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0:09Now look at part one. Part one. First
0:13you have some time to look at questions
0:151 to six.
0:38Listen
0:48carefully and answer questions one to
0:50six.
0:52>> Good morning, Santon Sports Club.
0:55>> Oh, hello. I spoke to one of your
0:57colleagues last week about becoming a
0:59member of your club and I'd like to go
1:02ahead and join if I can do it over the
1:04phone.
1:05>> Absolutely. I'll start by taking a few
1:08details if I may.
1:10>> Of course.
1:11>> What's your name?
1:12>> It's Alex Cuz.
1:14>> Can you spell your surname?
1:16>> It's C O O Z E.
1:21>> Lovely. I've got that. And are you a
1:24student or in employment?
1:27>> Employed.
1:28>> Thank you. And can I ask what's your
1:30job?
1:31>> I'm a doctor.
1:32>> Right. Thanks. Now, we don't need to get
1:35your full address at this stage, but
1:37could I just take your post code?
1:40>> If I can remember it. I've only just
1:43moved. Oh, yes. It's uh GT1,
1:47>> right?
1:48>> And then 2BN.
1:51>> Is that VN?
1:53>> No, BN.
1:55>> Sorry. Now, one last question in this
1:58section. Can I just ask how you heard
2:01about us? Was it from a friend?
2:04>> Actually, I read about the club in a
2:06newspaper. It uh
2:07>> That's fine. Thank you very much.
2:10>> Before you hear the rest of the
2:12conversation, you have some time to look
2:14at questions 7 to 10.
2:47Now listen and answer questions 7 to 10.
2:51Now we do offer different types of
2:54membership according to which facilities
2:56you want to use and when. Yes, I gather
2:59that. But my schedule's a bit
3:01problematic. I mainly want to use the
3:04gym, and that'll be after about 7:00
3:07p.m. when I finish work.
3:09>> Fine. Right. And will you be interested
3:11in swimming?
3:13>> I understand you have both an indoor and
3:16an outdoor pool.
3:17>> That's right.
3:19>> I'm not a fan of swimming, actually, and
3:21certainly don't want to be there when it
3:23gets very packed in the evenings. Um, I
3:27think I'd only want to use the outdoor
3:29one and during the day when I can get a
3:32bit of sunbathing in
3:33>> and when the children are at school, of
3:35course, so it's a bit quieter. A lot of
3:38our clients prefer that.
3:40>> I can imagine. And I might occasionally
3:43want to have a game of badminton, you
3:46know, uh, and I suppose I'd like to book
3:49courts on Saturdays and Sundays when I
3:51can organize a game with friends.
3:54>> Right. And would you be wanting to use
3:56our other club facilities such as the
3:59sauna, steam room, or tanning bed?
4:02They're open all day until 9:00 p.m.
4:05>> Well, I think I'd only want to use the
4:07steam room and probably after I've been
4:10doing heavy exercise.
4:12>> So, shall I put that down as evenings?
4:15>> Sorry. No, I'd probably only use it on
4:18Saturdays and the occasional Sunday, you
4:20know, when I have more time to relax.
4:24That is the end of part one.
4:26>> You now have half a minute to check your
4:28answers.
4:49Before
5:03we move to the second section, if you
5:05want to practice IEL speaking with
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5:15>> Now turns to part two. Part two,
5:19>> you will hear a talk about safety in
5:21different regions. First look at
5:24questions 11 to 14.
5:42Listen
5:58carefully and answer questions 11 to 14.
6:02>> Good evening everyone. It's great to be
6:04here to talk to you about staying safe
6:07on holiday. Before I came this evening,
6:11I did a little research on where
6:13students like to go for their holidays
6:15and came up with two different regions,
6:18Latin America and India. So, um I've
6:23been looking at the crime figures for
6:25both areas and I thought I'd start by
6:28talking a bit about that. Then I'll give
6:31you some advice about how to avoid
6:34becoming a victim of crime. Okay. First
6:37of all, let's look at what kinds of
6:40crime are committed most in different
6:42regions.
6:44Um, okay, I'll start with India.
6:47Generally, India isn't thought of as a
6:50dangerous place for individuals, but
6:52there has been an increase in handbag
6:55theft in recent years.
6:57So, keep an eye on your bag when you're
6:59out in the street. Right now, let's look
7:03at Latin America. Of course, you do
7:07realize that not all Latin American
7:09countries are the same, but it is true
7:12to say that guns are used in a high
7:14percentage of crimes across the region.
7:17Looking at the figures, it seems that
7:20gun crime is a serious problem
7:22throughout.
7:24Before the broadcast continues, look at
7:27questions 15 to 20.
8:00You will now listen to the second part
8:02of the talk
8:03>> and answer questions 15 to 20.
8:07>> I can see some of you are thinking that
8:09it all sounds rather dangerous, but I
8:12know lots of people who've been there
8:14and had a really great time. They
8:16followed advice from the authorities
8:19like making sure they didn't wear
8:21expensive jewelry in the street. And I'd
8:24certainly advise anyone traveling to
8:26Latin America to do the same. Another
8:29thing you should be careful of is not to
8:31go to lonely places at night, but of
8:34course that's the same anywhere. But I
8:37must say, you do have to be very careful
8:40in some parts of Latin America when you
8:43take your money out of a cash machine.
8:46Sometimes you find that thieves stand
8:48very close to people at cash machines
8:50and take their money as it comes out.
8:54Okay, so now I'll finish by talking a
8:57little bit about India. I've actually
9:00been to India and I didn't have any
9:02feeling that it was dangerous at all.
9:05First of all, I went on an organized
9:07tour with a group of people. This is
9:10definitely the best way to go because
9:11it's so much safer. I mean, I didn't go
9:14anywhere without the group, and we had a
9:16tour guide who spoke the local language
9:19and knew the area. In fact, I remember
9:22now, she warned us not to go off with
9:25strangers, even if they seem nice and
9:28friendly. But again, you wouldn't do
9:30that at home either, would you? That is
9:33the end of part two.
9:35>> You now have half a minute to check your
9:38answers.
10:09Now it turns to part three.
10:12>> Part three.
10:14>> Here an interview conducted by an
10:16interviewer special with a scientist
10:18Peter Pott who discovered Ebola a
10:21dangerous disease. Both of them are
10:23conversing about the disease and its
10:25origin.
10:27First, you have some time to look at
10:30questions 21 to 25.
11:03Now listen carefully and answer
11:06questions 21 to 25.
11:09Professor P, as a young scientist in
11:12Antworp, you were part of the team that
11:15discovered the Ebola virus in 1976. Can
11:18you tell how did it happen? I still
11:21remember someday in September, a pilot
11:25from Sabina Airlines brought us a shiny
11:27blue thermos and a letter from a doctor
11:30in Kenshasa in what was then Zera in the
11:33Thermos. He wrote, "There was a blood
11:35sample from a Belgian nun who had
11:37recently fallen ill from a mysterious
11:39sickness in Yambuku, a remote village in
11:42the northern part of the country. He
11:45asked us to test the sample for yellow
11:47fever. These days, Ebola may only be
11:50researched in high security
11:52laboratories. How did you protect
11:54yourself back then?
11:56>> We had no idea how dangerous the virus
11:59that we were dealing with was. And there
12:01were no high security labs in Belgium
12:04back then. We just wore our white lab
12:06coats and protective gloves. When we
12:09opened the thermos, the ice inside had
12:11largely melted and one of the veils had
12:14broken. Blood and glass shards were
12:16floating in ice water. We fished the
12:19other intact test tube out of the slop
12:22and began examining the blood for
12:23pathogens using the methods that was
12:26standard at the time.
12:28>> But the yellow fever virus apparently
12:30had nothing to do with the nun's
12:32illness.
12:33>> No. And the test philosophy
12:36fever were also negative. What then
12:40could be? Our hopes were dependent on
12:42being able to isolate the virus from the
12:45sample. To do so, we injected it into
12:48mice and other lab animals. At first,
12:52nothing happened for several days. We
12:54thought that perhaps the pathogen had
12:56been damaged from insufficient
12:57refrigeration in the thermos. But then,
13:01one animal after the next begun to die.
13:04We began to realize that the sample
13:06contained something quite deadly. But
13:10you continued.
13:11>> Other samples from the nun who had just
13:13died arrived from Kenshasa. When we were
13:17just about able to begin examining the
13:19virus under the electron microscope, the
13:22World Health Organization entrusted us
13:25to send all of our samples to a high
13:27security lab in England. But my boss at
13:30the time wanted to bring our work to a
13:33conclusion no matter what. He grabbed a
13:36vial containing virus material to
13:38examine it, but his hand was shaking and
13:41he dropped it on a colleague's foot. The
13:43vial shattered. My only thought was, "Oh
13:47shit." We immediately disinfected
13:49everything and luckily our colleague was
13:52wearing thick leather shoes. Nothing
13:54happened to any of us.
13:56>> Before you hear the rest of the talk,
13:58you have some time to look at questions
14:0126 to 30.
14:33Now listen and answer questions 26 to
14:3730.
14:39We're finally able to create an image of
14:41the virus using the electron microscope.
14:45>> Yes. And our first thought was, "What
14:47the hell is that?" The virus that we'd
14:50spent so much time searching for was a
14:52very big, long, and wormlike. It had no
14:56similarities with yellow fever. Rather,
14:58it looked like the extremely dangerous
15:00Marberg virus, which like Ebola causes a
15:03hemorrhagic fever. In the 1960s, the
15:07virus killed several laboratory workers
15:10in Marberg, Germany.
15:12>> Were you afraid at that point? I knew
15:15almost nothing about the Merberg virus
15:17at the time. When I tell my students
15:19about it today, they think I must be
15:21from the Stone Age. But I actually had
15:24to go to the library and look it up in
15:26the Atlas of Biology. It was the
15:29American Center for Disease Control,
15:31which determined a short time later that
15:33it wasn't the Maruk virus, but a related
15:36unknown virus. Hundreds of people had
15:39already succumbed to the virus in
15:41Yambuku and the area around it. You were
15:44also the one who gave the virus its
15:46name. Why Ebola?
15:49>> On that day, our team sat together till
15:52late into the night. We had a couple of
15:54drinks discussing the question. We
15:57definitely didn't want to name the new
15:58pathogen Yambuku virus because that
16:01would have stigmatized the place
16:03forever.
16:05There was a map hanging on the wall and
16:06our American team leader suggested
16:08looking at the nearest river and giving
16:11the virus its name. It was the Ebola
16:14River. So, by around 3:00 or 4 in the
16:16morning, we had found a name, but the
16:19map was small and inaccurate. We only
16:22learned later that the nearest river was
16:24actually a different one. But Ebola is a
16:27nice name, isn't it?
16:29>> That is the end of part three.
16:32>> You now have half a minute to check your
16:34answers.
17:06Now you're on to part four. Part four, a
17:11second session on interview skills.
17:14First you have some time to look at
17:16questions 31 to 40.
17:49Now listen carefully and answer
17:51questions 31 to 40.
17:54Hello there everyone and welcome to our
17:57second session on interview skills.
18:00Now, we have already looked at what to
18:02say in the interview and what to wear.
18:05So, let's consider nonverbal behavior or
18:08as it is more often called body
18:10language.
18:11Believe it or not, research has shown
18:13that this is what makes the strongest
18:15impression on people we meet. Frequent
18:18eye contact is one aspect of body
18:20language which goes down very well with
18:22interviewers and creates a good
18:24impression.
18:25Looking at people means that you're sure
18:27of yourself and confident. In fact, one
18:30famous car company even makes a note of
18:33the level of eye contact candidates make
18:35during their recruitment process for
18:37this very reason. So, it is very
18:39important to maintain eye contact. But
18:42be careful how you do it. Avoid staring
18:46as this is a sign of hostility.
18:48But avoiding eye contact altogether and
18:51looking away or down is even worse. But
18:54the general message is maintain that eye
18:57contact. Believe me, the eyes have it.
19:01Now, along with eye contact, smiling is
19:04one of the other important non-verbal
19:06actions which say more to the
19:08interviewer than any answers you give. A
19:11good way to create a good impression
19:12during the first few minutes of your
19:14interview is to smile warmly when you
19:17meet the person or people who will be
19:19interviewing you. It shows them that you
19:21are relaxed. Facial scanning takes a
19:24triangular route from the eyes down to
19:27the mouth and back to the eyes. Even
19:30when you aren't speaking, an interviewer
19:32will be noticing your mouth. So, give a
19:34relaxed smile whenever you feel it is
19:36appropriate.
19:38Now, not surprisingly, interviewers pay
19:40most attention to a person's face or
19:42head during an interview, and they
19:45certainly pick up a lot on what they
19:46see. Researchers have identified nodding
19:49as going down very well with
19:51interviewers. This simple gesture shows
19:54that you are listening and paying
19:55attention.
19:57Another useful head gesture is to tilt
19:59your head slightly to one side. Now,
20:02this reinforces that you are listening
20:03well to what the interviewer is saying
20:05to you. However, tilting your head back
20:08isn't such a good idea as this signals
20:11arrogance and drooping your head forward
20:14indicates that you are lacking in
20:15confidence. And as we all know, that is
20:18exactly the opposite of what an
20:20interviewer wants to see. So the message
20:22is mind your head.
20:25Now posture or the way that you carry
20:27yourself is an important area of body
20:29language to be aware of and it is one of
20:32the first body language signals that
20:34interviewers read as you enter a room.
20:37Posture also matters when you're sitting
20:38down. A wellsupported position with your
20:42shoulders square and sitting full back
20:43on the chair will give the impression
20:45that you are confident which is just
20:47what the interviewer wants to see.
20:50I once interviewed a candidate who
20:52perched right on the edge of her chair
20:53throughout. I kept feeling that she was
20:56about to run out of the room in terror.
20:59However, occasionally leaning forward
21:01slightly when the interviewer is
21:03speaking reinforces the message that you
21:05are keen and interested as well as
21:08showing the interviewer that you are
21:09actually listening to what they are
21:10saying. But don't overdo it by leaning
21:13too far forward. That can be a bit
21:15distracting for the interviewer.
21:18Now we all tend to use our hands to
21:20gesture especially when we are
21:22explaining something or as we become
21:24involved in what we are saying. This is
21:26fine. It shows that we are keen and
21:29perhaps even excited about something.
21:31However, what can work against someone
21:34at an interview is when they fidget.
21:36This kind of moving about is of course
21:38what we do when we are nervous and
21:40fidgeting can be very distracting to
21:42watch.
21:44So, if this is a problem for you when
21:46you get nervous, it is a good idea to
21:48practice sitting with your hands gently
21:50resting in your lap or on the arms of
21:52the chair. Try not to fold your arms
21:55though, as this tends to look
21:57uncomfortable or hostile. But whatever
21:59movements you make, be careful with your
22:02hands. They need to be kept well away
22:04from your mouth, head or face. In fact,
22:07experts say that when a hand flies up to
22:10or over a person's mouth, it implies
22:12that the person is worried or wound up
22:14about something.
22:16For most of us, staying calm in an
22:18interview situation is a challenge. So,
22:21putting in a bit of practice in advance
22:22will help. So, to end with, here are a
22:26couple of suggestions on how to improve
22:28our body language. A good idea is to
22:31choose a role model such as an actor or
22:33fictional character or a public figure
22:36or someone you know. Then sit calmly and
22:39imagine that you are this person. Now,
22:42other countries have different body
22:44language signals. So remember that if
22:46you are being interviewed abroad, you
22:48may want to check if there are any
22:49special gestures to avoid.
22:52It's also a good idea to get used to
22:54reading body language signals. You can
22:56do this by simply watching how people
22:58interact in public places such as on the
23:01streets or in restaurants.
23:03And finally, when people have struck up
23:06a rapour, it is reflected through the
23:08natural mirroring of each other's body
23:10language movements.
23:12So you can use this to your advantage by
23:14occasionally mirroring the interviewer's
23:17own movements. For example, if they lean
23:20over to one side, you can do the same a
23:23few seconds later.
23:25It helps to create a special effect
23:27known as similar to me. But don't do it
23:30too often or the interviewer will
23:32notice. Now, any questions before we
23:35move on to interview listening skills.
23:37That is the end of part four.
23:40>> You now have half a minute to check your
23:43answers.
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