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IELTS Preparation Series 3, Episode 18: Labelling & Describing an Object


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Hello, and welcome to Study English, IELTS Preparation. I'm Margot Politis.

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There may be questions about labelling and describing the parts of an object in the IELTS

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Test, so it's useful to know the language for this.

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Let's start by listening to a description of an object that is part of a robotic helicopter:

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This is what we call a hat mirror. Why is it called a hat mirror? Well, because of the

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shape. Look at it! It's shaped like a Mexican hat. And it comprises of two main mirrors

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- the panoramic mirror at the top here and the circular mirror down the bottom which

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does stereo imaging between this and the other mirror. Also there's the… a secondary

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mirror so all the light from these two mirrors reflect up here and then back down into the

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hole where there's a video camera sitting inside the mirror.

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Why does he call it a hat mirror? Listen:

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Because of the shape. Look at it! It's shaped like a Mexican hat.

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The words 'shape', 'it's shaped' and 'like', which means 'similar to', are the clues. It

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simply looks like a Mexican hat.

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Because of the shape. Look at it! It's shaped like a Mexican hat.

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Let's see how the parts of this hat mirror are described.

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It comprises of two main mirrors - the panoramic mirror at the top here and the circular mirror

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down the bottom which does stereo imaging between this and the other mirror.

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It 'comprises' - it 'is made up of' - two main mirrors. Here, main is the word to notice.

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If there are two main mirrors, or 2 more important mirrors, there must be another mirror. Listen:

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