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Practice dictation & shadowing on the Cambridge IELTS 16 Academic Listening Part 1 Test 1.
Cambridge IELTS 16 Academic Listening Test 1 Part 1
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Speaker 1 (1)
Hello. Children's Engineering Workshops.
Speaker 2 (2)
Oh, hello. I wanted some information about the workshops in the school holidays.
Speaker 1 (3)
Sure.
Speaker 2 (4)
I have 2 daughters who are interested.
Speaker 2 (5)
The younger one's Lydia. She's 4.
Speaker 2 (6)
Do you take children as young as that?
Speaker 1 (7)
Yes. Our tiny engineers workshop is for 4 to 5 year olds.
Speaker 2 (8)
What sorts of activities do they do?
Speaker 1 (9)
All sorts. For example, they work together to design a special cover that goes round an egg, so that when it's inside they can drop it from a height and it doesn't break.
Speaker 1 (10)
Well, sometimes it does break, but that's part of the fun.
Speaker 2 (11)
Right. And Lydia loves building things.
Speaker 2 (12)
Is there any opportunity for her to do that?
Speaker 1 (13)
Well, they have a competition to see who can make the highest tower. You'd be amazed how high they can go.
Speaker 2 (14)
Right.
Speaker 1 (15)
But they're learning all the time as well as having fun.
Speaker 1 (16)
For example, one thing they do is to design and build a car that's attached to a balloon, and the force of the air in that actually powers the car and makes it move along.
Speaker 1 (17)
They go really fast too.
Speaker 2 (18)
Okay. Well, all this sounds perfect.
Speaker 2 (19)
Now Carly, that's my older daughter, has just had her 7th birthday, so presumably she'd be in a different group.
Speaker 1 (20)
Yes. She'd be in the junior engineers. That's for children from 6 to 8.
Speaker 2 (21)
And do they do the same sorts of activities?
Speaker 1 (22)
Some are the same, but a bit more advanced.
Speaker 1 (23)
So they work out how to build model vehicles, things like cars and trucks, but also how to construct animals using the same sorts of material and technique.
Speaker 1 (24)
And then they learn how they can program them and make them move.
Speaker 2 (25)
So they learn a bit of coding?
Speaker 1 (26)
They do. They pick it up really quickly.
Speaker 1 (27)
We're there to help if they need it, but they learn from one another too.
Speaker 2 (28)
Right. And do they have competitions too?
Speaker 1 (29)
Yes. With the junior engineers, it's to use recycled materials like card and wood to build a bridge, and the longest one gets a prize.
Speaker 2 (30)
That sounds fun. I wouldn't mind doing that myself.
Speaker 1 (31)
Then they have something a bit different, which is to think up an idea for a 5-minute movie and then film it, using special animation software.
Speaker 1 (32)
You'd be amazed what they come up with.
Speaker 2 (33)
And of course that's something they can put on their phone and take home to show all their friends.
Speaker 1 (34)
Exactly. And then they also build a robot in the shape of a human, and they decorate it and program it so that it can move its arms and legs.
Speaker 2 (35)
Perfect. So is it the same price as the tiny engineers?
Speaker 1 (36)
It’s just a bit more: £50 for the five weeks.
Speaker 2 (37)
And are the classes on a Monday too?
Speaker 1 (38)
There used to be, but we found it didn't give our staff enough time to clear up after the first workshop, so we moved them to Wednesdays.
Speaker 1 (39)
The classes are held in the morning from 10 to 11.
Speaker 2 (40)
Okay. That's better for me, actually.
Speaker 2 (41)
And what about the location? Where exactly are the workshops held?
Speaker 1 (42)
They're in building 10A.
Speaker 1 (43)
There's a big sign on the door, you can't miss it, and that's in Fradstone Industrial Estate.
Speaker 2 (44)
Sorry?
Speaker 1 (45)
Fradstone – that’s F-R-A-D-S-T-O-N-E.
Speaker 2 (46)
And that's in Grasford, isn't it?
Speaker 1 (47)
Yes, up past the station.
Speaker 2 (48)
And will I have any parking problems there?
Speaker 1 (49)
No, there's always plenty available. So would you like to enroll Lydia and Carly now?
Speaker 2 (50)
Okay.
Speaker 1 (51)
So can I...
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