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I wonder if you could spare a few minutes to tát vì thế a survey on transport. It won’t take long.

Lovely. The survey is on behalf of the local council. They’d lượt thích to tát know about what transport you use any suggestions for improvement. Can I start by asking you how you travelled to tát town today?

Great. Now can I get a few details about yourself?

Can you spell that, please?

Great. Thanks. And can I have your address?

It’s 19, White Stone Road.

Oh, right. I know that area. It’s Bradfield, isn’t it?

It’s actually G-T-8, 2-L-C.

Great. And could I ask what your job is? Are you a student?

I’ve actually just finished my training. I’m a hairdresser.

Oh, right. And one more question in this section. What is the reason for you coming into town today?

Actually it’s not for shopping today, which would be my normal reason, but to tát see the dentist.

Now in this last section I’d lượt thích you to tát give us some ideas about the facilities and arrangements in the đô thị for getting to tát and from work, er, any suggestions you have for improvements.

Well, something I’ve thought about for some time is that when I vì thế walk and I’m doing a later shift, I think the lighting should be better.

And of course, I think it’s a real shame they’ve been cutting down on the number of footpaths. They should have more of those. Then people would walk more.

And, I don’t think there are enough trains. That’s why I don’t use them – you have to tát wait so sánh long.

Thanks. And finally I’d lượt thích to tát ask your opinion on cycling. As you may know, there’s a drive in the đô thị to tát get more people to tát cycle to tát work.

But we realise that there are things which the council, but also employers, might vì thế to tát help encourage workers to tát cycle to tát work.

Yep. Well, I have thought about it and where I work there are no safe places to tát leave your bikes.

And also, I’d have to tát cycle uphill and on a hot day I’d arrive at work pretty sweaty so sánh I think I’d need a shower somewhere at work.

And I suppose the last thing is that I wouldn’t be all that confident about cycling on such busy roads. I think I’d lượt thích to tát see you offering training for that, you know. I’d feel a lot better about starting if that was the case.

Well, that’s very helpful. Thank you very much for your time.

 Xác ấn định loại kể từ cần thiết điền là noun (cụ thể là danh kể từ riêng chỉ họ của Luisa)

 Khi các bạn nghe thấy interviewer chất vấn "What’s your name?" là biết đáp án sẵn sàng vào.

 Sau cơ Luisa vấn đáp "Hardie"

>> Với những danh kể từ riêng biệt như vậy này tiếp tục luôn luôn có một đoạn speaker tiếp tục tấn công vần nên bạn phải để ý ghi đích thị từng chữ H-A-R-D-l-E

>> Đáp án là Hardie 

Good morning. I’m very pleased to tát have this opportunity to tát say a little about two exciting new developments in the city: the Brackenside Open-Air Swimming Pool and the children’s Adventure Playground in Central Park. As many of you may know, the idea for these initiatives came from you, the public, in the extensive consultation exercise which the City Council conducted last year. And they have been realised using money from the SWRDC – the South West Regional Development Commission.

First of all, Brackenside Pool. As many of the older members of the audience will remember, there used to tát be a wonderful open-air pool on the sea front 30 years ago but it had to tát close when it was judged to tát be unsafe. For the design of this new heated pool, we were very happy to tát secure the talents of internationally renowned architect Ellen Wendon, who has managed to tát combine a charming 1930s design, which fits is so sánh well with many of the other buildings in the area, with up-to-the-minute features such as a recycling system – the only one of its kind in the world – which enables seawater to tát be used in the pool.

Now, there has been quite a bit of discussion in the local press about whether there would be enough room for the number of visitors we’re hoping to tát attract, but the design is deceptive and there have been rigorous checks about capacity.

Also, just in case you were wondering, we’re on schedule for a June 15th opening date and well within budget: a testimony to tát the excellent work of local contractors Hickman’s. We hope that as many people as possible will be there on June 15th. We have engaged award-winning actress Coral White to tát declare the pool open and there’ll be drinks and snacks available at the pool side.

There’ll also be a competition for the public to tát decide on the sculpture we plan to tát have at the entrance: you will decide which famous historical figure from the đô thị we should have.

And now, moving on the Central Park Playground, which we’re pleased to tát announce has just won the Douglas Award for safety: the news came through only last week. The unique design is based on the concept of the Global Village, with the playground being divided into sex areas showing different parts of the world – each with a representative feature.

For example, there is a section on Asia, and this is represented by rides and equipment in the shape of snakes, orang-utans, tigers and so sánh on – fauna native to tát the forests of the region. Moving south to tát the Antarctic – we couldn’t run rẩy to tát an ice rink I’m afraid but opted instead for climbing blocks in the shape of mountains – I thought they could have had slides for the glaciers but the designers did want to tát avoid being too literal!

Then on to tát South America – and here the theme is El Dorado – games replicating the tìm kiếm for mines full of precious stones. And then moving up to tát North America, here there was considerable debate – I know the contribution of cinema and jazz was considered but the designers finally opted for rockets and the international Space Station

Eastwards to tát Europe then, and perhaps the most traditional choice of all the areas: medieval castles and other fortifications. Then last, but not least, moving south to tát Africa and a whole phối of wonderful mosaics and trails to tát represent the great rivers of this fascinating and varied continent.

Now, the opening date for our Global Playground is 10th July. And again we’d love to tát see you there – so sánh make a date and come and see this magnificent, original new amenity right in the heart of the đô thị.

 Sau lúc nghe tới “’I'm very pleased to tát have this opportunity to tát say a little about two exciting new developments in the city: the Brackenside Open-Air Swimming Pool and the children’s Adventure Playground in Central Park.” là biết đáp án sẵn sàng vào

 Sau cơ chúng ta nghe "the idea for these initiatives came from you, the public, in the extensive consultation exercise which the City Council conducted last year."

>> Ý tưởng mang lại những sáng tạo độc đáo ​​này tới từ công bọn chúng, nhập cuộc biểu diễn luyện tư vấn rộng thoải mái nhưng mà Hội đồng Thành phố tiếp tục tổ chức năm ngoái.

>> Chọn A vì thế người phát biểu chỉ đúng chuẩn "you = the public = local people" 

>> Loại B vì "the City Council" đơn giản điểm ra mắt việc tạo hình phát minh.   Một số các bạn tiếp sau đó nghe tiếp "And they have been realised using money from the SWRDC – the South West Regional Development Commission." rất có thể lưỡng lự lựa chọn C

Right, well, for our presentation shall I start with the early life of Thor Heyerdahl?

Sure. Why don’t you begin with describing the type of boy he was, especially his passion for collecting things.

That’s right, he had his own the little museum. And I think it’s unusual for children to tát develop their own values and not join in their parents’ hobbies; I’m thinking of how Heyerdahl wouldn’t go hunting with his dad, for example.

Yeah, he preferred to tát learn about nature by listening to tát his mother read to tát him. And quite early on he knew he wanted to tát become an explorer when he grew up. That came from his camping trips he went on in Norway I think …

No, it was climbing that he spent his time on as a young man.

Oh, right … After university he married a classmate and together, they decided to tát experience living on a small island, to tát find out how harsh weather conditions shaped people’s lifestyles.

As part of their preparation before they left home page, they learnt basic survival skills lượt thích building a shelter. I guess they needed that knowledge in order to tát live wild in a remote location with few inhabitants, cut of by the sea, which is what they were aiming to tát vì thế.

An important part of your talk should be the radical theory Heyerdahl formed from examining mysterious ancient carvings that he happened to tát find on the island. I think you should finish with that.

All right, Victor, so sánh after your part I’ll talk about Thor Heyerdahl’s adult life, continuing from the theory he had about Polynesian migration: Up until that time of course, academics had believed that humans first migrated to tát the islands in Polynesia from Asia, in the west.

Yes, they thought that travel from the east was impossible, because of the huge, empty stretch of ocean that lies between the islands and the nearest inhabited land.

Yes, but Heyerdahl spent ages studying the cloud movements, ocean currents and wind patterns to tát find if it was actually possible. And another argument was that there was no tradition of large ship-building in the communities lying to tát the east of Polynesia. But Heyerdahl knew they made lots of coastal voyages in locally built canoes.

Yes, or sailing on rafts, as was shown by the long voyage that Heyerdahl did next. It was an incredibly risky journey to tát undertake – sometimes I wonder if he did that trip for private reasons, you know? To show others that he could have spectacular adventures. What vì thế you think, Olivia?

Well, I think it was more a matter of simply trying out his idea, to tát see if migration from the east was possible.

Yes, that’s probably it. And the poor guy suffered a bit at that time because the war forced him to tát stop his work for some years …

Yes. When he got started again and planned his epic voyage, vì thế you think it was important to tát him that he achieve it before anyone else did?

Um, I haven’t read anywhere that that was his motivation. The most important factor seems to tát have been that he use only ancient techniques and local materials to tát build his raft.

Yes. I wonder how fast it went.

Well, it took them 97 days from South America to tát the Pacific Island.

Mm. And after that, Heyerdahl went to tát Easter Island, didn’t he? We should mention the purpose of that trip. I think he sailed there in a boat made out of reeds.

No, that was later on in Egypt, Olivia.

But what he wanted to tát vì thế was talk to tát the local people about their old stone carvings and then make one himself to tát learn more about the process.

I see. Well, what a great life. Even though many of his theories have been disproven, he certainly left a lasting impression on many disciplines, didn’t he? To my mind, he was first person to tát establish what modern academics Call practical archaeology. I mean, that they try to tát recreate something from the past today, lượt thích he did with his raft trip. It’s unfortunate that his ideas about where Polynesians originated from have been completely discredited.

Yes. Right, well, I’ll prepare a PowerPoint slide at the kết thúc that acknowledges our sources. I mainly used The Life and Work of Thor Heyerdahl by William Oliver. I thought the research methods he used were very sound, although I must say I found the overall tone somewhat old-fashioned. I think they need to tát vì thế a new, revised edition.

Yeah, I agree. What about the subject matter – I found it really challenging!

Well, it’s a complex issue …

I thought the book had lots of good points. What did you think of …

 Sau lúc nghe tới "the early life of Thor Heyerdahl?" và "describing the type of boy he was" là biết đáp án sẵn sàng vào.

 phần lớn các bạn nghe "hunting" thì rất có thể lựa chọn câu D tuy nhiên Victor tiếp tục phủ nhận điều đó trong câu "Heyerdahl wouldn't go hunting with his dad."

>> Loại D

 Đáp án cũng ko cần là E vì thế ở phía trên Heyerdahl chỉ "listening to tát his mother read to tát him" hoặc A vì nhập câu " And quite early on he knew he wanted to tát become an explorer when he grew up. That came from his camping trips he went on in Norway I think". và tiếp sau đó Victor tiếp tục phát biểu "No" nhằm không đồng ý.

>> Loại E và A

Well, I’ve been talking to tát managers in a number of businesses, and reading surveys about the future of management. And what I’m going to tát present in this seminar is a few ideas about how the activity is likely to tát change in the next ten years. It isn’t a scientific, statistical analysis – just some ideas for us to tát discuss.

One area I want to tát mention is business markets, and I’m sure a really significant development will be a major increase in competition, with companies from all round the world trying to tát sell similar products. Consumers will have much more choice – for instance, food products sold in nước Australia might be manufactured in the USA, Đài Loan Trung Quốc, Finland and dozens of other countries.

At the same time, mergers and takeovers mean that governments are actually losing power to tát major global corporations. We can probably all think of companies that exert a great khuyễn mãi giảm giá of influence, which may be good for consumers. A third point I want to tát make about markets is that in the rapidly expanding economies, such as India, Đài Loan Trung Quốc, Brazil and Russia, demand is growing very fast. This is putting pressure on resources all over the world.

I think businesses are becoming more open to tát external influences. In particular, companies are consulting customers more and more before making their business decisions. Companies are finding out what they want and providing it, instead of making products and then trying to tát sell them, which is the model of years ago.

Another influence is that concerns about the environment will force manufacturers to tát extend product lifecycles, to tát reduce the amount of pollution and waste. And in some cases, regulation will need to tát be strengthened.

Many societies are much more fluid and democratic, and the structure of companies is changing to tát reflect that. I think we’re going to tát see a greater emphasis within companies on teams created with a specific project in mind. And when they’re completed, the teams will be disbanded and new ones formed.

More and more people see work as simply one part of their lifestyle, and not the most important one, and as the workforce is shrinking in some countries, businesses are having to tát compete for staff instead of being about to tát choose among a lot of applicants.

Typical examples that will attract and retain staff are traditional ones lượt thích flexible hours and – something that has been made possible by advances in technology – remote working, with people based at their home page, abroad, or almost anywhere they choose.

Management styles will almost certainly continue to tát change. Senior managers will require a lot more phàn nàn the efficiency that they’ve always needed. Above all they’ll need great skills in leadership, so sánh that their organisation can initiate and respond to tát change in a fast-moving world, where they face lots of competing requirements and potential conflicts.

In most of the world, the senior managers of large businesses are mainly men in their fifties and sixties. The predominant style of management will almost certainly become more consultative and collaborative, caused above all, by more women moving into senior management positions.

Many of the changes are influenced by developments in the wider economy. The traditional emphasis of business was manufacturing, and of course the service sector is very important. But we shouldn’t overlook the growing financial contribution of IP, that is, intellectual property. Some books and films generate enormous sums from the sale of related DVDs, music, games, clothes, and so sánh on.

Another point I’d lượt thích to tát make is that although I’ve been talking about companies, one trend that they have to tát face is the move away from people working for the same employer for years. Instead, more and more people are becoming self-employed, to tát gain the freedom and control over their lives that they’re unlikely to tát get from being employed. OK, well that’s all I want to tát say, so sánh let’s open it up for discussion.

 Xác ấn định kể từ cần thiết điền là noun (chỉ đối tượng/việc gì cơ đang gia tăng)

 Sau lúc nghe tới "One area I want to tát mention is business markets" là các bạn biết đáp án sẵn sàng vào.

 Sau cơ nghe "I’m sure a really significant development will be a major increase in competition, with companies from all round the world trying to tát sell similar products."

>> Dự đoán sẽ có sự tăng thêm đáng chú ý nhập sự cạnh tranh, với những doanh nghiệp lớn kể từ mọi chỗ bên trên toàn cầu đang được nỗ lực phân phối những thành phầm tương tự động nhau

>>Từ cần thiết điền là "competition"