The earliest known inhabitants established settlement in Scotland in 6000BC. Scotland is 275 miles long and its broadest point only 152 miles wide. Edinburgh averages 140 days of rain a year, with an average of 1.89 and 2.72 inches in January and Jul

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Narrator: B. Spell correctly the names of the Scottish cities and towns you hear: i. INVERARAY iv. KIRKCALDY vii. ABERDEEN x. BANNOCKBURNii. HELENSBURGH v. DUNFERMLINE viii. GLASGOWiii. FALKLAND vi. SKYE ix. LOCHINVER

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a. Edingburge is the capital city of Scottland. b.The city is often regarded as the most cultured and cosmopolitan city north of London. c.The annual Edingburge international festival attracts millions of visitors from all around the world. d.The cen

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C Narrator: Spell correctly the names of the following persons associated with Scotland: i. John Knox - (religious leader who helped shape the democratic Scottish government) ii. Robert Louis Stevenson - (one of the best-loved authors of classics'Tre

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Narrator: Radio Item 4: This is 'Postcards from the Edge of the World'. I'm Catherine Small with a disturbing story from the Great Barrier4 Reef in Northern Queensland, Australia. Residents of the sleepy beachside town of Carrsville near the luxuriou

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Narrator: D. Use abbreviations to quickly note down the distances and rail travel times of the followingcities in the north of England: i. Shrewsbury (1 hour from Manchester) vi. Lincoln (1 3/4 hours from London) ii. Chester (17 miles south of Liverp

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Narrator: C. Spell correctly the names of the following persons associated with Wales: i. Athelstan - (Anglo-Saxon king of England, reluctantly accepted by the Welsh kings as their leader, so that they could be saved from the Viking invaders) ii. Owa

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Exercise 2.2. A. Write down the numbers you hear in the following sentences: A i. Wales is approximately 170 miles long and 60 miles wide; 8000 square miles in total. ii. Over 2.9 million people live in Wales; they comprise almost 5% of the total pop

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Narrator: Part Two. Listening Exercise 2.1 . Listen to the following sentences, pausing your machine aftereach sentence to write down the essential details of what you have heard: a. Cardiff has been the official capital of Wales since only 1955. b.

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Narrator: Radio Item 8: They said it would be a horror budget, and they were right: cigarettes, wine and spirits, petrol, and luxury cars8 - all up on July 1 - and a reversal of pre-budget policy in which we were promised that there would be no incre

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Narrator: Part Three. Listening Exercise 3.1. Listen to the following sentences, pausing your machine after each sentence to write down the essential details of what you have heard: a. Manchester, one of the most important cities in England, is consi

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Narrator: B. Spell correctly the names of these towns and cities in the Northwest of England: i. BLACKPOOL iv. LANCASTER vii. BOLTON x. PRESTON ii. WARRINGTON v. KNUTSFORD viii. NORTHWICH iii. CREWE vi. HEYSHAM ix. CLITHEROE

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Narrator: C. Spell correctly the names of the following persons associated with Manchester and Liverpool: i. King John - (gave Liverpool a Royal Charter in 1207; chief port for trade with Ireland) ii. John Kay - (inventor of the flying shuttle in 173

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Narrator: Exercise 3.3. Radio Item 5: Welcome to 'Software World' - bringing you the very latest information on what is currently available on CD-ROM. Are you a director or producer looking for an unusual actor to play a part in a new movie project,

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Narrator: Exercise 3.8. Dictation 1: Air pollution / is probably the modern world's greatest threat. / Water can be filtered, / land can be cleared, / but filthy air can only be filtered / by the nose and lungs. / It is estimated / that living in a b

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Narrator: Exercise 3.9. Lecture 3: Electric cars? Solar-powered buses? When most people imagine solutions to the problems of city air pollution they probably think of electricity and solar power. But the problem with an electric car is that the elect

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Narrator: C. Spell correctly the names of the following persons associated with London: i. Queen Boudicca - (attacked and destroyed the city in 6IAD) ii. William the Conqueror - (assumed the seat of power in London in the eleventh century) iii. Sir C

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Narrator: B. Spell correctly the names of the following places in and around London: i. TOTTENHAM iv. TWICKENHAM vii. WEMBLEY x. WANDSWORTH ii. PUTNEY v. LEWISHAM viii. ROTHERHITHE iii. HARROW vi. ISLINGTON ix. GREENWICH

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Narrator: D. Use abbreviations to quickly note down the rail distances and directions from London of the following places: i. Manchester (184 miles north-west) vi. Liverpool (193 miles north-west) ii. Cardiff (155 miles east) vii. Penzance (280 miles

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众所周知,不管是在托福还是在IELTS考试中,听力都是最难的部分,很多考生提到听力都会感到恶心和畏惧。殊不知,如果准备方法得当,听力部分就会变成最容易的部分。IELTS考试听力只是测

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