IELTS LISTENING-Discussing an Engineering AssignmentS69T3

You will hear a lecturer talking to three students about an engineering assignment they have recently completed. Well, hello everybody! As you know, we’re here to discuss your latest assignment, which was an assessment of the effectiveness of an everyday household item from an engineering point of view. I hope you’ve all managed to read each other’s writing and can give some comments and suggestions.

Now, Suzanne, you chose a kitchen knife, Manish, yours was a ballpoint pen, and William, you looked at a desk lamp. Yes, I did a desk lamp. I really wanted to look at a microwave oven, but another member of our group had chosen it. Well, you did a good job with it and it was certainly very interesting from an engineering point of view. I agree. It was the best project, I thought. Thanks, Manish. I particularly admired your report too. I liked your report too, Manish. There was so much detail. Thanks, Suzanne. What did you learn doing your project, Suzanne?

I didn’t realise how complicated it was to make the blade and how many times it needed heating and cooling to make it strong. That’s known as tempering the steel. Yes, I remember that word. Another thing is the price. Knives can be so expensive. I was shocked. Mine too, Suzanne. What do you mean, William? Well, really good lamps can cost a fortune, much more than in the big stores. My ballpoint pens were really cheap. Mind you, mine are always leaking. Really, Manish? I don’t have that problem. Good. I’m glad you have all looked at each other’s reports and have something positive to say about each. I know you had a good reason for submitting late, Suzanne, and that won’t count against you. There were certainly good aspects about each. There was a lot of technical information in your study, William.

Manish, you had clearly done a lot of research to get so much detail on the history of pens, and Suzanne, your report had a great deal of information on all the different types of knives that are available on the market. but there are things you need to consider. Unfortunately, William, you will have to redraft some of your assignment. As was mentioned in lessons, the College uses a computer programme that compares the similarity between a student’s writing and information on the internet. It detected too much information copied word for word from your sources and not paraphrased. I know how much you worked gathering information on kitchen knives, Suzanne, but a lot of your quotes were from commercial, not academic sources. These give a biased view, as they are trying to sell their products.

And lastly, Manish, again, you put a lot of hard work into your reports, but with your lengthy history of pens, it was too descriptive and you missed the opportunity to evaluate other types of pen and compare them to ballpoints. But, on the whole, some good work and you should all be proud of yourselves.

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IELTS LISTENING – Choosing the Perfect Cruise Holiday S69T1

You will hear a travel agent talking to a customer about cru’s holiday options for him and his wife, Good morning, how can I help? Well, it’s our golden wedding anniversary coming up next year and I know my wife has always wanted to go on a cruise. I’m here to find out what’s available. The answer to that is a lot first of all, where in the world do you think you’ll want to go?

There are cruisers to the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, but also to the fjords of Norway. Plus there are river cruisers along the Rhine, the Danube or the Nile.

I see we both like going to Spain. What about one of these Mediterranean cruises well? Onp’s Mediterranean cruise sails from Southampton and over the following two days travels through the straps of Gibraltar before its first stop at Barcelona, and the Classic cruisers that sails from Rome with a return flight from a range of UK airports included in the price.

So the two cruises are more or less the same, not really. Classic Cruises specializes in history with talks by experts and visits to famous historic sites like Pompeii and Athens.

On P is more leisure orientated. My wife does like relaxing on a beach well on p’s two-wek Caribbean crews visit some of the world’s most beautiful beaches. The turquoise waters are sensational, like classic cruisers. They offer a choice of flights from UK airports to Bermuda, where the ship is moored.

That’s great, but I worry that it may be a bit too hot, and if the weather’s bad, we could get seasick well. You may want to consider a river cruise or a cruise along the Norwegian fjords. I’ve been on nordic’s cruise, and it’s fantastic. If you’re unlucky it can be a little choppy when you cross the North Sea from Felixstowe.

But after that the fjords are as calm as a mill pond. Plus the views are spectacular and the food is excellent. Serving up a Scandinavian smorugg as board. The Rhine Cruise avoids rough seas obviously, but it’s great plus it is the standard of accommodation with no inner cabins. You can stop at beautiful historic cities which are great for sight-seeing and shopping as well as lying on the beach.

My wife loves shopping. In that case you may want to consider on p’s Mediterranean crews. That’s great, but what are the prices? This is where that Mediterranean cruise is real value for money.

Have a look at this list. Like on p’s Caribbean crews, it’s also a fortnight long, but its cabins can be less than half the price.

Well the Caribbean cruise is expensive but I guess you get what you pay for, it being so far away and all true.

And you’ve got to remember that O. P offers you up to 700 pounds credit per cabin to spend while you’re on board. And it’s a lot cheaper than the Classic Cruise Trip that’s true, but the standard of service on Classic Cruise makes it worth it. Mind you. Though the cheapest cabins are 1100 and 39 pounds, 40 pounds more than own pe’s Mediterranean crews, their most expensive is 200 pounds cheaper.

The Norwegian Cruise also looks good value that’s true, and you can get their best cabin with a balcony for less than a mid-range cabin on most other cruises cheaper than the Rhine Cruise.

That’s for sure. What’s that two and a half 1000 for their suite? It’s mita true, but you will be in the lap of luxury. Well. I think I’ll have to think about all of this thanks for all your help.

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IELTS LISTENING-Animals in Space Exploration S68T4

You will hear a university lecturer talking about animals who have traveled into space. The space race is beginning to speed up once more, as India and China join the USA, Europe, and Russia in sending craft beyond the Earth’s atmosphere.

Within the next decade or two, we may see humanity’s first mission to Mars. Today, I first want to look at those unsung heroes of space exploration, animals, before looking at how the rigors of spaceflight may impact on the human body.

The dog Laker is well known for taking the first Earth orbit on 3 November, 1957, almost two and a half years before the first man with Yuri Gagerin’s first orbit on 12 April, 1961. What is not well known is that the first animal, or should I say animals, that went into space was not a dog, but fruit flies.

They were transported on a rocket launched from New Mexico in the USA on the 20th of February 1947 and traveled just above the 100 kilometer point where space officially begins and then were safely parachuted to Earth.

Because fruit flies have a similar genetic makeup to humans, scientists wanted to see if solar radiation had any effect on them. The fact that they were fine paved the way for future human spaceflight.

Leka was one of a number of stray dogs found on the streets of Moscow. It was believed by surviving the hardships and cold of winters on the city’s streets, such animals would be better suited to the rigors of spaceflight.

They went through a series of demanding endurance trials and medical examinations, leaving three medically fit candidates. One of the final tests was for the dogs to be placed in increasingly smaller cages over several weeks.

Two other dogs, Albina and Mushka, didn’t show Laker’s calm temperament, so Laker was chosen. It was never intended that Laker should return to the Earth alive. Oleg Gazenko, one of the scientists on Laker’s Sputnik 2 mission, has been quoted as saying, We did not learn enough from this mission to justify the death of a dog.

At the time, the National Canine Defence League in the UK called on all dog owners to observe a minute’s silence for each day Laker was in space. The dog was later commemorated with a statue at the Cosmodrome where she was trained, and NASA named an area of the surface of Mars after her.

The first dogs to be successfully returned to Earth following their flight in space were Strelka and Belka, meaning little arrow and squirrel. They made their trip from the Soviet Union in August 1960.

Strelka later had a litter of puppies, one of which was given to US President John F. Kennedy by the Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev. A cat has also made the journey into space. In October 1963, one of a number of stray cats from Paris was blasted upwards on a French rocket.

The French scientists didn’t name cats, as there was a fear that the mission staff would become too fond of them, so the cat was simply named C three four one. When the cat returned to Earth, the press demanded the cat was given a name.

Felix, after the cartoon cat, was first chosen, but was renamed Feliset after it was discovered she was female. Over time, a whole menagerie of animals has been blasted spaceward, including large numbers of mice, over 30 monkeys, a pair of tortoises who orbited the moon, and two spiders called Anita and Arabella.

But perhaps the most curious creature sent into the cosmos is a microscopic invertebrate known as a water bear. As it can survive extremes of temperature on Earth and is capable of living for decades without water, it was seen if they could survive 12 days outside a spacecraft in the freezing, irradiated vacuum of space.

They could. From 1998, the International Space Station has hosted many animal visitors, helping to investigate the effects of long-term living under reduced gravity, known as microgravity. Some have produced surprising results.

For example, spiders found it difficult to spin webs, and moths hatched on Earth were unable to control their flights and clung to surfaces. Those born in space did just fine. The effects of long periods in space on sleep patterns were studied using mice, while both mice and fish were part of a research program on bone demineralization, a major problem for astronauts during long periods away from Earth.

Space science has moved along a lot since those first fruit flies were launched into space, and it’s possible that we may see the first interplanetary travel in our lifetime, with the first manned mission to Mars.

Attitudes to animal testing have also changed and are guided by two principles. First, that of need. Can the use of animals be justified? The second is of morality. To keep suffering to a minimum and avoid fatalities.

Nevertheless, animal studies have told us a lot about how space travel, especially prolonged space travel, may affect the human body. And that is what I’d like to consider now.

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