Let's move on.
All right.
Coming up next, working from the Cambridge Official Guide from 2014, they have eight really good practice
tests in that book.
And you should really work on getting that one and using those practice tests.
I'm working from tests six techs tests, six in section one.
Right.
So go ahead and take 30 seconds very quickly and mentally or with your version of the book.
Go ahead and identify the keywords.
So the keywords that I would have identified are highlighted in grain.
Let's go ahead and listen and please answer the questions.
Recording 59.
You will hear a phone conversation between an estate agent and a woman wishing to rent accommodation.
First, you have some time to look at questions.
1 to 10.
Fairfield Rentals.
Andrew Williams, how can I help you?
Oh, hello.
I'm calling from the UK.
My family are moving to Canada early next year and we're hoping to find somewhere to rent in Fairfield
for the first six months while we settle in.
Right.
I see.
Well, let's get your details.
Yes, my name's Jane Ryder.
Okay, Jane.
And can I have a phone number?
The best number to get you on.
Well, that'd probably be our home number.
So double low, double four for the UK and then it's
2086132978.
All right.
And an email address, please, so we can send you out all the information and forms.
I think it's best if I give you my husband's email.
He's sitting in front of a computer all day so he can print stuff off and get it back to you sooner
than I could.
It's Richard at Vision Tech Echo Dot UK.
I'll just spell the company name for you.
That's v.
I.
S i.
O.
N.
T.
E c h.
Great.
And we have a question here about occupation.
Richards and IT specialist for an advertising company, they're transferring him to their Fairfield
branch.
Actually just your job for now.
Thanks.
Me?
I'm a doctor at the hospital in our town.
Okay, I'll put that down now.
What kind of accommodation are you looking for?
House.
Apartment?
An apartment?
Probably as long as it has two bedrooms.
They'll be me, my husband and our ten year old son then.
So with an apartment, you're less likely to get a garden.
That's okay.
But what about a garage?
Is that something you'll want the apartment to have?
Yes, that's definitely important.
Okay, just a moment.
I'll just make a note of that.
But before we go on, I should probably say now that what we don't need is any furniture, because we'll
be shipping all that over.
And I don't really want to pay for storage while we're waiting to buy a house.
Not a problem.
I'll make a note of that.
Actually, though, just thinking about the kitchen.
What can I expect from a rental property?
I mean, what kind of equipment is provided?
Well, the normal thing is that you get a stove.
I think that's a cooker in British English.
Okay, good to know.
But how about a fridge?
We'll be selling ours before we come.
So if possible, we'd like the apartment to have one for when we arrive.
I can certainly add that to the form if there's any other white wear that you need, like a dishwasher,
for example.
There are plenty of stores here that will arrange delivery on the same day as purchase.
Thanks.
Hopefully we won't need to buy too many things now.
How about location?
Have you done any research into the Fairfield area?
Not that much so far.
Well, you mentioned you have a boy.
I imagine you'd like to be fairly close to a school.
Good idea.
That would help.
What's public transport like in Fairfield?
Is it easy to get around?
The bus service is pretty comprehensive.
There are plenty of local routes, services into the city and out of town.
Okay.
And for a two bedroom apartment, what sort of rent should we expect to pay?
Well, looking at the properties we have at the moment, prices start from around $730 per month and
depending on the area, can go up to 1200 dollars.
That's too much.
Something halfway would be better.
So would your limit be, say, $950?
I'd say so, yes.
Can I ask if you smoke or if you have any pets?
No, to both questions.
But I do have one more request, please.
Yes.
Well, I've also been offered a job at Victoria General Hospital and I suspect I'll be working nights
occasionally.
So what I really need from any apartment is for it to be quiet so I can catch up on sleep if necessary
during the day.
Congratulations on the job offer.
I'll add your request to the form.
Well, what I'll do is compile a list of suitable properties for you and send them via email.
Can I just ask, how did you hear about us?
Obviously not from our commercials.
If you're living in the UK.
Actually it was a friend of ours.
He spent a few months in Fairfield a couple of years ago and he pointed us in the direction of your
website.
Well, it's good to be recommended.
So what I'll do is.
Okay, so one thing that I want you to notice is in our first practice, they had you do questions one
through three.
Then there was a pause to look at questions four through ten.
In our second practice set, they said, Look at questions one through ten.
There's no pause, no break.
So this is something you want to be aware of.
Sometimes you might have a pause or break.
So let's go ahead and look at the answer choices.
So for one through three, we can see number one is 2086132978.
Number two, you had to spell out vision tech.
The isi0ntech.
Some people ask me, do I need to put hyphens in?
No, don't do that.
You don't need to put hyphens.
I'm doing that for teaching purposes.
Everybody just.
I can separate the letters so you can see them clearly.
And then for the last one, number three, the answer is a doctor.
Instead of saying local.
They said in our town.
Right.
In our town.
Instead of saying local.
Now we move on to questions four or five, six and seven.
We have number four garage.
Number five is furniture.
Number six is French.
And number seven is school.
For number four four must have when she said that's definitely important is that something is that's
something you'll want the the apartment to have that's definitely important that's context context for
must have its own garage for number.
Five and four furniture.
Instead of saying no, they said what we don't need.
So it's important that you're able to really recognize the paraphrasing and the word order switching
that happens for number seven instead of saying near they said what close to.
So when you're doing a listening test, this is what you're listening for.
The key word, language of the question.
And you'll hear the answer every single time.
They're going to try to distract you.
Right for number four, they tried to distract you for number four.
They want to distract you.
With what?
Garden.
Right before they mentioned garage, they mentioned garden.
So, you know, you have to be aware of when these things happen.
And then eight, nine and ten.
950.
Number nine is quiet and the routine is friend.
Right for number nine, what I really need has to be answer is quiet.
For number eight maximum.
What would your limit be?
So would your limit be, say, 950?
Woman I'd say so, yes.
That means maximum.
Again, they're testing context and we see another distraction.
We see two distractions here.
Four, number four, number eight, we see 730.
And also we heard 1200.
So these these these aspects that I talked about in the very beginning of this live class.