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Practice dictation & shadowing on the Cambridge IELTS 14 Academic Listening Part 1 Test 3.
Cambridge IELTS 14 Academic Listening Test 3 Part 1
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Speaker 1 (1)
Hello. Flanders Conference Hotel.
Speaker 2 (2)
Oh, hi. I wanted to ask about conference facilities at the hotel.
Speaker 2 (3)
Have I come through to the right person?
Speaker 1 (4)
Mhmm. You have. I'm the customer services manager.
Speaker 1 (5)
My name's Angela. So, how can I help you?
Speaker 2 (6)
Well, I'm calling from Barrett and Stansons. We're a medical company based in Perth.
Speaker 1 (7)
Oh, yes.
Speaker 2 (8)
And we're organising a conference for our clients to be held in Sydney.
Speaker 2 (9)
It'll be held over 2 days, and we're expecting about 50 or 60 people.
Speaker 1 (10)
When were you thinking of having it?
Speaker 2 (11)
Sometime early next year, like the end of January. It'd have to be a weekend.
Speaker 1 (12)
Uh, let me see. Our conference facilities are already booked for the weekend beginning January 28th.
Speaker 1 (13)
We could do the first weekend in February.
Speaker 2 (14)
How about January 21st?
Speaker 1 (15)
Uh, I'm afraid that's booked too.
Speaker 2 (16)
Well, let's go for the February date then.
Speaker 1 (17)
So, that's the weekend beginning the 4th.
Speaker 2 (18)
Okay. Now, can you tell me a bit about what conference facilities you have?
Speaker 1 (19)
Sure. So, for talks and presentations, we have the Tesla room.
Speaker 2 (20)
Sorry?
Speaker 1 (21)
Tesla – that's spelled T-E-S-L-A.
Speaker 1 (22)
It holds up to a 100 people and it's fully equipped with a projector and so on.
Speaker 2 (23)
How about a microphone?
Speaker 1 (24)
Yes. That'll be all set up ready for you.
Speaker 1 (25)
And there'll be one that members of the audience can use too, for questions if necessary.
Speaker 2 (26)
Fine. And we'll also need some sort of open area where people can sit and have a cup of coffee.
Speaker 2 (27)
And we'd like to have an exhibition of our products and services there as well, so that'll need to be quite a big space.
Speaker 1 (28)
Mhmm. That's fine. There's a central atrium with all those facilities, and you can come before the conference starts if you want to set everything up.
Speaker 2 (29)
Great. And, presume there's WiFi?
Speaker 1 (30)
Oh, yes. That's free and available throughout the hotel.
Speaker 2 (31)
Okay.
Speaker 1 (32)
Would you also like us to provide a buffet lunch?
Speaker 1 (33)
We can do a two-course meal with a number of different options.
Speaker 2 (34)
What sort of price are we looking at for that?
Speaker 1 (35)
Well, I can send you a copy of this standard menu.
Speaker 1 (36)
That's $45 per person. Or you can have the special for $25 more.
Speaker 2 (37)
I think the standard should be okay, but, yes, send me the menu.
Speaker 2 (38)
Now, we're also going to need accommodation on the Saturday night for some of the participants.
Speaker 2 (39)
I'm not sure how many, but probably about 25.
Speaker 2 (40)
So what do you charge for a room?
Speaker 1 (41)
Well, for conference attendees, we have a 25% reduction.
Speaker 1 (42)
So, we can offer you rooms at $135. Normally, a standard room's $180.
Speaker 2 (43)
And does that include breakfast?
Speaker 1 (44)
Sure. And, of course, guests can also make use of all the other facilities at the hotel.
Speaker 1 (45)
So, we've got a spa where you can get massages and facials and so on.
Speaker 1 (46)
And there's a pool up on the roof for the use of guests.
Speaker 2 (47)
Oh, great. Now, what about transport links? The hotel's downtown, isn't it?
Speaker 1 (48)
Yes. It's about 12 kilometres from the airport, but there's a complimentary shuttle bus for guests.
Speaker 1 (49)
And it's only about 10 minutes' walk from the central railway station.
Speaker 2 (50)
Okay. Now, I don't know Sydney very well. Can you just give me an idea of the location of the hotel?
Speaker 1 (51)
Uh, well, it's downtown on Wilby Street.
Speaker 1 (52)
Uh, that's quite a small street and it's not very far from the sea.
Speaker 1 (53)
And, of course, if the conference attendees want to go out on this Saturday evening, there's a huge choice of places to eat.
Speaker 1 (54)
Then, if they want to make a night of it, they can go on to one of the clubs in the area.
Speaker 1 (55)
There are a great many to choose from.
Speaker 2 (56)
Okay. So if we go ahead with this, can you give me some information about how much..