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Ready for IELTS, Second Edition, Unit 6, Listening, Section 2
Map Questions
British Accent
Script 1
Good morning and welcome to the
Moorland Countryside and Woodland
Programme. I’d like to give you some
information about the programme and
the short courses we run for people on
woodland awareness.
We’re actually a programme run by
volunteers, and we were set up 15
years ago to educate people of all ages
and backgrounds about the wonders
of our woodlands and, hence, nature
itself. And for the past five years we’ve
been taking groups of youngsters in
their teens on educational trips on
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays,
mmm … from schools mainly from
around the area, … but some’ve
come from much further afield. At
first, some youngsters’re not very
impressed by the setting, because
we discourage them from using
any electronic devices, especially
smartphones, so they can engage more
with the surroundings … this throws
them quite a bit. But almost without
exception, by the end of the three days
they’re here the young people don’t
want to leave and want to come back
again. In fact, two of the workers here
came with student groups five years
ago, and when they left school they
came straight to work for us.
The programme is completely self-
sufficient, due in part to the sales
from the plant nursery and also to
donations, but the bulk of our income’s
now from running the educational and
awareness courses.
This is a basic map of our centre. We’re
here at the entrance, and you can see
the cabins running along the east side
of the path as you go north. The first
cabin, Beech Lodge, is for students. It’s
quite large and can accommodate 10
students in bunk beds. Then the next
four cabins’re for families, and the
cabin after that, Chestnut Lodge, is for
teachers, which can hold up to four
adults. On the west side of the path,
directly opposite the family cabins, are
the educational facilities. They’re quite
up-to-date with all the latest wizardry.
And next to that’s the cafeteria, which
is shared with visitors to the centre.
Just beside the cafeteria is a family
area with climbing frames for children.
We don’t allow open-air cooking here,
because of the trees.
The plant nursery’s that area you can
see that runs all the way along the
north part of the map.
Script 2
If you go over here, between the
family area and the nursery, the path
leads to the woodland itself. We’re on
a hill here and quite high up, … and
as there’s some spectacular scenery
around here, we have breathtaking
views of the countryside. You can see
the river stretching for miles through
rolling countryside. Fortunately, the
whole woodland is protected by law, so
nobody can chop down any trees.
The landscape here’s not changed for
hundreds of years. Some of the trees’ve
been growing here rather a long time,
and the aim of the scheme and the
volunteers is to keep it that way. We
advise people to stick to the paths,
because it’s very easy to get lost. As
you walk through the woodland, you’ll
see workers removing dead wood and
trees. I’d ask everyone not to remove
anything like seeds or flowers from the
woodland so we can try and conserve it
for future generations.
Answer Key
Listening Section 2 Page 79
Questions 11-13
11 C 12 B 13 C
Questions 14-17
14 G 15 B 16 J 17 A
Questions 18-20
18 views
19 landscape
20 seeds, flower