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Practice dictation & shadowing on the Cambridge IELTS 10 Academic Listening Part 3 Test 3.
Cambridge IELTS 10 Academic Listening Test 3 Part 3
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Speaker 1 (1)
Hi, Rob. How's the course going?
Speaker 2 (2)
Oh, hi, Mia. Yeah. Great. I can't believe the first term's nearly over.
Speaker 1 (3)
I saw your group's performance last night at the student theatre. It was good.
Speaker 2 (4)
Really? Yeah. But now we have to write a report on the whole thing, an in-depth analysis.
Speaker 2 (5)
I don't know where to start.
Speaker 2 (6)
Like, I have to write about the role I played, the doctor, how I developed the character.
Speaker 1 (7)
Well, what was your starting point?
Speaker 2 (8)
Uh, my grandfather was a doctor before he retired, and I just based it on him.
Speaker 1 (9)
Okay. But how? Did you talk to him about it?
Speaker 2 (10)
He must have all sorts of stories, but he never says much about his work even now.
Speaker 2 (11)
He has a sort of authority, though.
Speaker 1 (12)
So how did you manage to capture that?
Speaker 2 (13)
I'd visualise what he must have been like in the past when he was sitting in his consulting room listening to his patients.
Speaker 1 (14)
Okay. So that's what you explain in your report.
Speaker 2 (15)
Right.
Speaker 1 (16)
Then there's the issue of atmosphere.
Speaker 1 (17)
So in the first scene we needed to know how boring life was in the doctor's village in the 1950s.
Speaker 1 (18)
So when the curtain went up on the first scene in the waiting room, there was that long silence before anyone spoke.
Speaker 1 (19)
And then people kept saying the same thing over and over, like "Cold, isn't it?"
Speaker 2 (20)
Yes. And everyone wore grey and brown and just sat in a row.
Speaker 1 (21)
Yes. All those details of the production.
Speaker 2 (22)
And I have to analyse how I functioned in the group, what I found out about myself.
Speaker 2 (23)
I know I was so frustrated at times when we couldn't agree.
Speaker 1 (24)
Mhmm. Yes. So did one person emerge as the leader?
Speaker 2 (25)
Sofia did. That was okay. She helped us work out exactly what to do for the production, and that made me feel better, I suppose.
Speaker 1 (26)
When you understood what needed doing?
Speaker 2 (27)
Yes. And Sofia did some research too.
Speaker 2 (28)
That was useful in developing our approach.
Speaker 1 (29)
Like what?
Speaker 2 (30)
Well, she found these articles from the 1950s about how relationships between children and their parents, or between the public and people like bank managers or the police were shifting.
Speaker 1 (31)
Interesting. And did you have any practical problems to overcome?
Speaker 2 (32)
Well, in the final rehearsal, everything was going fine until the last scene.
Speaker 2 (33)
That's where the doctor's first patient appears on stage on his own.
Speaker 1 (34)
The one in the wheelchair?
Speaker 2 (35)
Yes. And he had this really long speech with the stage all dark except for one spotlight.
Speaker 2 (36)
And then that stuck somehow, so it was shining on the wrong side of the stage.
Speaker 2 (37)
But anyway, we got that fixed. Thank goodness.
Speaker 1 (38)
Yes. It was fine on the night.
Speaker 2 (39)
But while you're here, Mia, I wanted to ask you about the year abroad option.
Speaker 2 (40)
Would you recommend doing that?
Speaker 1 (41)
Yes. Definitely. It's a fantastic chance to study in another country for a year.
Speaker 2 (42)
I think I'd like to do it, but it looks very competitive.
Speaker 2 (43)
There's only a limited number of places.
Speaker 1 (44)
Yes. So next year, when you're in the second year of the course, you need to work really hard in all your theatre studies modules.
Speaker 1 (45)
Only students with good marks get places.
Speaker 1 (46)
You have to prove that you know your subject really well.
Speaker 2 (47)
Right. So how did you choose where to go?
Speaker 1 (48)
Well, I decided I wanted a program that would fit in with what I wanted to do after I graduate.
Speaker 1 (49)
So I looked for a university with emphasis on acting rather than directing, for example.
Speaker 1 (50)
It depends on you.
Speaker 1 (51)
Then about 6 months before you go, you have to email the scheme coordinator with your top three choices.
Speaker 1 (52)
I had a friend who missed the deadline and didn't get her first choice.
Speaker 1 (53)
So you do need to get a move on at that stage.
Speaker 1 (54)
You'll find that certain places are very popular with everyone.
Speaker 2 (55)
And don't you have to write a personal statement at that stage?
Speaker 1 (56)
Yes.
Speaker 2 (57)
Right. I'll get some of the final year students to give me some tips, maybe see if I can read what they wrote.
Speaker 1 (58)
I think that's a very good idea.
Speaker 1 (59)
I don't mind showing you what I did.
Speaker 1 (60)
And while you're abroad, don't make the mistake I made.
Speaker 1 (61)
I got so involved I forgot all about making arrangements for when I came back here for the final year.
Speaker 1 (62)
Make sure you stay in touch so they know your choices for the optional modules.
Speaker 1 (63)
You don't want to miss out doing your preferred specialisms.
Speaker 2 (64)
Right.