Listening – transkrypcja
This is the Cambridge First Certificate in English Listening test.
You’ll hear five different people talking about a mistake they recently made. For questions 19–23, choose from the list A–F the type of mistake that each person made. Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use.
You now have 30 seconds to look at Part 3.
Speaker 1
I’d arranged to meet Hannah by the clock tower and I made sure that I had plenty of time to get there. The last thing I wanted was to have her waiting around for me. After all, she would have had a much longer journey on the train. Anyway, I was still a bit late so I ran up to the clock tower, went up behind her and put my hands over her eyes to surprise her. And she was surprised because we didn’t recognise each other at all … I’d never seen this person before in my life. And Hannah, I found out later, was still sitting on a train somewhere …
Speaker 2
We gave ourselves certain jobs. I packed the bags this time because last time we went away, John forgot to take any swimwear, while John got all the camera equipment ready. I left a list of things for my friend to do in the flat while we were away and John made all the security arrangements, set the answerphone and that sort of thing. And, of course, John had bought the tickets several weeks beforehand. I didn’t see any need to double check anything but I will next time.Turning up at an airport to find that your flight left the day before is no laughing matter, I can tell you!
You’ll hear five different people talking about a mistake they recently made. For questions 19–23, choose from the list A–F the type of mistake that each person made. Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use.
You now have 30 seconds to look at Part 3.
Speaker 1
I’d arranged to meet Hannah by the clock tower and I made sure that I had plenty of time to get there. The last thing I wanted was to have her waiting around for me. After all, she would have had a much longer journey on the train. Anyway, I was still a bit late so I ran up to the clock tower, went up behind her and put my hands over her eyes to surprise her. And she was surprised because we didn’t recognise each other at all … I’d never seen this person before in my life. And Hannah, I found out later, was still sitting on a train somewhere …
Speaker 2
We gave ourselves certain jobs. I packed the bags this time because last time we went away, John forgot to take any swimwear, while John got all the camera equipment ready. I left a list of things for my friend to do in the flat while we were away and John made all the security arrangements, set the answerphone and that sort of thing. And, of course, John had bought the tickets several weeks beforehand. I didn’t see any need to double check anything but I will next time.Turning up at an airport to find that your flight left the day before is no laughing matter, I can tell you!
Speaker 3
The parts of the table were sitting there in a large brown box waiting to be put together. Len had recommended that we wait until he got home but the instructions stated that there were just a few screws to fit and it would be ready to use, so I suggested that we got on with it. My sister and I fiddled with it for ages and we were getting nowhere. I then tried forcing it together the best way possible. It broke of course and I had to go out and buy another one … brought it home and Len put it together in 5 minutes with no trouble at all. ‘See’, he said!
Speaker 4
I hadn’t seen Kevin for 10 years so I was slightly worried that we wouldn’t have anything in common any more. Silly really, because I haven’t changed much over the years so why should he? When the day came and I drove to Petertown to see him, I was quite scared about the whole thing. After all, we’d been best friends at school and I wanted our meeting to be special. I got to the town centre and fished in my pocket for the scrap of paper that I’d written directions on and realised immediately that with all my nerves, I’d no idea where I’d put it. It wouldn’t have been so bad if it hadn’t had his phone number on it as well!
Speaker 5
Whatever people may tell you, there are some lessons in life that you have to learn by yourself. Like the time I decided to pay a surprise visit to my uncle in Paris. I guess I always like to see my friends even if they don’t tell me they’re coming. But Uncle Thomas was completely unprepared for me and was obviously disappointed that he had to share his very valuable time with a young niece. If he’d have known earlier, he could have taken me to see the sights of Paris, he’d said. But I think he would have preferred me not to have come at all. I shan’t make that mistake again.
The parts of the table were sitting there in a large brown box waiting to be put together. Len had recommended that we wait until he got home but the instructions stated that there were just a few screws to fit and it would be ready to use, so I suggested that we got on with it. My sister and I fiddled with it for ages and we were getting nowhere. I then tried forcing it together the best way possible. It broke of course and I had to go out and buy another one … brought it home and Len put it together in 5 minutes with no trouble at all. ‘See’, he said!
Speaker 4
I hadn’t seen Kevin for 10 years so I was slightly worried that we wouldn’t have anything in common any more. Silly really, because I haven’t changed much over the years so why should he? When the day came and I drove to Petertown to see him, I was quite scared about the whole thing. After all, we’d been best friends at school and I wanted our meeting to be special. I got to the town centre and fished in my pocket for the scrap of paper that I’d written directions on and realised immediately that with all my nerves, I’d no idea where I’d put it. It wouldn’t have been so bad if it hadn’t had his phone number on it as well!
Speaker 5
Whatever people may tell you, there are some lessons in life that you have to learn by yourself. Like the time I decided to pay a surprise visit to my uncle in Paris. I guess I always like to see my friends even if they don’t tell me they’re coming. But Uncle Thomas was completely unprepared for me and was obviously disappointed that he had to share his very valuable time with a young niece. If he’d have known earlier, he could have taken me to see the sights of Paris, he’d said. But I think he would have preferred me not to have come at all. I shan’t make that mistake again.
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