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Section One Tactics for Listening
Part 1 Phonetics-Stress, Intonation and Accent 1. We haven’t got any in dark blue. 2. We can’t make it at nine tomorrow. 3. My telephone number is not 65031609. 4. I don’t like the black jumper. 5. He won’t come by the 7:30 train. (The word or digit in bold has the most stress) Exercise:
1. a 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. b
Part2 Listening and Note-talking
Driving Carefully
Drive carefully and slowly when pedestrians are about, particularly in crowded shopping streets, when you see a bus stopped, or near a parked mobile shop. Watch out for pedestrians coming from behind parked or stopped vehicles, or from other places where you might not be able to see them.
Three out of four pedestrians killed or seriously injured are either under fifteen or over sixty. The young and elderly may not judge speeds very well, and may step into the road when you do not expect them. Give them, and the infirm,
or blind, or disabled people, plenty of time to cross the road.
Drive slowly near schools, and look out for children getting on or off school buses. Stop when signaled to do so by a school crossing patrol showing a Stop-Children sign. Be careful near a parked ice-cream van—children are more interested in ice-cream then in traffic.
When coming to a zebra crossing. be ready to slow down or stop to let people cross. You must give way once they have stepped onto a crossing. Signal to other drivers that you mean to slow down or stop. Give yourself more time to slow down or stop on wet or icy roads. Never overtake just before a zebra crossing.
Exercise A:
1. Drive carefully and slowly when pedestrians are about.
2. Three out of four pedestrians killed are either under fifteen or over sixty. 3. Be careful near a parked ice-cream van—children are more interested in ice-cream than in traffic.
4. When coming to a zebra crossing, be ready to slow down or stop to let people cross.
5. You must give way once they have stepped onto a crossing.
Exercise B:
Driving Carefully
I. Look out for pedestrians
A. Drive carefully at crowded shopping streets. B. Drive carefully near a bus stop.
C. Drive carefully near a parked mobile shop. II. Look out for the young, the old and the disabled
A. Three out of four pedestrians killed or seriously injured are either under fifteen or over sixty.
B. The young and the elderly may not judge speeds very well.
C. Give them, and the infirm, or blind, or disabled people, plenty of time to cross the road. III. Look out for children
A. Stop at a Stop - Children sign
B. Drive slowly near a parked ice-cream van IV. Coming to a zebra crossing
A. Slow down or stop to let people cross.
B. Signal to other drivers that you mean to slow down or stop. C. Never overtake just before a zebra crossing.
Section Two Listening Comprehension