TrainingTest 2 listening 3

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audio 46 Training Test 2 Listening Part 3 Ex 02

audio 47 Training Test 2 Listening Part 3 Ex 03

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audio 49 Training Test 2 Listening Part 3 Exam Practice Q 11 to 15

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audio 46 Training Test 2 Listening Part 3 Ex 02

Teacher: As part of your art project we’re going to find out about a young artist called Will Scorsby on the internet today. He’s a teenage Canadian artist who has an exhibition of his paintings in England at the moment. He’s an unusual artist because he doesn’t use many different colours.
Girl: What’s his favourite colour?
Teacher: You see green in all his paintings but the colour he likes most is orange.
Girl: Who taught him to paint?
Teacher: His mum was his first teacher. She draws pictures for children’s books. Will’s grandfather is an artist too.
Girl: Where does Will work? At home?
Teacher: That’s right. He’s got his own room at home to work in.
He draws and paints people’s faces more than anything else. We’re going to watch Will paint a picture of his own face in an online video clip.
Girl: And you said he sells his paintings?
Teacher: Yes. He sold his first painting last winter but lots of people are buying them now. Next summer he’s going to have a big exhibition in the USA. I think he’s going to be very famous. OK. Let’s log on ...

audio 47 Training Test 2 Listening Part 3 Ex 03
Woman: This part of the space museum is about our astronauts. Please ask questions. I know you’re doing projects on this subject.
Boy: Who’s this astronaut?
Woman: Bill Turner. Bill was good at maths when he was young, but he enjoyed geography most.
Boy: What did he study at university?
Woman: Engineering. All astronauts study that or medicine or science.
Boy: Did he have another job before he became an astronaut?
Woman: Yes. Bill wanted to be a racing driver but he was too tall so he flew planes.
Boy: When did he start training to be an astronaut?
Woman: When he was 28. and he was 32 when he first travelled in space.
Boy: Where did he train?
Woman: In Japan, but he and his crew, that’s his team of astronauts, are working in Russia at the moment.
Boy: Is he going into space again soon?
Woman: Yes. Bill’s next flight in space is in August sorry, I mean September.
Boy: And how long will he be in space?
Woman: He’ll stay on the International Space Station with three other astronauts for six months. Now let’s look at...
Boy: Are you going to come to the new language club that starts next week? It’s every week after school.
Girl: Which day is it? I can’t come on Thursdays or on Wednesdays.
I have dance classes then.
Boy: It’s on Tuesday so you could come ...
Girl: Well, tell me more about it.
Boy: It sounds fun to me. You learn a little bit about a different language each month. We learn French already ...
Girl: Yes ...
Boy: So the first new language is Arabic.
Girl: Wow!
Boy: And next month we’ll learn some Portuguese.
Girl: Where are the lessons?
Boy: You know classroom 4? The big room on the second floor.
Girl: Yes.
Boy: Well, it’s in the smaller room next to that.
Girl: Room 3?
Boy: That’s right!

audio 49 Training Test 2 Listening Part 3 Exam Practice Q 11 to 15

Teacher: Hello, Sally. You said you wanted a pen-friend ...
Girl: Yes, Miss Rey.
Teacher: Well, a friend of mine has a daughter called Elsa.
Girl: Isn’t that a Turkish name?
Teacher: I don’t know, but Elsa is Mexican. She’s living in Switzerland at the moment.
Girl: Oh! How old is Elsa?
Teacher: She’s 13 like you, and she’s got a younger sister who’s 12. Girl: I’m 14 now, actually. What are Elsa’s hobbies?
Teacher: She loves reading fashion magazines but her favourite hobby is horse-riding.
Girl: I’ve never done that. Does she go to school in Switzerland? Teacher: Yes. She goes to an international school where she learns English and German. She’s brilliant at maths but wants to improve her languages.
Girl: What does she look like?
Teacher: I can show you a picture of Elsa with her parents. They’ve got a wonderful dog called Charlie but he’s not in the photo!
Girl: (laughs)
Teacher: They’re coming to England soon. Perhaps you can meet Elsa then.
Girl: In April?
Teacher: No, at the end of May and they’re going back in the middle of June.
Girl: OK. Thanks, Miss Rey. I’ll think about it.