IELTS Preparation Series 3, Episode 19: Labelling a Flow Chart

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Hello, and

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

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One of the skills in the listening test is listening for specific information. Here's

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a story about a process - making spectacles - or glasses.

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People like my frames because they're individually made for them, they're uniquely Australian,

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there's an air of exclusivity about it, and they're fun to wear. My name's Roger Henley, I'm a spectacle frame-maker

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in Adelaide. I'm one of three in Australia that produces hand-made spectacle frames.

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My interest in frame-making started in 1978 when, as an apprentice optical mechanic, I

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felt I could make spectacle frames. So in 1987 I actually left my job and started a

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business of making spectacle frames.

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The frame-making process, in brief, involves over 50 steps. I'll just go through a few

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of them. The first step is to mill the front out on a CAD milling machine. It then has

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a heat-sink joint inserted into the frame front. It is then heated in an oven to its

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memory set point, which is 110 degrees C, and then placed in a mould which then gives

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it its curvature or meniscus on the frame.

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There's a lot of information there, and sometimes it's hard to hear the specific thing you're

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listening for. How can you prepare for this? First - listen for the key words in the question.

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Look at this question:

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Who is Roger Henley?

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The key words are 'who' and 'Roger Henley'. So listen for the name Roger Henley in the

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listening passage:

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People like my frames because they're individually made for them, they're uniquely Australian,

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there's an air of exclusivity about it, and they're fun to wear. My name's Roger Henley, I'm a spectacle frame-maker

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in Adelaide. I'm one of three in Australia that produces hand-made spectacle frames.

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My name's Roger Henley, I'm a spectacle frame-maker in Adelaide. He describes who he is, by saying

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what he does, immediately after he says his name.

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My name's Roger Henley, I'm a spectacle frame-maker in Adelaide. I'm one of three in Australia

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that produces hand-made spectacle frames.

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Look at this question:

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When did he begin manufacturing glasses?

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