IELTS Preparation Series 1, Episode 20: Torres Strait
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Hello. I'm Margot Politis and this is Study English, IELTS preparation.
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Today on Study English, it's geography. How do we talk about places, locations and directions?
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Listen to this clip about the history and geography of the Torres Strait.
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The Torres Strait is situated above Queensland, between the Arafura Sea and the Coral Sea,
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Cape York Peninsula and Papua New Guinea. Darnley Island, also known as Erub, is the
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largest volcanic island in the eastern Torres Strait, with a population of around 375. It
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is surrounded by some of the deepest water in the world, known as the Darnley Deep.
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Though we are a seafaring people, 75% of Torres Strait Islanders today are living on the mainland.
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This is because we were displaced from our island homes since colonisation.
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Life for Torres Strait Islanders has been an endurance test ever since colonisation.
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During the Second World War, hundreds of Torres Strait Islander men were shipped off from
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their homes to fight for their country, of which they were still not citizens. Uncle
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Bill Sailor who has gone back to live on his land of Erub and remembers, all too well,
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the war.
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So that was Johnny Harding talking about his home, the Torres Strait Islands.
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When we want to talk about a place, or where something is in relation to other places,
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we need to use function words called prepositions.
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Some common prepositions include in, on, near or between.
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Prepositions can also be made up of two or even three words, for example, next to, surrounded
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by, or in front of.
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These are called prepositions of place.
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Listen for the prepositions of place in this clip.
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The Torres Strait is situated above Queensland, between the Arafura Sea and the Coral Sea,
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Cape York Peninsula and Papua New Guinea.
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Now, let's go back over the clip and see if we can figure out where the Torres Strait
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is.
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Johnny says that the Torres Strait is situated above Queensland.
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Here's Queensland.
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The islands are situated above Queensland, and between the Arafura Sea and the Coral
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Sea, Cape York Peninsula and Papua New Guinea.
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So the Torres Strait Islands can be found here:
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The Torres Strait is situated above Queensland, between the Arafura Sea and the Coral Sea,
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Cape York Peninsula and Papua New Guinea.
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Learning how to use prepositions correctly can be difficult, because most of them have
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more than one function.
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There are not many rules to help you choose correctly, so you need to learn each expression
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separately.
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Look at the use of the prepositions in the following:
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Meet me at the front door of the department store in George Street on the corner.
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In English we say:
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at a location
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in the street
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but on the corner
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The general rule is that we use 'in' to talk about large areas, for example:
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I live in an apartment block, in Sydney, in Australia.
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Use 'at' for particular locations:
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I live at number 2 West Street.
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Use 'on' to say things like: