雅思听力考试文本004 **Part One** You will hear a conversation between two students about buying a used car. First, you have some time to look at questions 1 to 6. Now let's begin. Answer the questions as you listen. You will not hear the recording a second time. Listen carefully to the conversation and answer questions 1 to 6. **[Music]** **Jan:** Hello, can I speak to Elena, please? **Elena:** This is Elena speaking. **Jan:** Hi, my name is Jan. I'm calling about the car that was advertised on the notice board in the Student Union building. Is it still for sale? **Elena:** Yes, it is. **Jan:** Your ad says it's a 1985 Sela in good condition. **Elena:** It's old but it has been well looked after. My family has had the car for 10 years. I'm just the third owner, and my mother had it before me, so we know its history. We've got all the receipts and records. It's had regular maintenance, and the brakes were done last year. It runs really well but looks its age. **Jan:** Why are you selling it, by the way? **Elena:** Well, I'm going overseas next month to study. I'll be away for at least two years, so I have to sell it, unfortunately. It's been a good car. **Jan:** You want $1,500, is that right? **Elena:** I was asking $2,200, but since I need to sell it quickly, I've reduced the price. Would you like to come and take it for a drive? I don't live far from the university. **Jan:** Yes, I'd like to have a look. What time would suit you? **Elena:** Anytime this evening is fine. **Jan:** Well, I finish classes at 6:00. How about straight after that, say 6:30? **Elena:** Great. I'll give you directions. When you leave the main gate of the university, turn left on South Road and keep going until you get to the Grand Cinema. Take the first right, that's Princess Street. I'm at number 88 on the right. **Jan:** So it's 80 Princess Street? **Elena:** No, it's 88 Princess Street, and the suburb is Parkwood. You'll see the car parked in front; it's the red one with the 'For Sale' sign on it. **Jan:** Okay. Thanks, Elena. I'll see you later. **Elena:** Bye. Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 7 to 10. Later that day at the university, Jan meets up with her friend Sam and tells him about the car. **Jan:** Hi, Sam. **Sam:** Hey, Jan, what's happening? **Jan:** I'm glad I ran into you. I've decided I have to get a car. **Sam:** You're going to buy a car? Do you really need one? **Jan:** I'd probably still be driving except that my car broke down last year. Instead of getting another one, I just moved closer to the university and went back to riding a bike. Better for the environment, better for my health, and I save a lot of money. **Sam:** Did it really cost that much? **Jan:** Well, when you think of registration, insurance, rising petrol costs, parking, plus maintenance and repairs, it adds up. **Sam:** I know it's going to be expensive, but I really need my own transportation. It takes half an hour by bus each way to university as it is, but now I'm working at night in the city. There's no way I want to hang around waiting for a bus late at night, then walk three blocks home alone. **Sam:** Hey, I think you've got a point there. So what kind of car are you looking at? **Jan:** It's an '85 Sela, same kind as I used to have. The owner's asking $1,500. **Sam:** That's pretty old. How many kilometers has it done? **Jan:** You know, I forgot to ask. I'll have to check tonight when I go to see it. Would you be able to come with me to have a look at about 6:30? **Sam:** Sure, I'll come, but I don't know a lot about cars. I do know one thing, though. I wouldn't buy an old car without having a mechanic look at it first. **Jan:** That's a good idea, but won't it cost a lot? **Sam:** Not really. You can get a check done through the Automobile Association for $80, and it comes with a report on the condition of the car. It can save you a lot of money in the long run. **Jan:** I'll keep that in mind. So we have to get to Parkwood at 6:30. Do you want to take the bus? It goes straight down South Road every 15 minutes, or maybe we could walk. **Sam:** I don't think it's that far. Actually, I could borrow my roommate's motorbike for an hour or so. He's working all evening in the library. **Jan:** Do you think he'd mind? **Sam:** No way, he owes me a favor or two. **Jan:** Okay, great. See you at six outside the student center. That is the end of Part One. You now have half a minute to check your answers. **Part Two** A discussion between a college receptionist, Denise, and a student named VJ about learning a language. In the first part of the discussion, they are talking about the course VJ will study. First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 17. Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 17. **Denise:** Hello, may I help you? **VJ:** Hello. Uh, is this the right place for me to register to study foreign languages? **Denise:** Yes, it is. May I have your name, please? **VJ:** VJ. My family name is Pares. **Denise:** VJ Pares, okay. Do you have a telephone number? **VJ:** Yeah, 2467. **Denise:** Thank you. Now, which language would you like to learn? We offer French, Italian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish, Portuguese. **VJ:** Um, I'd like to learn Spanish, please. **Denise:** Okay. Our classes are conducted in lots of different places. We have classrooms in the city and here in this building. **VJ:** Oh, what's this building called? **Denise:** This is Building A. **VJ:** I work near here, so it would be best to study in Building A. **Denise:** What time do you want to come to lessons? They go on for three hours and they start at 10:00 a.m., 4:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. **VJ:** I wish I could come to the daytime lessons, but I can't. So 6:00 p.m., please. **Denise:** That's our most popular time, of course. Um, have you ever studied Spanish before? **VJ:** No, I haven't. **Denise:** We describe our classes by level and number. Your class is called Elementary 1. **VJ:** Okay. Uh, when will classes start? **Denise:** Elementary 1 begins, uh, just a minute, uh, it begins on August 10. **VJ:** Great. Now, what else do I have to do? Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 18 to 20. Now listen and answer questions 18 to 20. **Denise:** I'm sorry, VJ, what were you saying? **VJ:** I wanted to know what else I had to do. **Denise:** Oh, of course. Please go to the building on the other side of Smith Street. I want you to go to the reception area first. It's just inside the door on the left as you enter from Smith Street. Give them this form. **VJ:** Okay. Do I pay my fees there? **Denise:** No, but the fees office is in the same building. Go past the escalators and you'll see a games shop. It's in the corner. The fees office is between the games shop and the toilets. **VJ:** Thanks. Uh, where can I buy books? **Denise:** The bookshop is opposite the lifts. It's right next to the entrance from Robert Street. **VJ:** Your offices are spread out. **Denise:** Not as badly as they used to be. By the way, we offer very competitive overseas travel rates to our students. **VJ:** Oh, I'd like to look into that. **Denise:** Of course. The travel agency is at the Smith Street end of the building, in the corner next to the insurance office. **VJ:** Thank you very much. Bye. That is the end of Part Two. You now have half a minute to check your answers. **Part Three** You will hear part of a lecture about tourism in the leisure industry. First, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 25. Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 25. In today's lecture, we'll begin with an overview of the impact of tourism on the societies and cultures of the host area. Then we'll look at some case studies. One model for the sociocultural impact of tourism has been provided by Doxey. You'll find a reference in your reading list. He called his model the "Irridex." That's a contraction of "Irritation Index," and it attempts to show how the attitudes of local people to tourists and tourism change over the years. Doxey identifies four stages. He calls the first stage "Euphoria." Happiness, because initially the tourists are regarded as a novelty, and because of this, they're welcomed by everyone in the host area. But as well as that, there's another reason for the people in the host community to welcome tourists. Local people realize that tourism brings scope for economic benefits. As tourist development begins to increase, however, local interest in the visitors becomes "Apathy." That means that some sections of the local population become involved with tourists, while others don't. And it is increasingly the case that commercial rather than social factors are influencing relationships between tourists and the host community. People are less interested in the tourists for their own sake. Doxey calls this stage "Apathy." If development continues to increase, apathy may change to "Annoyance." What's causing this? Well, development of the tourist area may start to spiral out of control, and this is often accompanied by congestion, which is going to make life difficult for local people. So the policymakers, the government, the local authorities, and so on, provide more infrastructure for the area—more roads, more car parks, and so on—to try to help cope with the influx of tourists. But the lives of the local people are made increasingly difficult. In the final stage of the model, annoyance has turned to "Antagonism" and open hostility to the tourists. Now, all the detrimental changes to lifestyles in the host area are fairly or unfairly seen as due to the tourists. Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 26 to 30. Now listen and answer questions 26 to 30. Well, this sort of pathway is certainly a fairly good reflection of what happens in some tourist destinations, but Doxey's model has drawn a number of criticisms. The most significant is that it suggests a very negative attitude to the sociocultural effects of tourism. The fact that the model is unidirectional—that it only works in one direction—seems to suggest that decline in the host-visitor relationship is inevitable. In practice, fortunately, things aren't always quite like that. If you look at real situations, you'll see that the relationships between local people and tourists are rather more complicated and prone to greater variation than this model suggests. So the model is really rather oversimplified. In fact, studies have highlighted quite a few positive effects of tourism. For example, Doxey's model doesn't look at the effects on the tourists themselves. They may well benefit from increased understanding of the host society and culture. Then, traditional crafts in the host area may be revitalized because tourism provides new markets, such as the souvenir trade, for example. So instead of these traditional skills being lost, local people are encouraged to develop them. There may also be more long-lasting changes, which actually lead to the empowerment of both groups and individuals in the host area. For example, tourism creates openings for employment for women, and through giving them a chance to have a personal income, it allows them to become more independent. In addition, because tourism tends to work through a very few languages that have worldwide usage, those working in the tourist industry may be encouraged to acquire new languages. This will empower them by providing wider access to globalized media and improving their job prospects in a wider context. Right, now we'll take a short break there, and then we'll look at a couple of case studies and see how far the points we've discussed so far apply to them. That is the end of Part Three. You now have half a minute to check your answers. **Part Four** Listen to part of a lecture that an architect is giving about the Millennium Dome. Read the summary below before you listen. First, you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40. Now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40. Ask why the Millennium Dome is so unpopular, why people are so upset by it. After all, there are ugly buildings all over the world. Blocks of flats and office blocks in every city in the world are truly unpleasant to look at. I'm sure you have plenty of ugly buildings in your city. However, the important difference is that the Millennium Dome was not constructed quickly and cheaply like some 1950s block of flats. It was built to celebrate a special occasion. It took years of planning and years of construction, and it cost an enormous amount of money—not far off a billion pounds. The Millennium Dome is supposed to be beautiful. It is, however, quite horrible. It was built to bring one of the world's great cities into the 21st century. Now, less than 10 years later, nobody wants to look at it. I am afraid that it will always be famous for its ugliness. In the United States, we have our ugly buildings too. The Chicago Public Library is a good example, and The Experience Project Museum in Seattle is awful. But there is something about the Millennium Dome that makes it worse, in my opinion at least. I admit that the design of the building is ambitious, and, of course, it is a great achievement of engineering. However, I'm afraid that for me, that is not enough. To my mind, the Millennium Dome was and is a huge disappointment. So, what will become of the building now? I understand that it has been bought by a company that hopes to turn it into a venue for entertainment events like shows and concerts. I suppose that considering how much it cost, it is good that it will be used for something. Personally, however, I would prefer to see it pulled down. That is the end of Part Four. You now have half a minute to check your answers. |
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