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Practice dictation & shadowing on the Cambridge IELTS 13 Academic Listening Part 1 Test 2.
Cambridge IELTS 13 Academic Listening Test 2 Part 1
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Speaker 1 (1)
Hello. South City Cycling Club.
Speaker 2 (2)
Oh, hi. I want to find out about joining the club.
Speaker 1 (3)
Right. I can help you there. I'm the club secretary, and my name's Jim Hunter.
Speaker 2 (4)
Oh, hi, Jim.
Speaker 1 (5)
So are you interested in membership for yourself?
Speaker 2 (6)
That's right.
Speaker 1 (7)
Okay. Well, there are basically 2 types of adult membership.
Speaker 1 (8)
If you're pretty serious about cycling, there's the full membership.
Speaker 1 (9)
That costs $260 and that covers you not just for ordinary cycling, but also for races both here in the city and also in other parts of Australia.
Speaker 2 (10)
Right. Well, I'm not really up to that standard.
Speaker 2 (11)
I was more interested in just joining a group to do some cycling in my free time.
Speaker 1 (12)
Sure. That's why most people join.
Speaker 1 (13)
So in that case, you'd be better with the recreational membership.
Speaker 1 (14)
That's $108 if you're over 19 and $95 if you're under.
Speaker 2 (15)
I'm 25.
Speaker 1 (16)
Okay. It's paid quarterly, and you can upgrade it later to the full membership if you want to, of course.
Speaker 1 (17)
Now both types of membership include the club fee of $20.
Speaker 1 (18)
They also provide insurance in case you have an accident, though we hope you won't need that, of course.
Speaker 2 (19)
No. Okay. Well, I'll go with the recreational membership, I think.
Speaker 2 (20)
And that allows me to join in the club activities and so on?
Speaker 1 (21)
That's right. And once you're a member of the club, you're also permitted to wear our kit when you're out cycling. It's green and white.
Speaker 2 (22)
Yes. I've seen cyclists wearing it. So can I buy that at the club?
Speaker 1 (23)
Uh, no. It's made to order by a company in Brisbane.
Speaker 1 (24)
You can find them online, they're called Jerriz. That’s J-E-R-R-I-Z.
Speaker 1 (25)
You can use your membership number to put in an order on their website.
Speaker 2 (26)
Okay. Now can you tell me a bit about the rides I can do?
Speaker 1 (27)
Sure. So we have training rides pretty well every morning, and they're a really good way of improving your cycling skills as well as your general level of fitness, but they're different levels.
Speaker 1 (28)
Level A is pretty fast. You're looking at about 30 or 35 kilometres an hour.
Speaker 1 (29)
If you can do about 25 kilometres an hour you'd probably be level B.
Speaker 1 (30)
And then level C are the novices who stay at about 15 kilometres per hour.
Speaker 2 (31)
Right. Well, I reckon I'd be level B. So when are the sessions for that level?
Speaker 1 (32)
Uh, there are a couple each week.
Speaker 1 (33)
They're both early morning sessions.
Speaker 1 (34)
There's one on Tuesdays, and for that one you meet at 5:30 AM, and the meeting point's the stadium.
Speaker 1 (35)
Do you know where that is?
Speaker 2 (36)
Yes. It's quite near my home, in fact.
Speaker 2 (37)
Okay. And how about the other one?
Speaker 1 (38)
That's on Thursdays. It starts at the same time, but they meet at the main gate to the park.
Speaker 2 (39)
Is that the one just past the shopping mall?
Speaker 1 (40)
That's it.
Speaker 2 (41)
So how long are the rides?
Speaker 1 (42)
Uh, they're about an hour and a half, so if you have a job, it's easy to fit in before you go to work.
Speaker 1 (43)
And the members often go somewhere for coffee afterwards, so it's quite a social event.
Speaker 2 (44)
Okay. That sounds good. I've only just moved to the city, so I don't actually know many people yet.
Speaker 1 (45)
Well, it's a great way to meet people.
Speaker 2 (46)
And does each ride have a leader?
Speaker 1 (47)
Sometimes, but not always.
Speaker 1 (48)
But you don't really need one. The group members on the ride support one another anyway.
Speaker 2 (49)
How would we know where to go?
Speaker 1 (50)
If you check the club website, you'll see that the route for each ride is clearly marked.
Speaker 1 (51)
So you can just print that out and take it along with you.
Speaker 1 (52)
It's similar from 1 week to another, but it's not always exactly the same.
Speaker 2 (53)
And what do I need to bring?
Speaker 1 (54)
Well, bring a bottle of water and your phone.
Speaker 1 (55)
You shouldn't use it while you're cycling, but have it with you.
Speaker 2 (56)
Right.
Speaker 1 (57)
And in winter, it's well before sunrise when we set out, so you need to make sure your bike's got lights.
Speaker 2 (58)
That's okay. Well, thanks, Jim. I'd definitely like to join.
Speaker 2 (59)
So what's the best way of going about it?
Speaker 1 (60)
You can...