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Practice dictation & shadowing on the Cambridge IELTS 10 Academic Listening Part 2 Test 3.
Cambridge IELTS 10 Academic Listening Test 3 Part 2
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Speaker 1 (1)
Today we're pleased to have on the show Alice Bussell from the Dolphin Conservation Trust.
Speaker 1 (2)
Tell us about the Trust, Alice.
Speaker 2 (3)
Well, obviously, its purpose is to protect dolphins in seas all around the world.
Speaker 2 (4)
It tries to raise people's awareness of the problems these marine creatures are suffering because of pollution and other threats.
Speaker 2 (5)
It started 10 years ago, and it's one of the fastest growing animal charities in the country, although it's still fairly small compared with the big players in animal protection.
Speaker 2 (6)
We're particularly proud of the work we do in education.
Speaker 2 (7)
Last year, we visited a huge number of schools in different parts of the country, going round to talk to children and young people aged from 5 to 18.
Speaker 2 (8)
In fact, about 35% of our members are children.
Speaker 2 (9)
The charity uses its money to support campaigns, for example, for changes in fishing policy and so forth.
Speaker 2 (10)
It hopes soon to be able to employ its first full-time biologist with dolphin expertise to monitor populations.
Speaker 2 (11)
Of course, many people give their services on a voluntary basis, and we now have volunteers working in observation, office work, and other things.
Speaker 2 (12)
I should also tell you about the award we won from the Charity Commission last year for our work in education.
Speaker 2 (13)
Although it's not meant an enormous amount of money for us, it has made our activities even more widely publicised and understood.
Speaker 2 (14)
In the long term, it may not bring in extra members, but we're hoping it'll have this effect.
Speaker 1 (15)
Is it possible to see dolphins in UK waters?
Speaker 2 (16)
Yes. In several locations. And we have a big project in the east part of Scotland.
Speaker 2 (17)
This has long been a haven for dolphins because it has very little shipping.
Speaker 2 (18)
However, that may be about to change soon because oil companies want to increase exploration there.
Speaker 2 (19)
We're campaigning against this because although there'll be little pollution from oil, exploration creates a lot of underwater noise.
Speaker 2 (20)
It means the dolphins can't rest and socialise.
Speaker 2 (21)
This is how I became interested in dolphin conservation in the first place.
Speaker 2 (22)
I had never seen one, and I hadn't been particularly interested in them at school.
Speaker 2 (23)
Then I came across this story about a family of dolphins who had to leave their home in the Moray Firth because of the oil companies and about a child who campaigned to save them.
Speaker 2 (24)
I couldn't put the book down. I was hooked.
Speaker 1 (25)
I'm sure our listeners will want to find out what they can do to help.
Speaker 1 (26)
You mentioned the Adopt A Dolphin scheme.
Speaker 1 (27)
Can you tell us about that?
Speaker 2 (28)
Of course. People can choose one of our dolphins to sponsor.
Speaker 2 (29)
They receive a picture of it and news updates.
Speaker 2 (30)
I'd like to tell you about 4 which are currently being adopted by our members, Moondancer, Echo, Kiwi, and Samson.
Speaker 2 (31)
Unfortunately, Echo is being rather elusive this year and hasn't yet been sighted by our observers, but we remain optimistic that he'll be out there soon.
Speaker 2 (32)
All the others have been out in force.
Speaker 2 (33)
Samson and Moondancer are often photographed together.
Speaker 2 (34)
But it's Kiwi who's our real character as she seems to love coming up close for the cameras, and we've captured her on film hundreds of times.
Speaker 2 (35)
They all have their own personalities.
Speaker 2 (36)
Moondancer is very elegant and curves out and into the water very smoothly, whereas Samson has a lot of energy.
Speaker 2 (37)
He's always leaping out of the water with great vigour.
Speaker 2 (38)
You'd probably expect him to be the youngest.
Speaker 2 (39)
He's not quite. That's Kiwi.
Speaker 2 (40)
But Samson's the latest of our dolphins to be chosen for the scheme.
Speaker 2 (41)
Kiwi makes a lot of noise, so we can often pick her out straight away.
Speaker 2 (42)
Echo and Moondancer are noisy too, but Moondancer's easy to find because she has a particularly large fin on her back, which makes her easy to identify.
Speaker 2 (43)
So, yes, they're all very different.
Speaker 1 (44)
Well, they sound a fascinating group. And...