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Okay.

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So now let's go ahead and review another listening section one.

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We're going to be going through the strategy and tactics that you should use when you're dealing with

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this section.

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Keep in mind, they use various tricks and traps to be able to hide or disguise when the answer is being

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said.

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They want to make sure that only people with a certain level of English are able to pass this exam.

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And so one.

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Benefit that I'm going to give you is to point out the tricks and traps that they're using and to help

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you to be better able to recognize when the answer is being stated.

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Now, keep in mind, you only get to hear it one time, and so you have to be ready and you have to

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listen and right answers simultaneously.

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They don't give you time for taking notes and going backwards and being able to write and answer choices.

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So let's go ahead and get started.

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When we're looking at this one, we can see from number one that they're going to give us a specific

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number.

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They're going to give us a specific number.

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And so whenever they're going to give us a number, we can expect the trap of them giving us more than

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one number.

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They may say two or three different numbers, but you're listening for the answer that's connected to

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the Adelphi Room, the Adelphi Room.

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And keep in mind, is connected to how many people can sit down.

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So you want to be aware of this trap that's going to happen for number two is connected to the word

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pots and the word seeing.

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So for the word see, they're probably going to use some synonym language.

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And whenever you have a word before, before and after the blank line.

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You want to be aware of the trap where they change the word order for number three?

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It's going to be connected to the word group of number four.

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First, they're going to say Carlton Room that lets you know that we're coming to number four.

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And number four is connected to has a something that it has.

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Now, I want you to note that this this line about view of the lake is not connected to number four.

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It's separate.

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This line is separate.

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Number four is a separate sentence and then number.

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Then view of the lake is separated from number four.

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It's not part of it.

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It's not connected to it.

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Now for number five we have language before and after the blank line give a and is connected to people

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eating number six because connected to the word provide and problems number seven is connected to or

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meaning is going to come before or after they state something about hotel rooms.

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Now here, we're going to get into a fill the blank question, actually fill the blank question in multiple

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choice question.

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And with this multiple choice question.

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This is where you have to choose one of the answer choices A, B or C that's connected to eight, nine

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and ten.

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So number eight can be either A, B or C.

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Number nine can be either A, B or C.

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And so you want to be aware of that.

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Now, keep in mind, is going to go in order.

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They'll first state the answer for number eight.

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Number nine and number ten whenever you're dealing with questions that are in a box.

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They love to use synonym language for the correct answer choices.

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Also you want to be aware that they like to reject exact language and then infer the answer to be connected

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to one of the opposite choices or other choices.

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So you have to really be aware of these different tricks and traps that they use.

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That's my job to pointed out to you.

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So now let's go ahead and listen.

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You should have your own copy.

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Remember, you have to have your own copies of the books and material.

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I really suggest that maybe you go ahead and do your your testing of it first and then come back and

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listen for the answer choices and be able to listen for why you may have gotten something incorrect.

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But I'm going to go ahead and do this one right now.

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Good morning, Claire.

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House Hotel.

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Andrew speaking.

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I'm the events manager.

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Good morning, Andrew.

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My name is Samantha.

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I'm arranging a party for my parents 50th wedding anniversary, and I'm ringing to ask about hiring

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a room sometime next September.

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Also, my parents and several of the guests will need accommodation.

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Okay.

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I'm sure we can help you with that.

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Will you be having a sit down meal or a buffet?

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Probably a sit down.

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And do you know how many people there'll be?

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Around 80, I think.

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Well, we have two rooms that can hold that number.

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One is the Adelphi Room that can seat 85 or hold over 100 if people are standing for a buffet.

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Right.

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If you have live music, there's room for four or five musicians in the gallery overlooking the room.

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Our guests usually appreciate the fact that the music can be loud enough for dancing, but not too loud

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for conversation.

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Yes.

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I really don't like it when you can't talk.

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Exactly.

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Now the Adelphi Room is at the back of the hotel and there are French windows leading out onto the terrace.

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This has a beautiful display of pots of roses at that time of the year.

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Which direction does it face?

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Southwest.

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So that side of the hotel gets the sun in the afternoon and early evening.

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Very nice.

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From the terrace, you can see the area of trees within the grounds of the hotel.

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Or you can stroll through there to the river.

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That's on the far side.

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So it isn't visible from the hotel.

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Okay, then another option is the Carlton Room.

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This is a bit bigger.

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It can hold up to 110 people and it has the advantage of a stage which is useful if you have any entertainment

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or indeed a small band can fit onto it.

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Hmm.

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And can you go outside from the room?

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No.

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The Carlton room is on the first floor, but on one side, the windows look out onto the lake.

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Lovely.

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I think either of those rooms would be suitable.

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Can I tell you about some of the options we offer?

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In addition, please do as well as a meal.

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You can have an emcee, a master of ceremonies who'll be with you throughout the party.

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What exactly is the mix function?

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I suppose they make a speech during the meal if we need one.

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Do they?

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That's right.

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All our emcees are trained as public speakers so they can easily get people's attention.

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Many guests are glad to have someone who can make themselves heard above the chatter, and they're also

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your support.

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If anything goes wrong, the emcee will deal with it so you can relax.

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Great.

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I'll need to ask you about food, but something else that's important is accommodation.

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You obviously have rooms in the hotel, but do you also have any other accommodation like cabins, for

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example?

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Yes, there are five in the grounds, all self-contained.

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They each sleep 2 to 4 people and have their own living room, bathroom and small kitchen.

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That sounds perfect for what we'll need.

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Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions.

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8 to 10.

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Now listen and answer questions.

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8 to 10.

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Now you have various facilities, don't you?

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Are they all included in the price of hiring the room?

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The pool, for instance.

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Normally you'd be able to use it, but it'll be closed throughout September for refurbishment, I'm

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afraid.

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The gym will be available though, at no extra charge.

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That's open all day from six in the morning until midnight.

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Right.

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And the tennis courts.

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But there is a small additional payment for those.

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We have four courts, and it's worth booking in advance if you possibly can.

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As there can be quite a long waiting list for them.

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Right now, could we discuss the food?

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This would be dinner around 7:00.

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Okay, now let's go ahead and go through the answer choices.

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Number one is 85.

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Now here, as I told you, we're dealing with the situation where they're going to say more than one

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number.

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So the woman starts off by saying that she has 80 people coming.

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But that does not answer the question about how many can sit in the Adelphi Room.

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Then afterwards, the man says it can seat 85.

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It can seat 85.

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So he tells us exactly how many can sit in this room.

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Afterwards, the man gives us another number where he says, If it's a buffet, then 100 can stand.

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But we already know.

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The woman says she wants to sit down, so the answer connected to sit down is 85.

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Number two.

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The answer is roses.

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Here we're dealing with a word order situation.

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First they say a doors to the terrace open up.

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Then they mention in the pots you can see roses.

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So they went in reverse order.

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They say a terrace first, then pots, then the answer of roses.

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So you have to be able to watch out for word order changes.

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Number three is trees.

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View equals C and then trees is plural.

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And when said it means group of.

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Number four is stage.

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Right.

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So they say it has the advantage of a stage.

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Now, what they're trying to do here is they want to trick you into writing the word advantage as part

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of the answer or as the or as the answer.

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Right, because we know the instructions saying one word only.

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So if you write advantage of a stage that's wrong.

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If you write the word advantage, that's wrong.

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You have to recognize that the answer is stage.

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Number five is speech.

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Now, here's a situation where we're dealing with a confirmation trap or trick.

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They love for like the woman to throw out the answer choice and then for the man she's speaking to to

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confirm that it's correct.

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That's what they're testing, if you can recognize in English.

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So the woman says, I suppose, and I suppose they talking about an emcee make a speech and then the

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man confirms it by saying, that's right.

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For number six.

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They are using a reference trap.

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They're using a reference trap.

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And so they said they.

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They again are referring to the IMSI are your which means provide support if anything goes wrong, which

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equals problems.

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Here they're really testing your ability to recognize synonym language.

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Can you recognize the language that means the same as provide and problems?

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For number seven.

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What they're doing with number seven is they're using, again, a conformation and reference trick.

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The woman goes ahead and ask, are there hotels?

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And then she mentions, are there any cabins?

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And then the man says the man confirms it by saying, yes, there are five.

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So when you're dealing with Section one, these are the kind of tricks and traps that they're using.

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It's an English test, and they're they're trying to see if you can follow word order.

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Word changes, word rearranges, synonym language and also referencing.

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For number eight.

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The answer is C, and they're using an exact language trap where they're saying, are they normally

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included in the hiring of the room?

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That's what the woman said.

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The woman started off by saying, are they normally included in the price of hiring the room?

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And then she means and then she said the pool.

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So they're using the word included hiring room pool, trying to get you to pick number a letter a.

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They want to trick you into choosing a which is wrong.

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The man rejects it by saying it's closed.

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Close means what?

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Not available.

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So you're picking synonym answers.

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Number nine is an exact language trap, the man said, available at no extra charge.

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Again, people that have lower levels of English.

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They're trying to get them to hear the word extra charge and say, Oh yeah, BS the answer.

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He said, No extra charge.

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What is that a synonym for that it's included or paraphrase of.

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It's included in the cost of hiring the room.

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And then number ten, the man said, you can use the tennis courts for a small additional payment.

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That is a synonym for available at an extra charge.

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So the answer is B, so the answers are C, a, b.

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So that's what we're dealing with, everybody.

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You have to be able to recognize that these traps, these tricks are happening and you have to be able

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to recognize them.

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So sometimes when you want to practice or when you do a practice, go back, go back and listen for

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it again.

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Even if you got the answers correct, go back and listen again and do exactly what I'm doing.

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Write out or type out the tricks or traps that are happening.

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Practice recognizing them.

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Don't just jump from test to test the test.

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You are not you're not taking full advantage of all the practice you can have within the passage.

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All right.

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So now we're going to go ahead and I'll I'll play it again so that you can listen for these tricks and

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traps as they're happening.

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Good morning, Claire House Hotel.

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Andrew speaking.

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I'm the events manager.

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Good morning, Andrew.

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My name is Samantha.

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I'm arranging a party for my parents 50th wedding anniversary, and I'm ringing to ask about hiring

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a room sometime next September.

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Also, my parents and several of the guests will need accommodation.

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Okay.

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I'm sure we can help you with that.

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Will you be having a sit down meal or a buffet?

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Probably a sit down.

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And do you know how many people there'll be?

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Around 80?

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I think.

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Well, we have two rooms that can hold that number.

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One is the Adelphi Room that can seat 85 or hold over 100 if people are standing for a buffet.

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Right.

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If you have live music, there's room for four or five musicians in the gallery overlooking the room.

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Our guests usually appreciate the fact that the music can be loud enough for dancing, but not too loud

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for conversation.

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Yes.

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I really don't like it when you can't talk.

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Exactly.

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Now the Adelphi Room is at the back of the hotel and there are French windows leading out onto the terrace.

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This has a beautiful display of pots of roses at that time of the year.

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Which direction does it face?

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Southwest.

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So that side of the hotel gets the sun in the afternoon and early evening.

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Very nice.

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From the terrace, you can see the area of trees within the grounds of the hotel.

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Or you can stroll through there to the river.

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That's on the far side.

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So it isn't visible from the hotel.

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Okay, then another option is the Carlton Room.

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This is a bit bigger.

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It can hold up to 110 people and it has the advantage of a stage which is useful if you have any entertainment

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or indeed a small band can fit onto it.

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Hmm.

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And can you go outside from the room?

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No.

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The Carlton room is on the first floor, but on one side, the windows look out onto the lake.

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Lovely.

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I think either of those rooms would be suitable.

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Can I tell you about some of the options we offer?

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In addition, please do as well as a meal.

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You can have an MSI.

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A master of ceremonies who will be with you throughout the party.

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What exactly is the mix function?

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I suppose they make a speech during the meal if we need one.

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Do they?

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That's right.

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All our emcees are trained as public speakers so they can easily get people's attention.

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Many guests are glad to have someone who can make themselves heard above the chatter, and they're also

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your support.

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If anything goes wrong, the emcee will deal with it so you can relax.

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Great.

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I'll need to ask you about food, but something else that's important is accommodation.

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You obviously have rooms in the hotel, but do you also have any other accommodation like cabins, for

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example?

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Yes, there are five in the grounds, all self-contained.

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They each sleep 2 to 4 people and have their own living room, bathroom and small kitchen.

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That sounds perfect for what we'll need.

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Now you have various facilities, don't you?

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Are they all included in the price of hiring the room?

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The pool, for instance.

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Normally you'd be able to use it, but it'll be closed throughout September for refurbishment, I'm

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afraid.

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The gym will be available though, at no extra charge.

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That's open all day from six in the morning until midnight.

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Right.

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And the tennis courts.

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But there is a small additional payment for those.

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We have four courts, and it's worth booking in advance if you possibly can.

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As there can be quite a long waiting list for them.

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Okay.

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And there you have it.