bought the idea and then developed and marketed it in the USA and other countries.
12:25 The Electrolux Model 5 was developed in 1928.
12:30 Up until that time, vacuum cleaners had been heavy devices which were not easily bought from.
12:36 This was a lighter model which laid on the floor and can be pulled along on two strips of metal, and this was an idea that was copied by many other manufacturers.
12:47 Then there's the Electrolux 30 or XXX, which was developed in 1937 in the USA.
12:55 And is perhaps the most visually elegant vacuum cleaner of all, with its sleek lines inspired by the Art Deco architecture popular in the 1930s.
13:06 The most prized model in James's museum is the Kirby model, which is actually gold-plated.
13:13 Kirby made pieces trophy, but they also manufacture vacuum cleaners for everyday use.
13:19 As sold only by salesmen who demonstrated them only in the customer's home, but even the everyday model might eventually become collector's items.
13:29 Now, if you want to visit the museum,
13:36 That is the end of section two.
13:39 You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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dedicateddành riêng
industrial townthị trấn công nghiệp
frustratedbực bội
household appliancethiết bị gia dụng
acquiredcó được
manufacturernhà sản xuất
common household appliancethiết bị gia dụng thông thường
average carxe hơi trung bình
production linedây chuyền sản xuất
aficionadongười hâm mộ
Section 3
69 dòng · 3 người nói · 28 từ vựng
13:42Narrator Now turn to Section 3.
13:44 Section 3.
13:46 You will hear a tutor called Dr. Harris and a student called Lisa discussing Lisa's postgraduate (sau đại học) research project on the role of health visitors (nhân viên y tế cộng đồng).
13:57 First, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 25.
14:03 Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 28.
14:10Dr. Harris Hi Lisa.
14:11 Good to see you again, especially since you've chosen to do your master's with us.
14:17Lisa Well, I enjoyed my first degree in nursing and I decided I want to become a health visitor.
14:23 You know, someone who promotes health and well-being (sức khỏe và hạnh phúc) and is part of a team within a community (cộng đồng), getting out and meeting people of all ages.
14:33 So, that's why I chose this research project.
14:36Dr. Harris Excellent.
14:37 And your focus, the role of a health visitor in the community is spot on.
14:43 But at this stage, you need to keep an open mind so you can respond to initial findings once you get underway (đang tiến hành).
14:50Lisa From what I read, the role seems to vary quite considerably (đáng kể).
14:55Dr. Harris Yes.
14:55 Some health visitors tend to focus on liaising (liên lạc) with family doctors.
15:00 Others work independently with new patients.
15:03 The work of health visitors in future is most likely to rely on the relationship between these roles.
15:10 And I think that would be an interesting angle for you to pursue at some stage.
15:15Lisa Yes.
15:16 What I really want to impact is the problem of physical development checks (kiểm tra phát triển thể chất), which start with babies when they are only a few days old.
15:25Dr. Harris Right.
15:26Lisa Another area which I am thinking of investigating is the monitoring (giám sát) of nurseries (nhà trẻ), which is currently under review, and there is the issue of preschools.
15:35 At what age they should take very young children.
15:39 I thought I'd also include childminders (người giữ trẻ), the individuals in the area of Haynes that might not be qualified, but look after young children.
15:49Dr. Harris That's an area I'd stay clear of as it's very complex.
15:53Lisa Okay, we'll do.
15:56 Anyway, I'd also like to make a short film (phim ngắn) about a few children.
16:00Dr. Harris A good idea, but it will depend on building up a relationship with one or two health visitors willing to introduce you to a family.
16:09 An opportunity like that would allow you to look at how young children begin to form words, for example.
16:17Lisa And peer relationships (mối quan hệ bạn bè đồng trang lứa) between children, as well as the ways in which they relate and play with each other, especially when they were around 2 to 3 years old, although early use of language is my main interest.
16:31Dr. Harris Okay, but there are other topic areas I'd like you to consider before we finalize the content and structure of your research.
16:40 An equally important area is the child's home environment (môi trường gia đình) and the effect of a newborn baby.
16:46Lisa Right.
16:47Dr. Harris You need to consider the impact of this on the parents, particularly if the family lives in poor economic circumstances (hoàn cảnh kinh tế).
16:56 Of course, the additional expense could be a worry, especially if there are other children.
17:03 Certainly all those matters are very sensitive and not necessarily easy to detect.
17:09 There's plenty of help available, but many people often feel too proud to ask for it.
17:15Lisa This is the area where I will need to be familiar with family law (luật gia đình), isn't it?
17:20Dr. Harris Very much so.
17:22 By all means, be aware of the medical conditions, and you also need to consider social practice (thực hành xã hội).
17:29 But you'll find that in most circumstances, you will have to refer to the law to understand how far a health visitor can intervene (can thiệp).
17:37Lisa Yes, I appreciate that.
17:41Narrator Before you hear the rest of the discussion, you have some time to look at questions 26 to 30.
17:48 Now listen and answer questions 26 to 30.
17:55Dr. Harris Now, your book list.
17:58 I'm glad to see worldwide healthcare policies tops your list.
18:02Lisa Well, I wasn't sure how relevant (liên quan) it would be, but it's a new edition, so the information is current.
18:10Dr. Harris Yes, some of it may not be relevant, but it's important to keep abreast of (cập nhật) developments (sự phát triển) in other countries which may inform our own government's legislation (pháp luật).
18:20Lisa I understand.
18:22 What about supporting vulnerable (dễ bị tổn thương) families?
18:24 It's not as costly as some of the other books on my list.
18:28Dr. Harris It's an excellent buy, considering the price, even though it does leave a few things out.
18:35Lisa I've already ordered health visitors and child protection.
18:39 I hope that was right.
18:41Dr. Harris Well, it's very expensive, but it's a sound investment (khoản đầu tư hợp lý), and there aren't many textbooks which cover as much detail as this.
18:50 It will be a valuable reference (tài liệu tham khảo có giá trị) even if the style is occasionally boring.
18:55Lisa And what about the future of health visiting?
18:59 I'm unsure how useful it will be.
19:02Dr. Harris Useful in a utilitarian (thực dụng) sense?
19:05 Probably not, but it's stimulating (kích thích) in the way the writer considers what health visiting could be like in a perfect world.
19:13 I'd suggest dipping into it to discover the improvements which could be made if money were no object.
19:20Lisa And resources for health visitors?
19:23Dr. Harris Strangely enough, it's not as helpful as the title suggested.
19:28 It offers a huge variety of activities and strategies which are great when working with young children, but they're presented in a rather haphazard (lộn xộn) way, and the index isn't much use either.
19:40 Be very careful when using it.
19:43Lisa Okay.
19:45Narrator That is the end of Section 3.
19:47 You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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postgraduatesau đại học
health visitorsnhân viên y tế cộng đồng
well-beingsức khỏe và hạnh phúc
communitycộng đồng
underwayđang tiến hành
considerablyđáng kể
liaisingliên lạc
physical development checkskiểm tra phát triển thể chất
monitoringgiám sát
nurseriesnhà trẻ
childmindersngười giữ trẻ
short filmphim ngắn
peer relationshipsmối quan hệ bạn bè đồng trang lứa
home environmentmôi trường gia đình
economic circumstanceshoàn cảnh kinh tế
family lawluật gia đình
social practicethực hành xã hội
intervenecan thiệp
relevantliên quan
abreast ofcập nhật
developmentssự phát triển
legislationpháp luật
vulnerabledễ bị tổn thương
sound investmentkhoản đầu tư hợp lý
valuable referencetài liệu tham khảo có giá trị
utilitarianthực dụng
stimulatingkích thích
haphazardlộn xộn
Section 4
50 dòng · 2 người nói · 16 từ vựng
19:50Narrator Now turn to Section 4.
19:57 Section 4.
19:58 You will hear a lecturer giving a talk to psychology students about people's sense of smell.
20:04 First, you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40.
21:00 Now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40.
21:06Lecturer Good afternoon.
21:08 So far in this course on perception (nhận thức), we have focused on sight.
21:12 Today, we're going to move on to consider a sense that has received rather less attention in the literature (tài liệu) on human perception, that is, our sense of smell.
21:22 It's often said that our ability to sense smells is much less developed than that of animals, such as the dog or a fish, such as the shark, or, of course, the creature which is believed to have the most acute sense of smell of all, the bear.
21:39 Yet, it seems that this belief that the human sense of smell is weak might actually be a misconception (quan niệm sai lầm).
21:46 According to a number of recent studies, our noses are sensitive instruments that influence us in surprising ways.
21:54 Subtle (tinh tế) smells can change your mood.
21:57 Smell can even influence what you go for when you have to make choices.
22:02 Perhaps about whether to buy something or not.
22:05 Yet, the power that smell has over us is, by and large, not something that we are aware of.
22:12 So the big mystery is why it is subconscious (tiềm thức).
22:16 One possible reason is that our noses aren't well-equipped to detect the source of an odor, and so we dismiss it.
22:24 Let's look at some practical examples of how smell can influence us.
22:29 The power of smell will be no news to estate agents (nhân viên môi giới bất động sản).
22:32 They often suggest that people who want to sell a house arrange things so that there is a smell of newly baked bread on the property to encourage viewers to want to buy it.
22:44 But there are more subtle and surprising effects too.
22:47 For instance, Dutch researchers carried out a study into the impact (tác động) of smell in a nightclub.
22:54 They discovered, rather to their surprise, that when the aroma of oranges was puffed into the venue, the guests partied harder.
23:03 They danced more, rated their night as more enjoyable, and even thought the music was better than when there was no added scent.
23:12 Another study found that the hint of a smell wafting out of a hidden bucket of lemon-scented detergent was enough to persuade students to clean the communal kitchen after using it, even though the vast majority of them hadn't actually registered the smell.
23:29 Other work has found that scent can influence our cognitive skills (kỹ năng nhận thức).
23:34 A study this year gave participants a task to test their decision-making abilities.
23:40 It found that subjecting people to a new smell, either good or bad, let people relying on their emotions to make a decision rather than relying on logic (lôgic).
23:51 As a result, these people performed significantly worse than normal when doing the task.
24:02 Our sense of smell may even help us to pick up on how those around us are feeling.
24:07 It has been shown that certain animals can smell each other's fear.
24:12 Is it possible that humans can do the same thing?
24:15 To test the idea, one team of scientists took sweat samples (mẫu mồ hôi) from people doing a skydive (nhảy dù) for the first time.
24:23 They also took sweat samples from the same people after they had worked up their sweat in a gym, a situation where no fear is involved.
24:32 They presented the different samples in turn to a series of subjects who did not know the reason for the experiment.
24:39 As they did this, the scientists observed these subjects' brain activity by means of a scanner.
24:47 And they saw a much stronger reaction to the skydive sweat.
24:51 The team of scientists next tested whether the smell of fear sweat, that is, the sweat of the skydivers, affected people's responses to various facial expressions (biểu cảm khuôn mặt).
25:03 Normally, people pay more attention to angry faces because they pose a threat.
25:08 However, after smelling the fear sweat, the participants gave the same amount of attention to neutral facial expressions.
25:17 Despite the impact of smell, most people seem totally unaware of how they are being affected by scents.
25:24 However, some psychologists have been trying to train people's noses.
25:29 They persuaded 32 students to wear blindfolds and ear defenders (vật che) and see whether they could sniff out (đánh hơi tìm) a trail (dấu vết) of chocolate.
25:38 They found that after three days of practice, the students were all much more accurate in following the trail.
25:46 Further evidence of our ability to train our noses comes from a chef who lost her sense of smell after an illness.
25:54 Knowing that her job depended on her having a good nose, she trained herself gradually (dần dần) by sniffing spices for 10 minutes a day.
26:04 Gradually, her ability to smell returned.
26:07 Now, let's talk on about the
26:12Narrator That is the end of section four.
26:15 You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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perceptionnhận thức
literaturetài liệu
misconceptionquan niệm sai lầm
Subtletinh tế
subconscioustiềm thức
estate agentsnhân viên môi giới bất động sản
impacttác động
cognitive skillskỹ năng nhận thức
logiclôgic
sweat samplesmẫu mồ hôi
skydivenhảy dù
facial expressionsbiểu cảm khuôn mặt
defendersvật che
sniff outđánh hơi tìm
traildấu vết
graduallydần dần