IELTS Listening

Unit 2

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 Listen to the tape and answer these following questions.
What is the topic?
A. Managing creativity in your business
B. How to boost creativity in your business How to follow
C. The importance of creativity a lecture?

What is the type of the talk?

A. Conversation
B. Lecture
C. Report
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 CONTENT
Lead in (3-5 mins)

Exam Skills (15 mins)

• Following a lecture
• Using question words

Language development (20-25 mins)

• Nature & environment
• Family matters

Exam Practice (80 mins)

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 EXAM SKILLS

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 Match the functions a-h in the box to sentences 1-8. Then listen and check your answers.

a to give further information b to contrast c to emphasise

g to repeat or clarify e to indicate order f to give a rea-
d to give an example/examples h to indicate a result/results son/reasons

e 1. First, I am going to talk about the role of the parent. Second, … and last, …
f 2. Parenting is a difficult job because …
a 3. Families are important because they form the basis for socialisation. Additionally, …
g 4. The family structure has varied greatly over time. That is, …

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 FOLLOWING A LECTURE
Match the functions a-h in the box to sentences 1-8. Then listen and check your answers.

a to give further information b to contrast c to emphasise

g to repeat or clarify e to indicate order f to give a rea-
d to give an example/examples h to indicate a result/results son/reasons

b 5. Many argue that less traditional structures are not as effective. However, …
h 6. Many people are having families later in life. Consequently, …
d 7. Families in other parts of the world differ from the western norm. For instance, …

c 8. Although there are many arguments for trying to keep the traditional family structure
strong, I feel the key issue is …
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 Order Reason Result Repetition
/ Clarification

First Due to Thus In other words

Last The reason for this As a result
Next
Contrast Addition Example Emphasis

However Also For instance / example The crucial factor is

On the other hand Furthermore An illustration of this is The main point is

In addition A case in point is What I am essentially

arguing

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 Exam Skills

1 Following a lecture

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 USING QUESTION WORDS
Read question 1-4 and underline the keywords. Then match the questions to the answers
a-j. There is more than one correct answer for each question.
a, e
1 On average, when do people get married? _______
d, h, i
2 What is the key reason given for the increase in divorce numbers? _______
c, f
3 Who believe that families are the key to the functioning of wider society? _______
b, g, j
4 What is the average number of family members in the UK? _______

a People usually get married in their thirties. f Sociologists believe families are the key to the
b The average family has five members. functioning of wider society.
c Sociologists g five
d Legal changes h Because there was a change in the law.
e In their thirties i Because of legal changes.
j Five

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 1 Where?
A place
2 Who? A person
3 When?
A time
4 Why? A reason
5 What? A thing
6 How? A method / way
7 Which?
A thing (choice)
8 How many A number

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 Exam Skills

1 Following a lecture

2 Using question words

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 NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT

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 1 ____
b c
2 ____ a
3 ____

Travel
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4 ____ d
5 ____

1 Match the words a-e to the pictures 1-5

a a blizzard b a cyclone c a heat wave
d a hurricane e a drought
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 ENGLISH VIETNAMESE

Blizzard Bão tuyết

Cyclone Lốc xoáy

Hurricane Bão

Drought Hạn hán

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 Question 1-3: Note completion
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Listening
Project suggestions: pros and cons
Section 3
Localised weather conditions Noun / V-ing
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Problem: Not enough time for 1 ………………………………..
Seasons
Adjective
Problem: Too 2 ………………………
Extreme weather conditions
Advantage: Easier to 3 ……………………… into different sections,
more interesting. Verb
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 Question 1-3: Note completion
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Listening
Project suggestions: pros and cons
Section 3
Localised weather conditions
Page 30
Problem: Not enough time for 1 ………………………………..
Seasons
Problem: Too 2 ………………………
Extreme weather conditions
Advantage: Easier to 3 ……………………… into different sections,
more interesting.
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 Emma:
So, I think we'd better start planning what we're going to do for our group project. Have
you guys had any ideas?
Listening
Tom:I was thinking we should do something on extreme weather events and explain them, but
SectionI think
3 Alex had some different ideas.
Alex:
Page 30 Yes, maybe we should look into more localized weather conditions and the effects on the
immediate environment.
Emma:
That's a good idea, Alex, but I don't think we'd be able to get much data on that, and we
don't really have time to do our own research. What about doing something about the
seasons?
Tom:
I think the seasons might be a bit too wide-reaching, you know, when we take into
account the wind patterns and pressure systems.

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 Question 1-3: Note completion
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Listening
Project suggestions: pros and cons
Section 3
Localised weather conditions
Page 30
(our own) research
Problem: Not enough time for 1 ………………………………..
Seasons
wide-reaching
Problem: Too 2 ………………………
Extreme weather conditions
Advantage: Easier to 3 ……………………… into different sections,
more interesting.
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 Emma: Maybe you're right.
Alex: Well, how about Tom's idea of extreme weather conditions?
Emma: Yes. that sounds like a good idea. It’s easy to break down into separate
parts and it certainly sounds more interesting!
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 Question 1-3: Note completion
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Listening
Project suggestions: pros and cons
Section 3
Localised weather conditions
Page 30
(our own) research
Problem: Not enough time for 1 ………………………………..
Seasons
wide reaching
Problem: Too 2 ………………………
Extreme weather conditions
break down into different sections,
Advantage: Easier to 3 ………………………
more interesting.
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 Question 4-7: Classification

Listening Who will cover the following weather conditions?

A Alex
Section 3 B Emma
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D None of them
Write the correct letter, A, B, c or D next to questions 4-7.
4 blizzards
5 floods
6 drought
7 cyclones
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 Tom: I'd quite like to cover monsoons. I’ve been doing some reading on them and they're quite
interesting.

Emma:
Well, that sounds good. We should maybe take two areas each - that would make it easier
for us to focus.
Alex: 30
Page Well, we’ve got lots to choose from; we could do blizzards, heat waves, droughts, cyclones.
There are loads! Why don't you do blizzards, Tom?
Tom:
I don’t fancy doing them, but I wouldn't mind doing something on floods. They're linked to
monsoons, I think, so it will be an easy transition. What do you fancy doing, Alex?

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 Question 4-7: Classification

Listening Who will cover the following weather conditions?

A Alex
Section 3 B Emma
Page 30 C Tom
D None of them
Write the correct letter, A, B, c or D next to questions 4-7.
4 floods C
5 blizzards
6 drought
7 cyclones
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 Alex: Well, okay … let’s leave blizzards then if no one is interested. Ermm … I could cover
winds.
Emma: But that isn’t really extreme enough.
Alex: Hmm ... I could do hurricanes, they're pretty exciting. How about doing cyclones,
Emma?
Emma: I'd rather do heat waves and droughts, I think. I know a bit about them. I don’t
know anything about cyclones.
Alex: Cyclones are really interesting. I can cover them.
Tom: That sounds great. I was thinking about doing cyclones, but I'm happy for you to do
them.

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 Question 4-7: Classification

Listening Who will cover the following weather conditions?

A Alex
Section 3 B Emma
Page 30 C Tom
D None of them
Write the correct letter, A, B, c or D next to questions 4-7.
4 floods C
5 blizzards D
6 drought B
7 cyclones A
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 Question 8-10: Labelling a diagram
Complete the diagram below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND /
OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Listening
Noun
Section 3
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Verb

Verb

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 Question 8-10: Labelling a diagram
Complete the diagram below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND /
OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Listening
Section 3
Page 31

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 Emma: Right, shall we get started on some of the content?
Tom: That’s a good idea. We haven’t got that much time. Does anyone know anything
about their topics?
Alex: I know quite a lot about cyclones.
Tom: Do you?
Alex: Well, I studied them at high school, too. You know, cyclones usually start near the
equator. They need quite warm water to form. Above the warm water, the vapor
in the air forms clouds, and if there is low pressure, then these clouds will start to
rotate.
Tom: Isn’t it also the fact that the Earth rotates too which makes the clouds spin more?

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 Question 8-10: Labelling a diagram
Complete the diagram below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND /
OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Listening
Section 3
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Rotate / spin

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 Tom: Isn't it also the fact that the Earth rotates too which makes the clouds spin more?
Alex: Yes. that too. Once they begin rotating, they can either lose momentum or keep
gathering momentum until they hit land - these ones are called mature cyclones.
Luckily, as soon as they hit land, they start to lose momentum and fade away. Just
because they don't have the warmth of the ocean underneath.
Emma: Well, that's a relief!
Alex: They can still be really destructive. It’s like a big circle of wind. They blow strongly up
to the eye of the storm, the centre, where everything is really quiet, where there’s no
wind or anything. But then the other side hits and the winds blow just as strongly
but in the other direction! It’s just amazing! Yes, I would really like to cover that.
Emma: Well, it looks like we’ve got it all arranged, then!

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 Question 8-10: Labelling a diagram
Complete the diagram below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND /
OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Listening
Section 3 the other direction

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Rotate / spin

lose

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 FAMILY MATTERS

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 1 Match the family types 1-5 to the descriptions a-e.

a this kind of family is created when people who

Family 1 An extended family already have children get married.

2 A stepfamily b this is a family with two people who do not have

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children.
3 A nuclear family
c this kind of family includes children, but only one
4 A single-parent family parent.

5 A childless family d this kind of family normally includes two parents

and their children.
e this kind of family includes parents, children and
more family members like grandparents.
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 Vocabulary
English Vietnamese

Extended family Gia đình nhiều thế hệ

Nuclear family Gia đình hạt nhân
Childless family Gia đình không có con cái
Single-parent family Gia đình chỉ có một bố / mẹ
Stepfamily Gia đình hỗn hợp

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 Match the words 1-5 with their synonyms a-e.

1 Cornerstone _______
c a Excessive
Family 2 Increase _______ b Stimulate
d
3 Foster _______
b c Foundation
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4 Fragmented _______
e d Rise
5 Disproportionate _______
a e Split

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 WORD A WORD B VIETNAMESE

Cornerstone Foundation Nền tảng

Fragmented Split Chia ra, tách ra

Foster Stimulate Khuyến khích

Disproportionate Excessive Quá mức

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 HOMEWORK

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 Questions 1-7
Answer the questions below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Exercise 1 1 Which elephants stay together all their life?
Adult females
__________________________________________________
2 What are elephant family groups known as?
Bond groups
__________________________________________________
3 When scientists tracked groups of elephants, which feature of behavior did they
notice?
Co-ordination / co-ordination between families
__________________________________________________
4 Which sense do elephants probably use to communicate over long distances?
Hearing
________________________________________________________

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 Questions 1-7
Answer the questions below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Exercise 1 5 What did American scientists do with a recording of elephant calls?
broadcast it
__________________________________________________________
6 What did the elephants in the experiment rush to find?
a female / a female elephant
__________________________________________________________
7 What were scientists unable to do with the recording they had made?
hear it
__________________________________________________________

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 Questions 8-10
What does the lecturer say about each type of elephant call?
Choose your answers from the box, and write the letters A-H next to questions 8-10.
Exercise 1 A. cannot be heard by humans at all
B. is usually accompanied by a leg movement
C. begins and ends at the same pitch
D. is usually accompanied by a nod of the head
E. continuously increases in pitch
F. is repeated over a long period
G. continually fluctuates in volume

C
1. Greeting _____________
F
2. Contact call _____________
B
3. Summons to move on _____________
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 Question 1-10
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Exercise 2
Climate change
HUMAN FACTORS

 fuel
Cutting down trees for 1 ________________
 Industrial Revolution
 combustion engine
2 ____________________
 Increase in population  deforestation

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 Question 1-10
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Exercise 2 KNOWN EFFECTS

 Over previous 130 years: temp. by 0.6o C

 Since Ind. Rev,: CO2 by 30% & Methane 145%
by 3 _______________
(from mining, animals, rice paddies)
agriculture
 N 2O (from 4 ___________________ esp. fertilizer, waste management, car
exhausts)
barrier
 Greenhouse Effect: gases form 5 _____________________  heat trapped 
Earth warms up.

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 Question 1-10
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Exercise 2
FUTURE EFFECTS

1. Rise in sea levels ice melting

SEA LEVEL NUMBER OF PEOPLE AT RISK

1998 levels 6 ________________

46 million

+ 50 cm 92 million

+ 1 metre 7 ________________
118 million

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 Question 1-10
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Exercise 2
vegetation zones
1. Change in 8 ____________________  more arid areas 

population movement to cities

diseases
2. Increase in pests and 9 _____________________ e.g. malaria
3. Change in ecosystems:
* shift in 10 _____________________
species composition - some die, others multiply.
* deserts get hotter & bigger

 
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Homework 1. Hoàn thành phần Homework trang 11, 12, 13 – Unit 2. Nature
& Environment – Family matter sách giáo trình IELTS FIGHTER A
và nộp bài trên app IMAPEducare.
2. Hoàn thành Vocabulary test – Unit 2. Nature & Environment –
Family matter trên app IMAPEducare.

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