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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The key words are 'when', 'begin' and 'manufacturing glasses' and because the question asks 'when'
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- you need to listen for a date.
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I'm one of three in Australia that produces hand-made spectacle frames. My interest in
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frame-making started in 1978 when, as an apprentice optical mechanic, I felt I could make spectacle
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frames. So in 1987 I actually left my job and started a business of making spectacle
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frames. There were two dates - 1978 and 1987. Which
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one is correct? You need to listen for words that mean the same as the key words in the
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question - 'begin', 'manufacturing', and 'glasses'.
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I'm one of three in Australia that produces hand-made spectacle frames. My interest in
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frame-making started in 1978 when, as an apprentice optical mechanic, I felt I could make spectacle
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frames. So in 1987 I actually left my job and started a business of making spectacle
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frames.
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We know 'spectacles' is another word for 'glasses'. 'Started' is another word for 'began', and
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'making' is another word for 'manufacturing'.
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So in 1987 I actually left my job and started a business of making spectacle frames.
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So the answer is 1987. Remember when you're looking at questions and key words - to look
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especially for 'wh' words - who, where, when, which, why - and for information that will
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answer those questions:
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Who a person or persons
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Where a place
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When a time or date
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Which a specific example
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Why a reason
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And also remember to listen for synonyms for your key words - words which mean the same
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thing as the key word.
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In the test, note how many words your answer can be - it might be two or three. You must
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not use more than two or three words in your answer.
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Here's another question: How many stages are there in the frame-making process? Use no
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more than two words in your answer. Listen:
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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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The question 'how many?' tells us the answer must be a number. And what word is a synonym
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for 'stages?' Listen again.
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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.
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'Steps' is a synonym for 'stages', so you could write: 50 steps, or over 50 steps, or
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over 50. Which is correct?
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The only correct answer is 'over 50'. It answers the question - how many stages are there in
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the frame-making process. '50 steps' is incorrect because there are more than fifty, and 'over
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50 steps' is incorrect, because you were asked to use no more than two words.
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Another type of question in the listening test involves labelling a diagram, or chart.
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Listen to Roger Henley describing the first four stages of the frame-making process:
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The first step is to mill the front out on a CAD milling machine. It then has a heat-sink joint inserted into
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the frame front. It is then heated in an oven to its memory set point, which is 110 degrees
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C, and then placed in a mould which then gives it its curvature or meniscus on the frame.
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Here are those four stages as a flow chart, with words missing.
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You need to listen for 'what' words complete these four stages. What kind of word will
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you listen for? Look at the first one:
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In processes, simple present passive voice is often used, as it is here. So probably
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the word needed is a participle.
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The first step is to mill the front out on a CAD milling machine.
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So the word missing is the participle formed of the verb 'to mill' - milled.
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The second missing word is also a participle to complete a passive sentence.
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The first step is to mill the front out on a CAD milling machine. It then has a heat-sink
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joint inserted into the frame front.
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The missing word is 'inserted'.
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In the third example the gap is before the symbol for 'degrees centigrade' - so you should
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be listening for a number.
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The first step is to mill the front out on a CAD milling machine. It then has a heat-sink
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joint inserted into the frame front. It is then heated in an oven to its memory set point,
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which is 110 degrees C. So you should write 110 in the space.
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And in the final example, notice that the gap follows the indefinite article 'a'. So
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you know the word must be a noun.
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It is then heated in an oven to its memory set point, which is 110 degrees C. And then
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placed in a mould which then gives it its curvature or meniscus on the frame.
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It is placed in a mould, which is a form to give shape to something.
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That's all for now.
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