Exam advice Listening Part 1 Study the statements carefully. Try to guess: the topic of the listening task; the number of speakers in each part; the general impression of the speaker about the experience (positive/negative). As you listen, try to catch the information that matches the ideas in the statements rather than specific words and phrases. Ask yourself these two questions: What is the speaker's general point? What are the speakers discussing? Listen to the statements. Match each speaker's statements A-F with the sentences given in the list 1-7. There is one statement you do not need to use Вы услышите 6 высказываний. Установите соответствие между высказываниями каждого говорящегоA-F и утверждениями, данными в списке1-7. Используйте каждое утверждение, обозначенное соответствующей цифрой,только один раз. В задании есть одно лишнее утверждение. Вы услышите запись дважды. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу. The speaker had the perfect honeymoon. The speaker turned the holiday experience into something permanent. The speaker eventually achieved what had been a lifetime goal. The speaker had the chance to make a long road trip. The speaker planned the holiday as a well-earned rest. The speaker has different holiday experiences every year. The speaker likes to return to the same place. Speaker A I have never been happier in my life, and I don't think I could have come up with a better way to celebrate the most important event of my life. My dad didn't want to give us a classic gift of something for the house because lots of people were going to buy us stuff like that. He knows we're both avid divers so when we decided to go on a diving safari, my dad volunteered to pay for it all as his present to us for our big day. What a fantastic wedding gift! It really was the experience of a lifetime. Speaker B We had dreamt of it for years but were never able to do it. Finally, the opportunity came. We had both reached retirement age, so we sold the house and all its contents and used the money to buy our 12-metre yacht. We left on the 2nd of May and got back fifteen months later having travelled 25,000 miles and seen all our favourite places. It was a long time to be away, and you have to know how to handle your craft in rough stormy weather, but we were thrilled to have finally got round to doing it. Speaker C My husband works very hard all year round and doesn't have a lot of holidays, so, occasionally, we like to splash out on something truly romantic and special. Our ideal holiday consists of chilling out at a nice seaside resort, doing a bit of sunbathing, eating at local seafood restaurants - that sort of thing. Graham really gets to unwind, which is what he deserves working in a stressful job like he does. I try to vary things for him and never book a holiday in the same place. Luckily, we always seem to pick a winner and last year's trip to the Azores in the North Atlantic was not an exception. Speaker D In life, you sometimes have to make on-the-spot decisions. That's what I did ten years ago when I came here. At the time, I just planned a two-week holiday with no intention of staying. It turned out I fell in love with the place. Somehow, I just couldn't leave. Two weeks turned into three, and three turned into four. Then I saw a job advertise for a coach tour driver. I applied straight away and got it. I never look back since then. I decided to make a new life here, and I've never regretted it. Speaker E I've been working really hard for months to launch my own company. It's very difficult organising people from all over the world to come together and make a great product. And I was working incredibly long hours to make it happen. I knew I'd need a break sooner or later. Once the company was up and running smoothly, I took the opportunity to take a week-long holiday to Turkey. Just lying on the beach and doing nothing felt great after so much hard work and stress. I really felt like I deserved it. Speaker F I've been on lots of holidays abroad, but it never really seemed much of my own country. One day, I was offered a job on the other side of the country. I had to move my whole life over six hundred kilometers away. Rather than pay for all my things to be put on a plane flown there, I thought, why not see some of the countryside and drive there myself? So, I rented a large van, filled it up with my belongings and drove for a week around my country. It was a brilliant opportunity, and I'd recommend it to everyone! Speaker A I have never been happier in my life, and I don't think I could have come up with a better way to celebrate the most important event of my life. My dad didn't want to give us a classic gift of something for the house because lots of people were going to buy us stuff like that. He knows we're both avid divers so when we decided to go on a diving safari, my dad volunteered to pay for it all as his present to us for our big day. What a fantastic wedding gift! It really was the experience of a lifetime. Speaker B We had dreamt of it for years but were never able to do it. Finally, the opportunity came. We had both reached retirement age, so we sold the house and all its contents and used the money to buy our 12-metre yacht. We left on the 2nd of May and got back fifteen months later having travelled 25,000 miles and seen all our favourite places. It was a long time to be away, and you have to know how to handle your craft in rough stormy weather, but we were thrilled to have finally got round to doing it. Speaker C My husband works very hard all year round and doesn't have a lot of holidays, so, occasionally, we like to splash out on something truly romantic and special. Our ideal holiday consists of chilling out at a nice seaside resort, doing a bit of sunbathing, eating at local seafood restaurants - that sort of thing. Graham really gets to unwind, which is what he deserves working in a stressful job like he does. I try to vary things for him and never book a holiday in the same place. Luckily, we always seem to pick a winner and last year's trip to the Azores in the North Atlantic was not an exception. Speaker D In life, you sometimes have to make on-the-spot decisions. That's what I did ten years ago when I came here. At the time, I just planned a two-week holiday with no intention of staying. It turned out I fell in love with the place. Somehow, I just couldn't leave. Two weeks turned into three, and three turned into four. Then I saw a job advertise for a coach tour driver. I applied straight away and got it. I never look back since then. I decided to make a new life here, and I've never regretted it. Speaker E I've been working really hard for months to launch my own company. It's very difficult organising people from all over the world to come together and make a great product. And I was working incredibly long hours to make it happen. I knew I'd need a break sooner or later. Once the company was up and running smoothly, I took the opportunity to take a week-long holiday to Turkey. Just lying on the beach and doing nothing felt great after so much hard work and stress. I really felt like I deserved it. Speaker F I've been on lots of holidays abroad, but it never really seemed much of my own country. One day, I was offered a job on the other side of the country. I had to move my whole life over six hundred kilometers away. Rather than pay for all my things to be put on a plane flown there, I thought, why not see some of the countryside and drive there myself? So, I rented a large van, filled it up with my belongings and drove for a week around my country. It was a brilliant opportunity, and I'd recommend it to everyone! A — B — C — D — E

Задание

Exam advice

Listening Part 1

Study the statements carefully. Try to guess:
- the topic of the listening task;
- the number of speakers in each part;
- the general impression of the speaker about the experience (positive/negative).
As you listen, try to catch the information that matches the ideas in the statements rather than specific words and phrases.
Ask yourself these two questions:
- What is the speaker's general point?
- What are the speakers discussing?

Listen to the statements. Match each speaker's statements A-F with the sentences given in the list 1-7. There is one statement you do not need to use

Вы услышите 6 высказываний. Установите соответствие между высказываниями каждого говорящего A-F и утверждениями, данными в списке 1-7. Используйте каждое утверждение, обозначенное соответствующей цифрой, только один раз. В задании есть одно лишнее утверждение. Вы услышите запись дважды. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу.

The speaker had the perfect honeymoon.
The speaker turned the holiday experience into something permanent.
The speaker eventually achieved what had been a lifetime goal.
The speaker had the chance to make a long road trip.
The speaker planned the holiday as a well-earned rest.
The speaker has different holiday experiences every year.
The speaker likes to return to the same place.

Speaker A

I have never been happier in my life, and I don't think I could have come up with a better way to celebrate the most important event of my life. My dad didn't want to give us a classic gift of something for the house because lots of people were going to buy us stuff like that. He knows we're both avid divers so when we decided to go on a diving safari, my dad volunteered to pay for it all as his present to us for our big day. What a fantastic wedding gift! It really was the experience of a lifetime.

Speaker B

We had dreamt of it for years but were never able to do it. Finally, the opportunity came. We had both reached retirement age, so we sold the house and all its contents and used the money to buy our 12-metre yacht. We left on the 2nd of May and got back fifteen months later having travelled 25,000 miles and seen all our favourite places. It was a long time to be away, and you have to know how to handle your craft in rough stormy weather, but we were thrilled to have finally got round to doing it.

Speaker C

My husband works very hard all year round and doesn't have a lot of holidays, so, occasionally, we like to splash out on something truly romantic and special. Our ideal holiday consists of chilling out at a nice seaside resort, doing a bit of sunbathing, eating at local seafood restaurants - that sort of thing. Graham really gets to unwind, which is what he deserves working in a stressful job like he does. I try to vary things for him and never book a holiday in the same place. Luckily, we always seem to pick a winner and last year's trip to the Azores in the North Atlantic was not an exception.

Speaker D

In life, you sometimes have to make on-the-spot decisions. That's what I did ten years ago when I came here. At the time, I just planned a two-week holiday with no intention of staying. It turned out I fell in love with the place. Somehow, I just couldn't leave. Two weeks turned into three, and three turned into four. Then I saw a job advertise for a coach tour driver. I applied straight away and got it. I never look back since then. I decided to make a new life here, and I've never regretted it.

Speaker E

I've been working really hard for months to launch my own company. It's very difficult organising people from all over the world to come together and make a great product. And I was working incredibly long hours to make it happen. I knew I'd need a break sooner or later. Once the company was up and running smoothly, I took the opportunity to take a week-long holiday to Turkey. Just lying on the beach and doing nothing felt great after so much hard work and stress. I really felt like I deserved it.

Speaker F

I've been on lots of holidays abroad, but it never really seemed much of my own country. One day, I was offered a job on the other side of the country. I had to move my whole life over six hundred kilometers away. Rather than pay for all my things to be put on a plane flown there, I thought, why not see some of the countryside and drive there myself? So, I rented a large van, filled it up with my belongings and drove for a week around my country. It was a brilliant opportunity, and I'd recommend it to everyone!