Luyện nghe Get Ready for IELTS Listening - (Unit 4: Work)

Skills development - Exercise 1

Audio: Audio script

1. Hi. I'm Adam. I’m your Student Union representative and I'm here to tell you about student societies. 2. Good morning everyone. For the last two weeks, we've been looking at employment opportunities in industry, and in today's lecture I’ll be talking about working in a large corporation. 3. Hello. My name’s Annie and I’m the university careers officer. Today I'm going to talk about working outdoors. 4. Is everyone ready? OK? Remember last week we discussed work in private industry. Well, this week's talk will cover employment opportunities in institutions of further education. 5. Good afternoon. Thank you for inviting me to talk to you. I'm Angus McDonald. I'm a police officer and my topic today is job satisfaction. 6. Good evening. It's good to see so many people here this cold night. OK... my lecture this evening will be about finding a iob.

Exam tip Before you listen to each part of the lecture in Section Four read the questions carefully and underline the key words. This will give you some information about the topic in advance and help you focus on the main ideas while you are listening. A speaker will often introduce the topic of a lecture with a phrase like: Today I'm going to talk about ... M y topic today is ... M y lecture this evening will be about... In today's lecture I'll be talking about... This week's talk will cover ... I'm here to tell you about ...
Listen to the following introductions and write the topic of each talk.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.	working in employment opportunities in