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TEST
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6 13 7 1,045 8 4/four 9 15/fifteen 10 quiet
Woman: Now I’m going to
give you some information about university flats. The first type is the
cheapest. There are ten students in each flat. A room costs £95 per week. Each
term is a different number of weeks. The first term is longer than the others. It’s 13 weeks, so it’s more expensive:
one thousand two hundred and thirty-five pounds.
The second term costs nine
hundred and fifty pounds, and the final
term costs one thousand and
forty-five pounds. The second type of flat is £110 a week and you share with three other students. In
the first term, flats are available from the fifteenth of September until the twentieth of December. You can’t
stay in the flats during the university holidays, but you can move back in on
the fourth of January for the second term.
We have quiet time at night in student flats from Monday to Thursday between ten o’clock at night and half past
six in the morning so students can study and sleep.
TEST
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6 February 7 40,000 8 Park 9 died 10 1931
Man: Thomas Alva
Edison was a famous American inventor. He was born on 11th February, 1847, the
seventh child of Samuel and Nancy Edison.
Thomas wasn’t a good student
and he left school after only a few months. But he was interested in science
and technology from an early age, and he spent hours reading scientific books
and making things.
He moved to New York City in
1869, and he soon made a lot of money from his inventions – $40,000.
In 1871, he married Mary
Stilwell, and in 1876, he opened a laboratory in a village called Menlo Park. A lot of people worked for
him and helped him with his inventions. His first great invention there was the
phonograph, a machine that could record and play sound. He also invented an
electric light bulb that people could use at home. His inventions made him very
rich.
His wife died in 1884, but he married again in 1886. He and his second wife
moved to West Orange, in New Jersey. There, Edison built another big laboratory
and factories. He worked there until he died on the 18 October 1931.
Now listen again.
TEST
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6 12th 7 730 8 drinks 9 morning 10 beginners
Woman: Thanks for coming today and
showing interest in the skiing trip. Now, I’m going to give you some details.
This year we’re going to Italy.
The trip starts on the second of January and lasts for ten
days, so we’ll be away until the twelfth
of January. I’m pleased to say that this year trip will be a bit less
expensive than last year, when it was
£775. The price has come down £45 to £730,
and that’s because the hotel is cheaper.
That price includes breakfast,
the evening meal, the cost of renting skis and ski clothes, and the ski lifts.
But you’ll need to pay for your own
lunch. That’s not included, and drinks
aren’t, either.
There are lessons every morning. The cost is included in
the price of the holiday. If you’re a beginner,
I strongly advise you to take these lessons so that you learn good skiing
techniques. Right, are there any questions?
TEST
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6 118 7 4/four 8 391 9 30/thirty 10 fish
Woman: Welcome aboard!
Before we begin our tour, let me tell you a few things about this beautiful
city. Venice is built on a number of islands in the Adriatic Sea. No one knows
the exact number, but we think there are
118. Between the islands there are 150 canals.
Today we are going to travel
along the Grand Canal, the city’s busiest canal. It’s also the longest: almost
four kilometres long! You won’t see any cars, of course, but there will be lots
of different boats. We will pass under four bridges, but there are many more in
the city. Venice has 391 bridges,
and most of them are very beautiful. You should try and see some of them while
you are here.
Our
boat trip today will take about thirty minutes. We will go past many of the
city’s famous churches, museums and palaces. We will even go past the fish
market!
Now, please be seated and we
will begin our tour … [fade]
