Listening 2 HW – Answer Keys

Exercise 1:
Script:
Exercise 2:
You are going to hear an informa/on officer at a zoo talking to a group of visitors. Write NO
MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Insect House Lecture

Theater C
Great Migra=on

Garden Wildlife

Display 3.45

Script:

Hi there, everybody, and welcome to Animal World. Before you start your visit, I’d just like to tell
you about a few special events happening here today. They’re all free, and I’d really encourage
you to go to as many of them as you can, as I think you’ll learn a lot.

The first event is called The World of Ants, and it’s happening this morning quite soon in the
Insect House (Q1), which is just a short walk from here. The well-known entomologist Dr. David
Crocker, who many of you will have seen on television, is giving a lecture (Q2) all about ants –
the different types of ants, how they organize themselves, what they eat, their behavior and so
on. It’s actually a fascina/ng subject. So, The World of Ants, a lecture by Dr. Crocker, in the
Insect House, and it starts at 11 o’clock and lasts for 60 minutes.

At midday, that’s 12 o’clock, there’s a film which is just as fascina/ng and it’s called The Great
Migra/on (Q3). This is all about birds and how they migrate across con/nents and oceans using
the Sun, the stars and the Earth’s magne/c field. As I said, it’s a film – an absolutely spectacular
film – which all the family will enjoy, some fabulous photography – and it’s on in Theater C (Q4),
which you can see just behind me – so bear that in mind for 12 o’clock.

The next event is a demonstra/on taking place in the Exhibi/on Room and given by Monica
Chaddha. It’s called Encouraging Garden Wildlife (Q5). Monica will be showing you ways of
encouraging animals, birds and other wildlife to visit and live in your garden, how to place boxes
for nests, what food to put for them and all sorts of prac/cal advice. That’s at 2.30, so just a]er
lunch.
The final free event for today is Birds of Prey. Tasha, their keeper, will be giving a display (Q6) of
some of our most magnificent birds and how they fly, and I thoroughly recommend this event.
The display includes eagles, vultures and owls and will be star/ng at 3.45 (Q7) on the lawn
outside. It’s an unforgeaable experience, so remember, on the front lawn at 3.45 to see the
birds flying.

Exercise 3:

evolu=on discussion

Main hall
communicate

Nature walk
garden

Biology
rep=les

Script:

Hello, everyone, and welcome to our college Natural History day. You’ve all got your programme
for the day, but let me just give you a bit of informa/on about your op/ons for this morning’s
sessions, which begin at half past nine. Remember, you need to aaend one of these sessions.

All right, your first choice is called “Dogs might fly”, which will take place in Room 27. Professor
Keenan, who you may remember ran a workshop last year on how dinosaurs became ex/nct,
will be giving lecture on the evolu/on (Q1) of animals. In par/cular, she’ll be looking at how
they may evolve in the future, and this will be followed by a group discussion (Q2) where you’ll
get a chance to ask her ques/ons and offer your own thoughts and opinions on this. So, if the
evolu/on of animals is something you’re interested in, head for Room 27.

We all know that animals communicate with each other, but what about flowers? Your second
choice is a video presenta/on called “Flowers talk”. This considers the possibility that plants and
flowers do actually communicate (Q3) with each other. The video is presented by Patrick Bell,
who has just wriaen a book on how plants adapt to their natural environment, so it should be
very interes/ng. That will take place in the lecture room, no sorry, correct that, here in the main
hall (Q4). We’ve had to move it because the lecture room is being renovated.

The third choice is ideal for those of you who want to get a bit of fresh air. We’ve called it “A
world in your garden” (Q5), which we thought was appropriate as it looks at the sort of things
you can find just by stepping out of your front door. Anyway, for those of you interested in
gehng away from the classroom, Doctor Watkins will be taking you on a nature walk (Q6)
through the local park, and will be telling you about some of the fascina/ng animals and plants
that live and grow nearby. And it’s a lovely day for a walk!

The final op/on, well, you might want to avoid this one if you’re frightened of things like snakes,
as this is a hands-on workshop where you’ll actually get a chance to handle these exo/c
creatures. It won’t just be snakes, however. I believe Tom Howard, our resident rep/le expert,
has brought some other rep/les (Q7) along for you to meet, including his pet tortoise, Reggie,
who is over 100 years old, and a pet lizard he calls Arthur. So, if you want to meet Reggie and his
other rep/le friends, head on over to the Biology (Q8) lab at 9.30. I’m sure you’ll have a lot of
fun. For those of you who don’t usually use the Biology lab, could I remind you that you need to
put on one of the white coats by the door before you go in.

OK, now, we’ve got some students here from Bardwell College who … [fade]